Seems reasonable. As has been pointed out before on this forum, while annexing the Mexican heartland was unlikely, it's a bit surprising the US didn't annex more of the at-the-time rather thinly populated north of Mexico.
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Seems reasonable. As has been pointed out before on this forum, while annexing the Mexican heartland was unlikely, it's a bit surprising the US didn't annex more of the at-the-time rather thinly populated north of Mexico.
So I've started getting back to doing Demographic and Informational maps and have finished the first of two I had mostly done.
The below is a map of the world population in 2020;
Interesting Facts:
-There are currently 15 countries with populations larger than 100 million.
-There are two countries with populations of over a billion, China with 1.4 bln and India with 1.3 bln.
-Over half (%) of the Human race lives in Asia, while Africa with 1.28 billion is the second most; if you go by geographical (as opposed to cultural) continents the Eurasia is home to the large bulk of Humanity at 5.36 billion or 69%, while the Australian Continent is the least populace inhabited continent with only 40 million or 5.12%.
The below is a map of the world population in 2020;
Interesting Facts:
-There are currently 15 countries with populations larger than 100 million.
-There are two countries with populations of over a billion, China with 1.4 bln and India with 1.3 bln.
-Over half (%) of the Human race lives in Asia, while Africa with 1.28 billion is the second most; if you go by geographical (as opposed to cultural) continents the Eurasia is home to the large bulk of Humanity at 5.36 billion or 69%, while the Australian Continent is the least populace inhabited continent with only 40 million or 5.12%.
I love this if only because Arizona has sea ports and all that.
You should make a note that the DRC's population is estimated by the UN to be a bit lower than the DRC's national estimate; the former reckons the number to be just under 90 million (or possibly just over 90 million, as the latest figures haven't been published on time this year)
I love it, it is the kind of uchronia I like!Ludovicus Invictus! - A Map of a More Successful Louis XIVWhat do you guys think of this map and tl?
A map where Louis XIV is more successful in his wars. Here in ttl he though a more measured approach, relies on diplomacy as much as warfare to work with the English as well as other European powers to achieve his geopolitical goals. Louis XIV here manages to overrun the Spanish Netherlands and eventually crush the upstart Dutch Republic. The Habsburgs of Austria collapsed in 1670 with Emperor Leopold I dying of sudden illness. The hopes the Habsburgs are crushed when his posthumous heir dies in infancy seeing the Habsburgs crumble. Within this interregnum the Wittlesbachs of Bavaria manage to usurp the Crown of Bohemia and the Imperial title. The Hungarians aristocracy manage to revolt against the Austrians who attain independence in the wake of the Habsburgs' collapse. Hungary however in the aftermath is overrun by the Ottoman backed vassal encroaching further into the lands of Christendom. However this leaves France the most powerful and important state in Christendom now with it and by extension, the Sun King himself, the axis around which all of Europe revolved. With relations straining with the Bavarians Louis XIV in the Wars of Devolution plays the Habsburgs and Wittlesbachs against each other where he manages to take much of the Rhineland and Low Countries boosting France's economic potential. Though his alliance with subsidization of Charles II, the House of Stuart now sits at the height of its popularity with the King building a new navy and tilting the balance of power within Britain towards the throne as opposed to Parliament. With the seizure of Zeeland which Charles adds to the Royal Crownlands, he now had more access to trade revenues making him functionally fiscally independent from Parliament.
I like to think this is the reality in the DC Universe and the infamous Coast City, destroyed in the long Death of Superman Arc and the home of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, is that Arizona coast city.
That's...actually really smart and clever. Let's all go with this one folks.
DIVISION OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE
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Following a marriage of Irene of Athens and Charlemagne, the Roman Empire and Frankish Realm were united as one. After a series of wars restoring Roman control to Antioch and parts of Syria - even parts of Illyria - upon the ascension of Louis the Pious this new order was challenged by a usurper, though Louis was able to quell the usurper and had one of his sons, Pepin I, made Viceroy of the East. Pepin's son, Pepin the Second was married to Theodora, a Armenian-Roman noblewoman to solidify his rule there, which was part of Louis's plan to divide his Empire upon his death peacefully - which would not occur - and war broke out after his death, with the Empire divided and going to his sons. The Kingdom of Italy, instead of receiving the Rhine and the Kingdom of Burgundy gained Byzantine Italy and effectively incorporated the Papal Land outside of Latium, lessening his influence. Thus, most of the conflict was between West Francia and East Francia, though Pipin has made himself Emperor of the Romans in an attempt to overthrow Lothar. This delicate balance will soon be broken, though it's effects are immense, as the great schism will never occur due to the Pope having little influence in the Christian World due to a centralized Kingdom of Italy.
I suggest each other.
French Brazil. Portuguese Caribbean and St Pierre et Miq
Even Old Nueva Sevilla was once New Copenhagen
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way...
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Hate to be a stick-in-the-mud, but the Seminole were a created ethnic group that didn't settle into Florida until the mid-18th century. I don't know what the Brits would name their Florida though, since the name is based off of the Spanish word for "flowery"--florido.
As always it had more to do with internal American politics
Though I do have a lot of fun thinking of Pancho Villa running around loosely populated American Mexican territories
See, I'd always assumed Miami, Florida was named in reference to the Miami of Illinois for some reason, á la the state of Wyoming being named after a valley in Pennsylvania, but it turns out that it actually comes (indirectly) from Mayaimi, an old name for Lake Okeechobee and the (now non-extant) people that lived around it. So a name like that could work, actually.
Potentially fun idea (a little inspired by my own mistake detailed above): based on misconceptions arising from Mayaimi sounding similar to Maya and the fact that they're both on peninsulas not that far away from each other (relatively speaking), maybe the English/British name Florida and Yucatán something like "Northern Maia" and "Southern Maia," respectively, and only realize later on that they actually have nothing to do with each other.
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