Is anyone interested in doing a series of Worlda maps, one every hundred years or so, in the style of Beedoks recent series? If so, PM me or tell me here.
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Looks great! I'm intrigued - did you invent the shape of the coastline or is it based on something?
On a different note, here's a WIP. It's one section of what is going to be a map of the Global Assembly - the main legislative body of the Global Republic, a futuristic planet-spanning state. (While it claims jurisdictions over the entire planet, some regions ignore the Global Republic and rely on their own "petty states," but those are not shown on the map, as they are not officially recognized.) The five colors represent the five major parties.
Red = Egalitarian Party
Blue = Pluralist Party
Purple = Rational Party
Green = Universalist Party
Gold = Liberal Party
I tend to make them based off of pre-existing maps of the moons and worlds, but I couldn't find a good one of Oberon so I made it myself.
Thanks. It's been an interesting challenge trying to decide how to divide up the world into legislative districts. The districts can have various numbers of seats, ranging from 1 (examples: Bahamas, Hawaii, Iceland) to 29 (Uttar Pradesh). Any district under 7 million people gets 1 seat in the Assembly, which is decided by majority, with runoffs if necessary. For districts with more than one seat, the seats are awarded proportionally based on what percentage of the vote each party receives. The large districts typically have all five parties represented, or at least four. For example, the breakdown for Uttar Pradesh is 10:8:5:4:2. There are also mega-districts, where the seats are open to the entire continent, but the elected officials are treated just like any other legislators. You can see the North America mega-district on the map above. It includes all of Central America and the Caribbean, and has 11 seats, roughly one seat for every 50 million people. The largest mega-district is South Asia, which has 35 seats.
It's a mix of both. Some surviving native states and also some religious or political utopian wildcat states.
Avatar: The Phoenix War
Historians say that a turning point in the Hundred Year War was when Azula, daughter of Fire Lord Ozai, successfully killed Avatar Aang through the use of lightningbending. While his friends tried to save his life, they failed, and the Avatar cycle was broken. Resistance against the Fire Nation's conquest of the planet crumbled quickly. The Avatar's friends, at least those that were still alive, aligned themselves with the White Lotus, an organization that embarrassingly had the former General Iroh in its ranks. The White Lotus made a last stand at the city of Ba Sing Se, but the battle occurred during the arrival of Sozin's Comet, giving the Fire Nation the advantage. The Fire Nation's airship fleet successfully burned the city to the ground, and the newly-proclaimed Phoenix King, Ozai, defeated his brother in single combat. A new era under the bright light of the Fire Nation had arrived.
The Phoenix King proved to be a ruthless leader, mercilessly crushing any resistance to the Fire Nation's rule. The Fire Nation itself was placed under Prince Zuko, who was given the office of Fire Lord after Ozai relinquished the title. Meanwhile, Princess Azula was allowed to keep the title of Earth Queen, and was tasked with keeping the massive Earth Kingdom under Fire Nation rule. Ozai's decision to give his children these thrones was made in order to take advantage of the sibling rivalry and redirect animosity that might be directed at himself, and because Ozai was uninterested in such lowly micromanagement. The allocation of power suited his children's personalities: Zuko was a kinder individual who was useful in keeping Fire Nation loyalty, while Azula's ruthlessness was useful in crushing dissent in the Earth Kingdom. But ultimately, the children were just the puppets of the Phoenix King, ruler of the entire world.
When Ozai died in 160 AG, his empire quickly collapsed. Ozai was very unclear about which of his two children would succeed him, and neither wanted to acknowledge the other's claim to the title of Phoenix King. Azula believed that the title of Phoenix King was rightfully hers, as she had done more to aid her father in his conquest of the world and had remained loyal. Zuko wanted the title because he felt that his father had been overly harsh in his governance of the world, and he believed that his sister would burn the Fire Nation's empire to the ground, literally and figuratively, if she ruled.
