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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 Orothodoxy. When Constantinople falls to the Turks, The Russians support the action with their own troops. In addition, the Muslim Russians convery 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 annexxed 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 aginst 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 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.
 * 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.

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 Crysis 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 10 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 4th century, while the venedae and the Magiars 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 choses 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) 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 lead by an Arab-Roman citizens of Ctesiphon who backed by the locals

The beginning of the Worlds collapse occured in 1985 when a Small asteroid hit the north atlantic causing tsunamis reaching northern and western europe and the american seabord, soon most of europe is in crisis as the nations lays in ruins. with this the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein starts his wars sooner Soon gainning all of Kuwait as there wasn't much concern in the region during the period.It also wages war against Iran Yielding a Victory although at a great cost, By 1989 he has conquered in small wars parts of Syria,Iran and all of Kuwait, forming what he refers to as the NeoBabilonian empire. the west continues its downfall as the asteroid hit cause a Pseudo-nuclear winter that ended with the collapse of the agricultural structure on the world.

With the Upcoming collapse of the western nation internal division, in many nations crisis comes closer and closer, the forcefull withdrawal of all non essencial military forces outside their relative countries returning to keep the nations stable and to decrease the spending of the nations outside.

Although the actions prove successfull to some extent, In France, England, Spain an d West Germany some states prove secessionist, Such as Brittany, the Basque Country and Lorraine

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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 mediterraneum (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 shah 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 Burdeaux by 689 Break away 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.

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.

Comments:


 * 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 leniant.

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 Portugese 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 Portugese territory, which lead 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 Portugese 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 lead 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 truely were formidible in battle, but they lost the ability to turn quickly and were lost in great numbers when ambused. 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. 4 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.

Comments: Votes:
 * 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)

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 barley 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
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, he would continue to keep his military strong and fit for fighting, and would wage the odd war to expand his frontier northward.

Establishing a clear line of succession and make sure that future rulers would have to learn all matters relating to kingship, he would ensure the Maurya Empire would be around for at least another millenium.

The Sound of War ~ Scraw


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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.

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 remanant 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.



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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)

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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 Cryo-Sleep, effectively freezing it. To unlock the page and continue the contests, I'll require seven signatures below. Until the seven signatures are inputted, 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.
 * (Kogasa)-14.28% complete
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 * -85.71% complete Sorry, guys, I left for a bit, but I'm back now!
 * Mscoree (talk) 14:31, September 16, 2013 (UTC) (We need better, more general scenarios)-100.00% complete

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
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

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