That's great context, thank you Ursus Maior.
It seems then that Yugoslavia would have likely still have broken into multiple states. While their political future would have remained uncertain, it isn't clear that they would have been able to get their shit together enough by the time major war had broken out to "pick a side". Due to that, I think with some possible exceptions, the Balkans would have remained fairly neutral as things started falling apart. Given the USSR's rolling through Hungary and Austria however, I think it can be assumed that the former Yugo states would have been very cautious indeed, being caught between NATO nations and the Russian Bear.
Given what's happening in eastern Europe, and the USSR not really having any real allies in Europe during the 4E timeline, I think that just really bolsters the idea of the PRC joining the USSR. I also think there's a strong case for India joining up as well, though surely the tensions between India and China would remain. In short, it seems the major players on the Axis side in Europe and Asia would be:
The USSR, China, India, Iran, Syria, and North Korea. There's probably cases to be made for some additional nations to switch sides which would be interesting to explore, such as (IMO), Turkey. Elsewhere in the world, you'd also have nations such as Cuba, Venezuela, etc. possibly picking up arms with the Axis. The USSR also had a few treaties with nations in Africa and southeast Asia as well which would likely come into play
NATO at the time would have been comprised of the following nations (apologies if I missed any here): The US, UK, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey (officially). In Asia, you'd also have allies of various scope in Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Pakistan. Australia and NZ surely would join the Allied endeavors as well. Not sure how many nations in Africa and South America would join in on the Allies side.
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