Map Thread XIII
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shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Guiana split from France and expanded. I thought the blue would be appropriate to distinct it, but I'm also lazy when it comes to coloring so eh
What are the countries in Antarctica? And if that's post-French Guiana, then why does it seem to control New Caledonia and other French overseas possessions?
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Antarctic countries, clearly.
But for serious sake, they're barley inhabited communities that evolved from Research Posts that claim land they have no real means of controlling, with little to no input from the outside world.
I missed that, New Caledonia should be white. Uber-Guiana only controls it's South America territory.
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They forgot to put dikes around Limburg and the sea flooded in from Germany.
Liberated the rest of the Russias.
(BTW, shiftygiant, sea level rise is going to be a slow and drawn out process: you wouldn't say "twenty years since the sea level rose", it's not a singular event you can ascribe a specific date to. Perhaps "20 years after sea levels peaked?")
Based on what I saw of it when I was there last week, I wouldn't be too disappointed if Liechtenstein were to be wiped off the map.
Inspired by Beedok's Star Wars. Can anyone guess what this is?
The realm of Euräsia, large and consisting of the entirety of the known world, is heading towards war. Over a hundred years ago, a warlord from Danemark swept with his armies across much of the known world. Athens, the ancient and still largest city in Europe was renamed “Are’maen”, and the ancient title of ‘Caesar’ not taken by any individual since the fall of the Roman Empire more than 17 centuries prior, was revived. The Lands of Brytan, home to the previous empire, were salted and made barren- by now they are still scorched, and most human inhabitants are hunter-gatherers. The riders of Caesar, equipped with lances and mounted on horses, camels, and Elephants, marched as far south as the Kongo Jungles and as far north as the icy lands of Scandinavia. The Are'ian Empire was born.
Only in the east did they face serious resistance- in the forests of the Lesans, a Slavic people, and the mountains of the Haridvaaris, a mixed North Indian and Tibetan race, efforts to contain Caesar were successful, partially thanks to the scorching Persian desert, home to the ruins of ancient civilizations, but now hotter than the Sahara. Though enemies for many centuries with the Haridvaaris, the Lesans, who’ve experience frequent skirmishes with Caesar’s successors are growing nervous as it seems the Empire is growing less afraid of its Eastern neighbors. The Haridvaaris, with their mountain cities and plentiful pantheon of gods who they believe will protect them, are unaware that the latest Emperor is attempting to do the impossible: march an army through the Persian deserts for a sneak attack on Surajkund.
Cracks are appearing in the Empire, though. In Egypt, where a cult worshipping the Pyramids as deities has taken hold (records on when the pyramids were made have been lost through the centuries) there is some talk amongst the Priests, who have ensured Egypt’s cooperation within the Empire, of rebellion in the name of their Gods. The most glaring crack in the empire is that the Yoruba have successfully overthrown rule from Are’maen, and maintained their independence for the past few decades. Less noticeable, but perhaps worse, is that throughout the mountains of Europe, chiefly the Pyrenees, Alps, and Carpathians, various communities and cities have held off the Empire and maintained their independence by flying low under the radar of the Emperor, and killing any of his forces. Worst of all, an organization known as ‘the Guardians’, headquartered in Surajkund, are bent on the Empire’s downfall.
As the Imperial army, led by a monstrous man with a skin deficiency called ‘Shade’ marches through the desert towards Surajkund, one poor peasant boy from one of those hill communities in the Alps, races ahead, riding his trusty horse, with a bounty hunter, and a Lesan warrior priestess in tow, wanting to avenge the death of his father by the goons of the Emperor.
(This world, though at the same year as our own, is at most at ~1100 A.D. technologically. History diverges from OTL prior to the formation of the Roman Empire, though the Roman Empire was still formed- though it had a very different history afterwards)
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With the 20th anniversary of the operation Storm here is a little
thought experiment I did what it might have looked it things
went the other way slightly.
The PoD is that in 1991 mobilisation in SR Serbia doesn't flop completely
and instead of the 10-15% between 25-30% anwser the call. This provides
much needed manpower during the late autumn and early winter of '91
allowing the JNA to maintain their offensive actions and sufficiently reinforce
SAO western Slavonia to block the first major Croatian counter-offensive.
Still maintaining the upper hand JNA refuses the Sarajevo ceasfire and a few
days later secures Dubrovnik. With the situation looking unfavourable in the
field international recognition of Croatia (bot not of Slovenia) is postponed.
