Cool beans! But isn't Russia all but stated to be under Communist Party leadership due to the prevalence of Communist iconography post Omnic crisis?
Map Thread XV
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Does three maps make it a series?
Part I.
Part II.
October 27th 2112.
San Francisco (Acting US Capitol).
11:22 AM.
“…and as you can see on the map accompanying the State Department’s report on the situation in Europe,” Amanda Lockheart said. “The proximity between the Holy Roman Republic and the Al-Maharas Caliphate in the Strait of Sicily has seen that particular oceanic body militarized to the point that the Royal Navy has not felt comfortable pushing into the Eastern Mediterranean to find out what, if any, forms of civilization exist beyond that point. It is presumed that like much of the known world it is devoid of anything beyond the level of city states that have become common in the irradiated wastes.”
“Do we know how the Caliphate’s military capacity compares to Rome or the Neo-Vikings?” President Carter asked.
“Unfortunately we still do not have a clear picture on that Mr. President, but we presume that like the Neo-Vikings and Rome they are suffering from a slow decline in quality of material as existing stocks are depleted. The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Iceland has only been as successful as it has due to their investment in undersea mining between the dissolution of the European Commonwealth and the Great War.”
The President leaned back from his desk and placed his hands behind his head. “Just like the Enclave, right?”
“Yes, but on a much larger scale. According to what spies we’ve been able to slip in the Enclave is more content to scavenge from the ruins of the territory they control around the Okhotsk and Japanese seas then underneath them. In contrast the United Kingdom has managed, by their own account, to rebuild a standard of living comparable to what they had in the 1970’s.”
“And Ireland?”
“We’re less sure, but Britain seems keen to keep the country home to the nicer of the two Papacies stable.”
“You know, it still boggles my mind that the Sicilian Mafia thought it would be a good idea to make one of their own Pope.”
“That is a gross simplification of the situation Mr. President and you know it.”
“That’s how it is going to be viewed by your average-“ The intercom on the president’s desk made the infernal buzzing noise it always did when his secretary felt it necessary to tell him something. Leaning forward he pressed the button and said, “Yes Margret?”
“Defense secretary Brunner is here to see you,” her voice sounded tinny as the intercom always made it. “He says it is urgent.”
The President lifted his finger off the button and looked at Amanda. “Do you have any idea what Ol’ Gordon wants?” He asked, but the Secretary of State only shook her head. Depressing the button again he said “Send him in.”
When most people spoke of a man of former General Gordon T. Bruner size they would have thought of a mountain, an elephant, or a super mutant, but for some reason (possibly it was the mustache) President Carter, Secretary of State Lockheart, and most everyone who laid eyes on the Secretary of Defense thought of a humanized walrus. As his bulk took the place of the formerly closed door leading to the President’s office Carter stood up to greet him but the General waved him down and continued into the office. “Mr. President,” Bruner said while laying a think folder on his desk. “You need to see this report on the old Cheyenne Mountain complex.”
*******************************************
President Carter folded his reading glasses and set them gently on his desk. “And you say the facility is completely under our control again?”
“Yes Mr. President,” Bruner intoned. “Although platoon 107 will need to be substantially reinforced, and we’ll need a secure land connection before it can be returned to operation.”
“And how long do we expect that to take?”
“If we divert resources from Arizona and Montana I estimate we could have the area secure enough to begin a full restoration of the facilities by twenty one fourteen.”
“And do we know enough about these facilities to estimate when they could be used to restore our control over the rest of the country?” Lockheart asked?
“No madam Secretary,” the former general replied. “The army has yet to conduct a thorough evaluation of what would be required to bring the complex back on line, especially with the damage sustained in shutting down the rouge computer that was installed before the war.”
The president looked Bruner in the eye, “If we forced you to randomly pick a date?”
“In twenty twenty five it may be possible for a president to be sworn in at the foot of the capitol in Washington D. C.”
************************************************
June 17th 2118.
