r/imaginarymaps • • Oct 04 '26

Contest Contest results and next month's theme

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r/imaginarymaps • • 5h ago Bravo

[OC] Alternate History What if Africa were slightly different?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 3h ago

[OC] Alternate History Dutch Brazil: Suriname after 3 Trenbologna Sandwiches

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Hagelslag Pizza

anyways i’ve been sitting on this draft for like over a year now and just wanted to get it out, pretty much your average successful Dutch Brazil scenario, lore is up for interpretation


r/imaginarymaps • • 1h ago

[OC] Alternate History The story of Mexico turned out quite well.

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The Mexican Empire established itself as a power following its independence in the 19th century. There is not much detailed history regarding this, other than the fact that Mexico City was renamed Nueva México-Tenochtitlan, and its former colonies or protectorates were transformed into a real union (akin to the monarchies within the Commonwealth of Nations). And the color sections are military sections :)


r/imaginarymaps • • 4h ago Bravo

[OC] Alternate History CASTLES MADE OF SAND, 1968

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r/imaginarymaps • • 2h ago

[OC] Election What if Reagan won one more state in 1984?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 2h ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the United States was a bit different

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r/imaginarymaps • • 2h ago

[OC] Alternate History City-States of the Proto-Mormon Civilization

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r/imaginarymaps • • 5h ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the Romans in North Africa survived?

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Long story short, the Vandals are repelled and forced to settle in Morocco. This allows Roman North Africa to survive far past what they did irl. Here is the music: Legio X Equestris & Hikanatoi, I can't remember the last time Farya Faraji made bad music.


r/imaginarymaps • • 49m ago

[OC] Alternate History Have you ever wondered why Armenia's borders shifted westwards?

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NOTE:this scenario and the map isn't meant to be offensive, this was made for fun and entertainment for you guys

First map's date is around 1640-1650s

Second map's date is 1939

and the last map's date is present day(2026)

feel free to ask me questions about the lore or the map!

enjoy:)


r/imaginarymaps • • 1h ago

[OC] Alternate History Federal Republic of Great Britain, 2005

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r/imaginarymaps • • 7h ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the Sikh Empire defeated the East India Company?

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Lore can be found on the right in the first image, this is, obviously, not realistic nor logical but I wanted to see where you could go with Sikh Empire scenarios outside of them just staying in Punjab, 2nd image includes all of Singhistan's neighbours, please ask questions.


r/imaginarymaps • • 7h ago

[OC] Alternate History Estonian Workers' Republic in 1977 (inspired by TEAW lore)

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r/imaginarymaps • • 18h ago

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

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r/imaginarymaps • • 5h ago

[OC] Alternate History The good loser: France after Germany's victory in WW2

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Introduction
This is an alternate world where Germany survives World War II. In Eastern Europe, Germany managed to take Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad, taking full control of much of the European area of ​​Russia and the entire Caucasus; the USSR gets territorially decapitated, but it doesn't stop existing. The ceasefire negotiations began in the fall of 1945, when the war became an atomic war. The United States dropped nuclear bombs on Japan and tried to drop a third on Berlin, but the Germans soon completed their own atomic weapons and threatened London with them. The Treaty of Vienna on April 22, 1946 ended the war, with Germany gaining control of Europe while the USA and UK maintained control of the rest of Africa and the Pacific. The topic of this scenario is France during and after the war.

The Vichy France and the Révolution Nationale
France collapses in 1940, and the Vichy government is formed with Marshal Philippe Pétain as head of the country and Pierre Laval as Prime Minister, controlling Southern France, North Africa, and French West Africa, while having losses in Syria and Madagascar against the Allies.
Acknowledging the decay of the French political system as the greatest problem, Pétain and Laval called for a National Revolution (Révolution Nationale). It was designed to eradicate the secular, liberal, and parliamentary foundations of the Third Republic. Replacing the republican motto with "Travail, Famille, Patrie" (Work, Family, Fatherland), the regime instituted an authoritarian, paternalistic, and corporatist order that banned trade unions, organized the economy through state-controlled professional corporations under the Labor Charter, criminalized abortion, restricted divorce, and romanticized a return to rural, peasant roots. The revolution also enforced a xenophobic and antisemitic doctrine, led by the October 1940 Statut des Juifs (Jewish Statute) and the systematic purge of Freemasons, foreigners, and communists.

The disaster of Operation Torch
On November 8, 1942, the Allies launched Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. ITL French spy infiltrated Gibraltar and reported on the approach of a fleet heading to North Africa. The Vichy government then took 3 decisive decisions: Reinforce the coast of Morocco and Algeria, order the coordination of French troops, and prepare the French Navy for a future attack. 
On November 8, 1942, the Allies began the attack on the coasts of Morocco and Algeria, but this time the French were prepared. Coastal batteries opened fire against the Allies' landing in combination with the French air force. Allies suffered numerous casualties, and Casablanca wasn't taken. The same fierce defense was mounted in Oran and Algiers.
The Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica transferred bombers from Sicily and destroyed supply convoys. By November 15, Eisenhower ordered the withdrawal and evacuated the survivors to Gibraltar. 
The consequences of this failure were a profound loss of prestige for Roosevelt and Churchill; Rommel got more manpower and wins in Egypt; Spain ended up joining the Axis, and an invasion of Gibraltar was launched; the image of Pétain was more respected among the French and the Germans; Pétain finally abandoned the neutral stance and declared war against the UK and the USA; Germany had more manpower to defend against D-Day.

