It's been a very long time since I've actually read any TLs on here. Graduated with two BAs in Anthropology and American Indian studies, and have definitely learned exponentially more than I knew in 2015.
One day I'll have to sit down and re-read stuff like this. I can only hope I'll be able to...
A 1984 35-minute satirical polemic by conservative think-tank American Pride against then-President Jerry Brown's handling of the Soviet-Afghan War. As the rebellion against the Soviet Union escalated, members of Brown's cabinet as well as private political analysts all concluded that backing...
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I decided to make a natural terrain & geography map for QBAM. I painted it up for the base terrain, and for the mountains/physical landforms I just ended up distorting a satellite map on a Robinson projection (Why is QBAM ever so slightly different?)...
Kingdom of Karput (1472-1760)
Karafuto Prefecture (1760-1921)
Republic of Karput (1921-Present)
I had a bit too much fun writing this.
Territory carved from The Republic of Galicia-Japan with permission from @ThirdMan2005 .
Fixed the anti-aliasing issue for Sibir.
Also...
Your formatting is wonky. Replace your post with this text:
and it should work just fine. In the future, right click the image and click 'Copy image address' or a similar command. If your URL doesn't contain a file extension (e.g .png) you didn't copy it right.
Updated the Mesalands once...
Was just about to say. "You guys know these are two different things right?"
Maybe there'll be such a confusion ITTL.
"No no no, chocolate comes from coca seeds. It's the leaves that give you energy!"
We could make things interesting and make the empire lose territory via wars/independence movements/etc. In addition to playing out for some of my own ideas, it would add a layer of lore to the map and give people something to go on if they desired. If you and @ThirdMan2005 agree.
Oof. You wouldn't mind if I started a few independence movements around Sakhalin and Kamchatka, would you? At least eventually? Had a few ideas there.
Also, that one poor dude's Baja country keeps getting baleeted.
WHO WOULD WIN:
A brutal institution of forced labor for resource exploitation
Some spicy leaf bois
How long until someone finds a way to cut shipping costs by processing the coca into a...condensed form?