1901: A New Era (Map Game)

The year is 1901. Times are changing in the Western World. Queen Victoria has died. Theodore Roosevelt has ascended to the Presidency of the United States. The Boxer Rebellion is coming to an end. The Boer War wages on. The European continent remains at a tense peace, Germany its leading power. Technology continually improves. The world is on the brink of a new era.

Rules
'''Read the rules carefully. We are trying a new format with this map game, and it requires you all to follow these rules exactly as they are laid out.'''
 * 1) This is a blind map game. What does this mean?
 * 2) You will not know who is playing the other nations. You will email your nation claims to 1901mods@gmail.com or pm one of the mods on discord. The mods, with our discord names in parentheses.
 * 3) Edgeofnight (Edgeofnight)
 * 4) Firesofdoom (Firesofdoom)
 * 5) God Bless the United States (Pat Buchanan 2012)
 * 6) In fact, not only will you send your claims to one of those places, you will send everything there: Turns, Diplomacy, negotiations, map complaints, war requests, etc. any questions can be sent there as well. Everything goes through one of those two places.
 * 7) There is an obvious cavet that should be pointed out. People will go behind our backs and cheat. Thats to be expected. We are working mostly on the honor system here. But, if we do find out you tell someone else what nation you are, we will permaban you, no ifs or buts. If for some reason, someone finds out by accident who you are playing as, you will be banned for 10 turns and randomly assaigned a nation.
 * 8) Other than that, its a standard map game. have fun, be plausible, you know it. Some house keeping rules:
 * 9) You will have one free switch. You may appeal for another chance to switch at the discretion of the mod team
 * 10) We will remove implausible aspects of turns before or after posting. Appeal to the above email or discord if you disagree with our ruling.
 * 11) Other, future issues, will be solved at the discretion of the mods.

Claimed Nations
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Nations that are already claimed will be added here.