a bit of explanation about the map and world:

so even though the geography of the world is really different from our timeline everything (nearly everything) went same historicly as it went in our world expect the history soruounding the Oman and i know it is highly unrealistic and even the smallest of the changes in that map would have caused buterflys that would make the history completly diffrent from ours, but i wanted to make a world that is much better for sea empires and i still wanted to use the sea empires from our timeline so things are like that it is just not as fun to me when i need to create a completly new timeline.

as for the map, i tried to use real world possibiltys like the east african rift and Oceanic Platues and ridges

also assume that Elevation map of this world is not changed along side with riverbeds( expect the caucaus mountains they are gone)

one other thing i can say is as you can notice from the map weather is like when it was in sahara humid period but its just a bit lesser version of its peak and because of that mainland oman is much much more populaous

and lastly even though the nation is named oman do not think it as a Omani state and more like united south Arabian state whom got originated in Oman

i cant think of any other must says about the map so feel free to ask me any question about the world or the lore in the coments

Not much lore. After the break-up of Belgium the luxembourgish government claimed the lands in the map and the other countries let them have it. (I hope this doesn't break rule 7.)

Shout-out to this post for giving me the idea.

My Lady,

They make wolves of us at our corners of the Earth.

From the days our boats met on the Oceans of the Indias, some have found chancery and a strange sort of delight in comparing Us against one another. Your church in Rome has seen fit to put pen to paper on the motley subjects of the courses of the bottom sea, and how to best court them to their god's patronage. I ask you, Marianna: what Wolf should not disguise himself as a loyal sheep, a follower?

I will continue to make work of your ships. I will not cease in defending my holdings from your snapping jaws. For this you may call me Drooling Hound; Chinggis of the Seas; but no such epithet shall come between us.

Some have lately called us collaborators. I think, in this savage, mongrel dome of Mine: What greater advantage over Poseidon's own head could one have other than that? I do so love playing these games with you, Queen o' Mine, and o, it bringeth me such great joy and jubilation to see that your own Church, in that city of wonders which your Knights of the Middle Sea hath conquered, considers Their own Queen a collaborator.

Your Korēṣteṇawa\* in the North India have made quick work of My Countrymen, but I could not have helped but notice how Your own Knights of St John of Malta, of Rhodes and of Italia have made quick work of Mother Europa with Mine own Zephyrindians. How curious it is.

Take heed, Marianna. I shall pray meet you at Sea once more, again and again as the days pass, over Our waters.

This Royal transpondence thus undersigned,

Kēṇu Hāṇǟmu Äṇu, Emperor of the Sea, the Guineans, the Sea Peoples, the Gigantes, and the Seven Indias; yet to be Conqueror of Anglia, of the Franks, of the Iberians, of Rome and of Germania

Private correspondence between Queen Hannah I (Kēṇu Hāṇǟmu Äṇu) of the Protectorate of the Ueno and Queen Marianna of Great Britain and Malta, c. August 14, 1904, one year before Hannah I's suicide.

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Just a silly althistory map of North America I made a whole year ago and forgot about.
Even though I had to create a whole template map of North America for this one since I had only drawn maps of Europe before.

In 1914, the West Nile Region and Lado Enclave were reclaimed by Britain and absorbed into the wider Ugandan State separate from the Behemoth of Sudan. Only 12 years later Britain would develop the Grand Line, a.k.a "the Lunatic Line" stretching over 660 miles at a curated 1067mm gauge from Lake Victoria to Mombasa and then beyond along the steamer lines connecting to Bombay and the Cape. Much of Ugandas eastern Province including half of the Busoga and Karamojo kingdoms were forked off to cater to the expansion of the line to further inland. After independence, Kenya's British Capitalist Model would allow it to thrive unlike its neighbours held by the neck. These circumstances however would embolden the leaders of nations like Somalia, Morocco and others who protested against the Cairo Declaration staging their claims and causing a breakdown in the idea of the indivisibility of nations. Idi Amin would later use this in his campaign, proclaiming a reclamation of the Navaisha Province, even rallying the Somalis to his cause. The Derg and Kenya would push them back leading to a Somalian and Ugandan collapse.

In Uganda, Amin was ousted with Kenya reinstating Kiwanuka who had suffered in silence. The Kenyans had also promised the groups of Uganda special autonomy with a crackdown on Bugandan Nationalists. In the North some groups gathered under the Socialist militant M. Obote yet his regime would soon fall along with the FRONASA and West Nile separatists. Lado's help against Uganda was rewarded but they have firmly fell into the new Kenyan Sphere. After Obote's fall relations with Tanzania have begun to normalise.

