Thursday 20 August 2020

Earth In The Carthaginian Timeline

"Delenda Est," 2.

North America, down to Colombia
Ynys yr Afallon: one country with states

South America
Huy Brasael
smaller countries with Indian-like names

Australasia, Indonesia, Borneo, eastern India, much of the Pacific
Hinduraj

Afghanistan, western India
Punjab

China, Korea, Japan, eastern Siberia
Han

Russia, much of Europe
Littorn

The British Isles
Brittis

France, the Low Countries
Gallis

Iberia
Celtan

Central Europe, the Balkans
many small nations, some with Hunnish-like names

Switzerland, Austria
Helveti

Italy
Cimberland

Scandinavia
north: Svea
south: Gothland

North Africa
Carthagalann, a confederacy

Southern Africa
minor sovereignties, many African names

The Near East
Parthia
Arabia

4 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

The political geography summarized reminds me of what I've seen in "Eutopia" and "The House of Sorrows." In fact, that latter story could have fitted into "Delenda Est" with some revising.

And one thing to remember about Ynyns yr Afallon, contrary to appearances on the maps, it was much weaker and precarious than it once had been. As Deirdre said, a series of losing wars had worn out Afallon. I can imagine an aggressively expanding Huy Braseal seizing many of Afallon's southern territories.

Ad astra! Sean

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And the Han Empire of "Delenda Est" might be tempted to grab what is now Alaska and parts of western Canada from a weakened Afallon.

Ad astra! Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

As Poul notes, the prevalence of large states is a sign that this world has had a global interaction sphere much longer than ours -- people from the Old World were sailing to East Asia and across the Atlantic routinely a thousand years before the story's date.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

That I had not known or realized.

Ad astra! Sean