Talk:Maudland (Great White South)

My Thoughts for Maudland


I went ahead and began a WIP map of Maudland and I thought I would also add some of my thoughts on the nation.

The map includes the current boundaries and I added the previous ones to show how much has changed. I also added the canon settlements and the research stations from OTL which could become settlements. This would also include the "," which includes Finnish and Swedish stations.

I was also considering that the location of the capital be relocated to either "Halley" or possibly "Belgrano II" (since they are more geographically center). I've also wanted to request the possible renaming of Ny Oslo. A little odd that the name is just a new form of the Norwegian capital, plus I'm not too sure how the Swedish Maudlanders would take having their new capital be named after the recently independent Norway. But since I'm not an expert of the Nordic region, I'll leave this up to you.

Demographically, I would see Maudland being predominantly Norwegian (obviously), with Swedes, Finns, Danish, German, and Ognian making up a good number of the population. While I see more Germans immigrating to New Swabia, much of the German Maudlanders today would be from refugees fleeing Nazi New Swabia during the 20th century. I also recall that Santiago had a. Maybe we could recycle him as a Prime Minister of Maudland?

The next thing I was thinking about was the two languages of Maudland (Norwegian and Swedish). While they both would be official languages, I'd predict that by today Norwegian-speakers would be the overwhelming majority, with Swedish-speakers being low. This is due to the influence from Norway being greater, combined with the between the two languages.

That's all I have for now, but I do have more. I look forward to your thoughts on these. -- 01:31, July 9, 2014 (UTC)