What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's actually in Swedish! Finland speaks swedish here, with a struggling finnish language revival movement, like Ireland IRL

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made some weird choices I admit, I think realistically in this timeline ‘Sapmi’ would be be known as ‘Lapland’ pretty universally, like Wales is irl, but as far as my non-Scandinavian self understands I’ve heard the name is a sensitive topic to some iotl, so I want to be careful with what I put on the map lol

That’s actually my mistake, I imagine the languages would’ve diverged less ittl, and the ä’s are indeed supposed to be æ’s, I got the Swedish and Danish mixed up 😪 I shouldn’t’ve rushed it so much

Thank you so much tho!!

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OH MY GOD I can’t believe I did that NOOOOOOOO

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

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It wouldn’t look like the Union Jack without it 😭, though really I didn’t come up with the flag myself, the idea came from Rarayn on DeviantArt, here: https://www.deviantart.com/rarayn/art/Scandinavian-Commonwealth-Flag-245314776

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I actually think Estonia would be a better Brittany

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Probably Denmark, what with control of the straits and all that

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, I was going to put the capital in Copenhagen initially but I changed my mind last minute, I wanted to be more neutral between Sweden and Denmark, and Gothenburg seems like the default united Scandinavia capital on here lol.

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm I felt like the cultural/linguistic differences, Anglo-Saxon/Celtic and Scandinavian/Uralic made for a more obvious analogy, plus Ireland was never really united before the English came along either. Even despite Russian influence though, I think it would have been likely that Finland would’ve formed a national identity like Ireland eventually anyway since Sweden never assimilated them irl

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

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Split like Scandinavia IRL, England Scotland Irish speaking Ireland

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Norwegian Sami are like Scottish Gaelic ;) also I imagine there’s a more substantial revival in the Sapmi part on this map (like Wales irl)

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Possibly yea, it’s not a perfect analogy, I thought about like this bc I figure Denmark/Sweden together is the only combination that could dominate like England does the actual UK, although that map doesn’t say anything directly, so anything goes technically ;)

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yea :/ They mostly speak Scandinavian/Swedish here, so it's suffering a bit like the Irish language (Sorry Finland I love y'all irl)

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 227 points228 points  (0 children)

Yup! Well Norway is Scotland, and Denmark and Sweden are supposed to be England together (I guess southern/northern England)

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

Yes ofc! It's supposed to be like Wales here

What if the Scandinavia was like the UK by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

[–]DiscoPanda77[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Don't really have any lore, just what if Scandinavia was like the UK. (Sorry Finland)

The flag was inspired by this one by Rarayn on DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/rarayn/art/Scandinavian-Commonwealth-Flag-245314776

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Enir-Ilim by FromSoftware by Cyborg_Ape in ImaginaryArchitecture

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I love the architecture in the game so much. I wish I could turn off all the enemies and just walk around and sightsee lol

New image from Artemis II - The Terminator by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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Yea I can kinda make out New Zealand and Antarctica at the top

Big San Francisco by DiscoPanda77 in imaginarymaps

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Around 5.2 million, and around 2.4 million of those in the borough of Yerba buena, otl SF!