What if Poland was a major colonial power and colonized Brazil? - 2010 map!
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What if Poland was a major colonial power and colonized Brazil? - 2010 map!

Any questions, corrections, I will be answering!

I was struggling to finish this map, ignore the bad quality.

1490 – Poland begins looking west for Atlantic exploration rather than focusing solely on eastern Europe.

1498 – Polish explorers arrive in Brazil and establish the first settlements.

1502 – The colony of Nova Gdańsk is founded on the coast near modern Santos.

1510 – The colony begins to be known as Atlantyca, becoming Poland's principal overseas possession.

1569 – The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forms, with Atlantyca recognized as a third constituent crown, creating a three-way Commonwealth.

1600–1700 – Atlantyca expands southward and inland, eventually stretching roughly from São Luís to Curitiba.

1700–1800 – Portugal consolidates control over the Amazon basin while Atlantyca dominates the rest of Brazil.

1772–1795 – The Liberum Veto is successfully reformed, preventing the historical Partitions of the Commonwealth.

1803–1815 – During the Napoleonic Wars, the Commonwealth survives intact and emerges as a recognized European Great Power.

1848 – Liberal reforms begin transforming Atlantyca from noble domains into a federal system.

1860s–1880s – Slavery is gradually abolished throughout Atlantyca through staged reforms.

1871 – Germany unifies under Prussian leadership.

1889 – The Commonwealth deliberately avoids participating in the Scramble for Africa, focusing instead on Atlantyca.

1900 – The Commonwealth stands as one of Europe's strongest constitutional monarchies with major Atlantic possessions.

1914 – World War I begins. Russia accidentally violates Commonwealth borders, leading the Commonwealth to declare war on Russia while remaining independent from both major alliances.

1917 – The Russian Revolution occurs earlier under pressure from fighting Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Commonwealth.

1917 – The new Russian government signs peace with the Commonwealth.

1918 – Germany/Austria-Hungary violate Commonwealth territory during operations, prompting the Commonwealth to declare war on the Central Powers.

1919 – Paris Peace Conference:

The Commonwealth refuses Brandenburg and East Prussia.

Accepts only Silesia after a referendum strongly favoring the union with Poland.

Gains international prestige by refusing excessive territorial expansion.

1921 – Silesia is directly integrated into the Polish Crown instead of becoming autonomous.

1920s – The state increasingly becomes internationally known as Lechia, while its official title evolves toward the Intermedium Empire.

1930 – The Great Depression hits Atlantyca and Europe, but the diversified economy allows Lechia to weather the crisis better than many states.

1938 – Austria is annexed by Germany. Sudetenland is ceded after Munich, but Lechia opposes the complete destruction of Czechoslovakia.

1939 – Germany and the USSR secretly agreed to eliminate Lechia, seeing it as the main obstacle between them.

1939–1942 – Germany and the USSR invaded Lechia from west and east. The campaign became far longer than expected because the Commonwealth had prepared for a two-front war for generations.

1942 – German troops accidentally clash with Soviet forces near Latvia. Relations collapse.

August 1942 – Stalin signs peace with Lechia and declares war on Germany, joining the Allies.

1943 – Lechia reconquers East Prussia and captures Königsberg.

1945 – Lechian forces are among the first to reach Berlin, giving the Commonwealth enormous post-war prestige.

1947–1949 – Peace settlement:

Lechia accepts only East Prussia, rejecting further German territory.

Germany becomes a single neutral Federal Republic, never divided into East and West Germany.

Czechoslovakia also became neutral after liberation by Lechia.

Austria remains neutral.

The Iron Curtain shifts south to the Balkans instead of Germany.

1950–1991 – Cold War:

Three European poles emerge:

Western Bloc

Soviet Bloc

Lechia and the Neutral Belt

Berlin is no longer the symbol of division.

The Italy–Slovenia frontier becomes one of the main Cold War borders.

1970's - Gran-parà gets independence from Portugal along side with Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde.

1991 – The Soviet Union collapsed.

1993 – Inspired by the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Lithuania began constitutional negotiations about the future of the Commonwealth.

1995 – The historic Commonwealth peacefully dissolves.

1995 – Poland reforms into the Polish–Atlanta Commonwealth, keeping:

Poland

Atlantyca

Galicia–Carpathia

East Prussia

1996 – Lithuania becomes the Federal Grand Duchy of Lithuania, keeping:

Lithuania

Ruthenia

Western Ukraine (west of the Dnieper)

Courland

Late 1990s – Lithuania introduces a federal structure with autonomous Viets for Ruthenians, Ukrainians, and Courlanders.

