Map Thread XV

[Valdore Javorsky]

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Map of the world in 1914

What basically happened is that Russia was successfully able to industrialize sooner under Peter the Great and largely beat the ottomans to a pulp in a period of 30 years. Russia began to become ever more expansionist taking Mongolia from the collapsing Quing dynasty in 1841 and Sinkiang in 1868. In the Balkans the Russians fought two wars against the Austrians, one for Galicia, the other for Bosnia. Germany unified but seeing the Austrians as weak sided with the Russians. In Afghanistan the Russians won the Great Game after their invasion of the country after the failed British campaign. The Russians had captured Hawaii in the 1870s but lost their Oregon colony after a war against the United States. Cuba threw itself off from Spain and became a US protectorate, meanwhile you guessed it and the Russians fought their own war against the Spanish and gained Guam and the Philippines. In the Race for Africa the Russians gained Ethiopia from their colonies in Eritrea, Somaliland, and Sagallo (you can guess)
during the scramble for Africa (in this universe the Russians also tried to nab the Congo at first but they knew they couldn't risk a war with Britain so they also allowed the Brits to take southern Hejaz while the holy cities of Mecca and Medina were given to the Saud Kingdom.

With Slovakian and Czech nationalism rising all of requires is some guy getting shot to spark a war.

Such a small Austria-Hungary would probably be nom-ed by Germany. Also, what's up with that Chinese Claims? I remember the Amur river in what it's shown there becoming border river after 1850s, not 1750s.
And if China would've claimed Amur as border, why not all of it?

 

[Yanranay]

Alright I'm done with the WIP I posted earlier. I'm not entirely happy with how cluttered it is towards the bottom and the empty space in the middle, but I tried to limit myself to an A4 page.
Please tell me what you think so I might improve my work in the future.

 

[AltruisticHedonist]

And here is the map with annotations

 

[GauchoBadger]

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Alright I'm done with the WIP I posted earlier. I'm not entirely happy with how cluttered it is towards the bottom and the empty space in the middle, but I tried to limit myself to an A4 page.
Please tell me what you think so I might improve my work in the future.

What's the backstory to this? I'm curious.

 

[Yanranay]

What's the backstory to this? I'm curious.

I haven't really thought it through yet, but something something Italy joins the central powers and Greece gets carved up

 

[Undeadmuffin]

And here is the map with annotations *snip*

My only question: why New-England have the Gaspe peninsula from Quebec ?

 

[AltruisticHedonist]

My only question: why New-England have the Gaspe peninsula from Quebec ?

It's one of the more Anglicized areas of Quebec. The PoD is hundreds of years, so things happen.

 

[Undeadmuffin]

It's one of the more Anglicized areas of Quebec. The PoD is hundreds of years, so things happen.

1- Not true

2- But I can accept it if you say that you have event that explain it

 

[AltruisticHedonist]

1- Not true
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2- But I can accept it if you say that you have event that explain it

I meant anglicized in the future. American workers were often exported to Canada during the north american instability period, and the borders were often blurred. French is a recognized primary language in New England.

 

[AltruisticHedonist]

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Alright I'm done with the WIP I posted earlier. I'm not entirely happy with how cluttered it is towards the bottom and the empty space in the middle, but I tried to limit myself to an A4 page.
Please tell me what you think so I might improve my work in the future.

Very nice. The information you gave felt relevant and gave the feel of an actual military map. The German, to my knowledge is more or less accurate (I'm not a native speaker but I have some knowledge of it).

Also what font did you use? It gave off a rather professional vibe.

 

[oshron]

finally decided to do some work on that Nineteen Eighty-Four-inspired map that i posted about 200 pages ago. i've decided to start the whole thing over so i can implement some ideas i've come up with since i made the first map. it's still a WIP right now, obviously, and the only work i've done on it so far is in Europe, namely the expanded Soviet Union and the Western Bloc. in terms of design, the biggest change i've made here is using a puppet state fill for the Western Bloc, which i'll be using for others as well (i'm weighing my options for if Central Asia will be part of the Chinese bloc ITTL or if it'll stay Soviet like before). the other big change here is that i've changed the British Isles from just being DPRK-esque Great Britain and democratic Ireland to Airstrip One being limited to just England itself--they don't even have Cornwall anymore--with the rest of the Britain being merged together as a Celtic Union. the idea for that in particular actually comes from Brexit, where in the immediate aftermath of that i'd heard some speculation that maybe Scotland would finally vote to secede in order to stay in the EU and join Ireland in a "Celtic union". i'm not entirely sure how geographically plausible it is, though, so i'd like some input on if Wales and Cornwall could plausibly secede as well or if it's more likely to just be Scotch-Ireland

(also, i just noticed i'd accidentally left out the Vatican and San Marino, so i'll go fix that, but on that note does anyone think the Soviets would even allow the Vatican to continue as as microstate?)

 

[B_Munro]

(also, i just noticed i'd accidentally left out the Vatican and San Marino, so i'll go fix that, but on that note does anyone think the Soviets would even allow the Vatican to continue as as microstate?)

Well, if this is 1984-inspired, is there anywhere in the world less hostile to Catholicism than the USSR? If so, the Soviets might prefer having the Papacy theoretically independent but practically under their thumb rather than have the Catholics establish a new Papacy outside of Soviet territory.

 

[Gian]

Just a preview of my next map (WIP)

 

[AmericanAdam]

WIP of my Axis victory that fell apart/cyberpunk/I honestly don't know world:

Now featuring: Soviet Union in exile, Nazi Germany in exile, extinct Poles (Sorry to my Polish friend), reborn Styria, new Prussian Empire, stronk Iran, etc. etc.

 

[Isaac Beach]

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Good gravy every time I go to post a WIP of my own East Africa someone posts a much better version . Nice work so far, very smooth.

 

[oshron]

Just a preview of my next map (WIP)

East African Federation?

what am i saying? of course it is--there's never any other reason to have all of those particular countries apparently in one state

 

[Gian]

East African Federation?

what am i saying? of course it is--there's never any other reason to have all of those particular countries apparently in one state

Nope.

It's four sovereign nations (I'm just putting them in one region)

 

[Ephraim Ben Raphael]

WIP of my Axis victory that fell apart/cyberpunk/I honestly don't know world:

Now featuring: Soviet Union in exile, Nazi Germany in exile, extinct Poles (Sorry to my Polish friend), reborn Styria, new Prussian Empire, stronk Iran, etc. etc.

Is the exiled USSR in Laos? Is exiled Nazi Germany in Cascadia? I'm a little unclear.

 

[Flashman]

Is the exiled USSR in Laos? Is exiled Nazi Germany in Cascadia? I'm a little unclear.

And what's that very thick tan border around Western America nad East Asia? Co-Prosperity Sphere?

 

[oshron]

Nope.

It's four sovereign nations (I'm just putting them in one region)

ooh, sounds interesting! good on ya for subverting expectations