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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Feb 5, 2018 23:22:16 GMT
Bernadotte Union For the 200th anniversary of the House of Bernadotte coming to the throne of Sweden. I'm honestly not sure which I'd prefer now, taking a shot of Vodka or tracing the Norwegian Coast. Anyways, apparently there was an idea by Alexander I of Russia to put Charles XIV John, the first Bernadotte ruler of Sweden, onto the throne of France as well. In OTL, Britain and Austria turned down this idea in favor of the Bourbons. ITTL, Britain and Austria, for whatever reason, agree to place Charles John on the throne of France, as well as Sweden and Norway. France, in turn, would be punished harder to keep Charles John Bernadotte from having too much power. I imagine their would be a competition between Sweden-Norway and France over the King's attention. France would need it more, considering Bernadotte's counter-revolutionary nature (following his departure from Napoleon) they would likely be more likely to resist. I also imagine that Charles John would be given more power in France than in Sweden-Norway. Sweden-Norway, in return, would resist, seeing Charles John as being biased towards his homeland. Things would likely have to come to a head in 1830. As an aside, Charles John would have to be referred to as Charles XIV, X, and III John (not necessarily in that order). Vive les Bernadottes. Lange lever Bernadotterna.
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Post by steve59 on Feb 6, 2018 10:12:10 GMT
Bernadotte Union For the 200th anniversary of the House of Bernadotte coming to the throne of Sweden. I'm honestly not sure which I'd prefer now, taking a shot of Vodka or tracing the Norwegian Coast. Anyways, apparently there was an idea by Alexander I of Russia to put Charles XIV John, the first Bernadotte ruler of Sweden, onto the throne of France as well. In OTL, Britain and Austria turned down this idea in favor of the Bourbons. ITTL, Britain and Austria, for whatever reason, agree to place Charles John on the throne of France, as well as Sweden and Norway. France, in turn, would be punished harder to keep Charles John Bernadotte from having too much power. I imagine their would be a competition between Sweden-Norway and France over the King's attention. France would need it more, considering Bernadotte's counter-revolutionary nature (following his departure from Napoleon) they would likely be more likely to resist. I also imagine that Charles John would be given more power in France than in Sweden-Norway. Sweden-Norway, in return, would resist, seeing Charles John as being biased towards his homeland. Things would likely have to come to a head in 1830. As an aside, Charles John would have to be referred to as Charles XIV, X, and III John (not necessarily in that order). Vive les Bernadottes. Lange lever Bernadotterna. A couple of ideas come to mind. Possibly Britain supports a Bourbon restoration at 1st but their lackluster performance in the run up to Napoleon's 100 days and prehaps a rapid and strong hostility to this by Bernadotte/Sweden means that after Napoleon is defeated and deposed again, Britain agrees with Russia and Austria about a change of dynasty. If 'Sweden' gets France so to speak would it still get Norway? That was in part as I understand it to compensate the dynasty for the loss of Finland to Russia but if they have France that basis is gone. [Although this would probably alienate the Swedes more from the dynasty as its even smaller than the French component]. Norway could stay with Denmark or possibly even become independent a century earlier. Agree that the union is likely to not last very long given the distance and the fact both states are old and proud. Could easily see Sweden separated out under a younger son within a generation. Failing that the dynasty being deposed from France and finding an [possibly initially not particularly friendly] exile in Sweden. One potential complication is that, if the dynasty doesn't make a total mess of things but gets deposed after a couple of generations, there are now three royal dynasties with a claim to the French throne. True I suspect the Bernadottes will very likely have far less influence than the Bourbons or the Bonapartes but it could make royalist conflict in France even more complex.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 26, 2018 15:36:58 GMT
