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We were still facing a lengthy battle with Moscow over the Caspian’s rich raw materials. The oil lobby in Russia put tremendous pressure on Boris Yeltsin to get him to convey the ownership of the Tengiz oilfield to Russia. I had many disagreeable conversations with Yeltsin about this. At a meeting in Moscow Yeltsin once said to me, ‘Give Tengiz to Russia’. I looked at him and realizing he was not joking, replied, ‘Well, if Russia gives us Orenburg province, after all, Orenburg was once the capital of Kazakhstan’. To which he retorted, ‘Do you have territorial claims on Russia?’ ‘Of course not’, I replied. He burst out laughing and so did I.​
- Nursultan Nazarbayev, The Kazakhstan Way
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Well, yes, just an oblast exchange between Kazakhstan and Russia.
 
Well, hopefully the Mongols won’t have to move too much farther than before.
Maybe... the steppe is always one of the trickiest parts of these scenarios.
Try doing this again with a few million years back Europe so that Indonesia will fit better with Islands.
I've thought of doing a map where human civilization arrises a few million years early or whatever, but I'm not really sure where to begin.
 
It appeared this one is too large, but fortunately I have a beautiful 2 bits version I love (seriously, 2 bits and 4 bits in paint.net is something that should get more attention).
Basically, the Khanate of Turkmen is a Turkic-Tibetan monarchy of the Middle Ages that had a relatively big glory during the 10th century.

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As you can see, it's based on WTF CD FOXY maps.
 
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The Caucasian Union of Worker's States (CUWS) was a federation of socialist republics under the totalitarian leadership of I. DzHugashvili (spelled it wrong I'm so embarassed). It was formed some months before the defeat of the Soviets in the Russian Civil War.

In 1924, Lenin was deeply ill, and the Union was weakened in the face of the continuous offensives of the Kolchak government in the east. It was common to see small fights among the 1917 staff and the army requisitioning grain from the peasants. Among the problems, the Georgian Dzhugashvili, popular for having defeated and had Alexander Antonov executed, decided to take up arms with his comrades in the Caucasus, proclaiming a socialist republic in his image and by means of his theories, which were distinguishedly denounced by others such as Trotsky, Kamenev, Rykov or Kollontai.

A few months later, the Soviets were defeated and several of their top leaders were executed, exiled, or sentenced. Stalin survived because of the Kolchak government's need to organize and democratize in his historical case. During the little more than a decade that his government lasted, there were purges, massive industrialization, forced collectivization, and various territorial wars.

In 1935, the Kolchak government, with the help of other European powers and Turkey, invaded the country. Although initially unsuccessful, once they reached Stalingrad, the nation was weakened and began to lose on all fronts. Stalin committed suicide in a bunker two weeks before the Treaty of Tambov, where his former domain was annexed by the Russian Republic.

Also, do you prefer 2 bits (left) or 4 bits (right)?
 
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The Caucasian Union of Worker's States (CUWS) was a federation of socialist republics under the totalitarian leadership of I. DzHugashvili (spelled it wrong I'm so embarassed). It was formed some months before the defeat of the Soviets in the Russian Civil War.

In 1924, Lenin was deeply ill, and the Union was weakened in the face of the continuous offensives of the Kolchak government in the east. It was common to see small fights among the 1917 staff and the army requisitioning grain from the peasants. Among the problems, the Georgian Dzhugashvili, popular for having defeated and had Alexander Antonov executed, decided to take up arms with his comrades in the Caucasus, proclaiming a socialist republic in his image and by means of his theories, which were distinguishedly denounced by others such as Trotsky, Kamenev, Rykov or Kollontai.

A few months later, the Soviets were defeated and several of their top leaders were executed, exiled, or sentenced. Stalin survived because of the Kolchak government's need to organize and democratize in his historical case. During the little more than a decade that his government lasted, there were purges, massive industrialization, forced collectivization, and various territorial wars.

In 1935, the Kolchak government, with the help of other European powers and Turkey, invaded the country. Although initially unsuccessful, once they reached Stalingrad, the nation was weakened and began to lose on all fronts. Stalin committed suicide in a bunker two weeks before the Treaty of Tambov, where his former domain was annexed by the Russian Republic.

