r/imaginarymaps • • 17d ago

Contest Contest results and next month's theme

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r/imaginarymaps • • 5h ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the Roman Empire industrialised in the 17th century?

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525 Upvotes

r/imaginarymaps • • 8h ago

[OC] Alternate History A WORLD DIVIDED | What if the Cold War was Multipolar?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 6h ago

[OC] Alternate History Map of the Russo-Belarusso War as of 2026

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I posted this on r/rejectedmaps a couple weeks ago since my account wasn't old enough back then for this sub, but now that that's changed I think i oughta share it with y'all and milk the engagement. Though if it gets removed for being "based on ongoing events" i understand

1st image is a map of the war as of April 24th, 2026.

2nd image is a recruitment flyer for the Belarusian Defense Legion (who I'm told are a far right militia similar to the Azov Brigade). It shows an old Belarusian map with its "rightful" borders stretching from Bialystok to Bryansk, Smolensk, & Gagarin. Assuming google translate is reliable it should translate to: "Belarus' Natural Borders! The Russians have taken so much from Belarus—it is time for us to take it back. Join the 'Belarusian Defense Legion' and restore the Motherland."

3rd image is an old image i saved off of Reddit from early in the war (October 2023), it shows some possibilities to how the war would end.

4th image is a meme i saved from twitter

5th image is about the latest drone strike in Chudzin, Belarus. Fly high little chud 🫡


r/imaginarymaps • • 29m ago

Project: Succession Republic of California (2030) - New & Improved

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r/imaginarymaps • • 51m ago

[OC] Alternate History Greater Virginia - What if Virginia got more colonial claims?

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r/imaginarymaps • • 9h ago

[OC] Alternate History A German Propaganda Poster dated 1931, 12 years after the Great War NSFW

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r/imaginarymaps • • 13h ago

[OC] Alternate History Soaring Eagle of the North. What if the Scythians survived?

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So, ignore the lore on the sidebar. I just needed something to fill it up. Actual lore is in the comments. But the basic premise is Ateas never fights Philip II and also sires an heir to stop his dynasty from collapsing. Thereafter, the Sarmatians get crushed and the Saka get absorbed in the 330s and 320s BC. Cassander also marries Thessalonike of Macedon, who had been promised to the king of Scythia, so we get a big war in 315BC in parallel with the Third War of the Diadochi in the Near East. Lysimachus doesn't sign peace so he gets caught in the corssfire too.


r/imaginarymaps • • 2h ago

[OC] Sci-fi Galactic Map of the day of the Infernus Reckoning

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Illustrated Galactic Map of my latest Stellaris run

More than a century after their home system was almost snuffed out by a detached and arrogant precursor civilization by overheating the star to the point of supernova, this only served to harden the resolve of the Cindarian Pyrocracy, who now seek to embrace their reforged destiny by reducing the rest of the galaxy to cinders.


r/imaginarymaps • • 15h ago

[OC] Alternate History THE DRAGON OF THE BALKANS - What if Husein Gradaščević Succeeded? The Khedivate of Bosnia in 1876

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r/imaginarymaps • • 8h ago

[OC] Future Sophia's travel actoss new-cretaceous England

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Drawn in my sketchbook, cleaned up and lettered digitally.

I made this illustration as an addition to a passage in a story that explains a character's journey from Watford to Darwen in an alternate future England that's been flooded by melted ice-caps and overrun by dinosaurs from the late cretaceous period.

I based the shore outline on Halcyon's "Britain Beneath The Waves" map.

I thought y'all might like it!


r/imaginarymaps • • 7h ago

[OC] Republic of India (Hypothetical) - 2025

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If the Republic of India had 52 states and 3 Union Territories.

P.S. The map is entirely made my me and NOT AI..


r/imaginarymaps • • 23h ago

[OC] AltGeo and AltHis What if the South Sea had more islands?

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Antarctic civilization. I'd like to submit this for the current contest, although I don't know if I'd be disqualified since only a quarter of this is actually *in* Africa. If I am, no problemo.

The amount of lore for this scenario is absolutely excruciating, and I don't have the energy in my to put it all in a big chain of lore comments; so rather than leaving you all to read a huge wall of text, I'm going to ask you to ask me what you want to know about this map, so the learning experience is more fun for all of us. Gimme your best questions.

I'll just leave you with a few things to know before going in:

One: Ueno, officially the Protectorate of the Ueno (Uenese: Mḵakwūenūśap /mxæ.kʷʉːeŋʉː.r̝æp̚/; lit. "protection-hood of the people") in modern times, is an ancient civilization encompassing the southern third of the planet. What you see in the red dashed and solid border, notated on the map, is its modern border.

