Alternate History at its core is about
imagining something.... different.
And as this channel's community has grown over the couple of years,
there is a few defining things I know we all like:
countries, history, and flags and especially
alternate versions of all of those.
An alternate country is an imagining of a fictional country that doesn't exist;
a fictionalized place either slightly different
or far different than the nations of our timeline.
A while back,
Yes, I know. A way while back,
I created contests where the community would submit to me their own alternate country ideas.
Each viewer would create a country, create a scenario, create a flag, and create a map.
Well, I've picked three winners who submitted countries I most enjoyed.
So winners, prepare for your glory...shower.
Ugh.
Do these countries have to be historically accurate? No.
It's for fun.
So don't go combing through these scenarios Jimmy.
All the country descriptions are written by the fans themselves,
so don't go after me for that.
This is Alternate Countries 4.
The first country is the Solarian Empire by Samuel Antonio Maita.
In the world of Valeran, lies the land of Artesia.
Home to a plethora of minor nations united under the rule of the country, Solaria.
"People led by the Sun" is the motto of the Solarian Empire
said in this language, a mix of Latin, Spanish, and Italian.
And though there are as many dialects as there are nations,
the statement hold true to a people who are united sharing a single conviction.
This shared view was not always the case in the so-called Empire of the Sun.
For nearly 300 years, the Empire has gone through many boards of expansion and losses
of near destruction of its rule and nation.
As well as also a complete restoration of it.
There are nine nations on the continent of Artesia.
Eight of which are considered minor states under the might of the Solarian Empire.
Gretia, a maritime land, stuck in its classical past in architecture.
A fast supplier of ships and fish.
Autsgurg, a state of mountainous regions and valleys where some mining is done.
Though most of its populous specializes in animal husbandry, especially horses.
A more Enlightenment era type of state filled with music.
Romalia, the de facto capital state of the Empire, simply for its central strategic location.
It's known for its cultural influence and an endless supply of workers, builders, and craftsmen.
It's a melting pot currently chosen to be the capital of the realm.
It's not so different as how we see Renaissance Italy today.
Gerlander, where mighty empire once ruled before fighting itself into ruin and being conquered by the Solarians.
it's home to one of the richest mining areas in the world with precious metals
like diamonds, rubies, gold, and sapphires.
Because of its history of inner conflict, it resembles a feudal land of sorts.
Isvenia is an adventurous land of grains and fruit.
It focuses on cattle.
Its people are more openly friendly to other cultures, even if they had intentions in the past to expand into other lands.
Such was the case when they were first to encounter Solaria
and their illusions of maintaining an empire were entirely crushed.
Farcina is another state said to have the most fertile lands on the continent.
The agricultural giant of the Empire, it's a baroque type of realm.
Fascinated by anything related to beauty, which is people trying to collect in all sorts of ways.
Portlia is coastal maritime state once called a trade kingdom, a title worthy of its standing in sea commerce.
Beldan, at the northern edge of the continent, is isolationist.
Its isolation proved the testing ground for innovation.
The outcome turned them into the tech masters of the continent
with a large empire abroad which leads us to Solaria
and its ruler who reunited, restored, and is currently rebuilding the Empire.
Solaria is called the land of gold, iron, and blood.
Its rich lands were innovative, but remote 'till the Isvenians encountered them.
And so began a change for the pursuit of more gold, iron for weapons,
and tech as well as people to rule over.
The second country is from Danny beretta sober, Gothia.
The first turning point for Gothia was the Battle of Ley in 507.
The Visigoths fought against the Franks
Franks with the help of burgundy and
after Gus
the war turned into a white piece Alaric
the second and his son survived. The 530
brought many changes. The Pope's as
well as the Senate we're just in the
second and saw him as a threat alert the
second understood this and trying to use
the Pope in the Senate in his favor
our trying to adapt Catholicism to win
the poke and the latter majority in both
kingdoms for himself around 550 25
seventies the unified kingdom of God dia
conquered almost all of Iberia the new
gothic King would be officially
proclaimed emperor hasta que hacia el
millennion Empire was born in the 590
costea participated in a war against
Byzantium which made them the dominant
power in the western Mediterranean the
AL millennium Empire made considerable
improvements in warfare technology
during the Arab invasions which were
much smaller than our timeline they were
able to repel them by the use of Greek
fire from the 680 towards to the 700
they took more or less in direct control
of northern Africa they promised to
protect the XR k of Africa from the
Arabs the vikings in the North didn't
bother with the Empire too much the
Gothic marine could handle them with
ease as they continuously improve Greek
fire messages on see despite their
stable situation their army was never
neglected as it was the duty of almost
every subject to be a good soldier
calvary was largely used to which helped
them to fend off the Hungarians and
spontaneous air of mercenaries or even
the Mongols from their empire the third
and final country is a little odd but I
thought it was interesting the kingdom
of their pota by Jordan sellin when
Spanish conquistadors arrived in the
jungles of today's argentina they were
worn by the native tribe not to venture
further into the jungle where there was
the home of the raffle God's the
conquistadors being used to the
superstition of the Native Americans
ventured forward into the jungle without
any hesitation at dusk later that day
only a handful of soldiers that went
into the jungle came back and their
testimony described giant
leather-covered monsters that devours
their comrades whole this part of the
world turned out to be the last
remaining patch of
land still occupied by dinosaurs the
native people had been using herbivores
for example Triceratops as livestock in
for writing while the carnivores Duchess
transfer tracks and use our Raptor or
considered divine beings that roam the
woods as more and more people began to
abandon their old belief the inhabitants
started to take advantage of the
carnivorous dinosaurs using them as
means of weapons and together with the
Industrial Revolution the region of
their opponent became the most
rebellious during the independence
revolutions of the early 19th century
the people theropod were the first of
the South American countries to break
free
the country established a constitutional
monarchy that covered much of today's
argentina and uruguay since their
independence and 1809 they became
isolationist into this day still has a
suspicion of foreign nations so Spanish
could further venture into the land the
later kingdom of their opponent would
come to be a country with a large
portion of Native Americans the largest
proportion in South America today
well those were the three finalists
honestly wish I could put more but
simply due to the sheer size of this
channel now for comparison the first
alternate countries want to celebrate
two thousand subscribers I can't include
everyone but i will continue to post
other alternate countries on my Twitter
at old history hub
oh yeah one more thing I have a second
channel called knowledge of an entire
channel dedicated the content that is
not alternate history
pretty much i can talk about anything I
want and I do from why the Fourth
Crusade was one of the worst things ever
the history of Zeppelin and early tanks
I even do videos about flags and
countries if you want to hear more of my
voice and hopefully you do then check
out the second channel that I frequently
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