Altered Maps XIV: Cartographical Consistency

[cybrxkhan]

Is that... an Italian-speaking Austria?

 

[madviking]

Is that... an Italian-speaking Austria?

apparently this is under the guise that german influence never existed, so yea, austria falls under italian influence in this timeline

 

[Domen]

who wants to feel physically ill?

Reminds me of:

http://www.ihr.org/books/kaufman/perish.shtml

Death to Germany

When an Individual commits premeditated murder, he must be prepared to forfeit his own life in consequence. When a nation commits premeditated murder upon its fellow nations, it must be prepared to forfeit its own national life.

On that point the laws of man and God are explicit:

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life."

But what is the law of man or God to Germany? Nothing.

She recognizes only German law; so be it.

It must then be German law, if such a law there be, which decrees her penalty -- the penalty of death.

And there is such a German law which decrees that death to her:

As in all human affairs, there must also be in every system of punishment a last limit, a ne plus ultra that no punishment can overstep. Thus even from the point of view of pure theory the necessity of the depth-penalty is postulated; it is, as the ultimate punishment on earth, the indispensable keystone of every ordered system of criminal law. No apparent reasons which are alleged against it can withstand any serious criticism. The State, which has the right to sacrifice for its own protection the flower of its youth, is to feel so nice a regard for the life of a murderer? We much rather allow to the State the right to make away with men who are undoubtedly injurious to the common weal. That the powers that be must bear the sword is an expression which runs deep in the blood of the honest man; if this truth is to be banished out of the world, great wrong is done to the simple moral feeling of the people. The ultimate problems of the moral life are to be solved in the domain of the practical, not of the theoretical, reason. The conscience of every earnest man demands that blood be atoned by blood, and the common man must simply grow doubtful of the existence of justice on earth, of this last and highest punishment is not inflicted. The State makes itself ridiculous and contemptible if it cannot finally dispose of a criminal. There must be a limit for mercy and indulgence, as for the law, a last limit at which the State says: "This is the end, humanity is not longer possible here." It must be possible to inflict at last a punishment beyond which there is nothing, and that is the punishment of death. (Heinrich von Treitschke.)

Let German Will be done!

But Kaufman had Austria also partitioned:

 

[Tahuti]

who wants to feel physically ill?

We are to get Poland as neighbour! Awesome!

Anyway, my only objection is the areas that go to France should be a couple of German rump states. We don't want France to get too powerful. The Belgicist entity also should have been removed from the map.

 

[Kyriakos]

Where is Munich? Is it that weird 'Monaco da Baviera' city? (yes i am too lazy to google a map for the exact location ).

 

[Domen]

Anyway, my only objection is the areas that go to France should be a couple of German rump states.

Indeed. Restoring Germany to the point of 1648-like "Flickenteppich" of 666 or so of small principalities is a better idea.

 

[Domen]

Atlas of real names:

Spoiler :

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There are some mistakes. For example "Roman Realm" is not Bulgaria (as this map shows), but Romania.

 

[Domen]

Countries of birth of actors & actresses playing main roles in 2004 movie "Alexander":

I couldn't find info on where did they take their extras (for both armies) from.

 

[Civ'ed]

Re: the no Germany map
why do people insist on making the german cities have dutch names?

 

[dutchfire]

And why is the Maas called Meuse, the Rijn called Rhijn? Who imagined the spellings of Brejmen and Wejser and in what alternative universe would a Dutchman write Hanoover with double o?
And why is Antwerpen called Anvers, but Gent not called Gand?

 

[Domen]

Polish names on that map are also invented.

Why inventing new names if real Medieval Slavic names (from which often current German names derive) are known:

Berlin = Braliń (not Berolinsk)
Rostock = Roztok (not Rosztów)
Schwerin = Swarzyn (not Szweryn)
Lübeck = Ljubice (not Lobek)
Brandenburg = Brennabor (here OK)
Magdeburg = Dziewiń (not Magedbork)
Dresden = Drezno (here OK)
Leipzig = Lipsk (here OK)
Chemnitz = Kamienica (not Chemnica)
Gera = Gierzawa (not Gerabród)

As for rivers:

Elbe = Łaba (not Elblin)

Elblin for Elbe (Latin: Albis) makes no sense. Slavic name is Laba / Łaba and it has the same etymology as river Łeba and town Łeba / Leba in Poland.

Sprewa / Sprjewja is OK.

 

[Domen]

Poor Luxembourg did not expand at all:

Spoiler :

 

[warpus]

 

[Takhisis]

That one gets reposted every now and then. Should be stickied.

 

[warpus]

Oh yeah? Didn't realize, don't think I've seen it before.

 

[JohannaK]

Wha...

 

[Civ'ed]

so wait, there's a point in chile where, going eternally west, you will eventually end up back in chile without ever having to show your passport?

 

[Kyriakos]

Any brief info-filling on how/why Chile and Argentina have this strange border in the tierra del fuego?

 

[Arakhor]

Probably one of the Chilean islands getting in the way, like up north with the China/Japan mix.

 

[Flying Pig]

Easter Island (?) and a lot of ocean.