Map Thread XVI

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After such a promotional map seems to have gotten 60+ likes, I think I can and should initiate another shameless promotion.

This is the Map from the Reverse Map Game 2017 Edition. We couldn't make it silent, and thus, the turns are normally described. This is the world from 1950 - and yes, a Scottish Empire exists. Along with a Kingdom of America (the nation in the southern USA), a mega-Armenia, and a mega-Ethiopian Empire.

Currently, the player base revolves around me, @Ellie , @Fardell , @Bfoxius and @Perfidious Albion who restarted Map Games after a year of absence. And we are alway happy for some new support!

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What's up with the Iberian multi-layer stuff ? Is it in a union with another union ?
 
Spain is in the Habsburgerbund - an alliance of Habsburgs - and is in (and leads) the ARM - Allianca Real Madrilena - which is basically a Spanish version of the Commonwealth.

That's cool ! It's a visually-pleasing rainbow-esque contrast that's giving the centre to the foreground.
 
A quick entry for the current MotF round!
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(clipped from a copy of The Economist in a nearby timeline...)
 
A quick entry for the current MotF round!
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(clipped from a copy of The Economist in a nearby timeline...)

« dwarfed by its nearest neighbours, United States, Canada, and Québec »

Independent Québec ? Along with Newfoundland ? That's interesting. When did Québec declare independence in this timeline ? In the 1990s during a referendum ?
 
Can't Newfoundland have another vote, and join with Canada now?

I kind of support this given the economic situation. But from what I learnt from OTL is that when people have economic anxiety or issues, it usually pushes them to nationalism. Case in point in OTL in some Western nations.

Who knows, maybe Newfoundland could've elected a nationalistic Prime Minister blaming all economic woes on Canadian competition or something.
 
I kind of support this given the economic situation. But from what I learnt from OTL is that when people have economic anxiety or issues, it usually pushes them to nationalism. Case in point in OTL in some Western nations.

Who knows, maybe Newfoundland could've elected a nationalistic Prime Minister blaming all economic woes on Canadian competition or something.

Chances are if Newfoundland goes through a complete economic collapse following a failed confederation bid, it'll give itself to being an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

Would the UK really take back Newfoundland? Canada just seem the most likely, and nationalism only goes so far till you realized that not joining Canada was the worst thing not to do ever.
 
« dwarfed by its nearest neighbours, United States, Canada, and Québec »

Independent Québec ? Along with Newfoundland ? That's interesting. When did Québec declare independence in this timeline ? In the 1990s during a referendum ?

That was my intention. The 1995 referendum was pretty close, so maybe the precedent of Newfoundland would be enough to sway half a percent the other way.

Can't Newfoundland have another vote, and join with Canada now?

It probably gets discussed, though it might depend on how Canada feels about the idea...
 
Would the UK really take back Newfoundland? Canada just seem the most likely, and nationalism only goes so far till you realized that not joining Canada was the worst thing not to do ever.

I'm not sure, it's @Kaiphranos 's map so I think we should wait for his word on these matters of the future of Newfoundland sovereignty.

EDIT: Holy shite, I posted this when @Kaiphranos sent his post. Oups !
 
Working out all the African nations
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I could use some help if anyone had suggestions for different names of the countries especially the ones in red id really appreciate
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I'd definitely like to see the top 50 for the thread once all the data is collected.

Considering the fact that a lot of the maps (particular the Tsar's) got extra likes after I made my post, I'll make a final top 50 list that will account for the extra likes.

I'd say 50 is a good limit. It's a... how do I put this... "good" number(?) in our decimal-based system, and it probably means things can be condensed into one list.

For the sake of fairness, I'll include all the above 30 likes maps for thread xv, but depending on other's thoughts, I might raise the limit for future map thread retrospectives.

Thanks! I enjoyed looking through those and getting a blast from the past.

You're welcome! Glad so many people like this list.

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You should be extra proud dude! You're (as of now) just now 1 like away from cracking the 100 Likes point. :)

Edit: And congrats on reaching 100 Likes!

Hooray, I made the list. I was looking forward to that, though I could've sworn I had posts with more than 35 likes. Ah well.

Maybe it's on a later page in the thread?

A couple of mine are only 2-3 likes away from being on the list.

You made the Hatsunia maps right? Those definitely made the cut for part 2 and 3.
 
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That was my intention. The 1995 referendum was pretty close, so maybe the precedent of Newfoundland would be enough to sway half a percent the other way.



It probably gets discussed, though it might depend on how Canada feels about the idea...

Really, 48 would be seen as a big mistake, and to correct that mistake, is to simply join with Canada. (Canada can't mind, once it brings it up to speed, Newfoundland can give Canada a nice boom.)
 
So inspired by a similar post in the last thread by a user named empty (and inspired by some comments by Cool-Eh and Upvoteanthology), I decided to compile a list of the last thread's most popular maps (more than 30 Likes). Surprisingly for me, this has turned out to be a lot, and as such, the maps listed below only cover pages 1-165. With that being the case, I'm gonna divide this list into 2-3 separate posts (Question: Should I only include maps with more than 40 likes? Or is more than 30 a good limit?).

Also important to note is that WIPs and maps from outside sources (such as xkcd) are not included.

With that said, I now present -

The Most Popular Maps in School (Thread XV pg 1-165)
I would like to thank the 30+ people that decided to like a worldA version of a previously-posted map that, despite being the simplest thing ever, I still made a mistake on and had to edit.
 
Credit to Zauberfloete for the basemap.

The "Sinking" was a strange event following a drought in the 1960's. To find water, new scientific studies found large portions of water in the earth's mantle. As water was irrigated from the center of the earth, things started to get out of control. As the earth heated, superfrozen Ice beneath the surface (Having been frozen together with gravity) became unfrozen. The result was devistating, as former deserts became floodlands, and the water just wouldn't stop coming. Soon the coastlines fell, than the plains, then the lower mountains, until, in a last ditch attempt, former coastal cities, having been prepared to float across the waves as water levels rose, were released, as all that was left became the mountains.

Nonetheless, contact was soon made with survivors, huddling around the mountaintops still left.

Today, Tibet rules supreme, a haven from the slowly collapsing floating cities of governments of old, and the crazied survivors of the Andes and other mountains around the world. Today, Tibet Rules the Waves.
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Tibet Rules the Waves
 
Credit to Zauberfloete for the basemap.

The "Sinking" was a strange event following a drought in the 1960's. To find water, new scientific studies found large portions of water in the earth's mantle. As water was irrigated from the center of the earth, things started to get out of control. As the earth heated, superfrozen Ice beneath the surface (Having been frozen together with gravity) became unfrozen. The result was devistating, as former deserts became floodlands, and the water just wouldn't stop coming. Soon the coastlines fell, than the plains, then the lower mountains, until, in a last ditch attempt, former coastal cities, having been prepared to float across the waves as water levels rose, were released, as all that was left became the mountains.

Nonetheless, contact was soon made with survivors, huddling around the mountaintops still left.

Today, Tibet rules supreme, a haven from the slowly collapsing floating cities of governments of old, and the crazied survivors of the Andes and other mountains around the world. Today, Tibet Rules the Waves. View attachment 337920

Tibet Rules the Waves

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Netherlands would never flood.:p
 
Credit to Zauberfloete for the basemap.

The "Sinking" was a strange event following a drought in the 1960's. To find water, new scientific studies found large portions of water in the earth's mantle. As water was irrigated from the center of the earth, things started to get out of control. As the earth heated, superfrozen Ice beneath the surface (Having been frozen together with gravity) became unfrozen. The result was devistating, as former deserts became floodlands, and the water just wouldn't stop coming. Soon the coastlines fell, than the plains, then the lower mountains, until, in a last ditch attempt, former coastal cities, having been prepared to float across the waves as water levels rose, were released, as all that was left became the mountains.

Nonetheless, contact was soon made with survivors, huddling around the mountaintops still left.

Today, Tibet rules supreme, a haven from the slowly collapsing floating cities of governments of old, and the crazied survivors of the Andes and other mountains around the world. Today, Tibet Rules the Waves. View attachment 337920

Tibet Rules the Waves
Pretty Awesome I admit.

But, having been landlocked for all of human history, does anyone in Tibet actually know how to build a boat?
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