Right now I'm on a massive creative high tide and I'm positive that this is going to be the first map I'll manage to post completely finished. It's the same scenario as the one I posted months ago at this point, no islam and all that. So I'm waiting for your opinions!!
WIP Map Thread
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Here's a map I've been working on for a few days for a fantasy universe Im crafting. Im considering writing some stories about it on the writer's forum once I have enough of the universe figured out. Will be cool I think. When it comes to the map next I plan on doing things like adding more details, after that making a height map, and after that making a biome map
Coming along nicely… Though I'm not as happy with East Asia as I am with Africa or Arabia or even India.
Inspired by a TNO game where I played as a Magadan that overthrew the starting leader and is becoming a American style democracy, a map of the Magadan as the National Siberian Republic, and then as the All-Russian Republic after Germany semi-collapsed. Liberated Eastern Europe under several liberated republics, along with a Russo-Finnish ran Karelia, and various democratic allies in Eastern Europe.
I am working on a couple of maps like this including:
* Sveltlana Stalin's Auth-Dem Komi
* Ultravisonary Komi
* Dmitri Shostakovich Tomsk
Here is something different, based on an online novella that was removed last year. If you read one of my turns in Trapped In Time: A Brave New World, you know which one I'm speaking of.
In the novella, China historically practiced cannibalism (specifically, the consumption of selected 17-year-old girls) as part of their culinary culture, a relic passed down from Qin Shihuang.
The author painted a rosy picture of PRC-era China, but realistically? Disregarding butterflies, once colonialism kicked in, Qing-era China is on a path of no return. I'm killing butterflies by allowing an alt-WW1 and WW2 to exist, but that's it.
This is what I came up with so far:
Free City of Dairen (大連自由市, Japanese occupation, Soviet free port post-WW2)
Commonwealth of Weihaiwei (威海衛聯邦, former British protectorate)
Republic of Kiautschou (膠洲共和國, former German concession, neo-Nazi reactionary due to a stab in the back betrayal by West Germany in the 1960s)
Kingnan Free State (荊南自由邦, fully democratic state, wedged between Communist north and Nationalist south)
Bouxchuengh People's Republic (佈僮人民共和國, Guangxi without the more developed parts. Nationalist and hates Han Chinese for giving a bad name to China)
NANCHANG PACT MEMBERS BELOW (南昌協約, everyone dislikes each other, but they hate the Russians and Americans more. Part of the Non-Aligned Movement)
International Republic of Zånhae (上海國際共和國, alt-Shanghai International Settlement that expanded to all territories that use the Lake Taihu Wu language)
Chinese Union State (中華合眾國, nominally democratic but otherwise Fascist. Hates everyone for the partition of China)
Republic of Formosa (福爾摩沙共和國, Taiwan, but more hostile. Also controls Xiamen/Amoy)
Commonwealth of Canton (廣府聯邦, flawed Parliamentary Democracy, combination of former British Colony (Pearl River Delta) and British Protectorate (northern Guangdong and Nanning Panhandle))
Cantonese State of Heongsan (香山廣府國, former Portuguese Colony that evolved from Macau; Heongsan is the old name of Zhongshan)
Socialist Republic of Kwangchowwan (廣州灣社會主義共和國, former French Colony, and went Communist like the rest of Indochina. For some reason the French hacked Móng Cái off Vietnam and attached it to Kwangchowwan.)
And yes, the PRC would exist, but it would be a developing backwater state that is seeking to suppress its past.
In the novella, China historically practiced cannibalism (specifically, the consumption of selected 17-year-old girls) as part of their culinary culture, a relic passed down from Qin Shihuang.
The author painted a rosy picture of PRC-era China, but realistically? Disregarding butterflies, once colonialism kicked in, Qing-era China is on a path of no return. I'm killing butterflies by allowing an alt-WW1 and WW2 to exist, but that's it.
