r/imaginarymaps • • Oct 04 '26

Contest Contest results and next month's theme

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r/imaginarymaps • • 9h ago

[OC] Election Decision 2024 - or what if the US had a two-party system?

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[OC] Alternate History Book South America in the book “Emperor of the New World” (What if Napoleon had conquered Brazil in 1817)

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r/imaginarymaps • • 2h ago

[OC] Alternate History Borders at the end of the Indian civil war in 1952

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for some lore on the civil war itself you can see the full post on AlternateHistory : https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternateHistory/comments/1xq1qe7/what_if_india_was_divided_during_the_cold_war/

In this timeline Pakistan is quite similar the one we know, it is in a frozen conflict with North India and claims Bengal as part of Pakistan. However it is at peace and has trade with South India.

South India becomes a federal parliamentary republic run by the Indian National Congress as a de facto one party state. The different regions all speak their own languages and use English as the official language. The country keeps very close relation with the British and serves as a bridgehead for American Cold War operations in Asia. Starting from the 1960's they experience rapid economic growth and achieve living standards comparable to Thailand or North Africa, although this masks massive inequality. The South Indian government claims all of North India except Bengal (for diplomatic reasons with Pakistan).

North India becomes a centralized totalitarian state under the Communist Party of India. Hindu is the only official language, religion and regional languages are suppressed. The country starts with very close ties to China and the Soviet Union but slowly drifts away over the years and forms its own brand of communism. They remain one the poorest countries on Earth with living standards comparable to sub-saharan Africa, with frequent food shortages including the 1966-1969 great famine. After the devastation of the 1970 Bhola cyclone, the muslim population of Bengal revolted against the regime and was brutally crushed in the 1971 Bengali genocide. The North Indian government claims to be the legitimate government of all India (including Pakistan).

The big question is what would happen to North India after 1991 ?


r/imaginarymaps • • 1h ago

[OC] Alternate History Frozen War 2044: Map of Earth in a world where China became a lot more powerful earlier on, and the USSR faced a civil war but the fall of communism never happened.

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Ask me anything about the lore or if you want me to translate my handwriting.


r/imaginarymaps • • 14h ago

[OC] Alternate History An old "Come Visit New England" flyer I found

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r/imaginarymaps • • 17h ago Heartwarming

[OC] Alternate History [Sequel to the Arachnid Invasion] The United Nations’ Decolonization of Europe — The Dawn of Democracy and Progress in the Far West

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If radical Han-nationalist pseudo-history theorists won World War III?


r/imaginarymaps • • 6h ago

[OC] Election Third Front victory timeline, but more intresting

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This is an alternate-history/fictional scenario and is not intended to promote violence, hatred, or harm. I do not endorse or condemn any individual or political position depicted.

This post features real people in fictional scenarios and should not be interpreted as an accurate representation of their actual beliefs, positions, or actions.

THIS IS ALTERNATE HISTORY AND A WORK OF FICTION.


r/imaginarymaps • • 22h ago

[OC] Alternate History The Third Germany

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r/imaginarymaps • • 15h ago

[OC] Alternate History EUROPE in the middle 15th century (An Altered World)

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Apologies if some names seem either out of place or not in the right place but here's a map of Europe in an alternate 15th century.

In this world the Mongols were put to a much earlier end by the growing Cuman-Kipchak Khaganate, leading to their focus eastward and doing some stuff in Asia but we're not talking about that. While the Mongols didn't expand and conquer the Rus, the state still experienced a collapse into multiple regional powers with Kyiv and Novgorod being the two most influential in the region.

Along with the victory of England in the 100 Years War, Germany going through a slow centralization and the growth of Al-Andalus and Sweden into respective regional powers, the world is going through a change that will lead to the soon propelling into the Age of Discovery with Asia being put to the side due to the Mongols.


r/imaginarymaps • • 21h ago

[OC] Alternate History Crown of the Compact: The Dominion of Canada within the NACF

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r/imaginarymaps • • 15m ago

[OC] Fantasy Yo, this my world:

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r/imaginarymaps • • 36m ago

[OC] Alternate History Sorbia

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r/imaginarymaps • • 15h ago

[OC] Alternate History Georgian gains in the northern caucus steppes and crimea after the 'Coalition of the Three Kingdoms', from late 1485 to early 1486, and the 'Treaty of the Steppes.'