Americana, state of Eisenhower (Kamchatka Peninsula), Enclave Capitol.
2:03 PM.
“And why the fuck are we only learning about this now!” Enclave President Archibald Flynn roared.
“M-m-mr. President,” stammered the Secretary of State. “It would be impossible for us to know everything the rebel govern-“
Flynn threw a binder at the terrified cabinet member, “That isn’t an F-ing excuse you little S.O.B! Thanks to you and the rest of the government there is now nothing we can do to stop them from controlling all of our North American territory! Between the matter replicators which we still haven’t managed to recreate and this, you and your departments have probably ensured our legitimate government won’t control all of our country for another hundred years!”
“Had president Richardson just acted sooner-“ The CIA chief began.
“Out!” The President roared. “All you miserable, worthless pieces of shit out!”
The Enclave cabinet scurried out of the room and left the president to fume. Many of them thinking it might be time for the Vice President to come to power.
*************************************
October 8th 2120.
Washington D.C.
1:05 P.M.
It would never cease to amaze President Juliet McGuire just how good the country had become at taking structures that had been left to become derelicts after the war and bringing them back to life. True the United States had been at it for over half her life time, but as she looked around at what had been accomplished in the country’s capitol since the military had taken control of it in 2118 it was near the eighth wonder of the world to see the city slowly coming back to life. While scouting parties had been sent to the city since the last years of the 21st century it had been impossible to document just how much the city had degraded and continued to degrade in the absence of any organized government maintaining it. But now the lights were back on, the capitol building was being restored; a replica of the White House was being constructed, and countless other projects were showing the once great city to be like the might phoenix of the ancient myths.
The President’s wonder was momentarily broken as the armored vehicle she was traveling in found a pot hole and just how far the city and the country had to go was brought back to the front of her mind. Almost forty three years after the war and Southwest remained the only commonwealth fully reintegrated. Only eleven states had civilian government, and although thanks to the robots from the Cheyenne Mountain complex all of the continental United States was back under the authority of the Government there were still so many islands to bring back into the fold. Even Washington wasn’t ready to become the capitol again, and probably wouldn’t be until the interior of the country was more rebuilt.
“You know Jack,” She said to a member of her Secret Service protection. “It’ll be a far better day when we aren’t rebuilding the country anymore and are doing more to rebuild the rest of the world instead.”
“How right you are,” Jack replied…
EDIT: I think it was Mumby who had Britain invade Iceland in one of his fallout things, so credit to him for the idea.
Part I.
Part II.
October 27th 2112.
San Francisco (Acting US Capitol).
11:22 AM.
“…and as you can see on the map accompanying the State Department’s report on the situation in Europe,” Amanda Lockheart said. “The proximity between the Holy Roman Republic and the Al-Maharas Caliphate in the Strait of Sicily has seen that particular oceanic body militarized to the point that the Royal Navy has not felt comfortable pushing into the Eastern Mediterranean to find out what, if any, forms of civilization exist beyond that point. It is presumed that like much of the known world it is devoid of anything beyond the level of city states that have become common in the irradiated wastes.”
“Do we know how the Caliphate’s military capacity compares to Rome or the Neo-Vikings?” President Carter asked.
“Unfortunately we still do not have a clear picture on that Mr. President, but we presume that like the Neo-Vikings and Rome they are suffering from a slow decline in quality of material as existing stocks are depleted. The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Iceland has only been as successful as it has due to their investment in undersea mining between the dissolution of the European Commonwealth and the Great War.”
The President leaned back from his desk and placed his hands behind his head. “Just like the Enclave, right?”
“Yes, but on a much larger scale. According to what spies we’ve been able to slip in the Enclave is more content to scavenge from the ruins of the territory they control around the Okhotsk and Japanese seas then underneath them. In contrast the United Kingdom has managed, by their own account, to rebuild a standard of living comparable to what they had in the 1970’s.”
