Map Thread XV

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FancyHat

BryanIII said:
Is the purple in the SouthEast of the Arabian Peninsula a Belgian owned Muscat or just a similar looking TACOS-color I wasn't aware of!? :p
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It's the TACOS/TOASTER Oman color. I suppose it is rather similar to Belgium.
Yanranay said:
What happened to the original German colonies? Did they sell them to the UK to buy neutrality in Europe?
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They were sold after the war in order to gain colonial concessions elsewhere, such as Dahomey, Central Africa, and economic control of the Belgian Congo and various French colonies.
Ephraim Ben Raphael said:
Was America on the CP side?
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No, in fact they were nominally on the side of the Entente. However, they only provided token aid to the war effort in Europe, instead focusing on a massive intervention in the Mexican Civil War. Charles Evans Hughes' administration was hardly anathema to taking European colonies, though (manifest destiny, the spread of democracy and all that), and the German delegation offered such an opportunity in hopes of eventual alignment against potential threats.
Marcus Sergius said:
Well done! But why is German East Africa partially British? It never fell until late 1917, and Ben then Lettow-Vorbeck continued to operate in it
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See above. In essence, it's a compromise between those who wanted to keep it and those who wanted to sell it to the British outright.
brasband13 said:
Did you recolor this yourself, or is there somewhere where I could find base maps in TOASTER? I really like the color scheme that TOASTER offers, but can't find any base maps in it, and recoloring a whole map takes awhile.
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I recolored it myself, but I didn't do the whole map.
 
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brasband13

HatKirby said:
The State of the World in 1917, After the Treaty of Versailles
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Yes, it's another Central Powers victory map. I think most of it's self-explanatory; feel free to ask any questions you may have about it.
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Also, did Romania end up joining the CP? I can't think of any other reason they would gain Bessarabia and not become a puppet, considering how soundly the Austrians walloped them in OTL.
 

FancyHat

brasband13 said:
Also, did Romania end up joining the CP? I can't think of any other reason they would gain Bessarabia and not become a puppet, considering how soundly the Austrians walloped them in OTL.
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They were neutral. The government was torn between pro-Germans and nationalists; there's probably going to be a revolution soon (maybe a war with Hungary, too)
 

fashbasher

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Warning: Red Tory fantasy incoming
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POD: The UK is able to convince France and a number of other monarchies that the American Revolution will spread to Europe if it's not unchecked. Fearing a French Revolution, France joins in on the British side and helps suppress the rebels, as do Portugal and Spain. Eventually, in 1790 the US surrenders in exchange for representation in Parliament and semi-autonomy via an Act of Union. The general upshot of the West Atlantic War is that the European transition to liberal democracy is somewhat smoother as there is the precedent of different nations working together and at the same time extending rights and privileges to the people while keeping and reforming the institutions of crown and parliament. The world by 2017 is generally a more pleasant place than in OTL, as the "Leninist"/burn it down type of revolutions (such as the American and French ones, aiming to fully overthrow the traditional institutions) don't really happen and the world in general is full of Nordic-style social democratic constitutional monarchies with generally progressive policies but vibrant traditions and an abundance of rich but powerless legacy monarchs.
 

Fluffr_Nuttr

fashbasher said:
The world by 2017 is generally a more pleasant place than in OTL, as the "Leninist"/burn it down type of revolutions (such as the American and French ones, aiming to fully overthrow the traditional institutions) don't really happen and the world in general is full of Nordic-style social democratic constitutional monarchies with generally progressive policies but vibrant traditions and an abundance of rich but powerless legacy monarchs.
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Seems perfect...almost too perfect...
 

fashbasher

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Levi Fox said:
Seems perfect...almost too perfect...
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That was kinda my goal: to create a world that was both clearly an improvement from OTL and that also was inclined to the right wing (even if "right" and "left" evolved differently). Specifically, I wanted to create a scenario where:

a) there was only one point of departure, and it only had to do with foresight relating to a well-known OTL event (the French seeing that the American Revolution could inspire a French Revolution and an ensuing half-century of turmoil in Europe)

b) the world was clearly better than in OTL, even if it isn't a post-scarcity utopia

c) there was arguably a wry commentary on current events

d) there was a balance between progressivism (albeit in an orderly fashion; evolution instead of revolution) and conservatism (albeit moderate, of the Pope Francis/Prince Charles/Bismarck/De Gaulle/Red Tory line)
 