This is what I came up with so far:
Free City of Dairen (大連自由市, Japanese occupation, Soviet free port post-WW2)
Commonwealth of Weihaiwei (威海衛聯邦, former British protectorate)
Republic of Kiautschou (膠洲共和國, former German concession, neo-Nazi reactionary due to a stab in the back betrayal by West Germany in the 1960s)
Kingnan Free State (荊南自由邦, fully democratic state, wedged between Communist north and Nationalist south)
Bouxchuengh People's Republic (佈僮人民共和國, Guangxi without the more developed parts. Nationalist and hates Han Chinese for giving a bad name to China)
NANCHANG PACT MEMBERS BELOW (南昌協約, everyone dislikes each other, but they hate the Russians and Americans more. Part of the Non-Aligned Movement)
International Republic of Zånhae (上海國際共和國, alt-Shanghai International Settlement that expanded to all territories that use the Lake Taihu Wu language)
Chinese Union State (中華合眾國, nominally democratic but otherwise Fascist. Hates everyone for the partition of China)
Republic of Formosa (福爾摩沙共和國, Taiwan, but more hostile. Also controls Xiamen/Amoy)
Commonwealth of Canton (廣府聯邦, flawed Parliamentary Democracy, combination of former British Colony (Pearl River Delta) and British Protectorate (northern Guangdong and Nanning Panhandle))
Cantonese State of Heongsan (香山廣府國, former Portuguese Colony that evolved from Macau; Heongsan is the old name of Zhongshan)
Socialist Republic of Kwangchowwan (廣州灣社會主義共和國, former French Colony, and went Communist like the rest of Indochina. For some reason the French hacked Móng Cái off Vietnam and attached it to Kwangchowwan.)
And yes, the PRC would exist, but it would be a developing backwater state that is seeking to suppress its past.
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The New Era WIP Progress:
The countries of Inner and Outer Manchuria:
Free City of Dairen (大連自由市, Japanese occupation -> RSFSR exclave -> independence)
- Plurality Chinese, significant minority Russian
State of Manchuria (滿州國, Japanese puppet kingdom -> USSR member republic, de-Sinification -> independence)
- Majority Manchu/Manchurianized Chinese, minority Chinese and Russian
Zeleny Klyn People's Republic (綠烏克蘭人民共和國, annexation of Heilongjiang -> Ukrainization -> deportation of Kuban and Don Ukrainians -> USSR member republic -> Mongolian annexation of Manzhouli -> independence)
- Majority Ukrainian, minority Manchu/Manchurianized Chinese and Russian
Republic of Hokkaido (北海道共和國, Soviet occupation zone -> Soviet puppet -> independence)
- Majority Japanese, minority Ainu
Kando is Korean, but I'm not sure whether it will be the DPRK or a reunified democratic Korea.
The countries of Inner and Outer Manchuria:
Free City of Dairen (大連自由市, Japanese occupation -> RSFSR exclave -> independence)
- Plurality Chinese, significant minority Russian
State of Manchuria (滿州國, Japanese puppet kingdom -> USSR member republic, de-Sinification -> independence)
- Majority Manchu/Manchurianized Chinese, minority Chinese and Russian
Zeleny Klyn People's Republic (綠烏克蘭人民共和國, annexation of Heilongjiang -> Ukrainization -> deportation of Kuban and Don Ukrainians -> USSR member republic -> Mongolian annexation of Manzhouli -> independence)
- Majority Ukrainian, minority Manchu/Manchurianized Chinese and Russian
Republic of Hokkaido (北海道共和國, Soviet occupation zone -> Soviet puppet -> independence)
- Majority Japanese, minority Ainu
Kando is Korean, but I'm not sure whether it will be the DPRK or a reunified democratic Korea.
Depends on what your final purpose is.To label colonies or not to label?
Is it just a map of British colonies or is there a greater design? Maybe adding other countries colonies?
Personally, I would go for numbers referring to an off map key so the map is less crowded but as I say it depends on your final purpose
Good Map BTW
Further progress, with a nearly complete China.