“And Ireland?”
“We’re less sure, but Britain seems keen to keep the country home to the nicer of the two Papacies stable.”
“You know, it still boggles my mind that the Sicilian Mafia thought it would be a good idea to make one of their own Pope.”
“That is a gross simplification of the situation Mr. President and you know it.”
“That’s how it is going to be viewed by your average-“ The intercom on the president’s desk made the infernal buzzing noise it always did when his secretary felt it necessary to tell him something. Leaning forward he pressed the button and said, “Yes Margret?”
“Defense secretary Brunner is here to see you,” her voice sounded tinny as the intercom always made it. “He says it is urgent.”
The President lifted his finger off the button and looked at Amanda. “Do you have any idea what Ol’ Gordon wants?” He asked, but the Secretary of State only shook her head. Depressing the button again he said “Send him in.”
When most people spoke of a man of former General Gordon T. Bruner size they would have thought of a mountain, an elephant, or a super mutant, but for some reason (possibly it was the mustache) President Carter, Secretary of State Lockheart, and most everyone who laid eyes on the Secretary of Defense thought of a humanized walrus. As his bulk took the place of the formerly closed door leading to the President’s office Carter stood up to greet him but the General waved him down and continued into the office. “Mr. President,” Bruner said while laying a think folder on his desk. “You need to see this report on the old Cheyenne Mountain complex.”
*******************************************
President Carter folded his reading glasses and set them gently on his desk. “And you say the facility is completely under our control again?”
“Yes Mr. President,” Bruner intoned. “Although platoon 107 will need to be substantially reinforced, and we’ll need a secure land connection before it can be returned to operation.”
“And how long do we expect that to take?”
“If we divert resources from Arizona and Montana I estimate we could have the area secure enough to begin a full restoration of the facilities by twenty one fourteen.”
“And do we know enough about these facilities to estimate when they could be used to restore our control over the rest of the country?” Lockheart asked?
“No madam Secretary,” the former general replied. “The army has yet to conduct a thorough evaluation of what would be required to bring the complex back on line, especially with the damage sustained in shutting down the rouge computer that was installed before the war.”
The president looked Bruner in the eye, “If we forced you to randomly pick a date?”
“In twenty twenty five it may be possible for a president to be sworn in at the foot of the capitol in Washington D. C.”
************************************************
June 17th 2118.
Americana, state of Eisenhower (Kamchatka Peninsula), Enclave Capitol.
2:03 PM.
“And why the fuck are we only learning about this now!” Enclave President Archibald Flynn roared.
“M-m-mr. President,” stammered the Secretary of State. “It would be impossible for us to know everything the rebel govern-“
Flynn threw a binder at the terrified cabinet member, “That isn’t an F-ing excuse you little S.O.B! Thanks to you and the rest of the government there is now nothing we can do to stop them from controlling all of our North American territory! Between the matter replicators which we still haven’t managed to recreate and this, you and your departments have probably ensured our legitimate government won’t control all of our country for another hundred years!”
“Had president Richardson just acted sooner-“ The CIA chief began.
“Out!” The President roared. “All you miserable, worthless pieces of shit out!”
The Enclave cabinet scurried out of the room and left the president to fume. Many of them thinking it might be time for the Vice President to come to power.
*************************************
October 8th 2120.
Washington D.C.
1:05 P.M.
It would never cease to amaze President Juliet McGuire just how good the country had become at taking structures that had been left to become derelicts after the war and bringing them back to life. True the United States had been at it for over half her life time, but as she looked around at what had been accomplished in the country’s capitol since the military had taken control of it in 2118 it was near the eighth wonder of the world to see the city slowly coming back to life. While scouting parties had been sent to the city since the last years of the 21st century it had been impossible to document just how much the city had degraded and continued to degrade in the absence of any organized government maintaining it. But now the lights were back on, the capitol building was being restored; a replica of the White House was being constructed, and countless other projects were showing the once great city to be like the might phoenix of the ancient myths.
