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Official Map Thread Two - Red Barrier

Azraq

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Hello, as I didn't saw any prerequisites being stated for writing down this map application, I am allowing myself to write it directly.
The application is joint. Reason behind this choice resides in the fact that I want for some RP challenges and interesting issues, to have a landlocked nation. It is shall allow a “cultural” connection with “Île-des-Pins” which seems to be French culture, and Bourgogne-Serenierre, as my nation, Fleur shall be of French-culture (more precisely, Radical-Republican Conservatism, for instance using the French Republican Calendar instead of the Gregorian one in RP and many other things). I don't know if my map claim is too large, it's for a nation of 20 millions people and preferably in a very mountainous environment and terrain (think of it from Versailles to the Alps, while passing through Auvergne) with a mount slightly higher then Mont-Blanc for example. It'd have an impressive network of rivers which, with some developments over the centuries have been connected through canals. The validation of this map claim shall allow me to pursue the redaction of my factbook currently under redaction (link in the signature) and hopefully setting my first RPs. I remain at your disposal if any concern was to be raised or discussion deemed necessary,

Application:
Location : South of Gunnland, West of Crotobaltislavonia, North of Lars and North-East of Bourgogne.
Name of Country : Fleur; République Fleuroise.
Capital : Nouvelle-Ville.
Location of Capital : In the center of the country (it have been built from scratch after a major war in the XXth century).

Additional Major Cities and Locations : The 1 on the map shared is Concorde; the 2 on the map shared is Rochetaillée.
Link towards the shared map:
Map Colour: May it be possible to have the same blue as colour as the one on my flag? Thanks in advance.

FWIW I think Burgundy's map spot - if we are keeping it - should have a land border with CBS given his failed intervention into Seven Day War (which is ultimately what forced Trivodnia to surrender...)
 

Nova

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For the matter with , as we had the possibility of exchanging through Discord, I agreed to the story of last Summer a border issue which would cause around 200 deaths in total, which is something he validated, so like this it keeps the current canon.
 

Beautancus

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Why not shift Twente to an active nation for the time being, like Elben, if that's a concern. I appreciate that we don't want to void out recent rp, but we don't want to lose more territory people could use to an inactive nation. If I read this right.
 

Rheinbund

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IRL, the Twentish dialect is a dialect of Lowersaxonian, which is a language in-between Dutch and German. From that point of view, it would make sense to place it in Elben.
Alternatively, we could place it in my country. I worked on a map of Eiffelland-Retalia (please see below); I could rename the island of Norderney into Twente. However, that is formerly a Retalian island. Alternatively, I could have a region called Twente which is partly in the eastern part of Rheinland and partly in the eastern part of Obereiffel.

@Shaeoiumlah: Sorry for not having used your map, but I wanted to honour Engellex's changes to the islands of former Eiffelland and former Retalia in my own map. Therefore, I started from scratch.

EDIT 1: Oops. I haven't added the province names in Eiffelland yet. I'm working on it.

EDIT 2: OK. Corrected.

EDIT 3: Or I could turn a part of Sauerland and Emsland into Twente. Adding Hoxeberge and another Twentish city there shouldn't be a problem.

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Jydsken-Østveg

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I believe my inactive neighbor speaks Dutch? Quite strange is the language distribution.
 

Rheinbund

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Yes, Gouw Marken is a Dutch-speaking nation. I have to say though, that RL Twentish is closer to RL German than to RL Flemish Dutch.

Anyway, there are some options on where to place Twente. I leave it to the forum to decide.
 

Salen

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Not necessarily having to adopt Twente, but I'm a Flemish Dutch nation bordering Gunnland, which has some German-speaking areas. It could go in one of my border regions, as I do have mixed christian denominations.
 

Occitania

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IRL, the Twentish dialect is a dialect of Lowersaxonian, which is a language in-between Dutch and German. From that point of view, it would make sense to place it in Elben.
Alternatively, we could place it in my country. I worked on a map of Eiffelland-Retalia (please see below); I could rename the island of Norderney into Twente. However, that is formerly a Retalian island. Alternatively, I could have a region called Twente which is partly in the eastern part of Rheinland and partly in the eastern part of Obereiffel.

@Shaeoiumlah: Sorry for not having used your map, but I wanted to honour Engellex's changes to the islands of former Eiffelland and former Retalia in my own map. Therefore, I started from scratch.

EDIT 1: Oops. I haven't added the province names in Eiffelland yet. I'm working on it.

EDIT 2: OK. Corrected.

EDIT 3: Or I could turn a part of Sauerland and Emsland into Twente. Adding Hoxeberge and another Twentish city there shouldn't be a problem.

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Might want to get rid of the anti-aliasing, it'll make it easier to add onto the map or edit it.
 

Rheinbund

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First let's decide on where Twente is going to be located, if not in the République Fleuroise ;) Please take also into account that some people in Serenierre are Twentish Catholic.

By, the way, I am suffering from psychological deformation by my original education. I studied Medicine, and now I see the silhouette of an upper leg bone in the map of Eiffelland-Retalia :think: :angel:
 

Oneida

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First let's decide on where Twente is going to be located, if not in the République Fleuroise ;) Please take also into account that some people in Serenierre are Twentish Catholic.

By, the way, I am suffering from psychological deformation by my original education. I studied Medicine, and now I see the silhouette of an upper leg bone in the map of Eiffelland-Retalia :think: :angel:

That's not what the Aurarians see.
 

Crotobaltislavonia

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I have two suggestions. One, put it in CBS, just because I asked about it. :) If that's unacceptable, Two, assume Twente to be in no man's land on the border between CBS and Fleur, a free city or the like.

I don't really have a say in this. I just wanted to make sure that Twente is still there. I need to know in what direction my Twentites pray.
 

Serenierre

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I would be much obliged if the Western portion of Occitania could be divided in the manner that was decided in the OOC thread for the war there. The conquered territory is a protectorate of Serenierre.

For your reference:
 
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