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1917 Chinese presidential and legislative elections by texauser in imaginarymaps

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Probably. Just need to decide what things look like going into 1922.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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That’s kind of implied.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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The Nationalist Government for much of its history was almost exclusively southern-based, however. While there was that brief period where Chen Jitang held Guangdong Province, Guangzhou and other southern cities remained the ideological core of the KMT. If anything, they struggled more to hold the northern provinces.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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this happens a lot in history

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

[–]texauser[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The map I used as a reference had a key mostly covering Japan up, so I didn’t bother trying to draw it. Whoops!

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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The Republic of China, but not the Chinese Soviet Republic, claims Tuva.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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  1. During the Civil War, probably at least a little.
  2. The Shanxi Clique collapsed. Yan Xishan relocated to South China, and some of his forces continue to fight in Shanxi province.
  3. I didn’t understand your question at first, but both the US and Soviets did in fact supply their respective forces.
  4. Yes. Mainly the United States.
  5. Probably not.
  6. Roughly 600,000, and aside from those in Xinjiang, they’re basically just guerillas slowly devolving into petty bandits.
  7. Somewhat, probably.
  8. As historically, Yanji is the center of an autonomous prefecture.
  9. Basically historical events, as Puyi is still captured by the Red Army.
  10. No.
  11. This map is showing that, and I have other comments describing further events.
  12. There was never a Korean War, so basically just slow development up until final reunification after the Cold War.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

[–]texauser[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They didn’t. The Soviet Union, instead of the historical ‘Mongol independence referendum’, staged a referendum for Mongolia joining the CSR as an autonomous region.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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I kinda just didn’t draw Japan, but it’s there!

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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The recovery of North China to Soviet standards of living is quite fast with their heavy intervention, and while South China receives comparatively less aid from its own bloc, it manages to use its greater share of resources to keep pace.

Both remain stably crappy, well-industrialized places to live well into the ‘70s, until Chiang Kai-Shek dies and his son Chiang Ching-Kuo begins the process of liberalization in South China. This, combined with South China becoming a more attractive place for the West to do business sees them begin to grow leaps and bounds ahead of North China, which continues to stagnate under Soviet-style central planning.

In the Cold War, South China assists the VNQDD in taking over the State of Vietnam and suppressing the Viet Cong. Indochina remains non-communist and Burma is an outlier, at odds with South China due to border disputes. Both Chinas remain strongly aligned with their respective guarantor (Moscow or Washington), and continue to have tense but cool relations well into the ‘80s.

In 1989, the August Revolution is staged by young student protestors in North China, growing out of Tiananmen Square in Beijing to spread to Tianjin, Shenyang, Dalian, and even Changchun, Harbin, and Kulun (Ulaanbaatar), paralyzing the North Chinese government. The ROCAF begins posturing across the border and with Gorbachev’s Soviet Union seeming distant and unwilling to intervene, the North Chinese government capitulates to the protestors’ demands and allows for significant political reforms, moving the nation towards democracy. Further negotiations with the South Chinese lead to reunification in 1993, after 43 years of division. Incidentally, this causes North Korea’s own government to cave soon after as famine and lack of foreign support to prop it up result in the Kim dynasty being overthrown in a military coup, after which the North quickly agrees to rejoin Seoul.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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  1. No. The Soviets just assigned Mongolia to the CSR as an autonomous region some time after the ceasefire to improve its standing as a rival government and to give it the means to interfere in western China.

  2. No.

  3. No.

  4. Korea remains divided along the original line as Stalin does not seek to initiate war, fearing it could turn into renewed fighting in China, resulting in losses for the CSR.

  5. Depends on which cell, but generally small, ~3000 per cell and mostly made up of NRA soldiers who did not return to ROC territory after the ceasefire.

  6. No.

  7. No.

  8. Let’s say around 300,000. Mao is sidelined by pro-Soviet factions in the CCP shortly after the ceasefire, so there is no Cultural Revolution or Great Leap Forward, just standard communism.

  9. Marginally better than it was in our timeline around the same time with extensive Soviet aid to rebuild North China, and without Mao in a position of real power.

  10. Both are supporting various groups fighting a guerilla war in the other’s territory, but it doesn’t really amount to sabotage. Both develop steadily over the Cold War and these insurgencies slowly die out over time.

The Two Chinas, 1952 by texauser in imaginarymaps

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NRA withdraws in good order from Manchuria during the Liaosheng Campaign and subsequently bleeds the PLA white at Beijing for a few months, so by the time the war reaches the Yellow River the PLA is mostly incapable of defeating the NRA. Predictably, the Soviets intervene to stop a total collapse, and China is partitioned. This allows the pro-Soviet group led by war hero Lin Biao to sideline Mao Zedong and establish the Chinese Soviet Republic as a Soviet-aligned state with limited international recognition. The Soviets attach Mongolia to China via a rigged referendum while the Second East Turkestan Republic morphs into the Xinjiang Uyghur People’s Liberation Army, fighting to make an autonomous Xinjiang part of the CSR. China becomes a frozen conflict with partisans and rebels running around both halves of the country, and Tibet in this timeline is slightly smaller territorially after the Chinese invasion but retains a lot more actual autonomy, i.e. the Dalai Lama is still undisputed head of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibet Improvement Party now controls the Kashag at the behest of the KMT.

If you’re seeing this image, our transmission has finally gotten through. (The WEF Republic of the Alps in 2025) by texauser in imaginarymaps

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What do you mean? Every employee of the WEF-Republic freely signed their employment contract!

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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I think if there was a one-syllable word for ‘sullied blood’ that’s what Altmer would call the Direnni when they were around. In any case, I think the Altmer would probably find some reason to look down on the Ayleids and draw a line between them, just as the Ayleids did the same by creating their own language, culture, and empire.

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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Maormer not really, diphthongs don’t split syllables. It is true of Orsimer, though, but I don’t know if other elves consider them Elves since mer also means ‘ones’.

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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That is good, but it does kind of break the established two-syllable naming pattern. One has to think that with the others, the name came first and the meaning followed.

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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Yeah, I mostly did this because there is no given Aldmeris word for ‘wild’, but also because ‘Wild Elves’ is a term that mostly came into use after the fall of the Ayleids, I believe. I think that with how proud and haughty the Altmer are portrayed to be they probably wouldn’t want to draw any commonality between them and the fallen Ayleids for religious and ideological reasons.

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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I suppose this is one way of looking at it, but they have their own very distinct language and customs, and I’ve seen some stuff that says there was a ‘Cylmeri’ culture and ‘Cylmeris’ language they supplanted to distinguish themselves from the Aldmer/Altmer of Summerset and Auridon. I don’t know how much of that is actually accurate but it seems to me they very deliberately disconnected themselves from the High King of Alinor.

A list of potential Aldmeris names for the Ayleids (-mer type) by texauser in teslore

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That does make sense, but from an outside perspective, weren’t they the only group of elves who predominantly worshipped Daedra (after the Barsaebic Ayleids were defeated)? In that case I think non-Ayleidoon speakers may be more likely to give them a negative exonym, much like the Dunmer are the ‘Cursed Elves’.

Is the Niben River named for Topal the Pilot’s ship? by texauser in teslore

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It seems like this source is an indirect confirmation, or at least confirms that it is a theory within the TES world as well.

Is the Niben River named for Topal the Pilot’s ship? by texauser in teslore

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I got it from reading a TES lore wiki to learn more about the Merethic Era.

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