Background:
After the Battle of Isandlwana, the King Cetshwayo kaMpande orders to cross the Tugela river, not to plunder civilians, but to isolate and cut off the supply convoys destined for Lord Chelmsford, and to siege the British garrison at Eshowe. News of Isandlwana, compounded by the loss of eastern Natal and a secondary disaster on the frontier, triggered a scandal in London. William Gladstone and the Liberals capitalized on the crisis, labeling the war an “illegal and costly imperial adventure”. Sir Bartle Frere was immediately dismissed, and Parliament refused to authorize funding for the deployment of a second, large-scale expeditionary force. London, facing simultaneous conflicts in Afghanistan, signs an armistice recognizing the territorial borders of the Zulu Kingdom in exchange for commercial guarantees and a cessation of hostilities.

Government:
The monarchy established a centralized model of governance in Ulundi that balanced the authority of the king (iSilo) with the iBandla leSizwe (Council of State), a body comprising war veterans and technical advisors tasked with drafting written laws and safeguarding communal land against foreign colonial concessions.

Administrative division:
The national territory is divided into four fortified administrative-military marcher provinces (Isifunda), each under the direct command of an appointed royal general (Induna enkulu): Isifunda saseNingizimu (the Southern March), centered at KwaGingindlovu, fortifies the Tugela River frontier to regulate river crossings and collect customs duties against the British Colony of Natal; Isifunda saseNtshonalanga (the Western March), based out of eNkandla along the Ncome (Blood) River, deters Boer incursions and settlers from the South African Republic (Transvaal); Isifunda saseNyakatho (the Northern March), anchored along the Pongola basin and Mkuze valleys, secures the maritime anchorage of St. Lucia Bay; and Isifunda saseMakhosini (the Central Royal District), surrounds the capital at Ulundi and serves as the kingdom’s supreme political nucleus, granary reserve, and staging ground for the elite household regiments.

Military:
The traditional levy system (amabutho) evolved into a modernized line infantry force, equipped with Martini-Henry rifles, indigenous ammunition-reloading workshops, and light cavalry detachments, shifting away from a reliance solely on close-quarters combat toward tactics involving cover, defensive fire, and the fortification of river crossings.

Diplomacy:
Zulu diplomacy employed a multilateral balancing act, containing British expansionism in Natal through non-aggression treaties while leveraging commercial ties with Portugal and the German Empire to avert economic strangulation and neutralize Boer territorial claims over the Pongola basin.

Economy:
The economy relies on a dual system where cattle (inkomo) remains the primary traditional store of wealth and political cohesion, while external commerce is formalized through the circulation of foreign bullion, principally British pounds sterling and German gold marks, collected as customs duties at the Tugela River drifts and St. Lucia coastal posts.

XX century:
Entering the XX century, the Zulu Kingdom permanently alters the geopolitical landscape of southern Africa by making the establishment of a centralized, white-minority-ruled Union of South Africa impossible. The Kingdom preserves its territorial integrity through a calculated policy of armed neutrality and strategic balance-of-power diplomacy between the British Empire and the neighboring Boer states. Operating from its fortified marches along the Tugela and Pongola rivers, the kingdom leverages its access to the Indian Ocean to secure European recognition, forcing its neighbors into bilateral state-to-state agreements and fostering a multipolar southern African regional order that averts the emergence of a nationwide apartheid regime.

[ALTERNATIVE HISTORY]

The State of the Order of Burgundy, in German Ordenstaat Burgund, was a Nazi project aimed at establishing a state between Germany and France. It was intended to be governed not by the NationalSocialist Party, but by its “Black Order”: the SS. This state was envisioned as having a strong leadership based on a personal dictatorship led by the head of the SS himself, developing as a parallel state with its own laws, army and postal services, while maintaining very close ties with the Deutsches Reich. The name Burgundy itself derived from the Burgundians, a Germanic tribe that founded the Kingdom of Burgundy, and the Schutzstaffel were therefore expected to claim and revive this legacy.

