That area north of the Rhineland is actually the Lower Rhine, the Ruhr area have to be east of it, protruding into Westphalia.
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Sultanate of Sicilya, by Sārthākā
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Probably a variant of Musumeci, which is indeed a Sicilian surname
A Worlda of my last full Victoria 2 run in HPM. (modded)
The year is 1929, Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party of America has just been sworn in as the country's next President. 15 years after the Great War, the world has settled into an era of peace led by the undisputed world leader, America. The New World stands firmly united under the American sphere (if you ignore Chile), African decolonization is in full swing (again, if you ignore the random Communist Danish Egypt), and China has finished its reunification wars.
The United States stands as the undisputed world hegemon, more than double the strength of its closest competitor, Tsarist Russia. America is a multi-ethnic, multicultural, and tolerant social welfare state. Millions of immigrants arrive every year, with the current surge coming from India being one of the largest waves in American history. There has been some backlash to this recent wave, calling for newly arriving immigrants to have harder citizenship requirements, but they are only a small minority of the population.
Tsarist Russia is the next ranking power, but nowhere near as strong as the US. The Tsar is fine with this, so long as Russia's territory remains intact and its sphere unchallenged.
The British Commonwealth is the result of the British people getting tired of losing several wars to their American kin on orders of the vengeful monarchy. After the Great War cost the British the remainder of the empire, the resulting economic downturn led to a revolution and the monarchy fled to South Africa (the only British dominion not on friendly terms with the US). The British Commonwealth quickly allied with the US in order to recover from its economic situation.
The Federal Republic of Germany is allied with the US and was the other victorious Great Power power in the Great War , finally kicking the French hard enough they got the message that Alsace-Lorraine is not theirs anymore. Germany never got into the colonial game and is focusing more on building a sphere in Europe, especially now that Danubia is not a Great Power. Germany is slowly re-integrating the small breakaway states it was forced to give up many Franco-German wars ago.
The Third French Republic is holding onto its remaining colonies for dear life. Of the Great Powers not allied to the US, France has the friendliest relations, the two sharing an alliance for much of the 19th century barring the Great War where both nations never actually fought one another.
The Kingdom of Italy, like Germany, has no colonies. Instead, Italy is focusing on building an economic Roman Empire through its sphere of influence in the Mediterranean. While Italy is not allied with the US, its biggest sphere-lings, the Ottomans and Spain are. This results in the US and Italy cooperating on several ventures.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Great Power simply because they still hold Indonesia and took some of the French and British colonies at the Great War peace conference.
The Empire of Japan is the first, and so far only non-Western Great Power. Japan is still sore over losing Hokkaido to Russia but otherwise has nowhere to expand. The rise of China will likely knock it off the Great Power list (and ironically Japan may end up in China's sphere).
The Ottomans have managed to somewhat reform and are holding on to their empire. The Ottomans, alongside Danubia and Portugal, maintain significant colonial empires but do not have the industrial or military output to compete with the other Great Powers.
Qing Dynasty China is allied to the US and has recently finished reconquering the warlords that attempted to break away when China finished modernizing. China is rapidly industrializing and is guaranteed to become a Great Power in the next few years.
The Republic of India is a result of the Great War. The US demanded Indian independence at the peace conference and since then the subcontinent has been industrializing under guidance from the US. The close ties between the two nations has led to massive immigration to the US, not that India minds due to its sheer population. India is modeling itself after the US, in terms of a tolerant, multiethnic and multi-religious society, hence there is not as much religious/secretariat violence or any demands for a separate Muslim state.
The Endgame Ledger Screen:
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75 to 60 degrees north ISOT, by DJjablonski
85-60 degrees ISOT
Notable regions included:
-Most of Alaska
-Yukon
-Almost all of Nunavut and the NWT
-Far northern Quebec and Labrador
-Almost all of Greenland
-Iceland
-Faroe Islands
-Shetlands
-Most of Norway
-Northern Half of Sweden
-Almost all of Finland
-Much of Russia
-1/4th of St. Petersburg, Archangel, Murmansk, Komi Rep, Khanty-Mansi, Nenetsia, Evenkia, Taymyr, most of Yakutia, Chukotka, Koryakia
Russia is the Great power of this world, even after abandoning the far east, but their power is still checked by other states. The Russians have rapidly spread south, and Russians are the most numerous of all peoples in the world. Some of the arctic peoples they ruledover grew dissatisfied enough to flee to southern lands, settling in Orenburg and Lithuania, but most stayed.
The Yakuts and Evens took advantage of the new land to expand into wonderfully, and with the land they are expanding into Sakha and Evenia might be great powers in their own right sometime soon. The Evens tried to secure Koryakia and Chukotka as protectorates of their confederacy, but an Alaskan intervention put an end to that plan.