Zuko had quite a sound basis for this belief. Azula had become somewhat unstable after she was sidelined by Ozai after the Fire Nation's victory, and was angered further that her brother received the title of Fire Lord, in spite of her having killed the Avatar. However, she was more or less content to rule the Earth Kingdom, a far larger territory as her father constantly reminded her, and Ozai had even allowed her to burn the occasional earthbender if she so pleased. However, after Ozai's death, the fact that Azula wasn't explicitly given the title of Phoenix King served as the ultimate insult, and her already strained sanity snapped completely. Upon hearing that Zuko would not relinquish his claim to the throne, she declared war on him, and asked every Fire Nation noble and general to aid her in claiming the throne. In response, Zuko made his own call to arms. The Fire Nation's empire was split in two, and a new war had begun.
It has been ten years since Ozai's death, and the Phoenix War shows no signs of stopping soon. While forces loyal to Zuko are beginning to secure the Fire Nation proper, Azula still commands a massive army, and will likely fight desperately for every inch of land that she controls. However, in her madness, Azula has lost much of her actual political power. While she is still Earth Queen, actual governance of the Earth Kingdom has fallen to the Dai Li, who relay Azula's insane orders to the rest of the Earth Kingdom and Azula's loyalists. Often, these orders are mysteriously lost or change, and the Dai Li have taken steps to ensure that the Earth Queen only receives good news. After all, they know what happens to the bearers of bad news.
But news for the Earth Kingdom is anything but good, because the truth is that the Earth Kingdom is crumbling. Many earthbending revolts are popping up throughout the countryside, motivated by a people tired of Fire Nation tyranny and seeing the opportunity that the movement of so many Fire Nation troops to far-off battlefields has given. To the far west, the Union of Equalist Republics has risen. Led by the enigmatic Amon, the anti-bending Equalists have taken advantage of the chaos and established their own nation, where bending is a crime punishable by death. The Equalists are making incursions into the rest of the Earth Kingdom, and the possibility of the entire Earth Kingdom falling to them is something that horrifies Fire Lord Zuko and motivates him to win the war quickly and contain the situation.
Zuko has made promises to the people of the other two nations that he will restore their independence if they aid him in overthrowing his sister and fighting the Equalists. Zuko has framed this as a desperate measure, but in truth he wanted to dismantle his father's empire and would have done so from the throne of the Phoenix King had he gained it peacefully. This hasn't stopped some resistance movements from distrusting Zuko's intentions, particularly the resurgent Northern Water Tribe under Chief Unalaq. Unalaq is an ardent spiritualist, fearful of the imbalance that killing the Avatar, the destruction of the airbenders and and over half a century of Fire Nation rule has caused. There are rumors that a new Avatar, this time born among the earthbenders, is starting to become active, and some hope that this figure can bring balance back to the world.
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I’ve wondered about this for some time now. All the states on your moons and such are going to be SMALL, comparatively. What sort of populations do they have to justify such numbers?
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Either the 1530s (the creation of the Schmalkaldic League as a northern, protestant version of the HRE) or the Migration era.
North America after the Lebanon Accords, the nation was collapsing, all parties agreed to split to keep the citizens safe.
(light navy?) United States of America, patriots not willing to let go of Colombia.
(Light Brown) Free state of Cascadia, trying _really_ hard to become Canadian.
(Orange) California Republic, trying _really_ hard to be Canada.
(Light Blue) Union of Deseret, Finally a Mormon homeland!
(Maroon) Republic of Arizona, if Fox owned a nation (undergoing a referendum to join the Texas.
(Turquoise) Union of Texas, Federalized Mega-Texas.
(Dark Green) Louisiana, Cajan Anarchy.
(Tan) Republic of America (Richmond), the New Confederacy!
(Pink) Ohio Federation, no one wanted them.
(Green) New England, yep.
(Navy) Republic of America (Chicago), Trying to keep things the same.
(Red) Plains States, Begging Chicago to let them in to stop Montana's advance.
Questions?
(light navy?) United States of America, patriots not willing to let go of Colombia.
(Light Brown) Free state of Cascadia, trying _really_ hard to become Canadian.
(Orange) California Republic, trying _really_ hard to be Canada.
(Light Blue) Union of Deseret, Finally a Mormon homeland!
(Maroon) Republic of Arizona, if Fox owned a nation (undergoing a referendum to join the Texas.
(Turquoise) Union of Texas, Federalized Mega-Texas.
