Almost World

For the Almost Map Game

Europe

 * Celtica Brittanians managed to hold back the Anglo-Saxons, and Brittanian remained largely Celtic.
 * Vikings never discovered Iceland, causing to to remain and Irish colony.
 * Empire of Brittania colonized Greenland.
 * Ideas of revolution spread far and wide after the French Revolution.
 * Napoleon's brother remained in control of Spain and conquered Portugal, which fled to Brazil.
 * Russia was more successful with the Mongols, but less successful with Japan.
 * Belgium never revolted from the Netherlands.
 * The second Minonian earthquake never occurred, allowing the Minionians to carve out a powerful kingdom.
 * Romania is a larger power, and manages to conquer about half of Bulgaria.
 * Piedmont-Sardinia never formed.
 * The Papal States managed to conquer Italy with the wealth from the crusades, forming the Kingdom of God.
 * The Protestant Revolution was now as large, with most of Europe, such as Germany and Denmark, to remain Catholic.
 * The 100 Years of War was more of a stalemate, and England managed to get Brittany.
 * Byzantium was never renamed Constantinople, and therefore never became Istanbul.
 * There was greater syncretism in Christianity in northern Europe.
 * The Norse and Fins blended their local beliefs with Christianity rather than outright converting.
 * Dublin was never formed, as the Celts managed to defend against the Vikings.

Asia

 * Tibet managed to repel the Chinese.
 * Uesegi unified Japan.
 * Japan saw what was happening to China sooner, and the Meiji Restoration occurred several decades earlier.
 * Russia was more successful with the Mongols, but less successful with Japan.
 * Islam was less popular with the Mongols.
 * The Ottomans never assassinated all their Janissaries.
 * Manchukuo threw off their Japanese patrons.
 * When Judaism and eventually Christianity formed they were less dogmatic, allowing for greater syncretsim.
 * The Roman Empire was unable to conquer much of the Eastern Mediterranean due to the Minoan Empire, causing Byzantium to never exist
 * East Orthodoxy never existed (due to lack of Byzantium)
 * Sufi Islam was more popular.
 * The Ottomans were stopped mostly past Anatolia by Mino.

Americas

 * War of 1812 was won by America
 * The French-and-Indian-War was bloodier.
 * France colonized New Brunswick
 * Alaska and much of Western Canada was colonized by Russia
 * A group of 3,000 fleeing Ainu reached the shores of California during the Japanese conquest, and formed a powerful kingdom.
 * Oregon became independent.
 * Deseret remained independent.
 * Montana became independent.
 * Canada revolted under Brittabuca.
 * Gran Colombia never collapsed.
 * Patagonia never collapsed.
 * The Minoan Greeks colonized the Caribbean.
 * Maya were unified and managed to defend themselves from the Toltec.
 * Netherlands colonized all of Guinea.
 * Mexican Empire remained.
 * France conquered the Inca rather than the Spanish

Oceania

 * Portugal colonized New Zealand and Tasmania.
 * Melanesia was completely colonized by Brittanica.

Africa

 * The nations revolted after the French Revolution, and many are still revolting.
 * Portugal colonized Mozambique and Madagascar.
 * Shaka Zulu was not killed by his family, and had a strong heir, allowing them to remain uncolonized.
 * African ethnic groups are more connected.
 * Moroccans remained Catholic.
 * Ethiopia was successfully conquered by Kingdom of God

Nations
This is just for chosen made-up nations to clarify some stuff about their history and stuff.

Nation Rankings
I = Super Power (OTL America)

II Regional Power (OTL Japan)

III Mild Power (OTL Sweden)

IV Weak Power (OTL Iran)

V This place is a country? (Mali)

Military
Powerful-I

Strong-II

Stronger II

Mild III

Weak IV

Horrid V

Stability
Very I

Pretty II

Holding III

Somewhat: IV

Low : IV

Very Low V

Infrastructure
Grande: I

Good: II

OK: III

Mediocre: III

Poor: IV

Crumbling V

Economy
Flourishing I

Good II

Mild III

Depression IV

Crumbling V

Bonuses
Most nations get a "bonus" even though it may be detrimental to improve historicity and aid in specific objectives.

