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Map Contest 1 (Closed): King of the Hill
PoD: Columbus goes exploring for a different country (not Spain). This country goes on to dominate the New World.

Challenge: Create a map of the New World, dominated by a different country. This map can be from any time period, just be sure to say which time period. Be sure to include labels, map keys, subdivisions of countries, etc. (Note: By dominate, I mean this country has the most influence in the New World. Other countries can and should still have some land.)

Time Frame: Two weeks, July 7 - July 20
 * Voting Starts July 20, 0:00 UTC

See the Archive for Submissions.

Results






Map Contest 2 (Closed): The House of Habsburg
PoD: The Habsburg family does not decline, but instead grows more powerful than in OTL.

Challenge: Create a map of the world where the Hapsburg family retains power to present day. The PoD can be at any time, as long as it leads to Hapsburg domination. Labels are crucial to this map.

Time Frame: Two weeks, July 21 - August 3
 * Voting Starts August 3, 0:00 UTC

Results






Map Contest 3 (Closed): An Unlikely Union
PoD: Two nations merge into one, forging a global empire.

Challenge: Create a map of the world in which two nations have united and taken on the world. This challenge is deliberately open-ended, so use your imagination. Make sure that you are plausible.

Time Frame: Two weeks, July 4 - August 17
 * Voting Starts August 17, 0:00 UTC

Old Yuanxian and Shoutoku Legend -Kogasa


In this timeline, the Tang Dynasty and the Japan unite after the marriage of  and. Soon, the Tang Dynasty had strengthened, and grew in power. Chinese and Japanese culture was spread freely between the two nations, and Taoism managed to gain a foothold in Japan, while Shinto gained a foothold in China later on. In 917, the Tang Dynasty would then end up in a civil war. With Japan's help, the Tang Dynasty managed to slowly defeat the other factions, and by 975, the last of the rebellions died out for now.

Later on, in the Thirteenth Century, the Tang Dynasty suffered invasions of the Mongol Empire. Though, by 1365, the remains of the Tang managed to avoid complete conquest of the Mongols, and begun to push them back. In 1294, the Tang managed to regain lands from the collapsing Mongol Empire. Soon, during the 1330s, the Ashikaga clan attempted to assassinate Emperor Huizong and establish the Ashikaga Shogunate. The plan, however, was unsuccessful and Ashikaga Takauji, who was the leader of the clan, was executed.

In Europe, Denmark managed to conquer Sweden and Norway by the 1350s and established the Scandinavian Kingdom.

In the 1410s, Zheng He and Rokkaku Jakusai managed to land upon new lands, which would be later known as Rokkaku (North America) and Zheng (South America), respectively. By the 1440s, the Tang Dynasty begun to colonise the new lands. Other Asian powers, such as Srivijaya and Siam, also colonised parts of the new lands later on in the 1600s.

In the 1650s during the expansion into Siberia, the Duchy of Moscow ran into the Tang Dynasty. Relations between them were rough, and soon the Great Siberian War occurred in the 1700s, which saw a crushing Chinese-Japanese victory.

Industrialisation soon started in Tang Dynasty around the 1690s, and soon spread throughout Asia by the 1740s. In 1800, the Tokugawa clan in the Amazon colony (OTL Colombia) was the first to declare independence, and thus the Tokugawa Shogunate was established. In 1842, the Asian nations soon began colonising Africa as well.

Meanwhile in Europe, France managed to take over parts of Western Europe around the 1800s. Napoleon was soon overthrown by a revolution in 1813, and the French Empire had since stopped expanding.

In 1930, the Soviets attempted to expand more into Siberia yet again, which started the Second Siberian War. The Tang Dynasty emerged victorious once again, and the Soviet Union was dissolved into three nations: The Republic of Tatarstan, the Kazakh Khanate, and the Republic of Muscovy.

In this world, the Tang Dynasty is the hyperpower of the world, while India and Srivijaya are the superpowers. Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Shinto are the top four religions in the world.

The main characters of the Touhou Project are Seiga Kaku and Toyosatomimi no Miko.

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 * 18:00, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

Forget the Drinking, O Prince! - Scraw


I took a little creative license with this one. Russia (Kievan Rus) chooses Islam over Orthodoxy in the early 10th century when the time came to pick a religion. This helps the Muslims present a greater front against Christians and others. The Umayyads unite with the Abassids to form a greater Abassid Caliphate (to satisfy the terms of the POD). The Qi'fan Rus goes on a rampage of Mongol proportions. Eventually the Muslims powers gang up on the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, forcing them to retreat into France, Western Germany, and Northern Italy. The United Kingdom never forms, nor do England or Scotland. Instead, various tribes form small nations. The Abbasids discover the New World in 1152, taking the Eastern coast of North America (Akaraia) and most of Mexico. They convert the Incans (Enqaans) to Islam and help them dominate northern South America (Rassaeniqa). The natives of Africa become self sufficient regional powers, and many are allied with the Hindu Mysore. Tibet and the Khmers become rogue Buddhist states and China is a pagan (yes, as in 12th century BC Chinese paganism) empire, stretching across the Pacific and south to Australia. ( Labelled version)

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 * CourageousLife (talk) 17:55, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

Unite, Unite, O Francia! -- Chris


, the young king of, dies childless (like in OTL). However, instead of simply electing a new king, the squabbling dukes decide to welcome, the king of , to unite the two realms. With that, the Holy Roman Empire does not form, and the reunited Francia becomes one of (if not the) most powerful empires in Europe.

Europe has a reduced amount of conflict for the most part. The biggest concern for the Christian powers is the growth of Islam; however, the Crusades ATL are successful enough to keep the Byzantine Empire "alive," as well as a Jewish state. The Byzantines prevent the spread of Islam. However, it also ceases a reason for exploration into the New World (i.e., the sack of Constantinople). Colonialism is delayed for almost a century later than OTL, and when the major powers like Francia, England (less united than OTL), Asturia (OTL Spain and Portugal) and even Italy explore the new land, they do so at a less violent level, beginning as small trading posts that influence the growth of many Native powers like the Iroquois, Aztec, Maya, Inca, and Apache, resulting in their own independent nations.

Meanwhile, Japan opens relations with Francia much earlier, and goes through a rapid expansion throughout the Pacific, even claiming Hawaii and land in the Americas. Rus' also expands into Siberia as OTL. Africa and India have much less colonial influence, just as in North America, and many ancient kingdoms remain to this day. ChrisL123 (talk) 01:53, August 8, 2013 (UTC)

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 * Great concept as usual. CourageousLife (talk) 17:55, August 17, 2013 (UTC)

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 * -Kogasa [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|50px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|23px|border]] 2013 August 17, 19:57 (CET)
 * [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 18:51, August 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yank 00:00, August 30, 2013 (UTC)

Are Alien Space Bats a Nation? -Guns


In this avant garde world picture, there are multiple PODs.

POD the first: The Ottoman invasion of Vienna succeeds, and Most of Europe is conquered. Christianity collapses after the Sack of Rome, where the Pope is killed, along with many other holy figures. Only Western Europe stands free.

POD the second: The Kievan Rus choose Islam instead of Orthodoxy. When Constantinople falls to the Turks, the Russians support the action with their own troops. In addition, the Muslim Russians convert the Mongols when they invade. The Mongols, in turn, convert everyone everywhere they conquer, ruthlessly. They also succeed in conquering Japan and Southeast Asia.

POD the third: The remaining Western nations colonize the New World, giving them support against the Ottoman invaders. Meanwhile, the Mongols collapse, leaving the Russians most of their vast nation spreading throughout Asia.

POD the fourth: The Delhi Sultanate survives and conquers all India.

POD the fifth: After Spain falls to Muslim invasion the French and Spanish territories split off from their mother countries to form Gran Columbia.

POD the sixth: Austalia is discovered by the Gran Columbians, and annexed.

POD the seventh: In 1850, the remaining Western countries unite into the Anglo-German-French Coalition.

POD the eighth; WWI; The Anglo-French and the Gran Columbians against the World's Muslim nations; as a result, most of Muslim Africa is annexed to the AGFC, while the Gran Columbians gain control over South East Asia. After this war, the Muslim countries enter the Pact of Medina, untied into  a single superstate, the Confederation of the Crescent.

POD the ninth: WWII; The AGFC is smashed in this war as the Gran Columbians refuse to help them. They lose Germany and Scandanavia to the COTC. Now only the AFC. In retaliation for the Gran Columbian unhelpfulness, part of their territories, near OTL NY, are conquer by the AFC.

POD the tenth: WWIII; The Scramble over Africa. The AFC and Gran Columbians attack the COTC in Africa. The AFC gain most of the North, while the Gran Columbians take the South.

POD the eleventh; WWIV; AFC unites with COTC against the Gran Columbia after the Gran Columbians attempt an invasion of OTL Canada. The COTC take South East Asia and the AFC take much of South Africa. War ends after the AFC nuke Nueva Madrid, the Gran Columbian capital city.

The World today; Of the three nations, only Gran Columbia doesn't have nuclear weapons. A state of Cold War exists between the AFC and the COTC. The AFC have the advantage in terms of technology while the COTC have much more resources and manpower. There are no direct democracies; The AFC is a republic in the ancient Roman sense, the COTC is a Caliphial-type nation, and the Gran Columbians are just a straight up Monarchy.

This is the Official Monster Raving Loony Party of Map Contests =D

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Imperium Constantinum - Sine
The timeline is based on the idea of what if the Parthian empire faced a civil war during the invasion of the Mesopotamia by Trajan, that after long enough (about ten to thirteen years) in 129 AD would have consolidated a Christian (Nestorian) leaning monarchy, but at the same time losing the greatest part of Mesopotamia and Western Persia. For the next two centuries a few things that didn't happen in OTL occur such as 
 * 1) Persia weakened by the Roman capture of Mesopotamia becomes less expansive toward the West and focuses in the Kushan empire, by 320 gaining most of its non-Hindustani territories and a great part of the Caspian coastline.
 * 2) The Romans themselves organized more expeditions to Germania and Caledonia, Caledonia being conquered by 195 AD and a slow series of campaigns that yield the capture of Germania by 231 AD (From the Elbe to the Oder) forming three main provinces, Batavia (OTL Netherlands and Frisia), Germania Cherusca (Northern Germany) and Germania Danuvia (Southern Germania) often the last two referred as Cheruscia and Marcomannia.
 * 3) The first big invasion attempt to Hibernia in 235 AD to stop Celtic attempts to enter Britannia from Hibernia, During the same time the capture of Scythia Proxima or Scythia Pontica (OTL Crimea and southern Ukraine), there's as well the first attempts of the Romans to establish trans-Saharan trading through the Atlantic African coast, reaching the Canary Islands in 305 AD and establishing a trading outpost.

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 * content =After 315 Constantine reaches power due to a coup d'etat by a member of the royal family who seeks to gain the control of Rome, and the Emperor Gaius Aurelius is killed in the Battle of Miletus when the forces of his familiar strike the fortress made by the loyal army, after that Constantine the general leads a punitive army to Attaleia the Usurpers military headquarters after two weeks of siege Attaleia falls and the usurper is captured and executed, Constantine becomes the emperor Constantine politics is new, like in OTL he gives freedom of religions but he becomes Christian earlier than in OTL. It is in this moment where the event occurs, Rome and Persia unify under the Christian banner as in 321 Constantine marries the daughter of the Persian emperor, who soon dies in a coup d'etat by Kushan peoples from the east annexing Persia into the Roman empire. His three successors then assure the last real conquests of Rome in Europe, In the period of 50 years assuring the Conquest or Vassalage of Germania Slavica, Dacia Sarmatica and Scythia Proxima, then the Barbar invasions occur when the Huns enter Europe forcing Slavic and Sarmatian tribes to enter into their empire offering to die or to be with them.

With the contact of the Romans and the Huns the beginning of Crisis Starts as the now over expanded Roman empire, although more populated and Developed than in OTL, the Roman Province of Scythia Tanaiensis between the Don and Dniester where soon looted by the savage Hunnic hordes the Roman armies confronted them near Augusta Scythiensis OTL Kiev, where the Romans Finally defeated the Huns first horde and expelled them from Scythia, Five years later in 378 another Hunnic Incursion occurs into the Roman empire, In this Case into Germania Slavica where the Huns manage to make an Important Foothold on the Roman Empire territories of Germania Slavica Using the Viadua or Auderium in the Local dialects (Romanization of Oder) as their border with what the Romans could hold of Germania and the Vistula with the Roman Legions holding in Germania Suevica (OTL Kaliningrad Oblast) the Roman Loss of territory accelerated the Roman crisis as this territories

Had become producer for the Empire The Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus (of the Constantinian Dynasty) soon sent several legions from the west (Hispanian, Gaul and Mauretanians to deal with the threat in the east of the Empire a ten-year war assured the Romans the control of their lost lands and the fragmentation of the Hunnic empire in Smaller Kingdoms within the Territories once held, Mainly in four great Confederations, ...



The four main confederation where the Venedae Foedus, the Foedus Magiariensis and the Serican Kingdom of the Rha and the Caucasian Kingdom, the last too becoming Roman Vassals in the late 4{{sup|th}} century, while the venedae and the Magyars remained independent, in between this a Hunnic Kingdom bigger than the rest, and although not as strong as previously, indeed remaining with enough strength to the defend itself from the Roman Legions of Scythia and Germania Slavica, With this the only remaining threat to the Roman Empire in Europe fades as the Huns become a outside kingdom fighting against the Venedae and the Magyars who remain the only few territories that are not under Roman Structure or Roman Vassalage as others (Such as The Caucasus Tribes and other Ethnic groups such as the Franks, Burgundians, Goths in the Baltic region and the Prussians), With The death of Flavius Valerius Constantinus, a member of the Senate become his successor and the very first Roman to turn its eyes towards the east, and further more into the Arabian desert, Iulius Cassius Aurelius “Arabicus” soon he begins the Planing of a new Expansionist campaign, one of them reaching Meccae and sacking the city, by 410 the Roman emperor Cassius chooses to divide the Empire among Praetors forming praetoriates, regions within which this would be the second highest level of Governing power after the emperor

This Praetoriate represented the Roman power on their respective region such as Gaul or Persia.
 * Roman Division in Praetoriates, the Nations with a red dot inside them being praetoriates of the Roman empire.
 * 1) Gaul praetoriate
 * 2) Carthaginian Praetoriate
 * 3) Egyptian Praetoriate
 * 4) Mesopotamian Praetoriate
 * 5) Persian Praetoriate
 * 6) Arabian Praetoriate
 * 7) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Greek Praetoriate
 * 8) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Dacian Praetoriate
 * 9) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">German Praetoriate
 * 10) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Scythia Praetoriate
 * 11) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Britannian Praetoriate
 * 12) <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Italian Praetoriate.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">By 425 the Roman advance on Arabia had been little.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">The Arabs managed to fend of the Romans, although the Romans did achieved to gain some lands, Such as part of OTL Oman and Parts of Arabia in OTL Jordania. By 430 the Roman empire had extended beyond Europe, Asia. The only remaining border (and an uncrossable one) was the African desert, acting as the main border in Roman Africa.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Cassius chooses to begin focusing on Africa, beginning said campaign he started to focus on trading with the Gaetulians, and Phazanians, by the time of the dead of Cassius in 435, the Roman expansion into the African desert had been halted, as Rome had lost interest in its continuous over expansionism, Rome began the creation of a Infrastructure to keep it. Then a second Pax Romana arrives, as Goths, Franks, Dacians, Scythians and other new peoples live peacefully within the empire until the late 600 when the Arab Islam begins arising, it is yet in this period, the most glorious era for Rome, a path from east to west is made, from Scythia to Lusitania, crossing the vast immensity dividing the cities united, the forests of the once wild Germania were no match to the Roman power and might, the greed that lurked within the Romans would once again be the main force to rule the empire, to last beyond the nature's must and hope for peace, the Roman soon swarmed the land of the Germans, and the Germans soon adopted the Roman culture, For the year 550 the Roman culture had already been heavily implanted through most of Germania.

From the desert …
In the late 600 a new threat arose, the Arabs and Islam, the threat yet wouldn't be seen as a threat by the Romans since the beginning.

The Islamic era starts in 615, 20 years prior to the Islamic Caliphate arose led by an Arab-Roman citizens of Ctesiphon who backed by the locals. Years prior to the Islamic Caliphate arose led by an Arab-Roman citizens of Ctesiphon who backed by the locals managed to assert control on the Regions of Roman Arabia and by 618 controls most of Mesopotamia and Syria. However, the accelerated expansion of the Arab Roman armies in Mesopotamia and Syria only grew to Some extent the attempt of Varo the Arab to invade Palestine and then Egypt failed when his fleet was crushed in the siege of Alexandria completely finishing his navy and allowing the Romans to enter Syria - reaching Damascus and soon Ctesiphon in 621 his last reduct was in Roman Arabia and he was finally defeated in September 30th of that year - yet he managed to flee to Mecca where the Arabs posed themselves as hostiles to the Roman empire. He died after a revolt took down the leadership of the city in 627 - yet his ideals of a free Eastern empire didn't. In 628 a man known in Mecca that survived the riots begin preaching a new religion - Islam. Soon the Arabs began uniting. By 633 he already had control over most of Arabia. The tired military presence in Persia from Rome was felt but it wasn't until 634 when the Arab Islamic Caliphate Invaded Mesopotamia. Muhammed died in 636 with The Levant being under his control but it was the Caliphs to follow him that successfully conquered Roman Egypt and Southern Roman Persia to Islam. However, their expansionism wouldn't last long as the Emperor Augustus Aurelius in 658 would reconquer Southern Persia after the Arabs tried to conquer India. The Romans sided with the Indians and in 661 they had recovered a great amount of their losses and the Levant. It was in the battle of Sinai when the Arabs realized that holding Egypt would be more costly than keeping it - releasing the territories into full chaos as there were many Muslims that had settled in the region soon causing complete civil war dividing the region in three: Cyrenaica, Alexandria and Nile. Only the Sultanate of Nile hosted a Muslim majority. The Romans soon took advantage gaining the north back. The south, however, asks aid of the Caliphate in Arabia as their parent nation. The Arabs were, however, unable to aid. By 663 The Sultanate of Nile collapsed with the Romans regaining their border and leaving a Rump Nile government in the south. The Romans were strong but it wasn't until 725 After the end of the Arab-Roman Wars another conflict presented to Rome this time from Europe. From the North the Nortmanni, mainly from the Danes, as the Roman Empire had for its last century traded and done punitive campaigns into the regions with local tribes that assaulted the regions of Germania Slavica (or Germania Venedae). The collapse of the German Limes of Rome show a big failure in the Roman military which Emperor Arcadius seeks to fix as soon as he can. By 800 the Romans had defeated the Danes but it ended as a Pyrrhic victory with little to no gains and only with the small securing of the Suevic Sea for the time being. In between 800 and 1150 the Secunda Pax Romana occurred which literally meant the pacification and Romanization of all territories within Roman domination mainly focusing in Germania, Scythia, Persia, Phazania and Gaetulia. The events in Europe that implied expansion mostly occurred in Scandinavia and Eastern Russia. The end of the Secunda Pax Romana is officially in 1279 when the emperor and the praetor of Graecia in the battle of Taurica as the Merkit empire reaches the Roman empire after the defeat in the battles of Caspium and Balucia in Eastern Roman Persia. However, the success of the advance made by the Merkit against the empires in the east and the west, however, the access to the Mediterranean that the Merkits wished to reach wasn't reached as the Roman army managed to stop them in the battle of Ctesiphon and the battle of Sebastopolis. The success the Romans had was big enough to stop the advance but put pressure that the Romans couldn't handle as the vikings continued raiding the cities of Northern Germania and Gaul. The successful and continuing expansion of the Scandinavians into the northern regions. Germania is however finished in the battle of Verolinum (OTL Berlin) where Gaius Fabius "Germanicus" Sabinus stops the advance of Harald of Geatland into the Alba River and reverses the successful advance of the Geats southwards. In Northern Europe, the Scandinavian peninsula is divided in four as the Saami in Finland have managed to consolidate their power in most of their regions while the Geats and the Swedes have continued their fights. <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"> }}

Map Contest 4 (Closed): Our Southern Neighbor
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;">PoD: A country from the Southern Hemisphere becomes a regional, then global, power.

Challenge: Create a map of the world, including a global power based in the Southern Hemisphere. This map can be from any time period, just be sure to say which time period. Be sure to include labels, map keys, subdivisions of countries, etc.

Time Frame: Two weeks, August 18 - August 31
 * Voting Starts August 19, 0:00 UTC

Beware the Islands Left There Forever -Kogasa


In this timeline, the Majapahit begun to strengthen themselves and didn't fall, soon becoming a regional power. Soon, the Majapahit decided to go on a conquest, and later conquered the other Indonesian Kingdoms, including taking Srivijaya in 1377. Hinduism and Buddhism managed to gain much strength all over Indonesia as a result.

Soon, in 1425, Zheng He had discovered the New World, which were later named named Běiguó (North Land) and Nánguó (South Land), respectively. Soon, a Chinese colony was founded around OTL Chile called Yuanxian. In 1450, the Majapahit managed to established a colony in Běiguó.

By the time Columbus landed in Cuba, he ran into some Chinese and Majapahit people who had claimed the island. When Columbus tried to flee, his ship was fired at and sunk. Later in 1500, China and Majapahit were the first nations to industrialise.

Portugal managed to successful establish a colony on Brazil, though in 1555, the Chinese colony of Yuanxian ran into Portugal's Brazil colony, and soon the War of the South took place. Majapahit sided with China, while Spain sided with Portugal. The war ended in 1570, with a Chinese and Majapahit victory. Soon, in 1755, Yuanxian peacefully declared independence from China, and soon declared war against Portuguese Brazil in 1795. Portugal lost the war again, and the remains of Brazil were annexed by Yuanxian.

Meanwhile in 1600, the Majapahit managed to colonise Australia and New Zealand. Russia also ended up colonising most of Canada and part of Alaska.

Upon the European's arrival in Asia, they faced many defeats by the powerful Asian nations, and were kicked out. Soon, in 1700, the Majapahit begun colonising Southern Africa.

By the modern and current day, Yuanxian and the Majapahit (now called Indonesia) are the Hyperpowers of the world, with China and Japan being superpowers. Meanwhile, Europe is mostly divided between Napoleon's France, Scandinavia, Russia, and Iberia, and less advanced than the Asians. Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism are the major religions of the world. Japan and China also became Republics in the early twentieth century.

The main characters of the Touhou Project are Byakuren Hijiri, Seiga Kaku and Kogasa Tatara.

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Doctored Doctrine


Here's the gist of it. The Monroe Doctrine is never created as we know it in OTL. In the ATL, the Monroe Doctrine simply states that the US refuses to be interfered with or influenced by foreign powers. This allows Europe a free hand in Southern and Central America, leading to a British-dominated United Provinces of Central America and Napoleon III-backed Empire of Mexico (with the Austrian ruler). The French presence in Mexico helps them better relations with Austria, and Austria and France go on to stop Bismarck and Prussia in their tracks. The rival powers of Europe each support their pick of the South American nations: Gran Colombia (Britain), Brazil (France) and Patagonia (Spain).

However, this increased foreign presence in the Americas has its negative drawbacks on history as well. When the Confederate States declare independence in 1857, Napoleon III's France and Victorian England, both gradually turning their backs on democracy and freedom, support the nascent republic, hoping to gain a better foothold in the Americas. The United States decides that this is a violation of the Monroe Doctrine, and turns to other nations in Europe for help. Russia, Austria and the Netherlands back the United States. This devolves into what is later called the First Universal War (Britain, United States, France, British Quebec and Keewatin) or the First Patriotic War (Russia, Austria, Confederate States). The results are inconclusive. Each power involved makes their own separate treaties with the opposition. Ultimately, however, British Canada is cut back by US and Russian expansion, the CS gains its independence, the US seizes land from Mexico, France annexes the Netherlands and Belgium, Prussia is reduced again, and Greenland and Iceland fall under British control from the Danes. Austria gains colonial territory in Africa and Indonesia is divided between the Prussians, Austrians and French.

In 1870, the memory of the war is still fresh in everyone's mind and Russia begins a sweeping conquest of China and Central Asia. The Ottomans, undisturbed and faring much better than some nations of the war, consolidate their hand in Africa and build the Sinai Canal, and conquer Persia, becoming a country rich with oil. French India also expands, with massive revolts against the British quietly sponsored by the Russians occurring annually. The French end up colonizing eastern India and stretch their land to the Pacific, taking control of Burma, Siam and Malacca, as well as Hong Kong and other lands from the dying China. Japan also experiences a massive change during this time: immigrants pour in from all other nations and revolt against the Empire with the backing of the peasant classes, establishing the Japanese Republic, taking control of Formosa and Korea, and expanding into China.

