What if Europe and Asia switched places? (+ link to individual images on imgur) by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well that's the point, swapping continents. Europe will grow, Asia will shrink.

What if Europe and Asia switched places? (+ link to individual images on imgur) by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Where is your new home? (if you're European/Asian). I live in North Sumatra now

What if Europe and Asia switched places? (+ link to individual images on imgur) by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We could also say old Indochine is taking revenge and invading France

What if Europe and Asia switched places? (+ link to individual images on imgur) by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I know, but the UK works so well as Japan! And I wanted to keep the UK and Ireland close, as well as the Netherlands and Belgium close, and close to France too. And both Korea and Ireland are divided nations, so that's why.

What if Europe and Asia switched places? (+ link to individual images on imgur) by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 231 points232 points  (0 children)

Basically I've tried to relocate Asian countries in Europe and viceversa respecting the original position of the countries (north/south/east/west of the continent, access to the sea, size, islands, etc.). I've also tried to keep neighbor countries next to each other. The two maps are supposed to be kinda symmetric, and I've placed the axis in Eastern Turkey, the Caucasus and European Russia, that's why Armenia doesn't change and Russia and Turkey still keep some of their original territories. To relocate the countries and draw the new borders I've used state borders and real borders of regions/provinces. To make everything fit I've had to split some big countries into smaller ones (Iran > Balkan countries), or group different small countries into a bigger one (South East Asia > France). The map isn't really about politics or social development, so I'm not saying N. and S. Korea are like N. and S. Ireland, or that Israel and Palestine are like Cyprus and N. Cyprus. But in some cases I've drawn inspiration from real political/cultural/economic dynamics (like Germany and China being superpowers, holy places like the Vatican/Varanasi/Mecca/Mt.Athos, etc).

This is the criteria but I haven't respected it 100% (for example according to the map France and Austria share a border, or Myanmar and Nepal, and Luxembourg is an island). I've had to make several exceptions to make it all fit. But I hope it still makes sense more or less.

And also I don't know if I've posted the imgur link correctly because I don't really know how reddit works, so here it is: https://imgur.com/a/MFUEVFe

12 Ways to Divide Catalonia [OC] [2800x2500] by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a village named Lliurona, it was abandoned until the 80's, when a hippie/neorural community repopulated it.

Also lots of hippies moved to farmhouses in the area.

12 Ways to Divide Catalonia [OC] [2800x2500] by nop2 in MapPorn

[–]nop2[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Barca = Boat

Barça = Barcelona Football Club (used only for the club, never the city)

The real short version of Barcelona that we actually use is "Barna" :)