Alex Richards
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Other than that, I'm quite interested in WorldRaj. Is there a worldwide progress map already?
Never really felt the need- there's a file with the map as a QBAM layer. When the map's full, it's done.
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Never really felt the need- there's a file with the map as a QBAM layer. When the map's full, it's done.
What was the difference between a Colony and a Crown Colony again? And what's the political status of a Presidency?
Someone needs to start running a count of how many provinces, protectorates, colonies, etc. make up the World Raj...
Alex Richards
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What was the difference between a Colony and a Crown Colony again? And what's the political status of a Presidency?
Someone needs to start running a count of how many provinces, protectorates, colonies, etc. make up the World Raj...
Colony: an area considered to be subject to the metropole (as opposed to the various Crowns of Europe which are considered to be in Personal Union and in some sort of equal or subservient position depending). Usually a grouping of various subunits here.
Crown Colony: An area (either a separate colony or part of a larger colony) under direct rule from London- though the name may be retained even after the colony has some form of responsible government.
Presidency: A collection of territories under direct and indirect rule reporting to a single figure, usually as a sort of wider subdivision of a whole (so for example: 'Worldraj->Near East Region (not much in the way of administrative function) -> Presidencies of Anatolia, Caucasia, Persia (formerly including Mesopotamia and Syria, but not the various groupings of Arabia).
For the write-up-that-almost-certainly-won't-happen, I'm considering this a region currently in flux and moving towards something more along the lines of a collection of Dominions.
Wanted to come up with some timeline for a thriving Gran Colombia, but I got stuck on the scenario after a little bit. Also ignore the convergent boundaries. Historical documents of the territories are somewhat difficult to accurately portray, and I'm a bit lazy ATM.
Essentially, Bolivar manages to unite the states into a tighter Confederation, just short of Federalization. When some rebellions break out in Preu and Bolivia, Mexico intervenes on behalf of Gran Colombia in exchange for Panama. Several treaties allow Mexico and Colombia to become close allies, up until the Mexican-American War however. Mexico losing over a third of its territory to the United States, and Colombia losing much of its Navy as the result of battle. Both nations were forced to pay reparations to the US for damages. However those reparations were returned to the two nations in the form of Industrial and Infrastructural development. While their military development was curbed, they were allowed to retain a proportionally smaller force for national defense. They became allies of the United States, who, along with Brazil and the United Provinces, became some of the largest economic powers in the Western Hemisphere (not difficult, considering the only other nations are Canada, and the various nations of the Caribbean).
Gran Colombia is the only surviving National level Confederation ITTL. The constituent republics rule over their own domain independently of the President of the Confederation or his cabinet. United in Defense, Currency, and Internal Trade; the Confederation of Gran Colombia is one of the most successful nations of the western hemisphere.
Constituent Republics:
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Essentially, Bolivar manages to unite the states into a tighter Confederation, just short of Federalization. When some rebellions break out in Preu and Bolivia, Mexico intervenes on behalf of Gran Colombia in exchange for Panama. Several treaties allow Mexico and Colombia to become close allies, up until the Mexican-American War however. Mexico losing over a third of its territory to the United States, and Colombia losing much of its Navy as the result of battle. Both nations were forced to pay reparations to the US for damages. However those reparations were returned to the two nations in the form of Industrial and Infrastructural development. While their military development was curbed, they were allowed to retain a proportionally smaller force for national defense. They became allies of the United States, who, along with Brazil and the United Provinces, became some of the largest economic powers in the Western Hemisphere (not difficult, considering the only other nations are Canada, and the various nations of the Caribbean).
Gran Colombia is the only surviving National level Confederation ITTL. The constituent republics rule over their own domain independently of the President of the Confederation or his cabinet. United in Defense, Currency, and Internal Trade; the Confederation of Gran Colombia is one of the most successful nations of the western hemisphere.
