I will remember that for the future. Thank you for bringing it up.
Map Thread XVIII
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Where did you get the provincial borders for Bulgaria on a QBAM? I've been looking for that on and off.
Nope. It should be two outward-bowing arcs that do not connect. They go from the top to the bottom.
Like this: ( ( | ) )
Imagine the outer most parentheses being the edge of the map, the "|" bring the prime meridian. The inner parentheses are what you want to draw.
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Isaac Beach
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Oh! Do you mean like this? (Rough and off-center, but just trying to understand this quick and dirty.)
Yes, you have the correct concept, you just need to get the curves to follow 90°W and 90°E.
(I'm just eyeballing it also, but I think you have the "light" section a little too narrow.)
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Isaac Beach
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Ah, cool. Well I'll start playing around with it and start posting it in the alternate planets thread so as to not clog up the main one. It doesn't need to be too accurate, but I'll try and get it close.
There may be alternate Robinson-esque basemaps somewhere on here with lines of longitude. Look for 90W and 90E and follow them.
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Isaac Beach
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Oh I know, I have one on my hard drive, but the planet I'm working with is a little bit smaller than Earth so I don't think the latitudes will quite work, hence why I'll mess with it.
Both latitudes and longitudes will scale. Your planet will be smaller than Earth, so the distances between each latitude and longitude will be smaller, but the relative positions of 90W and 90E will still work.
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The Russian Federation in 1922
The Russian Federation emerged from the dust of the Russian Civil War, even as desperate Bolshevik holdouts continued to fight in Moscow and some of the surrounding areas. The Federation was declared in the Kremlin only hours after it had been evacuated by the Bolshevik government, as republican forces attempted to preempt any attempt to immediately restore the monarchy, or even establish a unitary state. Built on the shaky foundation of factions only willing to tolerate one another until not doing so did not invoke another civil war, the Federation's first months have been marked by attempts to restore some degree of central authority and deal with the immediate aftermath of the civil war.
In terms of organization, the Federation has adopted the provisional measure of allowing the various autonomous governments and regional councils that arose during the civil war to remain in place; several areas have been "consolidated" in a process that is largely a surrender to the de facto lack of state control - of the various autonomies recognized in this fashion, only the so-called "T-K Autonomy" is the result of Federation-level cooperation; as a region considered vital both for its industrial and agricultural outputs, the area has been placed under special administration. Elsewhere, negotiations are ongoing with dozens of micro-republics that sprung up during the anti-Bolshevik revolts in the final phase of the civil war.
In the west, several areas once part of Russia remain outside the Federation; some simply entirely reject its legitimacy as a Russian state while others have officially seceded from it or have been recognized as outside Russian control by treaty. The "new duchies", referring to the Duchy of Pskov, Duchy of Novgorod, Duchy of Archangelsk and Grand Duchy of Ingria-Karelia are all self-proclaimed "temporary administrations" that state a desire to reunify with a legitimate successor to the tsarist government.
This aim - the re-establishment of the old regime - is the goal of several of the authoritarian groups within the Federation, though among them is a split between unionists who advocate for a renewed, centralized Russia, and the group sometimes called the Tsarist Federalists, for whom the retaining of outlying regions such as Georgia, Ukraine or Finland is worth granting concessions in the form of regional autonomy within a federated empire. Both groups are split by disagreements on regency, the question of the legitimate successor and on the short-term matters of tactical cooperation with the Federation versus obstructionism.
The republican faction is similarly split; while many Kadets drifted into the authoritarian camp during the war, some remained in support of a democratic regime, and groups such as the Union for the Regeneration of Russia work to continue bridging the gap between the various political positions in the republican camp (and between the republican and authoritarian/monarchist ones, though this has proven increasingly difficult after the fall of the Bolsheviks). Beyond these political splits are other matters, such as the question of recognizing permanent forms of the new autonomies and mostly-independent nations within the former empire, as well as growing disagreements between groups supporting a democratic federation as a vehicle for achieving their goals of maximum autonomy and those who seek a stronger federal government.
