Question that I’m sure can be answered relatively easily: how to the borders between Nejd and Hashemite Arabia line up with known oil fields?
Based on
this map the major oil fields (like Ghawar) are on the Hajari side of the border. Nejd gets the ones south of OTL Riyadh. But the Hashemites don't get any of the major oil fields of OTL.
I'm trying to figure out why Hajar is called that. There doesn't seem to be anywhere called that in that area.
The Arab translation I get are also rather dubious and lik to Christianity, Hinduism, fleeing and wavering Faith so far.
The official name of the state in Arabic would be al-Hasa (
after the Al-Ahsa Oasis) but the name Hajar was an archaic name for the region and so that has stuck around in the Western world. A bit like how Jordan in Arabic is al-Urdunn, but the English name is Jordan.
Sad to see Cilicia go, though I’m interested what the Alawite Republic will be like.
Has modern Pontus tried to connect itself to the old Trebizond Empire?
I'm afraid I just couldn't make Cilicia work... and the Alawite Republic will be intersting to explore.
Not explicitly, though they have sought greater ties with Greece and the Greek monarchy.
UGE?
Also, Iran's border looks interesting.
I believe it stands for United Gulf Emirates.
Indeed it does. Including the additional emirates of Qatar, Bahrain and Sohar.
I would love to see more of the Transcaucasian D.F.R. Are Chechenya, Dagestan, and Pontus semi-autonomous? or do they seek any kind of independence??
It's a region that I have put a lot of time and work into, so I'm very excited for the response. Chechnya, Dagestan and Pontus and
de facto independent states backed by Russia (C&D) and Turkiye & France (P) that broke away in the 1990s Transcaucasia Crisis. The situation is comparable to Abkhazia/South Ossetia, with a mix of Northern Cyprus and Kosovo (in the case of Pontus). Britain doesn't recognise any of them as independent, but they are shown on the map to reflect the
de facto situation on the gound (hence the dotted lines).