Map Thread XIV
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Something I started working on long ago and then forgot about. I didn't finish this map as I don't remember what I was doing at the time, so I'm posting it as it was at the moment when I left it.
I completed this a long time ago, but have yet to actually post it. So here goes. (Based on GURPS Bonaparte-4)
Bonaparte
POD - 1798
CURRENT DATE - 2024
Writeup pending. And this time I actually mean it.
I always love feedback, and this time I would especially enjoy receiving it. Honestly, I think this is my best map yet and I'd like to know what other people think of it.
Bonaparte
POD - 1798
CURRENT DATE - 2024
Writeup pending. And this time I actually mean it.
I always love feedback, and this time I would especially enjoy receiving it. Honestly, I think this is my best map yet and I'd like to know what other people think of it.
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Yeah, but the middle bits are supposed to be dry barren deserts.
We've already had South Afrentina, a nation that's entirely mountains and tundra; surely this is no different?
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"In the waning years of the Second World War, the Allied powers began to press their advantages against the Nazi regime. To the dismay of the Americans, the British held firm in their convictions on attacking the 'Soft Underbelly' of the Balkans and Italy. This came after a reversal of fortune in Crete, where allied forces held the line and prevent Nazi forces from advancing.
The result was a dual pronged approach against the Reich: the Soviets would push North and East, while Britain, America and the Free French struck South to North. Through years of blood, sweat and tears, the two armies met not in Germany- but in Southern France after cleaving the continent in half. The result was a success, yet the ramifications would impact the world for the next 5 decades to come.
Up north, the Soviets installed friendly client regimes, with communist governments established in Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Poland (before Stalin decided to revise the border) and the North of France. To the South, the Western Allies liberated Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and South France had been from Nazi imperialism.
Though peace was restored to a continent, old rivalries flared once more. The forces of Capitalism and Communism proved incapable of setting aside their differences for too long. And lo, a new war begun. Not of artillery and munitions, but of influence and ideology.
This new European division left much to be desired for the Western allies. The continent had been burned out by years of war and destruction, and the Soviets had taken the Industrial Heart of the continent. The Southern states, though full of valiant peoples, severely lacked the structures that made the North the center of the world. All recognized this. Individually, they would all fall, one by one. Only together, could they stand any hope of withstanding the red tide.
It is 1947, and together, Italy, Yugoslavia and their allies have made the first steps to a true European Union."
@Kosta and I finally finished our Southern EU map. Or at least the first part.
And now, the footnotes!
Europe:
1- In an ironic twist of fate, Franco's anti communism would prove to be his downfall. As the population (and the WAllies) lacked faith in his ability to contain communism now that its in Paris. A brief coup and monarchal restoration later, Spain is now embracing a transitional "democracy".
2- The Refugee stream from Europe is massive. The UK is quickly resettling as many as it can to the White Dominions, Algeria, South Africa, and Latin America
3- Everything of worth that wasn't nailed down was taken while the Allies moved north and stood their ground in the newly (re)created Kingdom of Bavaria.
4- Poland was traded for Bavaria and Romania.
5- [Finlandization Intensifies]
6- The Russian Far East is undergoing massive development thanks to all the looted industry.
7- South France has no industry, no labor pool and no money. And too many communists to count. Thank God for the Marshal Plan and guest workers.
8- Turkey just got upgraded to a key European ally now that the Soviets reached the Atlantic.
Africa:
1- Morocco took advantage of the French collapse and Spanish instability to flex its muscles and retake its rightful clay. Now looking to expander its borders beyond and ride that anticommunism wave for all the free money.
2- Algeria- sorry Free France- went full Herrenvolk after France was cleaved in 2. Mass exodus of refugees and usage of Arab guest workers are welcomed to keep the population balanced.
3- The Mali federation has a bright future ahead of it. No French meddling, immediate defacto independence on their terms and cooler heads prevailing (with a little appeasement) means an intact union. Now eyeing Guinea-Bissau
4- Ghana and Nigeria are extensively fighting for their independence despite all British attempts at mollification. London realizes its on borrowed time.
5- The United States of Latin Africa is realizing self rule is a lot harder when you have no infrastructure.
6- In the interests of saving money (and realizing Colonialism is done), Egypt was given Sudan in more than name only. Of course, this wouldn't be British foreign policy without a little divide and rule.
7- Ethiopia is happily enjoying her 2 new ports.
8- Somalia will get her independence after Italy realizes foreign aid won't last forever.
9- Belgium's fall meant Britain had to take up the mantle of Middle African hegemon, swiftly organizing a puppet government. South African mining companies were delighted and lobbied for Katanga as a consolation prize.
10- Leftovers went to America as a UN trust.
Asia:
1- The Hashemites in Iraq are excited for the future. Their cousins in Jordan are less so.
2- The Soviets are coming to realize they need an Indian Ocean Port.
