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Why on earth did I think it would be a good idea to spend about six hours making a fictional map for a little online contest?
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Why on earth did I think it would be a good idea to spend about six hours making a fictional map for a little online contest?
Why is that island in Denmark on Fluttersky's map colored yellow? And I can only imagine how much the Valencians and people of the Balearics would hate to be saddled as appendages of a Catalonian based state, rather than a Spanish or Catalan one. Here I use Catalonian to refer to the smaller region based around Barcelona. And Belgium looks like it would have been difficult to break in such a way. The German-Speaking Community prefers a united Belgium but wouldn't rule out jumping ship if it did break up. Probably join with Luxembroug. Ahh, the Walloons are going to feel uncomfortable with everyone speaking either Germanic, Slavic, or Meditteranean tongues rather Parisian French.
So about the new challenge-
I have some ideas about mapping non-nation state societies and I think showing the remaining Westphalian nations in contrast would fit the parameters. But I'm not sure, since I'm not showing the world totally divided up into different states, just really large chunks of it
I have some ideas about mapping non-nation state societies and I think showing the remaining Westphalian nations in contrast would fit the parameters. But I'm not sure, since I'm not showing the world totally divided up into different states, just really large chunks of it
Accidental. Sorry!
I just included the Catalan-speaking realms in the state of Catalonia, and didn't know that Valencia and the Balearics would be opposed to this.
Maybe the capital of Catalonia is located in Valencia to avoid the appearance of Catalonia being Greater Barcelona.
Flanders seceded following a successful independence referendum, but the Belgian government managed to retain a corridor from Brussels to Wallonia.
As for the German-speaking community: the Belgian state government has been pretty good at respecting the rights of the minority German and Dutch speakers. They've considered secession and joining Luxembourg, but haven't done anything yet.
Ehh, the French language of Occitania isn't that different. And besides, the majority-Francophone Brussels still contains quite a few European governmental institutions despite no longer being the capital, so the Francophone regions aren't being particularly marginalised.
English is the de facto language of government, and lingua franca, of the European Federation, but there are many more co-official languages.
Will you still get to post the map you announced?
Prompt idea, entirely stolen from inspired by this map by @Anekcahdep: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xiv.383564/page-303#post-13222631
The Hyundai DS Incident
Make a map that is strangely convergent... in all the wrong places. An EU-like entity in the middle of South America, a DPRK and ROK in the Pacific Ocean, et cetera.
The Hyundai DS Incident
Make a map that is strangely convergent... in all the wrong places. An EU-like entity in the middle of South America, a DPRK and ROK in the Pacific Ocean, et cetera.
Upvoteanthology
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How about, going off a similar vein, the prompt involves maps that look convergent but have history and reasons for why whatever convergent elements look the same or similar?
If you're talking about the 3rd one, then that represents "A Conquest of Irony". I decided to make it a smaller nation invading the larger one, as I couldn't think of any other way.
Upvoteanthology
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You know, we're supposed to have an MotM contest every year. I think, if other people are open for it, I'm going to start that as the next contest.
I really like this idea. A lot. Imagining the history of one region applied to another can be quite interesting.
Krall
Banned
There were some challenge suggestions made specifically for MotM challenges, I'll see if I can find them.
Edit: Looks like there was just one that wasn't used: