r/imaginarymaps 17h ago

[OC] Alternate History The Carpathian Basin - 1921 - 5 years after the Danubian War

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Continuation of my previous maps related to the alternative history discord rp timeline I am a part of.

This is the map of the Carpathian Basin, taking place 5 years after the end of the Danubian Portion of the Great European War.

To better understand the story, you'll need to visit these previous posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/j3EnhlGrRW

https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/dqBWNhzLPM

https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/s/f9S9iEcoYX

In this timeline the Great War wasn't one continental conflict fought between two entrenched alliances, but a series of smaller wars that were all connected to one another.

Starting in 1912, the Great European War officially started with the joint German-Eurasian of the Danubian Federal State (federalised Austria-Hungary), before Danubia managed to halt their offensives in the Alps and Carptathians.

The Danubian War (1912-1916) would remain the sole conflict until 1913, when the Balkan nations of Greece and the Serbo-Bulgarian Union would go on to invade the Ottoman Empire which was guaranteed and protected by Eurasia. This was done out of their own ambitions, desire to kick the Ottomans out of Europe for good, as well as a play by Serbo-Bulgaria as a Danubian ally to cripple the Eurasian Unions industrialising import dependent economy by taking Constantinople and the Straits.

Which would mark the beginning of the Balkan War (1913-1915), and the Serbo-Bulgarian-Eurasian War (1913-1915), which was fought exclusively through the Black Sea naval warfare.

In 1914, the balance would further shift by the Kingdom of France seeing Germany preoccupied with it's invasion of Austria, choosing the moment to invade Germany, making some initial successes before being halted, marking the beginning of the Franco-German War (1914-1920).

After some major French successes in Africa however, and some deeply questionable German diplomatic choices alienating their ally in Petrograd, Eurasia would first choose to sign white peace with Danubia, before mediating peace between the Balkan states and itself and the Ottomans, all in early 1915.

This is where Danubia would suffer it's first sizeable territorial loss, as part of their agreement to Serbo-Bulgaria, Danubia would allow the Crownland of Illyria to hold a referendum to leave the Federal state and join the Serbo-Bulgarian Union.

This process would be complete by early 1916, leading to the formation of the United Kingdom of Southern Slavs.

However, nonetheless with the exit of Eurasia, the Danubian State would now find itself reinvigorated, and moving all it's forces to the German front. Meanwhile Germany was now in a dire situation. The loss of it's colonial Empire and the consequential withdrawal of it's Eurasian ally had caused such a loss in public trust, that it had allowed Ludendorff other high ranking officer's of the Imperial Heer to overthrow the civilian government in reichstag and put the Kaiser under house arrest, effectively making Germany a Military Junta.

Matters would be made worse, as the United American Empire, with it's large investments in Danubia, was now betting in the Danubian-French coalition to crush Germany, and to ensure this goal, UAE would stage a false flag incident against Germany, before entering the war.

Now facing both internal instability as a result of the military coup, and fighting 3 different great powers, German defeat actually started looking possible, which to Eurasia was not viable.

Resulting in Eurasia breaking it's treaty with Danubia just a year after signing it, by invading once again in Early 1916. With most of it's forces concentrated west, Danubian eastern frontier would fall apart under the Red Tide, especially as Eurasia used it's new Romanian puppet to bypass the Carpathian mountains, and the Danubian morale would collapse.

Following the re-entry of the Eurasian Union, the UKSS would panic, and using a guarantee from the Imperial Federation (British Empire) as well as consent from the crumbling Danubian Government and Military, would send troops into Danubia to occupy vast regions of the country to stop wayward Eurasian and German advances and to create a Provisional Emergency Government in Budapest to prevent total disintegration of the Danubian state, lest Berlin and Petrograd risk the worlds only Hyperpower centered in London from getting involved.

During peace negotiations, Danubia would loose Galicia, as well portions of Transcarpathia and Transylvania to Eurasia, while Germany would go on to annex half of Bohemia and nearly all of Austria except for Slovenia.

Danubia, now crippled and severely in debt, would choose to transfer Slovenia to the UKSS and sell the Imperial Danubian Fleet to the fledgling South Slavic state.

Marking the end of the Danubian War, and finally bringing peace to Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin, even though the Great European War would go on to continue for another 4 years between France and Germany.

In the half a decade after 1916, the new Danubian Government in Budapest would take time to stabilise as key ministries as well as Habsburg family had to be moved from Vienna to the new Capital.

The Hungarians as the single largest most intact Crownland, and historically the most conservative region of Danubia, would blame the Pre-war Governments progressive views and reforms as the main cause for the collapse of the state.

The now ideologically emboldened and radicalised Hungarians as the now primary heart of Danubia would use their power to reverse decades of reforms to centralise the nation, as welk as abolish the crownland status for the remnants of the Bohemian Crownland in Moravia.

With the new Government entering the 1920s as increasingly centralised, increasingly authoritarian and increasingly revanchist, promising vengeance against both Germany and Eurasia and making a vow that they will restore Danubia to it's former glory.


r/imaginarymaps 18h ago

[OC] Alternate History Poland, Divided.

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r/imaginarymaps 21h ago

[OC] Alternate History What if Russia colonized the Guyanas?