From a timeline i once created. Mainland China and Mongolia of 1983Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area which made up former Empire of China until 1912 but as of 1982 consist of the countries of United Republic of China, Second East Turkestan Republic, Republic of China-Nanking, Mengjiang united autonomous government and the State of Manchuria. (Blue) United Republic of China is a republic consisting of the Free Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan and part of the province of Sichuan, with the United Republic of China capital being in the city of Xining. (Dark Red) Second East Turkestan Republic (Russian: Восточно-Туркестанская республика, Chinese: 東突厥斯坦共和國 ) also known as the East Turkestan Republic, is made of the former Chinese Xinjiang province and is a Soviet-backed Turkic People's Republic, founded in 1944, with its capital being in the city of Ghulja. (Dark yellow) Republic of China-Nanking consists of all China which was under the control of the Empire of Japan at the time of its founding. The Republic of China-Nanking is a member of the Greater East Asia alliance. (Brown) Mengjiang united autonomous government (also known as the Kingdom of Mengjiang) is an autonomous area in Inner Mongolia, operating under Japanese control and consist of the Chinese provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan. The Mengjiang united autonomous government is a member of the Greater East Asia alliance. (Light yellow) State of Manchuria (also known as the Empire of Manchuria) is a Japanese puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, governed under a form of constitutional monarchy. The State of Manchuria was seized in 1931 by Japan following the Mukden Incident and in 1932, a sympathetic government was established, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, installed as the nominal regent and emperor who ruled the State of Manchuria from 1934 until his death in 1967 when he was succeed by his younger brother Pujie who is still the Emperor of Manchukuo as of 1982. The State of Manchuria is a member of the Greater East Asia alliance. (Red) Mongolian People’s Republic the same country as in OTL. (Green) Tibet, an independent country consisting of the same territory as it had in OTL. (Gold) Japanese Formosa, which is part of the Empire of Japan and Japanese Korea, which is part of the Empire of Japan.
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Post by Rhand on Mar 9, 2018 5:05:40 GMT
Named after the 1990 hit song from Bon Jovi, my 1990 Retrofuture map is finally done! The map is set in 2065, in a world where the trends of the 1985-1991 time period never quite ended. The star of the show is the United States of America. Buoyed by a surging economy, technological advances, and increased immigration liberalization, it has become more powerful and prosperous than anyone could have ever dreamed of. Of course, wealth disparity is at an all time high as well, and a bipartisan pro-business social/political consensus means there is little impetus for redistribution. American neoliberal capitalism is still by far the world's dominant ideological paradigm, but 75 years after this world diverged from ours, new rivals have risen as well. One such contender is Japan, its state-led economic regime, and the economic coalition it has assembled across Asia, ranging from Siberian resources to Indonesian labor. While dwarfed in population by the American giant, Japan enjoys the world's highest GDP per capita, and the most technologically advanced megacities. It is here that the transhumanist movement is strongest. The second challenger is the Jamhuriyar Afrika ta Yamma (Republic of West Africa), a Hausa-Fulani led superstate and greater union that successfully fused Islamism, socialism, democracy, and environmentalism to fight off the impending disasters facing the Sahel and West Africa. While somewhat authoritarian and sclerotic, it maintains its ideals of localism and representative rule. The Soviet Union did not go out with a bang, but instead fell into a slow decline, taken apart by oligarchs, kingpins, nationalists, and foreign opportunists. Aside from those groups, a resurgent Germany now hungrily eyes the Soviet Union, seeking to bring its Western lands into a new, German-led European superstate. Organized crime runs rampant in this world. Triads and Yakuza are fairly active, but the big players are the Sinaloa Megacartel, the Cosa Nostra, and the Solnstevskaya Bratva. They have subjugated their rivals, ballooned in size. and even moved into legitimate business, but never abandoned their criminal roots. The three groups continue to fight constant low-level wars against the great powers of the world, while their scientists invent ever more exotic drugs. The Middle East is a mess as usual, but has gotten better as nationalism became a dominant idea and the colonial states fell away. South Asia and China did not do well, and split to varying degrees on lines of wealth, ethnicity, culture, and foreign influence. All in all, Blaze of Glory is a more exciting and variegated world than ours, at least when culture, geopolitics, and technology are considered.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 9, 2018 16:21:44 GMT
