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How many people live in North Alaska, and what is it like? Like OTL North Korea?

EDIT: And who rules the Second Byzantine(?) Empire? Greco-Turkish Union?
Sorry, didn't reply bc it was midnight.
Alaska was only partially bought during the Alaskan Purchase
It is a Greco-Turkish Union because the two had been very close together for some reason
There's not much explanation for the things I changed because it is just like: "hmmm ok alright that is a good idea ill add that in"
 
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Here's something I whipped up quick, a Kurdish Caliphate with its four puppets.
 
The swift invasion by the People's Army has shattered the ROK Armed Forces into disarray, marching through the city after city without facing fierce resistance. The United Nations Command, despite their massive firepower, has failed to recuperate their losses in a significant manner; able to reclaim some of the coastal cities from the south but unable to reclaim back the lands after a failed counterattack.

After years of skirmishes and air raids, an armistice was ratified in 1954 and eventually progressed to a peace deal in 1956. The gains made by the communist are recognized as their own while acknowledging the sovereignty of the remaining territories of the republic. Since then, the two remained in an uneasy coexistence and they begin to establish a robust economic relation.

The PDRK has become the most militarized society on earth, with an ideology that synthesizes the Marxist-Leninist ideologies with a militaristic flair. They eventually reformed its economic system to encourage economic development, albeit still retaining their protectionist policy. Most of the companies are state-owned, with their initiative directly decided by the executive power. Their abundant supply of minerals has made them economically powerful, albeit most of them are spent on the integrity of their military and totalitarian-esque infrastructure.

Life in the People's Republic was simple and grey, with nothing but archaic circuses and military parades to amuse them. People are fed themselves with coupons provided by the governments but the diversity of their dietary are few due to their policy of quasi-autarky.

The Republic of Korea, with the massive port of Pusan and smart allocation of resources, has developed the rural landscapes of the coast into a massive megalopolis - an endless stream of skyscrapers illuminated with a bluish glow. Described as a paradise by westerners, many have migrated to the city and provide their talents for the benefit of the republic, turning the once monolithic country into a diverse community. Despite being economically prosperous, the signs of inequality have risen from its deep underbelly, with many living under squalor.

As time passes, the republic eventually recognized the futility of uniting with their northern neighbors and eventually developed their own identity. Despite this, they were able to coexist in peace, forming economic and diplomatic relations in end.

Here's an alternate link for the sake of it: [DeviantArt]|[r/ImaginaryMap]

Great map! I do think a DPRK that managed to take most of the Korean Peninsula would move the capital to Seoul due to its historic connotations and central location. At the very least it would certainly be a separate metropolitan city from Gyonggi Province if Daegu is.
 
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Made this map for a competition on the r/imaginarymaps subreddit and i thought i would share it here. :happyblush

(Im open for free commissions)
 
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Part of a project I'm working on. the City of Tucson, Arizona ISOTed to the Bronze Age Mediterranean