For the time being, the fear of further foreign intervention, another Bolshevik-style revolution and the peasant uprisings that erupted near the end of the war have dissuaded the various victors from fighting amongst themselves, though only a handful of measures have achieved any kind of broad support; important matters such as the clearing of the so-called Red Zone, and the re-extension of state control over the various atomized areas of the former Empire are largely left to whichever group has or is attempting to gain control over the area (though they can expect harassment and complaints if their efforts ever seem too successful). Debates rage in Moscow over the federation's constitution, but also about the legitimacy of the All Russian Constituent Assembly, the means by which a new one could be elected, the time for a new election, which groups should be allowed to vote were such an election to occur, the matter of whether a temporary government should be established to enact various policies beforehand, and other matters that have effectively stalled progress towards a united federal government.
Notes on selected areas
The Red Zone: De jure simply a portion of a larger autonomous area, the Red Zone is called such for the pockets of remaining Bolshevik partisans that remain in it, as well as the (false) assumption that many of the overtly hostile micro-governments within it are all aligned with the fallen Bolshevik regime. The railways leading out from Moscow have been secured, but beyond them neither the Federation nor any group within it is presently capable of exerting authority over the area, though the Republican Army and Kotlas Directory are said to be in secret contact regarding a joint operation to pacify parts of the area.
The Hetmanate of Ukraine: Almost as decentralized and unstable as the Federation, the Hetmanate is itself a federal union of Ukraine and the Kuban Cossack Host. Claiming the entirety of Ukraine, but in fact cut into several disconnected regions by the "Black Belt", Republic of Ukraine and T-K Autonomy, the Hetmanate is heavily reliant on local warlords, atamans, to control its territory.
The Black Belt: Comprised of the Donbass Special Autonomy, the Krywbass Special Autonomy and the region known as "Makhnovia", this area is partially within and partly outside the Federation, with the former two portions under foreign influence due to a treaty with Poland that allows them special economic access to the area, and the other the most well-known result of the atomization, an area under the protection of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine, which actively fights against any attempt to exert outside authority over the region.
The Volga German Autonomy: Centered on Saratov and Kosackenstadt across the Volga, the Volga German Autonomy is generally autonomist, though some groups support republican or tsarist factions.
The Far East Autonomy: Coming under increasingly heavy Japanese influence during the course of the civil war, the region was organized into its own autonomy in late 1921, when British and American forces began leaving the area and the checks on Japanese power faded. In exchange for continued support for the anti-Bolshevik forces, Japan has received extensive economic influence (if not outright control) over the area, which is one of the strongholds of anti-Federation obstructionism.
Why are the Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Shetlanders, and Faroesians united but not the Icelanders? Also, how did the Irish of all people end up with the Isle of Man? Either the English or Scottish would have first dibs on making it their own little Monaco. And the Azeri are a bit wanked here. I know it might seem that Armenia is, but here the Azeri gain even more Armenian land. Nachivien used be something like a quarter Armenian, and Nagarno was at least half back around WWI, if we are going by that as a POD. And I can't help but feel there would be a lot of disputes over EEZs. Mainly due to looking at southern India. Taneykia also seems to be cheating a little. Who has that one blue island in the Aegean?
The Russian Federation in 1922
I love to see more of this world, and what may come of it.
Beautiful map!
One small question: why Nueva and Vieja California, and not Alta and Baja California?
Upvoteanthology
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Hey everyone, it's me again! Here's another map from the paperback version of the People's Socialist Atlas, coming out DECEMBER 7th!!!! This map's of Africa! This is one of many exclusive maps (like, more than 100) you'll see only in the paperback book, so get hyped!
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I'd like to join in the chorus and say that this is absolutely amazing.
Poor Ghana though.
Shame! Shame!Wow, fantastic map!
also shamelessly posting to avoid end of page syndrome
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