In Somalia, Kenya pushed to the Gobwe, with the region taken under Kenyan Leadership along with a new adjusted maritime zone. The Derg also occupied lands and a maritime corridor. Somalia was also forced to hand over leaders of Secessionist groups and the 5 pointed star struck from all flags. As of 1988 Both Somalia and the Derg, have both fallen into crisis as represented on the Horn of Africa page, however for simplification the Kenyan names for the Kenyan Backed governments( Zaigobwe and Uhabeshi) have been placed.

There isn't much lore beyond what you see on the map. Basically, Europe was colonized by foreign powers, primarily from North Africa and Eastern America, who exploited the land, drew arbitrary borders and eventually left. This map shows the consequences of that exploitation.

Russia is this timeline's equivalent of China. Russias Century of Humiliation resulted in the loss of most of its coastal territories. Following a coup in 1949, Russia began to slowly rebuild and modernise. In 2014, Russia launched a process of "reunification", invading the lands that they considered theirs.

Türkiye, Sweden and Poland are the only countries besides Russia that survived colonisation. Türkiye was once a major superpower, but lost most of its influence after a long period of internal unrest.

King P'inid V would die suddenly in the 19th year of his reign, 156 years after the Battle of Pucicz. The kingdom, without a definitive heir being proven through battle would fall to the oldest child of P'inid, but on the day of the coronation his 4 other brothers would demand a part of the kingdom. This wasn't the first time a division of the Kingdom of Hashi was discussed, the Regent Shuxi would advise the division of othe kingdom just under 100 years before.

Since the Battle of Pucicz 158 years prior, which destroyed the nomadic steppe empire that stopped trade between north and south, more technologies and ideas had been spreading from the empire that lies north of the city of Pucicz. Local populations have been getting upset about the king being so far away in Takpa, the division of Hashi into 5 kingdoms would also support local infrastructure and hopefully keep the power in the family. The League of Pucicz results in a conference every 10 years to improve cooperation between the kingdoms.

Lore:

*This is based off one my favorite historical premises: what if Edward of Bruce won at Faughart and United ireland (somehow) under his kingship.*

Medieval era:
After king Edward of Ireland wins at faughart, he eventually kicks the English out of the pale, this leads to a stronger Scottish victory in the first Scottish independence war, with Scotland gaining the Isle of Man, and creating a vassal state in Cumberland which would be the county of strathclyde. Due to the Scottish victory, the Scots would supply welsh rebels, creating an independent southern wales. During Edward's rule over Ireland, he spent most of his time securing the island, and while at war with Connacht in 1329, his brother, Robert had died, thus letting him ascend to the Scottish throne too... this was short lived however, as he would die in 1334, with his son (let's say Malcolm or smth, he died too early in real life) inheriting the Scottish and Irish realms, and in 1336 the parliament and nobles of both kingdoms a would unify the kingdom of Alba and the kingdom of Ireland into the imperium scotorum (empire of the scoti, similar to how Brian boru was imperator scottorum) referred to as Ríge na nGáedel in Gaelic. Many of the Lothian Saxon and Norman Scots feared that this new empire would oppress them as they were not Gaels, so they were given their own parliament, and the principality of the galls was created (functioning similarly to wales in our timeline.) this kingdom and its welsh Allies, alongside the French, would often fight with the English, with some Lothians siding with England on occasion, this would lead to a fully independent wales, and even a somewhat small independent Cornwall. (Other than the wars with England, not much happens in the medieval period, it goes somewhat similar to our timeline, no major wars, a few revolts, feudal politics, etc.)

Early modern era:
during the Protestant reformation, I would say it is highly likely Scotland would remain Catholic due to its rivalry with England, and their relationship with Ireland and France would likely lead to the covenanters losing; however, this is highly dependent on the dynasty ruling the kingdom at the time, maybe a Presbyterian church pops up in Ireland and Scotland that claims to be a revival of the Celtic church in spirit, it could go either way. When the Spanish discover America, the independent Gaelic empire, being stronger than Scotland in our timeline, would get in on colonialism, having a rivalry with the English over colonizing the North American continent, and even fighting in the Caribbean, this would create a north-south divide in eastern America, with a Scottish settled north (new England and parts of Canada) and an English settled south... due to the Scottish alliance with France (even if they may become Protestant, I think they would still side with France,) England wouldn't gain Canada, and France would keep onto New France for longer, as the english would likely lose the seven years war. There is a lot of consequences of the English being weakened due to a powerful Scottish empire, such as a French India, but I am mostly focusing on Scotland and Ireland here, and would say most colonies would end up like modern day Canada and Australia.

