The Steam Age (Map Game)

What if steam had been the dominant force that developed in the world? If the technological age and the steam age developed side by side?

This map game will start during the victorian era in 1850. These maps are from the steamopera by Kristian Järventaus

What Steampunk Is
First and foremost, steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction in which steam power is heavily utilized. Perhaps better summed up as 'retro-futuristic', it has a heavy influence of Victorianism and is generally set in an alternative universe in which steam power remains the most mainstream source of power. This affects everything, from vehicles to weapons to home appliances to music to even flying machines. It is a completely different culture and lifestyle from what we live today or even what people back in the day lived.

Steampunk, while sometimes elegant at the same time, is gritty and dirty. People working on their various contraptions tend to get dirty and there is a lot of smoke blown around. It has an industrious atmosphere of wealthy upper-class people and lower-class people living in squalor, much like in 19th century Britain. This leads to a rise in piracy; in this case, the pirates take to the air, not to the sea.

What Steampunk is Not:
Think outside the box, people, but keep inside the steampunk atmosphere.
 * Magic (That includes alchemy and other assorted enchantments)
 * Contemporary future
 * Random object + some unnecessary gears
 * Dieselpunk
 * Always Gothic
 * Always in the Air
 * Always in Britain

Maps






Any country without a name is free game for colonizing

Europe

 * Kingdom of Sweden
 * Greenland
 * Iceland
 * Norway
 * Union Kingdom (Major Power)
 * Kingdom of Spain
 * Kingdom of Portugal
 * Kingdom of Preussia-
 * United Kingdoms of the Danube
 * Kingdom of Bavaria
 * The Conciliary Union of France (Major Power)
 * The Conciliary Union of The Rhine
 * The Technocratic Republic of Netherland
 * Kiev
 * Old Russia
 * The New Empire ( The Ruthenian Empire)
 * The Ottoman Empire ( The Osmanian Empire)
 * Kingdom of Denmark
 * Kingdom of Naples
 * Republic of Switzerland
 * The Conciliary Republic of Swabia
 * Republic of Lucca
 * Montenegro
 * Papal States
 * Republic of Sardinia
 * Parma

North America

 * Russian Alaska (The Ruthenian Empire )
 * The Acadian Republic
 * Republic of California
 * Dominion of Virginia
 * Kingdom of Louisiane
 * Mexico
 * The Conciliary Republic of Haiti
 * Bahama
 * Kingdom of Cuba
 * Panama

South America

 * Republic of Colombia
 * Guyana
 * Kingdom of Brazil
 * West Amazonia
 * Republic of Peru
 * Dominion of Andea
 * The Conciliary Republic of Chile
 * Tierra Platina

Africa and the Middle East

 * The Osmanian Empire
 * French Northwest Africa
 * Atheopia
 * Featherstonehaugbtania (Union Kingdom)

Asia and Oceania

 * Empire of China
 * Mongolia
 * Manchuria (Preussia)
 * Afganistan (Preussia)
 * Tibet (Union Kingdom)
 * Formosa (Union Kingdom)
 * Indonesian Incorporated Probationary Territories
 * South India
 * Ceylon
 * Sumatra
 * Java
 * Borneo
 * New Holland
 * New Zealand
 * South China
 * Vietnam
 * Bengal (Union Kingdom)
 * Burma (Union Kingdom)
 * Commonwealth of Japan
 * West Japan
 * East Japan
 * Republic of Enzo
 * Kingdom of Corea
 * Riukiu (Union Kingdom)
 * Kingdom of Siam
 * Prussian Mele (Can't read on map)
 * New North Wales (Union Kingdom)
 * New Hibernia (Union Kingdom)

Antarctica

 * Will be free for colonization