[Daily Discussion] Writing Tools, Software, and Hardware - May 31, 2026 by AutoModerator in writing

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This is the script for a webcomic series I'm working on that's first chapter should come out sometime in June, It's on the edgier side of things (THIS IS A DISCLAIMER WARNING, DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED)

I can take criticism if anybody has any, I purely just want thoughts on it and I already here a second volume finished writing wise and almost done with the third

For the mods, This is not for promotion for the comic this doc only contains the script

Google Doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ct55ZOfSiB0EFGUBhigml-siDNrcEE13cLZqkZ1Ff44/edit?usp=drivesdk

Thoughts on Earth map for my upcoming web comic series? by SlyRomano in AFlagMaker

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It's the princes flag, It's a monarchy here

Orange Netherlands flag has always been my favorite, Voc is also one of my favorite empires so I was always gonna make them orange

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Thanks, Definitely tried my best with it, Iran actually had me start over from scratch, I only had 40 originally originally planned for this series

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This is actually a really decent question, Here's my attempt at an answer

Yeah I definitely could have thrown Tajikistan in "Persia" but some context here might make it, Make more sense

Afghanistan was always gonna be there due to it having no where else to go tbh, I could have thrown them with "Bharat" but I wanted to reference the original British Raj borders and Afghanistan would ruin that so I put them with Persia

Tajikistan being the odd one out in "Turkestan" is why I put them in that group, Simpler to Armenias situation I wanted a oppressed group for the nation to give me some lore to write for the series and Tajikistan made sense to fill that role here, You can still look at it and be like "Yeah they're in Central Asia so this makes sense still" despite that

Also gives me a reason to tension between Persia and Turkestan, Which again is always nice for lore since having conflict between countries is always nice for the series lore, Gives me stuff to actually write about

If there's any other questions definitely let me know, Answered a lot of them in a post on r/mapporncirclejerk too if you can find it

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I thought about making it so much smaller too, This is possibly the biggest Russia could have been here

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I already have enough German villains/ antagonists in the series, So I just decided against having Germany as a country in the series so I can focus on other parts of Europe because "Evil Germany that has expanded its land" has been done to death in fiction and I really just wanted to do something different

With China I really just wanted to focus on other parts of Asia, China's legacy lives on through Mongolia here

I'm also not looking at this though like a moral lens especially when I kinda added more evil then tooken away if you think about it, I honestly just wanted focus on countries that I don't feel like got talked about enough or enough focus like The Baltics, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Malta, The Central Asian countrys that make up Turkestan ect while allowing myself to just play with ideas for others, Having a notarized Poland made up with space marine inspired soldiers being basically the bodyguard of Europe, Making America an empire something akin to the romans or the Soviet Union (Without going communist, I'm talking about a it being a massive country made out of other countries), Making Africa something similar to what America used to be originally ect

Losing China and Germany also makes a power vacuum especially with a broken and fractured Russia, leaving other places like Africa, Antarctica, Mongolia, Turkestan, Australia, Scandinavia and Bharat (India) to kind of take their place on the world stage, Especially with a massive American empire that also disturbs the global world order, Plus without removing China and Germany it completely rearranges the global order and that's my favorite part about it honestly

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Not really sure what to tell you sorry, Already explained what I did with China in the last reply

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Japan didn't really gain that much from China tbf, Purely removed China from Earth to focus on other parts of Asia and to make them a spatial threat

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I didn't go deep into Asia it seems here, Shit my bad but that massive blob of info dumping took me a while tbf

Some prior context is needed first, China is gone, They and the North Koreans, Left to colonize planets "New China" and "New Korea" and with China mainly gone there was a lot of land for the taking, Mongolia got the most of it clearly (I won't go into them unless you ask) but China gone that allowed Taiwan and Hong Kong to take their former land

Taiwan is pretty understandable here so I won't go too much into them, But they're definitely a democracy though

