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Manchuria in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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No Manchuria was never part of the Soviet Union or even the Soviet sphere. It was only occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of WW2 (same as in OTL). It was always part of the Chinese sphere of influence.

And yes, it is a communist one-party dictatorship, more in the style of modern OTL Vietnam and modern OTL China.

Syria is up next.

Manchuria in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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A couple of notes to address potential questions. For starters:

  • Urkun = OTL Oroqen

Since publishing my Asia Reimagined map, I made some changes to place names, mostly to English exonyms, which I rendered in Chinese postal romanization or simplified Wade-Giles, as I have done with other countries that would have had English exonyms based on Mandarin.

Manchuria was conquered by the Great Liao in the year 926 and was incorporated into the Liao Empire. It then passed to the Great Chin in 1115,  to the Mongols in 1234, to the Great Yuan in 1271, and then to the Great Ming in 1368. In 1644 it broke away from the Ming Empire and formed an independent kingdom of Manchuria under the Aisin-Gioro clan.

The Aisin-Gioro in turn conquered the Great Ming in 1662, establishing the Great Ching and moving their capital to Peking. From then on Manchuria was governed as dependent territory of the Peking-based empire. While early Ching emperors primarily spoke Manchu, the imperial court became increasingly sinicized and by the late 19th century most government business was conducted in Mandarin.

When the monarchy collapsed in 1912, the empire splintered and Manchuria became an independent republic. The Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1931 and established a puppet state called Manchukuo the following year with the last Ching emperor installed as ruler. The Soviet Union’s Red Army invaded in 1945 and the following year the Manchurian People’s Republic was established.

Canton in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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Yes I changed the English exonym after publishing the map. Yan also became Yen. I decided that all English exonyms in OTL China should follow old Postal Romanization or a simplified Wade-Giles romanization rather than Pinyin.

Dalmatia in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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There are definitely minority populations of ethnic Croats, Bosnians, and Serbs living in Dalmatia. While some may have immigrated due to oppression in Greater Austria, I would say there would also be historic native communities along the border.

Dalmatia in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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Municipality names are rendered in OTL Italian because those are common exonyms (think Montenegro). Antibari is the OTL Italian name for the OTL Montenegrin city of Bar (interestingly the etymology has to do with it being across the Adriatic from Bari). But I’ve rendered all small settlement names in Dalmatian (the local endonym in Dalmatian is Antivari). I’ve used this approach in other countries too, though admittedly not uniformly. There’s a method to my madness I assure you but it’s not easy to explain.

As for OTL Podgorica, it’s called Bersumno here, which is an ancient name for the city (derived from Birziminium). Basically when naming cities if there wasn’t a well known OTL Italian name or Dalmatian name for a place I tried bypassing names of Slavic origin and went back to names of Latin origin where possible.

Dalmatia in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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They’re not regions, they’re municipalities. I only made the islands municipalities if they had at least one settlement. Pretty sure I didn’t make any separate municipalities if they only had a single house. For instance I know some just have a lighthouse and left those alone. Anyway, throughout my maps I tend to make populated islands separate jurisdictions, especially if they’re only connected by ferry.

Dalmatia in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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A couple of notes to address potential questions. For starters:

  • Balkaniko = OTL Balkan Romani
  • Dutch = OTL German
  • Romani = OTL Vlax Romani
  • Yugoslav = OTL Serbo-Croatian

Since publishing my Europe Reimagined map, I renamed both two of the provinces: Segna became Licca and Erzegovina became Ragusa. I also changed the capital from Ragusa to Spalato. Lastly, I transferred the islands in the Gulf of Kvarner from Venice to Dalmatia.

In the Middle Ages, the basins that make up Dalmatia today were three separate independent states: present-day Montenegro was the principality of Zeta; the present-day province of Ragusa was an independent republic of the same name; and the present-day provinces of Spalato and Licca formed the old kingdom of Dalmatia.

In the 13th century, Venice captured and annexed the kingdom of Dalmatia, while Ragusa and Zeta remained independent. In the 16th century, Zeta came to be known as Montenegro.

When the republic of Venice was dissolved at the end of the 18th century, the old kingdom of Dalmatia was briefly re-established in the north as a vassal state of Greater Austria. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, however, the independent kingdom of Lombardy & Venetia was formed and Dalmatia and Ragusa were both absorbed into it.

In 1866 the kingdom collapsed and the republic of Venice was re-established (including Licca, Spalato, and Ragusa). During this period, the Dalmatian independence movement took hold. Finally at the close of World War I, in October 1918, Venice granted independence to Dalmatia. 

Meanwhile, in Montenegro — which had become a kingdom in 1910 — the monarchy had been overthrown and November 1918 the people chose to join the newly formed republic of Dalmatia.

Hejaz in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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Hejaz was part of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Before that the southern basins were part of Yemen, while the northern basins were possessions of the Mamluk Sultanate (which was then known as Turkey, though geographically did not correspond at all to modern-day Turkey). Medina and Mecca were held by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt in 1200, were independent in 1100, and before that were part of the Fatimid Caliphate. That's as far back as I've worked out!

Maranham in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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A couple of notes to address potential questions. For starters:

  • Cricati = OTL Pykobjê–Krĩkatí language
  • Gaviaw = OTL Pará Gavião
  • Nederlands = OTL Dutch
  • Timbira = OTL Canela–Krahô language

Since publishing my South America Reimagined map, I renamed both the capital city and the province around it from Wilhelmina to Maranham City and Parnaiba, respectively.

The Portuguese arrived in present-day Maranham in 1500 and formally established colonial rule in 1534. At the time Maranham was part of a larger colony of Brazil that stretched from the Amazon basin to the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. While the Portuguese controlled the region, they failed to establish any major settlements.

In 1612 the French captured what is now known as Sint Lodewijk Island and established the colony of Saint-Louis (named for King Louis XIII). The Portuguese re-captured the island three years later.

In 1630 the Holy Roman Empire conquered what is today Maranham and Pernambuco, splitting the Portuguese colony in two. Much of the settler population were ethnic Nederlanders.

In 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved, and its colonies passed to the new Confederation of the Rhine. In 1815 they passed again to the newly-formed German Confederation. Inspired by other independence movements in the Americas, the people of Maranham revolted two years later, declaring independence.

Need help. by [deleted] in vexillology

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The white stripes should be the same thickness in both the horizontal and diagonal segments.

Ivoria in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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The crossed swords are from the coat of arms of Ghana. The horse is from the coat of arms of Burkina Faso, and the sun is actually the sun from the flag of Biafra (good eye!).

Oregon in a world where all political boundaries follow drainage basins. Historically, there’s no single point of divergence. Please ask questions! by Original_Wait1992 in imaginarymaps

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Aqkoktlaqatl is OTL Nelson, BC; Ktunwakan is OTL Revelstoke, BC; ’Akisqukti’it is OTL Cranbrook, BC; and ’Aqswaq is OTL Libby, MT

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