The world is just one big nuclear bomb dying to blow up in 1900, and this is where things really start to change. Queen Victoria has been assassinated, and a dictatorship arises in Britain, fortifying its control overseas and re-affirming its alliance with France and Spain. Russia and Austria have formed an unlikely coalition against their neighbors with the Ottomans. However, revolution in Russia occurs against Tsar Nicholas II, and he is forced to create a constitutional monarchy to keep his head on his neck and himself on his throne. This prompts similar revolutions in Austria, Denmark, Prussia, and the Ottoman Empire, with each one being successful, and a republic being formed in Denmark.

The world blows up again in 1911 when Spanish-influenced Naples attacks the Austrian influenced Papal States. Austria quickly declares war on Naples, leading to Spain declaring war on Austria, followed by the Russian declarations of war on France and Spain. France and Britain later declare war on Russia, Austria, the Ottomans, and Naples, followed by Denmark joining the Allies (France, Britain, Spain, Naples), invading Prussia, creating a full-out East-West Europe War. The war seeps out of Europe and Africa when Japan jumps the gun and invades British and French China, hoping to control them. Not long afterward, the UCPA and Mexico join the Allies, causing Colombia and Brazil to enter the war on the Allied side. The United States, feeling menaced by being surrounded by enemies, declares war on the Allies, invading Mexico and the UCPA and sending forces to aid Japan and attack Colombia and Brazil. This Second Universal War/Second Patriotic War ends in 1915, with the Allies losing for the most part. Prussia gains back some territory from and France, Japan makes gains in China, as well as annexing the Philippines. The Ottomans force British India to the Balochistani border.

After 15 years of recovery time, it seems that war will once again erupt universally. Oswald Mosley, the Chancellor of Britain, begins to purge natives from Keewatin, Quebec, Ireland, Albion, Cornwall, and Cookland. His generals Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill create a formidable puppet state out of Ireland, harshly controlling the Irish people. Napoleon II's France has been overthrown and a Communist state has been established in its stead, with the colonies included within it. Brazil has changed positions and has entered a strong alliance with the United States. The Ottoman Empire has fallen to anarchy and is not fit for any grand wars, with the masters in Anatolia struggling to force their hand in the Balkans, Persia, Tripolitania, and Egypt. Britain and France have slowly become war machines, and Francisco Franco becomes something of a Mussolini analogue in Spain, great pals with Oswald Mosley. War is undoubtly on the horizon.

(Another fun map. Toyed around with the South American power thing. Instead of one, I have three! Labelled version.)

OTL analogues
Just wanted to let y'all understand what's leading up to the Third Universal War.


 * Oswald Mosley. He's the Hitler of Britain ATL.
 * Francisco Franco. He's the Mussolini of Spain ATL.
 * Union of Frankish Boursier Republics (France): The USSR of ATL. Overseas colonies are part of the UFBR too.

ATL US Presidents
For those wondering.
 * Abraham Lincoln (1857 - 1865) R
 * William H. Seward (1865 - 1873) R
 * Samuel J. Tilden (1873 - 1881) D
 * James G. Blaine (1881 - 1889) R
 * Grover Cleveland (1889 - 1897) R
 * William McKinley (1897 - 1905) R
 * Theodore Roosevelt (1905 - 1917) D
 * Calvin Coolidge (1917 - 1925) R
 * Robert LaFollette (1925 - 1929) R
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt (1929 - present) D

ATL CS Presidents
Again, for those wondering.
 * 1) William Yancy (1857 - 1867) D
 * 2) Jefferson Davis (1867 - 1872) D
 * 3) Thomas Jackson (1872 - 1882) W
 * 4) John W. Daniel (1882 - 1892) W
 * 5) Woodrow Wilson (1912 - 1922) W
 * 6) Huey Long (1932 - present) D
 * 1) Woodrow Wilson (1912 - 1922) W
 * 2) Huey Long (1932 - present) D
 * 1) Huey Long (1932 - present) D
 * 1) Huey Long (1932 - present) D

Nova Roma - Sine
The timeline is based on the idea of what if the Roman empire's had survived after the Down of the Roman era, and the arrival of the Islamic religion.

The timeline starts in 540 when Belisarius conquers Italy from the Ostrogoths after the conquer of the Vandal kingdom of Carthage, Instead of fighting to finish Totila's army, he accepts his offer to become the Emperor of the west, after this Justinian sends Narses to fight him but after five year period no victory is reached. Hence, forcing the Byzantine empire in leaving the regions of Italy and the western Mediterranean (as Africa was captured by the armies of Belisarius).

The capture of Carthage was the biggest challenge the army of Belisarius faced, but many of the Vandals who remained in Africa backed his invasion seeking to form a more benign government towards them in North Africa rather than subduing to the Byzantine culture. By 544 most of North Africa beyond Carthage was caught by the Western armies.

With the arisal of a Roman empire again in the west many began seeking for the aid of the Christian lords of Rome, with this Belisarius starting the Visigoth-Roman war that yields the retrieval of the Hispanian provinces of Baetica and parts of Lusitania. The war successful is the last war lead by belisarius who begins the Pax Italia, with the reunification of Italy under a new Roman ruling and by 567 Belisarius dies of a heart attack in his palace of Carthage, where he was planning to set his capital city due to Rome's weakness, and the reconstruction of the Roman defense.

The rest of the 5th century continues peacefully with the regaining of parts of the Roman Italy and Rhaetia and the beginning of the losing of the gains in Spain by the Roman armies.

In the beginning of the 6th century the Roman empire manages to hold the Hispanian colonies after the Kings of Visigothic spain become christian, mainly due to the growth of local lords and the backing of the Roman structure among many of the Baetican inhabitants.



In the East, the Persians who have been in conflict with the Byzantines for long enough since the era of Justinian pacified ephemerally by the Emperor Mauritius who aids a Persian shah to keep control of its empire, but with the death of Mauritius in 602 the Dhah invades the Levant, and soon tries to invade the Anatolian territories of Byzantium and sieging constantinople in 605, with this starting a 13-year long conflict (602-615) leading to a crysis among many of the territories that faced the conflict and the empires themselves who were forced to waste valuable resources to fight each other, after the war finishes the weakened persian and Byzantine armies were forced to protect their own empires. By 630 the Islamic empire comes to existance after Muhammed defeats the forces of the Mecca and Medina, assuring its control of Arabia, by 645 after the death of Muhammed in 636, the followers of Islam Invade Persia and by 651 they Invade the levant, occupying Egypt in 662 with the decisive defeat of the Byzantine armies in Alexandria and the final destruction of the Alexandrian library, the rest of the century is demarcated by the continuous expansion of the Islam, and in Rome by the Defeat of the Islamic Horde in the battle of Carthage (682) where the armies of the Muslims face the Roman legions in bigger number (3x1) being defeated by the succesful tactic of Heraclianus, a local African inhabitant of Carthage.

The defeat of the Muslims in the west yet causes the focusing of them into Anatolia and the Balkans where on many occasions they launch raidings and sieges to constantinople. Leading to the downfall of the Greek empire for the remaining of the Dynasty, Until Basileios a Greek inhabitant of Thrace leads a revolt against the Byzantine monarchy in 708 that is backed by the Romans leading to an increasing of Roman-Byzantine relations, and to the securing of the Byzantium, as the Bulgars are taken back to the empire in 715 and the Eastern Border secured by 717.



In France the Kingdom of Aquitaine and Burgundy unify in 625 to fight the Neustrians and the Austrasians, by 650 reaching power and unifying in a kingdom of Gaul centered around Bordeaux by 689 breakaway kingdom of Narbona forms from the visigothic kingdom joining with Gaul kingdom as a vassal state beginning a crisis between the Gauls and Visigoths who wanted to regain their lost lands. Yet by 705 the Visigoths Failure was proven as many states such as the Kingdom of Asturias Legio, The Kingdom of Pamplona Cantabria and Olisipo being the main exponents, by 725 the Visigoth monarchy had ceased existing effectively. in 750 the Ummayad Caliphate collapses into surprising disarray as the over expansionism.However, due to the success the Ummayad has the Egyptian population side with them, by 755 after five long years of civil war the Abbasids are defeated in the battle of Damascus, where the Islam divides the Ummayads take the Sunni Islam as their main religion while the Abbasids take Shi'a Islam as their primary religion, with it beginning a severe crisis among the Muslim peoples.

In Europe, France is reunited as Charles Martel in Northern Gaul invades the domains of Aquitaine completely conquering the kingdom and Conquering Cantabria and Pamplona for the frankish yet losing southern Narbona to the Romans who seeked to expand their domination in Spain and their influence. While this, the inhabitants of Legio capturing the most Northwestern Spain from the Visigothic remains.

Map Contest 5 (Open): Principia Moderni II Crossover
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;">PoD: Several PoD's exist (and listing them all would take forever)

Challenge: Using the  as a base map, create a present-day map of the Principia Moderni II world. Almost anything goes, just be plausible

Time Frame: Two weeks, September 1 - September 14
 * Voting Starts September 13, 0:00 UTC

The Lost Emotion - Kogasa


In this timeline, the Mononobe Shogunate saw a new power change in 1810, as opposed to waiting until Shogun Mononobe Kiyohito steps down in 1815. However, instead of the Rokkaku Shogunate coming into power, the Satomi Clan makes a comeback and re-establishes the Satomi Shogunate. The reformed Shogunate brought back Buddhism, and also kept up with industrialising. All of the remaining Japanese colonies, except Kochiya, declared independence sometime before 1820. In Europe, the German Empire invaded Saxony and Bayern in 1820, and won this time around. As a result Bayern and Saxony were annexed, along with most of their overseas territories. Bayern's Indonesia and Australia colony declared independence.

Meanwhile in 1830, Orissa invaded the German territories in India again and won, after much preparing. Ethiopia expanded more into Africa, and begun to take some European colonies along.

In 1835, Kasodani invaded the Mayan Empire's California colony, and managed to win most of it. A few years later, New Manchuria and Baitudu invaded and destroyed Kasodani. Soon, said Chinese colonies declared independence in 1840 and formed Kǎsīkǎidíyà (Cascadia).

In 1850, the Dominion of Neu Berlin managed to annex the Italian and Portuguese colonies in Hakurei (Japanese name for North America), and later managed to purchase the French colonies. Soon they get into a cold war with the Ethiopian colonies in the North along with Scandinavia.

In 1851, became Empress of Japan. She managed to oversee some reforms and the slow transition to democracy. However, the Japanese Buddhist-Taoist War in the 1870s had torn Japan up so bad, that it collapsed. In 1880, Japan was invaded by Ethiopia and Germany. As a result, Ethiopia managed to gain Okinawa and Kyushu, while Germany gained Shikoku and Honshu. The remains of Japan were taken over by the Rokkaku clan and established the Empire of Reiuzi, which controls Hokkaido, Karafuto, the Seikaku Islands (OTL Chishima/Kuril), and Reiuzi (OTL Kamchatka and other parts of the Russian Far East). Empress Go-Shōtoku had fled to the Republic of Byakuren as well.

In Africa, Ethiopia managed to conquer most of Southern Africa, up until around Angola-Mozambique, and most of West Africa also fell to Ethiopia. Meanwhile Kazami had merged into the Federal Republic of Tojiko, and Egypt's South Africa colony took the rest of South Africa.

In Amazonia, the Empire of Brazil declared independence sometime in 1870 and went on to conquer the German, Indian and Italian colonies/puppets with the help of Colombia (formerly part of France until 1860).

In 1900, the Fourth/Fifth World War broke out, with the Allies (Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Brazil, Mayan Empire, and the Republic of Byakuren), on one side and the Central Powers (Scandinavia, Wales, Cyprus, Mali, Ethiopia, and India) on the other. The Allies won and had taken large pieces of lands. Scandinavia collapsed, Wales was Balkanised, the Netherlands declared independence, Brittany went back to France, and a few other things.

Later, in 1910, Kǎsīkǎidíyà was invaded by Neu Berlin and after seven years, was conquered. Mali was also annexed into Ethiopia in 1915 after interfering in the Mali Civil War.

In 1930, Italy suffered a revolution, and a year later, Siam and other Italian puppets/colonies in South East Asia declared independence and went into a union with Myanmar (except for the Italian colony in Papua). China also suffered a revolution and a huge civil war. The New Harbin colony attempted to declare independence, but was invaded and annexed by the Mayan Empire.

Since 1940, the Cold War rose between the Comintern (Italy, China, Egypt, Arabia, East African Federation), the French-Portuguese Alliance (Portugal, France, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina), the Asian-African Co-Prosperity Sphere (India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Cambodia), and the Allies (Russia, Germany, Neu Berlin, Mayan Empire, Federal Republic of Tojiko-Kazami). Meanwhile Switzerland, Selk'nam, the Republic of Byakuren, the Myanmar-Siam Union, and Persia form the Non-Aligned Movement.

