Screw Realism! (2nd thread, RP Group, Open)

[The High Tatras]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

[Auroya]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

To be fair, Britain would have been the strongest power on that continent then, and it's possible that at some point it would have gone to war with the other powers and taken their colonies from them.

It already did it to France before the revolution.

[The High Tatras]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

To be fair, Britain would have been the strongest power on that continent then, and it's possible that at some point it would have gone to war with the other powers and taken their colonies from them.

It already did it to France before the revolution.

Fair enough, but I still think it is very Anglocentric and would like to see more diversity on the continent.

Also, the French and Indian War was one of the major causes of the American Revolution in the first place.

[Tyrandel]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

Mexico might end up the superpower of North America, almost certainly keeping the RL American West and possibly taking even more. That would be interesting.

[The High Tatras]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

Mexico might end up the superpower of North America, almost certainly keeping the RL American West and possibly taking even more. That would be interesting.

Yes, it would be quite interesting.

[Auzkhia]

I dislike how alternate histories in which the American Revolution never happened tend to give the entire continent to the British, ignoring all of the other countries that had colonies in North America at various times (Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam", Swedish "Nya Sverige", the vast areas covered by French "Nouvelle-France" and Spanish "Virreinato de Nueva España", and Russia's "Russkaya Amerika") as well as some powerful indigenous nations (the Iroquois League and the Cherokee come to mind), and the various "maroon societies" founded by escaped African slaves, and possibly a "pirate haven" like Barataria Bay in Louisiana during Jean Lafitte's time.

Britain did take Nouvelle-France after the 7 years war. My alt history shows a bigger Canada and Mexico, because The east U.S, Louisiana, and Oregon stayed with British North America, while Mexico retains Texas and California after gaining independence from New Spain.

[Themiclesia]

In another alternate history where the Axis Powers were victorious in Europe but not in Asia, in other words, the USA does not enter Europe, and where China is not taken over by communists, I created several nations based on these circumstances.

In the resultant map, I gave most of Eastern Europe to expanded Germany, all the way to the Ural Mountains, but retained Greece as a fully independent state, due to my personal prejudice in favour of Greece. The Italian Empire is expanded to encompass most of southern Europe, including all of the Iberian peninsula and most of the Maghreb. Palestine was partitioned into two halves, to accommodate the Jewish Nation in their promised land. Britain remains independent, thought France is partitioned into the northern half, still contested underground though nominally independent, and the southern half, which is administered by the Italian Empire. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg remain independent. Belgium is annexed by the British.

[Saurisisia]

I myself have my own little alt-history thing and boy, is it one big clusterfuck. Where it diverges from the regular historical timeline is, in 1836, the Oregon Territory declares itself independent from the United States and establishes the Oregon Republic and it all snowballs from there. The Californian and Texian Republics resist American annexation, the CSA wins the Civil War, Brazil remains an imperial state, Hawaii retains its independence and becomes a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Sardinia fails in unifying Italy and Venice, Tuscany, the Papal States, and The Two Sicilies remain independent nations, WW1 results in a stalemate for both sides, Austria-Hungary's collapse results in the formation of a second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia is divided between the USSR (Russian Federation post-1991) in the west and the Tsardom of Amuria in the east, Serbia's attempts to unify the Balkan states fails amidst resistance from Bulgaria and Venice, and China being divided amongst four nations: the Nationalist South China, Maoist North China, Tibet, and the politically-unstable Uyghur Khagnate... among other stuff.

And this all takes place on an Earth where the asteroid strikes the Yucatan Peninsula several million years later than it really did, at which point the dinosaurs would have been in a position to fully recover more quickly. As a result, they are the dominant sapient species and mammals are remain small rat or weasel-like critters.

[Auzkhia]

Naturally Auzkhia is based on alt-history.

[Themiclesia]

Naturally Auzkhia is based on alt-history.

:3

[Todlichebujoku]

I myself have my own little alt-history thing and boy, is it one big clusterfuck. Where it diverges from the regular historical timeline is, in 1836, the Oregon Territory declares itself independent from the United States and establishes the Oregon Republic and it all snowballs from there. The Californian and Texian Republics resist American annexation, the CSA wins the Civil War, Brazil remains an imperial state, Hawaii retains its independence and becomes a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Sardinia fails in unifying Italy and Venice, Tuscany, the Papal States, and The Two Sicilies remain independent nations, WW1 results in a stalemate for both sides, Austria-Hungary's collapse results in the formation of a second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia is divided between the USSR (Russian Federation post-1991) in the west and the Tsardom of Amuria in the east, Serbia's attempts to unify the Balkan states fails amidst resistance from Bulgaria and Venice, and China being divided amongst four nations: the Nationalist South China, Maoist North China, Tibet, and the politically-unstable Uyghur Khagnate... among other stuff.

And this all takes place on an Earth where the asteroid strikes the Yucatan Peninsula several million years later than it really did, at which point the dinosaurs would have been in a position to fully recover more quickly. As a result, they are the dominant sapient species and mammals are remain small rat or weasel-like critters.

Um, you are aware that you're talking about human civilizations that somehow exist while all mammals are still rodent-sized, right?

[Auzkhia]

Naturally Auzkhia is based on alt-history.

:3

Obviously, the Habsburgs are in power, but Austria unifies Germany and Italy in this canon. So, not only Auzkhia is fantasy, but it's also an Austro-wank alt-history.

[Saurisisia]

I myself have my own little alt-history thing and boy, is it one big clusterfuck. Where it diverges from the regular historical timeline is, in 1836, the Oregon Territory declares itself independent from the United States and establishes the Oregon Republic and it all snowballs from there. The Californian and Texian Republics resist American annexation, the CSA wins the Civil War, Brazil remains an imperial state, Hawaii retains its independence and becomes a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Sardinia fails in unifying Italy and Venice, Tuscany, the Papal States, and The Two Sicilies remain independent nations, WW1 results in a stalemate for both sides, Austria-Hungary's collapse results in the formation of a second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia is divided between the USSR (Russian Federation post-1991) in the west and the Tsardom of Amuria in the east, Serbia's attempts to unify the Balkan states fails amidst resistance from Bulgaria and Venice, and China being divided amongst four nations: the Nationalist South China, Maoist North China, Tibet, and the politically-unstable Uyghur Khagnate... among other stuff.

And this all takes place on an Earth where the asteroid strikes the Yucatan Peninsula several million years later than it really did, at which point the dinosaurs would have been in a position to fully recover more quickly. As a result, they are the dominant sapient species and mammals are remain small rat or weasel-like critters.

Um, you are aware that you're talking about human civilizations that somehow exist while all mammals are still rodent-sized, right?

They're not human civilizations in that alt-history, they're saurian civilizations.

[Mefpan]

:3

Obviously, the Habsburgs are in power, but Austria unifies Germany and Italy in this canon. So, not only Auzkhia is fantasy, but it's also an Austro-wank alt-history.

Alles Erdreich ist Özkherreich untertan.

[Auzkhia]

Obviously, the Habsburgs are in power, but Austria unifies Germany and Italy in this canon. So, not only Auzkhia is fantasy, but it's also an Austro-wank alt-history.

Alles Erdreich ist Özkherreich untertan.

Ja.

Also, thanks for the new motto.

[Todlichebujoku]

Um, you are aware that you're talking about human civilizations that somehow exist while all mammals are still rodent-sized, right?

They're not human civilizations in that alt-history, they're saurian civilizations.

Oh, so they're basically the human civilizations, just replaced with saurians. I forget sometimes what this thread is about and think too much on the realism side.

[Saurisisia]

They're not human civilizations in that alt-history, they're saurian civilizations.

Oh, so they're basically the human civilizations, just replaced with saurians. I forget sometimes what this thread is about.

They pretty much are.

Plus, there's dragons, lizards, snakepeople, sharks, birds, and crocodilians though they're relative minorities compared to the dinosaurs.

