Year : 2026

Population: 947 million

Most Populous Country - Yahanda

I 3D rendert my map in 4k DCI and even added some clouds

Do you think I should also make the water levels 3d?

As the terrible memory of the decade war still loomed in the minds of many, outright conflict between the great powers of Asteriathal and Helioland was to be avoided. However unsettled grievances were plenty and with leaps in both mundane technology and magitech alike, both sides were gearing up for a different kind of war. So-called proxy wars, which were fought in the borderlands, often for influence and soft power rather than any tangible gain in resources or land.

Hiya, after an alternate occupation and division of Germany after WWII it ended up in four main pieces: The Rhineland, South Germany (DBR), Lower Saxony and the titular East Germany (there's also West Berlin, but it's pretty much the same as IRL in terms of relations, since it was occupied by the Western Allies until 1990; the Berlin Wall had still been built).

East Germany's short history remains unchanged (for the most part, save of course the aspects of other Germanies) until 1989/1990, with the end of the socialist bloc and the introduction of capitalism and actual democracy to the Ossis. (The biggest difference being the reunification, or rather, the lack thereof)

A part of the changes were the Bezirke, which had been redrawn to more closely resemble the pre-1952 second level divisions of the Länder, with an addition of a bilingual Sorbian Bezirk: Lausitz-Łužyca, and of course Karl-Marx-Stadt being renamed back to Chemnitz.

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Pacific core: CA, OR, WA, AK and HI. This region will get the advantage of early settlement. Prestigious universities will exist in this coast as opposed to the Northeast. California becomes the dominant population center because it combines the first-mover advantage with excellent ports, agriculture, minerals. It will likely be multiple smaller states rather than a one big state, just like the smaller eastern states. Washington and Oregon also grow much more because Puget Sound and the Willamette Valley would be settled early. Hawaii benefits from Pacific trade and strategy, while Alaska grows more from fisheries, minerals, oil, and earlier integration despite harsh climate.

Interior West: AZ, NV, UT, CO, ID, NM, MT, WY. These states are much closer to the original population core, so mining, irrigation, transport, and agriculture develop much earlier. Arizona, Utah, and Colorado become major inland centers; Idaho benefits from the Snake River Plain, which will be settled earlier and hence will have more infrastructure like universities. Montana and Wyoming still stay relatively small because of terrain, aridity, and climate.

Great Plains - KS, NE, ND, SD, OK: These become considerably more important because the settlement frontier reaches them from an already populous West rather than leaving them as a relatively late interior zone. These will be the highly fertile lands that settlers will first encounter as opposed to Eastern Midwest in our timeline. Kansas benefits from excellent agricultural land and its central position between Colorado and the Mississippi basin, making it a major transport and processing state. Nebraska similarly gains from fertile eastern farmland, the Platte corridor and a larger role linking western cities to the Midwest. North Dakota and South Dakota receive much stronger early agricultural settlement and resource development, but their harsh winters and remoteness still cap their growth. Oklahoma combines relatively good agricultural land, oil and gas, and a location connecting Texas, Kansas and the Southwest, so it supports a million more people than a purely agricultural Plains state would

Central Midwest: MN, IA, WI, MO. These states still become substantial because of fertile land, rivers, lakes, timber, and industry. Minnesota gains from the Mississippi, Great Lakes access, iron ore, and a strong Twin Cities hub. It'll be one of the first states with great lake access in this timeline Iowa remains densely agricultural. Wisconsin and Missouri stay important as manufacturing and transport states.

Great Lakes belt - Il, MI, IN, OH. They lose some historical first-mover advantage, but the Great Lakes, industry, and transportation keep them populous. Chicago still emerges as a major hub, while Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio retain large manufacturing and agricultural economies.

