Rememberences of Map Contests Past
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tnowacki:
Here is my entry and also my first map shown on Alternatehistory.com. It is a remake of a map I did once while roleplaying a football World Cup in a states simulation.
In my timeline, WW II never happened due to diverging economic developments in the 20's. The Republic of Poland gained political support from France and Britain and took over the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk) in 1944.
The first football World Cup was held in Italy in 1927. It was agreed to celebrate the World Cup every 5 years. Poland applied as a host for both the 1942 and 1947 which both were rejected. After a period of growing influence in Central Eastern Europe as well as economic growth, Poland trumped its competitors for the 1952 games. The Wilno and Gdańsk stadiums were explicitly built for the World Cup.
Nations from all over the world joined this football spectacle which saw its final in Warsaw, the host then encountering France. Who has won the final? That is up to you and your imagination...
The smaller Polish cities are reserve stadiums only, the internal borders are... Well, internal borders. All names on the map are in Polish.
Here is my entry and also my first map shown on Alternatehistory.com. It is a remake of a map I did once while roleplaying a football World Cup in a states simulation.
In my timeline, WW II never happened due to diverging economic developments in the 20's. The Republic of Poland gained political support from France and Britain and took over the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk) in 1944.
The first football World Cup was held in Italy in 1927. It was agreed to celebrate the World Cup every 5 years. Poland applied as a host for both the 1942 and 1947 which both were rejected. After a period of growing influence in Central Eastern Europe as well as economic growth, Poland trumped its competitors for the 1952 games. The Wilno and Gdańsk stadiums were explicitly built for the World Cup.
Nations from all over the world joined this football spectacle which saw its final in Warsaw, the host then encountering France. Who has won the final? That is up to you and your imagination...
The smaller Polish cities are reserve stadiums only, the internal borders are... Well, internal borders. All names on the map are in Polish.
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Martin23230:
The year: 2050. The previous decades have been, let's say, eventful. However, aside from all the politics, the unifications and the balkanisations, the invasions and revolutions, the show must go on...
Despite reaching a historic lows in terms of viewers in the 2010s to 20s (attributed to the unfortunate habit of only being placed on pay-per-view channels, as well as the dominance from certain teams) and in terms of races in the mid 2030s (Including one year when the only races were in Monaco, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland), the Formula 1 World Championship continued throughout, and come the year 2050 is celebrating it's 100th season.
Although not reaching the heights of the 2000s 20-race season, the current 18 race system allows for several rotations of tracks both within nations (such as the Union of South East Asia's race switching between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur), between close races (such as New York-Canada and now China-Korea) and indeed both (within Europa; France swaps with Spain and Germany swaps with Belgium), meaning there are actually 25 different GPs over 6 continents, the highest ever.
The 2050 season sees the return of the Chinese GP for the first time since the Second Chinese Revolution, and the 1st Moscovite GP as part of Moscow's plans to improve it's standing in the West.
So, from Australia in March, to Brazil in November, the Greatest Race on Earth is about to begin! ONLY* on the BBC.
The year: 2050. The previous decades have been, let's say, eventful. However, aside from all the politics, the unifications and the balkanisations, the invasions and revolutions, the show must go on...
Despite reaching a historic lows in terms of viewers in the 2010s to 20s (attributed to the unfortunate habit of only being placed on pay-per-view channels, as well as the dominance from certain teams) and in terms of races in the mid 2030s (Including one year when the only races were in Monaco, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland), the Formula 1 World Championship continued throughout, and come the year 2050 is celebrating it's 100th season.
Although not reaching the heights of the 2000s 20-race season, the current 18 race system allows for several rotations of tracks both within nations (such as the Union of South East Asia's race switching between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur), between close races (such as New York-Canada and now China-Korea) and indeed both (within Europa; France swaps with Spain and Germany swaps with Belgium), meaning there are actually 25 different GPs over 6 continents, the highest ever.
The 2050 season sees the return of the Chinese GP for the first time since the Second Chinese Revolution, and the 1st Moscovite GP as part of Moscow's plans to improve it's standing in the West.
So, from Australia in March, to Brazil in November, the Greatest Race on Earth is about to begin! ONLY* on the BBC.