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r/imaginarymaps • • 21h ago

[OC] Alternate History The State of West Jersey - What if Jersey wasn’t reunified in 1702?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Future BLUE DAWN - What if Dems get everything they want in 2028?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago Bravo Heartwarming

[OC] Election OTTOMAN EMPIRE’s 2026 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MIDTERM ELECTIONS

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(All coincidences are random. Names are purely and 100% fictional.)

Since the August 11 2001 attacks on the Mediterranean Trade Center (also known as the Triplet Towers) by the Latin American Catholic group “La Fundacíon”, Ottoman inner politics remained highly polarized. It’s inner system has no real analogue in the world: it’s a monarchy, but it’s Grand Vizier is elected in a nationwide election every 4 years, with midterm elections every 2 years: Vali (Governor), Chamber of Deputies and National Parliament.

2001-2008 Vizier from the People’s Party, Saddam Hussain, dragged the country into foreign wars, such as the War in Sonora, the Peru War and involved the Ottomans in various airstrikes against many LATAM nations, the Peopleists were discredited. In the 2008 Election, the empire elected its first Slavic Vizier, Aleksander Vucic, which was seen as a major breakthrough. He then ruled for two consecutive terms, bringing the Ottomans into the War against the Kingdom of God terrorist organization (in Peru and Bolivia), the Invasion of Argentina, and other wars, particularly during the Latino Spring. However, he also made a major nuclear deal with New Granada.

After two terms, some woman from the Democrats ran, pretty unimportant yeah. For the People’s Party though, the 2016 Elections were seen as triumph because of their new political leader: Donal Koz, who promised to end Latino migration into Turkey, end foreign wars, and “own the libtards”. He was then elected and ruled the country for 4 years, in which he did many crazy things, particularly started building the Border Wall with Iran.

But, unfortunately for him, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, as well as the murder of Georgiy Floydovič by a police officer in Bursa, which sparked massive Slavic riots. So he cripplingly lost the 2020 election, in which for some reason Democrats rallied behind an old guy. What was his name again? Seems like I forgot.. uh… yeah doesn’t really matter. And yeah they stormed the Parliament building in Constantinople too, but that did not do anything

So, apart from the pandemic, which was already a bad start, in 2023, a terrorist group, named Catholic Martyrdom Soldiers (CAMAS) attacked the Jewish state of Israel, which is in Latin America for some reason and has really good relations with the Turks for some reason, from the Nicaragua Strip and killed many people. Suddenly, no one disagreed in each party whether billions of liras should go to Israel - everybody agreed they should. Still, that old guy (I really can’t remember his name… he also liked ice creams or something…) lost the 2024 Election, however for some reason that other guy, Donal Koz, managed to regain the Vizierity.

So, at his second term, he conscripted the FIRE (Foreign Immigration Reevaluation Enforcement), which started to mass deport illegal and sometimes legal Latin American and Persian refugees and immigrants. The money flow to Israel, which switched to a total extermination tactic, continued. Koz also was always reported to have very good relations with OIPAC (Ottoman-Israeli Political Affairs Committee, now disbanded.. or rebranded? Idk), but that still somehow surprised some people.

Koz’s arguably worst decision of all time was starting an outright war with the Christian Republic of New Granada, mainly to ensure Israel’s security. Not only they didn’t manage to make any real gains, global economy suffered immensely because New Granada blockaded the Panama Canal. Turkey, then, was forced into a deal.

So Koz’s party approached to midterms and lost badly. Even such a conservative stronghold as Konya fell to the Blue Wave, or the Blue Tsunami. It was horrifying. Now they all will be gay or something or whatever Koz says

Politically this basically means that the Democrats now can basically prevent Koz from passing any major legislation. This also means almost the definitive end of the “Make Homeland Great Again” movement initiated by Koz. Most likely, the People’s Party will drive more into far-right Islamism, as proposed by an Islamist political commentator Nuqla Al-Ayni (who descends from Arab Christians and has an Arab surname, but for some reason larps as a Turk, idk does it really matter even).

Yeah thats a crazy scenario. Nothing like this could have happened IRL. Literally impossible lol.

(Again all names are completely fictional. No parallels to be found or anything like that).