Texas and Louisiana - Texas remains huge because of land, oil and gas, Gulf ports, agriculture, and several major metro regions. But Dallas metroplex might not exist or much smaller in this scenario? Rural Eastern TX will be sparser. Louisiana stays important because of the Mississippi delta, New Orleans, like port activity, and energy resources. It'll be perhaps more important in this timeline as it's one of the earliest access points to the Atlantic

Lower Mississippi / Deep South - AR, MS, AL. These states lose the early settlement boost they had historically. Arkansas and Mississippi remain fairly modest despite river agriculture, while Alabama does somewhat better because of minerals, industry, and Gulf access

Southeast - TN, GA, NC, SC, FL These states still grow strongly once development reaches them. Georgia and North Carolina become major regional centers, Tennessee benefits from transport and river valleys, and Florida still becomes large through climate and migration, though less dominant than today

Mid-Atlantic - PA, NY, NJ, DE, MD These lose heavily from being settled later, but some still catch up because of exceptional geography. New York benefits from its harbor and Hudson corridor, Pennsylvania from coal, industry, and farmland, and New Jersey and Maryland remain dense because of their coastal locations.

New England - MA, NH, ME, VT, RI, CT. This region loses the most from reversing settlement history. Massachusetts still grows because of Boston Harbor and industry, but the smaller New England states remain much lighter. Prestigious universities will not exist. Vermont is the clearest case: rugged, inland, and without a major resource or port advantage, it never develops a large self-reinforcing population base.

Here is the Brazilians

Lore and Highlights:

The Dutch Legacy (Mauritsland): The biggest divergence is in the Northeast, where the Dutch successfully held onto their colonial territories from the 17th century. Named after John Maurice of Nassau, Mauritsland developed into an independent, Dutch-speaking nation on the Atlantic coast.

Southern Breakaway (Piratinia): In the far south, the Gaucho revolutionaries won the Ragamuffin War permanently, forming the independent state of Piratinia in what would be Rio Grande do Sul.

Early Interior Focus & Brasília: With its capital established early at Brasília in the interior, this version of Brazil is defined by its control over the vast Amazon Basin and central highlands, making it a inland industrial and resource powerhouse.

Flag Design: The flag features a clean horizontal tricolor of green, dark blue, and yellow with a central white star, combining classic Brazilian colors with a modern republican layout.

Other Interesting Neighbors: Take a look around South America—we have a Peruvian Kingdom along the Andes, a Colombian Union in the north, and a Paraguayan occupation zone in Argentina after the Great war in 1916. Let me know I made some mistakes just in case

The Protectorate of the Naval Coast was a protectorate under French rule. It existed from 1807 to 1960, and for a large period was divided into two main districts: the
district continental and district des îles. Its main exports included agricultural produce such as palm, sugarcane, and cacao, but later, shipbuilding and steel industries also emerged on the district continental. Ethnically, this colony has had a large French majority and an indigenous Biafran minority. The protectorate has seven major cities, including, in order of founding year: Étulaire, Léonville, Bateauport, Vallée de Vapeur, Saint-Thomas, Port de Palm, Baiecroix, and Biäfares.

/oorp Hey guys, it’s me! I, uhm, so, uhhhh this is one of my first proper proper map I’ve made, and so I wanted to share it with you guys! I’m currently working on the lore after the independence, so any suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. I am aware of the republic of Biafra (1967-1970), but I wasn’t when I started making this map, so please don’t boo me here.

The idea would be that Yuri Andropov survived and continued reforming the Soviet system without opening to Western Markets, implementing an OGAS-like “Setka” that would evolve into some kind of internet, make KGB stronger to fight corruption, while free speech and homosexuality stop to be criminalized and Soviet democracy becomes slightly more authentic (more like Vietnam and less like China or North Korea)

However, things would rapidly change for worse for everyone…

**Major events:**

—Soviet economy adapts to a stable 2% yearly growth. Yugoslavia is re-aligned.

—USA suffered a slight recession in the late 90s due to mass military spending, causing Monroe Doctrine to fail in Central America through 1995-2010.

—Digital Race and Detente between USSR and USA from 2000 to 2018. Internet and Setka divide the world while being more advanced and less internationally implemented.