Otherworld:
Berlin-Roma, the Axis race
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Extract from Sports and National-Socialism, 1992 :
"This great Axis marathon was done in order that the German cars win the race. The first stage, from Berlin to Munich via the Autobahn, was an ode to speed and performance. The second stage was full of mountain roads through the Austrian Alps. And finally, the last stage was also intended to welcome the victorious Porsches in Roma, with long runs on the Autostrada. That was a fabulous publicity campaign for Hitler and his regime : more than eighty cars at the beginning, and only eleven at the end. And among these eleven cars, there was... ten German cars."
Poster found on the walls of Berlin in August 1938, three years before WW2 begins.
Berlin-Roma, the Axis race
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Extract from Sports and National-Socialism, 1992 :
"This great Axis marathon was done in order that the German cars win the race. The first stage, from Berlin to Munich via the Autobahn, was an ode to speed and performance. The second stage was full of mountain roads through the Austrian Alps. And finally, the last stage was also intended to welcome the victorious Porsches in Roma, with long runs on the Autostrada. That was a fabulous publicity campaign for Hitler and his regime : more than eighty cars at the beginning, and only eleven at the end. And among these eleven cars, there was... ten German cars."
Poster found on the walls of Berlin in August 1938, three years before WW2 begins.
Alex Richards:
In OTL, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1606 probably saved the olympics from the dustbin of history. Despite the 1896 games having the highest international representation in a sporting event so far, the 1900 and 1904 games had been flops. Blighted by being hosted at the same time as the Paris Expo and the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, they had become first a sideshow at Paris, and then virtually an a non-entity at St. Louis. Rome was due to host the 1908 Olympics, but with Naples devestated London stepped in at the last moment and finally launched a sucessful contest.
ITTL, the Olympics weren't so lucky. Vesuvius erupts almost 18 months later, and with nobody able to step in Rome is forced to try and host the event and repair the damage. The result is an unmitigated disaster, as through lack of funding there is no Opening Ceremony, no Closing Ceremony, a reduced timetable of events, no Bronze medals awarded and charged accomodation for foreign athletes. The Olympic movement collapses, and lies forgotten as WWI breaks out in 1915, and the Russian Revolution kicks off soon afterwards.
By 1932, the Soviet Union is looking to reduce tensions with the monarchies of Europe, and so sifting through historical records comes up with the idea of rebooting the Olympics. Of course, being a union of equal republics (and not so equal Autonomous Republics), it is unthinkable that there should not be equal representation for the constituent states, while a national team is required for international recognition. This starts something of a mad dash to get subnational teams with Britain bringing along her Dominions, India being entered as a seperate Team with the most important Princes sending their own teams, and the 6 most important German Kingdoms sending teams of their own. The Ottomans simply use a highly theoretical regional division to get more teams while France, not wanting to give the Algerians, Basques or Bretons of the metropole ideas, is forced to resort to sending teams from her various protectorates to get equal representation. Small teams are sent also from Japan, China and the USA.
'32 also sees the first entry of Winter Sports at an artificial Ski-slope just outside the city, and cultural events are given more weight as well. Most importantly though, the Olympics were back in business.
(BTW, Alex, I'm wondering how this alternate world's WWI went so that Germany and Alsace-Lorraine ended up the way they did...
)
In OTL, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1606 probably saved the olympics from the dustbin of history. Despite the 1896 games having the highest international representation in a sporting event so far, the 1900 and 1904 games had been flops. Blighted by being hosted at the same time as the Paris Expo and the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, they had become first a sideshow at Paris, and then virtually an a non-entity at St. Louis. Rome was due to host the 1908 Olympics, but with Naples devestated London stepped in at the last moment and finally launched a sucessful contest.
ITTL, the Olympics weren't so lucky. Vesuvius erupts almost 18 months later, and with nobody able to step in Rome is forced to try and host the event and repair the damage. The result is an unmitigated disaster, as through lack of funding there is no Opening Ceremony, no Closing Ceremony, a reduced timetable of events, no Bronze medals awarded and charged accomodation for foreign athletes. The Olympic movement collapses, and lies forgotten as WWI breaks out in 1915, and the Russian Revolution kicks off soon afterwards.