The USA (United States of Alaska) is the undisputed power of the Pacific, with outposts reaching as far as Hokkaido and Ecuador. The Canadians were not so lucky, the less livable land and the divisions within the population led to what was left of the confederation falling apart. The Yukon-Mackenzie republic is an Alaskan puppet state, to put it bluntly, and the various other tribal and pioneer states are not particularly wealthy or powerful.
Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and the Danish overseas territories united to form the Nordic Union, to protect against Russia and pool their resources. Invitations were given to the Shetlands and Finland, and although both refused, the three are still close allies and have many economic ties.
Notable regions included:
-Most of Alaska
-Yukon
-Almost all of Nunavut and the NWT
-Far northern Quebec and Labrador
-Almost all of Greenland
-Iceland
-Faroe Islands
-Shetlands
-Most of Norway
-Northern Half of Sweden
-Almost all of Finland
-Much of Russia
-1/4th of St. Petersburg, Archangel, Murmansk, Komi Rep, Khanty-Mansi, Nenetsia, Evenkia, Taymyr, most of Yakutia, Chukotka, Koryakia
Russia is the Great power of this world, even after abandoning the far east, but their power is still checked by other states. The Russians have rapidly spread south, and Russians are the most numerous of all peoples in the world. Some of the arctic peoples they ruledover grew dissatisfied enough to flee to southern lands, settling in Orenburg and Lithuania, but most stayed.
The Yakuts and Evens took advantage of the new land to expand into wonderfully, and with the land they are expanding into Sakha and Evenia might be great powers in their own right sometime soon. The Evens tried to secure Koryakia and Chukotka as protectorates of their confederacy, but an Alaskan intervention put an end to that plan.
The USA (United States of Alaska) is the undisputed power of the Pacific, with outposts reaching as far as Hokkaido and Ecuador. The Canadians were not so lucky, the less livable land and the divisions within the population led to what was left of the confederation falling apart. The Yukon-Mackenzie republic is an Alaskan puppet state, to put it bluntly, and the various other tribal and pioneer states are not particularly wealthy or powerful.
Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and the Danish overseas territories united to form the Nordic Union, to protect against Russia and pool their resources. Invitations were given to the Shetlands and Finland, and although both refused, the three are still close allies and have many economic ties.
What if the Cimbri defeated Rome?
Students! Students! Keep calm please. Let me just set up the projector so I can show you today's map...
As you can see in this week's session of „lost civilizations” seminar we shall talk about the fall of Roman Republic! Not many scientists are interested in this topic. Across the ocean historians focus mostly on Lughan Confederation that came almost 200 years later. Even here, in Haudenosauneega, our Vesturian friends still feel connection to that tradition. But I believe that Roman Republic can teach us something even now.
As you have probably heard, my team and I discovered unique set of historical texts in ruins of central Cimbria. Texts by a man called Martulius Cicro. Even though he wrote in ancient Latin we could finally decipher the process that led to Roman Republic's demise.
From what we can tell it wasn't really the Cimbri that buried the Republic but rather disagreements and factionalism in the Republic. Unfortunately the politics were not forgotten on the battlefield. That is why Roman Republic lost two crucial battles – at Arausio and later on at Vercallae. In both cases the disagreement between commanders were a decisive factor. Even state as resilient as Rome could not withstand such a disaster. Together with discontent among the Italian allies as well as slave rebellion in Sicily the dominion of the Romans was broken and soon scavengers moved in to collect the spoils.
The Cimbri set up their Confederation in the former province of Cisalpine Gaul, some of the Socii – Roman Allies were forced to pay tribute to them instead of Rome.
Roman Republic itself was reduced to a meagre size. The only thing that kept Rome from disappearing completely at that time was granting citizenship to some of the allies. As Cimbri would find out Rome would have one more blaze of glory some 50 years later when Labienus – the great liberator, would inflict a defeat after defeat upon the Cimbri, however he would be defeated by Ariovistus the Conqueror.
In Spain the local tribes still unruly even after Numantia soon thrown off their shackles and created – for a short time, a united kingdom that copied the Roman administration.
In the South son of King Yogurtha – Oxyntas reforged his father's kingdom and expanded it to include both former province of Africa and Mauretania.
After waning of Roman influence the eastern provinces entered the state of total chaos. Mithridates the Great expanded his kingdom across Asia Minor and Greece submitted to him. However his expansion would be later on threatened by Parthians and Ptolemaic Egypt.
Galatians were another people that defied Mithridates. Their new kingdom at Pergamon never fell to Pontic ambitions.
