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Official Map Thread Two - Red Barrier

Azraq

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Hello

Can the two islands closest to Jugol be labelled as Tephanon and the islands of Toyou-Implaria be labelled the Spice Islands please. In both cases can it be clear they are both under Azraqi control?

Also are the islands more to the north also mine? If they are better served as Justiza to keep some old RP alive, offer continuity and contribute to world lore I'm happy for that to happen, provided I have some stake in their history.
 

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On reflection can I ditch the big big Island and kept the rest?
 

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On reflection can I ditch the big big Island and kept the rest?

Counter-offer: Make it a big colonial Vangala under Azraqi jurisdiction! It could totally work.
 

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Counter-offer: Make it a big colonial Vangala under Azraqi jurisdiction! It could totally work.

The colonies are only meant to be a sideshow to be honest and a key theme in Azraqi politics is a notion of 'imperial decline', having lost some territories and prestige to technologically superior Western nations. So in that regard an island of that size just doesn't make sense.

Plus, Saaya had said he'd keep Vangala alive through Xinhai so hopefully if he comes back that'll be fleshed out a bit more. I'm also seeing naval battles with Reikoku too...
 

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You could just describe where they are at and let him place them. Engellex is extremely good at what he does. I'd even say he's the best.
 

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I’ve gone from a North-South nation, to an East-West nation... I’m really not digging my geography anymore. If Gouw Marken is ever “greened” I’ll probably want to do some major redrawing on the mainland.

Otherwise, renaming the Sea formerly known as Kalahari sounds good. May I recommend some choices?

1. Wilhelmine Sea
A name that could just as easily be an Eiffellander king, or even a Jyskish one. Named from a colonial time. The idea came to me thinking of the real life Philippine Sea, and in which case a colony of the Wilhelmines would be interesting, but absolutely not something I’d like to embark on right now.

2. Annam Sea
Annam means "Pacified South" in Sino-Vietnamese. It was also the name of a RL French protectorate in modern day Vietnam.
 

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Amazing work on the map. Looks beautiful. As you know I’ve not been sooo happy with how my plot looks with the changes so I want to try and make things a bit nicer for myself. Here is a map. (Sorry had a football game on while playing with it)



I think some things are pretty easy to understand, but I’ll explain the more complicated parts. So before, I had Nidaros and Lyndanisse as capitals of their regions. I want to move some of the cities around. Helsingholm, renamed (Valdemarsudde) and moved. Christiania, renamed (Åsø) and moved.

I wanted to add two cities, Trollkyrka and Sogndal. They are supposed to be the smallest type of mapped city.

Additionally you have a label for the island (and group), and now it’ll also have a name as mentioned in my news posts (Dronning Ragnhild Land).

The far northern Finner og Isørerne (Eng: Finner and the Ice islands) I wanted to make more complete and attached to the mainland area. Thus better making sense of the name as two parts, but also because I wanted to give it more feeling as it’s own nation and not just some icy rocks (those who have kept track know the area is basically Estonian but also a Danish colony of sorts)

Lastly, there are green dots, into Gouw Marken are there should the country be greened. They denote new borders that I would like in order to remove the rather disgusting looking panhandle territory I have now, and have a new border near Nidaros that goes slightly south. Not sure why, but I thought that an oddity there seemed nice. This change can be done whenever you feel a greening is ready, or whatnot. Personally I’d like a greening sooner because I’d like an active neighbor :/

Thanks for your hard work!
 
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