XII

[shotapope]

[There is a map of Europe drawn out, obviously copied carefully from a book. It is properly labeled with the names of countries. Underneath the year "A.D. 20XX" is written, since Alessandro could not find an exact date for the creation of the map. Next to it is a rough map of the same area, but with different country lines, and different names. Underneath it is labeled as "A.D. 3060". Below both images is a merged one; the first map drawn out carefully with the second map superimposed using light colours so the regions of the other can be seen through it.

Below the maps are a few simple sentence written out just as carefully.]

What does your world look like? What kind of countries are there? What are their names?

Comments

[alexanderofny.livejournal.com]

The two largest forces where I come from are the United States of America ("the USA" or "America") and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ("the USSR" or "the Soviet Union"). The USA dominates the western hemisphere and consists of 51 semi-independent demi-republics known as states, the first of which to join being Delaware in 1787. The most recent acquisition is Vietnam, which was formerly a country of its own but became an American state in the early 1970s following America's victory in the Vietnam War. The USSR occupies most of Eastern Europe and all of what was once Russia, and it began after the fall of the imperial Russian throne and proceeded to swallow up many of its neighbors.

Following the second world war, the single nation known as Germany split into what became colloquially known as East and West Germany. The East is an ally of the USSR, while the West is more inclined toward the USA. In general, the world could essentially be divided into where it stood on either side of the USA-USSR conflict, until... well, very recently. Suffice it to say that when I left, the two superpowers and their allies were at last making progress toward harmony.

[shotapope]

That all sounds very complicated. In my world the major powers are the Vatican, Albion and the Empire.

[lilblackdevil.livejournal.com]

Mine's much similar. [maps (http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/6/60/SW_vol1_06.jpg) are stuck on the page] "Germany" is known as Karlsland. "Austria" is Ostmark. "France" is Gallia, and so on.

[shotapope]

It's strange to look at something so close, yet see how it can be so different. It reminds me of consequence exercises, how one choice can make something very different.

[ruin-mania.livejournal.com]

[There is a neat though hastily-drawn map (http://www.zentendo.com/media/albums/userpics/10007/Aselia.jpg).]

This is Aselia, which once consisted of the two worlds Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. Though they're not proper nations, I suppose that would be the closest we have. Tethe'alla had prospered, so it is the one with better infrastructure; Sylvarant is more a collection of city-states without a centralized government.

[shotapope]

Two worlds merged into one?

[huntersdaughter]

You in the library? [because if he is, she'll come join him, 'cause it's time to break out the POPEMOBILE picture hunt!]

Dictated

[shotapope]

Y-yes, I was looking at the a-atlases they have h-here.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

[Crowley circles the first map]

Mostly like that. Right now, anyway. I recognise some places in the second map, but that's going back a long while.

[shotapope]

My world reverted?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Mine's a little different... (http://www.inverse.org/e/bkg/world/nextmap1.gif)

Dictated

[shotapope]

Th-there's a giant round o-ocean!

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

The first map looks right, except I don't live in Europe. I'm from Manhattan, New York. [sticks on a map (http://www.tropolism.com/nyc.panoramic.map2.jpg) he found]

[shotapope]

Is that a city, or a country?

Wait, it's... it's in America isn't it? The place in the middle of the ocean?

[Inserts a reference.]

[android-hell.livejournal.com]

Where I come from, nations have become obsolete. The world is ruled by the alien race called the Combine. Humanity has been enslaved, and suppression devices have been put in place to prevent reproduction.

[shotapope]

That's....

[closedmarket.livejournal.com]

Wait. Is that all of your world?

[shotapope]

The parts that matter and are known by Rome.

[milanobutterfly.livejournal.com]

That's very impressive Alec.

Dictated

[shotapope]

I-I just t-traced over where it l-looked right and wh-what I could remember....

[alexanderofny.livejournal.com]

The two largest forces where I come from are the United States of America ("the USA" or "America") and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ("the USSR" or "the Soviet Union"). The USA dominates the western hemisphere and consists of 51 semi-independent demi-republics known as states, the first of which to join being Delaware in 1787. The most recent acquisition is Vietnam, which was formerly a country of its own but became an American state in the early 1970s following America's victory in the Vietnam War. The USSR occupies most of Eastern Europe and all of what was once Russia, and it began after the fall of the imperial Russian throne and proceeded to swallow up many of its neighbors.

Following the second world war, the single nation known as Germany split into what became colloquially known as East and West Germany. The East is an ally of the USSR, while the West is more inclined toward the USA. In general, the world could essentially be divided into where it stood on either side of the USA-USSR conflict, until... well, very recently. Suffice it to say that when I left, the two superpowers and their allies were at last making progress toward harmony.

[shotapope]

That all sounds very complicated. In my world the major powers are the Vatican, Albion and the Empire.

[lilblackdevil.livejournal.com]

Mine's much similar. [maps (http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/6/60/SW_vol1_06.jpg) are stuck on the page] "Germany" is known as Karlsland. "Austria" is Ostmark. "France" is Gallia, and so on.

[shotapope]

It's strange to look at something so close, yet see how it can be so different. It reminds me of consequence exercises, how one choice can make something very different.

[ruin-mania.livejournal.com]

[There is a neat though hastily-drawn map (http://www.zentendo.com/media/albums/userpics/10007/Aselia.jpg).]

This is Aselia, which once consisted of the two worlds Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. Though they're not proper nations, I suppose that would be the closest we have. Tethe'alla had prospered, so it is the one with better infrastructure; Sylvarant is more a collection of city-states without a centralized government.

[shotapope]

Two worlds merged into one?

[huntersdaughter]

You in the library? [because if he is, she'll come join him, 'cause it's time to break out the POPEMOBILE picture hunt!]

Dictated

[shotapope]

Y-yes, I was looking at the a-atlases they have h-here.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

[Crowley circles the first map]

Mostly like that. Right now, anyway. I recognise some places in the second map, but that's going back a long while.

[shotapope]

My world reverted?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Mine's a little different... (http://www.inverse.org/e/bkg/world/nextmap1.gif)

Dictated

[shotapope]

Th-there's a giant round o-ocean!

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

The first map looks right, except I don't live in Europe. I'm from Manhattan, New York. [sticks on a map (http://www.tropolism.com/nyc.panoramic.map2.jpg) he found]

[shotapope]

Is that a city, or a country?

Wait, it's... it's in America isn't it? The place in the middle of the ocean?

[Inserts a reference.]

[android-hell.livejournal.com]

Where I come from, nations have become obsolete. The world is ruled by the alien race called the Combine. Humanity has been enslaved, and suppression devices have been put in place to prevent reproduction.

[shotapope]

That's....

[closedmarket.livejournal.com]

Wait. Is that all of your world?

[shotapope]

The parts that matter and are known by Rome.

[milanobutterfly.livejournal.com]

That's very impressive Alec.

Dictated

[shotapope]

I-I just t-traced over where it l-looked right and wh-what I could remember....