Map Thread IX

[Dom Jao II]

Gawd, that's two of the countries in my Future TL.

[Saepe Fidelis]

Originally Posted by Clandango

Speaking of Britain, how come they share Cyprus with some state set up by the toppled Turkish government? Or I probably should just read over the timeline though. Might explain the issue with Madeira.

General response to comments:

Cyprus is a British protectorate split with a Turkish-backed government. Turkey's junta's been overthrown recently so the situation hasn't ironed out yet, and the Turks are still highly nationalistic and so will probably continue to support the Turkish-Cypriot Republic no matter what.

Scotland and Northern Ireland are devolved assemblies; NI's Home Rule parliament never gets dissolved, although STV is reintroduced to placate the Catholics. Scotland's devolution is somewhat similar to OTL but think more along the lines of a successful 1979 referendum; given the map's set in the 70's it's fairly plausible I'd say.

As for Russia and air superiority; that would make more sense than just heavy bombardment so yeah, let's go with German atomic weaponry.

As for Romania, it was shattered pretty badly in the war and was taken over by a military dictatorship which calls itself socialist to get money off Germany; I'd imagine there's a lot of public distaste in Germany akin to US support for various brutal governments during the cold war. Excused because of Russian/Italian/Bulgarian expansionism.

I've only written the TL up to the early 1930s so most of this is just a projection of how things would go. I haven't updated in nearly a year and probably never will do so, so I wouldn't look to the TL for help, other than some developments in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Not saying you shouldn't check it out...

[Xhavnak]

Originally Posted by Jajax

A little while ago I put up a map of a (very) successful New Netherlands, and this is another map from the same timeline, although set a while later. The POD is way back in the early 1600s.

Well presented idea and nice map.

[Iori]

Originally Posted by aphelion72

Even in 60 years the two couldn't reconcile? I'm no expert but couldn't they be brought into the PRC under some Hong Kong style system?

The Taiwanese don't want to be a part of China anymore than the United States wants to be part of Britain.

The only reason they've not officially changed their name to the Republic of Taiwan and dropped any and all claims to the mainland and to being China is because the PRC has stated it will go to war to prevent them from doing so.

[Malta Shah]

I know Canada of OTL has a thing for the royals, but in my research of French Canada the settlers were not really all that loyal to the French Crown prior to conquest by Britain.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Abhakhazia

Map Thread X should be coming up pretty soon.....

I have started one in anticipation now that we're on page 500.

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...29#post6521129

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Saepe Fidelis

This is a re-do of one of my older maps for my (now-defunct) timeline, sigged below.

Nobody claims Seychelles?

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Mumby

Latest map from my TL, A Looser Union.

You should add boxes so we know who owns what island colonies.

[Beedok]

Wait, is this going to be locked? Also, aren't mods supposed to start the new map threads?

[Ephraim Ben Raphael]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Wait, is this going to be locked? Also, aren't mods supposed to start the new map threads?

Only mods, it'll happen sooner or later.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Wait, is this going to be locked? Also, aren't mods supposed to start the new map threads?

According to a mod...

Originally Posted by CalBear

Always nice to see someone being pro-active.

Stickied.

I'll go lock the old one.