Constituent Republics:
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Something I haven't seen so far, So I did it myself:
OTL Japan in the year 1664, During the Daimyo period (大名時代 - daimyō jidai ; Daimyō="Feudal lord").
During this period of Japanese history, a vast amount of feudal lords had divided Japan into hundreds of different Clans, Fiefdoms, Kingdoms; Shogunates (minor ones), Samurai Unions and likewise Political bodies. Technically, Japan was united during this time, led by the Tokugawa shogunate (Yellow) and symbolically the "Emperor" of Japan. However, much like the HRE the Land was split between these feudal lords and it wasn't uncommon to fight for local power or to promote intrigue.
A map for my Araldyana Timeline (LINK). Its´'s part of aninterlude and set several hundred years after the POD.
i like the colors, reminds me of neapolitan ice cream.
What's the issue with Anticosti Island? Looks very inhabited in terms of shading, but no lines to it....
Odd that those Carribean islands off of Central America would not go to Mexico when Panama was sold though, looking it up, it seemed they had wished to be with New Granada instead of Gautemala so maybe they just got overlooked because of that past desire. And wouldn't Colombia be called New Granada with the union just being called Colombia? I admit that part of their history and naming has confused me a bit in the past. I also believe the Bolivian coast here is land that belonged to Peru. Just a minor thing, really. Also, I see there are different colors in Colombia, Venuzela and Peru around what I presume to be their capitals. Is that just to show their important to each republic, or do each of them hold a branch of government or rotate where the legislature or head of state is so none of the trio feels ignored?
This is really quite interesting- do have some history? How did the Westreich break from Austria? What's the story beyond the little Zionist statelet in Israel? Are those Russians in Scandinavia?
WIP based off my submission for the MotF. I'm thinking there will be a PoD in the 12th or 13th century, perhaps the Mongols not attacking Persia and heading West. Gigantic Mexico is French-speaking, Pink American South is English-speaking Virginia, Orange nation is New Holland, Dark Blue is Iceland Empire, and the other is Russian. Planning on working in an Irish Empire somewhere.
PoD: No Mongols.
Results: Hyper-Virginia, Icelandic Empire, and BIG HOLLAND (tm). Then that border.
This scenario has some potential, and I would love to see it explored further (especially that French-speaking Mexico and Nordic African colony) but Iceland would never have the population to conquer and hold that much, much less get off their island, and Virginia would not exist (and probably not English as a recognizable language) with the butterflies your PoD causes. No Mongols in the West means no or much less bubonic plague transmitted, which totally changes Europe's history, probably for the worse.
And a helpful tip for map making: Straight longitudinal lines do not go straight up and down unless using a Mercator projection, which this is not. I recommend looking at straight Worlda Canadian province and American state borders in the general area for a reference. I hope I don't sound overly critical, because this is a scenario we don't see very often, but these are just some helpful tips for the future. Looking forward to the final product, that Irish empire sounds interesting! And yeah, the Russians should be doing really well for themselves, what with not being technologically and politically held back for centuries.
It is rather gross, I'll admit. The idea was A. Mexico controls the Mississippi Waterways B. Virginia and New Holland have to compete for land, and C. The borders will not always make sense what with the European love of creating straight lines as borders. But perhaps I went a bit too far.That border in North America hurts my eyes and my brain.
The Icelandic Empire is explained in my MotF post. It's basically a Norwegian Empire inherited by Iceland. Thanks for the tips, though, that will be useful. Like I said, this is very much a WIP.
I'm thinking in the long term we will see a HUGE Holland colonial Empire (South Africa+Southern Cone+Southern India+Indonesia+Australia at least), a large and powerful Persia, a very balkanized Middle East/Anatolia, French dominated Europe, and perhaps a China split between North and South. I kind of like a PoD where Persia doesn't kill Mongol messengers so instead Genghis Khan and his descendants focus on East Asia, which does a lot to both keep the Islamic World prosperous and not prevent the rise of Europe that we saw IOTL (Otherwise the Icelandic Empire couldn't exist).
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