Map Thread XIX

[XTrapnel]

Cross-posted from The End of History:

The Kalashastan Autonomous Ethnic State

The smallest and by far the strangest of the various autonomous ethnic states within the Dominion of India: comprising just three valleys on the Afghan-Indian border, it owes its existence entirely to the fact that its inhabitants practice a form of polytheism entirely at odds with the religions of their neighbours, and considered in the first half of the twentieth century to be a direct survival of the religion of the proto-Indo-Europeans. This led to considerable anthropological interest in the Kalasha people (one administrator noted sardonically in the 1930s that the anthropologists in the State at any one time probably outnumbered the locals), primarily from researchers from within the Commonwealth of Nations but also attracting theorists from across Europe, at least prior to the Second Weltkrieg (including one notorious expedition in 1938 by an aristocratic Odinist secret society aiming to prove that the Kalasha people were an offshoot of the Nordic race).

Although the academic consensus (supported by a combination of comparative anthropology and genetic testing) points to more connection between the Kalasha people and the other inhabitants of the Dominion of India than had previously assumed (they almost certainly migrated from the Punjab about one and a half thousand years ago) and killed off some of the wilder theories, such as their direct descent from Alexander the Great’s Macedonian soldiers, the area still regularly attracts researchers and is a significant adventure tourism destination in the region. In recent years, however, the state has become a key conduit for the smuggling of opium and opium derivatives from Afghanistan into the Dominion of India.

 

[KolyenuKS]

Republic of the Nevada in 2000, after the start of the Nevadan Golden Age

 

[Ilovedogsalot]

A work in progress of a story I’m working on. I hope you like what I have so far.


WORLD WAR 3

On april 6th 2022 after years of deliberation Ukraine and Georgia are fully accepted as NATO members. In response to what Russia saw as NATO encroachment on its borders russia built up its military presence on its western border. Concerned by this NATO treaty article 5 immediately reinforced and U.S president mike blomberg sent a letter to russian president vladimir putin saying that an attack on one was an attack on all. To reinforce the point U.S and NATO troops were sent into estonia latvia and lithuania due to their proximity to russia. However the russian government misunderstood this as a buildup to an attack and on june 28th 2022 russian forces stormed across the russian border into europe linking up with russian forces in kaliningrad.

For the first 4 months of WWIII the russian military was able to reach as far as far eastern germany however by august russian forces were stopped just outside of berlin as U.S and NATO troops finished mobilizing and their residence solidified. As counter offensives pushed the russian army back To the Far Western Polish border U.S Submarines launched non-nuclear missiles at Russian missile silos To prevent a large-scale nuclear war from breaking out. In order to secure Russia's resources to fuel The war effort in Europe American and Canadian troops were sent to China To participate in a massive land invasion of Siberia to capture the resources there to fuel the war effort in Europe. However Russian spies found out about this plan which was known as Operation Snowpiercer And reported it to the Russian government.

In Secret meeting between the Russian government and the Russian military The Russian military requested that they strike first before operation Snowpiercer Was Initiated. The Russian military presented a plan they called operation shockwave The plan went like this first the russian military would invade china to destroy the U.S Canadian and chinese troops stationed at the russian-chinese border and then nuke the largest chinese cities to prevent a military response from the chinese military. Then the russian military would launch nuclear missiles at the Most important European capital cities such as Lisbon madrid paris dublin london brussels amsterdam copenhagen berlin vienna prague rome warsaw vilnius riga tallinn oslo stockholm and helsinki. Lastly the russian military would invade all of mainland europe before the U.S military could intervene and bring a quick end to the war. However the russian government rejected the plan believing that it would cause a large scale nuclear war.

As U.S and NATO troops crossed the russian border in january of 2023 and as U.S canadian and chinese troops crossed the russian-chinese border into siberia in operation snowpiercer the russian military made their last attempt to win the war By Seizing control of the Russian government By assassinating government officials such as President vladimir Putin And his cabinet. After the Russian army seized power They reevaluated operation Shockwave.

The first phase of the plan was revised. First, instead of invading China and destroying the already invading U.S Canadian and Chinese forces They would just nuke the largest Chinese cities to force China to surrender.

After that The second and third phase of operation Shockwave was re-evaluated. Instead of nuking the Most important European Capital Cities The Russian military would nuke the largest European Capital Cities instead to create a massive death toll That would scare NATO and the United States into submission.