In 1990, the Perishable Revolutions took place almost around the world. Some new nations had formed, and the Comintern nations transitioned to Democracy. As for Communist China, it reformed its government to the Chinese Government of OTL. Meanwhile New Gondar (Ethiopian Japan) was invaded and conquered by Neu Hannover (German Japan). Kǎsīkǎidíyà again declared independence and is ruled by a Fascist Government led by Chinese.

By modern day, Germany, Neu Berlin, China, Russia, India, and Brazil are the superpowers. The Cold War has ended with all nations co-operating with each other and such.

The main characters in the Touhou Project are Hata no Kokoro and Koishi Komeiji. The characters from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Ten Desires do not exist, except for Toyosatomimi no Miko (who becomes an Extra Stage Boss in Undefined Fantastic Object), and Mamizou Futatsuiwa (who appeared in Double Dealing Character, and is still a friend of Nue Houjuu). Said games were replaced by Mystical Power Plant and Concealed the Conclusion, respectively.

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 * If I'm honest, I wasn't really sure about the backstory, but the map gets my vote. [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 22:09, September 1, 2013 (UTC)

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Tonight, We Dine in the Shade - Scraw


In this PMII ATL, the German Empire and its allies emerge victorious in the Great Global War of 1772. A famous unknown general rallied his losing troops outside Berlin, echoing the words spoken by Spartan King Leonidas III hundreds of years before him. They force the enemy back but this general is killed in the defense of Berlin. Now re-energized, the Germanic Reich forces its will south and quickly invades and conquers Dresden, Munich and Amsterdam in quick succession, followed by Luxembourg extending into France and regaining its lost territory in Picardy. A decade later, the Germanic Reich emerges stronger than ever and sets out to destroy its enemies and betraying allies. Wales and France are the first targets of the Reich. Avalon fails to put up a good fight since the English are more than ready to throw off their oppressive Celtic rulers, and the Reich annexes its fellow Germanic brothers in England, and Avalon is burned to the ground. France, however, puts up a better fight, and is only defeated when re-inforcements are called up from the Balkans. After France is destroyed, Mysore and Orientalia attack Orissa, aiming to end their power on the subcontinent and on a global scale. Orissa is reduced to Sindhustan and Rajputana, and Hinduism is outlawed in Mysore and Orientalia. Soon however, colonies of Italia, Russia, and China revolt on the North American continent. Neu Berlin manages to invade and conquer the Italian and Russian lands.

By 1850, the Reich controls Europe west of Russia and north of Italy and Portugal. Georgia takes a risky move and invades the Arabian Federation, with the backing of Ethiopia. Two decades later, however, a true Global War breaks out. The Republic of New China (New Manchuria, New Harbin, Baitudu) invades Japanese Kasodani. The Mayan Empire takes its side, but the Germanic Reich takes the side of the defenders. China and Russia, long standing allies of the Reich, follow suit. Eventually, Neu Prussen comes to control the Caribbean, and the Antillian continent is a massive high tension zone between the Reich and the Mayans.

By modern day (sorry, I got lazy), the world is in a Cold War between the Reich, Russia and China, while the rest world is divided between these hyperpowers. These hyperpowers are truly hyperpowers, in every sense of the word, even extending their reach beyond this green planet.

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 * Bfoxius (talk)

Its a Technocratic World - Imp


Note: This is the rudimentary map: It does not have all the elements completed.

In a world where Socialism has won out, not Capitalism, the situation could never be more unsure. Since the outright victory of the allies in the ten-year war, or the war of 1772-82, due to Orissa declaring outright war and helping to destroy Germany, the world goes on to change more than anyone imagined.

With the destruction of Germany, Saxony and Bavaria claim all the land and go onto unite into one nation through Personal Union. The angry new nation burns many elements of the previous government and establishes a new capital for its nation, Berlin. The former German Royal Family flees hurriedly to Neu Berlin, which becomes their new home. From there, the nations recover from the war, before Wales goes onto attack the Dutch. The nations which fought in the previous war looked on, too exhausted to declare war. The Welsh manage to take over the majority of the Dutch nation, yet in the South - the state still survived. When the Welsh declared war 10 years later, United Germany and its allies the United Maharajya and Imperium Axum were not so lenient.

The Welsh were defeated swiftly and harshly. Their mainland was quickly placed under German control, with the Germans quickly moving in as protectors of the Netherlands, with their Royal Family kileld by the Welsh in the war. The next in line were the United German Family, who quickly added the nation into their fold. The United Maharajya regained many of its lands and gained a few more, while the Imperium Axumites gained land.

And then began the age of expansion and discovery.

Countries expanded, colonies were bought and sold - profits were made. In Antillia, the Chinese expanded - and so did the Japanese. Neu Brandenburg on the other hand was quick to take control of the former Russian colony in the area, followed by the buying of the Portuguese colony. Its population boomed as a steady stream of colonists arrived from Germany - those who did not like the current ruling family.

Yet the world would be rocked by the Second World War. In 1842, the Mayans moved in to take over the Italian colony. They found an unlikely ally in the Russians. With their help, they captured much of Italian Antillia. The Neu Brandenbergers cleverly stayed neutral in the war, focusing on expansion of their lands. However, Italia would respond, followed by the Maharajya and the Bazantines. In an accident, Maharajyan troops would cross into Portuguese territory, which led to Portugal declaring war on them. However, they would be no match for the coalition and at the end of the war, the Russians would lose their remaining colony, while the Mayans would be destroyed. The Portuguese would come out with the least lost - staying on the defensive most of the war.

Yet the war would take a heavy toll and would bring about the rise of Technocracy.

With the end of the war, nations began to rebuild. Ethiopia and Orissa entered a Personal Union when the Emperor and Maharani married. This brought about quite a few problems in the nations. To solve this, a united language which had been in the pipelines was worked on and made the official language of the Union. All schools had to teach the language as a first, not second language, along with Hindi in Orissa and Armidic in Ethiopia.

From there onward, Socialism would grip first Italia, then the Union of Axum and the Maharajya and eventually Japan. The neutrality of Germany to world affairs would save it for a while, and France's location would benefit it greatly. However, things soon changed for them too. The Russian Empire had steadily been expanding, gobbling up states in Central Asia, and indoctrinating them in the ways of individualism and orthodoxy. Islam had been banned in the Empire following a resurgent Arabia (which collapsed soon after the second world war) and the nations' new citizens were eager to prove themselves. They got the chance when United Germania was invaded in large force. Despite superior numbers, good planning and strategies helped the Germans win many battles. In the end some land was lost, but the nation survived. France in this period also saw war as its colony in Antillia was invaded. Fighting overseas, the nation could not keep supplies running to the colony, which fell due to a blockade by Neu Brandenberger forces, along with an invasion.

Socialism in all these countries began to play a major part in the people's lives

On the other hand, Neu Brandenburg and Cascadia grew closer, as China, Russia and Neu Brandenburg increased trade and power. Portugal too began to align itself to these powers. Where in other countries Socialism was beginning to take hold, these countries saw the rise of Individualism. The belief that any man can make it big if he worked hard enough helped many people connect with this.

Meanwhile, in the Union of Axum and the Maharajya - as the nation expanded so did the area they had to govern. This led to a huge number of Orissans migrating to Africa to help colonise parts with little people and help set up businesses and extract the minerals from the ground. The country was rife with Socialist ideas, with plurocontinentalism keeping the whole nation together. In German territories, many moved to Africa or Australasia in search of new jobs, leading to their population booming. France too saw the same happened as its people colonised Atlantia and North Africa in heavy numbers. This lead to German and French territories having at least 40% of their population being white. Italia saw a huge boom in Antillia as its people, too, headed toward the new nation in large numbers to start new lives.

Yet everything was about to change, as the Third World War began.

On a fateful day in April 1875, Neu Brandenburg moved into the Japanese colony on the Pacific coast to get an access to the Pacific. This got a rapid response from Japan and its close ally the Union of Axum and the Maharajya. However, the Chinese too attacked looking for the remainder of Sahakin from the Japanese, followed by the Russians attacking the Far East Republic. Japan and its ally were in a tough position, looking to fight back but forced to go the defensive. Things changed when Russia rolled into Romania, waking the sleeping powerhouse. Portugal got pressured into joining and attacked the French and their colonies, and Germania knew they had to get into the act to save themselves. 12 bloody years of war would see all sides heavily exhausted, but the Japanese, Italians and their close allies, who would form the Pact in the middle of the war, would push back Russia mile by mile. When Moscow was captured, Russia was forced onto the negotiating table.

The terms were fought over and hardpressed. In Antillia, the Neu Brandenbergers didn't lose anything, they gained a slice of the Japanese colony, but had to pay reparations to the colony and the Italian nation to the south. Portugal lost some amount of land in Atlantia, but nothing major. Russia lost land, however. In the Far East, the small state of the Far East would gain land and move their borders upward, while in the Crimea, a state for Jews was created when the murder of their kind came to the attention of the Pact. Over 1.5 Million Jews were needlessly killed by the Russians as they were blamed when the attacks failed. China lost a lot in the war. Large portions of the colony in Alaska was broken up and made independent, with a small rump state to the North left under their control. They also lost land in the South to Siam and Khmer state.

The war saw many new inventions. Naval battlescrusiers appeared in massive sizes, and took part in huge engagements, while the first Tanks rolled out of the Italian side, which were quickly duplicated around the world. The Russians took the design of the tank and did what they do best, made it massive. Their Behemoths truly were formidible in battle, but they lost the ability to turn quickly and were lost in great numbers when ambushed. In 1877, four brothers in the Union of Axum and the Maharajya had built the first heavier-than-air craft to fly. This was quickly researched and put into production to fly in the war by 1881. This allowed the Union a whole new superiority and helped track enemy movements. It took time for other members of the Pact to duplicate the designs, along with the enemy. But by the end of the war, the first aircraft carriers were coming out of drydocks to engage in the battles.

But the war had come at a massive cost. 225 Million lives had been lost in the 12 years of fighting and had caused the world huge amounts of damage. Many nations began to grow unstable and the people got angry with the large loss of life. Socialist governments got more power, and the era of Socialism around the world began. In the losers' camp, Individualism evolved into Capitalism and helped stabilse the nation. Ironically, Russia would become the leader of the Capitalist side, while China and Neu Bradenburg would follow suit. Portugal would also become Capitalists as its merchants saw the ideology beneficial.

Japan had also lost much of its Royal Family in attacks carried out by the Russians, and the remaining Royal Family married into the Union and Japan became part of it. The united language evolved as a result, with linguists working out the simplest combination of all three languages. This new language would replace the old language and become the new first language to be taught in schools. It would be a tricky time, but good leadership would get the nation through.

By the 1920s, the world had calmed down. The Socialist governments began to evolve. In Italia, this transition was bloody as the Socialist government ruled with an iron fist. The people protested and an uprising broke out - leading into civil war. Four years of the nation's history would be wasted in the fighting. Eventually, the people would win and a constitution would be written, only allowing those qualified and intelligent enough to be elected to power. Italia would be the first technocracy in the world. The Union of the Star would be the next to become technocratic, as the people elected those willing to create a new constitution. The last to follow would be Germania and France and would all become Technocratic. The Pact would rename itself to the Technocratic Pact and would be in fierce competition with the Capitalist Alliance.

What would happen next would bring the world closest to World War IV it has ever been. The small breakaways in Antillia would unite under a fascist leader and would militarise the whole nation. They would go on to invade Neu Brandenburg (which by this time contained the former Chinese colony which had joined with them). They would be the first to utilise jet-powered aircraft and would rock the Star state of Kasodani too, bringing the Union into the war. However, an accidental attack on one of the Neu Brandenberger outposts by Union troops would bring a counter-attack. The commanders realised what had happened and had ordered a cease-fire, letting both sides realise that it was a case of friendly fire. The facist state would be defeated and Neu Brandenburg would take up its mandate, absorbing them 70 years later.

Competition between the two blocks would be fierce. The Capitalists would get the first man in Space in 1947, and the first manned orbit around the moon in 1951, but it would be the Technocratists who would land the first man on the moon in 1955. The Capitalists would follow suit in 1956 and the race for the first to reach Mars would begin. When 2 missions from the Capitalists side failed in 1962 and 1964, and one from the Technocratists in 1964, the sides would realise they would need to work together. The two sides would accomplish wonders together and the first humans would land on Mars in 1969. From there each side would go to build their own settlements on the Red Planet. However, the Pact shifted gears and began to focus on Venus instead. They had realised that the planet could not be habitable in 1956 itself, but curiousity would get the better of them and they would send manned missions around the Planet in the 70s.