Konrad13

Balkans Regions in May of 1990 just before the onset of the Fourth Balkan War. The Federation of Yugoslavia, backed by western allies such as France and the United Kingdom as well as regional powers such as the Romanian Federal Republic and Republic of Hungary, would repel large areas of land held by the communist Free People's Democratic Socialist Republic of Aegean States. The war, the deadliest since the end of WWII, would see the liberation numerous Serb and Romanian towns, the beginning of mass ethnic cleansing on part of both sides of the war, stopping only with the signing of the Treaty of Milan in August of 1995. An estimated 600,000 people were killed in armed combat, a further 200,000 in the ethnic cleansings and the displacement of nearly 1,000,000 peoples in the aftermath of the war.

Several years later, strained and facing numerous internal rebellions, the FPDSRAS would dissolve into three new states (People's Republic of the Aegean, Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia) and cede large amounts of territory to Yugoslavia, Romania and Republic of Turkey. Tensions between the three new states would boil over into the Fifth Balkan War in 2001.
 

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sheevposter

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A small sneak-peak WIP for my next map, a "punk" version of a certain time period. Try and guess.
Mad chemistry, angry revolutionaries, and secret societies ahoy!
 

B_Munro

Falkanner said:
The Democratic People's Republic of Kentucky (DPRK):
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On consideration, although it's a fun scenario, it's a bit of a Jackson-wank: who did he conquer Louisiana from? And in any event he could only conquer the river mouth area, the rest of the place being a huge wilderness full of Indians (and bears). Are the Carolinans going to be able to secure both banks of the Mississippi to the great lakes before northerners [1] and Virginians moving west get to the northern bits? They'll probably grumble about the Carolinans preemptively claiming the whole middle of the country.

[1] "Ohioites?" The failure of the USONA [2] to maintain a political union with its westward-moving settlers is worth a mention, too.

[2] Why not USNA? We don't say "USOA." And five letters gets a bit drawn out for chanting: compare "U-S-N-A! U-S-N-A!" with "U-S-O-N-A! U-S-O-N-A!"
 

3DBEANIE

A Luau in Ghanzi

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Here is what remains of my discontinued entry for MotF 156. I eventually decided against entering it, due to a lack of time left for me to completely do everything I wanted to with it (I'm busy over the next few days until the 21st). Also, I ended up encountering a huge block with the idea after I burned myself out. Took about six-seven hours of dedicated work over this last week, so I'm not disappointed at not being able to enter it, because the Inkscape practice is invaluable.

Basic Premise: The ISOT comes from a world where the earth is duplicated and placed on its antipodes. So yes, that means there are two of each person on the world. World population is doubled, but so are the remaining resources. The Hawaiian Islands are thrown into the middle of the Kalahari desert, and the project was going to detail the collapse of the tropical environment, as well as the Hawaiians fight for independence from the surrounding African nations. Initially, Botswana illegally absorbed the territories, but resistance was very strong. Hawaii was slowly deteriorating as the desert encroached, and a pipeline of water was built from the Okavango to direct water. Funds were paid for almost entirely by the Hawaiians, and fighting broke out. After this map there was going to be a follow up with an independent Hawaiian nation in Africa.

I was divided between doing New Zealand/Spain and Hawaii/Botswana, and the reason a lot more in Southern Africa is shown is because my idea for the ISOT was thrown around between different ideas and I didn't want to abandon work. To be honest, if I had decided on the Hawaii/Botswana bit first I would've done a more zoomed in section with more detail. This map is also ATROCIOUSLY inaccurate, the references I used were awful quality (speaking of, does anyone have a good map repository?). As always, enjoy! Feedback, criticisms, suggestions and questions all welcome (Hell, at this point, should we make an acronym for saying that? Surely those four words are used together enough to warrant it). FCSQ! Beautiful. I'm a genius.
 
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