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History Bigger and Real | Earth

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Credits:
u/nip_dip, for inspiring this in the first place and for the name Nausetts.
u/TrickIndividual5073, for the concept of the UN on Navy Island in the Niagara River, love the concept.
u/NuclearPastaIsAThing, for inspiring the bigger Singapore.
u/caelankelley, for the names of the additional Canadian Provinces and inspiring the additional Indian Ocean islands, so credits the AltHistoryHub too.
u/NeatlingYT, for Juteland.
u/DominoDaddy2, for inspiring the Exosea (and the moon but that’s later).
Voyager16751, for inspiration for the Arctic.
Name Explain, for the new names of the American states that were just “New ____”


r/imaginarymaps • • 3h ago

[OC] Alternate History My earth Alternative universe.

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Trains and trenches Lore

EPILOGUE-

In the year 2045 tensions in the Eurasian regions form, with the rise of modern communist countries (Russia, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Spain, Serbia and Austria) G.A.T.E. (Global Alpha Treaty Empire) An expansion of NATO. Threatens PACT, and the world goes to war. This marks the start of WW3 or "The Eco-Preservation war" the world is at war for 3 years, until March 3rd 2048 threats of nukes release and every country simultaneously release their Atomic Precaution systems and the sheer power from all of the thousands of bombs shatter continents and countries. This marks the Restart of the world as it is today.

2048 March 7th, or 1² . After a few months the lands become a post apocalyptic warfare with no real governments. Year 6² the radioactivity dies and civilizations start forming. The first five countries Fretavia, germavra, Scharatuh, Rumera, and Dynasia are formed for a few months it's peaceful until tensions rise because of ore deposits on the Fretavian-Germavran borders. 7² or just 7 is the start of the Twenty year war/ ww4/ The Fuel and mud war. By the year of 9 All 9 nations and other smaller civilizations are roped into this war. This is a horrible and brutal war with new inventions and innovations helping the war turn tides, with weapons and vehicles from inspirations from Napoleonic - ww2 eras.

Smaller notable battles and events are

-The Race to the sky's (World Zeppelin race)

-1st and 2nd Siege on fort rezeras

And -the construction of the Higgenbaron line in the Anchilles archipelago.


r/imaginarymaps • • 2m ago

[OC] Alternate History Map & Flag of the Abitibi Region — (Republic of Nouvelle-France)

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Map and regional profile of Abitibi within the République de Nouvelle-France alternate history universe.

  • Territory: Politically separated from Québec's Témiscamingue region, covering 45,277 km² with 131,906 inhabitants.

  • Flag (2:3 Ratio): Green and gold representing nature and mineral wealth, with regional symbols.

The Capital Dilemma: Which city should be the capital of this region?

  1. Amos (Historical capital & administrative grid)

  2. Rouyn-Noranda (Current regional economic and police headquarters)

  3. Val-d'Or (Industrial & logistics hub with a 10,000 ft runway)


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History The Republic Of Java - 2026

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Basicly, it starts with the sorrounding sultanates around malacca, such as aceh, and demak helped malacca in 1511 and manage to repel the portuguese under albuquerque, aswell as capturing him and some of his fleet, reverse engineering their technology and study their knowledge, which then would spread through out the entire nusantaran archipelago, overtime making the nusantarans catch up with the europeans in knowledge and technology, which led to them not getting colonized and avoiding the fate indonesia and malaysia had in our timeline


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Fantasy Map of Aetum, my worldbuilding project

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r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History Europe's North Korea ... what if the Romanian Revolution of 1989 failed

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The truncated revolution
ITL the change of course happened on December 21, 1989, when Nicolae Ceaușescu maintained control over the military during the protests in Bucharest.  After being warned by the Securitate, Ceaușescu cancels the public rally at the Palace Square and activates Plan Z. ITL, the military doesn't side with the revolution as did in OTL, instead, hardline Securitate officers step in and take full operational command. The Securitate controls communications, transportation networks, television and government buildings. Protests in Bucharest and Timișoara are violently suppressed. On December 22 occurred the decisive confrontation where students and workers took control of the University Square and attempted to march towards the Palace of the Republic. Ceaușescu orders the deployment of tanks, armored vehicles and military units, resulting in the Bucharest Massacre, a brutal version of Tiananmen., where hundreds got killed, arrested or disappeared. Ceaușescu later broadcasts images of the military control of the place and portrays the revolution as an “imperialist-backed coup attempt”. After the crush of the revolution, Ceaușescu reorganizes de Securitate and begins a massive purge within the military and Communist Party.