New inclusions:
Chinese People's Union 中華人民聯邦 (Capital: Xiangyang, Jingzhou 荊州 襄陽) (Articles of Affiliation -> Sino Soviet split -> Cultural Revolution -> Socialist State with Cuban influences)
Democratic Republic of Shanxi 山西民主共和國 (Capital: Taiyuan 太原) (Articles of Affiliation -> Sino Soviet split ->Soviet-backed Secession of Shanxi and Suiyuan -> Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) observer)
Grand Duchy of New Ming 新明大公國 (Capital: Kunming 昆明) (British influenced sector -> Monarchist Restoration via descendants of the Hongwu Emperor -> Commonwealth member)
Uyghur Republic/Uyghurstan Уйғур Җумһурийити/Уйғурстан (維吾爾共和國/維吾爾斯坦) (Capital: Aqsu Ақсу (阿克蘇)) (Russian annexation of East Turkestan -> USSR member state -> independence, CIS and Turkic Council member)
Beijiang Republic 北疆共和國 (Capital: Tihwa 迪化) (Russian annexation of East Turkestan -> Chinese ASSR under the Kazakh SSR -> deportation of non-Manchurian Chinese citizens of the USSR to the CASSR -> upgrade of status to Beijiang Chinese Soviet Socialist Republic -> independence, CIS member -> withdrawal from CIS over Russian aggression in Georgia)
I will do Tibet next, then the rest of East Asia.
Also, in this timeline, the United Nations Security Council only has three members: the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. France was marred by the legitimacy of the Vichy regime, while China throughout the 1930s and early 1940s was ruled by warlords, with no effective central government. China only coalesced into several governments later in the 1940s - the Nanchang government backed by Washington (Chinese Union State), the Kunming government backed by London, and the Peking union government backed by Moscow.
A neutral zone was established in Wuchang, Ezhou, Huangshi (Hwangshih), Xianning (Sienning), and Linxiang (Linsiang). This eventually formed the Free State of Kingnan in the 1960s, and has since been the point of contact between the Maoist north, the neofascist southeast, and the monarchist southwest.
After the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviets backed a seccessionist movement based on Jin/Shanxi nationalism, resulting in an independent Shanxi. This resulted in the Communist Chinese government to move south to Xiangyang. The Kunming government had a monarchist restoration, restoring the Ming Dynasty through an exiled branch of the Hongwu Emperor's descendants in Guizhou (according to most, this branch is the direct descendants of the Chongzhen Emperor through his fourth son).
New inclusions:
Chinese People's Union 中華人民聯邦 (Capital: Xiangyang, Jingzhou 荊州 襄陽) (Articles of Affiliation -> Sino Soviet split -> Cultural Revolution -> Socialist State with Cuban influences)
Democratic Republic of Shanxi 山西民主共和國 (Capital: Taiyuan 太原) (Articles of Affiliation -> Sino Soviet split ->Soviet-backed Secession of Shanxi and Suiyuan -> Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) observer)
Grand Duchy of New Ming 新明大公國 (Capital: Kunming 昆明) (British influenced sector -> Monarchist Restoration via descendants of the Hongwu Emperor -> Commonwealth member)
Uyghur Republic/Uyghurstan Уйғур Җумһурийити/Уйғурстан (維吾爾共和國/維吾爾斯坦) (Capital: Aqsu Ақсу (阿克蘇)) (Russian annexation of East Turkestan -> USSR member state -> independence, CIS and Turkic Council member)
Beijiang Republic 北疆共和國 (Capital: Tihwa 迪化) (Russian annexation of East Turkestan -> Chinese ASSR under the Kazakh SSR -> deportation of non-Manchurian Chinese citizens of the USSR to the CASSR -> upgrade of status to Beijiang Chinese Soviet Socialist Republic -> independence, CIS member -> withdrawal from CIS over Russian aggression in Georgia)
I will do Tibet next, then the rest of East Asia.
Also, in this timeline, the United Nations Security Council only has three members: the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. France was marred by the legitimacy of the Vichy regime, while China throughout the 1930s and early 1940s was ruled by warlords, with no effective central government. China only coalesced into several governments later in the 1940s - the Nanchang government backed by Washington (Chinese Union State), the Kunming government backed by London, and the Peking union government backed by Moscow.
A neutral zone was established in Wuchang, Ezhou, Huangshi (Hwangshih), Xianning (Sienning), and Linxiang (Linsiang). This eventually formed the Free State of Kingnan in the 1960s, and has since been the point of contact between the Maoist north, the neofascist southeast, and the monarchist southwest.
After the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviets backed a seccessionist movement based on Jin/Shanxi nationalism, resulting in an independent Shanxi. This resulted in the Communist Chinese government to move south to Xiangyang. The Kunming government had a monarchist restoration, restoring the Ming Dynasty through an exiled branch of the Hongwu Emperor's descendants in Guizhou (according to most, this branch is the direct descendants of the Chongzhen Emperor through his fourth son).
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