Map of Mantello (Italian Congo)
Colonial flag of Mantello (Italian Congo)
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Map of Mantello (Italian Congo)
Colonial flag of Mantello (Italian Congo)
I admit that in relation to the American Empire there may be a bit too much of them, my reasoning for that is that those shown in the legend are the only ones and that in general states started with lower titles, and were raised over time, (outside of Maryland, that one was a grand duchy from the beggining due to it being founded by an British monarch, Henry XI & I, who was quite fond of one of his bastard children and granted him the territory as a Grand Duke). The lack of Margraves is commented on my infoboxes for the northern premier lords, which basically is that over time they were changed to duchies or the sort as either the marches moved westward or stopped being really useful, with Long Island being the last one (the idea of provinces and more weirdly-named states hadn't really been in my head, if I'm being sincere, but I imagine that there are some of those running around the empire and that some may call the states as provinces in maps and the sort)
About the loss of prestige for duchies and the sort, I hand't though about that beforehand, but now that I think about it, it makes sense (I made a list of nations in Europe, for example, some time ago, and it has only 8 duchies (of whom only 1 isn't in Italy) and 5 grand-duchies (Milan, Slovakia, Courland, the Vojvodina and Lorraine)), Tuscany became a kingdom due to some quite complicated reasons, but, basically, in the aftermath of this TL's 30 Year's War (a tad longer than its OTL counterpart), the imperial Kingdom of Italy became separated from the HRE (Protestant Hapsburgs, that's all I'm going to say), and the nominal rule over it and the HRE (at least for catholics) passed to the Spanish monarchy. The years go on and when the Spanish monarchy collapses (dividing once more the crowns of Castile and Aragon), the Grand Duke of Tuscany ends up acquiring the title (in part due to being married to a Spanish Hapsburg and in part due to Tuscany being the second most powerful state in the peninsula), which he retains until the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the French end the title after they started a conquering of northern Italy, after the Great War's end (around the 1920s I think), the Grand Duke of Tuscany then elevates Tuscany itself to the rank of kingdom to regain his kingship
About Lithuania, most certainly the title of Grand Duke holds a high prestige, too much to even consider making it a kingdom
(also, thanks for commenting, I really like when people comment on my work)
Finally did Africa' topography. Thank God:
Great map. Nice concept. Lots of 'de la frontera' towns ITTL's Spain, if it forms.
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Fun fact, a lot of the towns and villages with the "de la Frontera" suffix came from the fact that they were on the Castillian-Granadan (and thus Christian-Muslim) border, and thus don't make any sense with the PoD.
We have a tendency to use current terms for historical regimes. In OTL that means we call the Brythons "Britons" and thus their realm was Britain. The actual people switched to calling themselves Cymry in the Middle Ages, but we now use the terms Wales and Welsh that comes from the Anglo-Saxons calling them "Walha" meaning Romanized strangers. Of course in OTL the Anglo-Saxons became the English and imposed their language on all of the British Isles.
But in TTL the Brythons stay united and end up dominating the Anglo-Saxons and the later Danes, imposing their Brythonic language on them. So the evolution of terms follows a different route, which had me adopting a name for their realm that is more directly related to Brython. I considere Brythonia or Brythonica, but settled on Brythia as more poetic. That name is now read back on their ca 500 realm in TTL just as 500 is read back even though in OTL and TTL the A.D. system wasn't adopted in Western Europe until much later.
Would that be the correct way to have the flag on the ship? Also, why did they call it Italian West Congo?
- Europe (Europium)
- Magnesia, Greece (Magnesium, Manganese)
- Scandinavia (Scandium)
- Ytterby, Sweden (Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium, Ytterbium)
- Stockholm, Sweden (Holmium)
- Copenhagen, Denmark (Hafnium)
- Gaul (Gallium)
- France (Francium)
- Paris, France (Lutetium)
- Strontian, Scotland (Strontium)
- Ruthenia (Ruthenium)
- the Rhine (Rhenium)
- Poland (Polonium)
- Germany (Germanium)
- Hesse, Germany (Hassium)
- Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany (Darmstadtium)
- Hesse, Germany (Hassium)
- Moscow Oblast, Russia (Moscovium)
- Dubna, Russia (Dubnium)
- Flerovium
- Cyprus (Copper)
- Thule [not shown on the map as it is not a definitively real place] (Thulium)
- America (Americium)
- California (Californium)
- Berkeley, California (Berkelium)
- Livermore, California (Livermorium)
- Tennessee (Tennessine)
- Japan (Nihonium)
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There was. I included it in the map, but forgot somehow to put it in the list, which i've now updated. Thanks!
It's more that it was the only toponym (placename) whereas all the others were ethnonyms (people/tribal names).
Since I already knew the etymologies of Wales, Cumbria, Cambria/Cymru, Britain, etc, I actually thought Brythia an interesting derivative.
The idea is that Brythia is an organized nation, the others are regions where those ethnicities live in various differing ways: small kingdoms, tribes, etc.
If I used this in a game that would be explained.
The Phillipines decided to make their own path. Though they probably regret it, with how close China is.
A little bit. More economic disparity and internal corruption.
Yes.
By the present day, at least.
sorry, but no. Lithium comes from "lith" (stone) while Lithuania likely came from "lietä" (name of a river) or "leitis" (a type of warrior)
Haha! I know! That's why I said it - I just figured a bigger/longer border means more towns on the border.
I didn't know your PoD though. Northstar
Aaaah you're right about the flag. Also, in hindsight "west congo" is kind of unnecessary. Mantello ("Cape") or just "Italian Congo" should be enough.
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I think it's more so that the original premise of the map was posted so long ago, it's difficult to really understand what's happening.
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