Early 2000s – The Polish–Atlantan Commonwealth adopted a similar federal structure, especially in Atlantyca, strengthening state governments under Nova Gdańsk.

2010 – Europe stabilizes around:

Polish–Atlantan Commonwealth

Federal Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Neutral Germany

Neutral Austria

Neutral Czechoslovakia

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 9 days ago

E se o Brasil fosse Colonizado pela Polônia? - Commonwealth/Reino Polaco-Atlantycano

Qualquer perguntas eu respondo, also, isso é um Work in progress, posso acabar mudando futuramente.

Primeira bandeira - Atlantyca (O Brasil)

Segunda bandeira - Polônia

Terceira bandeira - Bandeira Real e Oficial

Quando eu finalizar o mapa que irá ter as bandeiras dos estados tbm eu posto aqui.

1498–1510 – Exploradores poloneses chegam ao Brasil e fundam Nova Gdańsk, origem de Atlantyca.

1569 – A Comunidade Polaco-Lituana é formada, agora incluindo Atlantyca como um terceiro membro do Commonwealth.

1600–1700 – Atlantyca expande-se do atual Maranhão até Curitiba, enquanto Portugal mantém a Amazônia.

1772–1795 – O Liberum Veto é reformado, impedindo as Partições da Polônia. O Commonwealth permanece unido.

1803–1815 – Guerras Napoleônicas. O Commonwealth sobrevive e torna-se uma das Grandes Potências da Europa.

1848–1889 – Atlantyca passa por reformas administrativas, torna-se mais federal e aboliu a escravidão gradualmente.

1871 – Alemanha é unificada.

1914–1919 – Na Primeira Guerra Mundial, o Commonwealth luta primeiro contra a Rússia e depois contra as Potências Centrais. Após a guerra recebe apenas a Silésia, recusando anexações maiores.

Década de 1920 – O país passa a ser conhecido como Império do Intermedium (Lechia).

1939 – Alemanha e URSS invadem Lechia simultaneamente.

1942 – A aliança germano-soviética quebra. A URSS faz paz com Lechia e entra na guerra contra a Alemanha.

1943–1945 – Lechia reconquista a Prússia Oriental, toma Königsberg e participa da libertação de Berlim.

1947–1949 – Pós-guerra:

Lechia anexa apenas a Prússia Oriental.

Alemanha permanece unificada e neutra.

Áustria e Tchecoslováquia tornam-se neutras.

A Cortina de Ferro desloca-se para os Bálcãs.

1949–1991 – Guerra Fria entre Ocidente e URSS, enquanto Lechia lidera um bloco neutro europeu.

1991 – A União Soviética entra em colapso.

1993–1995 – Inspirados pela separação pacífica da Tchecoslováquia, Polônia e Lituânia decidem dissolver amigavelmente o antigo Commonwealth.

1995 – Nascem dois Estados sucessores:

Commonwealth Polaco-Atlantycano, mantendo Polônia, Atlantyca, Galícia-Carpátia e Prússia Oriental.

Grão-Ducado Federal da Lituânia, mantendo Lituânia, Rutênia, Ucrânia Ocidental e Curlândia.

1995–2005 – Ambos tornam-se monarquias constitucionais federais, preservando fortes laços diplomáticos, econômicos e militares.

2010 – A Europa é composta por uma Alemanha neutra, um Grão-Ducado da Lituânia federal, um poderoso Commonwealth Polaco-Atlantycano e uma Cortina de Ferro concentrada nos Bálcãs, criando uma ordem mundial bastante diferente da nossa.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 14 days ago

The Eagle's Ascendency: Northern Crown - 1701.

A lot of changes, I will be working on a sequel that takes place in 1751, check changes in the info bar.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 22 days ago

2026 Map: Slavic Expansion

In a simple way, in the 400's-500's more Slavic population moved to central Europe, Such as Sorbians, Carantanians, Obotrites etc. And they stopped Germanic expansion past the Elber river, changing almost everything in Central, Eastern and south Europe.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 1 month ago

Pax Hohenzollern: The Hohenzollern Century - 1925

Germany borders are from other artists! (Couldn't find the name)

Also this is a resume.

1914

World War I begins.

Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire form the Central Powers.

Britain, France and Russia led the Entente.

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1915

German offensives perform better than in OTL.

Russia begins suffering severe military and economic problems.

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1916

Russian morale collapses faster than expected.

Austria-Hungary survives thanks to German support.

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1917

Russia falls into revolution and civil war.

The United States remains isolationist and does not enter the war.