(Dark Green) Louisiana, Cajan Anarchy.
(Tan) Republic of America (Richmond), the New Confederacy!
(Pink) Ohio Federation, no one wanted them.
(Green) New England, yep.
(Navy) Republic of America (Chicago), Trying to keep things the same.
(Red) Plains States, Begging Chicago to let them in to stop Montana's advance.
Questions?
Just something I did out of boredom . . . Command and Conquer maps.
The map on top shows what parts of the world had aligned themselves with GDI or Nod in the lead up to the First Tiberium War. It's based on a map of the world you see when starting a campaign for either faction.
Oddly enough, this map doesn't match the Campaign Progression Maps you get in either the GDI or the Nod campaigns. Just as an example, most of Africa is considered to be Neutral at the start of Nod's Campaign, despite the introductory cutscene showing most of Africa as Nod Aligned.
The map on the bottom is just one idea I've had for a hypothetical Brotherhood of Nod victory in the First Tiberium War.
For now, I'm assuming there won't be much in the way of a Second Tiberium War . . . I'd imagine Kane could just sit on Nod's gains and develop the world changing missile, as seen in Nod's Tiberian Sun ending, at his leisure.
The map on top shows what parts of the world had aligned themselves with GDI or Nod in the lead up to the First Tiberium War. It's based on a map of the world you see when starting a campaign for either faction.
Oddly enough, this map doesn't match the Campaign Progression Maps you get in either the GDI or the Nod campaigns. Just as an example, most of Africa is considered to be Neutral at the start of Nod's Campaign, despite the introductory cutscene showing most of Africa as Nod Aligned.
The map on the bottom is just one idea I've had for a hypothetical Brotherhood of Nod victory in the First Tiberium War.
For now, I'm assuming there won't be much in the way of a Second Tiberium War . . . I'd imagine Kane could just sit on Nod's gains and develop the world changing missile, as seen in Nod's Tiberian Sun ending, at his leisure.
I started munroifying this but then gave up. The POD is that the Mamluks are informed of Muhammad Ali's plans and thus avoid being massacred; they ultimately attain total power in Egypt. Butterflies mean that Napoleon is defeated a bit sooner and Britain is able to turn around and crush the United States, resulting in the New England states and Maryland seceding and the rump collapsing in on itself multiple times. After that, a lot of things go very differently.
1 The Russians exported a lot of missionaries here; one of them befriended the King. So the king had all of the Catholic missionaries burned for heresy. The current monarch is more moderate.
2 Glad to be free of South America. Not as great of a immigrant magnet as Maryland or Mexico, but they got their fair share. Mostly Hungarians, though Frenchies hold plurality.
3 The South American policies of 'indentured servitude' and 'putting revolutionaries on ships to somewhere' means they're an even bigger pariah then OTL's South Africa.
4 No Monroe to make any doctrines. Brits are happy with this; Mexico, slightly less so, since officially Nicaragua is a revolting Mexican province. Has been for nearly 90 years.
5 There will be issues here soon now that more and more resources are being discovered in the border regions. Brazil is actually more concerned with their overseas possessions, though.
6 One day, Portugal and Brazil realized they're actually great friends. Portugal backed out of Cisplatina at that point, and the Cisplatinians went shopping for a new insurance policy.
7 The Czar's titles include 'Lord of the (Geographic) Poles'. They also include 'Prince of Kentucky', but don't tell the Russians- or the South Americans for that matter.
8 Napoleon stayed on Elba, so the Brits never needed this island. Instead, one of the hundreds of Russian expeditions ended up here. Vozneseniya never informed St. Petersburg they were a colony.
9 Maryland's power is ostensibly on par with TTL's Netherlands, but their army is singlehandedly the best man for man in the world. They've actually shown great restraint in colony shopping.
10 The Bristol Conferences forced this on Germany. Very little government involvement; private companies make it even worse then OTL's Belgian Congo.
11 Another couple of Russian expeditions, including a mission, ended up here. The Ashanti Emperor decided the Russians smelled better then the Brits or Danes.
12 "One State, Two Nations"- A political ideology dominant in Prussia from the 1880s: The Prussian Poles and Prussian Germans, equal halves of the Prussian identity.