The President’s wonder was momentarily broken as the armored vehicle she was traveling in found a pot hole and just how far the city and the country had to go was brought back to the front of her mind. Almost forty three years after the war and Southwest remained the only commonwealth fully reintegrated. Only eleven states had civilian government, and although thanks to the robots from the Cheyenne Mountain complex all of the continental United States was back under the authority of the Government there were still so many islands to bring back into the fold. Even Washington wasn’t ready to become the capitol again, and probably wouldn’t be until the interior of the country was more rebuilt.
“You know Jack,” She said to a member of her Secret Service protection. “It’ll be a far better day when we aren’t rebuilding the country anymore and are doing more to rebuild the rest of the world instead.”
“How right you are,” Jack replied…
EDIT: I think it was Mumby who had Britain invade Iceland in one of his fallout things, so credit to him for the idea.
I think the Communist symbolism is a combination of 'klyukva' and general ignorance of Russian history, but can be explained in-universe as the modern Russian leadership alluding to Russia's history as a superpower to inspire nationalism and support for the state.
Meh. I just saw all the Communist-seeming stuff in the videos and the lore that I did find to be the "evol Russians(!!!1!)" trope more than anything. This is my more realistic version of Overwatch, and after some debate I decided to just keep the status quo in the government of Russia more than anything, though it is slightly more overtly authoritarian.
If there was any in my universe, it was rather unintentional. The stuff in the canon universe, I tried to circumvent.
Where did the decision to maintain an independent, and strangely united, Central Asia come from?
The idea was more an economic and military alliance at first, which quickly led to an overt union during the Crisis as a response to the Omnic threat. Trust me, it won't last much longer, nobody wants it to.
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My last MotF entry for a long time. Thanks all.
South America in 1845 AD.
South America in 1995 AD.
South America in 1845 AD.
South America in 1995 AD.
Also, one must add that the double-headed eagle insignia present on the Russian soldiers during the Sombra animated short shows that Russia is definitely not communist.
My last MotF entry for a long time. Thanks all.
Aw, why? I love your posts, and though we haven't been keeping up with each other lately, I had assumed you would still be making great content as usual?
I saw it as the opposite, Communist leadership using nationalist iconography in a cynical attempt to gain the loyalty of the people. Either way, I'm probably reading too much into this.
The following is a Timeline-191 map that I have been playing around with which imagines a world where there are no great wars. It's nor particularly well thought it as it became an experiment in colour and I think the result is very aesthetically pleasing.
DIXIELAND: 1961
1. Alesyka is finally starting to pay off as oil begins to flow back across the straits.
2. The Sandwich Islands, "British we are and British we shall remain!".
3. Confederate Cuba has been admitted as a state.
4. Central America is closely aligned to France, the Central American Republic is an attempt to counter German/American interests. Featuring everyone's favorite Nicaraguan canal!
5. Gran Colombia, an ambitious nation with an ambitious name.
6. Socialist Brazil, the boogeyman of South America.
7. (See entry 2)
8. The Dominion of Ireland; independent in everything but name. London has little to do with anything Irish these days.
9. Denmark is the leader of the Nordic Union, "Good for them" says Germany.
10. Finland trusts Germany more than the Nordic states with it's defense.
11. The Republic of Poland is a closely aligned Germany ally in case Russia ever gets any ideas.
12. The Byzantine Empire allows Russian access to the Mediterranean as part of the Entente Accords. Russian warships are a common sight in the Golden Horn.
13. Egypt may have thrown off the British yoke, but the Canal is too heavily fortified and too important to the British Empire to be truly contested.
14. West Africa, threw out the French in the 1950's.
15. Abyssinia managed to play off the various European states enough to fully modernize itself. Now a functional democracy with a fair bit of local clout.
