The Steam Age (Map Game)

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

This map game will start during the victorian era in 1850. These maps are from the steamopera by Kristian Järventaus This article might help you when deciding on gadgets and technology to use A Guide to Steampunk Gadgets and Technology

Each nation that has an OTL counterpart is still ruled by that same person (doesn't have to have the same form of government)

If your nation wasn't independent at the time then make up a leader.

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

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

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

Colonizing
There is no limit to where a nation can colonize either, but it is limited to the current tech level of each nation.

Mods
(sign up on talk page for mods)
 * Jbwncster (talk) 02:51, February 16, 2014 (UTC) (Chief Mod)
 * The Amazing Fantastical Doctor Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_with_haloes_(1400-1806).svg Labarum.jpg CrimsonAssassin- I have special eyes  (Second-in-command)

Maps






Any country without a name is free game for colonizing

Europe

 * Kingdom of Sweden
 * Greenland
 * Iceland
 * Norway
 * Union Kingdom (Major Power)-Spartian300 (talk) 18:32, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Spain
 * Kingdom of Portugal
 * Kingdom of Preussia -
 * United Kingdoms of the Danube
 * Kingdom of Bavaria
 * The Conciliary Union of France (Major Power) -- 22:00, February 15, 2014 (UTC)
 * The Conciliary Union of The Rhine
 * The Technocratic Republic of Netherland Mr YOLO (talk) 09:42, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Kiev - Shadow
 * Old Russia-
 * The New Empire ( The Ruthenian Empire) - Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_with_haloes_(1400-1806).svg Labarum.jpg CrimsonAssassin- I have special eyes 01:37, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * The Ottoman Empire ( The Osmanian Empire) - LightningLynx89
 * Kingdom of Denmark
 * Kingdom of Naples
 * Republic of Switzerland
 * The Conciliary Republic of Swabia
 * Republic of Lucca
 * Corsica
 * Montenegro
 * Papal States
 * Republic of Sardinia
 * Parma

North America

 * Russian Alaska (The Ruthenian Empire )
 * The Acadian Republic Local Mafia Boss (Talk) (Blog)
 * The Territories of St. Pierre et Miquellon (Not visible on map; in between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia)
 * Republic of California LefthandedLunatic (talk) 01:18, February 16, 2014 (UTC)\


 * ​ ​Hawaiian Technocracy


 * Dominion of Virginia Ratc3333 Here, Prepare for Combat (talk) 02:49, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Louisiane
 * Mexico


 * ​ ​Clipperton Island
 * Kingdom of the Grenadines (Not shown on current map in OTL location of the Grenadine islands)


 * The Conciliary Republic of Haiti
 * Kingdom of Cuba
 * Bahama
 * Panama

South America

 * Republic of Colombia Sine dei gloriem &#34;Ex Initio Terrae&#34; (talk) 01:56, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Guyana
 * Kingdom of Brazil
 * West Amazonia
 * Republic of Peru What is this????Is this a signature??? (talk) 00:06, February 17, 2014 (UTC)
 * Dominion of Andea
 * The Conciliary Republic of Chile
 * Tierra Platina

Africa and the Middle East

 * The Osmanian Empire- LightningLynx89
 * French Northwest Africa
 * Atheopia
 * Featherstonehaugbtania (Union Kingdom)

Asia and Oceania

 * Empire of China- Warman555 (talk) 02:28, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * Mongolia
 * Manchuria (Preussia) -
 * Afganistan (Preussia) -
 * Tibet (Union Kingdom)
 * Formosa (Union Kingdom)
 * Indonesian Incorporated Probationary Territories (one nation)- Jbwncster (talk) 01:15, February 16, 2014 (UTC)
 * South India
 * Ceylon
 * Sumatra
 * Java
 * Borneo
 * New Holland
 * New Zealand
 * South China
 * Vietnam
 * Ciuxu
 * Bengal (Union Kingdom)
 * Burma (Union Kingdom)
 * Commonwealth of Japan (one nation)
 * West Japan
 * East Japan
 * Republic of Enzo
 * Xieuqu (can't see what it actually is)
 * Kingdom of Corea
 * Riukiu (Union Kingdom)
 * Kingdom of Siam
 * Meleysia  (Preussia)-
 * New North Wales (Union Kingdom)
 * New Hibernia (Union Kingdom)
 * Bhutan

Antarctica

 * Will be free for colonization

Pacific Islands (East of the Philippines and West of Hawaii)

 * Will be free for colonization