By 1932, the Soviet Union is looking to reduce tensions with the monarchies of Europe, and so sifting through historical records comes up with the idea of rebooting the Olympics. Of course, being a union of equal republics (and not so equal Autonomous Republics), it is unthinkable that there should not be equal representation for the constituent states, while a national team is required for international recognition. This starts something of a mad dash to get subnational teams with Britain bringing along her Dominions, India being entered as a seperate Team with the most important Princes sending their own teams, and the 6 most important German Kingdoms sending teams of their own. The Ottomans simply use a highly theoretical regional division to get more teams while France, not wanting to give the Algerians, Basques or Bretons of the metropole ideas, is forced to resort to sending teams from her various protectorates to get equal representation. Small teams are sent also from Japan, China and the USA.
'32 also sees the first entry of Winter Sports at an artificial Ski-slope just outside the city, and cultural events are given more weight as well. Most importantly though, the Olympics were back in business.
(BTW, Alex, I'm wondering how this alternate world's WWI went so that Germany and Alsace-Lorraine ended up the way they did...
)
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MOTF 50: Fifty Years is a Long Time
The Challenge
Your challenge is to make two maps set fifty years apart. These maps can be of anything - a city, a country, a continent, etc. - and may depict anything - the changing political situation, urban development, changing demographics, whatever you can think of.
If you wish to make one map that shows how the region has changed over the fifty years in question then you may, but the map must show both the situation at the start of the fifty years and at the end - not one or the other.
The Restrictions
There are no restrictions on when your map can be set, or when the PoD can be. ASB maps are not allowed, but future maps are.
The Challenge
Your challenge is to make two maps set fifty years apart. These maps can be of anything - a city, a country, a continent, etc. - and may depict anything - the changing political situation, urban development, changing demographics, whatever you can think of.
If you wish to make one map that shows how the region has changed over the fifty years in question then you may, but the map must show both the situation at the start of the fifty years and at the end - not one or the other.
The Restrictions
There are no restrictions on when your map can be set, or when the PoD can be. ASB maps are not allowed, but future maps are.
First, Kaiphranos:
South America, 1825
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In this world, the Bourbon Reforms of the 18th century turned out slightly differently--most notably, the borders between the Viceroyalty of Peru and the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata were drawn somewhat differently, with most of Upper Peru remaining with the former. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars occur much as they did in our world, but the Latin American wars of independence proceeded differently, as the differences in the Bourbon reforms resulted in some different dynamics within the three Viceroyalties of New Granada, Peru, and the Río de la Plata. Paraguay does not secede from La Plata, and the Royalist position in Peru is stronger.
In fact, Spain never quite loses control of the Viceroyalty of Peru, although the end of the wars in 1825 sees new independent republics in Chile, New Granada (renamed Gran Colombia) and the new United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Two of these three were fated not to last. As in our world, Venezuelans grew dissatisfied with their position within Gran Colombia, but in this world their grievances were left to simmer longer, and rather than peacefully dissolving into its constituent pieces, the Gran Colombian government fought a bloody and unsuccessful war to prevent Venezuela from leaving.
The United Provinces fared somewhat better for a time. Larger and stronger than the Argentine Confederation of our world, it fared better in a war against Brazil, recovering the lost Banda Oriental as well as a chunk of Mato Grosso province. But as in our world, there was tension between Federalist and Unitarian factions regarding the influence of Buenos Aires and the revenues it generated. The Federalists, strongest in the richer southern provinces, wanted to retain these revenues, while the northern provinces wanted a unitary government that would distribute them more evenly.
An rather odd war followed, in which the south basically fought to expel the northern provinces. These formed the Confederation of Tucumán, Paraná, and Paraguay, more commonly known as the Paranian Confederation. Ironically, without the prize of Buenos Aires, the former Unitarians found that a federal model better suited their new nation, while the United Provinces have become increasingly centralized.