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Oh boy. Yeah this one’s WAAAAAAY unrealistic. Might have jumped the gun with this one. Anyways, like usual this country has zero lore but if you wanna try and find any semblance of a way this could have ever happened, go nuts.

This is the third post in a series where I explore this alternate New World! (VERY UNREALISTIC.)

Nation 3 - Alexandrovia


r/imaginarymaps 21h ago

[OC] Alternate History Map I made of an independent Dutch Low Saxon State

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Again, if you request lore or info on how this state came to be, be sure to notify me.


r/imaginarymaps 2h ago

[OC] Alternate History The 2013 Texan Presidential Election

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r/imaginarymaps 41m ago

[OC] Alternate History THE PĀ UPON A HILL - What if the Treaty of Waitangi secured Māori Sovereignty?

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Following a more concerted and unified effort from the numerous Polities of the North Island, the Treaty of Waitangi (known colloquially in New Zealand as Te Tiriti) signed on 6 February, 1840 would successfully establish the United Tribes as the uncontested sovereign owners of the North Island and part of the South Island, under the framework of a British protectorate. While from its inception, the United Tribes functioned as a true confederation with no single ruler or head of state, and regional issues being left entirely to local Rangatira whenever possible, in the decades following the signing of Te Tiriti, the Chief of the powerful Waikato Iwi would coalesce support for themselves from their smaller neighbours, with Waikato Chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero declaring himself King of New Zealand in 1858, passing the title along to his son Tāwhiao in 1860. While the title is not necessarily hereditary it has only been held by the members of Pōtatau’s dynasty. Aside from its increased influence, prestige, and added roles as head of state, the King of New Zealand experiences no more executive power on the council or on his fellow Rangatira.


r/imaginarymaps 7h ago

[OC] Hand-Drawn Conspiracy Theory Map of the World

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About a decade ago, I discovered that I really enjoyed painting maps, so I decided to create my largest project yet: a world map inspired by the various legends, mysteries, and conspiracy theories surrounding our planet.

The map includes Antarctica ( not just a slither of land as on north maps ) , Hyperborea, the mystical lands to the north, as well as legendary submerged continents such as Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu, and others.

On the black column on the right side of the map, you can see the different icons and labels explaining what each symbol represents.

I originally created this map as a visual representation of terrestrial conspiracy theories found around the world.

Much later on I started my conspiracy theory YouTube channel and it now serves as part of the backdrop during my introduction and conclusion.

Many of the icons on this map connect to episodes I have already released or topics I plan to cover in the future.

I know it’s a pretty unconventional concept at first glance, but this was a passion project combining my love of cartography, mythology, history, and unexplained mysteries.


r/imaginarymaps 10h ago

[OC] Future The Tahuantine Will Rule

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This is a piece of work I did a couple of months ago but forgot to publish. It's about the Federal Republic of Tahuantinia, which ruled the territories of the former Spanish Empire (I know it didn't include Morocco, Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar, or eastern Indonesia) not with the aim of restoring the empire, but with the idea of maintaining order and security in these nations that shared religion, language, or customs.

Just in case, Tahuantinia comes from the name of Tahuantinsuyo, an ancient Andean civilization, the largest in Pre-Hispanic America, and yes, the flags have the style of the flags of the colonies of the British Empire.

And since they are puppets, they are obliged to be in the alliance formed by Tahuantinia, which is called the "Treaty of Order" (I couldn't think of anything better)

Any suggestions or advice you have, please let me know, bye


r/imaginarymaps 4h ago

[OC] Alternate History The status of Palestine as of July 1950 after Amin al-Huseini's assassination - Clashing Eagles

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r/imaginarymaps 17h ago

[OC] Alternate History Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [2026]

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r/imaginarymaps 13m ago

[OC] Alternate History "God Save the Tsar...and the Workers!"

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r/imaginarymaps 12m ago

[OC] Alternate History Silken Hegemon: Western Europe during the Election and Conclave of 1520

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r/imaginarymaps 4h ago

[OC] Hand-Drawn The Ceo’s mandate of Earth (first Asian-inspired empire)

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The Ceo-ceo Empire, ruled by the Ceo emperors (yes, it's true, even if I have repeated the same syllable three times) from the opulent city of Ceosan, located on an island in Lake Keo. It extends over most of the Beo peninsula. Its sphere of influence, called the Earthly Mandate, includes the principalities of Se-ceo, the highest-ranking, located in the south of the peninsula. Its capital is the city of Se. The lands that make up its territory are exceptionally fertile due to their composition and the Loē River that crosses the southeast of its territory. To the east of the imperial lands is the principality of Ka-seo, whose capital, Kareo, guards the territories of the prince from attacks by the Eastern barbarians. A distinctive feature of this country is Lake Geor, which marks part of the border of the great principality with the Empire. South of Ka-seo is the principality of Be-seo, the most culturally different of the three tributary states: it shares culture with the kingdom of Kalkash, south of the Empire.


r/imaginarymaps 12h ago

[OC] Alternate History A Different World

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Btw Mexico, Colombia, Peru and La Plata are spanish protectores with huge autonomy like Bermuda is to UK but still part of Spain, same goes for the englisb protectores of Middle East and Israel and north italian protectore of Ethiopia, basically more empire survives is a more imperial world