aphid_licker posted:

I gotta admit I can't identify a single one of the stateless state bits

Count Roland posted:

1) CIS is an actual organization dominated by russia. Instead of it being lots of former soviet states its sub-saharan africa? I don't see why Mexico and central america would be there instead of the latin league.

frankenfreak posted:

I want to see this given the full treatment from that one guy who had that website where he write up the climate and that stuff for an Earth with inverted elevation, a terraformed Mars etc.

e: http://www.worlddreambank.org/P/PLANETS.HTM

A Buttery Pastry posted:

The original idea for the map sprung from Russia's desire to be safe; hence dominating everyone around them until they only have a tiny little land-border. Sub-Saharan Africa got attached because it fit Russia pretty well, as did Mexico. It's the mixed bag of leftover countries/countries that fit geometrically, since Russia would be happy to dominate any country if they got the chance. Ukraine and Belarus managed to escape because they made Greenland fit Eurovision really well, plus they'd probably like a change of neighbors.

The Anglosphere is based on a similar concept; putting an ocean between its members and all these horribly people everywhere. Canada, the xenophile, was voted least likely to object to getting an exotic neighbor, hence sitting on the Indian Sea. South Africa definitely not voted to be allowed to join by the other members.

Following that, Europe can of course not deal with its Muslim neighbors, so for the good of everyone they moved to the other side of China. This should also reduce the risk of American interventions.

The Sinosphere is simply China getting some of what it wants too, asserting itself against its neighbors. No attention paid to the wishes of everyone else.

Greater India is just because it didn't fit anywhere else.

The Latin League is everyone (except for the escaped French Guiana, now sitting with the other Core French Territories in Europe) banding together against Russia. Russia is extremely threatened by this development. Called Latin because it's a broader term that includes Brazil.

Finally, the Stateless States are just states for the various stateless peoples. Some of them are surprisingly populous.


_{Apparently back when I made this map, I somehow managed to make the political map without a rebounded Greenland and Antarctica, which frankly look better when joined up with Europe/Indonesia. Orange = desert, yellow = dry steppes, light green = grassland, green = forests, dark green = rain forests}

In this different timeline, it's not hard to imagine that cats might have evolved into becoming scantily-clad bipedal tool users. There are two main branches here, the tiger people of India and the Persian cat people of the Ummah. <-- Hope this is what you were looking for.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

This is word salad.

A Buttery Pastry posted:

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

This is word salad.

Byzantine posted:

So do they have wares or not?

Communist Zombie posted:

Made a better version of this at 4am. Added the Afrosphere, put Central America and the Philippines into the Latin League, moved Belarus to the CIS since theyre both part of it and want to merge with Russia, moved Papua New Guinea and Israel (they were formerly just black and still are West of Alaska) to Stateless cause where else would they go, and filled in Greenland and Antarctica so people can actually recognize them.

BonHair posted:

Israel, as mentioned, should go in the Eurovision group, or alternatively with the Arab countries on account of the occupation and so on.

Communist Zombie posted:

Made a better version of this at 4am. Added the Afrosphere, put Central America and the Philippines into the Latin League, moved Belarus to the CIS since theyre both part of it and want to merge with Russia, moved Papua New Guinea and Israel (they were formerly just black and still are West of Alaska) to Stateless cause where else would they go, and filled in Greenland and Antarctica so people can actually recognize them.



Im tempted to add the Francophonie and "Anglo-protectorates" as sub layers if it wasnt so late.

A Buttery Pastry posted:

Kennel posted:

It's a map so dumb and pointless that there's really no reason to discuss or even mock it.

Random cool old maps:

Cat Mattress posted:

So this mixes colonial history (Anglosphere), religion (Ummah), corporate standard organizations (Eurovision), irredentist claims (Sinosphere), and bullshit "where can I fit these guys".

You know this pseudocontinental view could be interesting if it was done according to a single common criteria.

Cat Mattress posted:

Please explain to me which identity is shared between Mexico and Kazakhstan, and how this shared identity is stronger than other groupings you could make.

A Buttery Pastry posted:

In this different timeline, it's not hard to imagine that cats might have evolved into becoming scantily-clad bipedal tool users. There are two main branches here, the tiger people of India and the Persian cat people of the Ummah. <-- Hope this is what you were looking for.

Kennel posted:

It's a map so dumb and pointless that there's really no reason to discuss or even mock it.

Random cool old maps:

Cat Mattress posted:

Please explain to me which identity is shared between Mexico and Kazakhstan, and how this shared identity is stronger than other groupings you could make.

Blut posted:

Why is Paris so much more fortified on the Western side?

boner confessor posted:

that's the northern side. the map is oriented such that the left side is the north side

boner confessor posted:

that's the northern side. the map is oriented such that the left side is the north side

boner confessor posted:

that's the northern side. the map is oriented such that the left side is the north side

Blut posted:

Why is Paris so much more fortified on the Western side?

A Buttery Pastry posted:

That's a fair critique, though I'd argue that the criteria is less mixed than you claim. The Anglosphere, Ummah and the Eurovision are all about identity, even if they don't have the same core idea behind them.

Blut posted:

Why is Paris so much more fortified on the Western side?

Dreddout posted:

My main problem is Eurovision since the inclusion of Western Russia and Turkish Thrace implies a continental identity that I don't think really exists.

It's going off an idealized Europe as geography, whereas the others seem to be a mix of cultural/religious identity. (Excluding the unifiliated states which I just think the author was too lazy to categorize)

Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

Where's my map that depicts medieval France as an island ruled by a dolphin?

Dreddout posted:

The French aren't exactly known for their great placement of fortifications.

Dreddout posted:

The French aren't exactly known for their great placement of fortifications.

stone cold posted:

why would you put the philippines in the latin league and not with the us