The planet would also be altered by the humans. In Africa, the Sahara would be experimented on using methods of cloud seeding. Many disasters would occur, but by the 80s, the humans would manage to master the rains in the area and it would be changed to make it suitable to grow crops. The same would happen in Australia too. Meanwhile in Space, massive Orbital Stations would be constructed and would use spin to create artificial gravity. Venus would continue to attract most of the attention of the scientist and massive rays would begin to harvest the carbon dioxide to break it apart into carbon gas and oxygen. The remaining carbon dioxide would be transported to Mars and used there.

By the late 90s, Neu Brandenburg and Germania would begin to reconcile, beginning talks and increasing trade in their respective nations. The two would grow close once more. Meanwhile, the planet would come to be dominated by one hyperpower, the Union of the Star. A common language would be spoken in its realms and its people would mix. No one area has a clear majority of ethnicity. In former Axum, there is a vast mix of Orissan and Ethiopian people, with significant number of Japanese desendants. In former Japan, there is a vast of Orissan and Japanese people with a large number of Ethiopian people's. In the Maharajya, there is a large mix of peoples' too, with no place not being visible to have different ethnicities.

The world is an uncertain place, but it is healing. The Technocratic Pact and the Capitalist Alliance are taking part in joint exercises. Thourium is powering the world's cities, freeing up the oil for space travel. People are colonising Mars and huge spacedocks construct the needs of the materials needed for the Venusian Project. The world is an uncertain place, but it could never be more certain that things will get better.

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 * Trying to understand why and how Japan, Ethiopia and India are one nation. ~Scraw
 * I haven't completed my write-up yet :P [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 20:35, September 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the text wall, I really got into my back story LOL. :D [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 21:58, September 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * This one has my vote. :P Flag of the Hurian Federation.png Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan" 22:08, September 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * And mine. The one and only Guns, who is too lazy to go to source mode and type out his real sig. (talk) 22:12, September 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * Mine too Airlinesguy (talk) 12:13, September 12, 2013 (UTC)

Welsh-French Conflicts -  Sine
This one is pretty simple. In this case, France enters into a more proactive campaign against Welsh presence in Gaul territory and by 1808 a war broke out in which France - with the aid of Orissa and a Germanica - manage to strongly defeat the Welsh. It recovers Britanny from the Welsh and gains Puerto Rico and Welsh Argentina while the Orissans for some time get the colonies of the Welsh in Oceania and Germanica gains the other Antillian holdings and occupy England and Scotland. However in 1815, the Ethiopian war sparks as Germanica and China attack as pre-emptive situation Ethiopia's empire managing to make a fair defeat conquering their farthest territories. France remains neutral after entering the war for one year and getting Normandy and bargaining themselves for peace. In 1825 the French invade Greece and their colony of Nea Lefkosa, forcing by 1830 after a reluctant response from the Italians to aid the Greeks in their war. After the success from the French was crushing the Greeks fight, and the only real gain from this is the colony. In 1833 Germanica collapses after a complete invasion of their territories is perpetrated by the Bavarians and Saxons with aid of France, Orissa and the Welsh. In the peace treaty Neu Berlin gets independence, while their Northern Canadian territories are ceded to France and part to the Welsh. Persia grows strong by 1851 after conquering and unifying the Middle Eastern territories. However, their position is threatened by the Levantines, by 1853 entering to war with them and crushing the nation after a successful victory in Antioch. However, the greedy Persian Empire fights the Greeks in 1865 losing the newly gained parts as the Levantines wished a more indulgent nation to hold them. The Greeks fulfill this task and by 1871 the Byzantine Empire is remade again and it returns to its original borders for its most in 1874. Rebellions occur all over the Italian Empire and Southern Yugoslavia. Bulgaria joins the Byzantines, while Romania and Hungary ask for Russian aid. In Europe Italy's empire is finished and due to French-Italian war, the French gained some territory from them. However, Nuovo Italia becomes a Commonwealth republic for the Italians and OTL Australia is mostly another commonwealth nation of the Italians who still keep a lot of power. In 1898 the First World War (like OTL in that sense) occurs as Italy attacks Carthage. In dynastic union with the French empire, the conflict escalates as Greeks and Scandinavians join the side of Italy. While on the French side, the Germans and the Russians join. The war ends in 1904 after six years of war and the loss of Switzerland to the French from the Italians and Prussia to the Germans from Scandinavia and northern Scandinavia from the Russians to the Scandinavians. With this, the French as well get stronger control from the Scandinavian claims in North America. The Greeks lose some land to the Mayans who sided with the French. The next world war occurs in 1918-1923 after the Russians defend from a Greek campaign to gain control of Romania, Transcaucasia and Crimea from the Russians and the Persians. The French join to aid the Russians as well as Wales and Germany while Italy, Greece and now the Arab federation declares war on Persia and the French Axis. The war ends as a stalemate for most of the members but the Greeks whose fleet is destroyed and Constantinople is ephemerally taken and the war reparations put on their economy. This is what triggers a third world war in 1932 after a Greek uprising forming the Byzantine Republic which soon invades its unique ally which is Italy getting Yugoslavia and southern Italy. However, Italy and its new found allies Wales and France aid them putting down the Greek threat and restarting the Byzantine empire. From then on the colonial empires began collapsing and most of the world is linked to a parent nation as members of a commonwealth or through vassalage.

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Map Contest 6 (Open): Ancient Empires
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;">PoD: One or more ancient Empires survive until present day, forging regional and global powers.

Challenge: Create a map of the World, dominated by one or more ancient empires. This map can be from any time period, just be sure to say which time period. Be sure to include labels, map keys, subdivisions of countries, etc. (Note: By dominate, I mean this country has the most influence in the World. Other countries can and should still have some land.)

Time Frame: Two weeks, September 27 - October 14

Voting Starts October 13, 0:00 UTC

Nostalgic Empires of the East ~ Old World - Kogasa


In this timeline, Goguryeo decided to conquer the rest of the Korean Kingdoms in 477, and soon grew in power. Goguryeo would continue to expand and thrive. In the Indian subcontinent, the Maurya Empire had also managed to hold itself together and survive. With that, the Maurya Empire expanded its influence greatly to as far east as Papua and as far west as Persia. Hinduism would also spread to as far as China, while Taoism would spread as far as Malaysia. Even more, the Norse colony in North America became successful, and the Viking Age in Scandinavia would continue to thrive.

Later, in 1000, the Liao Dynasty attempted to invade Goguryeo, which failed. Soon the Koreans over time would expand into Siberia, including taking the island of Karafuto and even going as far as taking Hokkaido (홋카이도). Meanwhile the Maurya Empire had conquered the Himalayas along with parts of Tibet. The Vikings in Europe resisted the spread of Christianity, and also had conquered Scotland.

By the 1200s, the Mongol Empire emerged in Asia. However, they were not able to conquer either Korea nor China, but managed to conquer large parts of Central Asia, and expanded as far as Eastern Europe before their collapse in 1290.

During the time Columbus came around, most of the Americas were already divided between the Norse, the Koreans (who discovered it the 1350s), and Chinese. The Spanish managed to colonise the Caribbean and most of Central and parts of North America, while the Portuguese would barely manage to colonise a piece of South America. North America and South America are called North and South Vinland respectively. Then around the mid 1550s, the Russians ran into Korean Siberia, and launched a war against them. The attack was unsuccessful, and the Koreans took some Russian land.

In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched an invasion of Korea, which was not only unsuccessful, but the Koreans invaded and annexed most of Japan, leaving behind a Greater Kyoto as a rump state. Meanwhile the Maurya Empire resisted European attempts at colonisation quite well. The Norse continued to build their empire well, and had managed to conquer the rest of the British Isles.

Later in the 1670s, the Industrial Revolution occurred in Korea, China, and the Maurya Empire soon spreading to other parts of the world. When the Napoleonic Wars came around, the Norse sided with the Coalition and managed to defeat France. Following this, the French Region of Brittany was annexed by the Norse.

In modern day, the Maurya Empire (now the Republic of India), Song Dynasty, the Korean Empire, and the Norse Empire are the superpowers. Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism are the major religions of the world, with some Paganism surviving and thriving like the Norse and Finnish Paganism in the Nordic Region.

The main characters of the Touhou Project are Byakuren Hijiri (who is a Hindu, instead of Buddhist) and Seiga Kaku.

Everything that Kills Me Makes Me Feel Alive ~ Imp


Unlabelled map:

Ashoka the Great. The ruler who decided the way of peace is better than violence and became a Buddhist could have accomplished a great more if what didn't kill him from the inside, actually made him feel alive. Remaining a staunchly aggressive emperor, policies of spreading Hinduism to the surrounding areas would be enacted. A clear line of succession would be established, future rulers would have to learn all matters relating to kingship and an advisory would be established to get the peoples' views straight to the leader - headed by Brahmin priests to make sure no power grab was enacted under the ruler who felt death was just a consequence of ruling. The Arthashastra would become the main book for royalty with Ashoka seeking answers to his questions in the guide.

His successors would competent due to his actions, and if not - they would be removed by the advisory. Rebellions would be effectively crushed and the empire would remain strong and united. Stability would give the chance for sciences and the collective knowledge of the people to flourish. The Empire would expand, crushing the remaining Greek states to the west and the barbaric tribes to the north. Eventually, the empire's energies would be focused southward. Such a large empire would prompt democratic actions and the empire would slowly see democratisation of certain aspects.

The Mongols would capture much territories against the Mauya Empire, but its forces would destroy much of the invading armies. The Caliphate would also never manage to expand eastward and more trouble would be stirred in Europe. However, less of the Mongols would mean the moors would never be able to hold any land in Europe and would be forced back to the Maghreb and Arabia.

The world would be colonised earlier, with East-West conflict over spices becoming more heated and bloody. Ironically, a Mongol state would exist due to the weakness of their armies. Russia would never have nearly as many nationalities as OTL, while certain countries not existing at all. On our hands, we have a world hungry for resources going into space to satisfy these desires. The world is completely different because what should have killed Ashoka from the inside, only made him feel alive.

But something crucial is about to take place. It is 1983, and one man faces a monumentous decision, a decision which could change the course of history ...

​Votes
 * -Kogasa
 * GUNS - WHO IS AMAZING AND GLORIOUS AND MIGHTY AND GETS TWO VOTES xD

​Discussion​
 * Give me a chance guys and I'll get my map ready soon :L [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 23:34, October 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * Nearly there guys, wait up before the votes!!! :o [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 19:41, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * Swedo-Kieva. Swedo-Ki- What were you thinking?
 * Something interesting. Certainly got your attention eh? [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 21:41, October 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Unfortunately, I will have to go to Scraw, because imaginative though your piece is, his map is better. And this is a MAP contest. =)
 * Don't worry, my map STILL isn't finished yet. :P [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 21:52, October 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * GUNERIGA! WELL, THIS CHANGES THINGS xD
 * And there is another "hidden" name, too :P [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 23:32, October 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hidden my eye. But I'll not ruin it for the others. Dammit, Guns! Use your real sig! (talk) 23:33, October 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, so hidden. Scraw 22:45, October 18, 2013 (UTC)

The Sound of War ~ Scraw


VOTES:


 * [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 00:22, October 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mod and type out his real sig (talk) 21:50, October 15, 2013 (UTC)
 * The Mighty Guns is too Glorious (or lazy) to go to source mod and type out his real sig (talk) 21:50, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

The Empire of Evil -- Reximus55
I understand that the prompt was Ancient Empires, but from my young adult perspective, the Empire of Evil was ancient enough. That's right, this is all about the Soviet Empire.

It seems to me that the Map Contest was dying a bit, so when the vote to bring it back to life came up, I voted for it. Originally, I was intending to make maps for each contest, but that is a tall order, and I never got around to completing a single map.

Well, here you have it folks, simple, clean, logical:

Pax Sovietica is here to stay! The Evil Empire (American Capitalism) is no more!

-*- The views expressed in this alternate history do not reflect the views of Reximus55 in any way, shape or form. -*-

Comments
 * Doubt that this qualifies.
 * Same. Really Rex? REALLY. REALLY. And Communism works. Just not, you know, with humans.
 * I think this one gets disqualified. NOT AN ANCIENT EMPIRE REX. NOT AN ANCIENT EMPIRE.

Votes

 * GO OCTi (talk) 22:25, October 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * ) LOL

Fist Full of Whiskey --Guns
You quote my favorite song lines, Imp, and I'll quote yours =) In this ATL, Ivan III dies in 1466 due to alcoholism. His sucession is challenged and the Golden Horde is never overthrown and lasts to the modern day. The big blue thing in North America is called Scrawland.

POD: Yeah, I already said this.