16. Katanga broke off during the Congo Emergency, it is now closely managed by Germany.
17. South Africa, somehow manages to treat it's African population worse than the Confederacy.
18. The Dominion of West India is a complex beast and is a nation of compromise and tenuous promises.
19. The United Communes meanwhile is highly centralized and is now home to a surprisingly functional arms industry.
20. Mysore meanwhile really wants to attract new allies.
21. The Japanese are "this" close to intervening.
22. The German East Asia Company is a spot on the face of China, however the Dragon Emperor knows who pays the bills.
23. "I call him, mini-me." - Japan on the Philippines.
24. Indonesia broke off partially during the "Decade of Revolt", is quietly arming rebels in the Dutch East Indies.
It started in Russia as the Tsarist regime failed to help mitigate the economic effects of The Crisis. Russia throughout the 1920's had experienced significant growth despite conservative resistance from the Russian Tsar and Aristocracy. This virtually ceased with the crash of the German stock market and the radical measures needed to help save the floundering economy were rejected time and time again by the increasingly out of touch monarchy. The Russian Revolution of 1931 saw the Tsar finally ousted while a new democratic constitution was drawn up. It was during this period that both Finland and Poland slipped their mooring and declared themselves independent Republics, falling quietly into Germany's orbit.
The Ottoman Empire proved to be equally incapable of adapting to the Crisis and the Sultan soon faced revolution as the already poor stagnant Ottoman economy began to fail further. The Sultan's resistance to reform and challenges to his position inevitably led to a bloody civil war that tore the Empire apart. To the East the Kurds rose up in open revolt as did numerous Arab tribal groups, both armed by the French and British eager to take advantage of the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. This move would backfire however, as Egyptian rebels overthrew the British appointed King and threw their lot in with the various Arab states which were carving themselves from the Ottoman corpse. Greece also threw itself into the mix, arming itself with finance and arms from France, it launched a surprisingly successful campaign against it's ancient enemy. In a stunning display of competency the Greeks captured Constantinople and much of the Turkish coastline, expelling the Muslims into the Anatolian Heartland. King Constantine would declare the creation of the New Greek Empire, known by the common portmanteau of "Byzantium". With Ottoman Empire was well and truly dead, disagreement over the status of Iraq would also serve to poison Anglo-French relations eventually resulting in Britain formally renouncing it's commitment to the Entente.
Britain however found itself struggling as revolution seemingly swept the globe. London had narrowly avoided a full blown revolt in Ireland in the 1920's granting Dominion Status to the Emerald Isle. However the more conservative British government had refused to negotiate on the status of India within the Empire which led to another bloody revolution in 1936. Failure to properly manage the situation resulted in India inevitably being split up between the Eastern Communists, the Southern Republicans and the loyalist Princely States to the North-West (A nation which would evolve into the Dominion of West India). Britain would learn much from this experience, with subsequent governments encouraging the creation of new Dominions to help decentralize and protect what remained of the Empire. Ethnic rights were granted to many of the Empire's subjects leading to South Africa splitting away from the Empire in 1941 and aligning itself with the increasingly isolated Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy had found it increasingly difficult to maintain the institution of slavery as it began to slowly industrialize in the late 19th century. The usage of slaves within the Confederacy's factories was resented by lower class whites in the Confederacy who found it difficult to find employment. The institution also left a poor taste in the mouths of Britain and France who found it increasingly difficult to maintain relations with the slave holding state, the Confederacy being expelled from the Entente in 1919. Slavery was eventually outlawed in 1923, however many African-Confederates still lacked most basic rights and many were still found themselves indentured by "debt" owed to their former masters. The Confederacy is a state with few friends and while the United States continues to enjoy unparalleled wealth, the Confederacy remains largely agricultural and backwards.
The Unites States meanwhile has slowly abandoned it's revanchist rhetoric towards the South, it's alliance with Germany providing it with a large global market where in the United States can prosper. While hit hard by the Crisis, The United States proved more than resilient and now spends most of it's time smugly pointing out the failures of it's Southern cousin.