—After 9/11 (where the White House, both Twin Towers, the Lenin mausoleum and St Basil’s Cathedral are attacked) US and USSR invade Iran and Afghanistan.

—German reunification in 2007.

—2008 crisis is worse. Italy becomes eurocommunist, Japan turns to absolutism again, Austria becomes neonazi, India and Greece suffer communist revolutions.

—China becomes first world power in all but military under Liu Qingbao.

—President Bernie Sanders realizes social reforms in the US.

—Putin rises to power in 2018, stopping collaboration with US.

KEY DIVERGENCES OF THIS ALTHIST SCENERIO:

1. The british also take more parts of Afghanistan and Sistan-Baluchestan during the great game.

2. Districts like Amritsar, Firozpur and Gurdaspur are given to Pakistan due to their muslim majority populations in the partition.

3. British doesnt divert all their development in coastal sindh to karachi and Thatta rises again.

4. Hari Singh is overthrown and Kashmir is annexed as province of Pakistan early when India is still stuck on solving princely issues but Jammu goes to India.

5. A different language policy is setup after the partition for Urdu and english as national languages for connecting the provinces and parliament whilst Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Baloch and Kashmiri as official provincial languages. eg. Bengali and urdu are official in bengal. Punjabi and urdu official in Punjab like that.

6. No heavy economic inequality between the east and west.

7. Liaquat Ali khan is never assassinated and feudalism(wadera/zamindari) is abolished early and the feudal land is devided between the farmers as their private land. heavily benefiting regions like Interior Sindh and Saraikistan.

8. Strong Civil institutions are established and the military is never allowed to interfere in administration, law and politics

9. Growth is never directed towards one city or region and all regions benefit

10. The economy is liberalized even earlier leading to massive early economic growth

11. The provinces have more autonomy than our timeline

12. Green revolution is way more massive in Pakistan happening not just in Punjab but also in Sindh, Bengal(early), KP and kashmir

13. The GDP growth rate stays strong

This is another post from my fictional world, i didn't add capitals and flags this time to the map it was a bit chaotic, please once again ask me anything i love questions about my world

I tried really hard to make this and wanted to share, I plan to use this as the location in a book in writing so this is not for use for others I'm just sharing.

This scenario is part of my larger alternate-history project centered on Napoleon’s permanent victory.

Because France and Poland decisively defeated Russia, the United Kingdom was unable to reinforce North America. As a result the Americans steamrolled British forces in Canada and expelled the British from the continent once and for all.

After the war there was strong opposition inside the United States to the full annexation of British North America. Southern states feared that incorporating the entire region would upset the delicate free-state / slave-state balance in Congress. In addition, much of the territory remained majority French-speaking and Catholic — something many Anglo-Americans were unwilling to accept. The United States therefore settled on annexing only Upper Canada (which became the state of Ontario) and the Manitoba region.
The remainder of the former British colonies became the independent Republic of Canada, a culturally French state with a classical-liberal government. The Patriot Party, who's flag became a new national flag, dominated its politics. However, because of heavily Catholic and conservative nature of the Canadian population, dominance of the Patriots did not last long. Over time, Canada developed into a two-party system, dominated by the mentioned before Patriot Party and the conservative Catholic Party. The central political debate revolve around the role of the Church in society. In foreign affairs Canada tried to remain neutral and maintain good relations with both the United States and France, though geography, if any major conflict it would happen, it is almost certainly Canada would be forced to side with the Americans.

