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The Narrator posted:Hypothetical map for "regions" in a united Europe. Regions are constructed to each hold roughly 10 million people, and are drawn based on nationality and "neatness". The borders of Brittany are pretty  here. It's like the guy read a summary of the Chouan uprising and said "yeah, that whole area must be pretty much the same thing" and then decided that nothing has changed since.
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The Narrator posted:Hypothetical map for "regions" in a united Europe. Regions are constructed to each hold roughly 10 million people, and are drawn based on nationality and "neatness". "Blacklands"? Is there a giant volcano where some little dudes have to throw in a ring? (It's over by Ukraine)
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Jun 2, 2013 16:09
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Peanut President posted:"Blacklands"? Is there a giant volcano where some little dudes have to throw in a ring? (It's over by Ukraine) Given Middle-Earth is analogous to Europe, you never know.
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Jun 2, 2013 16:21
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TinTower posted:Given Middle-Earth is analogous to Europe, you never know. I'm guessing it's a joke on Belarus, since that's "White Russia".
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Jun 2, 2013 16:24
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Peanut President posted:"Blacklands"? Is there a giant volcano where some little dudes have to throw in a ring? (It's over by Ukraine) No, it's a bad translation from Russian name of a region named after its black soil
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Jun 2, 2013 16:29
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Baloogan posted:Someone somewhere... WANTS to be finnish? Not especially, but being Finno-Ugric is better than being Baltic.  (This is what Estonians actually believe. There's even a movement to change the flag to a Nordic cross to emphasize the country's supposed Scandinavian ties.) Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Jun 2, 2013 |
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Jun 2, 2013 17:17
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     (Black means that less than 1 person/sqm lives there) 
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Jun 2, 2013 18:15
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System Metternich posted:
Do you have a super huge version of this? It looks right in most places but where I'm at it looks completely wrong. Problem is it's far too small even at 1240*826 to discern.
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Jun 2, 2013 18:56
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System Metternich posted:
What's that long, dark stretch running north-south in eastern Kansas (assuming it's not just Kansas being Kansas)?
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Jun 2, 2013 19:21
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Smirr posted:What's that long, dark stretch running north-south in eastern Kansas (assuming it's not just Kansas being Kansas)? Reptilians. No people there.
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Jun 2, 2013 19:23
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Frostwerks posted:Do you have a super huge version of this? It looks right in most places but where I'm at it looks completely wrong. Problem is it's far too small even at 1240*826 to discern. Sorry, this is all I have. The original data seems to come from here (there are corresponding maps of Alaska and Hawaii as well), perhaps you could just ask the creator? Smirr posted:What's that long, dark stretch running north-south in eastern Kansas (assuming it's not just Kansas being Kansas)? The Flint Hills, perhaps? On the same topic, I have found this massive interactive map in which every person in North America counted by the respective census bureaus is represented by one dot. System Metternich fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Jun 2, 2013 |
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Jun 2, 2013 19:52
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The Narrator posted:Hypothetical map for "regions" in a united Europe. Regions are constructed to each hold roughly 10 million people, and are drawn based on nationality and "neatness".
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Jun 2, 2013 20:13
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Lycus posted:This just makes me want to play Medieval 2: Total War again. Let me introduce you to the much superior world of Mapgames (napgames). EU3, CK2 and soon EU4, all at you're fingertips.
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Jun 2, 2013 20:26
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 In a similar vein as the Poland Map earlier, except for Hungary. Surprisingly no one wants to revive the Kingdom of Hungary.
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Jun 2, 2013 21:14
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PrinceRandom posted:
It's gonna be so weird if Hungarian revanchism of all things starts WW3.
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Jun 2, 2013 23:02
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PrinceRandom posted:
e; but I guess that's alternatehistory.com for you. Kainser fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Jun 2, 2013 |
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Jun 2, 2013 23:07
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Kainser posted:I like that there were some people who apparently thought that a Hungarian exclave in Transylvania would be better then having it connected to the rest of Hungary.  Not exactly the easiest thing to solve in a way that won't piss anyone off. The real life solution was obviously just to make sure Hungary was the only one that was pissed off, so everyone else could make sure they didn't get any good ideas.
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Jun 2, 2013 23:40
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Kainser posted:I like that there were some people who apparently thought that a Hungarian exclave in Transylvania would be better then having it connected to the rest of Hungary. Actually, I think this survey was only conducted on Deviantart not Althist.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Well, that's what happens when you have a cultural exclave, but don't want to force the people between the two regions to join up. I guess you might be able to make some kind of snakey strip that connected the two without getting too many Romanians, but I'm not sure how well Romania would take it.
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Jun 3, 2013 00:10
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PrinceRandom posted:
Actually, in Hungary, this map is on bumper stickers all over the place. No one really expects it, but their not-insubstantial far right likes to dream and dream openly.
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The history of this map is one of the hidden gems of Wikipedia. I hope one day someone will bludgeon it into an animated GIF. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Somalia_map_states_regions_districts.png&offset=&limit=500#filehistory
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Well, that's what happens when you have a cultural exclave, but don't want to force the people between the two regions to join up. I guess you might be able to make some kind of snakey strip that connected the two without getting too many Romanians, but I'm not sure how well Romania would take it. Anyway, all the lands of the Glorious Crown of St. Stephen obviously belongs to Hungary.