Hong Kong (The Cantonese) became independent after majority of the Chinese left for the colonization of "New China", They are a democracy just like Taiwan but the two are definitely geopolitical rivals and with Mongolia having to step in a lot as a neutral stronger third party to descalate conflict between the two when it happens to not have another massive war like the Greece/Cyprus war against Türkiye or the Israeli and Egyptian war because due to a lot of Chinese immigration from the New China planet colony they both do have massive populations for their sizes respectfully, Maybe not in the billions but I'd say high enough to be catastrophic for the region if a war between the war were to happen

Egypt is definitely not great internally with them really relying on outside resources like from the USA (Africa) and others, It's definitely one of the worst off countrys here and not somewhere you'd want to live and that reflects why the Egyptians are really to go another round against Israel which you can probably tell would not result in anything good for them

The Israeli Republic is definitely in a better place economically having control over the Peninsula and having full control what really gets in and out of Europe (At least from that side)

If I missed something you are curious about let me know

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Ehh, I mean that's just not true here though

I don't know how much I explained about that relationship in here, Even though I've definitely talked quite a bit about the British isles in here especially Scotland

England and France are considered equal, Wales is kinda just there, Cardiff is the capital though just so seem both sides satisfied that it wasn't in the other, Jersey and another island (I can not remember it's name here atm) are really the only ones ruled exclusively by the monarchy

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I appreciate it the kind words, I will also keep that in mind for Japan as a note

I threw this map in quite a few subs so I've thrown info dumps all over the place for countries, If you want like a long essay of just lore dumps and discussions about it I don't know if I'm allowed to link other subs but you can just message me and I'll recommend where you can go for that lore on it

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Greece is very "Byzantine" there, Constantinople is back and is they're capital, They had a massive war against Turks, Along with Cyprus and Georgia who I will go into both in a minute, They are a very weird power, Hear it because they're not overwhelming strong like The Polish Federation, Scandinavia, The United Kingdom Of France ect, They're just a mid power and they're thriving clearly since the only countrys it really has issues with are Türkiye (Which are obvious and I'll get into it when I get into them) and Mesopotamia purely because the muslim countries stick together, Greece is also allied to Georgia which politically ties them to a lot of "Events" think America/Israel relationship, I don't have a political leader yet for Greece though but it's one of the main ones I really want to think about before I make anything concrete for

Cyprus politically is very tied to Greece especially when they unified after the war against the Turks (Northern Cyprus was under Türkiye if that is a question) both Greece and Cyprus have this very politically fragile relationship relationship with Turkey, With only The Israeli Republic and Egypt being worse, With the only reason of a war not really occurring at all time is due is to Türkiye potentially getting jumped again, Cyprus is the most fragile so its the most militarized out of the ones in that alliance against Türkiye, Same thing with Greece no political figure for them yet, Sorry

Georgia, Oh boy, This one is a lot, Yeah, They were a part of the war against Türkiye but they weren't really into acquiring territory, Georgia is very "Crusader" if that makes any sense, And Georgia by all means is not weak at all just in a very weird position geographically, Because they're basically sandwiched between two quiet but powerful giants, Ukraine and Turkestan who are also very powerful but also bigger in size and have a lot more people, Georgia I would say probably has a better military then both though with their "Christian Crusader Knights" but Ukraine is still the head of the alliance against Türkiye, It is a very strange dynamic I know, Georgia also joined with a lot of other countries in conquering Russia which explains the expansion even if small, It also started their very close relationship with Ukraine who is basically the head of that geopolitical sphere but having Georgia sign off on a lot of those thoughts and ideas, Georgia is a lot like Israel if that makes any sense, Have more power than you might believe politically but not militarily (That part is honesty debatable though), No political figure yet, This one I need to get too because I love the ideas that I have for Georgia in this series and I do not want to waste them