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And the Notes. Also yes this is being crossposted from SV. Thanks to EBR for all their help.
  1. REALLY hoping they can conquer mainland Greece before the Eruption of Thera.
  2. The Back-up plan in case every falls apart on Crete
  3. New Sparta: about as brutal to native Greeks as the old Sparta would have been. Previous ruler tried to make himself King but he got laughed at and deposed, currently lead by an self-appointed council.
  4. Arcadia: A splinter faction from New Sparta. Leadership originally created a cult centered around Artemis, Pan and some of the other Mycenean gods in an attempt to pacify the natives, much of the leadership soon started to buy into this cult and now the leader has declared herself the High Priestess of Artemis. Really hates Sparta
  5. Mycenae: The Lion Gate hasn’t fallen yet. Largely surviving because most of their neighbors hate each other, that and the cannons supplied by that one amateur Gunsmith turned wealthiest man in the city.
  6. New America: White Supremacist State, luckily for the natives Greeks are “White Enough” for their conquerors
  7. The People’s Union: Started as an earnest attempt to make a near Anarchist Commune, very rapidly turning into an (admittedly still socially progressive) Strong-man state.
  8. Ephyra: Basically kept alive by the people’s union so their warriors can fight the ever growing bandit problem in the disputed regions. Not sure what this Socialism thing is
  9. Republic of Greece: “A Bastion of sanity in a world gone mad”. A Republic where every citizen has the right to vote and hold office. Notably natives aren’t counted as citizens.
  10. The Dimini League: Loves American guns, hates everything else about them.
  11. The Kingdom of God (Polygyros): Split off from the Republic of Greece when they realized they had no interest in forcing the natives to convert to Christianity.
  12. Probably the most bitterly contested waters in the region right now
  13. Kingdom of Thrace: Original King died a few years ago, his now 16 year old daughter and successor rules well with the “advice” of her father’s compatriots
  14. The True Path: Dominated by what can only be described as an intentionally bastardized version of the Wiccan Faith
  15. Republic of Rome: Founded by former Air Force personal. Originally a fairly moderate place but has taken a very hard right shift in recent years.
  16. Nova Rome: Really really mad they weren’t able to claim the other side of the Bosporus
  17. A haven of pirates who are taking advantage of the general chaos dominating the region. All of their neighbors have plans to deal with them but haven’t gotten around to it, yet.
  18. Wildcat Country: Even the leadership is starting to become embarrassed by the name. Nice place, mostly.
  19. Republic of Troy: Things have stabilized and they’re actually holding elections, occasionally, sort of. They’re trying okay.
  20. Arizona National Guard: Not actually founded by any of the former National Guard. A Police State, not particularly great to natives but far from the worst.
  21. A coalition of bandits, both uptimers and downtimers, have managed to create utter hell for everyone around them.
  22. Nogales: An attempt to create an Hispanic Ethno-State. Has had a really hard time dealing with the bandits
  23. The New Tucson Republic: Basically, a dictatorship but a friendly one
  24. The Old Pueblo itself, Tucson. Where Western Civilization died and something else was born. Viewed with fear and hunger by all factions. The city still contains a wealth of artifacts and valuable plunder but stubborn, crazed survivors still cling to the ruins
  25. The Field of Bones to most, Sun Devil Country to the more nostalgic. Where most of Tucson’s population died. Populated by a large number of bandits, cannibals, hardcore survivalists and all other kinds of pleasant people.
  26. Baja Arizona: Catholic, nice people but you don’t get to vote unless you're attending mass regularly
  27. Three Siblings tried to create a state together. The sister went fascist, the younger brother went Socialist and the eldest decided that looting and pillaging was far more interesting than ruling
  28. The United States of America (New Washington): Founded by elements of the Tucson police and the Air Force. Actually a semi-functioning democracy if heavily influenced by the military.
  29. United States of America (Globe): Believes New Washington is betraying American Values, very Libertarian in ideology but practice mostly just a dictatorship.
  30. The Kingdom of God (Oakland): Ruler claims to be regent for his brother, Jesus Christ. Most of his cohorts are desperate enough to roll with it
  31. The Emergency Council: Founder was on the city council and thus arguably has the strongest claim for legitimacy. Trying to ally with New Washington against Oakland but with limited success.
  32. The Progressive Republic of New California: It proved shockingly easily to convince the Hittie population about the dangers of Vaccines. Currently dealing with a plague
  33. What remains of New America, the first organized survivor state. Currently divided between a faltering Republic, a struggling “People’s republic”, a rising new age cult and a possibly insane kingdom.
  34. Scavengers. Towns and villagers that survive off of salvage expeditions to the Old Pueblo. Dangerous but increasingly profitable. Though every so often a group of bandits slaughter an entire village
  35. The broken remnants of the Kingdom of Avalon. One of the more successful survivor states until it’s King went and died without a clear successor
  36. The Emergency Safety Commission: Mostly just focused on trying to stay alive at this point.
  37. The New Pueblo: Founded by a collection of University of Arizona Professors and Students. An ‘Intellectual’ Republic that’s become increasingly hostile to anything they consider “reactionary”.
  38. The Hattusa Republic: The Conquerors of the Hittie Capital (Even though it was largely depopulated when they arrived), this particular group of hardline survivors has gone to great lengths to present themselves as the successors of the Hittie Civilization, to mixed success. Still one of the stronger states around.
  39. The Median Kingdom: The King’s eccentric but well liked and has done a lot to open his borders up to those fleeing Hattusa and the New Pueblo.
  40. United States of America (Trebizond): Originally founded by people determined to get as far away from the Chaos as Possible, recently they’ve begun making plans eventually come west and “Restore” democracy to the region.
  41. A borderline no-man's land populated by bandits, raiders and a few scattered villages, plagues hit the region hard and now few want to be caught inbetween the Hattusa Republic and the Hitties.
  42. True America: Decided that the best way to ‘restore’ America in this ‘savage’ land was by comitting genocide against the Hitties, a Pariah state even among the survivors.
  43. The New Roman Consulate: Went really hard on the Roman Cosplay and basically decided to create the Roman Republic, minus the sexism. Has shockingly proven rather successful., though power rests entirely in the hands of the survivor elite.
  44. The Broken Coast: A number of survivor states were started here in the early years, only to flounder and die. Now populated by small villages and pirates.
  45. A lot of Myceneans fled to Cyprus hoping to find refuge from the survivors pouring out of Anatolia, only discover the Americans had reached the island first. Things were so chaotic though they managed to grab enough land on the western coast to form a colony
  46. The American Empire: Emperor Jacob dreamed of uniting the whole region under his banner, now he’s completely bedridden and just hopes his son will be able to hold onto his throne.
  47. The Hittite Empire, what’s left of it. Wracked by plague, unrest, American Fillbusters trying to crave out a chunk for themselves. Surviving largely because no one at the moment has the strength left to finish them off.
  48. Egypt. The Hyksos still only barely understand what’s going on in Anatolia but they are more than grateful for the adventurous gunsmiths who come offering their services and muskets. They’re less grateful for the plagues and the occasional invasion attempt.
  49. Assyira is still here, I promise. Borders are a bit influx at the mount on account of widespread disease outbreaks.
  50. Survivors who decided a simple life spent fishing was better than getting involved in the mess back east, desperately hoping no one realizes they’re there.