History: In 1492, the Golden Horde, last remnant of the Mongol Hordes, came under the control of a new general, who led them in campaigns against Germany and Austria - the Holy Roman Empire. After over 30 years, the armies of Germany had been defeated and the hordes of the Horde were moving in. Among the many who fled West was one Johannes von Scraw, who went North, to the Kalmar Union. There, hearing tales of an ancient trip one of their own had taken to a land far away, von Scraw felt that this would be a place for all refugees to go to. In 1523, he set out with seven ships, each crammed to the rafters with refugees to desperate for anything else. Though most expected them to die, they in fact landed in the OTL Hudson bay. Von Scraw returned to tell of the land, and thousands more fled the Old World for the safer, newer one. Von Scraw lived to see his dream of a refuge come true, dying in peace in 1534. Shortly after, a name was agreed upon for the Continent; Scrawland.

As the Golden Hordes spread over Europe, Iberia and France unite, as does the Islamic world. China, too, is an Imperial power here, as is Japan, with Europe somewhat less so. However, Golden Horde has been collapsing, losing land in wars with the Caliphate, Japan, and in an independence war with Siberia. Colonial powers still exist. And all this horror might never have occurred - if Ivan had put down his fist full of whiskey.



Comments:

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 * My vote. XDXD


 * Yeah, that was intended. I'll put up a labeled one soon.
 * LOL. I still need to get my map and stuff ready. Haven't even decided yet. :P [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 19:26, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * MY FIRST VOTE! Yay! Yours, though, Scraw, should win. Your map was better.

Votes:
 * <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#080808 45%,#000000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Regen Seal.png|15px|border|link=User:Scrawland Scribblescratch]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">"I can feel your anger.   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog"> It gives you focus ... makes you stronger."  00:07, October 16, 2013 (UTC)

Map Contest 7 (Open): We Shall Do This For Mother Russia!
PoD: In the Russian Civil war, the Whites defeat the Reds. White Russia goes on to establish itself as a major world power.

Challenge: Create a map of the world with a White Russia. Be sure to include labels, map keys, subdivisions of countries, etc.

Time Frame: Two weeks, October 14 - October 26


 * Voting Starts October 25, 0:00 UTC

Sleepless Night of the Eastern European Country -Kogasa


In this timeline, the White Russians win the Civil War and prevented Communism from gaining a foothold. Meanwhile in the late 1920s, the United States turns Communist. Russia also improves its relations with Japan. Soon when the Second World War comes around, the Russians fight against Germany as normal. Japan doesn't attack Pearl Harbor and thus the United States doesn't enter the war in the Pacific. Soon in 1945, Germany is defeated and split as usual, while in Asia, Japan is successful.

The Cold War emerges with the Russian-Dai-tō-a Alliance against the Paris Pact on the other side. The Russians and Japanese manage to stay a step ahead of the United States, and manage to get a Man on the Moon first. Soon in the 1980s, the Paris Pact falls apart, Communist West Germany falls under Democratic East German rule, and the United States collapses in 1989.

By 2013, the European Union composed of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Benelux, Germany, France, and Russia.

The Superpowers in the World is Russia and Japan, and both maintain a close alliance. Mexico, Brazil and India become the new potential superpowers.

The Main Characters in the Touhou Project are Aya Shameimaru and Mononobe no Futo.

Discussion Votes
 * Maybe have the United States be still around but only consisting of seven, eight (I know they have names, too lazy to type them out) Florida and New England maybe? :L [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 12:11, October 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * No, they collapsed for good, sorry. However, there is the Commonwealth of Independent States that was established. Meanwhile Illinois and New England could eventually merge into some sort of Union State, but that's about it. -Kogasa [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|50px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|23px|border]] 2013 October 20, 14:37 (CET)

For the Motherland! - Scraw
Obviously, the Tsarists win the civil war. This has great impacts on World War I, bringing greater gains to a democratically reformed Russia, and imposing greater land losses on Germany and Austria-Hungary. This, in turn, causes less gain for France, which soon collapses under a Communist revolt. The Communist wave sweeps through Germany and then Austria, while Russia continues to make more groundbreaking democratic reforms. During this period, Japan launches an invasion of China, conquering it while it is still in massive disarray.

Tsar Nicholas II has another son, Alexander, and he goes on to rule as Alexander IV in the days leading up to the Second World War. The Comintern Pact is formed by France, Germany, and Austria, while the Allies are Russia, Italy, and Britain. The war starts as France invades Belgium and Luxembourg, while Germany invades the Netherlands and Bohemia with Austria. The British and Italians quickly jump to their defense, with the Russians following suit. Japan, seeing an opportunity to make greater gains than it already has, invades Russia, dividing the Russian attention on two fronts. Soon, the Comintern conquers its neighbors and next launches a massive blitz into Italy, crippling the Allied war effort. All hope seems lost until the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, dragging the United States into the war, revitalizing the Allies. Soon, the Comintern is defeated, and France is divided north-south (Britain-America-Russia) while Germany is split east-west (Russia-America). Russia also sets up puppet governments in Korea and Japan, while taking much of China.

Soon, a Cold War develops between America and Russia. Britain slowly begins to lose its colonial empire, and India is one of the first. Russia and America both see a chance to gain a new powerful ally. However, when India begins to have internal tensions, America backs off, while Russia supports the rebels, eventually creating Pakistan, which invades and conquers Afghanistan. When Bengal then proceeds to revolt from Pakistan, America supports this, creating a giant tension sphere in the Indian region.

Since France has been divided and conquered, its colonies overseas begin to slowly receive independence. One of the first is Indochina. Indochina quickly collapses into several different states which war against each other for five years in a great war known as the Indochina War (1947 - 1952). Vietnam emerges on top, controlling its neighbors and invades Siam, conquering it as well.

In the next thirty years, many events come close to bringing a nuclear apocalypse on the globe. However, in 1983, the Irish rebel against the British, after centuries of British rule. The Russians publicly support the Irish, causing great tensions between east and west. However, despite American efforts, Britain crumbles and leaves behind Ireland (Russia), Scotland (America), and England (America). Canada was also a major battleground, with the Quebecois fighting for independence. In the end, Canada as a whole becomes a part of the United States, ending all possibility of Russian influence in North America. Other former British countries fall into either camp.

Today, the world is a massive firecracker waiting to explode, while American and Russian leaders continue to try to make peace. But will there be peace? Ever?

Comments
 * I thought this was a democratic world ... [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 19:43, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * It is ... more or less ... <span style="-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFFFFF 50%,#FFFFFF 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(#FFD700 50%,#000000 50%));"><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding-bottom:1px;padding-top:1px;-webkit-border-radius: 1px 1px;-moz-border-radius: 1px / 1px;-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);background-image:-webkit-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#080808 45%,#000000 50%);background:-moz-repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse,#000000 45%,#202020 50%));border-top-left-radius:500px 400px;border-bottom-left-radius:500px 400px">           [[Image:Regen Seal.png|15px|border|link=User:Scrawland Scribblescratch]]    <span style="background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from(#ffffff), to(#ffffff)); -webkit-border-radius: 36px 12px; -moz-border-radius: 36px / 12px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px #ff0000; border:2px double #E5E4E2 border-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:100px 90px; border-top-right-radius:100px 90px; color:#FFFFFF"> <font color=maroon face="Helvetica">"I can feel your anger.   <font color="#ff0000" face="Helvetica" title="Blog"> It gives you focus ... makes you stronger."
 * Scraw, make a template for that Sig! And there would be a cold war between democratic powers? [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 20:08, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * I did make a template, dammit! And yes, that's the jist of it.
 * ... I was being sarcastic, as in why would there be a cold war between democratic powers. :P [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 20:23, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * A Cold War doesn't have to be a battle of ideologies, just one to come out on top.
 * '"I did make a template!" Posts redlink.' Umm what.
 * Happy now?
 * No, Scraw. You lack imagination. You made a Template and Call it 'Scraw's Sig'. When you are done learning, oh Padawan, you shall call it 'The Sig of Darth Scraw'.

Votes

The Unexpected Communists ~Imp
You would have thought a White Russia would have lead to a peaceful world. How we all were mistaken, how we all wish this had been so.

The Romanovs had managed to get away from Russia - in one piece, fleeing to Britain and leaving the fate of the nation in the hands of revolutionaries. The Reds did have an assult at the Romanovs planned, or so historical sources say, but their successful escape would mean the Reds could not kill them. Many believe this opportunity missed out never helped boost the red morale, and crucial white victories would lead to the establishment of a White Russia.

But Lenin would return to the country that freed him, and he would use the weak government as a scapegoat to launch a Communist government in the nation. He would succeed and create the Union of Sovereign Germanic Republics - establishing a new power. The nation would, under him, become something of a novelty and would grow in strength. A Communist revolution in Austria, then the Netherlands would firmly establish Communism in the region.

Exiled Royal Families would run to the United Kingdom, which would quickly take over former Dutch territories in the name of the Dutch Royal Family, and establish a greater control over all those states. The Americans would watch in horror as the world suddenly turned a lot more imperialistic. The Anglo-American Naval War of 1828-33 would damage relations for a long time to come, and lead to the loss of Canada as a British domonion.

The Americans would be forced to find new allies - the Russians. Helping them rebuild and providing them with key materials to mine and industrialise their economy, the Americans would begin the process of creating an alliance which would hold till the present day. However, isolationism could grow in both the powers as they worked on internal matters - especially Russia. Colonisation of the East in great numbers would be sponsored and the spreading of Russians all the way into Kazakhstan would take place. America too would sent millions north to set up new towns and establish new lives.

By the 1950s, the world had too many powers capable of destroying each other. And that is exactly what happened. The Second Great War would begin, killing tens of millions and accomplishing almost nothing. The British would ally with the Japanese and the French; the Germans would form their own bloc and America and Russia would stand on the sidelines until Alaska would be invaded.

Post-war would be difficult. India would be lost to a workers revolution - establishing the Socialist Federation of Bharat. Japan would be forced to stay in Manchuria, Korea and the home islands as its empire was lost and it was forced to sign a treaty stripping them off most of their military. It was either that or attack by two military powers. Britain would keep its empire in Africa and Australia as well as Indonesia, but would lose whatever possessions they had in the Americas. Germany would expand the influence of Red and create a large number of puppet states in Europe. Russia didn't take part much in the war. It joined toward the end as a matter of honour to help its ally but apart from that were petty much sitting out the war. It helped them, they were able to sell to both sides and become powerful once mobilisation and re-equiping of the army took place.

By now, too many wars have been fought. Proxy after proxy war has led to countless deaths. Various economies of the world are powerful, with the Aryan alliance between Germany and India giving a lot of scares, while Russia and America continue to be side by side. And then there is Britain. Never losing hope, it transformed itself into a conservative Imperial Federation. It industrialised all of Africa, while giving them Imperial British citizenship. The Federation sustains itself, and still make a threatening power. But they know well they got lucky. The Americans tested their first nuclear bomb 8 months after the war finished - the Russians a year after that. No one really know the future of the world.

I just hope we someday manage to sort out our differences...

Discussion Votes

Dots and Dashes  -Callumthered


On the morning of the 12th of March, 1917, the president of the Russian Duma, Mikhail Rodzianko, sent Tsar Nicholas II an urgent telegram: "The situation is growing worse. Measures should be taken immediately, as tomorrow will be too late. The last hour has struck, when the fate of the country and dynasty is being decided." In OTL, Nicholas never received that telegram, but if he had, what could have been the effect of those dots and dashes?

At midday on the 12th, Tsar Nicholas II made a public announcement, in which he abdicated in favour of his son Alexei. Exectutive power for the remainder of the war was to be in the hands of the Duma, led by President Rodzianko. He resigned from his post as Commander-In-Chief and disappeared, many believe he disguised himself as a common soldier and died on the Eastern front.

The newly-empowered Duma acted decisively to quell the Bolshevik-led insurgencies in Petrograd and in the countryside. Vladimir Lenin, who, assisted by the Germans, had returned to Russia to lead the insurgents, was shot by Imperial police. The Duma appointed General Brusilov as Commander-in-Chief on the 15th of March, and he traveled straight to the front to co-ordinate a reversal of Russian losses.

With the Russians remaining in the war, German submarine warfare was directed away from the Atlantic to the Baltic in an attempt to assist the remaining Bolsheviks, who had established a government in Finland. This resulted in the Lusitania not being sunk by German U-boats. Without the outrage of the sinking, the USA never entered the war, however continued to supply the Allied forces.