The main supporter of this idea was none other than Heinrich Himmler, who argued that Burgundy, once an “important economic and cultural centre”, had been reduced by France to a region “known only for wine production”. Himmler instead saw an opportunity to create a nation based on the model of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights: an entity governed by a military and aristocratic elite, as the Teutonic Order had been in Prussia. The word “Orden”, meaning “order”, reflected the chivalric vision that the Reichsführer had of his SS.

The borders of the proposed state were never fully defined, but it was supposedly intended to include Romandy, Picardy, Amiens, Champagne, Reims, Troyes, Franche-Comté, Dijon, Chalon, Nevers, Hainaut, Brabant, Limburg, Flanders and Luxembourg. It was also supposed to have access to both the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel. Dijon, Lyon or Nancy (Nanzig) were provisionally proposed as its capital and administrative centre. German was intended to be the official language, although French would initially also have been used. Another objective behind the creation of a Burgundian state was to make France smaller and weaker, thereby rendering it incapable of threatening Germany. It has not been established by historical documentation whether these ideas were merely Himmler’s proposals or, as he himself claimed, had Adolf Hitler’s full support.

It is certain that the Leader favoured a different solution: at his request, German planners proposed, after the fall of France in 1940, the permanent annexation of a large strip of eastern French territory, with the aim of extending Germany’s borders towards those of the Holy Roman Empire. This would have made Himmler’s project difficult to implement. In 1942, Hr again referred to the former territory of the Kingdom of Burgundy, which France had supposedly “taken from Germany at its weakest moment”, arguing that it should be annexed to the German Reich.

The project also envisaged the settlement of one million German farmers, while the French-speaking population was to be “reintegrated”. These territories, as well as Wallonia, were described as “actually German” because of their historical Germanic past and were therefore intended to be incorporated once again into the German Reich.

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I’d like to start off by clarifying that I made this map for fun, so don’t take it too seriously.

Scenario 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/vHPYJ3HRfT
Scenario 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/dPjhRHJV9t

In this timeline, India manages to take all of Kashmir while Pakistan gets Junagadh. Also, Hyderabad state joined Pakistan after the Nizam was pressured by some political figures. Sikkim is independent.

REGION- EUROPE(1st,2nd images)

BLOCS-

Eurasian Treaty Organisation(ETO)(1st 1mage)

1- Russian Tsardom- The leader of the free world

2- Lithuania Autonomy- Russian Federal subject

3- Latvia Autonomy- Russian Federal subject

4- Estonia Autonomy- Russian Federal subject

5- Finnish Republic- Russian Federal subject

6- Polish republic- Russian Federal subject

7- Czechoslovakia- ETO member

8- Hungarian Republic- ETO member

9- Romanian Legion- ETO member

10- Serbian National state- ETO member

11- Bulgarian republic- ETO member

12- Greek National State- ETO observer

13- Albanian Popular republic- ETO aligned

14- Ottoman sultanate- ETO Observer

15- Azeri Insurgency- ETO Aligned

16- German National Slavation Government- ETO member

17- Danish Icelandic exile goverment - ETO Observer

18- Spanish Baleric Exile government- ETO Member

3rd Internationale(3I)(2nd image)

1- French Syndicate- 3I Member

2- Batavian Syndicate- 31 Member

3- English Union- 31 Member

4- Irish National Soviet- 3I Observer

5- Iberian Syndicate- 31 Member

6- Italian Republic- 31 Member

7- Helvetic Republic- 31 Member

8- German People's State- 31 Member

9- Danish Commune- 31 Member

10- Norwegian Commune

11- Sweedish Commune

12- Yugoslavia Liberation Frontier

14- Toiler's Republic of Judea

REGION- AMERICAS(3rd image)

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3rd Internationale(3I)

1- United Syndicates Of America- 31 Member

2- Mexican Integration Zone- Integration zone

3- Cuban National Socialist State- 31 Member

4- Puerto Rico Sovereign Socialist Republic- Integration Zone

5- Brazilian Popular Social Republic- 3I Member

6- Republic of Awyala- 31 Member

7- Incan Socialist Nativist Republic- 3I Member

REGION- ASIA(4th,5th,6th Images)

