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Just glancing at it, what’s the problem besides the three image rule? It is a collection of maps, so it seems on topic.

Not trying to challenge the decision, just curious about the reasoning.
The post is literally "off topic nonsense" especially given the subject matter and the poster's efforts to disassociate themselves from the content (possibly to avoid action for pushing conspiracy theories).

BTW: For future reference, these sorts of questions should be posted in the Kick?Bans thread so as to not derail the thread where the kick/ban occurred.
 
Out of curiosity , what city are they using as an overall capital?
None. Very few things are managed on a federal level. It's much more akin to Austria-Hungary than the US. The largest federal entity would be the common war ministry headquartered in Tbilisi (strictly due to its strategic and central location) which manages the union's armed forces; Georgia being responsible for the navy, Azerbaijan with the airforce, and Armenia and Dagestan sharing the responsibility for the army.
 
None. Very few things are managed on a federal level. It's much more akin to Austria-Hungary than the US. The largest federal entity would be the common war ministry headquartered in Tbilisi (strictly due to its strategic and central location) which manages the union's armed forces; Georgia being responsible for the navy, Azerbaijan with the airforce, and Armenia and Dagestan sharing the responsibility for the army.
Does it have an equivalent to Brussels in the EU? Speaking of the EU, it strikes me calling it a 'federal republic' is an unlikely choice of name: 'Caucasian federation' or 'Caucasian confederation' or perhaps even 'Union of Caucasian Republics' seems more fitting, and less likely to ruffle nationalist feathers. It's not like it's a state in which which 'supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives' , rather it's an organization in which supreme power doesn't really exist save where it's negotiated between the elected representatives of several different peoples. (When you say Georgia is responsible for the navy, does that mean the Georgians pay the taxes that support the navy? Who gets recruited into the navy - only Georgians get conscripted, but maybe other nationalities can join voluntarily?)

(btw, does anyone know how were taxes to pay for the military raised and soldiers recruited in post-1867 Austria-Hungary? The articles a quick google throw up say " the army, foreign affairs, and related budgetary matters remained with the emperor", but that's a bit short on specifics.)
 
Does it have an equivalent to Brussels in the EU? Speaking of the EU, it strikes me calling it a 'federal republic' is an unlikely choice of name: 'Caucasian federation' or 'Caucasian confederation' or perhaps even 'Union of Caucasian Republics' seems more fitting, and less likely to ruffle nationalist feathers. It's not like it's a state in which which 'supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives' , rather it's an organization in which supreme power doesn't really exist save where it's negotiated between the elected representatives of several different peoples.
Good point

(When you say Georgia is responsible for the navy, does that mean the Georgians pay the taxes that support the navy? Who gets recruited into the navy - only Georgians get conscripted, but maybe other nationalities can join voluntarily?)
Everyone can join whatever branch of the military they want to, but at the end of the day, Georgia is responsible for the upkeep of the navy. So that would include conscription within her jurisdiction as well as allocation of funds.
 
Noticed some Pre-Columbian cultures that I did not know about.
They had a way of increasing fertility to produce "Black Earth" which is a good indicator of inhabited areas.
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Noticed some Pre-Columbian cultures that I did not know about.
They had a way of increasing fertility to produce "Black Earth" which is a good indicator of inhabited areas.
For those readers hoping to look into this more, the term scholars use is terra preta (which is just the Portuguese for "black soil").
 
Love this, the Amazonian terra preta cultures are so cool and there's so much we still don't know about them.
So much we may never know. The rainforest erases signs so quickly; their organic tools are probably already gone, so without metal (which they don't seem to have had), we're looking at stone and ceramics. If they never built large stone buildings like the Maya, it's going to be hard to spot their former settlements.

Thankfully, now we have satellites and amazingly precise tools for picking up differences in soil composition, ghosts of square shapes in the forest, and maybe even radar or gravitational anomalies showing old towns and cities.
 
Map of an World where a WW1 esque conflict really was the War to end all Wars(In Europe at least).

This is my first completed map so any criticism and advice is welcome.
 

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Finally, a post from Bob Hope that doesn't get him kicked.

Noticed some Pre-Columbian cultures that I did not know about.
They had a way of increasing fertility to produce "Black Earth" which is a good indicator of inhabited areas.
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This seems like it would be interesting. Sadly, I am not really interested in Pre-Columbian Periods, but this is still very interesting to look at.
Also, is Black Earth just a place where people settled down, or is it something that was built?
 
Finally, a post from Bob Hope that doesn't get him kicked.


This seems like it would be interesting. Sadly, I am not really interested in Pre-Columbian Periods, but this is still very interesting to look at.
Also, is Black Earth just a place where people settled down, or is it something that was built?
LOL
Black Earth or Terra Preta was made by mixing a very specific admixture of things into the soil. Its modern re-discovery completely changed the theories of habitation/population numbers for the Amazon as it is incredibly fertile.
 
Noticed some Pre-Columbian cultures that I did not know about.
They had a way of increasing fertility to produce "Black Earth" which is a good indicator of inhabited areas.
Would be interesting to see these maps applied to WorldA with the generic "white with cultural color outline" used for city state or otherwise non-state societies.
 
Noticed some Pre-Columbian cultures that I did not know about.
They had a way of increasing fertility to produce "Black Earth" which is a good indicator of inhabited areas.
View attachment 804004
There's a lot of good research on native south american ''permaculture'' since the early 1990s, which is not translated for some reason.
The fact is that orchards of fruit are spread all over south america, most brazilnut groves were planted by hand in very long term land management programs. The peoples knew to organise their agriculture in both short, medium and long term, attested by the large variety of manioc cultivars (more than 200 found out so far) tailor made for each village's needs and the very, very large number of edible fruits that can be found all over (and are sadly rewilding/going extinct for the last 500 years.) for example.
They worked the land better and knew their limits better than we did, and the next decades will be a grim reminder of that.
 
There's a lot of good research on native south american ''permaculture'' since the early 1990s, which is not translated for some reason.
The fact is that orchards of fruit are spread all over south america, most brazilnut groves were planted by hand in very long term land management programs. The peoples knew to organise their agriculture in both short, medium and long term, attested by the large variety of manioc cultivars (more than 200 found out so far) tailor made for each village's needs and the very, very large number of edible fruits that can be found all over (and are sadly rewilding/going extinct for the last 500 years.) for example.
They worked the land better and knew their limits better than we did, and the next decades will be a grim reminder of that.
Yeah, you may want to steer clear of saying that last part, some people may feel offended and report your post, and since the mods are ready to kick you if you post something (even if it is literally on topic, such as with Bob Hope recently, just scroll up), I would like to encourage caution.
 
I was going too look at pre-columbian cultures along the pacific coast but that seems to have been covered elsewhere in a number of different formats.

Anyone got an ideas where to go next?
 
some people may feel offended and report your post,
Is the forum full of soy and cotton farm owners? Idk why anyone would feel offended by saying brazilians are depleting their soil and water reserves, honestly.
Even public sector specialists that deny global climate change(!) Say that the water and soil misuse in central brazil is absolutely unsustainable.
 
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