Named after the 1990 hit song from Bon Jovi, my 1990 Retrofuture map is finally done! The map is set in 2065, in a world where the trends of the 1985-1991 time period never quite ended. The star of the show is the United States of America. Buoyed by a surging economy, technological advances, and increased immigration liberalization, it has become more powerful and prosperous than anyone could have ever dreamed of. Of course, wealth disparity is at an all time high as well, and a bipartisan pro-business social/political consensus means there is little impetus for redistribution. American neoliberal capitalism is still by far the world's dominant ideological paradigm, but 75 years after this world diverged from ours, new rivals have risen as well. One such contender is Japan, its state-led economic regime, and the economic coalition it has assembled across Asia, ranging from Siberian resources to Indonesian labor. While dwarfed in population by the American giant, Japan enjoys the world's highest GDP per capita, and the most technologically advanced megacities. It is here that the transhumanist movement is strongest. The second challenger is the Jamhuriyar Afrika ta Yamma (Republic of West Africa), a Hausa-Fulani led superstate and greater union that successfully fused Islamism, socialism, democracy, and environmentalism to fight off the impending disasters facing the Sahel and West Africa. While somewhat authoritarian and sclerotic, it maintains its ideals of localism and representative rule. The Soviet Union did not go out with a bang, but instead fell into a slow decline, taken apart by oligarchs, kingpins, nationalists, and foreign opportunists. Aside from those groups, a resurgent Germany now hungrily eyes the Soviet Union, seeking to bring its Western lands into a new, German-led European superstate. Organized crime runs rampant in this world. Triads and Yakuza are fairly active, but the big players are the Sinaloa Megacartel, the Cosa Nostra, and the Solnstevskaya Bratva. They have subjugated their rivals, ballooned in size. and even moved into legitimate business, but never abandoned their criminal roots. The three groups continue to fight constant low-level wars against the great powers of the world, while their scientists invent ever more exotic drugs. The Middle East is a mess as usual, but has gotten better as nationalism became a dominant idea and the colonial states fell away. South Asia and China did not do well, and split to varying degrees on lines of wealth, ethnicity, culture, and foreign influence. All in all, Blaze of Glory is a more exciting and variegated world than ours, at least when culture, geopolitics, and technology are considered. imgur.com/KfG9o2ONice map Rhand.
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Post by Tyranna on Mar 20, 2018 0:02:19 GMT
Hi, I'm new to the forum and this is only my second post. Just thought I'd share with everyone a map of 'Arbour Island' the fictitious island at the centre of my Comedy thriller novel which I am currently writing (I am about halfway through it) The P.O.D. of this novel is actually 65 MYA as Arbour Island is an extinct volcanic island a few miles off the Southern coast of Ireland, which was created by a fragment of the K-T extinction meteorite which flew a bit further than the Gulf of Mexico and ended up in the shallow sea just south of the sedimentary deposits which would in time uplift to form most of the island of Ireland. Many of the features of the world in the 1980's which features in the novel are very much the same as in OTL, including most historical events and people, as it is, after all, a comedy, but there are many subtle changes, such as early primates and therefore human beings developed an additional sensory organ, an additional ear-canal between the back of the throat and just behind the ear-lobe, called a 'Squink'. However, this is very tiny and atrophied in modern humans and so has little bearing on the overall story. There are many other subtle but important aberrations from all stages of history; for example, there is one species of marine dinosaur (a plesiosaur) which survived the K-T extinction and which thrives in the seas around Ireland and Scotland and also Loch Ness. Also, for example, the Americans developed jet flying saucers in WW2 and cunningly used a myth of 'Nazi saucers' to throw the scent off who was REALLY responsible for such rumors, and the Kalashnikov AK47 was a total rip-off to the last nut and bolt, of a BRITISH design from the 1920's, and so on. Various other geographical details are 'wrong', such as Cork city in Ireland being much smaller than OTL due to the large city of Allenby on Arbour Island; many of the branch railways which were closed down in the 1950s in Ireland are still open for freight (and military use, especially on both sides of the Northern Ireland border); and some African countries such as Sudan are too poor to afford airplanes or helicopters for their airforces, and so use Zeppelin or Goodyear type airships as their only alternative (This is the 1980's, remember). Instead of Boeing, the main short-haul airliner make is SHIN MEIWA, an actual Japanese company which manufactures jet Flying-boats and landplanes too. And there are lots of other deviations from OTL too, but these are just some of the most obvious ones. FYI, the island on the map is about 40km N-S and 90km E-W. and is between 3 and 20 km off the Irish coast between Clonakilty, West Cork and the entrance to Cork Harbour. Copyright (C) Dan J. J. Kahn 2009. FYI the second, colour map is a very cleverly faked up cut and paste job from a genuine historical map of Ireland, placing the fictitious island off the real Irish coast. Attachments:
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jun 26, 2018 17:40:48 GMT
Cross-posting from my TL, because I'm really proud of this map.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 15, 2018 2:40:41 GMT
Welcome to Velvan, the Valley Realm! Regions: Velvan is divided into 4 (or 5, depending on who you ask) regions and 24 provinces. The regions are: Velvan Proper (Reddish-Orange in the North-East) Dukal (subdivided into Greater and Lesser Dukal)(Yellows and Greens in the North-West and Center) Cooiand (Blue in the South-West) Ho'aye (Purple in the South-East) Velvan Proper is home the largest ethnic group, the Velmen (as opposed to Velvanians, which make up all people of the Valleys). Much more rugged than the rest of the Valleys, Velvan Proper has mountains protruding even deep into the interior, which is strange for the rest of country. Also strange is how ethnically homogeneous the region is, consisting of almost entirely of Velmen, where as the rest of the country practically every other town is speaking a different language. Velvan Proper is highly industrialized. Dukal demonstrates much more ethnic diversity than Velvan Proper, especially in the Lesser Dukal. In the center (provinces 12, 13, and 15) lives the 2nd largest ethnic group of Velvan and the current rulers of the country, the Singsy. Other major groups include: the Duchel people (named after the Dukal region) of Duchel and Bachanel; the Qoim of Qoimla; the Ui of Uii; More Velmans in Levlen and Torvan; the Haradians of Ranadama; and Weshem of Shirlshe. Beyond that, there's still dozens of smaller ethnic groups dotted around. The Dukal region contains some highly fertile plains, producing some of the highest crop yield in the world, which helps feed the productive Velvan Proper. Cooiand is home to the most recent ethnic group to the Velvan Valleys, the Cooi, who entered and invaded the Valleys 200 years ago, sparking a long period of instability. The Cooi have since settled down, becoming the 3rd largest ethnic group in Velvan, but there's still some tension between the Cooi and the other Velvanians. The Cooiand itself is quite poor, made up of scattered unindustrialized mining and lumbering towns and occasionally a couple farms of the southernmost Dukal Plains. The last major region is the Ho'aye. Ho'aye shares many similar features as the Cooiand, but differs in that 1: They're not inhabited by the Cooi, 2: are slightly better off. In fact, before the Cooi arrived, the Cooiand was an western extension of Ho'aye. Ho'aye is quite ethnically diverse, consisting of the Proper Ho'ayians (Among the oldest ethnic groups of the Velvan Valleys, perhaps older then Velmen themselves) of Ho'aye Proper, the Zwili of Opywe, and the Ettelians of Ettelo, as well as many more. History: As one can guess from the description of Cooiand, as well as the descriptions of many peoples here, one can imagine that the Velvanian history is based around constant migration into the Velvan Valleys. The oldest people known in the Valleys are probably, as mentioned earlier, the Proper Ho'ayians, but there is fierce debate over this. Some (mostly Velmen) scholars say that the Velmen were the first to arrive, others say that the Velmen and Proper Ho'ayians arrived at the same time. There's also hints in ancient Velmen and Ho'ayian legends that there could have even been a Velvanian civilization before the arrival of either, one that was completely wiped out by the Velmen and Ho'ayians. Either way, the Velmen would go on to conquer all of the Velvan Valleys from the Proper Ho'ayians, driving them back to the Ho'aye and Cooiand regions. In the process, the Velmen created the First Velvan Empire, an empire which, unlike the other Velvan empires, never conquered the whole of the Velvan Valleys, much less outside of them. The First Velvan Empire would collapse following the migration and invasion of the Valleys by the Singsy people, who initially conquered and settled the entirety of the Western half of the land. In the east, what remained the Velvan Empire collapsed into a series of warring states. Thus began the first Warring States period. The Warring states period would contain many more invasions by outsiders, destroying the Singsy Kingdom with it. Perhaps the next most prominent during this period, after the Singsy, was the Ranadama kingdom, which conquered the southern half of the Valleys. The Warring States finally came to an end when the Velmen people were once again united under the Velmen of Godin and established the Second Velvan Empire. They succeeded in uniting the whole of the Velvan Valleys this time, and went on to conquer outside as well. The Velvan Army marched past the great Western Gates, from which many peoples had invaded and migrated into the Valleys themselves, and conquered large portions of the outside world. This Velvan Empire would be well