After over a year of stalemate, the Allied powers began the famous "Great Offensive". Masterminded by Brusilov, the offensive was an immense, last-roll-of-the-dice attack by the Allies. The simultaneous Russian attack on the Eastern front and the Franco-British attack on the Western front was too much for the overstretched German army, which began a long, slow retreat. Realising that Imperial Germany was doomed, and fearing for his own throne, Bavarian King went into negotiatoions with the Allies for a separate peace, in return for independence after the war. Although the French were not particularly impressed, the Russians granted the request, seeing that Bavaria pulling out of the war would provoke civil strife in Germany, which Germany could not afford. In September 1918, Bavarian forces surrendered to the Allies, causing panic and confusion amongst the German forces. Another two months of desparate fighting culminating in revolution was enough to defeat the Germans. The provisional German government surrendered in mid-November.

In the post-war settlement, Russia gained Gallicia from Austria-Hungary and Prussian Poland. The Bolsheviks in Finland were summarily defeated. Austria-Hungary was divided along etnic lines into German Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary (with Kaiser Karl as king), Yogoslavia (headed by Serbia) and Czechslovakia. The Ottoman Empire was divided between Greece, Russia, Britain and France.

After the war, the Duma passed a new constitution, solidifying its powers and limiting those of the Tsar. Alexis II (as he became known) died in 1923 due to his haemophilia, and was succeeded by his elder sister Olga. Germany and the former Austria-Hungary were hit especially hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s, leading to the rise of the ultra-nationalistic, militaristic Iron Guard in those countries. In 1937, Germany and Austria underwent Anschluss, and led by Chancellor Rommel, began demanding back the parts of Germany lost after WWI, and for an Anschluss with Bavaria. In 1940, Germany invaded Bavaria, starting the Second World War. Rommel's forces quickly took Bavaria, the Low countries and Northern France. Russia and Germany engaged in the devastating Battle for Poland for three years. In the Asia-Pacific, Japan was also making territorial advances, taking much of China and South-East Asia. The bombing of the American fleet in Hawaii brought the US into the war against Japan. After four years of fighting, the Germans were crushed by the Allies, and the status quo was restored. The war in Asia, however, would drag on for another two years before a Russian nuclear bomb could be dropped on Nagasaki, which, followed by the Russian invasion of Hokkaido, ended the war. Saikhalin, Korea and Hokkaido were annexed by Russia, and Manchuria and Japan were made Russian puppets.

Russia's seemingly disproportionate gains turned American sentiment against their former allies. When Communist revolutions in liberated Eastern Europe threatened Russian dominance in the region, the US sponsored and armed the rebels. In China, the pro-Russian republicans defeated the Communists, who, supported by the American Navy, retreated to Taiwan and established a government there. In 1950, the USA detonated its first nuclear weapon, launching a nuclear arms race. That same year, the British lost control of India. After the ensuing civil war, the subcontinent was divided into the democratic and Hindu-majority Republic of India, the Muslim minority-controlled Kingdom of Hydrabad, and the Muslim-dominated People's Republic of Bengal. The success of the Communists in Bengal (the first of its kind in the world) resulted in a wave of Communist uprisings and revolutions in the colonies of South-East Asia, most of which were supported by the USA. This was not for ideological reasons, the USA supported the regimes purely because they were opposed to Russia, and because doing so increased American influence in the region. For the rest of the century, Russia and the USA engaged in nuclear arms race, proxy wars, trade embargoes and covert operations against one another. The British, having lost their Asian posessions, worked on securing an influence in Africa, establishing dominions out of former colonies and maintaining a high military prescence there. Britains strong focus on maintaining what remained of the Empire (in the form of the British Commonwealth) resulted in the bloody Falklands War against the Anerican-backed military regime in Argentina. The resounding British (and Russian) victory allowed Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to remain in power (many say undemocratically) for several decades. Russian Empress Olga died in 1979, and was succeeded by her son Alexander IV, who attempted to enter into negotiations with the Americans about nuclear disarmament and the loosening of trade embargoes.

In 1999, a wave of peaceful Russian-backed demonstrations in Communist Europe (ie the Balkans and Italy) led to the collapse of the American-backed regimes there. In the 21st Century, the US has well and truly pivoted towards the Pacific, propping up its faltering puppet Communist regimes in South East Asia and Central America. Russia is known to all as the world's leading superpower and for many, a symbol of freedom, peace and stability.

Votes
 * 23:59, October 25, 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
 * Sorry the description is so long, I wanted to make everything clear, but I may have achieved the opposite! Also, apologies for the spelling mistakes which I fear may be multitudinous.Callumthered (talk) 04:15, October 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Nonsense! Much clearer than mine! It is good to see another user come back to the iconic Map Contest - the first stage in getting other users back. If Chris arrives on the scene though - that would be pretty dealy LOL. :D [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 14:05, October 21, 2013 (UTC)

Map Contest 8 (Open): Pink Stars Are Falling In Lines
Challenge: Create a scenario where the United States still forms, but it is somehow skewed. Take this as you may. Surprise me.

Time Frame: Two weeks, October 27 - November 9

Japan's Desire Drive -Kogasa


In this timeline, the Kamakura Shogunate manages to defeat the Imperial forces in the. With this, the Kamakura Shogunate stays in power, and begins to strengthen. Soon, Japan begins expanding into Hokkaido, Karafuto (Sakhalin), and parts of Siberia. Japan also discovers the New World in 1400, and begins colonising most of it. Japan also colonised Australia and New Zealand as well. Once Spain reached the New World they encountered the Japanese, and soon a trade agreement was signed. The Spanish go on to colonise Florida and Guyana while Portugal goes on to colonise Brazil.

The British and Netherlands also colonise parts of Vinland (North America), particularly the East Coast. The Dutch victories in the Anglo-Dutch Wars allows them to keep New Netherland. Meanwhile the French were able to hold onto Louisiana and Québec, and made them Dominions later on.

Soon sometime in the 1770s, the British East Coast rebel and form the United States. Later in 1793, New Netherland declares independence from the Netherlands. These two nations would have tensions with each other until 1815. In the 1820s, the Japanese colonies in North and South Vinland begun to revolt and formed their own nations. One of them was Miyako in South Vinland, which was named after the.

By the 1900s, North and South Vinland became mostly peaceful. The United States pursued an isolationist policy, and remained neutral since the beginning of this policy. Meanwhile, Québec becomes the superpower of North Vinland and becomes involved in the international stage, alongside Brazil and Miyako. There was only one World War, which took place from 1914 to 1923.

Later, in the 1970s, the European Union was formed. The nations of Europe (except Scandinavia and Russia) then went on to merge into one large nation, in 2008.

The Superpowers in this World are Québec, Miyako, Brazil, China and Japan. The European Union and India are new potential Superpowers.

The main characters of the Touhou Project are Seiga Kaku and Satori Komeiji.

Discussion Comments
 * This is one of your more unorthodox ones. Although if Europe was anything like OTL - the day it united, it would be an instant superpower lol. :D [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 16:28, October 29, 2013 (UTC)

Here They Come! ~Guns
(map coming soon)

In this TL, the Vikings follow up on the exploits of Leif Ericsson, sending dozens of ships to colonize Vinland. Rumours spread about the newly discovered land, and soon the English follow them.

(more to follow)

Discussion Comments

The British are coming... (Local)
John Cabot mentions his discovery of a landmass to the English Government, and they run with it. They colonize North America, down to about the Utah southern border, and along that line. This caused the English to be able to swiftly unite the kingdoms. When the Spanish found South America, a few decades later, they found it a lot more difficult to colonise. The British had traded with the tribes. They had taken gold in exchange for guns, metal and horses. They also exposed the tribes to diseases. When the Spanish landed, they were gunned down. The diseases they brought had no significant affect on the tribesmen, and they found themselves facing men with guns and horses. The Spanish, without American colonies to sustain them, fell from Grace. Meanwhile, the British, enjoying the feeling of power they got with colonies, began to colonise Asia and Africa. The colonisation by Britain caused the French to join in. The colonial arms race reached a climax in 1624. The French invaded a British colony in Africa, and Britain retaliated. As the war grew, taxes grew with it. The North American colonies, sick of the war and of the taxes, declared independence. The Anglo-French war ended shortly after this, and the British finally turned their attention to the rebels. Although the rebels won, the victory was hollow. The British retained most of the colonies, and the 'United States of America' consisted only of a small part of OTL Nevada, and some of Colorado. The British allowed them to live, and protected the little nation from other powers, purely because they did not want them to gain a foothold. They also knew that if they invaded the USA, the 'rebel elements' would disperse throughout the colony, and wreak havoc. This way was safer. The world remained at a status quo until 1900.

Discussion Comments

It Was Not To Be ~Imp
The British go on to establish their colonies in America like OTL. However, when the Americans rebel, Britain is not willing to give up easily and allocates more troops to the effort. The German General who helped organise the American soldiers also arrives a year or two late and this allows for a more bloody and longer War of Independence. Union falls apart. British invade again. Union is remade and stays together this time. Becomes aggressive and powerful on its own continent. Basically.

French moved and no OTL Quebecois Independence Movement. Every town has a Frenchtown.

Discussion Comments

I'M A CANADIAN ~Oct
This is my first entry so the explanation is not going to be long. But it is basically where the British win the war of 1812 and then the Canadians declare independence in 1840. Wanting to avoid a long war the British give in with the Treaty of Madrid.

The Treaty of Madrid states that Canada will become independent but will keep a bit of British influence. After 1840 Canada falls in the United States place in history, Spanish-Canadian war, WWI, WWII, Superpower.

IF YoU WANT MORE ASK

Discussion Comments

15 Bright Stars in the Sky


In this timeline, France and her allies win the Seven Years' War. As a result of this, the British American lands are given independence under the leadership of Benjamin Franklin. Under his guidance, the United States of North America becomes a center of the Enlightenment. States have more rights, and et cetera. America goes Rambo on expansion, invading most European lands in the New World by 1800. When Napoleon comes about, America does not interfere until it sees an opportunity to expand its reach farther.

Basically Napoleon wins and blah blah blah I'm sitting out the next contest blah blah blah.

1812 Finale ~Callumthered


In a world where the USA lost the Second Anglo-American War, 1812, instead of being the overture to American dominance on the world stage, became its finale. (I hope you all get the reference).

During the War of 1812 OTL, the people of New England (many of whom were Loyalists or descended from Loyalists, and a large number of whom depended on trade with Britain) were angry and distressed at the war and resultant British blockade of trade. There was a genuine movement amongst New Englanders to declare independence from the Union which, through its continuing with the war, was slowly strangling New England's economy. The Point of Diversion for this timeline involves New England seceding from the United States in 1814. The new republic sought a speedy suspension of hostilities with Britain. With New England troops pulling out of the war, the American positions collapsed. British forces swept through New York and the United States was forced to sign the disastrous "Treaty of Washington". The treaty ceded all of New York and the Louisiana Purchase to Britain.

In the Congress of Vienna, Talleyrand was able to manipulate and negotiate his way to France receiving a territory centred on New Orleans (approx the OTL State of Louisiana).

A weaker central government resulted in the Carolinas and Georgia seceding from the union in the 1850s over the slave issue (slavery was only abolished in those states in the late 1880s).

The British settled the "Missippi Colony" extensively, and it was a founding member of the Confederation of North America, which was relabelled a "realm" in 1901. Today, the RNA is, along with Mexico, the biggest power in North America.

Without a strong USA trying to uphold the Monroe Doctrine, (and with a big base for troops right next door in Louisiana) Napoleon III was able to invest more troops into keeping the Second Mexican Empire afloat. His success (relative to OTL) in foreign policy meant that Napoleon III did not feel the need to gain popularty in a war with the North German Confederation. As a result, the southern German states (Bavaria, Wurrtemberg and Baden) remain independent monarchies to this day.

Without the USA to send Commodore Perry, the "task" of opening Japan up to foreigners fell to Britain. Britain pursued the same policy as it had with China, trying to get the Shoguns to sign extremely unfair treaties. When the Shoguns refused, the British backed the Imperial faction (assisted by the Satsuma domain and the Chosu domain) in the TTL Boshin War. France, seeing an opportunity to gain influence in the far East, backed the Shogun's forces. The Boshin war was much more of a proxy war between the two powers than OTL. In the end, Franco-Shogunate forces were pushed to Hokkaido, where a French-backed "Edo Republic" was formed. The Satcho Alliace (Satsuma and Chosu Domains), seeing the way the British were forcing unfair treaties on the new Imperial government, seceded with a bit of help from their old allies the Dutch.

Australia went pretty much like OTL. However, without a good example of federalism in the USA, Queensland and Western Australia did not join the Australasian federation in 1901. Interestingly, New Zealand and Fiji did.

In Africa, a more confident France was able to reach Fashoda first, and complete their Atlantic to Red Sea Empire in Africa. This peeved the British to such an extnt that Anglo-French relations could never be healed. In the leadup to the turn of the century, France, Austria, Russia, Bulgaria and the Southern German states formed one alliance, while Britain, the North German Confederation, Italy and the ailing ottoman Empire formed the other alliance.