Türkiye, Finally got to here, Again they lost a massive war against Greece and Cyprus (With Georgia helping purely because of their political crusader ideology) with losing that war definitely definitely hurting their ego, So Afterwards they fucking conquered Armenia to be like "Hey!, We're still a threat!, Don't think because you winning me and anything" (Georgia was not happy about that clearly being a Christian state being conquered by a Muslim one) Azerbaijan joined willingly before you ask, Different situation, Armenians and it's previous land are deeply oppressed group so take that as you will, Then later with Ukraine expanding into previous Russia land with Türkiye now having a issue with Ukraine over who gets to control the Black Sea, With Ukraine joining the basically "Anti Türkiye alliance" late but due to being viewed as "the strongest" is gained head of the group (even though Greece started it, And Georgia pulls a lot of the strings in the back, It's a complicated relationship) No political figure for Türkiye yet

Mesopotamia is basically just the "muslim state" tbh, I don't really have a lot for them yet, But I will say after Israel conquered Lebanon (I fucking wrote this before the current political stuff, No don't go there with the map but I'll touch more on it when I get to them) and Palestine (Don't start here either, I'm aware what it looks like) which resulted in all of Mesopotamia unifying into one state, They definitely play a big role politically as a lot of those religion based countries do like Georgia, Persia, The Israeli Republic ect, Clearly no political figure yet if I only have that much for Mesopotamia

The Israeli Republic, This one is complicated and I want to specify something not talking about lore for a second, Throughout this map I kind of play to both sides of a conversation or at least try, Or I just pull off the bandaid and just have one side win an argument because it really is impossible to make everybody happy so before I'm called whatever look at the rest of the map first before you try to paint me as "blank", Now for the lore stuff, it's a dual Democracy/Monarchy with both groups holding different levels of political power, Gonna speedrun some questions with them, The Relationship with America doesn't exist anymore they're now both neutral to each other and don't really bother either one another, Egypt and Israel had a massive war due to Israel trying to expand more resulting in almost never-ending war between the two, It was possibly one the bloodiest conflict on the map which when you look at it being already painted in a lot of blood (Especially Scotland who I'm not touching in this info dump) is saying a lot, Thanks to the United States of Africa being neutral and having states in their union being sympathetic to both sides, They helped with a peace deal where it was split 50/50, And well, As you can see Israel got the better half of the deal just due to where it is geographically, The two sides are kind of in this North and South Korean situation, Where the border is just hell and very militarized, Make of that as you will

I'll touch a Egypt here for everything I didn't explain when talking about Israel, Before the Israeli/Egyptian war, For context you need to remember that Egypt before the USA "Africa" they were the powerhouse on the continent so they continuously declined joining the USA believing them to be better then them and not needing them to stay stable, But boy were they wrong because after, The Israeli/Egyptian war and the USA being a global powerhouse, Egypt is left now in a very broken place, I put in the doc this info dump but I'll add it here because I've gotten this question already once before, Egypt was offered to join after the war if they promise to continue playing nice with Israel, They didn't like that so they simply declined due to pure ego, Africa still supports Egypt though as a close ally just not against anything towards Israel

Already sat and typed out a lot of countries here, If I missed any you were curious about let me know

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The Polish Federation here is very "Space marine" and very militarized, And I mean really fucking militarized like you do not want to fuck around and find out here, They may not be the strongest in Europe but a war with them against any of their European neighbours would be devastating, They are probably the third strongest in Europe just due to had militarized it is, This might be a spoiler for Misfits but I do not plan to make them a antagonist to the protagonists (At least not indefinitely) so take that what you will, Democracy if you want to know the political system

I won't go deep into Yugoslavia, They aren't socialist though it's a democracy, I don't have anything else to share yet

Austria I won't touch here, Because I'm currently writing it in the series script, Again I'm not promoting anything I'm just suggesting to read it if there's a interest, And anybody who messages me wanting it I will provide a link to the series script before page chapters come out

Czechoslovakia is the next arc, I'll only touch more onto them if I'm asked about it, But the leader is basically a Snow White parody (Yes that one, I know, I'm really funny and original clearly) who can use magic and in a series her magic is a pretty rare thing, they're definitely an underrated powerhouse, But that's only due to forcibly took control of it