After a time Parthian influence became too dangerous (they destoyed the old Seleucid Empire) and Hellenic league was forged between Pontus and Egypt. The Parthians were defeated thanks mostly to great efforts of Roman mercenary called Megas Pompeios. For his expoits he was granted governorship of Syria by the King of Egypt.
Afterwards the Hellenic monarchies returned to their usual struggles.
Beyond the Black Sea a young woman loosed arrow which without a fault hit a Pontic Hoplite and killed him immediately. She looked towards the sea, eyes gleaming with ambition. The kings of the south will tremble.
And with this dramatic, and I am sorry to say a bit too poetic ending we end our meeting today!
Students! Students! Keep calm please. Let me just set up the projector so I can show you today's map...
As you can see in this week's session of „lost civilizations” seminar we shall talk about the fall of Roman Republic! Not many scientists are interested in this topic. Across the ocean historians focus mostly on Lughan Confederation that came almost 200 years later. Even here, in Haudenosauneega, our Vesturian friends still feel connection to that tradition. But I believe that Roman Republic can teach us something even now.
As you have probably heard, my team and I discovered unique set of historical texts in ruins of central Cimbria. Texts by a man called Martulius Cicro. Even though he wrote in ancient Latin we could finally decipher the process that led to Roman Republic's demise.
From what we can tell it wasn't really the Cimbri that buried the Republic but rather disagreements and factionalism in the Republic. Unfortunately the politics were not forgotten on the battlefield. That is why Roman Republic lost two crucial battles – at Arausio and later on at Vercallae. In both cases the disagreement between commanders were a decisive factor. Even state as resilient as Rome could not withstand such a disaster. Together with discontent among the Italian allies as well as slave rebellion in Sicily the dominion of the Romans was broken and soon scavengers moved in to collect the spoils.
The Cimbri set up their Confederation in the former province of Cisalpine Gaul, some of the Socii – Roman Allies were forced to pay tribute to them instead of Rome.
Roman Republic itself was reduced to a meagre size. The only thing that kept Rome from disappearing completely at that time was granting citizenship to some of the allies. As Cimbri would find out Rome would have one more blaze of glory some 50 years later when Labienus – the great liberator, would inflict a defeat after defeat upon the Cimbri, however he would be defeated by Ariovistus the Conqueror.
In Spain the local tribes still unruly even after Numantia soon thrown off their shackles and created – for a short time, a united kingdom that copied the Roman administration.
In the South son of King Yogurtha – Oxyntas reforged his father's kingdom and expanded it to include both former province of Africa and Mauretania.
After waning of Roman influence the eastern provinces entered the state of total chaos. Mithridates the Great expanded his kingdom across Asia Minor and Greece submitted to him. However his expansion would be later on threatened by Parthians and Ptolemaic Egypt.
Galatians were another people that defied Mithridates. Their new kingdom at Pergamon never fell to Pontic ambitions.
After a time Parthian influence became too dangerous (they destoyed the old Seleucid Empire) and Hellenic league was forged between Pontus and Egypt. The Parthians were defeated thanks mostly to great efforts of Roman mercenary called Megas Pompeios. For his expoits he was granted governorship of Syria by the King of Egypt.
Afterwards the Hellenic monarchies returned to their usual struggles.
Beyond the Black Sea a young woman loosed arrow which without a fault hit a Pontic Hoplite and killed him immediately. She looked towards the sea, eyes gleaming with ambition. The kings of the south will tremble.
And with this dramatic, and I am sorry to say a bit too poetic ending we end our meeting today!
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Can't wait for the 45N to 60N one. I'm curious who will have more population... Canada or the US.
Btw, the 45N line passes through both of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.
Emirate of Kubaw, by Sārthākā
Thoughts and comments?
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Moroccan colonies in the Americas is a concept I always like to see, it’s such an interesting concept because it nearly became reality a couple times and would be a huge departure from the generally Catholic/Protestant Western European dominance in the New World in both OTL and a lot of AH scenarios, but people don’t really do much with it.In 1542, together with Ottoman Admiral Heyreddin Barbarossa, Queen Sayyida Al-Hura of Morocco in our timeline planned on a daring invasion into Spanish-held American territories. This failed in our timeline due to the Ottomans pulling out but what if they didn't? In a daring dash across the Atlantic, Moroccan and Ottoman corsairs cross the Atlantic and against all odds - and due to sheer surprise factor - the Spanish Colony of Cuba is conquered by the corsairs in 1544. Barbarossa returns to the Ottoman Empire as a hero, and cements his status as a naval legend. Queen Sayyida on the other hand remains in Cuba, and declares the Emirate of Kubaw with herself as Queen Regnant of Kubaw, or Emira. Despite Spanish attempts to reconquer the colony, Queen Sayyida defends her new domain doggedly and with Ottoman monetary support and Moroccan manpower support, her rule is solidified. She - as she intended during her raiding conquests in our timeline - establishes an exclusive Queendom in Kubaw, with women being the inheritors of the Emirate, at least, within the ruling Wattasid Dynasty of Kubaw. After her death in 1561, Kubaw passed to her granddaughter, Emira Alia, and the story continued. In 1712, Spain finally gave up its attempts to reconquer the colony, signing an economic agreement with the Emirate. During the heyday of Caribbean piracy, Kubaw became a haven of piracy, with pirates fleeing French, British and Spanish law fleeing to Kubaw, where they were given refuge. Today it is a country that is mildly prosperous by Latin American standards with a GDP Per Capita of $17,188 ruled over by a constitutional monarchy today headed by Emira Sayyida IV.