The spark for World War came during the Balkan War of 1912, when Bulgaria marched on Constantinople. The British, unwilling to see their ally lose control over the Dardanelles, declared war on Bulgaria, which set off the chain of alliances. There were Western, Eastern, Dardanelles and African fronts like the OTL First World War, but added to that, there was a North American front where the French-backed Mexican Empire clashed with the North American Realm. The war ended in 1916 when the North German Confederation underwent a revolution, which sent the King of Prussia packing for German East Africa (which became the Kingdom of Tanganyika). Austria-Hungary soon disintegrated, and it was only through a Franco-Bavarian intervention that a rump Austrian Empire was saved. Gallicia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia became Communist, and they were joined by Russia when the post-war depression proved too much for the autocratic regime. The Tsars fled to Alaska (which was still Russian - there was no USA to sell it to) where they lay in wait.

The remaining monarchies/democracies reluctantly put aside their differences and entered a cold war with the Communists. The Chinese Civil war resulted in a Soviet-backed PRC being formed (which, without American backing of the KMT, included Taiwan). Without a strong Japan, the Pacific War never took place.

Communism in Europe fell in the 1990s, but remained in Galicia. The Tsars returned from Alaska and re-established the monarchy on mainland Russia. The French and British Commonwealths are generally regarded to be the major world powers, followed by a rising China and Russia.

That's pretty much all.

Map Contest 9 (Open): Pax Americana
Challenge: Create a timeline where New World nations go on to form global empires instead of Old World nations.

Time Frame: Two weeks, November 11 - November 22

Thunderclouds of New World Power -Kogasa


In this timeline, the Aztec and Incan Empires start much earlier, soon becoming great powers in their own continents. The Koori Empire also forms in Australia, and begins taking New Zealand. A few other natives, such as Nunavut and the Haudenosaunee, form their own nations, too. By the time the Norse reach Vinland, they are quickly taken out by the Nunavut. From there the Nunavut expands into Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia. Soon, news of a new land reaches the other native states, and they go on colonising Europe and Africa. Soon, some of them reach Asia as well, and begin establishing small ports. Japan, not wanting to meet the fate as Europe, begins to establish their own Empire and begins expanding, along with aiding the Chinese and Siamese. By the time the natives reach East Asia, they are met with powerful Empires, and war between them soon happened in the 1500s. This resulted in a victory for the Asian powers, and a peace treaty was signed.

Decolonisation happened in the 1900s, with some new nations forming. However a few empires, such as Nunavut, keep a bit of lands in the Old World.

By modern day, the Aztec, Inca, Nunavut, China, and Japan are the superpowers of the World. Major religions include the Native American religions, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Shinto.

The main characters of the Touhou Project are Raiko Horikawa, Toyosatomimi no Miko, and Mystia Lorelei.

Votes

Callumthered (talk) 07:35, November 25, 2013 (UTC)

Babakiueria ~Callumthered
This particular challenge is inherently ASB, so I will admit beforehand that my entry is no different.

The name, "Babakiueria", is stolen from a satirical Australian short film from the '80s, in which Aborigines take over and colonise typical "White Australia". The name comes from the opening scene, where a uniformed Aborigine (part of the landing party) asks a native white person what they call the place. The man responds "well, it's the barbecue area".

The first Australian POD is somewhere during the last Ice Age. Somehow (probably the intervention of winged mammals from space), when the Ice melts, Australia does not get quite as dry as in otl. Lake Eyre is full all year-round, and the desert areas are much smaller. The second POD is that diprotodons (giant wombats) survive the extinceion of Australia's megafauna. And the third POD is that when Aborigines arrive, they --by accident or on purpose-- bring early ancestors of rice. These three factors result in Aboriginal Australian society developing in a completely different way. With a large, domesticatable animal (the diprotodon), easily domesticatable crops (the rice-like thing) and more predictably wet weather patterns, Aborigines are able to develop agriculture at roughly the same time that people in the Fertile Crescent do. Agriculture results in more settled society, which results in the creation of fixed settlements, which grow into villages, and then towns and then cities. The need to keep track of food production drives the creation of writing systems. The connection between owning land and having food results in land ownership being part of Aboriginal life, and the creation of nations. By the birth of Christ, Australia has become a collection of small and medium sized countries, with feudal-style beurocracies. Iron is mined in the West, and Gold in the South, resulting in a quite modern society, basically on par with that of Europe. In the 1300s, the Kulin nation of the area around otl Melbourne begins vassalising and taking over nearby countries. By 1500, virtually all the nations of Australia have joined Kulin, either by choice or force, an the leader of the Kulin nation is declared Emperor over the continent. Expeditions are sent out to take the Northern islands, most of which succomb (although the highlands of New Guinea remain unpenetrable). Kulin explorers become more ambitious, visiting and setting up trading posts in Sri Lanka and Southern Africa and even the Eastern coast of America. Over time, these trading posts grow into colonies.

In the Americas, the Mayans and Incas developed metal tools and were generally more powerful than otl. When the Europeans arrived, they recognised both nations as great societies (although they still tried to intrduce Christianity, to varying degrees of success). European colonies are restricted to small parts of the Eastern coast, and parts of otl Canada. Less colonial rivalry meant that Britain and France were not such intense rivals as otl. A lack of overseas empire made Spain pretty pathetic.

Africa is dominated by the Orthodox Christian Ethiopian Empire in the middle, and the Islamic Caliphate in the North. There are also some independent nations on the East coast.

So that's the best I could come up with.

Votes
 * -Kogasa [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|50px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|23px|border]] 2013 November 25, 02:52 (CET)

Discussion

Map Contest 10 (Open): Day of Infamy
Challenge: Create an alternate scenario of World War II. Don't make it cookie-cutter and cliche, be creative and original.

Time Frame: Two weeks, November 25 - December 7 (See what I did there?)

Legend of the Great Japanese Empire -Kogasa


The PoD is that the Japanese attack on Hawaii is not only successful, but takes out the headquarters and all of the US Navy stationed there. From there, Japan invades and takes Hawaii. Soon, the Japanese also goes on to invade and annex the Philippines. By 1944, most of Asia was under Japanese rule.

In Europe, Germany goes on to defeat the USSR and takes them out. Italy goes on to take most of North Africa, and soon Spain joins in on the war. By 1945, Germany manages to take the United Kingdom out. Later, in 1950, both Germany and Japan launches an invasion of the US, which is successful, and later invades the rest of the Americas together. After that, a Cold War between Japan and Germany begins.

Japan begins leading hugely in technology. Soon, a space race occurs between Germany and Japan. Japan manages to achieve massive success, and by 1959, Japan gets a human on the Moon first.

In 1961, the Third World War had started between Germany and Japan after an incident in Siberia. While the Germans and Italians did well at first, they were soon pushed back, and had many defeats. Japan was too powerful for the Germans and Italians to handle. Finally, in 1970, the Germans and Italians had lost and Japan annexed all their lands. After this, Japan became a Hyperpower.

By modern day, the World was either annexed into Japan, or a Japanese Puppet state. Switzerland is the only neutral nation left, and remains safe. Shinto and Buddhism also became the dominating religions, with Hinduism and Taoism following suit.

The main character of the Touhou Project is Mononobe no Futo.

Votes

Discussion

King of the Hill
See the Archived Discussion.

The House of Habsburg
I seem to be having trouble coming up with a rough timeline for the second contest (Habsburgian history is fairly complicated, and my original idea of a Habsburg personal union with France didn't turn out so well). Are we allowed to have a shared entry, where two participants work together on a map and a timeline? If not, I think I'll sit this one out :P. ChrisL123 (talk) 00:15, July 22, 2013 (UTC)


 * A shared entry would be fine, so long as both participants are credited. CourageousLife (talk) 15:21, July 31, 2013 (UTC)

I think a Hapsburg union with France is semi-feasible. The Bourbons traced back somewhere to the Hapsburgs. Or you could just have a Hapsburg Germany (with Austria) or Hapsburg Spain - or both.

00:18, July 22, 2013 (UTC)

Voting for The House of Habsburg is now open! CourageousLife (talk) 05:00, August 3, 2013 (UTC)

An Unlikely Union
Don't forget to add vote and discussion sections under your entries so people can ... vote, and ... discuss ...

CourageousLife (talk) 03:59, August 9, 2013 (UTC)

I have two major candidates I would give my vote out to ... :L  Imp (Say Hi?!) 11:21, August 9, 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Chris! CourageousLife (talk) 19:12, August 9, 2013 (UTC)

Could I perhaps add my timeline and map? I couldn't do it earlier because my brother was doing his thesis and I lost the map, so I had to start over. Sine dei gloriem (talk) 03:52, August 31, 2013 (UTC)

Our Southern Neighbor
Is it okay if the global power nation in the Southern Hemisphere could have a few lands from the Northern Hemisphere, as long as it's still based out of the Southern Hemisphere? -Kogasa  2013 August 18, 18:33 (CET)
 * Yes, that's perfectly fine. CourageousLife (talk) 02:40, August 19, 2013 (UTC)

The Crossover

 * You are going to get a hell of a lot of maps for this one. :p [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 23:56, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * That's the point. Everyone was losing interest, so I was hoping that a spoof off the most popular map game on the wiki would help to jump start it again. CourageousLife (talk) 22:13, September 1, 2013 (UTC)
 * Can I vote, even though I haven't participated? :P Also how long do you predict this going for? Airlinesguy (talk) 09:11, September 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Anyone can vote or participate. All up to you and other users! [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 09:20, September 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * I th- I think- I think it has died! Alas! The Page is dead, long live the page!
 * Well, here is your chance to create a "plausible" senario! [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 22:06, September 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * Can't. =(I'm supposed to be doing hw. The one and only Guns, who is too lazy to go to source mod and type out his real sig. (talk) 22:27, September 9, 2013 (UTC)

Cryo-Sleep
This page has been declining in interest and contribution, with only two or three users posting regularly. What I've decided to do is to put the page into cryosleep, effectively freezing it. To unlock the page and continue the contests, I'll require seven signatures below. Until the seven signatures are input, this game will remain a stagnant code of 1's and 0's, floating on a satellite in space, to act as a tribute to what was once a great and flourishing society ... Congratulations, you have successfully reversed the effects of the cryosleep. As a reward for this triumph, one of you will pick the scenario for the next contest. Put suggestions below, and one will be chosen for this week.
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Discussion
How about one where an old empire (Srivijaya, Tang Dynasty, etc.) managed to survive? -Kogasa  2013 September 18, 22:13 (CET)
 * I think that's a good idea. Perhaps any now defunct nation is applicable. Mscoree (talk) 20:15, September 18, 2013 (UTC)

It has to be. The fallen stars, please. A universe where the Union didn't survive infancy. Don't like it? Fine, have the Whites win the Russian Civil War. Let's have a map with a fairly modern PoD. :D  Imp (Say Hi?!) 20:23, September 18, 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps civilization started in the Americas (dominant civilization) rather than in Eurasia. An Incan or Mesoamerican-dominated world. Sine dei gloriem (talk) 01:37, September 21, 2013 (UTC)

Okay, looks like some good ideas. Cast your votes below. CourageousLife (talk)

Options (Closed)
Ancient Empires
 * Kogasa 2013 September 24, 23:00 (CET)
 * CrimsonAssassin- "I have special eyes" 18:03, September 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * Mscoree (talk) 18:21, September 26, 2013 (UTC)

Fallen Stars
 * The one and only Guns, who is too lazy to go to source mod and type out his real sig. (talk) 22:03, September 25, 2013 (UTC
 * Praetorian_Flag.png RoG_Flag.png Mafia (Questions?) Falklands Flag.png

Russian Revolution
 * [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!) 21:02, September 24, 2013 (UTC) I guess I just really want an alternate Russia.
 * 18:06, September 26, 2013 (UTC)

Greater Americas

Contest Suggestions
Everyone seemed to enjoy having an imput on the themes, so I am opening this section to suggestions. Any potential contest ideas you have, put 'em here, and I'll put the best ones up. CourageousLife (talk) 01:39, November 22, 2013 (UTC)

Alternate World War II.

01:42, November 22, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, definitely one with a recent (last 200 or so years) POD. Maybe Princess Charlotte of Wales doesn't die? (not excatly sure how that would affect anything). I like Scraw's Alternative WWII idea. Callumthered (talk) 02:40, November 22, 2013 (UTC)

I have a much older POD in mind: Prophet Mohammed was a Buddhist. — Hellerick 00:49, November 25, 2013 (UTC)