In South America, Communism has taken hold following the Great South American conflict. Contention over the Gran Chaco region led to almost a decade of border skirmishes which culminated in the war of 1932. Bolivian forces overran the Paraguan garrison at Lake Pitiantuta and began to drive the disorganized Paraguay army back. Argentina intervened on the side of Paraguay driving the Bolivians back before Brazil threw it's lot in with Bolivia. The move however was poorly conceived and resulted in a stunning defeat for Brazil, this coupled with the Berlin banking Crisis eventually saw the Socialists sweep into power in both defeated nations. The revolution eventually spread into Peru after a failed campaign against Ecuador (backed by Germany seeking to expand it's influence in South America), prompting Colombia and Chile to align itself with the United States. The Union of La Plata uses British backing to deter Brazil from doing anything too stupid.
Finally in Asia, Japan is the undisputed master of the region. It carved off Manchuria from China following an extended warlord period however treats it's minorities a bit better thanks to pressure from Britain. The Philippines has proven to be a loyal ally to Tokyo and is experiencing much growth thanks to heavy Japanese investment. Thailand is likewise aligned although it is a little miffed that it has to play second fiddle to the Philippines. Korea however has been thoroughly "Japanified" and much of the Korean culture has been sadly repressed. Vietnam and South East Asian fell into Japanese hands when the Communists removed the French in the early 1940's; Japan intervened and never left. China meanwhile was only able to unify with German backing of the the KMT who restored the Qing Emperor to the throne in 1937. The price for victory has been steep however, as the German East Asian Company was forged across the Shandong and Hebei provinces and remains there to this day.
However there is a fair amount of hope as nations like Germany slowly embrace democracy and national rhetoric shifts from topics of war and revanchism towards that of growth and global conciliation. The fear of triggering further revolutions keeps the Great Powers from going to war as to increasingly entangled economic arrangements. It is easier now to simply purchase what is needed from the global market rather than fight for it.
DIXIELAND: 1961
2. The Sandwich Islands, "British we are and British we shall remain!".
3. Confederate Cuba has been admitted as a state.
4. Central America is closely aligned to France, the Central American Republic is an attempt to counter German/American interests. Featuring everyone's favorite Nicaraguan canal!
5. Gran Colombia, an ambitious nation with an ambitious name.
6. Socialist Brazil, the boogeyman of South America.
7. (See entry 2)
8. The Dominion of Ireland; independent in everything but name. London has little to do with anything Irish these days.
9. Denmark is the leader of the Nordic Union, "Good for them" says Germany.
10. Finland trusts Germany more than the Nordic states with it's defense.
11. The Republic of Poland is a closely aligned Germany ally in case Russia ever gets any ideas.
12. The Byzantine Empire allows Russian access to the Mediterranean as part of the Entente Accords. Russian warships are a common sight in the Golden Horn.
13. Egypt may have thrown off the British yoke, but the Canal is too heavily fortified and too important to the British Empire to be truly contested.
14. West Africa, threw out the French in the 1950's.
15. Abyssinia managed to play off the various European states enough to fully modernize itself. Now a functional democracy with a fair bit of local clout.
16. Katanga broke off during the Congo Emergency, it is now closely managed by Germany.
17. South Africa, somehow manages to treat it's African population worse than the Confederacy.
18. The Dominion of West India is a complex beast and is a nation of compromise and tenuous promises.
19. The United Communes meanwhile is highly centralized and is now home to a surprisingly functional arms industry.
20. Mysore meanwhile really wants to attract new allies.
21. The Japanese are "this" close to intervening.
22. The German East Asia Company is a spot on the face of China, however the Dragon Emperor knows who pays the bills.
23. "I call him, mini-me." - Japan on the Philippines.