During February-March JNA and Serb paramilitaries realise that Croatian
defences have been sufficiently bolstered preventing any further major
offensive actions without sustaining severe casulties and permanently
damaging their offensive capabilities. As things heat up in BiH JNA relocates
their most elite units there in anticipation of hostilities that break out on the
independence referendum is scheduled as local Serbs try to disrupt the
referendum. The referendum is postponed as fighting starts. Learning from
their mistakes in Croatia (siege of Vukovar, Dubrovnik and Zadar though
the later did not fall) JNA concentrates on securing areas where Serbs are
dominant and areas that would be crucial for the sustainability of the
previous areas. Sarajevo is surrounded on three sides but beyond ocassional
sniping little action takes place there.
Then in July 1992 to the surprise of the international community
as well as Croat and Bosniak leadership the government of SFRJ and the
leadership of JNA call an unilateral ceasfire and open talks with the
international communitiy (EU and UN) to organise a peace conference in
Vienna. The opening offer of the "Yugoslav" side is that they have come to
realise Slovenians, Croats and "muslims" no longer want to live with them in
the same country and have decided to let them go. The realisation had
existed for almost a year but they first decided to protect the loyal Serb
population of Croatia and BiH to prevent the genocide like the one that
happened during WWII. In order to show their good faith their will return
a strip of land previously predominantly inhabited by Croats before the
breaking of hostilities connecting the Bihać pocket in western Bosnia
with Croatian held territories in Croatia.
Though Croatia and BiH never accept the conclusions of the conference
hostilities end apart from occasional gunfire along the lines for years to come.
Even though Croatia and BiH refused the conclusions JNA withdraws from the
corridor and sets up defensive possitions along the front. Starting the long
wait.
What is left of Croatia and BiH comes together and forms a confederacy
which is after a referendum in October 1993 renamed "Democratic Republic
of Yugoslavia". A year later what is left of SFRY is renamed "The Serb
Federation" mimicing their big brother Russia. Though EU courts Serbia
for years, Serbia becomes a firm Russian ally and enjoys the benefits of the Russian economic surge in the early 2000's.
On the other hand DR Yugosalvia becomes ever more affiliated with USA
especially after the Russian navy recieved docking rights in the Adriatic
fullfiling the US cold war nightmare. US helps Yugoslavia build its armed
forces and analists presume that as early as 2002 Yugoslavian military
was ready to take the military of the Serbian federation head on.
Since 2006 SF has been experiencing a low level insurgency in Kosovo and
Sandjak region as well as civil protest in central regions of Montenegro
calling for greater autonomy and caliming the "unionist referendum" was
a scam. When Russia got itself into a proxy war with Turkey in the conflict
between Azerbejan and Armenia in 2009 and then into a more open support
for Trandnistira in the renewed Moldavian civil war in 2010 the US has eyed
the Serbian federation as a target of its own proxy war. When things
excalated in Ukraine in 2012 with a pro-EU insurgency in Galicia the Russians
provided all the support Ukraine asked for to battle the "Nazi" terrorist and
extremists.
In the meantime Turkey provided serious assistance to Yugoslavia along with
US and Germany which ensured that by 2013 the armed forces of Yugoslavia
were cosidered within the top 10 in Europe. So when in July 2014 riots
broke out in Cetinje and Podgorica and widespread fighting broke out in
Kosovo Pentagon gave Yugoslavia the green light to restore the borders
of SR Croatia and BiH as well as ensuring Montenegro and Kosovo break free
from the Serbian Federation so the Russian lose their Adratic port.
This was done amids serious protest from the British and the French who
in hope of detering the assault informed the Serbs that the assault was
immenent. At 5am on July 28th half a million Yugoslav soldiers entered
battle under codename OPERATION BROTHERHOOD & UNITY.
As sun rises the world holds its collective breath how the Russian Federation
and its allies will react as well as some very Russia leaning NATO members
such as Greece and Hungary. Many fear that a century later another
world war might start in the balkans.
thought experiment I did what it might have looked it things
went the other way slightly.
The PoD is that in 1991 mobilisation in SR Serbia doesn't flop completely
and instead of the 10-15% between 25-30% anwser the call. This provides
much needed manpower during the late autumn and early winter of '91
allowing the JNA to maintain their offensive actions and sufficiently reinforce
SAO western Slavonia to block the first major Croatian counter-offensive.
Still maintaining the upper hand JNA refuses the Sarajevo ceasfire and a few
days later secures Dubrovnik. With the situation looking unfavourable in the
field international recognition of Croatia (bot not of Slovenia) is postponed.