Melanesia (II)

 * Official Language: Celtic
 * Independence:
 * How?: Revolt
 * From?: Brittanica
 * Why?: Cultural differences
 * When? 1843
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Melanesian
 * OTL Nations: Soloman Islands, Papua, New Guinea, Fiji, Indonesia
 * Drives on the: Right
 * Military: Strong
 * Infrastructure: Good
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Democratic Republic
 * Long Name: Republic of Unified Melanesian Islands
 * Major Religion(s): Islam (Sunni), Hindu, Christianity (Celtic Syncretism/Melanesian-Celtic Syncretism))
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Flourishing
 * Bonuses: Unifying Oceania (Similar to OTL Manifest Destiny, allows for the Unification motive with other Oceanic nations.)

Brittanica (I)

 * Official Language: Celtic
 * Unification: 1707
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Celtic, Gaelic
 * OTL Nations: Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Greenland (sorta a country) Some edge bits of Vancouver, Brittany
 * Drives on the: Left
 * Military: Powerful
 * Infrastructure: Grande
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Tribal Federation
 * Long Name: Imperial Federation of Tribal Brittanicans
 * Name Translate: Land of Brittanics
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (CelticSyncretism)
 * State Religion: Christianity (Celtic Syncratism)
 * Economy: Flourishing
 * Currency: Pounds Sterling
 * Bonuses: Royal Navy (+6 for naval support, +10 for naval battles), Bitter Hatred (Gets a x3 motive against France and America, and Gain Land acts as +2), Celtic Defense (+20 while defending against another nation)

Thrace and Thessalonkia (III)

 * Official Language: Greek
 * Religion: Christianity (Catholic), Islam (Sufi)
 * Unification: 1453
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Greek, Turkish
 * OTL Nations: Turkey, Greece
 * Drives on the: Left
 * Military: Weak
 * Infrastructure: Grande
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Republic
 * Long Name: Republic of Thrace and Thessalonkia
 * Economy: Good

Japan (I)

 * Official Language: Japanese
 * Recognised regional language: Korean, Chinese
 * Unification: 1600
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese
 * OTL location: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Karafuto (Sakhalin), Chishima (Kuril) Islands, Kamchatka, Parts of Primorsky Krai
 * Military: Powerful
 * Infrastructure: Good
 * Stability: Rather
 * Government: Constitutional Monarchy
 * Long Name: 大日本帝國 (Dai Nippon Teikoku)
 * Name Translate: Empire of Japan
 * Major Religion(s): Shinto, Buddhism (Zen)
 * State Religion: Shinto
 * Economy: Good
 * Bonuses: Meiji Restoration (cannot fall behind Europe technologically)

Vancouver (IV)

 * Official Language: French
 * Independence:
 * How?: Peaceful succession
 * From?: Empire of France
 * Why?: Economic/political reasons
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): French
 * OTL Location: Canada (Vancouver)
 * Military: Weak
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Democracy
 * Long Name: Democratic State of Vancouver
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic)
 * State religion: None
 * Economy: Mild
 * Bonuses: Cannabis (minimal economy is Depression), Unifying Pacifica (Similar to OTL Manifest Destiny, allows for the Unification motive with other west-coast nations)

Mino (I)

 * Official Language: Linear B (proto-Greek)
 * Formation: c. 3000 BCE
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Greek
 * OTL Location: Greece, Cyprus, Italy (Sicily/Sardinia), France (Corsica), Turkey (Troy/ Kastamonu)
 * Military: Powerful
 * Infrastructure: Grand
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Constitutional Monarchy
 * Long Name: Minoan Empire
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic)
 * State Religion: Christianity (Catholic)
 * Economy: Flourishing
 * Bonuses: Grand Navy (+8 for naval support, +12 for naval battles), Tests of Time (will likely revolt if conquered)

America (I)

 * Official Language: Celtic
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? Brittanica?
 * Why? High taxes
 * When? 1776
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Celtic, French, Native American
 * OTL Location: America, Canada
 * Military: Powerful
 * Infrastructure: Grande
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Constitutional Federal Republic
 * Long Name: United States of America
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Native Syncretism/Celtic Syncretism)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Flourishing
 * Bonuses: Manifest Destiny (allows for Unification motive for all other North American nations), Bitter Hatred (Gets a x3 motive against Deseret and Brittanica, and Gain Land acts as +2), Empire of Liberty (gains the Liberation motive on every nation that rules another ethnic group and/or is not democratic with a x2 bonus on motive), Second Amendment (occupied regions are more likely to revolt, if annexed is very likely to revolt, +40 defense)

