Altered maps XI: Towards a New Decade!

Status
Not open for further replies.
Are the Americas blank to indicate the absence of significant polities, or just because you're not interested in that bit? (I honestly don't know much about American political geography at that point beyond the vague notion that involved Maya.)
The absence of polities that I am willing to have under player direction, which can mean a few things. Mostly it means that none of those places have anything that even approximates to a recognizable state that somebody can be reasonably expected to play in a realistic - perhaps "in-character" would be more appropriate - fashion. The polities that exist in the Americas, like those in Southeast Asia, also suffer from Wanking Syndrome, i.e. the people who would be playing as them would be playing largely by themselves, isolated, and hived off from the rest of the interactions of the player base.

I suppose I could have added "groups" in parentheses, like I did for some states and cultural groups in Eurasia and Africa, but at least those groups all impact player decisions in one way or the other; the American ones cannot and would not.
350 BC or AD? I assume it's BC but who knows.
The latter. The former precludes the existence of a Seleukid Empire.
Given the existence of Carthage, Persia and what appears to be Magna Graecia, I'd assume 350 BC.
The Qarthadastei state is largely based on its former colonies in Iberia, due to the Perseid conquest of Africa in the second century (AD, although AD/BC are meaningless in TTL; the oikoumene runs on the Seleukid Era, by and large, which makes 350 "AD", 662/3 SE). It is also, now, monarchical, although there is something of a civic advisory council of judges (not related to the softim in any way save etymologically).

There is no Iranian state. The closest thing would probably be Zoroastrian Hyrkania, but even it largely speaks Greek among the government and army.

Megale Hellas is not an independent polity or series of polities; it is part of the Perseid Empire, and is all that that Empire has left of its formerly massive western territories following the Sophist wars.
 
True-size-of-Africa-954x696.png

True size of Africa
http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/
 
:lmao: Yes, true... LOL. :lmao:
 
Of course, in real life, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain are much closer to North Africa demographically. I am not sure I'd be too happy about that.

---

Anyway, a good map - Michael Crichton once pointed out in one of his books that the Western perceptions of Africa got screwed by the Mercator map projection, and he was right about that.
 
The central powers win in World War I (borders are a little rough). I'll explain later.

Sweden, Thailand, China, Spain, Venezuela, Persia, and Ethiopia join central powers.

The US and Portugal never enter the war.
scaled.php
 
Was China in much of a position to do anything in 1914, given that it couldn't even control its own territory? (Genuine question- I don't know nearly enough about China c.1914 to judge.)
 
Was China in much of a position to do anything in 1914, given that it couldn't even control its own territory? (Genuine question- I don't know nearly enough about China c.1914 to judge.)

Well, I know that after the revolution of 1911 there was a heightened feeling of Chinese Nationalism, and Sun Yat Sen (my favorite Chinese politician) was a strong and charismatic leader.

Also, China doesn't enter the war until around 1916/1917, when they have a better chance of fending off Japan and the Europeans.
 
Sun Yat-sen was only president until 1912, though- after that it was Yuan Shikai, who was altogether less popular, hence the 1913 and 1915 revolts- and even Sun would have had a hard time keeping the warlords in check. What happens in the AT that puts it in a better position to fight Japan?
 
Why would the Portuguese dishonour their 6-century old alliance with Britain?
 
Also, if Spain had joined the Central Powers maybe they got something more than that, ya know?
 
Sweden, Thailand, China, Spain, Venezuela, Persia, and Ethiopia join central powers.
hahaha what
Well, I know that after the revolution of 1911 there was a heightened feeling of Chinese Nationalism, and Sun Yat Sen (my favorite Chinese politician) was a strong and charismatic leader.
Strong and charismatic are two words that I would never use to describe Sun Zhongshan. Especially not in political terms.

Also, regardless of whether China were ruled by Sun or by Yuan or by Duan, it was never going to go to war against Russia, the UK, and Japan.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom