Map Thread XIII

[CannedTech]

Coming along, but still need to do the Antarctic bits. I need a patch for a thawed or partially thawed Antarctica on the regular worldA basemap. I have
some big maps that show a thawed Antarctica, but since they don't also show the regular outline, modifying the worldA normal Antarctica by hand and eye is turning out to be a bitch and a half. Anyone?

I have a file on my computer, but it's deep in the depths... Off the top of my head tho', AKISOT has one.

 

[Lord Hastur of Carcosa]

[SNIP]
~The World In 1950~


1950, or The Last Man on Earth, was a Meiji era I-Novel in 1908 by the Hokkaido native author and Christian Socialist, Toida Masao, written in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War. In his novel, Toida envisioned a authoritarian society dominated by perpetual war, a seemingly omnipotent and oppressive Government that manipulates it's populous into mindlessly worshiping and following the central authority, and the repression of sexuality and free will.

The novel follows Kenzo Laurier, a painter living on the United Federal States prefecture of Island-Port One (formally known as Japan), working for the propaganda department in Tokyo. Painting western style art to help encourage the war against Island-Port One's feared and hated opponents, the Entante Republic, a massive superstate that is situated from the British Isle to the Bering strait (the other nation, Indo-Afurika, is depicted as the former coonies of the Entante having rebelled to form their own super state). Dissatisfied with his work, Kenzo secretly keeps a sketchpad full of traditional art and Haiku's, which he uses as an expression of rebellion. Falling madly in love with Takako, a young cook. The two begin an affair, illegal under the Eugenics laws of the UFS, and are entrapped by their trusted college Akira Smith, who tortures Kenzo for his misdeeds and forces him back in line with the UFS's doctrine.

The novel was hugely controversial upon it's initial publication, dividing Japanese society. Many saw the book as a celebration of Japanese culture, whilst others saw it as a blatant insult to their way of life. The depiction of Japan as subjugated by the United States in a cold war against Europe would prove the most controversial point, and is generally pointed to as one of the reasons the novel was eventually banned, as was it's perceived insults towards the Emperor. Following the Great Pacific War, the novel was translated and widely popular in america and the Anglo-Sphere, with Toida (who went missing in 1914 during a visit to Korea) heralded as one of the greatest Japanese authors. In Japan today, the book still divides, with those who enjoy it championing the novel as an expression of what it truly means to be Japanese, whilst those who despise it see it as nothing more than a meaningless exercise in misery.

The Holy Empire of Britannia has always been at war with the X-Men.

 

[CyberPhoenix001]

Coming along, but still need to do the Antarctic bits.

Well, whatever you're doing so far, you're doing it right: as I looked over the map, a familiar smell of cardboard and the rattle of plastic game pieces came back to me...

I eagerly await your justifications for those states in northern North America.

 

[Gog (♀)]

Coming along, but still need to do the Antarctic bits. I need a patch for a thawed or partially thawed Antarctica on the regular worldA basemap. I have
some big maps that show a thawed Antarctica, but since they don't also show the regular outline, modifying the worldA normal Antarctica by hand and eye is turning out to be a bitch and a half. Anyone?

Florida is still around? Haha take that Louisiana!

 

[Gog (♀)]

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This looks very interesting.

 

[shiftygiant]

You missed a few lakes.

*shakes fist* Those damn ice lakes!

Heart eyes! I would love to see more of this kind of thing—parallelism is a great deal of fun, but you usually only see it with historical figures or nations as a whole. Creating 1984 as a classic Japanese novel is fascinating, and now I want to see more of this world!

The Holy Empire of Britannia has always been at war with the X-Men.

This looks very interesting.

Danke schön. For the last week I've been writing an essay on Nineteen Eighty-Four (hence my weekend fishing trip), and after finishing it I began to read Tokyo Year Zero. I thought it'd be kind of fun to do 1984+Japan.

Also, barely anyone uses the Pacific Worlda, so I thought it'd be fun to have a go with it.

 

[Clandango]

Just a random allies wank, because I don't see a lot of them

Orange denotes international territory, because I am too lazy to draw stripes on such small spaces.

Constantinople- Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Britain, France

Palestine- Britain, France, Italy, Egypt, Hejaz, Greater Syria, Russia, also has a council made up of all 3 Abrahamic religions governing the place.

New Zealand must be seething at not getting to keep German Samoa. And which denominations are represented in Palestine? After all, there are five churches keeping incharge of the Holy Sephulchre that can't agree on moving a latter, and there are at least a four or five schools of Islam in the Levant. The Samaritans get a seat? And no need for the Brits getting Hanover. Just keeping Ireland is wank enough.

 

[Alex Richards]

~The World In 1950~


1950, or The Last Man on Earth, was a Meiji era I-Novel in 1908 by the Hokkaido native author and Christian Socialist, Toida Masao, written in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War. In his novel, Toida envisioned a authoritarian society dominated by perpetual war, a seemingly omnipotent and oppressive Government that manipulates it's populous into mindlessly worshiping and following the central authority, and the repression of sexuality and free will.