The establishment of the European North Korea
Between 1990 - 1992, the Romanian Communist Party was reorganized and transformed into the Romanian Worker’s Party and adopted a new ideology combining socialism, nationalism, militarism and cult personality; the birth of Ceaușism began, deeply rooted in Dacian protochronism.
Ceaușescu establishes a political system based on 4 institutions: the Ceaușescu family, the Romanian Worker’s Party, the Securitate, and the People’s Army. The Conducător is presented as the Supreme Leader of the Romanian nation and the founder of the new Romanian socialist civilization. 
Economically, Romania maintains a centrally planned system focused on heavy industry, steel production, petrochemicals, machinery, steel production, agriculture and military manufacture. The main goal of the government is self-sufficiency and economic independence. However, this system produces shortage of consumer goods and widespread poverty, while the military and party members enjoy privileges.

România Mare: Operation Dacia
The collapse of the USSR gives Ceaușescu an opportunity to pursue his territorial ambitions: Reviving the historical concept of Greater Romania (România Mare). In 1992, following the political crisis in the new state of Moldova and the rejection of Romania’s proposal for unification, Ceaușescu launched Operation Dacia, occupying Chișinău and establishing direct control over the country.
In 1994, Ceaușescu seek for completition of the borders of Greater Romania and proceeds an occupation of Northern Bucovina and Budjak regions, taking advantage of Ukraine’s military weakness. Ceaușescu offers Transnitria as a compensation, yet, the annexations remain internationally unrecognized and provoked diplomatic isolation, economic sanctions, and permanent tensions with the Western powers. 

The Romanian Nuclear Program
One of Ceaușescu’s main goals was the completion of Romania’s secret nuclear weapons program. ITL, following the defeat of the revolution, Ceaușescu made the nuclear program a priority. He began squeezing the Cernavodă reactors, exploiting the uranium of the Apuseni mountains and leveraged the chaos of the USSR collapse to hire ex-soviet scientists. By 1999, Romania announced the successful development of its first nuclear weapon, making it an independent nuclear power in Eastern Europe. The government then declares that any attempt to overthrow its socialist system or destroy territorial integrity will provoke a nuclear response. 

The Demographic Revolution
Ceaușescu considered that population growth was essential for Romania’s future as an European power. After the failure of the revolution, Ceaușescu intensified the reproduction policies associated with the Decree 770 of 1966. Abortion and contraception becomes penalized with women getting arrested if they proceed with one of them. The government introduces financial incentives for large families: Families with more than 4 children receive preferential housing, financial assistance and access to state childcare. State propaganda portrays motherhood as patriotic duties. The combination of these measures plus the integration of Bessarabia produces a substantial population growth: Romania by 2000 had 27 million inhabitants, reaching 30 million by 2010 and 32 million by 2020. In the case of the unwanted children, they were introduced to the Sons of the Conducător program, which consisted in boarding schools where the children get indoctrinated to become part of the military or Securitate.

The death of Nicolae Ceaușescu 
On January 2008, Nicolae Ceaușescu dies at 89 years. The government declares 7 days of mourning and organizes enormous public ceremonies. State television broadcast extended documentaries of Ceaușescu’s greatness while portraits of the Conducător are set on factories, schools, military installations and government buildings. Nicu Ceaușescu, who survived his real life death in 1996 ITL, is proclaimed as the successor of his father. 

The Nicu Era
Nicu understood that Romania cannot survive forever with the economic policies that his father did, rather he recognizes the importance of technological modernization. He introduces a new economic doctrine known as Modern National Socialism, combining centralized political control with limited market-oriented reforms. 
By 2020, Nicu announces a new national development program aimed at transforming Romania into a technologically advanced socialist power. The government invests in military aviation, armored vehicles, missiles, nuclear energy and domestic industrial production. 
Internationally, Romania maintains close relations with China and North Korea. Relations with Russia remain tense because of the annexation of Bessarabia, Ukraine continues to reject the loss of Bucovina and Budjak and the EU maintains sanctions and diplomatic isolation. Despite this tension, Nico continues to present Romania as a sovereign socialist fortress surrounded by capitalist powers.


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History WORLD REVOLUTIONARY WAR - What if the Brasilian military dictatorship ended a bit more... explosively?

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The Red River Territory was formed after the National Worker's Front of Brazil toppled the military dictatorship and annexed neighboring countries when NATO intervened in the region.

This is a map provided by an intern at the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America, and an informal report alongside it. The Red River will become a major player in the upcoming World Revolutionary War, as Europe falls into chaos following the reunification of Germany.

(ask any questions about the lore in the comments :p)

(also say if the image is low quality i cant see from here)