[Gigaverse]

Naturally, everything started for my guys when the Yanks somehow lost the Pacific War and the Germans sacked Omsk.

[Mefpan]

Naturally, everything started for my guys when the Yanks somehow lost the Pacific War and the Germans sacked Omsk.

And I'm just the guy who literally had his islands drop into the ocean from outer space.

[Auroya]

I would say that I try to play this nation somewhat realistically, but that would be ignoring the fact that amongst my populace are beastlings, magic is somewhat commonplace, there are witches that fly on brooms, supernatural creatures and monsters in the wildernesses, that ghosts exist, and that the seas have krakens in them.

To name a few things.

Oh, and halloween here (because this is appropriate) is a giant festival lasting two weeks, seven days before October 31st and seven days afterwards and it's a cultural thing to have giant celebrations. And people put witch balls around their houses at that time to keep away evil spirits. And during this time you can meet deceased relatives. Though to produce the best possible and most awesome blend, Western cultural ideas about halloween have also made their way here and been fully incorporated.

And if there is an urban legend about a dead killer that comes out of a lake every halloween, you're going to stay away from that lake. Unless you can use magic yourself, but even then.

[Todlichebujoku]

I would say that I try to play this nation somewhat realistically, but that would be ignoring the fact that amongst my populace are beastlings, magic is somewhat commonplace, there are witches that fly on brooms, supernatural creatures and monsters in the wildernesses, that ghosts exist, and that the seas have krakens in them.

To name a few things.

Oh, and halloween here (because this is appropriate) is a giant festival lasting two weeks, seven days before October 31st and seven days afterwards and it's a cultural thing to have giant celebrations. And people put witch balls around their houses at that time to keep away evil spirits. And during this time you can meet deceased relatives. Though to produce the best possible and most awesome blend, Western cultural ideas about halloween have also made their way here and been fully incorporated.

And if there is an urban legend about a dead killer that comes out of a lake every halloween, you're going to stay away from that lake. Unless you can use magic yourself, but even then.

Rather like Tödlichebujoku, except that Tödlichebujoku is human, civilians fly on brooms, sea creatures are used for warfare, and most supernatural creatures are rather rare though some have made themselves at home in the cities. The nation also does not celebrate Halloween but celebrates two autumn festivals, the larger one earlier and focused on the harvest and the much smaller one is later and focused on burning effigies.

[Tyrandel]

I ICly have Tyrandel claiming descendance from dragons who secretly ruled ancient Mesopotamia and Canaan, specifically disguising themselves as Gods and ruling cities like Babylon, Nippur, Eridu, Uruk, Sodom and Gommorah. Eventually, they fled to Tyrandel. They refuse to say why.

[The Polarian Empire]

Who else wants to join my canon

Pol, I really recommend that you don't RP Euro-Britannia. It's too complicated to be effectively RPed.

I dont know what to rp at this point and plus I could just make it non canon till all is revealed if not I need inspiration for my main nation can you guys give me some ideas

[Tryienne]

I believe that I want to join into this group.

Nation Name: Communist Empire of Tryienne
Preferred Tech Level(s): Warhammer 40K mixed with present day.
Ideals (things seen as good): Freedom, Democracy, and all that buzz.
Things frowned upon: Genocide and all that bad stuff.
Anything else we should know? Basically Warhammer 40K Military technology mixed with present day Military and Civilian technology and most of the population is Pony.

[Tyrandel]

I believe that I want to join into this group.

Nation Name: Communist Empire of Tryienne
Preferred Tech Level(s): Warhammer 40K mixed with present day.
Ideals (things seen as good): Freedom, Democracy, and all that buzz.
Things frowned upon: Genocide and all that bad stuff.
Anything else we should know? Basically Warhammer 40K Military technology mixed with present day Military and Civilian technology and most of the population is Pony.

Warhammer 40,000 tech ponies. That is interesting. Is that specifically just Imperial tech, or are Eldar and Chaos stuff in there too?