Chile, alone of the new republics, managed to avoid any wars, but its leaders were less foresightful than our world, and Chile failed to establish claims to the area around the Straits of Magellan. Instead, these and much of uninhabited Patagonia fell to the French government, who established a number of settlements in the area, following the recommendations of the French explorer Jules d'Urville. Britain, which had also expressed interest in the region, had to satisfy itself with the Falkland Islands, re-establishing its earlier claim while the United Provinces were otherwise occupied.
Now, 50 years after the end of the wars of independence, the course of South American history has diverged significantly from our world... and will diverge further in just a few years with the untimely death of Dom Pedro II of Brazil...
First map:
South America, 1825
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In this world, the Bourbon Reforms of the 18th century turned out slightly differently--most notably, the borders between the Viceroyalty of Peru and the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata were drawn somewhat differently, with most of Upper Peru remaining with the former. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars occur much as they did in our world, but the Latin American wars of independence proceeded differently, as the differences in the Bourbon reforms resulted in some different dynamics within the three Viceroyalties of New Granada, Peru, and the Río de la Plata. Paraguay does not secede from La Plata, and the Royalist position in Peru is stronger.
In fact, Spain never quite loses control of the Viceroyalty of Peru, although the end of the wars in 1825 sees new independent republics in Chile, New Granada (renamed Gran Colombia) and the new United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Two of these three were fated not to last. As in our world, Venezuelans grew dissatisfied with their position within Gran Colombia, but in this world their grievances were left to simmer longer, and rather than peacefully dissolving into its constituent pieces, the Gran Colombian government fought a bloody and unsuccessful war to prevent Venezuela from leaving.
The United Provinces fared somewhat better for a time. Larger and stronger than the Argentine Confederation of our world, it fared better in a war against Brazil, recovering the lost Banda Oriental as well as a chunk of Mato Grosso province. But as in our world, there was tension between Federalist and Unitarian factions regarding the influence of Buenos Aires and the revenues it generated. The Federalists, strongest in the richer southern provinces, wanted to retain these revenues, while the northern provinces wanted a unitary government that would distribute them more evenly.
An rather odd war followed, in which the south basically fought to expel the northern provinces. These formed the Confederation of Tucumán, Paraná, and Paraguay, more commonly known as the Paranian Confederation. Ironically, without the prize of Buenos Aires, the former Unitarians found that a federal model better suited their new nation, while the United Provinces have become increasingly centralized.
Chile, alone of the new republics, managed to avoid any wars, but its leaders were less foresightful than our world, and Chile failed to establish claims to the area around the Straits of Magellan. Instead, these and much of uninhabited Patagonia fell to the French government, who established a number of settlements in the area, following the recommendations of the French explorer Jules d'Urville. Britain, which had also expressed interest in the region, had to satisfy itself with the Falkland Islands, re-establishing its earlier claim while the United Provinces were otherwise occupied.
Now, 50 years after the end of the wars of independence, the course of South American history has diverged significantly from our world... and will diverge further in just a few years with the untimely death of Dom Pedro II of Brazil...
First map:
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Blomma:
A more aggressive Soviet Union (Finland and Poland being the westernmost SSRs) forces Western European nations to unite against their common foe, communism. At the beginning it could easiest be described as a French-ruled almost fascist kind of state, which later expanded and grew to become a beacon of unity and prosperity across ethnical borders. Although the capital remains in Paris and the lingua franca of the Federation is French, citizens of every ethnicity enjoys the same freedom. Notice the separation of Alsace-Lorraine on map #2, a desicion that was made after unsuccessfull attempts at Frenchifying Alsace, and the cession of the Dunkirk area to Flanders. West Berlin is still a city split in two, and just as IOTL West Berlin serves no administrative role, whereas the eastern counterpart is the capital of the Soviet puppet regime in Germany.
What looks to be a unified Germany on map #1 is, per OTL, an occupied state without a central authority, shown the way it is for simplicity.
A more aggressive Soviet Union (Finland and Poland being the westernmost SSRs) forces Western European nations to unite against their common foe, communism. At the beginning it could easiest be described as a French-ruled almost fascist kind of state, which later expanded and grew to become a beacon of unity and prosperity across ethnical borders. Although the capital remains in Paris and the lingua franca of the Federation is French, citizens of every ethnicity enjoys the same freedom. Notice the separation of Alsace-Lorraine on map #2, a desicion that was made after unsuccessfull attempts at Frenchifying Alsace, and the cession of the Dunkirk area to Flanders. West Berlin is still a city split in two, and just as IOTL West Berlin serves no administrative role, whereas the eastern counterpart is the capital of the Soviet puppet regime in Germany.