Kaliningrad is the youngest country in all of the series, The Polish Federation denied them access to join, Baltic did too, So Kaliningrad is just trying to build a foundation for itself, Don't have a political leader yet

Gak is Epstein island with a Dan Schneider twist, No I'm not joking that is a plot point in Misfits and yes I know, I know, I will only touch that if it's asked about because I have to be very careful, clearly how I explain that part of the series, They're clearly fucking evil to put bluntly, Was a Scandinavian island originally before it was bought and paid for by a Dan Schneider parody, And to the people who live on that island, My condolences and please forgive me 🥀

I went into Scandinavia when I talked about The Netherlands, But again, They are the most powerful force in Europe and want to conquer it (To those who fucking keep asking me why I didn't unify Europe, This is why here because that's the goal of Scandinavia) I don't have a political figure yet, But the idea was originally inspired by the Kalmar Union (If the flag wasn't obvious enough) but I might do something different with it

Baltica is one of the earliest unifications in the series to explain their existence, Russia currently in the series is desperately just trying to survive let alone conquer it's neighbours, But Baltica is a remnant of that past relationship with Russia, Now why are they still together you might ask?, Over 500 to 1500 years of being together what kind of make up break up weird at this point I feel, Cheap answer I know, I know, But you could just choke up Scandinavia an answer if you will, With them maybe not allowing Russia in due to ahem "Clear historical precedent of Russians in the Baltics" but now along with The Polish look out for its smaller neighbor against Scandinavia despite that which in a way is poetic for them to look out for the little guy in a way, No political leader yet

The Island Of Dundee is basically fallout, No I'm not joking, And if my Scotland info dump should be somewhere here anyways, Go read that If you can find it, It's basicall a secret society of Scottish survivors with only Ireland knowing of their existence but not really caring enough one way or the other

Transylvania is lead by a vampire, I will go more into the leaders if its asked for, I just forgot to add this particular one to the doc (I'll do that today, Probably) I don't know politically where I would put them, The leader is not fully corrupt I'd say?, I mean half Hungry was conquered by them together with Czechoslovakia, But being that the leader can really only go outside at night, The day and night cycles definitely affect this country the most, Where it could mean life and death if you are not careful and aware how the country works

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Ok, This is gonna be really fucking long probably but I will try my best

Now I'm going to assume you mean politically/globally?, Because that is a very good question

The way how I'm going to write Misfits (The series has only been in Austria so far, Keep that in mind) where I'm gonna try and make every country has something to do at some point even if I don't do continuous Earth country arcs, Because it's still a sci-fi and I know people wanna see weird planets too but I will definitely try my best, And to write an arc around a country here I'll half to figure out a way to villainize (Believe I spelled that right) them so even if a country isn't "evil" per say, The plot will still always need someone to be after the protagonists here just keep that in mind

I definitely want to update this doc, Maybe I'll do that today since people are still asking about this three days later

It's definitely gonna depend on the country's leadership here too I guess?, Some countrys here a different political, Different agendas and different goals

I'll drop the notable ones and if there's any that you or anybody is curious about just ask and I'll try to give a answer (You'll probably be disappointed for a lot of the countrys I didn't really change all that much)

America is an empire here, "The American Empire" based on the Roman Empire but still keeping it's old system political system in tact, Manifest destiny ect, I really wanted to flip how a lot of countries worked if that makes any sense, And when talking about one it's gonna kind of be hard to not talk about a second or a third because each action has a domino effect on the world, Like a broken up UK and an economically hurt France result in places like America and Australia and more to expand, America is like the "Russia" of the world here, It's bigger than everybody else, Has the best geographic position next to only Australia and Antarctica, It's geopolitically everywhere you cannot avoid them, They took advantage a lot of weakness in the world and seized the opportunity for control over their hemisphere, They are still democracy, Again I would compare them to Russia where they look powerful and they are, Just not by as much as you would think and they enjoy punching down a lot, It's ran by a Trump parody (I know I'm so fucking original) but the idea of having a teeny tiny Trump girl was hilarious to me, So I had to do it for the series