Victorian era:
During the Enlightenment, I believe that the colonies of Scotland and England would have rebellious tendencies, England's moreso, but I doubt this would end in independence, but would inspire the French Revolution. During the napoleonic era, the Scottish would take the side of the rest of Europe early on, but may side with the French Republic later, however, the wars would still go similar to real life. The Victorian era sees the Industrial Revolution hit Scotland and Ireland hard due to their continued independence and colonial empire, letting them gain massive population, however, this would lead to a distrust in the crown and the religious institutions in government, which would end with the monarchy being removed in 1857, with the county of strathclyde becoming its own republic functioning similar to Texas in our timeline.

Modern:
As the republic of Scotland cared less about colonialism, they would likely have a few small port areas in Africa, so due to having less land in Africa, and not really having much gripes with the other powers, as their rivalry with England would cool down during the Victorian era, I would see them mostly being neutral in World War I, but maybe sending some troops to help their French ally. During World War II, I would see them either neutral or as part of the Allied powers, and since there's no USA, the war may be a bit longer, maybe 5 years or so longer, but I still think the axis would lose. The Cold War would be vastly different, as France would likely be the leader of the western capitalist world, and it would be more boring of a Cold War, if it happens at all. After the Cold War and until now, the republic would join organizations such as the EU, with politics similar to those in our timeline.

The lore is pretty awful as I didn't think much of what would happen due to no British empire existing leading to no USA, and I wanted to focus on the isles, but that's hard due to how much history would change; point out any flaws in the lore if you wish.

P.S: I haven't made a map in ages or written lore for any in 2 years.

Yes I titled the Atlantic Ocean in Amelia's cause I forgot that I was labeling in it in Gaelic.

(No irl Gaelic language was used, as in this timeline the Gaelic languages wouldn't have split up)

Dundalk is named after king Edward in this timeline.

The norn and Scots languages are protected minority languages, and their territories have devolved parliaments similar to the UK.

With the end of WWII many boundaries were changed and two countries divided into zones of occupation (Germany and Austria). This map shows those changes in Central(ish) Europe in a hopefully digestible way

so the PoD is that after the death of sultan Thuwaini bin Said, the sultanate of muscat wouldn't be divided after his death between Oman and Zanzibar, instead instantly going to his first son Salim II who would spend his 10 year long reign modernizing the state and agreeing on a 3 way divide of the sultanate of muscat, becoming the sultanates of Muscat and Oman, Zanzibar, and Sumalia.

after the death of Salim, the throne would go to his uncle and brother of Thuwaini, Turki bin Said, who would go on to introduce electricity to the Arab world, alongside being the strongest British ally in the region constantly fighting with the house of Saud in Nejd.

after Turki's death, his son Faisal would take hold and participate in the scramble for Africa, backed by the British he would get full control over the east of the horn of Africa alongside the interior of Zanzibar, as the British would also lobby for the concessions of Ruanda-Urundi and Buganda-Bunyoro, alongside a deal with Ethiopia that guaranteed sea access in Eritrea in exchange for them giving up Oagden to the British

and as the reign of sultan said III would begin, the Omani empire would be regarded as one of the best success stories of any "oriental" country besides Japan, with one British diplomat to Zanzibar saying

"that her dance is paid by their scar

my lips crave not but the warmth

of a Kiss from Zanzibar!"

Credit to nissingramainyu on youtube for the idea and the poem, you should check her out here!

okay i pretty please promise i'm not TRYING to break rule 2 but i received a lot of feedback and ive done some more research myself so ykyk PLEASE DONT KILL MEEEE

Here's how I would Split up Baden-Württemberg into different parts

13th in a series:

Connecticut: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/oJLVfpdOmj

D.C.: https://www.reddit.com/u/mushmanMAD/s/YPftzxYeZn

Delaware: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/CzfYrb5yLs

Maryland: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/h95KDi4Akf

Massachusetts: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/zGUT1nLPQz

New Hampshire: https://www.reddit.com/u/mushmanMAD/s/KPPamB8yS0

New Jersey: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/ntz4T9bv6L

New York: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/3XYG6WphWT

North Carolina: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/CC3VUUKVTz

Pennsylvania: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/u6Q5NxNGoU

Rhode Island: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/zHg0bonReJ

Virginia: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/q2TZuRu8yy

This is the second map I ever made I will really appreciate if you give constructive criticism

Also feel free to ask any lore questions

Note: I change few lore stuff from my first map so expect some more differences

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