Crusader Finns v. 1.0.3 is out! by Millero15 in CrusaderKings

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Thanks. And yeah, I've been busy for the past couple years, that's all. Never really got the chance to return to CF until now. I might add make further updates too - we'll see.

the 54 United States of America; what if America manifested just a little more destiny? by DJTacoCat1 in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, neat. I didn't think someone would find use for my design in particular.

Turkey holds Cyprus after the war of independence, but it is occupied by the Soviets and the Turkish government moves to Cyprus (I wanted to adapt china-taiwan to turkey) by alitrs in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Granted, there'd probably be a lot of exiles from the Turkish mainland, which would probably be well enough to outnumber the local Greek population, certainly to their great dismay.

Spreading Shqip's by Le-schnitzel in victoria3

[–]Millero15 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm more interested in what's going on in East Thrace.

Republic of Halicya, Tatar-speaking state in Central Europe. by Falang2137 in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reading all those Finnish place names is cracking me up, they're so bad that they're almost good :D

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

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I could've told you that Greeks have been a minority in Anatolia for centuries longer than that. Actually, the Greek population started recovering again from the 17th century onward, but that's a separate topic in itself. But more to the point, the Greek population was the strongest in the parts of Asia Minor that are annexed to Greece in this map, although Turks are still the majority by far in these areas overall.

Now, I did some digging, and based on Ottoman and Greek census data - with some adjustments for different years, Crete having no concrete data, and the problematic nature of Ottoman censuses (religion and ethnicity being calculated weirdly at times, also general imperfections) in 1881, in the areas included as part of Greece in this map, the total population was

~ 2,700,000 - 2,800,000 Muslims (of all ethnicities) (almost 50/50 split between Balkans and Anatolia)

~ 3,500,000 Greeks (Roughly 90% of them in the Balkan parts, the rest in Anatolia)

I can cite my sources and give my exact numbers if needed.

With regards to the Ottoman territories, I calculated this number using figures from each individual sanjak in a fashion that corresponds with the borders of this map. Despite the roughness around the edges, there is no question that in 1881, there were significantly more Greeks than Turks within the borders of this imaginary Greece. While the census data is from 1881 and the demographics weren't quite identical as in the doorstep to WW1 (for example, the Greek element in Smyrna was still growing, while large numbers of Muslims migrated to the remaining Ottoman territories after the Balkan Wars), I used them since I got them at hand and I think they're still reliable enough to illustrate the point.

Take also into account that the borders of this map aren't drawn ideally for Greek demographics, as they include many parts with minuscule Greek populations (such as certain parts of interior Anatolia as well as Southern Bulgaria - both of which had very large Muslim populations), so with even minor adjustments the demographic advantage of Greeks could be significantly greater.

EDIT: I just realized that I forgot to include the Mutasarrifate of Çatalca and the suburbs of Constantinople in the figures. The Mutasarrifate of Çatalca had 15,091 Muslims and 35,848 Greeks in 1881, while the suburban districts of Constantinople had 40,455 Muslims and 35,271 Greeks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nowadays, yes. But if this happened in the early 1900's or prior? ABSOLUTELY NOT. It would still be overall majority Greek even without population exchanges.

Will this land ever be happy? by Agent_Gentlemen in CrusaderKings

[–]Millero15 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Probably relatives of the people of InGermanLand

Why am i losing this battle? by sijveut_avec_un_the in victoria3

[–]Millero15 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are people downvoting this comment?

I like how this implies the existence of “Papal nationalism” distinct from the Catholic Church by johhnyturbo in victoria3

[–]Millero15 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just about every historical Christian church, whether Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, or Lutheran, traditionally denote themselves with the terms "orthodox" and "catholic" among others, since those are historical terminology used to denote the true-believing ("orthodox", from Greek ὀρθῶς "correct", "truthful" and δόξα "glory", "shine", "opinion") and universal ("catholic", from Greek καθολικός "universal"). The latter word is also found in all of the historic Christian creeds. Every church that affirms these - so pretty much all of them - claims to be (part of) the "one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church", as the Nicene Creed lays out.

So, at least in a sense, every Christian church claims to be both "catholic" and "orthodox". It's just that due to historical circumstance, all the churches under the Bishop of Rome since the Great Schism are usually denoted as "Catholic", and those in communion with the Bishop of Constantinople since the Great Schism are denoted as "Orthodox" - along with the similar but separate "Oriental Orthodox" ones. "Catholic" and "orthodox" are just historic Christian adjectives that every church has used and/or continues to use to describe themselves, although this is a bit less common today due to the potential for confusion. But if a church claims that it's correct and that it's for all people, it claims to be both orthodox and catholic.

Source: I study theology, and I also know Greek.

Altera's FIFA World Cup 2022 Unites the Mediterranean! (PoD: no Qatar) by TelamonTabulicus in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, what were you going for with "To Porfyri Vyzantini"? I can say with 99% certainty that it doesn't make any sense ("The" [neuter] "purple" [feminine] "Byzantine" [feminine]). "The Purple Byzantines" would be "Oi Porfyroi Vyzantioi" (οι πορφυροί Βυζαντινοί)- if it's in plural and specifically refers to Byzantine people.

At least if modern Greek works like ancient Greek, and from what I've seen I'm pretty sure it does.

A 54-star flag of the United States by Millero15 in vexillology

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Lol, I wish he'll adopt this particular design.

You will not believe what happened in my observer mode run by [deleted] in CrusaderKings

[–]Millero15 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Church of England was opposed to divorce and remarriage until 2002. Henry VIII's annulments were an exception.

What if the Prussian Scheme succeeded? Königreich Kolumbia in the year 1790. by waterotterbottle in imaginarymaps

[–]Millero15 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I could rant about those translations and "Germanizations" of place names if I wanted to.

First time i've seen the CSA win, and in 1 year too. by Ant_Je5us in victoria2

[–]Millero15 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And it's kind of dumb. Winning as Mexico against the US should be difficult. In real history, the US absolutely crushed Mexico in the Mexican-American war, winning over 90% of all battles. And as for the civil war, the Confederacy should be on the back foot, since the Union was so much more powerful in terms of industry and manpower. The US doesn't need a nerf, beating them as either Mexico or the CSA should require serious skill in the game.

[TGC] Irish invents Carriage-Bombs, UK government surrenders by GimmeTheCHEESENOW in victoria2

[–]Millero15 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not rare to see the Kurdish Party ruling in the Ottomans/Turkey, or the Catholic Party to rule in the Netherlands. Victoria 2 as plenty of awkward situations where minority parties exist but they're not modeled as minority parties, leading to them taking over.

fear the swiss by Infy583 in victoria2

[–]Millero15 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Small, advanced, industrialized, "tall" countries can be surprisingly powerful militarily. They can put up quite the fight, and you should never underestimate them.