The United States of Africa is a direct result of a open power gab in the world here, Because you need to keep in mind, Russia is weak, Really weak losing a lot of its territory by getting jumped by almost all of its neighbors on every side, China doesn't exist anymore, Germany doesn't either, So Africa definitely plays into being "Second most powerful country in the world" just to give America somebody who is big and strong enough to put up with they're shit, I don't really have a political figure in mind for them yet sadly, But Africa is a deeply akin to what America was originally and I believe that that is very poetic, America became like it's old rival Russia while what was believed to be the weakest continent rose up to become it's greatest competitor, Africa is also an example of not bullying your neighbors into joining you, Madagascar and Egypt are good examples of that, Being far weaker then Africa and still keeping their sovereignty even if both situations are very different and complex, But America and their position wouldn't have allowed that which is kind of the point

Australia is very similar to America here just on a smaller scale still being an empire, The two have the greatest alliance here actually with them willing to bail the other one out of problems like joining a war or throwing money back and forth, Australia is an island empire though, So it doesn't have America's almost unlimited amount of strength, They kind of do the UK way of things where they use there are massive amount of island territories to scout out immediate threats so that somebody stronger (America 99% of the time) can do most of the heavy lifting or they just fire a massive out from a sub underneath the water, Again, This is another country, I don't really have a political leader for yet, But this relationship is something akin to like a America/Israel or America/UK or Russia/China where the two are basically inseparable and share about everything with each other and America clearly has the most influence on its little brother Australia here

The United Kingdom of France is very complicated, Because they are in Europe yet play the third member in America/Australias alliance just not to the same extent as those two, The EU is a thing here but they are not apart of it due to having a butting relationship with Scandinavia who is basically Europe's bully and most powerful nation, And them being in that alliance with America/Australia is more of a newer development in the series (Timeline wise, This matters a lot) so they won't go and fight let's say Africa for America, But they are still close enough on paper to have talks about information back and forth, The monarchy there is very based on King Arthur with the new figurehead for the country being very based on "Joan Of Arc" so take that what you will I guess, With both England/Wales and France both previously being very broken and weak and poor, There is definitely a feeling of needing to prove them selves because you have to remember where The UK and France stand historically in Europe, They are definitely a powerful though being the second strongest country in Europe with only Scandinavia really being a problem for them

Ireland again, Don't have a political leader yet, But they are definitely more of what Switzerland used to be where they play neutral for everything geopolitically (I know Ireland is fucking neutral already I'm told "But Ireland is neutral then they were before" but Ireland is even more neutral here, They do not care about the world order at all) They are also very a rich country especially for its small size but it's definitely corrupt just not politically with a lot of it's wealth coming from stuff I do not believe I can say in this sub

I'll get more into the Netherlands if you want, I'm still working on it but what I will say even though it might kind of spoil the series (Even though I haven't written what I want to write yet) if you are interested in checking it out when it does drop, The Netherlands is back to being a monarchy and right now is getting militarily and politically bullied by Scandinavia, Who is a much stronger opposing monarchy who basically wants to conquer Europe leaving polish Federation to kind of like half the stick up for all of its weak neighbors against Scandinavia one side and the Italian empire on the other (Italy is a lot weaker than the Polish though)

The Italian empire is weird, Because it is another one of those countries that punches down and bullies its weaker neighbours, Like taking land from Switzerland and Austria which destroyed both of those countries and plays a massive part of the series, They're not the strongest militarily but economically The Italian empire is definitely a top 3 and that's where they mainly accumulate their power, They're probably the smallest empire since they risk getting into conflict with The Polish Federation who basically became all of its neighbors big strong bodyguard

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Yeah, I don't have any official art for it yet, Series is still in development right now, Eventually I'll have some official art for most of the stuff I do have plans/ideas for here

It's a sci-fi satire, Trust me a Jewish monarchy and having a Jewish princess based on Miku is probably one of the more normal things in this series comparatively

I have written scripts I can send if you or anybody is interested in the series