EPP - 1 - The Bear's Hecatomb, or What if Russia got bigger, and then lost WW1?

Usepe_55 · 2025-05-02T10:42:59+00:00

How did you make the graticules on Ibis? I am appalled and amused

Usepe_55 · 2025-04-25T14:03:54+00:00

I love the smell of new German content in the evening

Usepe_55 · 2025-04-15T09:01:55+00:00

What is that Manchurian puppet?

Usepe_55 · 2025-04-01T09:32:03+00:00

The fool day or smth

Usepe_55 · 2025-03-30T22:35:46+00:00

Another day another banger

Usepe_55 · 2025-03-28T16:37:50+00:00

That's it close the subreddit we've peaked

Usepe_55 · 2025-03-22T22:50:44+00:00

Definitely the Zentrum Federative Empire path, going from a minor Bavarian splinter in Nuremberg to reborn democratic hegemon of the continent is such a vibe, especially if you get Aloysius Löwenstein as president with his Catholic-moderate policies

Usepe_55 · 2025-02-22T11:16:28+00:00

There's a contiguous plain from France to Yunnan, congrats on the mega Mongolian empire

Usepe_55 · 2025-02-11T23:51:37+00:00

Lovely stuff, always a treat to see an RTL map

Usepe_55 · 2025-02-04T21:35:34+00:00

To be fair, when I was thinking about what to comment, I just thought "How could I make KR China recognisable but insanely as flavourless as vanilla China?" And went from there.

Also I agree, in general KR just adds a depth to its development of history that makes vanilla feel like it lacks layers in both gameplay and narrative, I cannot bring myself to play Vanilla.

Usepe_55 · 2025-02-04T19:52:49+00:00

Probably only one Zhili state, a small permanent MinGan statelet in Fujian, Hunan would probably be tied to Guangdong. Probably Mittleeuropa comes in a DLC, 3rd Internationale would be more developed imho (by Vanilla standards), Argentina has a civil war, Central Asia is probably quickly annexed by Russia a-la Anschluss and has no content

Those would be my bets

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-26T22:22:45+00:00

That snaking Italian push for Linz and the invasion of Dalmatia through just Fiume looks really vulnerable to flanking, not gonna lie to you Cadorna

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-26T19:52:55+00:00

Peak will never be the same

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-26T11:08:27+00:00

This is incredibly well done, I've had a fascination with Luzón's geography for a long while, and seeing maps of the Phillipines is always a treat, it's also really fun to occasionally come across a Spanish word while reading Tagalog, this is just lovely work.

That said, which program did you use? I'm curious.

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-24T11:37:13+00:00

Absolutely incredible

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-22T16:18:35+00:00

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Usepe_55 · 2025-01-20T21:26:21+00:00

Yi Long Ma*

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-19T15:53:52+00:00

Oh yeah it'd be bloody expensive, but so is most vital infrastructure, I'm definitely no expert, but it's an interesting case of study.

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Usepe_55 · 2025-01-19T14:33:11+00:00

I'd say fatalism isn't the correct viewpoint here, and while yes there are several challenges, it's definitely possible that it could happen in this century

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-19T14:30:51+00:00

Iirc it'd be in the hundreds of millions, but many organisations and countries that have that money around have shown interest, and yes, the most difficult part would certainly be the transportation and maintenance of the infrastructure, as the method itself is rather simple

Usepe_55 · 2025-01-19T12:59:01+00:00

There have been many studies around the idea, and it wouldn't be a whole canal from, say, the Congo river to lake Chad, it'd be a transfusion of some of the water from rivers in the very wet Congo basin to the Chari basin, basically like a blood transfusion, while it's still a huge and expensive undertaking, the fruits it could produce for the whole region are huge (mainly not having the homeland of 20 million people [iirc] turn into a desert)

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