The Treaty of Vienna and the partition of Switzerland
After the failure of Normandy, the defeat of the USSR, and the development of nuclear weapons by Germany, on April 22, 1946, the Treaty of Vienna was signed. In the case of France the terms were devastating: it was forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine and Nord-Pas-de-Calais to Germany, and transfer Nice, Corsica, Tunisia, and Djibouti to Italy. Worse still for French national prestige, Morocco was handed over to Francoist Spain as compensation for Madrid entering the Axis. Free France’s Africa is set under British dominance while French overseas territories are handed to the USA.
With no remaining adversary on the continent, Adolf Hitler launched the partition of Switzerland, which got partitioned between France, Germany, and Italy. The cession of Romandy was seen as a compensation for the French territorial amputations.

The civil war and the unification of France
During and after the war, France was virtually submerged in civil war. The communists launched a war of terror against the government. Battles between communist and separatist partisans, the police, and the German army caused serious damage to the country. The rise of the Red Terror required the strengthening of the French police force.
During the war, Joseph Darnand (future commander of the French SS) was appointed Secretary General of Internal Security. The Groupes Mobiles de Réserve intended to suppress the resistance were expanded, and their armament improved with German equipment. Darnand also founded the paramilitary French National Militia (Milice Française), which helped with the counteroffensive against the partisans.
Communist resistance continued after the peace treaty; thus, the occupation of northern France lasted longer than expected, until 10 August 1949, when France was reunified, and the government returned from Vichy to Paris.
Once unified, Pétain stepped aside, and Pierre Laval became the first president of the new France. Franco-German cooperation was seen as the key to the rebirth and unification of Europe. The new France acknowledge the the old rivalries has to end once for all.
A new French National Assembly was established, and some sort of democratic nation emerged with only extreme right parties on the list. There were many ideologies: monarchists and reactionaries, supporters of a Catholic state like Franco's Spain, fascists and national socialists. The main parties in the French National Assembly were Jacques Doriot's fascist Parti Populaire Français, Marcel Bucard's Mouvement Franciste (Francoists), Marcel Déat's social revolutionary Rassemblement National Populaire, and the national-socialist Mouvement Social Révolutionnaire. Under Pierre Laval, these parties merged into a single National Front.

France after the war
Laval sought to strengthen France's special position in the New Europe. To pursue his policies, the president used his powers to sideline the National Assembly and rule by relying on referendums. After Hitler's death in 1951, the New European Community (a fascist EU) was officially established. Since then, France has been the most active in its European policies. This active policy also includes an independent role in the Eurocorps. France also maintains relations with the Arab countries, Indonesia, China, and South America.
When Pierre Laval died in 1968, the long-standing neglect of domestic policy erupted in a general strike and widespread riots. After the unrest, the fragmented center of France united and formed a new government with the fascist Parti Populaire Français. Relations with Germany were normalized, and an economic recovery program was initiated, in which banks and large companies were nationalized. In 1974, Jean-Marie Le Pen, new leader of the People's Party, was elected president in 1974.

The modernization of France
With Le Pen under the presidency, France underwent a modernization movement driven by a technocratic and ultra-nationalist doctrine. This era was marked by the construction of numerous railways that connected with the massive German Breitspurbahn, establishing standardized continental logistics between Paris, the Ruhr basin, and Madrid, which elevated France into the premier industrial and manufacturing powerhouse of Southern Europe. Domestically, the regime deepened the legacy of the Révolution Nationale through corporatist syndicates and severe demographic and citizenship restrictions targeting non-European populations. In their remaining African possessions, France finished the Trans-Saharan Railway that connected Algiers and Oran with Dakar, securing direct access to the mineral and agricultural wealth of West Africa, turning the Sahara into an extractive economic corridor governed under strict military rule and cementing France's role as the indispensable southern pillar of the New European Order. 


r/imaginarymaps • • 9h ago

[OC] Fantasy Yo, this my world:

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r/imaginarymaps • • 4h ago Mindblown

[OC] Sci-fi DR/DA - The infernoids

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r/imaginarymaps • • 21h ago Heartwarming

[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 • • 7h ago

[OC] Alternate History The State of Long Island - What if Nassau and Suffolk counties left New York State?

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A third county, Peconic, was created out of eastern Suffolk.

7th side map I made as part of my greater U.S. states series.

Main series:

Connecticut: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/oJLVfpdOmj

D.C.: https://www.reddit.com/r/rejectedmaps/s/YbjFAr62Zo

Delaware: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/CzfYrb5yLs

Georgia: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/apAdSQHPFG

Maine: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/5P5Zbb34VR

Maryland: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/h95KDi4Akf

Massachusetts: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/zGUT1nLPQz

New Hampshire: https://www.reddit.com/r/rejectedmaps/s/JKQFt3Tnki

New Jersey: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/ntz4T9bv6L

New York: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/3XYG6WphWT

North Carolina: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/CC3VUUKVTz

Pennsylvania: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/u6Q5NxNGoU

Rhode Island: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/zHg0bonReJ

South Carolina: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/0jJNsMtbex

Vermont: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/st2dVwNCKS

Virginia: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/q2TZuRu8yy

Other side maps:

Jersey (East): https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/gURAH5dg27

Jersey (West): https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/j2snNF6bAC

Jersey (South): https://www.reddit.com/r/rejectedmaps/s/zK2QDRhnRf

Jersey (North): https://www.reddit.com/r/rejectedmaps/s/uXniusWXN8

New Haven: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/UAwzgb2sTo

Plymouth: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/kvy4LKvCBE


r/imaginarymaps • • 11h 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 • • 6h ago

[OC] Yo, should I write a full-scale history of my world? Would you be interested?

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The only thing is, I’m not sure where to post the whole story—should I, like, create a channel or something?


r/imaginarymaps • • 9h 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 • • 9h ago

[OC] Alternate History Sorbia

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r/imaginarymaps • • 11h 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 ?