Austria-Hungary (II)

 * Official Language: Hungarian, German
 * Formation: 1844 (de facto), 1846 (de jure)
 * Main Ethic Group(s): Bosnians, Slovenians, Croatians, Serbians, Slovaks
 * OTL Location: Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Serbia
 * Military: Stronger
 * Infrastructure: Mediocre
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Presidential Federal Republic
 * Long name: Federal Republic of Austria and Hungary
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Orthodoxy/Catholicism), Judaism, Islam (Sunni)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Mild
 * Bonuses: Reconquest (Get a +10 for motive for taking former Austria-Hungarian lands)

German Empire (II)

 * Official Language: German
 * Formation: 1871 (country) 962 (ethnicity/german states)
 * Main Ethnic Groups: Germans, Polish, Austrians, Swiss, Africans, Turkish
 * OTL Location: Germany, Czech Republic, West Poland, Eastern France
 * Military: Strong (II)
 * Infrastructure: Good (II)
 * Stability: Pretty (II)
 * Government: Presidential Federal Republic Empire
 * Long Name: United Commonwealth of the German Empire and German Colonies
 * Major Religion(s); Christianity (Protestant, Catholic)
 * State Religion: Protestant
 * Economy: Flourishing (I)
 * Bonuses: Empire and Economy (Get a +15 for flourishing economy and large empire)

Atarashi Hokkaido (I)

 * Official Language: Ainu
 * Formation: 1390
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Ainu
 * OTL LocPowerful
 * Infrastructure: OK
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Chiefdom
 * Name Translated: New Hokkaido
 * Long Name: Chiefdom of Atarashi Hokkaido
 * Major Religion(s): Traditional Animism
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Good
 * Bonuses: Unifying Pacifica (Similar to OTL Manifest Destiny, allows for the Unification motive with other west-coast nations)

Alaska (I)

 * Official Language(s): Russian, Eskimo
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? Russia
 * Why? Taxes
 * When? 1785
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Russian, Eskimo
 * OTL Location: Alaska, Canada (Northwest Territories)
 * Military: Powerful
 * Infrastructure: Grande
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Tsardom
 * Name Translated: Mainland
 * Long Name: Alaskan Tsardom
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholicism/Eskimo Syncretism)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Good
 * Bonuses: Manifest Destiny (allows for Unification motive for all other North American nations)

Ottoman (III)

 * Official Language(s): Turkish, Arabic
 * Formation: 1299
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Turks, Arabs
 * OTL Location: Arabia, Turkey
 * Military: Weak
 * Infrastructure: OK
 * Stability: Somewhat
 * Government: Sultanate
 * Long Name: Ottoman Empire
 * Major Religion(s): Islam (Sunni)
 * State Religion: Islam (Sunni)
 * Economy: Good
 * Bonuses: Janissaries (+20 for military)

Mexico (III)

 * Official Language(s): Spanish
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? Spain
 * Why? Greater autonomy
 * When? 1821
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Meztizos
 * OTL Location: Mexico
 * Military: Mild
 * Infrastructure: Good
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Empire
 * Long Name: Mexican Empire
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholicism/Native Syncretism)
 * State Religion: Christianity (Catholicism)
 * Economy: Mild

France (II)

 * Official Language: French
 * Formation: 481 CE
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): French
 * Military: Strong
 * Infrastructure: Grande
 * Stability: Very
 * Government: Republic
 * Long Name: French Republic
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic/Protestant/Cathar)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Mild
 * Royal Navy (+6 for naval support, +10 for naval battles), Bitter Hatred (Gets a x3 motive against Brittanica, x2 against German states, and Gain Land acts as +)

Gran Columbia (III)

 * Official Language: Spanish
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? Spain
 * Why? Greater autonomy
 * When? 1819
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Meztizos, Creoles
 * Military: Mild
 * Infrastructure: Poor
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Republic
 * Long Name: Gran Colombian Republic
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic/Local Syncretism)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Depression

Brazil (III)

 * Official Language(s): Portuguese
 * Formation: 1821
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Meztizos, Creoles
 * Military: Stronger
 * Infrastructure: Poor
 * Stability: Holding
 * Government: Empire
 * Long Name: Empire of Brazil
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic/Local Syncretism)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Mild

Inca (III)

 * Official Language(s): French
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? France
 * Why? Greater autonomy
 * When? 1811
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Meztizos, Creoles
 * Military: Mild
 * Infrastructure: Poor
 * Stability: Pretty
 * Government: Republic
 * Long Name: New Incan Republic
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholic/Local Syncretism/Calvanist/Cathar)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Depression
 * Bonuses: New Empire (+20 for defence against enemies)

Moorish Al-Maghrib (V)

 * Official Language(s): Arabic, French
 * Independence:
 * How? Revolt
 * From? France
 * Why? Cultural Differences
 * When? 1820
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): French, Berber
 * Military: Horrid
 * Infrastructure: Crumbling
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy
 * Long Name: Kingdom of Moorish Al-Maghrib
 * Major Religion(s): Christianity (Catholicism)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Crumbling
 * Stability: Very Low
 * Bonuses: Catholic Africa (gains a +10 to motive, faces stability issues if annexes another nation)

at-Tunisiyyah (V)

 * Official Languages: Arabic, Italian
 * Independence
 * How? Revolt
 * From? Italy
 * Why? Cultural/religious reasons
 * When? 1819
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Italians, Berber
 * Military: Horrid
 * Infrastructure: Crumbling
 * Long Name: Republic of Al-Jumhūriyyah at-Tūnisiyyah
 * Major Religion(s): Islam (Sunni)
 * State Religion: None
 * Economy: Crumbling
 * Stability: Very Low

Russia (II)

 * Official Language(s): Russian
 * Formation: 1380
 * Main Ethnic Group(s): Russian
 * Military: Strong
 * Infrastructure: Poor
 * Stability: Holding
 * Government: Empire
 * Long Name: Russian Empire
 * Major Religions: Christianity (Catholic), Islam Sunni
 * State Religion: Christianity (Catholic)
 * Economy: Good
 * Bonuse(s): Siberia (+30 to defence), Vodka (+10 when fighting in an arctic environment), Bears on Unicycles (+2 attack), Oppressive Aristocracy (highest stability level is pretty, is prone to revolts).

Europe

 * Latin
 * French
 * France
 * Southern Netherlands
 * Hispanic
 * Iberia
 * Italian
 * Kingdom of God
 * Celtic
 * Brittanica
 * Minoan (proto-Greek)
 * Mino
 * Thrace + Thessalonkia
 * Albania
 * Macedonia
 * Turkish
 * Thrace + Thessalonkia
 * East Mino
 * Scandinavian
 * Sweden
 * Denmark
 * Finno-Urgic
 * Finland
 * Baltica
 * German
 * German states
 * Switzerland
 * Slavic
 * Romania
 * Bulgaria
 * Austria-Hungary
 * Serbia
 * Albania
 * slavic states

Asia

 * Indian
 * India
 * Burma
 * Myanmar
 * Sri Lanka
 * Kashmir
 * Persian
 * Persia
 * Brittanic Kuwait
 * Kashmir
 * Chinese
 * China
 * Tibet
 * Japanese Taiwan
 * Manchukuo
 * Arabic
 * Ottoman Arabia
 * Britanic Kuwait
 * Celtic
 * Britanic Kuwait
 * Ottoman Yemen
 * Melanesia
 * India
 * Siam
 * Turkish
 * Ottoman Arabia
 * Russia
 * Russian
 * Russia
 * Melanesian
 * Melanesia
 * Melanesian Indonesia
 * Dutch
 * East Indonesia
 * French
 * Vietnam
 * French West Indonesia
 * Tatar
 * Russian Mongolia
 * Russia
 * Krimia


 * Austronesian
 * Pacific
 * Melanesian
 * East Indonesia
 * East Polynesia
 * Polynesian
 * East Polynesia
 * Melanesian Polynesia
 * Terro de Extremo Oriente
 * Indonesian
 * East Indonesia
 * French Indonesia
 * Iberian Indonesia
 * Melanesian Indonesia
 * Micronesian
 * Iberian Micronesia
 * Malagasy
 * Madagascar
 * Mozambique