3- The leftover French colonies were just added to the Raj. Meanwhile, there is a rapidly growing movement of Indians, seeing Mali, Egypt, Indochina and the USLA that see partition as unacceptable. One can only imagine what will happen when Britain decides to set up Pakistan when independence comes next year.
4- The Brits (and Aussies) liberated Indochina from the Japanese only to overstay their welcome while setting up a transitional (read: puppet) government. They really think Viet Minh is playing games out here
5- A couple of backroom deals, a couple of assassinations (including Mao's) and Stalin's decided to support the Nationalists.
6- Nothing is ever free, however.
7- West Indonesia got her independence without even trying. Of course, now she must liberate her eastern brethren from the Dutch loyalists.
Americas:
1- Sooner or later, the American tax payer will get tired of 90% of his tax dollars propping up half the world. That day is not today.
2- Trujillo goes out of his way to accept all refugees fleeing the horrors of war. So long as they're not black.
3- Venezuela just got bumped up to developed world status after the war demolished the competition.
4- Suriname and Guiana just got their independence early. Of course, they're too poor and underpopulated to take advantage of it.
5- [Embranquemiento Intensifies]
The result was a dual pronged approach against the Reich: the Soviets would push North and East, while Britain, America and the Free French struck South to North. Through years of blood, sweat and tears, the two armies met not in Germany- but in Southern France after cleaving the continent in half. The result was a success, yet the ramifications would impact the world for the next 5 decades to come.
Up north, the Soviets installed friendly client regimes, with communist governments established in Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Poland (before Stalin decided to revise the border) and the North of France. To the South, the Western Allies liberated Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and South France had been from Nazi imperialism.
Though peace was restored to a continent, old rivalries flared once more. The forces of Capitalism and Communism proved incapable of setting aside their differences for too long. And lo, a new war begun. Not of artillery and munitions, but of influence and ideology.
This new European division left much to be desired for the Western allies. The continent had been burned out by years of war and destruction, and the Soviets had taken the Industrial Heart of the continent. The Southern states, though full of valiant peoples, severely lacked the structures that made the North the center of the world. All recognized this. Individually, they would all fall, one by one. Only together, could they stand any hope of withstanding the red tide.
It is 1947, and together, Italy, Yugoslavia and their allies have made the first steps to a true European Union."
@Kosta and I finally finished our Southern EU map. Or at least the first part.
And now, the footnotes!
Europe:
1- In an ironic twist of fate, Franco's anti communism would prove to be his downfall. As the population (and the WAllies) lacked faith in his ability to contain communism now that its in Paris. A brief coup and monarchal restoration later, Spain is now embracing a transitional "democracy".
2- The Refugee stream from Europe is massive. The UK is quickly resettling as many as it can to the White Dominions, Algeria, South Africa, and Latin America
3- Everything of worth that wasn't nailed down was taken while the Allies moved north and stood their ground in the newly (re)created Kingdom of Bavaria.
4- Poland was traded for Bavaria and Romania.
5- [Finlandization Intensifies]
6- The Russian Far East is undergoing massive development thanks to all the looted industry.
7- South France has no industry, no labor pool and no money. And too many communists to count. Thank God for the Marshal Plan and guest workers.
8- Turkey just got upgraded to a key European ally now that the Soviets reached the Atlantic.
Africa:
1- Morocco took advantage of the French collapse and Spanish instability to flex its muscles and retake its rightful clay. Now looking to expander its borders beyond and ride that anticommunism wave for all the free money.
2- Algeria- sorry Free France- went full Herrenvolk after France was cleaved in 2. Mass exodus of refugees and usage of Arab guest workers are welcomed to keep the population balanced.
3- The Mali federation has a bright future ahead of it. No French meddling, immediate defacto independence on their terms and cooler heads prevailing (with a little appeasement) means an intact union. Now eyeing Guinea-Bissau
4- Ghana and Nigeria are extensively fighting for their independence despite all British attempts at mollification. London realizes its on borrowed time.
5- The United States of Latin Africa is realizing self rule is a lot harder when you have no infrastructure.
6- In the interests of saving money (and realizing Colonialism is done), Egypt was given Sudan in more than name only. Of course, this wouldn't be British foreign policy without a little divide and rule.
7- Ethiopia is happily enjoying her 2 new ports.
8- Somalia will get her independence after Italy realizes foreign aid won't last forever.
9- Belgium's fall meant Britain had to take up the mantle of Middle African hegemon, swiftly organizing a puppet government. South African mining companies were delighted and lobbied for Katanga as a consolation prize.
10- Leftovers went to America as a UN trust.
Asia:
1- The Hashemites in Iraq are excited for the future. Their cousins in Jordan are less so.
2- The Soviets are coming to realize they need an Indian Ocean Port.
3- The leftover French colonies were just added to the Raj. Meanwhile, there is a rapidly growing movement of Indians, seeing Mali, Egypt, Indochina and the USLA that see partition as unacceptable. One can only imagine what will happen when Britain decides to set up Pakistan when independence comes next year.