Germany transfers more troops to the Western Front.

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1918

France reaches exhaustion.

Britain realizes victory without American support is unlikely.

A negotiated peace is signed, ending WWI with a Central Powers victory.

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1919

Germany reorganizes Eastern Europe.

The Kingdom of Poland is established under German influence.

Ukraine becomes independent and enters the German sphere.

White Ruthenia (Belarus) becomes a German-aligned state.

Baltic protectorates are created

Finland is established as a Kingdom under German rule

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1920

Germany expands its colonial possessions in Africa.

Plans for Mittelafrika begin.

Berlin becomes the dominant economic center of continental Europe.

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1921

Austria-Hungary begins federal reforms to prevent collapse.

Nationalist tensions remain high throughout the Empire.

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1922

Germany signs trade agreements with its client states.

Europe enters a period of economic recovery under German leadership.

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1923

France enters a period of political instability and resentment.

Britain focuses on maintaining its global empire.

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1924

Germany reaches the peak of its power.

The Kaiser and the Hohenzollern dynasty are seen as guarantors of European order.

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1925

The "Pax Hohenzollern" is officially recognized by historians as the era of German continental dominance.

Europe appears peaceful and stable.

Beneath the surface, tensions grow:

Hungary seeks independence.

France wants revenge.

Russia seeks reunification.

Britain fears permanent German hegemony.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 2 months ago

AETAS BIPOLARIS: The Unfinished Century. What if soviet union survived

Not much realistically, but in a resume, after Stalin's death several constitutional reforms for the union, until 1991, the mostly regions that didn't want to stick with union left, but with choose to stay in the bloc, Georgia tried to fight the union, losing in 2002.

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In a resume mostly countries would continue being communist, with the separation of the world in the blocs.

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The Berlin wall would fall, but in military ways, soviet would maintain East Germany, even tho they would let the passage from the German population from west to east less strict.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 2 months ago

What if Polish-Lithuanian Survives until Napoleon era? Europe political map 1816 (Desc for the story)

First post!! Original mine

Second image the map without the text boxes and names if someone wanna use it.

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The Lechian Divorce (1815)

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In this timeline, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth survived the Partitions of Poland due to a fortunate combination of circumstances. Russia was heavily occupied by conflicts in the east and south, Prussia remained focused on its rivalry with Austria and affairs within the Holy Roman Empire, while Austria was distracted by the broader consequences of the American Revolution and its aftermath. As a result, the Commonwealth endured into the Napoleonic Era.

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When Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power, the Commonwealth quickly aligned itself with France. Napoleon's hostility toward Prussia, Austria, and Russia naturally made him a valuable ally in Polish and Lithuanian eyes. During the Napoleonic Wars, Commonwealth forces achieved several notable victories, including campaigns in Königsberg and Silesia against Prussia, and in Galicia against Austria.

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However, everything changed with the disastrous invasion of Russia. Following Napoleon's failure in Moscow, the Commonwealth was left exposed. Russian armies invaded and temporarily annexed the state as French influence in Eastern Europe collapsed.

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After Napoleon's final defeat, the Congress of Vienna sought to restore the balance of power in Europe. Determined to prevent the re-emergence of a strong Polish-Lithuanian state, the Great Powers divided the Commonwealth into two separate kingdoms: Poland and Lithuania. This event became known as the Lechian Divorce.

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Both states lost significant territory and were transformed into buffer kingdoms between Russia and Central Europe. To further weaken local nationalism, foreign monarchs were installed: a German king in Poland and a Russian ruler in Lithuania. Though independent on paper, both kingdoms remained under the strong influence of the surrounding great powers.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 2 months ago

My alternative Brazilian Federation, made a flag that it took almost 2 hours to make, any thoughts?

First post!

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Alternatively this Brazilian Federation would become independent in 1768 with revolts from Miners and Indigenous people

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First flag being actual 2026 and second one be the one adopted back in 1768 after independence. In a very resumed way, Black represents the black and indigenous people who fought for the federation, Red the blood of the war, white peace, and green represents the green triangle of Minas Gerais' flag. The big star in the middle means the capital in Vila Rica, the Leafs of coffee and Tabaco, lace with the motto, sword as the freedom

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Now specifications: in the first flag, the golden stars represent the 20 states and the red stars the 14 Federal Districts

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In the second, the golden globe behind the Coat of arms represents the globalization and growth of Brazil. And the 10 red stars represent the 10 existent states of the time (1768)

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I wanted thoughts of it.

u/Manu_Mappater2205 — 2 months ago