Also, do you prefer 2 bits (left) or 4 bits (right)?
I prefer the 4 bits version

Where is Stalingrad in this world? Is it in the same place, at Tsaritsyn/Volgograd? That would seem awfully near the border
 
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I wanted to do something quick. Sorry it's 2 bits, but 4 bits looked a little ugly.

Basically, this is the result of a scenario where the Mongol Empire manages to go even further (specifically the East of the Rhine). Chagatai, the Golden Horde and Yuan suffered a similar path to OTL, Ilkhanate became a really big oppressive nation that couldn't manage its territories and died out in half a century, but the White Khanate (the remnants of the wars in the HRE) was different.

The conquerors from the steppes became more sympathetic to the Germanic Christian people, and their khan became their emperor and Tengrism was abandoned for a relatively similar way of Roman Catholicism.

The HGE became a really glorious nation that replaced the order in Europe. It reunited the Pope, the Czar and the Byzantines together as a force of the old traditions of Europe during a big part of the 18th century, while their antagonists in the West represented progress. It left an important print in its inhabitants despite it fell during the 1900s. Nowadays (2074 TTL), its former territories are big republic that has since became an united Europe against Chinese domination in the East (Russia is an actual democracy).

(I just invented this while I was writing).
 
Latest 1560; Alsace and the Rhineland.
Abbey = Bishopric colour + Minor State colour outline
Imperial Villages = Free City outline on Minor State colour

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The area of the German Democratic Republic via Oder-Glatzer Neiße-border, including Stettin.

Some cities had other names during the GDR, but got changed back during 1954 and 1990:
Karl-Marx-Stadt = Chemnitz (changed back in 1990)
Liebknecht-Stadt = Liegnitz (changed back in 1990)
Stalin-Stadt = Stettin (changed back in 1954)

Population of the GDR was 19.912.751 in 1989.

During 1990, the districts (Bezirke) got dissolved and replaced by six federal states (Bundesländer), West-Berlin joined the GDR on November 8th, so that Berlin got reunified officially. On November 9th 1990, the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany.
 
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The area of the German Democratic Republic via Oder-Glatzer Neiße-border, including Stettin.

Some cities had other names during the GDR, but got changed back during 1954 and 1990:
Karl-Marx-Stadt = Chemnitz (changed back in 1990)
Liebknecht-Stadt = Liegnitz (changed back in 1990)
Stalin-Stadt = Stettin (changed back in 1954)

Population of the GDR was 19.912.751 in 1989.

During 1990, the districts (Bezirke) got dissolved and replaced by six federal states (Bundesländer), West-Berlin joined the GDR on November 8th, so that Berlin got reunified officially. On November 9th 1990, the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany.
What happened with Poland? Were they compensated with the remainder of East Prussia instead?
 
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The area of the German Democratic Republic via Oder-Glatzer Neiße-border, including Stettin.

Some cities had other names during the GDR, but got changed back during 1954 and 1990:
Karl-Marx-Stadt = Chemnitz (changed back in 1990)
Liebknecht-Stadt = Liegnitz (changed back in 1990)
Stalin-Stadt = Stettin (changed back in 1954)

Population of the GDR was 19.912.751 in 1989.

During 1990, the districts (Bezirke) got dissolved and replaced by six federal states (Bundesländer), West-Berlin joined the GDR on November 8th, so that Berlin got reunified officially. On November 9th 1990, the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany.

I get that it makes sense because rivers and Poland having a larger coastline but I really aesthetically dislike Germany having Silesia but not Pomerania. On the other hand Germany having Pomerania but not Silesia Looks fine to me.
 
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I get that it makes sense because rivers and Poland having a larger coastline but I really aesthetically dislike Germany having Silesia but not Pomerania. On the other hand Germany having Pomerania but not Silesia Looks fine to me.
You have to think of one in terms of aesthetic value and the other option in functional value lol
 
Sorry about that, this question must be asked pretty frequently but what is the font typically used in pixel art maps? I couldn't find anything by researching it
 
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