24. Indonesia broke off partially during the "Decade of Revolt", is quietly arming rebels in the Dutch East Indies.
The year in 1961 and the Confederate States of America is celebrating it's 100th birthday and a lot has changed over the last century. The attempted assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ended in complete failure when the conspirators were betrayed and rounded up before they could put their plan into motion. Despite the tensions of the early 20th century, the various Great Powers managed to avoid open conflict with one another. However the world has been far from peaceful as the Berlin Banking Crisis in the early 1930's plunged the world in economic recession that hit the global economy extremely hard, triggering what would be known as "The Decades of Revolt".It started in Russia as the Tsarist regime failed to help mitigate the economic effects of The Crisis. Russia throughout the 1920's had experienced significant growth despite conservative resistance from the Russian Tsar and Aristocracy. This virtually ceased with the crash of the German stock market and the radical measures needed to help save the floundering economy were rejected time and time again by the increasingly out of touch monarchy. The Russian Revolution of 1931 saw the Tsar finally ousted while a new democratic constitution was drawn up. It was during this period that both Finland and Poland slipped their mooring and declared themselves independent Republics, falling quietly into Germany's orbit.
The Ottoman Empire proved to be equally incapable of adapting to the Crisis and the Sultan soon faced revolution as the already poor stagnant Ottoman economy began to fail further. The Sultan's resistance to reform and challenges to his position inevitably led to a bloody civil war that tore the Empire apart. To the East the Kurds rose up in open revolt as did numerous Arab tribal groups, both armed by the French and British eager to take advantage of the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. This move would backfire however, as Egyptian rebels overthrew the British appointed King and threw their lot in with the various Arab states which were carving themselves from the Ottoman corpse. Greece also threw itself into the mix, arming itself with finance and arms from France, it launched a surprisingly successful campaign against it's ancient enemy. In a stunning display of competency the Greeks captured Constantinople and much of the Turkish coastline, expelling the Muslims into the Anatolian Heartland. King Constantine would declare the creation of the New Greek Empire, known by the common portmanteau of "Byzantium". With Ottoman Empire was well and truly dead, disagreement over the status of Iraq would also serve to poison Anglo-French relations eventually resulting in Britain formally renouncing it's commitment to the Entente.
Britain however found itself struggling as revolution seemingly swept the globe. London had narrowly avoided a full blown revolt in Ireland in the 1920's granting Dominion Status to the Emerald Isle. However the more conservative British government had refused to negotiate on the status of India within the Empire which led to another bloody revolution in 1936. Failure to properly manage the situation resulted in India inevitably being split up between the Eastern Communists, the Southern Republicans and the loyalist Princely States to the North-West (A nation which would evolve into the Dominion of West India). Britain would learn much from this experience, with subsequent governments encouraging the creation of new Dominions to help decentralize and protect what remained of the Empire. Ethnic rights were granted to many of the Empire's subjects leading to South Africa splitting away from the Empire in 1941 and aligning itself with the increasingly isolated Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy had found it increasingly difficult to maintain the institution of slavery as it began to slowly industrialize in the late 19th century. The usage of slaves within the Confederacy's factories was resented by lower class whites in the Confederacy who found it difficult to find employment. The institution also left a poor taste in the mouths of Britain and France who found it increasingly difficult to maintain relations with the slave holding state, the Confederacy being expelled from the Entente in 1919. Slavery was eventually outlawed in 1923, however many African-Confederates still lacked most basic rights and many were still found themselves indentured by "debt" owed to their former masters. The Confederacy is a state with few friends and while the United States continues to enjoy unparalleled wealth, the Confederacy remains largely agricultural and backwards.
The Unites States meanwhile has slowly abandoned it's revanchist rhetoric towards the South, it's alliance with Germany providing it with a large global market where in the United States can prosper. While hit hard by the Crisis, The United States proved more than resilient and now spends most of it's time smugly pointing out the failures of it's Southern cousin.