Sorry I just couldn't get this scenario out of my head. It's fantastic!

I have a few questions if you don't mind?
Firstly is the Minoan Kingdom a Matriarchy, and if so how much has it been influenced by the uptimer diaspora?

You mentioned muskets, how common are they, and how difficult are they to make relatively for the different powers?

Is English the Lingua Franca of the Aegean? And on a related note, how common is literacy in the different states?

And finally, are you turning this into a timeline? Because I would absolutely love to see what you do next with this premise.
 
Sorry I just couldn't get this scenario out of my head. It's fantastic!

I have a few questions if you don't mind?
Firstly is the Minoan Kingdom a Matriarchy, and if so how much has it been influenced by the uptimer diaspora?

You mentioned muskets, how common are they, and how difficult are they to make relatively for the different powers?

Is English the Lingua Franca of the Aegean? And on a related note, how common is literacy in the different states?

And finally, are you turning this into a timeline? Because I would absolutely love to see what you do next with this premise.
Thanks!

To answer the last question. I already have.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...e-old-pueblo-tucson-in-the-bronze-age.473285/

Rest of those are kind of spoilers but the Minoans aren't a Matriarchy, just got conquered by a group of uptimers lead by a woman who made herself queen.
 
The swift invasion by the People's Army has shattered the ROK Armed Forces into disarray, marching through the city after city without facing fierce resistance. The United Nations Command, despite their massive firepower, has failed to recuperate their losses in a significant manner; able to reclaim some of the coastal cities from the south but unable to reclaim back the lands after a failed counterattack.

After years of skirmishes and air raids, an armistice was ratified in 1954 and eventually progressed to a peace deal in 1956. The gains made by the communist are recognized as their own while acknowledging the sovereignty of the remaining territories of the republic. Since then, the two remained in an uneasy coexistence and they begin to establish a robust economic relation.

The PDRK has become the most militarized society on earth, with an ideology that synthesizes the Marxist-Leninist ideologies with a militaristic flair. They eventually reformed its economic system to encourage economic development, albeit still retaining their protectionist policy. Most of the companies are state-owned, with their initiative directly decided by the executive power. Their abundant supply of minerals has made them economically powerful, albeit most of them are spent on the integrity of their military and totalitarian-esque infrastructure.

Life in the People's Republic was simple and grey, with nothing but archaic circuses and military parades to amuse them. People are fed themselves with coupons provided by the governments but the diversity of their dietary are few due to their policy of quasi-autarky.

The Republic of Korea, with the massive port of Pusan and smart allocation of resources, has developed the rural landscapes of the coast into a massive megalopolis - an endless stream of skyscrapers illuminated with a bluish glow. Described as a paradise by westerners, many have migrated to the city and provide their talents for the benefit of the republic, turning the once monolithic country into a diverse community. Despite being economically prosperous, the signs of inequality have risen from its deep underbelly, with many living under squalor.

