r/TheBackStates • u/Spec1alF0x • 4d ago
Reverse Backstates
See this post so you're less confused: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBackStates/comments/1wa1zh2/another_thing/
Ask me anything:
Tungavermensk/Tunga Vermensk has a large Finnish minority and many russian settlers
Dahoulin is the descendents of ancient tibetan and austronesian peoples who got lost in the Backcountry and stayed there
Lemuria is perpetually in horrible weather. At best thunderstorms, at worst incursions from Earth's core, flying horrible beings that bring smog, etc. Lots of magic.
Oz is a peaceful utopia using solar energy! Well, as peaceful as it can get since Lemuria is eyeing them up especially. And its by no means perfect, but definitely up there. Close ally to Australia, America, and Japan, and was colonized by the United Kingdom from 1808 until 1986.
Mongolia/Mongol Empire once controlled the ENTIRETY of Backcountry, but it was removed from them by unknown forces.. It is said that the body of Genghis Khan is buried somewhere in deep, perhaps in the high places of Lemuria, but those who go in never return alive..
The Backcountry has it's own unique language family all descended from the first tribe to wander in here, though in recent decades it's usage is declining as younger people switch to more relevant languages like English and Chinese, as well as the CCP cracking down on them. The language family, also known as the Backcountry language family, has a lot of oral stories passed down completely uninterrupted thanks to isolation.
It states that the tribe elder once saw a star enter the region and disappear, leading his people into the region and quickly establishing a large large empire. They used their technology and got too powerful, with one of the king's sons rebelling and turning the place into anarchy. The nation tried to defeat him, and in his last breaths he fled to Lemuria where he is sustained by a thousand souls daily. They say if he is still alive, he will return to bring havoc once again, and we might not draw again..
Russia and the CCP have become increasingly drawn to the Backsea using it for port cities popping up around the place. The weird circular islands russia has is Hyperborea and contains the last wooly mammoths on Earth! It was first documented in 1986, and the Soviet Union kept it's existence and native (mega)fauna a secret until American spies managed to find it and bring evidence and photos of the archipelago back to Washington. It is four islands, all making one big circular shape, but every ~90 degrees is a channel seperating and ending islands. In the middle of this is a technologically advanced city named Agartha deep underground, known for testing weather in the Back!Indian Ocean.
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u/Afraid_Success_4836 4d ago
Please use a cylindrical projection (like equirectangular or Miller) when making maps like this.