known for taking many of subjugated people and transferring them to many of the regions of the Valleys that had been populated during the Reunification. Most notably, this is how the Ettelians arrived to the Valleys, with the remaining Ettellians in Ettelia Proper becoming the Meritolans. The Second Velvan Empire too would collapse. Many assassinations were committed against the Velvan Emperors and their officials by those ethnic groups displaced by the Empire, followed by internal rebellions and invaders taking over the Velvan Empire outside of the Valleys. Soon, those wars outside the Valleys went inside, and the Second Velvan Empire would collapse. The Second Warring States period would begin as those invaders started fighting over pieces of the Velvanian Pie, most notably between the Opywe Kingdom, who were originally living in the valley just on the other side of the mountains the Greater Dukal Region, and people who would eventually become the Duchel. These two would fight harshly for half a century, with the Duchel People eventually, temporarily, conquering the whole of the Valleys, before the Great Suiden revolt occurred, with Velmen and, rather shockingly, other ethnic groups like the Ettelians, Ho'ayians, and Singsy, marching side by side and defeating the Duchel Kings. At the capital of the Duchel Kings, all the ethnic groups of Velvan agreed to create a new empire, the Third Velvan Empire, but this Empire would work entirely differently from the Second and Third Empire. This time, each ethnic group would have their own line of kings, but one of these kings (almost always the King of the Velmen) would be elected King of Kings by their equals. This King of Kings would not have absolute power, as this power would be checked by the lesser kings, but the King of Kings did have enough power to check any other lesser king's ambition. The Third Empire was remarkably internally peaceful, and even externally the wars were rather minimal, mostly just incursions into neighboring countries to check their potential to invade the Velvan Valleys. But this Third Empire's time was limited as well. A coalition of outside countries, either too small or too far for Velvan to consider them a threat, looked hungrily upon the Valleys, full of vast amount of wealth. This coalition would sweep into the Velvan Valleys and conquer it all, outside of Velvan proper that is (although Velvan Proper would practically be burned to the ground in the wars between them and the Coalition). The Coalition then turned against one another, fighting over the last scrap of land. This would be the Third Warring States period. Eventually, little by little, the Velvmen Kingdom would defeat the former coalition, aided by pro-Velvan rebels. The Velman kingdom was attempting to recreate the Third Empire's government, this time with the added members from the defeated Coalition. The Velmen Kingdom had just reunited the Velvan Valleys, and was prepared to create a Fourth Empire, when the still not fully stabalized kingdom was attacked in the last great invasion, the Cooi Invasion. The Cooi people had succeeded in creating their own Cooi Kingdom that stretched across the entirety of the Velvan Valleys, except for the Velmen kingdom in Arrak and Ho'aye Proper. But, the Cooi never succeeded in properly ruling this territory, with many lands being de facto independent. The Cooi would attempt to force their rule over these lands, and eventually, they pushed the natives far enough. The Singsy of Herinsby rose up against the Cooi, and would take back control of the Velvan Valleys, with the Kingdoms of Arrak and Ho'aye peacefully joining the Singsy Kingdom. Oddly, the Singsy kings, while calling the kingdom the Kingdom of Velvan, they have yet to declare a true, proper Fourth Velvan Empire, whose structure would likely be modeled off the Third Empire. The Kingdom is divided into many provinces, but these provinces do not follow ethnic lines like a Fourth Empire would. Some, though not many yet, are starting to get weary if the Singsy Kings will ever give up their power willingly. Right now though, there's peace in the Valleys. Quick facts: Capital city: Herinsby Largest city: Godin Government: Absolute Monarchy Current Monarch: Illics III ini Herinsby (Illics III of House Herinsby) Population estimate: 30,000,000 Area estimate: 70,000 km
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Post by steve59 on Jul 15, 2018 8:19:10 GMT
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Is this last post meant for this thread as it seems to be totally unrelated??
Steve
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Post by Krall on Jul 15, 2018 12:01:43 GMT
MN Is this last post meant for this thread as it seems to be totally unrelated?? Steve What do you mean? It's a map, with description and details.
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Post by steve59 on Jul 15, 2018 21:32:05 GMT
MN Is this last post meant for this thread as it seems to be totally unrelated?? Steve What do you mean? It's a map, with description and details.
Duh! Sorry so used to reading your TL that I was thinking it was from that. The brain is definitely going - or gone.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 17, 2018 15:49:23 GMT
Someone on AH.com made a map of a long Germany. I decided I could make one longer. This is the result.
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Post by ttt on Jul 29, 2018 21:49:19 GMT
Canada with congressional districts of 700,000 each
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Post by Rhand on Aug 18, 2018 23:11:19 GMT
I've got a lot of half-finished future history maps on my computer that I was too lazy to fully finish, so I thought I would post some here. imgur.com/a/m3YQi20This map is set in 2080, representing a continuation of the political, economic, and demographic trends of the 21st century. The last great war ended in 2040, as China faced off against a Japan-led phalanx of Asian states (including India, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines), joined by America. It was a relatively bloodless affair, as America, Japan, and India cut off the Malacca and bombed China's pipelines, leading to a Chinese economic collapse, and then a political collapse into a new, abbreviated "warring states" period. America had backed Japan's phalanx against the Chinese, but after its main rival had collapsed, it had no more reasons to go on anymore foreign adventures. It receded from guarding the world's seas and straits, leading to a power vacuum. Japan, India, and their Asian allies were the first to fill the gap in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and France and Britain joined in later, adding control over the Atlantic Ocean and Mozambique Channel. Together, the coalition ensured peace across the seas. But Turkey had other plans. It had profited immensely from NATO backing it to victory against Russia, and it cynically leveraged Islamism and nationalism to create a massive empire with control over the Bosporus, Suez, and Mandeb. It continues to exploit dissident groups across the world, helping them harass mercantile traffic in exchange for a cut of the proceeds. Turkey is joined by Egypt, a new and much more populous Nigeria, and a rump Russia now forced to be dependent on it. Africa's population has hit 4 billion, and it is much more economically, politically, and culturally prominent in the world. This is why the Mozambique Channel, virtually forgotten after the Suez was built, has now become important again. Europe's population is relatively small and declining, but it continues to be wealthy and advanced, and Britain and France have successfully leveraged their military strength to create ocean-spanning trade networks. Well, that's about it for now, I hope you guys got some new ideas you can put into your own work!
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Aug 26, 2018 20:55:43 GMT
Here's a quick alternate history map about Republicans changing the tide of the Civil War starting in October 1936. How this comes about, I haven't fully decided, whether it's because the Republican Generals comes up with better plans, the Nationalists fail to gather nearly as large of a coalition that they did OTL, or greater intervention for the Republicans (likely from France and Britain), or all of the above. One way or another, at the end of it all, Republican forces push out the Nationalists, and Franco escapes to exile in Salazar's Portugal.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Sept 23, 2018 4:17:14 GMT
One-off, possibly two-off Alternate History Map of the United States of America (or these United States of Atlanta, since America wouldn't quite fit). The original intention was to have a scenario where Ireland, the first colony of the English Empire, joins the American Revolution, but the scenario eventually expanded to have basically the entire British Empire outside of India, Africa, and Great Britain itself was in open revolt. These 29/30 colonies, depending on if you count Belize or not, would form a union, one that's certainly a lot less stable than OTL. These colonies would include many fierce confederalist colonies who would resist in attempted centralization, most notably Quebec, Ireland, and the small Caribbean islands. the French Quebecois and Irish would resist being brought right back under Anglo-Saxon rule, and the Islands would resist having the influence and rule of the much more populous Continent. As time would go on, this confederalist attitude would only stiffen, and attempts to federalize would be limited. What would begin as an Ameri-wank TL would turn into an ameri-screw in all but area, as "America" without a central government or centralized economy would be unable to spread it's influence across the world, at least not efficiently. America would likely spread from sea to shining sea, with the Oregon territory no doubt falling into American hands, but who knows if they would get their hands on Northern Mexico with a limited army, or would survive a Civil War (but at the same time, who's to say that civil war would ever come).
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Post by futurist on Oct 15, 2018 22:45:00 GMT
Cross-posting from my TL, because I'm really proud of this map. What are the parties' platforms?