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Jun 3, 2013 01:03
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Lycus posted:I think it's more a case of territorial settlements are naturally going to favor winners. Romania was an Ally, Hungary was a Central Power, so Romania got the better deal. Kainser posted:Yeah, I'm aware of the realities, I just find it funny that there are people that think that giving Hungary the Szeklerland as an exclave would have been the optimal solution when it seems like something that would piss off both Hungary and Romania while solving very little. Kainser posted:Anyway, all the lands of the Glorious Crown of St. Stephen obviously belongs to Hungary.
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ptk posted:The history of this map is one of the hidden gems of Wikipedia. I hope one day someone will bludgeon it into an animated GIF. I'm happy to know there are other people out there that follow the progression of this map. Edit: Since we're sharing US population maps. Here's a map I made of the 5% of the population living in the most densely populated counties.  I thought about doing a similar map for the 5% living in the most sparsely populated counties, but I gave up on that when I realized in would be 1,186 counties and cover 63% of the US. Doing a 1% map isn't much better. It would still be 455 counties covering 42% of the US. Mu Cow fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Jun 3, 2013 |
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Jun 3, 2013 12:51
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EU economic growth for the first trimester Austerity going real well for Portugal Numerical Anxiety posted:Actually, in Hungary, this map is on bumper stickers all over the place. No one really expects it, but their not-insubstantial far right likes to dream and dream openly. As a romanian, I find their dreams of getting back Erdely and their mental breakdown at hearing the word Trianon hilarious.
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Smirr posted:What's that long, dark stretch running north-south in eastern Kansas (assuming it's not just Kansas being Kansas)? Looks to be about where Tallgrass Pariarie National Preserve is located.
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The Narrator posted:Hypothetical map for "regions" in a united Europe. Regions are constructed to each hold roughly 10 million people, and are drawn based on nationality and "neatness". I'm not sure how well Turks will take Istanbul becoming a part of the United Europe and Cyprus joining Greece in the UE. I guess the Asia Minor parts of Turkey just become an independent country in Asia. Also I thought Azerbaijan and Armenia were considered Europe? 3peat posted:EU economic growth for the first trimester I like the little Austrian island in a sea of nations hurt by austerity. E: Oh wait didn't see Slovakia there. My island is ruined! Quick Slovakia, tank your economy! burnishedfume fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Jun 5, 2013 |
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3peat posted:EU economic growth for the first trimester Huh, weird, why isn't Greece among the countries with numbers?
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They don't list Ireland either.
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YF-23 posted:Huh, weird, why isn't Greece among the countries with numbers? We're all trying to forget that mess ever existed. Or more likely, romanian journalism being poo poo.
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YF-23 posted:Huh, weird, why isn't Greece among the countries with numbers? The numbers were cut.
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It's a slideshow, but these are all really cool. I haven't seen most in this thread yet: http://www.businessinsider.com/22-m...he-ohio-river-1 edit: I'd love to see the "long sandwich" map before Subway was a thing. edit2: "What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? The devil is beating his wife." What the hell? I have NEVER heard this. joshtothemaxx fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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Jun 6, 2013 00:21
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Alright, I got permission from this maps author to post this because I quite like him and think this is a rather humorous take on OTL.
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 http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6?op=1 These aren't exactly politically loaded but I though ya'll would enjoy them.
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 My dad was born in Oregon but raised in Louisiana and a lot of the south (and his dad's from Missouri) so we say both crawfish and crawdads. e: a better soft drink map: 
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Apparently the term "soda" followed the Illinois River upstream through Illinois. Or possibly I-55.
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Jun 6, 2013 04:31
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The "pop" line is funny. My wife's family in southern WV all says pop despite being much more southern in the rest of their speech. Also weird that "Coke" spills over some into New Mexico. I always just thought of the "Coke" thing as being in the Deep South (partly b/c Coke is from Atlanta).
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PrinceRandom posted:Alright, I got permission from this maps author to post this because I quite like him and think this is a rather humorous take on OTL. This is pretty entertaining, albeit hard to read in some places. I quite enjoyed "Sort of a fun-sized communist Russia" for Belarus. But what's with "24. Turned back into a dictatorship while Europe wasn't paying attention" for Hungary? Although a quick bit of wiki-ing revealed they removed "Republic of" from the country's name at the start of 2012 why would a modern democratic country even want to do that?
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The Narrator posted:This is pretty entertaining, albeit hard to read in some places. I quite enjoyed "Sort of a fun-sized communist Russia" for Belarus. But what's with "24. Turned back into a dictatorship while Europe wasn't paying attention" for Hungary? Although a quick bit of wiki-ing revealed they removed "Republic of" from the country's name at the start of 2012 They've been ruled by a nationalist rightest party for quite a while now. They recently enacted a new constitution that is... controversial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Hungary Edit: I think that joke someone made about Hungarian Revanchism being a flashpoint for Europe is kind of a fear( maybe not to the extent of war, but Hungary has wanted their "ethnic lands" back for a while, and Romania is becoming a mid-size power in Europe). PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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The source for those maps: http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/
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