13 Austria tried to copy Prussia. The Hungarians want no part of it, and every other ethnicity is quite simply irate. The Austrian Empire looks about ready to fall.
14 The Italian Empire and United Kingdom of the South have, respectively, a Bonaparte and a Murat on their thrones. People still get jumpy if either of them threaten war with anyone.
15 Following the massive Ottoman reforms in 1869, people stopped really sympathizing with the increasingly radical Hellenes and Epirotes.
16 The 8 Ottoman Selatenets are basically independent nations- without real armies, paying a tax to the Caliph, and without separate foreign policies. Still. The state as a whole is very stable.
17 The Mamluks are quite tolerant; Sunnis only make up about half of the population these days. Their French-model army has been having foreign adventures and they're building a canal.
18 There was an aborted Communist revolution in Russia in 1904. This resulted in a military coup; the Czar still rules, technically, but only very very technically outside St. Petersburg.
19 Netherlands is a true, democratic republic! Ignore that the Prime Minister has canceled every election for the past 30 years. What Javan Labour Camps?
20 The Bristol Conferences forced this on them. Mostly Swahilis and Arabs still, but Japanese colonists are starting to arrive en masse.
21 Muscat is like OTL's UAE. Except it's actually a nice place to live. They're also a totally secular Socialist state. They have an excellent Prussian style army which could tango with Maryland's.
21b Oman, on the other hand, is filled with sand and traditionalists. The only reason Muscat tolerates them is that their camelry is an excellent auxiliary force.
22 Persia's Shah doesn't really get it; he's trying to modernize on Muscat's model whilst retaining his autocratic rule and supporting the church. France, meanwhile, is 'helping' him.
23 Burma is the biggest target for Western Orientalism these days. Their extremely centralized state and army make their neighbors, even Britain, quake. Actually a nice place to live, though.
24 Koryushoto Teikoku was formerly a Japanese project to stop the expansion of British and Dutch interests. Now they bought a bunch of Russian cannons and everyone's a bit flighty.
25 A bunch of minor Mongol Khans decided teaming up is better then getting eaten by Qing China, Měi Yōng China, or Russia. Tibet agrees and the one Muslim Khanate feels out of place.
26 The fact that the Qing are still around is a bit of a miracle, but the Měi Yōng felt it was more important to get rid of the Nián Wèi and Republicans in the South. Also to let all of the Europeans in.
27 After Japan ended it's isolation, they decided to spread the joy to Korea. Korea is still Japan's junior, but in a war they would have a fighting chance. Not that it's likely, the two are quite friendly.
28 Korea decided that having Dirty Catholics so close by was a bad idea, so they helped liberate the (also Catholic) Filipinos. Not sure why now, but the new nation makes a good trading partner.
29 Japan is the Big Sister of the three great modernized Asian powers, but is starting to get ideas about 'liberating' the rest of Asia. Burma and Korea are kinda iffy on the whole subject.
1 The Russians exported a lot of missionaries here; one of them befriended the King. So the king had all of the Catholic missionaries burned for heresy. The current monarch is more moderate.
2 Glad to be free of South America. Not as great of a immigrant magnet as Maryland or Mexico, but they got their fair share. Mostly Hungarians, though Frenchies hold plurality.
3 The South American policies of 'indentured servitude' and 'putting revolutionaries on ships to somewhere' means they're an even bigger pariah then OTL's South Africa.
4 No Monroe to make any doctrines. Brits are happy with this; Mexico, slightly less so, since officially Nicaragua is a revolting Mexican province. Has been for nearly 90 years.
5 There will be issues here soon now that more and more resources are being discovered in the border regions. Brazil is actually more concerned with their overseas possessions, though.
6 One day, Portugal and Brazil realized they're actually great friends. Portugal backed out of Cisplatina at that point, and the Cisplatinians went shopping for a new insurance policy.
7 The Czar's titles include 'Lord of the (Geographic) Poles'. They also include 'Prince of Kentucky', but don't tell the Russians- or the South Americans for that matter.
8 Napoleon stayed on Elba, so the Brits never needed this island. Instead, one of the hundreds of Russian expeditions ended up here. Vozneseniya never informed St. Petersburg they were a colony.