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Post by Rhand on Oct 21, 2018 2:51:01 GMT
DISCLAIMER: This work is designed for entertainment purposes only and does not reflect my political views or actual future prognostications. imgur.com/a/3e7dXS7Well, I figure I've completed the hard parts of my project, and can post what I've got so far. I'm going for a early 22nd century cyberpunk world, the idea is that the breakdown of global trade networks, political polarization, environmental degradation, and sheer avarice lead to chaos, destruction, and the end of the modern world. There are some states (eg: France, England, and Japan) that use their powerful navies and proximity to the new Northwest Passage (caused by global warming and more potent icebreaker technology) to do quite well in the new era. There are other states (eg: USA, India, China, and Russia) that had the strength to do fine, but were unable to hold diverse, continent-sized nations together. Fairly soon, every nationalist, potentate, and oligarch was challenging the center-and winning. America in particular split on political lines, with the wealthy, left-leaning, and populous California and New York + buddies leaving. However, this split was more amicable than many had expected, with both sides continuing to trade with each other and cooperate politically. And then there's Central Asia. It's true that the Soviets started them down the dark path of cotton monoculture-yet they chose to continue down it. The end result was water disappearing from the region and a horrific Malthusian collapse, as clan leaders, Islamists, and nationalists started fought a brutal melee simply to stay alive. What can be said about Africa? The explosion of population, the sclerotic weakness of existing states, the strength of sectionalists, and the breakdown of global trade networks all combined to create a world that looks more like 1418 than 2118. Not helping the matter are mercenaries and filibusteros looking to make their fortune in the Dark Continent, mostly from Europe, but also from Asia and the more stable parts of Africa. I've tried to make the map of Africa reflect actual tribal divides and boundaries: you can find the Luba, the Xhosa, the Fulani, the Taureg states, and so on! I've talked a little bit about politics, but will expand on this later, and also talk about technologies...specifically: automation and bioengineering, and how they ushered in a cyberpunk, dystopian world. On the bright side, it's not often that you see a Golestan Wank, so I guess that makes up for everything else.
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Post by steve59 on Oct 21, 2018 9:01:35 GMT
DISCLAIMER: This work is designed for entertainment purposes only and does not reflect my political views or actual future prognostications. imgur.com/a/Hko45Fs#rHuGI4KWell, I figure I've completed the hard parts of my project, and can post what I've got so far. I'm going for a early 22nd century cyberpunk world, the idea is that the breakdown of global trade networks, political polarization, environmental degradation, and sheer avarice lead to chaos, destruction, and the end of the modern world. There are some states (eg: France, England, and Japan) that use their powerful navies and proximity to the new Northwest Passage (caused by global warming and more potent icebreaker technology) to do quite well in the new era. There are other states (eg: USA, India, China, and Russia) that had the strength to do fine, but were unable to hold diverse, continent-sized nations together. Fairly soon, every nationalist, potentate, and oligarch was challenging the center-and winning. America in particular split on political lines, with the wealthy, left-leaning, and populous California and New York + buddies leaving. However, this split was more amicable than many had expected, with both sides continuing to trade with each other and cooperate politically. And then there's Central Asia. It's true that the Soviets started them down the dark path of cotton monoculture-yet they chose to continue down it. The end result was water disappearing from the region and a horrific Malthusian collapse, as clan leaders, Islamists, and nationalists started fought a brutal melee simply to stay alive. What can be said about Africa? The explosion of population, the sclerotic weakness of existing states, the strength of sectionalists, and the breakdown of global trade networks all combined to create a world that looks more like 1418 than 2118. Not helping the matter are mercenaries and filibusteros looking to make their fortune in the Dark Continent, mostly from Europe, but also from Asia and the more stable parts of Africa. I've tried to make the map of Africa reflect actual tribal divides and boundaries: you can find the Luba, the Xhosa, the Fulani, the Taureg states, and so on! I've talked a little bit about politics, but will expand on this later, and also talk about technologies...specifically: automation and bioengineering, and how they ushered in a cyberpunk, dystopian world. On the bright side, it's not often that you see a Golestan Wank, so I guess that makes up for everything else.
I'm tried it a couple of times but get timed out on the link. May be just my machine, which is a bit old but is anyone else having problems or is it just me?
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Post by Rhand on Oct 21, 2018 15:58:02 GMT
I'm tried it a couple of times but get timed out on the link. May be just my machine, which is a bit old but is anyone else having problems or is it just me?
Hmm, I checked on my phone and it worked, but I reuploaded it here. imgur.com/a/3e7dXS7
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