What looks to be a unified Germany on map #1 is, per OTL, an occupied state without a central authority, shown the way it is for simplicity.
Mine own:
One of those "eternal 19th century Empires" worlds, like GURPS Cornwallis or The Two Georges, comes a bit of a cropper after such events as the Austrian development of the Atomic weapon, the Great Chinese Revolution, the glorious Ottoman Renaissance and its tragic denoument, and a clash over Some Damn Thing In the Middle East between the British Empire and the Bourbons which ends up going nuclear.
Map the first:
One of those "eternal 19th century Empires" worlds, like GURPS Cornwallis or The Two Georges, comes a bit of a cropper after such events as the Austrian development of the Atomic weapon, the Great Chinese Revolution, the glorious Ottoman Renaissance and its tragic denoument, and a clash over Some Damn Thing In the Middle East between the British Empire and the Bourbons which ends up going nuclear.
Map the first:
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tnowacki:
Alright. A bit late but here is my entry. It depicts the reduction of Prussian
core territory between 1951 and 2001. The ATL suggests that Germany
never unified; instead, Prussia remains the dominant German power. However,
some smaller territories that once belonged to Prussia were had been lost in
1951 already (parts of Rheinland and Western Prussia, e.g.). The further
dismantlement of Prussia takes place in the German Wars (1982-1988). In
2000, some remaining German states found the German Confederation, a
loose assosiation with the aim of strenghtening the German culture. In
contrast, the European Federation, consisting of the European francophone
countries, has formed and is now the major continental power. In 1997,
Baden decides to join the European Federation.
Map the first:
Alright. A bit late but here is my entry. It depicts the reduction of Prussian
core territory between 1951 and 2001. The ATL suggests that Germany
never unified; instead, Prussia remains the dominant German power. However,
some smaller territories that once belonged to Prussia were had been lost in
1951 already (parts of Rheinland and Western Prussia, e.g.). The further
dismantlement of Prussia takes place in the German Wars (1982-1988). In
2000, some remaining German states found the German Confederation, a
loose assosiation with the aim of strenghtening the German culture. In
contrast, the European Federation, consisting of the European francophone
countries, has formed and is now the major continental power. In 1997,
Baden decides to join the European Federation.
Map the first:
Oh what the hell -
here's one by Scarecrow, because I like the Cult of Hercules as a state religion.
This could be ocnsidered a followup to my map for MoF 46. A more Hellenic western med leads to the eventual unification of Italy and Spain by the Samnites. United by the state worship of Hercules, the Samnite domain expands westward and eastward. Their religious life requires that good pious citizens attend the shrines and holy sites associated with the life of Hercules. The Herculian Way is central to this, a long path from [Gibraltar] to Syracuse. Problems arose when local powers encorporated the myth of Hercules into local geography, leading to a winding route that often double-backed on itself.
Wiht the region united by the Samnites, the complicated issue of the Herculian Way could be settled. Fifty years after their total conquest the Samnites reformed the pilgrams way, trimming shrines and holy sites to present a more organised route.
here's one by Scarecrow, because I like the Cult of Hercules as a state religion.
This could be ocnsidered a followup to my map for MoF 46. A more Hellenic western med leads to the eventual unification of Italy and Spain by the Samnites. United by the state worship of Hercules, the Samnite domain expands westward and eastward. Their religious life requires that good pious citizens attend the shrines and holy sites associated with the life of Hercules. The Herculian Way is central to this, a long path from [Gibraltar] to Syracuse. Problems arose when local powers encorporated the myth of Hercules into local geography, leading to a winding route that often double-backed on itself.
Wiht the region united by the Samnites, the complicated issue of the Herculian Way could be settled. Fifty years after their total conquest the Samnites reformed the pilgrams way, trimming shrines and holy sites to present a more organised route.