9 Maryland's power is ostensibly on par with TTL's Netherlands, but their army is singlehandedly the best man for man in the world. They've actually shown great restraint in colony shopping.
10 The Bristol Conferences forced this on Germany. Very little government involvement; private companies make it even worse then OTL's Belgian Congo.
11 Another couple of Russian expeditions, including a mission, ended up here. The Ashanti Emperor decided the Russians smelled better then the Brits or Danes.
12 "One State, Two Nations"- A political ideology dominant in Prussia from the 1880s: The Prussian Poles and Prussian Germans, equal halves of the Prussian identity.
13 Austria tried to copy Prussia. The Hungarians want no part of it, and every other ethnicity is quite simply irate. The Austrian Empire looks about ready to fall.
14 The Italian Empire and United Kingdom of the South have, respectively, a Bonaparte and a Murat on their thrones. People still get jumpy if either of them threaten war with anyone.
15 Following the massive Ottoman reforms in 1869, people stopped really sympathizing with the increasingly radical Hellenes and Epirotes.
16 The 8 Ottoman Selatenets are basically independent nations- without real armies, paying a tax to the Caliph, and without separate foreign policies. Still. The state as a whole is very stable.
17 The Mamluks are quite tolerant; Sunnis only make up about half of the population these days. Their French-model army has been having foreign adventures and they're building a canal.
18 There was an aborted Communist revolution in Russia in 1904. This resulted in a military coup; the Czar still rules, technically, but only very very technically outside St. Petersburg.
19 Netherlands is a true, democratic republic! Ignore that the Prime Minister has canceled every election for the past 30 years. What Javan Labour Camps?
20 The Bristol Conferences forced this on them. Mostly Swahilis and Arabs still, but Japanese colonists are starting to arrive en masse.
21 Muscat is like OTL's UAE. Except it's actually a nice place to live. They're also a totally secular Socialist state. They have an excellent Prussian style army which could tango with Maryland's.
21b Oman, on the other hand, is filled with sand and traditionalists. The only reason Muscat tolerates them is that their camelry is an excellent auxiliary force.
22 Persia's Shah doesn't really get it; he's trying to modernize on Muscat's model whilst retaining his autocratic rule and supporting the church. France, meanwhile, is 'helping' him.
23 Burma is the biggest target for Western Orientalism these days. Their extremely centralized state and army make their neighbors, even Britain, quake. Actually a nice place to live, though.
24 Koryushoto Teikoku was formerly a Japanese project to stop the expansion of British and Dutch interests. Now they bought a bunch of Russian cannons and everyone's a bit flighty.
25 A bunch of minor Mongol Khans decided teaming up is better then getting eaten by Qing China, Měi Yōng China, or Russia. Tibet agrees and the one Muslim Khanate feels out of place.
26 The fact that the Qing are still around is a bit of a miracle, but the Měi Yōng felt it was more important to get rid of the Nián Wèi and Republicans in the South. Also to let all of the Europeans in.
27 After Japan ended it's isolation, they decided to spread the joy to Korea. Korea is still Japan's junior, but in a war they would have a fighting chance. Not that it's likely, the two are quite friendly.
28 Korea decided that having Dirty Catholics so close by was a bad idea, so they helped liberate the (also Catholic) Filipinos. Not sure why now, but the new nation makes a good trading partner.
29 Japan is the Big Sister of the three great modernized Asian powers, but is starting to get ideas about 'liberating' the rest of Asia. Burma and Korea are kinda iffy on the whole subject.
From my "Großdeutschland without the Nazis"-TL ....
Screenshot from a(n early 90s) Geography learning computer game for kids.
In this section, the player must find all Regierungsbezirke from the Reichsgaue. To click on the correct Regierungsbezirk, the player got 1 minute and 20 seconds.
Btw: I took the colors from a actually existing geography learning game (also from about 1992, I think), I really loved as a child. But I do not remember its name. But I think it`s one of the APOGEE-CDs, where You also find the test versions for "Cosmo`s cosmic Adventures pt. I" and "Duke Nukem I and II".
I will post more stuff from my TL soon. I promise!!
All 91 Regierungsbezirke
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