During February-March JNA and Serb paramilitaries realise that Croatian
defences have been sufficiently bolstered preventing any further major
offensive actions without sustaining severe casulties and permanently
damaging their offensive capabilities. As things heat up in BiH JNA relocates
their most elite units there in anticipation of hostilities that break out on the
independence referendum is scheduled as local Serbs try to disrupt the
referendum. The referendum is postponed as fighting starts. Learning from
their mistakes in Croatia (siege of Vukovar, Dubrovnik and Zadar though
the later did not fall) JNA concentrates on securing areas where Serbs are
dominant and areas that would be crucial for the sustainability of the
previous areas. Sarajevo is surrounded on three sides but beyond ocassional
sniping little action takes place there.
Then in July 1992 to the surprise of the international community
as well as Croat and Bosniak leadership the government of SFRJ and the
leadership of JNA call an unilateral ceasfire and open talks with the
international communitiy (EU and UN) to organise a peace conference in
Vienna. The opening offer of the "Yugoslav" side is that they have come to
realise Slovenians, Croats and "muslims" no longer want to live with them in
the same country and have decided to let them go. The realisation had
existed for almost a year but they first decided to protect the loyal Serb
population of Croatia and BiH to prevent the genocide like the one that
happened during WWII. In order to show their good faith their will return
a strip of land previously predominantly inhabited by Croats before the
breaking of hostilities connecting the Bihać pocket in western Bosnia
with Croatian held territories in Croatia.
Though Croatia and BiH never accept the conclusions of the conference
hostilities end apart from occasional gunfire along the lines for years to come.
Even though Croatia and BiH refused the conclusions JNA withdraws from the
corridor and sets up defensive possitions along the front. Starting the long
wait.
What is left of Croatia and BiH comes together and forms a confederacy
which is after a referendum in October 1993 renamed "Democratic Republic
of Yugoslavia". A year later what is left of SFRY is renamed "The Serb
Federation" mimicing their big brother Russia. Though EU courts Serbia
for years, Serbia becomes a firm Russian ally and enjoys the benefits of the Russian economic surge in the early 2000's.
On the other hand DR Yugosalvia becomes ever more affiliated with USA
especially after the Russian navy recieved docking rights in the Adriatic
fullfiling the US cold war nightmare. US helps Yugoslavia build its armed
forces and analists presume that as early as 2002 Yugoslavian military
was ready to take the military of the Serbian federation head on.
Since 2006 SF has been experiencing a low level insurgency in Kosovo and
Sandjak region as well as civil protest in central regions of Montenegro
calling for greater autonomy and caliming the "unionist referendum" was
a scam. When Russia got itself into a proxy war with Turkey in the conflict
between Azerbejan and Armenia in 2009 and then into a more open support
for Trandnistira in the renewed Moldavian civil war in 2010 the US has eyed
the Serbian federation as a target of its own proxy war. When things
excalated in Ukraine in 2012 with a pro-EU insurgency in Galicia the Russians
provided all the support Ukraine asked for to battle the "Nazi" terrorist and
extremists.
In the meantime Turkey provided serious assistance to Yugoslavia along with
US and Germany which ensured that by 2013 the armed forces of Yugoslavia
were cosidered within the top 10 in Europe. So when in July 2014 riots
broke out in Cetinje and Podgorica and widespread fighting broke out in
Kosovo Pentagon gave Yugoslavia the green light to restore the borders
of SR Croatia and BiH as well as ensuring Montenegro and Kosovo break free
from the Serbian Federation so the Russian lose their Adratic port.
This was done amids serious protest from the British and the French who
in hope of detering the assault informed the Serbs that the assault was
immenent. At 5am on July 28th half a million Yugoslav soldiers entered
battle under codename OPERATION BROTHERHOOD & UNITY.
As sun rises the world holds its collective breath how the Russian Federation
and its allies will react as well as some very Russia leaning NATO members
such as Greece and Hungary. Many fear that a century later another
world war might start in the balkans.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Liberated the rest of the Russias.
Belarus Stronk.
Thank you, I've now changed it to peaked
Absorbed into the Swiss Confederation.
I know this isn't a map, but I wanted to share my piece of work so bad.
I just need external opinion. Any thoughts ?
Un Film Silence, circa 1921
A quite early "Homo" Civil Rights in Amérique.
I just need external opinion. Any thoughts ?
Un Film Silence, circa 1921
A quite early "Homo" Civil Rights in Amérique.
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