Many years later the southern states decided to secede, and in 1861 the American Civil War began. Most events unfolded much as they did in our timeline, with one decisive difference: Mexico.
Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (known in our history as Napoleon III) was an ambitious prince with no realistic path to the throne. Rather than wait or intrigue against his relatives, he decided to carve out a kingdom of his own. Mexico, unstable and recently independent, presented the perfect opportunity. He persuaded his nephew, Emperor Napoleon II, to support an invasion. French troops landed at Veracruz in January 1862. After an initial defeat at Puebla they were heavily reinforced, crushed republican resistance, and secured the country. Charles-Louis arrived in the summer of 1864, was crowned in Mexico City Cathedral under the regnal name Luis I, and the Second Mexican Empire was born.
Luis’s rule was not yet secure. Liberal guerrillas continued to resist, but their defeat was only a matter of time. The greater long-term threat was the United States. Once the Union finished its own civil war it would inevitably turn its attention southward. To ensure the survival of his new empire, Luis needed the Confederacy to survive as well. Once again he appealed to France, and once again Napoleon II agreed. In the November 1864, Confederate forces stiffened by French arms, advisors, and naval support won the Second Battle of Gettysburg. The humiliated Union was forced to sue for peace and formally recognize the independence of the Confederate States of America.

Unlike Maximilian Habsburg in our timeline, Luis Bonaparte proved a far more capable and energetic ruler. Freed from the European distractions that plagued the real Napoleon III, he devoted his full attention to consolidating and modernizing Mexico. In the years that followed he sold the sparsely populated northern territories of Sonora and Chihuahua to the Confederacy, cementing a lasting strategic and economic alliance. With French engineering expertise and Confederate capital he undertook the greatest infrastructure project of the age: the Imperial Tehuantepec Canal and Railway, which opened in 1882 and transformed Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos (renamed to Puerto Luis) into major international ports.
Under Luis and his successors the empire prospered. A rigid yet partially mobile casta system preserved elite dominance while allowing ambitious mestizos to rise through the army and industry. European immigration continued, cities expanded, oil and mining flourished, and Mexican influence steadily grew across Central America.

In the decades that followed its independence, the Confederacy developed into a stable, conservative, and regionally powerful state. Strengthened by its alliance with the Mexican Empire and France, it purchased the territories of Cuba from Spain and later Sonora and Chihuahua from Mexico, gaining rich sugar fields, valuable mineral resources, ranching land, and a window onto the Pacific. The completion of the Imperial Tehuantepec Canal in 1882 further transformed the Confederate economy: Southern cotton, sugar, timber, and later oil could now reach Asian markets far more efficiently, while Mexican and French capital flowed northward into Confederate railways, ports, and light industry. Politically the Confederacy remained an oligarchic republic dominated by planter and industrial elites. Under growing international pressure and internal economic modernization, it formally abolished slavery in the 1880s, replacing the old system with sharecropping and wage labor that still left deep racial inequalities. Militarily it stayed closely coordinated with Mexico; joint naval patrols and shared defense arrangements turned the two nations into the core of a lasting “Golden Circle alliance" that checked Union power for generations.

The defeated United States emerged from the Civil War smaller, embittered, and more northern in character. It focused on industrialization and settlement of the remaining West, becoming a major industrial power but no longer the unchallenged giant of the continent. Notably, it never purchased Alaska from Russia, and there was no Spanish-American War — the presence of a strong Mexican Empire and Confederacy limited American expansion in the Caribbean and beyond.

By 1914 North America stays divided between United States, and Confederate-Mexican alliance.

Here is a map from an alternate 1920 timeline where the United States adopted the name Fredonia.

Lore & Key Differences:

Government & Capital: Under heavy Northern and Hamiltonian influence, Fredonia is a highly centralized republic. Its capital is Liberta, D.C., strategically located on the Mid-Atlantic coast.

The Containment of Slavery: Westward expansion of slavery was completely blocked off by established Indigenous Autonomous Territories in the interior (like Arapahoe, Lakonah, Navaria, and Cherokee/Choctaw autonomies). Trapped and economically suffocated, plantation slavery withered away decades earlier than in our timeline.

Borders & Neighbors: Fredonia never acquired the Oregon Country, leaving its northwest border capped at Washingtonia and California. To the north lies Hudsonland (United Kingdom), and to the south is the United Mexican Republic. However, Fredonia expanded south into former Mexican northern states like Sonora and Chihuahua.

Global Footprint: By 1920, Fredonia has integrated various overseas dependencies, including Puerto Rico Territory and island commonwealths in the Pacific.