In South America, Communism has taken hold following the Great South American conflict. Contention over the Gran Chaco region led to almost a decade of border skirmishes which culminated in the war of 1932. Bolivian forces overran the Paraguan garrison at Lake Pitiantuta and began to drive the disorganized Paraguay army back. Argentina intervened on the side of Paraguay driving the Bolivians back before Brazil threw it's lot in with Bolivia. The move however was poorly conceived and resulted in a stunning defeat for Brazil, this coupled with the Berlin banking Crisis eventually saw the Socialists sweep into power in both defeated nations. The revolution eventually spread into Peru after a failed campaign against Ecuador (backed by Germany seeking to expand it's influence in South America), prompting Colombia and Chile to align itself with the United States. The Union of La Plata uses British backing to deter Brazil from doing anything too stupid.
Finally in Asia, Japan is the undisputed master of the region. It carved off Manchuria from China following an extended warlord period however treats it's minorities a bit better thanks to pressure from Britain. The Philippines has proven to be a loyal ally to Tokyo and is experiencing much growth thanks to heavy Japanese investment. Thailand is likewise aligned although it is a little miffed that it has to play second fiddle to the Philippines. Korea however has been thoroughly "Japanified" and much of the Korean culture has been sadly repressed. Vietnam and South East Asian fell into Japanese hands when the Communists removed the French in the early 1940's; Japan intervened and never left. China meanwhile was only able to unify with German backing of the the KMT who restored the Qing Emperor to the throne in 1937. The price for victory has been steep however, as the German East Asian Company was forged across the Shandong and Hebei provinces and remains there to this day.
However there is a fair amount of hope as nations like Germany slowly embrace democracy and national rhetoric shifts from topics of war and revanchism towards that of growth and global conciliation. The fear of triggering further revolutions keeps the Great Powers from going to war as to increasingly entangled economic arrangements. It is easier now to simply purchase what is needed from the global market rather than fight for it.
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I'll still be making maps, don't worry about that! I have tons of projects coming up.
But yeah, I think I need a break, and I think that it might deter people from entering the competition if I keep doing the same. I mean, the MotF is supposed to be a place for people to hone their mapmaking skills, and while it helped get me off my feet, I might be prohibiting others from doing the same.
Imperial civil war with Western proxies involved? Me likey.
Nice! Looking good Pieman. Any plans for the Enclave to start diverging slightly from the CONUS in terms of culture and technology by mid-23rd Century? Also what is life like in Americana?
I might use it or this US in an ISOT game one day.
Probably the final draft of Europe, made some changes
Decided to date the map sometime between 1920-1940
Social Liberal Spain and Italy are in an entente
Isolationist LibCap France on the lonesome
Good ol' England and Ireland roughly the same IOTL
Techno-Conservative Germany with some ambitions
Republican Yugoslavia with A TON of ambitions
Leninist Belarus
Techno-Liberal Russia
Everything else is roughly OTL
More world updates soon!
Decided to date the map sometime between 1920-1940
Social Liberal Spain and Italy are in an entente
Isolationist LibCap France on the lonesome
Good ol' England and Ireland roughly the same IOTL
Techno-Conservative Germany with some ambitions
Republican Yugoslavia with A TON of ambitions
Leninist Belarus
Techno-Liberal Russia
Everything else is roughly OTL
More world updates soon!
Ephraim Ben Raphael
Banned
My last MotF entry for a long time. Thanks all.
South America in 1995 AD.
Gorgeous maps.
I may dislike being more of an realistic military organization, and not what makes Overwatch great, but I like the map.
But where does these Omnic nations come from? The Omnics was defeated. They would not have any nations of they own. (Well besides what use to be the Outbreak before it blew up, and Shambali, but still.)
Even in the vanilla game, they have a good chunk of Siberia, the Australian Outback Territory, that bit of Nepal...
The Australian government was giving the outback to the Omnics for a long-term peace accord before Mako and the ALF mess up everything with the omnium, and in turn irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage.
The Omnium in Russia turn itself back on, and kick off another world.
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