4- The Brits (and Aussies) liberated Indochina from the Japanese only to overstay their welcome while setting up a transitional (read: puppet) government. They really think Viet Minh is playing games out here
5- A couple of backroom deals, a couple of assassinations (including Mao's) and Stalin's decided to support the Nationalists.
6- Nothing is ever free, however.
7- West Indonesia got her independence without even trying. Of course, now she must liberate her eastern brethren from the Dutch loyalists.
Americas:
1- Sooner or later, the American tax payer will get tired of 90% of his tax dollars propping up half the world. That day is not today.
2- Trujillo goes out of his way to accept all refugees fleeing the horrors of war. So long as they're not black.
3- Venezuela just got bumped up to developed world status after the war demolished the competition.
4- Suriname and Guiana just got their independence early. Of course, they're too poor and underpopulated to take advantage of it.
5- [Embranquemiento Intensifies]
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The United Soviet of Socialist Republics is made up of the Azerbaijan SSR, Armenian SSR, Georgian SSR, Iranian SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Mongol SSR, Turkmen SSR, Tubvan SSR, Uzbek SSR, and the Xinjiang SSR. Their capital is Yerevan in the Armenian SSR and their largest city is Tehran in the Iranian SSR. Despite originally being a Stalinist state, the USSR has democratized over the years leading to a semi-democratic and actual socialist state forming. While The Event did cause a large amount of deaths in the union, by the 2020s population was growing as everything stabilized. Even though many thought that the USSR would collapse, but being one of the few nations on earth allowed them to strengthen the bond between the states.
The cultural center of the nation is based in Tehran, with people from across the union coming to make it big. Music, while having some small western influence, is based more in traditional music. Literature is the most common form of entertainment in the nation. While some types of work are taboo, a leftover from the old USSR, it's mostly free with fantasy being the most popular.
The structure of the government is very unique, with one executive, three legislative, and one judicial branch. The three legislative branches are divided into the Worker's Council (Where the heads of unions in large cities meet to make labor decisions for the nation), the Republic Council (Which housed two representatives from each member republic and work on the laws for the nation), and the People's Council (Which contained three representatives from each major city and two from minor cities to make domestic decisions for the nation). The Executive Branch is held by the Prime Minister who is chosen in an election by the people and then confirmed by the three legislative branches and the court.
The Judicial branch is the Supreme Court which is the highest court in the land. It judges new laws to make sure they are constitutional, they judge criminals convicted of the highest crimes in the nation (including treason, murder, and rape), and they confirm all appointments of the President.
The elections in the USSR are, surprisingly, not for show. While not perfect, the citizens of the USSR do vote for who they want as leader of the nation, the representatives in the Republic Council, and the citizens from the people's council. With diverse opinions within the nation, there are multiple political parties that hold office. The Communist Party is no longer the major party, holding less than a third of the seats in the People's Council and a quarter of the seats in the Republic Council. It holds an ideology of communism and Marxist-Leninist ideals. The party in power is the Social Liberal Party that controls over a half of the Republic Council and a third of the People's Council. The follow a platform of social democracy and democratic socialism. The largest third party is the Social Market Party which follows the ideas of Rand Alexander who proclaimed in his 1984 book "Lenin Laughed" that the market should be completely free with no government control over it and the people should be allowed to do whatever they please as long as they don't harm others around them. Despite the book originally being banned, the government became more lax during the early 2000s and allowed the publishing and reprinting of formerly banned books.
While fairly isolated from most of the world, there is some trade with the Republic of Ireland, the State of Prussia, and the Spanish Confederation.
With the Spanish forces beating Franco (or more accurately, Franco vanished), a democratic state was formed. The current diplomat to the nation is Karkov Golz who fought during the Spanish Civil War against the fascist forces.
Prussia is a very strange nation, mainly because it is not from the same world as the USSR originally. They have a monarch and are currently the richest nation in the world, leading the Republic of Ireland by a wide margin.
The Republic of Ireland, meanwhile, is a cultural center of the world. Ireland received the largest boost of refugees from around the world. People originally from the British Commonwealth and the United States all came to Ireland since their homes were seemingly vaporized. Some started writing literature like Eric Blair who was in Spain when The Event happened while others turned to music. The most know music group in modern memory is the Crystal Jems, an all female group that formed in the 1980s that played Gravel music (OTL Rock). While they broke up in the 1990s, a new group was from with three of the old members of the original group and the son of the former leader. They often toured with Love Händle across Europe and Asia.
tPortuguese Monarchy-in-Exile leading to an Uber-Brazil? Not enough of that around here, though I think that big chunk of India is a bit too much. I could see the band from Angola Through to Mozambique, along with Madagascar, though.
A lot of other strange but initeresting stuff going on as well. I look forward to the explanation.
Interesting color scheme. Is that based on the GURPS Bonaparte, or is the name just a coincidence?
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