MotF 174: Another Star On The Flag

[Kaiphranos]

MotF 174: Another Star On The Flag
The Challenge

Make a map showing a state, province or other subnational region that does not exist in OTL.

The Restrictions

There are no restrictions on when the PoD of your map should be. Fantasy, sci-fi, and future maps are allowed.


If you're not sure whether your idea meets the criteria of this challenge, please feel free to PM me or comment in the main thread.
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Entries will end for this round when the voting thread is posted on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018.
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ALL DISCUSSION ON THE CONTEST OR ITS ENTRIES MUST TAKE PLACE IN THE MAIN THREAD. PLEASE.
Any discussion must take place in the main thread. If you post anything other than a map entry (or a description accompanying a map entry) in this thread then you will be asked to delete the post.
Remember to vote on the previous MotF round!​

 

[Kaiser_Jaeger]

By the time 'The Floridas' had been aquired by America in the Adams-Onís treaty, both East and West Florida had begun to develop their own distinct cultures. They were brought under the wing of the Union as seperate territories in 1819 and admited as states 26 years later. West Florida is governed from the central city of Hattiesburg and the state's many beaches draw visitors from accross the world. Many of those who visit return and call West Florida their home when they retire.

Edited with a more appropriate capital city.

 

[Dr. No]

A Real State Diet In 74 Garden Street
(Gartenstraße 74 in Breslau used to house the Provincial Diet in Prussian times.
IOTL present, ul. Piłsudskiego 74 houses the local sub-chapter of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associates.)​

In 1981, the German Reich as it's yet been called passed constitutional amendments that made it drop the "Reich" moniker from its official name which became the German Republic among other things and, more importantly, broke up the remainder of the Free State of Prussia into five new states by January 1st, 1983. One of them is Silesia, in its long form the People's State of Silesia after established names for Hesse and Württemberg and making for a symbolic break from the previous Free State of Prussia. In any regards, Silesia is an average-ish state of Germany. Breslau is one of many half-million-denizen boom towns in Germany, Upper Silesia is a recovering industrial wasteland, the mountain-side parts of Lower and Middle Silesia are surprisingly well off and much of the lowlands in its north is like a flyover country. As traditional strongholds for SPD and Zentrum alike, it also led the way for modern Germany to become what it is. Nothing to see here, really.

 

[Nephi]

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By the time 'The Floridas' had been aquired by America in the Adams-Onís treaty, both East and West Florida had begun to develop their own distinct cultures. They were brought under the wing of the Union as seperate territories in 1819 and admited as states 26 years later. West Florida is governed from the coastal city of Mobile and the state's many beaches draw visitors from accross the world. Many of those who visit return and call West Florida their home when they retire.

I like but I doubt they'd have moved the capital hurricanes negate a coastal capital that's why otl Florida is Tallahassee which close but not on the sea. Hattiesburg might be more likely.

 

[Neoteros]

A minimalistic map I came up in 20 minutes:

Basically, Mussolini is much more forceful in its attempt to eradicate the Ladin culture and language; as a result, in 1947 the Ladin minority is able to get its own autonomous province inside the Trentino-Alto Adige autonomous region; to avoid adopting the overly long name of Trentino-Alto Adige-Ladinia, the old name of "Venezia Tridentina" is preserved. Today, the province - that includes most of what in OTL is the northern part of the Venetian province of Belluno, too - is the richest province in Italy, courtesy of the upper class tourism in Cortina d'Ampezzo and its surroundings, and some of its wealth has spilled over to the already wealthy neighbouring provinces as well. Despite speaking a Romance language, the Ladins feel much closer to their Tyrolean neighbours than to the people in Trento, and their attitudes towards further autonomy or even secession - as a new Austrian Land or as a microstate - are almost indistinguishable from those of their German-speaking cousins.

 

[BryanIII]

An in depth, detailed map of the Province of Westhoeck; part of the Kingdom of Vlaenders from this map (where you wil also find a backstory going until 1840).

 

[CosmicAsh]

The Union Forever: The State of East Tennessee

Forged in the fires of the American Civil War, the State of East Tennessee is the result of the steadfast resistance of pro-Union partisans in eastern Tennessee who were able to secure the liberation of much of the future state from the Confederate Army before the arrival of Union forces. The Confederacy never maintained full control over eastern Tennessee, although Kingsport was used as a munitions depot for Confederate General Richard Taylor's Invasion of Virginia during 1866. With the defeat of General Albert Johnston's Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chattanooga, all Confederate forces had been repelled from the state, and would never mount a serious offensive into East Tennessee. With the war still dragging on, and eager to show their loyalty, the eastern counties of Tennessee voted to secede from Tennessee and petitioned to re-enter the Union as the State of East Tennessee. Despite the objections of western Tennessee, President Lincoln and the National Democratic Congress approved the petition, and East Tennessee entered the Union as the 33rd State. East Tennessee was long considered part of the "Workingman's Coalition" of states, which would lend their Electoral Votes to Social Labor and its predecessors, and sent left-wing politicians to Hamilton. In recent years, the state has begun to drift to the Nationals, with incumbent President Janet Yellen narrowly winning the state in 2016. Congressman Dan Eldridge of the fourth district also won re-election by only a few thousand votes. Strong population growth in East Tennessee's rural counties and the expansion of Knoxville and Chattanooga's suburbs beyond the borders of the City-County have caused both Knox and Jay Counties to in recent years lean towards the Nationals.

 

[Fed]

जन गण मन अधिनायक जय हे, भारत भाग्य विधाता।

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[NeonHydroxide]

Facing the threat of rebellion from several Southern colonies in British North America, in 1843 Parliament dissolved the larger dominion and devolved power to the individual colonies, allowing the passage of the 1845 Slavery Abolition Act, with provision for several Southern realms to temporarily retain the practice. Although legislatively independent since the 1926 Commonwealth Statute, Virginia and the other realms of British North America remain a part of the British Imperial Commonwealth, have representation in the British Parliament, and retain William IV as head of state.

 

[Wayna]

In OTL there were some attempts in the last quarter of the 19th century to reform and consolidate the city of Prague. At that time, it only consisted of the first four districts + Josefov (see the map I.-IV.) which form the modern core of Prague’s inner city. The surrounding settlements grew alongside the city and soon received town charters themselves but remained administratively independent.
The Czechoslovak government would go on to consolidate the city in 1920-1922, creating “Greater Prague”. Since then it’s expanded a few more times, most notably in 1974, becoming the Mega-Prague it is today (especially massive compared to just the old town).

In this timeline the 1848 Revolutions (and subsequent wars) leave the Hapsburg realms in a significantly different, and more precarious, position to OTL. There is a “conservative order” that triumphs in the short- to midterm but the fierce trend of our history towards centralization isn’t present. Instead federalizing voices dominate and the constituent crownlands receive gradually more autonomy. It doesn’t take too long for that sentiment to reach the big cities and ITTL the imperial government is listening.

After long talks and a few failed attempts, the parties at the table: the imperial government, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the City of Prague, come to an agreement. As a self-governing consolidated entity Prague truly takes off and grows into the moniker “Second City of the Empire” (after Vienna, ahead of Venice and Trieste).

Points of Interest:
A: The old Jewish town Josefov was integrated by the Staré Město as it surrounds it completely.
C: The Bohemian Castle is an annex of the Prague Castle and still houses the government and assembly of Bohemia, which own this small area in Hradčany. Talks of moving the capital of Bohemia outside of Prague are sluggish as numerous cities vie for the honor.