Thoughts and comments?
Thoughts and comments?
This is inspired by the British normandy map on reddit.
Do you have sources on that letter, because back in 1814, Brittany was literally the most hardcore pro-Bourbon region of the whole of France.In our timeline in 1814, as Napoleon's reign seemed to be ending, many influential members of the Breton estate sent a letter of petition to Britain asking for breakage of the Franco-Breton Union of 1490, and for admission into the United Kingdom itself. In our timeline, this petition was promptly ignored by the British government, though it was given a good sidelook by the cabinet after Napoleon returned for a short while after Elba. What if this sidelook evolved into the UK accepting this petition? This is the basic premise of this map basically.
Thoughts and comments?
This is inspired by the British normandy map on reddit.
Also that's a 1920's flag, they would've used the old black cross on white field of the middle ages.
Somehow, it would need to be added to the Union Flag.
So I've had a good deal of backstory and ideas for a project that I've only just now got around to actually mapping out; while this is a small snippet I figured I'd post it anyways.
The below is the Dutch colony of Vimerland (named for the mighty Vimer River*) as it was in the year 1800.
Vimerlands was one of three Dutch colonies in the America's (the others being a union of Caribbean islands and New Netherlands** in North America) and the result of some of the earliest Dutch colonization of South America.
*The Amazon River, ITTL named after the Vimer River in Norse mythology which was said to be large and powerful.
**I have'nt thought of an actual name for the country as a whole, though Nieuw-Nederland will actually refer to a region of it similar to how New England is IOTL.
The below is the Dutch colony of Vimerland (named for the mighty Vimer River*) as it was in the year 1800.
Vimerlands was one of three Dutch colonies in the America's (the others being a union of Caribbean islands and New Netherlands** in North America) and the result of some of the earliest Dutch colonization of South America.
*The Amazon River, ITTL named after the Vimer River in Norse mythology which was said to be large and powerful.
**I have'nt thought of an actual name for the country as a whole, though Nieuw-Nederland will actually refer to a region of it similar to how New England is IOTL.
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Who is Sayyida in OTL?In 1542, together with Ottoman Admiral Heyreddin Barbarossa, Queen Sayyida Al-Hura of Morocco in our timeline planned on a daring invasion into Spanish-held American territories. This failed in our timeline due to the Ottomans pulling out but what if they didn't? In a daring dash across the Atlantic, Moroccan and Ottoman corsairs cross the Atlantic and against all odds - and due to sheer surprise factor - the Spanish Colony of Cuba is conquered by the corsairs in 1544. Barbarossa returns to the Ottoman Empire as a hero, and cements his status as a naval legend. Queen Sayyida on the other hand remains in Cuba, and declares the Emirate of Kubaw with herself as Queen Regnant of Kubaw, or Emira. Despite Spanish attempts to reconquer the colony, Queen Sayyida defends her new domain doggedly and with Ottoman monetary support and Moroccan manpower support, her rule is solidified. She - as she intended during her raiding conquests in our timeline - establishes an exclusive Queendom in Kubaw, with women being the inheritors of the Emirate, at least, within the ruling Wattasid Dynasty of Kubaw. After her death in 1561, Kubaw passed to her granddaughter, Emira Alia, and the story continued. In 1712, Spain finally gave up its attempts to reconquer the colony, signing an economic agreement with the Emirate. During the heyday of Caribbean piracy, Kubaw became a haven of piracy, with pirates fleeing French, British and Spanish law fleeing to Kubaw, where they were given refuge. Today it is a country that is mildly prosperous by Latin American standards with a GDP Per Capita of $17,188 ruled over by a constitutional monarchy today headed by Emira Sayyida IV.
Thoughts and comments?
the basic idea is that the Ainu manage to modernize and then kick out both the encroaching Russians and Japanese. Done in the same style as the previous maps. Thoughts and comments?
Not meant as a criticism of your map (I like these 'wikibox' type presentations) but this reminded me of a map by @Falklandia (who went by "Ampersand" at the time) which I remember fondly.
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