The novel follows Kenzo Laurier, a painter living on the United Federal States prefecture of Island-Port One (formally known as Japan), working for the propaganda department in Tokyo. Painting western style art to help encourage the war against Island-Port One's feared and hated opponents, the Entante Republic, a massive superstate that is situated from the British Isle to the Bering strait (the other nation, Indo-Afurika, is depicted as the former coonies of the Entante having rebelled to form their own super state). Dissatisfied with his work, Kenzo secretly keeps a sketchpad full of traditional art and Haiku's, which he uses as an expression of rebellion. Falling madly in love with Takako, a young cook. The two begin an affair, illegal under the Eugenics laws of the UFS, and are entrapped by their trusted college Akira Smith, who tortures Kenzo for his misdeeds and forces him back in line with the UFS's doctrine.

The novel was hugely controversial upon it's initial publication, dividing Japanese society. Many saw the book as a celebration of Japanese culture, whilst others saw it as a blatant insult to their way of life. The depiction of Japan as subjugated by the United States in a cold war against Europe would prove the most controversial point, and is generally pointed to as one of the reasons the novel was eventually banned, as was it's perceived insults towards the Emperor. Following the Great Pacific War, the novel was translated and widely popular in america and the Anglo-Sphere, with Toida (who went missing in 1914 during a visit to Korea) heralded as one of the greatest Japanese authors. In Japan today, the book still divides, with those who enjoy it championing the novel as an expression of what it truly means to be Japanese, whilst those who despise it see it as nothing more than a meaningless exercise in misery. ​

Finally a variation on 1984 that feels fresh and original

 

[ruth]

*shakes fist* Those damn ice lakes!

Danke schön. For the last week I've been writing an essay on Nineteen Eighty-Four (hence my weekend fishing trip), and after finishing it I began to read Tokyo Year Zero. I thought it'd be kind of fun to do 1984+Japan.

Also, barely anyone uses the Pacific Worlda, so I thought it'd be fun to have a go with it.

You're definitely right about that. I've been thinking of trying out using it for a Man in the High Castle map, which similarly lends itself to a Pacific-centred projection, but I have so little experience with the borders flipped around Pacific-like that I worry it wouldn't look good. Has anyone done Pacific worlda with administrative divisions?

 

[shiftygiant]

You're definitely right about that. I've been thinking of trying out using it for a Man in the High Castle map, which similarly lends itself to a Pacific-centred projection, but I have so little experience with the borders flipped around Pacific-like that I worry it wouldn't look good. Has anyone done Pacific worlda with administrative divisions?

The ones on the wiki have maps with AD's, but there are only two and they haven't really been touched for a while.

 

[Luuuma]

First map I've posted here, a slightly modified version of an EU4 map. Basically just for practice.

 

[empty]

I love the smell of a good Iroquois-screw in the morning.

 

[Thande]

Only slightly AH, but this is a map I made of world population figures in 2014 if India's and China's subdivisions were treated as separate nations.

Because it's 2014, this is before Andhra Pradesh in India was divided.

 

[Gog (♀)]

I was thinking of making a map where almost every single ethic group in the Middle East gets their own country. Should I go ahead or stop for sanity's sake? I would start with Lebanon as that's the most screwed up one.

 

[orion]

I was thinking of making a map where almost every single ethic group in the Middle East gets their own country. Should I go ahead or stop for sanity's sake? I would start with Lebanon as that's the most screwed up one.

I think it'd be pretty interesting, but definitely complicated. There was actually something like this done a couple years ago by someone in the U.S. military.

 

[Clandango]

I think it'd be pretty interesting, but definitely complicated. There was actually something like this done a couple years ago by someone in the U.S. military.

I really must wonder why Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE are shown as having lost land. Or why Armenia is shown as having gained land when they lost Nagarno Kabarkasomething, which has been independent since they left the Soviet Union.

 

[Gog (♀)]

I think it'd be pretty interesting, but definitely complicated. There was actually something like this done a couple years ago by someone in the U.S. military.

Not even close to want I'm talking about, Syria is still mostly in one piece there as is Lebanon. My paint.net knife would make many cuts.

 

[metastasis_d]

I really must wonder why Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE are shown as having lost land. Or why Armenia is shown as having gained land when they lost Nagarno Kabarkasomething, which has been independent since they left the Soviet Union.

Armenia gained some of the Armenian parts of Turkey to their west. So they have gained land.

Armenia doesn't have Nagarno-Karabakh IRL. N-K is a claimed independent breakaway state of Azerbaijan, so they can't have "lost" it. Azerbaijan can lose it, but hasn't in this map.

 

[Thanksforallthefish]

I think it'd be pretty interesting, but definitely complicated. There was actually something like this done a couple years ago by someone in the U.S. military.

Oh yeah, the one with the Saudi Homelands Independent Territories. Nice acronym there.

 

[Gryphon]

I think it'd be pretty interesting, but definitely complicated. There was actually something like this done a couple years ago by someone in the U.S. military.

It's a terrible map, but at some point I tried to approximate it on the Worlda-