Two: The big colored sectors around the pole, belonging to one country contemporarily, are themselves the six* traditional nations (akhwalip, "large group of claims") of Ueno, similar to the Haudenosaunee Confederation or Habsburg Spain. Ueno has, for most of its long history, functioned as a loose confederation of these nations; the straight lines drawn over the ocean are not for show, and literally represent the precise latitudinal and longitudinal claims of the sea drawn by the Uenese themselves over thousands of years.

*Sachihünku ("empty march/sector") is only counted as a traditional Uenese claim. Historically and presently it is administered something like a condominium between all six nations.

Three: This map is atemporal. Says it on the tin. Everything depicted here is depicted at its maximum extent, and as indicated by the dates beside, all existed at different times. Where shapes overlap, one usually replaced another, or else the Uenese were competing among themselves for those territories.

Four: Ueno stayed largely consistent administratively, linguistically, culturally, etc. due to the southern oceanic currents, mainly the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the South Atlantic Gyre. These people were master ship-builders, learning to cross on long voyages over the south Atlantic and Pacific, delivering goods, news, marriages, and records across their realm.

Five: These people are among the most meticulous and borderline obsessive recordkeepers in history. Their collective record spans six or seven thousand years, marking, among other things, exact land and water claims, catches, births, deaths, marriages, etc. over millennia. In fact, the empires shown on this map were never really thought of as "empires" by the Uenese launching, funding, and maintaining their existences; they were thought more of as overseas investments, great powers across three continents terrorizing their lands and conquering as much as they could because, in all likelihood, a frozen rock in the Roaring Fifties needed fishing rights settled between two clans.

Six: Antarctica is slightly warmer in this TL, obvi, but only enough to be seasonally inhabited by the mono. The peninsula is like South Georgia, so to say, good enough for permanent settlements for these people.

See commentary and discussion on Ueno's flag here.

See the r/worldbuilding discussion here.


r/imaginarymaps • • 7h ago

[OC] Fantasy The Continent of Tressania (oc world)

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The eastern quadrant of my oc fantasy world “Triwillow.” This is my second hand-drawn fantasy map; learned a lot between 1 and 2, and looking to learn more! Hope you enjoy.


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History What if Switzerland and Sardinia united after the Napoleonic wars?

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What if, during the Congress of Vienna, a strong buffer state had been created to defend the western Alps against France? I imagine it as a federal country, more like Switzerland, to preserve its linguistic differences.

Please don't take this map too seriously.

The map is in Italian.


r/imaginarymaps • • 11m ago

[OC] Fantasy Novoterra: the world map

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I don't really have no lore right now so all I can say that

Way different continents, the Americas are a bit farther away, ATLANTIS!!!, and some more big Islands, I guess that's all I got to say.


r/imaginarymaps • • 7h ago

[OC] Alternate History Guerra civile Germania est

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Questa è solo una bozza


r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the Cold War was kind of different? - 1980

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r/imaginarymaps • • 11h ago

[OC] Fantasy Fictional map I made, hope you like it :)

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It shows the land regions and various bodies of water of the fictional world of Erasul. The colours represent environments:
Dark green - jungle
Light green - plains/forest
Yellow - desert
Orange-yellow colour - savannah
Pink - swamp

Like and comment if I should post more of these types of maps! Made on Procreate btw with inspiration for names and geographical locations from either WorldBox or my own imagination. Hugs and kisses, AH


r/imaginarymaps • • 12h ago

[OC] Fantasy Jamila - A Collaborative Worldbuilding Project!

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Hello! I made a map of a world building/role playing server set in the late 1400s, where you can role play as a kingdom, religious order, merchant family, and more! There are sapient species such as: Herrians (mice people), Crystalborne (basically hard rock people), Verdicians (plant people), Crabbins (crab-like people), Xokraas (bird people), and of course Humans! You are also able to make your own flora and fauna. We're looking for more people to help make the world more immersive and fascinating, as well as for people to participate in role playing here. Everyone is welcome to join. We're a diverse group and a safe space for anyone. I'd be happy to see you participate, and let me know if you have any questions!

Link to the Discord: https://discord.gg/kvttnrw7dh

(Credits to Possible History for the map style!)


r/imaginarymaps • • 11h ago

[OC] Alternate History Gettin The Gork Class Frigate in Before Orctober Ends

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r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History A Worker's World, Almost (1975)

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No lore


r/imaginarymaps • • 16h ago

[OC] Alternate History The First World War: 1910–1924

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r/imaginarymaps • • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History Antarctica's Cities, Stations, and Ports!

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r/imaginarymaps • • 23h ago

[OC] Alternate History Federal Republic of Columbia!

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A timeline that North America was colonized differently

Columbia is a federal Republic and a diverse Nation.

One of the most important countries in WW1,(1892) WW2 (1917) and WW3(1952)