As time passes, the republic eventually recognized the futility of uniting with their northern neighbors and eventually developed their own identity. Despite this, they were able to coexist in peace, forming economic and diplomatic relations in end.

Here's an alternate link for the sake of it: [DeviantArt]|[r/ImaginaryMap]

Great map! Though to be honest, if the DPRK already got that far, there's honestly very little to stop them from overruning the entire peninsula altogether. Of course, that would have made for a plainer map. :3
 
Briefing document prepared by the OAS covering the ebb and flow of power between the members of the Second Triumvirate (the three men heading the provisional government established in the Union of Britain on the assassination of President Ted Grant).


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I decided to make my own take on the ever-popular Confederate victory scenario, with a twist. The idea behind this scenario is that the CSA manages to win the US Civil War and makes peace with the Union, then manages to survive for several decades off of cotton exports, until the disastrous boll weevil infestation of the 1880s strikes the South just like in our timeline, destroying the Confederate economy and forcing many plantation owners to liquidate their slaves to avoid bankruptcy. Eventually, the crisis of thousands of newly freed slaves, an economic depression, and the tensions of an already dying institution boil over into a full scale revolt in New Orleans in 1889. By 1891, the Confederacy is falling apart at the seams as numerous revolts, breakaway states, and foreign interventions ravage the nation. By 1895, the Confederate States of America is no more, carved up between the various revolts, the United States, and Mexico.
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Having another go at the North America ISOT I made a while back. Basically, the premise is that North America (as far south as the Panama Canal, plus most of the Caribbean, and as far east as Greenland but not Iceland) gets ISOTed into a virgin Earth. Here's the world about 30 years post-ISOT

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The nations of the world are the USA, Canada, Texas, Alaska, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mexico, Yucatan, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom of Britain, the Republic of the Netherlands (unlike Britain, no distant members of the royal family were in North America at the time of ISOT), France, Denmark, Belize, Panama, the United States of Central America, and the Caribbean Union.

The blue outlines represent members of the North American Union and their territories - forged from NAFTA and the remnants of NATO. It's a military alliance and economic union, with a common currency called the dollar or the peso depending on who you ask and in what language.
 
@Cattette I adore this map. Especially the way it breaks the frame. Thats a classic way of adding a bit of extra depth to a map and it fits your vintage look perfectly.
How did you make this? Looks like Illustrator or Inkscape.
 
Having another go at the North America ISOT I made a while back. Basically, the premise is that North America (as far south as the Panama Canal, plus most of the Caribbean, and as far east as Greenland but not Iceland) gets ISOTed into a virgin Earth. Here's the world about 30 years post-ISOT

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The nations of the world are the USA, Canada, Texas, Alaska, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mexico, Yucatan, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom of Britain, the Republic of the Netherlands (unlike Britain, no distant members of the royal family were in North America at the time of ISOT), France, Denmark, Belize, Panama, the United States of Central America, and the Caribbean Union.

The blue outlines represent members of the North American Union and their territories - forged from NAFTA and the remnants of NATO. It's a military alliance and economic union, with a common currency called the dollar or the peso depending on who you ask and in what language.
Why is Texas independent?
 
In any event, that's just what I had in mind with this little project. Maybe I'll never do anything with it at all. And maybe you have other ideas. This map is, as is typically the case with my stuff, freely available for any of you to use, edit, play around with etc. -- no need to ask permission or even credit me. If you have a use for it, go right ahead and have fun. (For your convenience: a blank version of the map is here, and a version with just the rivers is here.)

Quick and dirty draft of this otherworld with Warhammer Fantasy locations. If I do work on it, I think I'll go with 'Warhammer 1888' and show a world of imperialism, so the locations will be different. I'll be trying to not make it so as 'Humans = Europeans', but I don't want to lose any of the unique Warhammer societies either.

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Why is Texas independent?

Basically, after the ISOT there were a few years of chaos - most of North America's border changes happened in that time - due to economic collapse. There were a lot of bids for independence, and Texas was one of those that were actually successful - it's one of the larger states, it was independent once before, and it has a decent amount of oil and uranium, among other resources. Alaska's independence is for a similar reason, as well as separation from the mainland US.

I actually considered making California independent as well, but I figured they'd be hit a lot harder by the disappearance of most of the world's nations than states like Texas.
 
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