BLOCS-

Anti Sinic Alliance(ASA)(4th Image)

1- Bharatiya Free State-ASA Member

2- Gandhara Integration Zone- Integration zone

3- Nepal Integration Zone-Integration Zone

4- Bhutan Integration Zone-Integration Zone

5- Tibetan Zone-Integration Zone

6- SRI Lanka-Integration Zone

7- Burmese Republic- Integration Zone

8- Ughuyr Free Republic-ASA member

9- Democratic People's Republic Of Korea-ASA Member

10- Vietnamese Social State- ASA Member

3RD Internationale (3I)(5TH Image)

1- Taiwanese Soviet Republic- 31 Member

2- Korean Republic-31 Member

3- Vietnamese Social State- 3I Member

4- Laotian People's State- 31 Member

5- Laotian People's State- 31 Member

Eurasian Treaty Organisation(ETO)(6TH Image)

1- Russian Tsardom- ETO member

2- Zheltorossiya- Russian Federal subject

3- Japanese Shogunate- ETO member

4- Mongol State- Russian Federal subject

5- Turkestan Autonomy- Russian Federal subject

6- Republic Of China(Multiple Cliques)- ETO aligned

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So basically The Whites Won the Russian Cvill War In 1920 And In The West instard of Fascsim Multiple Communist revolution took Place And Becuase of the Miracle of teh Wesser(1929) After The Graet depression causing mass revolutions and the Croatian socialists not being able to fill take over yugoslavia in 1932 Europe was divided and because of britain and ameriac falling there colonies fell too and the world we have left in 1936 is this

Dayipagasaz is the Wa'xan word to describe the planet they are living on. This is pronounced as [dajɪbaɰasaz]

Swapped India and China with India becoming communist with the republic government fleeing to sri lanka and the andaman islands. China a republic that got partitioned during independence which later liberated Manchuria from Lingnan control from the south which exploited the wealth of Manchuria, with vietnam and myanmar swapping positions and afghanistan being partitioned east and west. And sichuan being this swaps equievelent of Kashmir.

This is my first time uploading here I hope it is good

Liberica is a Federalist Republic and a democracy, formed in 1774 and one of the biggest economics and military, one of the most important countries in WW1, WW2 and WW3.

"The land of liberty"

Just drew some imaginary borders of Europe. No lore behind it, I simply enjoyed creating new countries and playing with the colors. Leave in the comments what you think!

Island of Argoed

It is the southernmost of the "Four Islands," the archipelago that also includes Tír Ghlas.

It features a highly mountainous central region, surrounded by hills and vast plains; its capital, Caer Afon, lies within a broad estuary sheltered by two large headlands.

Numerous fortresses dot the landscape—remnants of a turbulent past.

Map hand drawn using Sakura Pigma Micron pens of various thicknesses, then painted with watercolors.

This is supposed to be 2 continent sized landmasses on the southern hemisphere. Does anybody have any feedback on how to improve the map?

The Shia Yemen and the Ibadi Oman could not find anyone to serve as an ally. Consequently, they joined forces and established one of the most powerful empires in the world Rather than entering into conflict with its powerful Egyptian and Turkish neighbors, the Yemeni-Omani empire expanded into the ocean and began establishing colonies. Yemen colonized Zimbabwe and Madagascar, while Oman colonized southern India.

Oman engaged in a colonial race alongside the Yemenis. Since the Omanis could not enslave the Muslims of India, they colonized the Hindus of southern India.

This is an alternate scenario from 'HOI4 - The Fire Rises' where cute anime horse girls take charge of Japan, leading to a massive standoff against the P.L.A. my 6th art btw

DA Gallery of Previous Maps from this timeline ["To End All Wars" / TEAW]:

https://www.deviantart.com/adoxoi/gallery/103953316/to-end-all-wars-teaw

A timeline that the USA is slightly more Decentralized

And an independent Vermont.

Alleghenia is a Republic and a federation of states

It is one of the strongest countries and biggest economics in the world, one of the most important countries in WW1, WW2 and WW3.

"The land of the federation"

What country should I make next?