As for phase three phase three was completely Scraped.

 

[Dizzy Miss Lizzy]

what i hear when i get a haircut (snip)

where is the map

 

[Library of Alexandria]

where is the map

Snipping isn't really necessary anymore.

 

[Dizzy Miss Lizzy]

Snipping isn't really necessary anymore.

eh, nothing quite wrong with it

 

[Ilovedogsalot]

eh, nothing quite wrong with it

When the story Is done I will ask someone to make series of maps of the story. Sorry if my wording is bad😔

 

[damein fisher]

I will ask someone to make series of maps

👀

 

[Gokbay]

This is the map thread. Maybe if you just want to write your story you should go to a more fitting subforum. Looking at your post I think Future History might be best. Or perhaps even Chat since I think it may count as "current politics".

 

[Ilovedogsalot]

This is the map thread. Maybe if you just want to write your story you should go to a more fitting subforum. Looking at your post I think Future History might be best. Or perhaps even Chat since I think it may count as "current politics".

Ok

 

[mienoguy]

I made a quick map of the political situation on the Earth and moon in my setting in 2035. The basic premise is an alt-soviet union collapse in 1987 that is much more violent and leaves a power vacuum in much of the middle east, leading to the US being involved in a much longer war on terror, which combined with a collapse of NATO and alt-9/11 (which happened in 1998) ruins the economy and leads to a socialist revolution in the US in 2009. The Western US becomes the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federated Communes of America, which quickly becomes an incompetently governed, impoverished mess, while the East becomes the vaguely Trotskyist Democratic Federation of America, which due to strong liberal influences from a Federalized Europe and a general poor performance of collectivized industries reforms into a social democracy over the span of 15 years. Currently, the FCA has collapsed into Civil War, which has become yet another flashpoint in the emerging European-Chinese cold war. I admit that the initial years of my setting need some work, so any questions/feedback would be appreciated.

 

[Artienia]

Mars and Venus Micro Worlda map. OC

 

[XFE]

I wanted to map a decently sized (what do you mean my bias is showing?) Dutch/Low German Empire with pretty borders just to blow off steam.

And that boys, is something you'll only ever hear on AH.com.

Lore here. Rule of cool predominates, so nothing to be taken too seriously. Forgive me with how vague I am with the background. Questions still very welcome, but I'd prefer you ask them here in this thread.

 

[Skallagrim]

I wanted to map a decently sized (what do you mean my bias is showing?) Dutch/Low German Empire with pretty borders just to blow off steam.

And that boys, is something you'll only ever hear on AH.com.

Lore here. Rule of cool predominates, so nothing to be taken too seriously. Forgive me with how vague I am with the background. Questions still very welcome, but I'd prefer you ask them here in this thread.

*Grins in Dutch*

 

[Bytor]

I made a quick map

Is this style of map supposed to have text that is deliberately hard to read even on a 2560x1440 monitor? It always seems to be the case no matter who makes them.

 

[TheKutKu]

I wanted to map a decently sized (what do you mean my bias is showing?) Dutch/Low German Empire with pretty borders just to blow off steam.

And that boys, is something you'll only ever hear on AH.com.

Lore here. Rule of cool predominates, so nothing to be taken too seriously. Forgive me with how vague I am with the background. Questions still very welcome, but I'd prefer you ask them here in this thread.

Just don't let them get a colonial empire and it shouldn't go too badly, right?

 

[TheKutKu]

Is this style of map supposed to have text that is deliberately hard to read even on a 2560x1440 monitor? It always seems to be the case no matter who makes them.

It is a particular style of standadized map (WorldA) that uses the 04b03 font, a very minimalistic font that somehow became popular in this community.

 

[XFE]

Just don't let them get a colonial empire and it shouldn't go too badly, right?

Oh yes of course.

*quickly hides the Baltics*

 

[XFE]

Because sleep is for the weak: lore here

 

[Neptune]

Because sleep is for the weak: lore here

Indeed, sleep is for the weak.

Love the lore! I see how you've been adding in little hints at how much the history of this ATL differs from OTL. There's a little bit from everywhere - a surviving mega-HRE, the Emperor being from Bavaria, a still-living Livonian Order - and I would very much like to see more.