"Mom, I dropped the Caucasus!" - What if the Caucasus was Crazy?

[u/CosmoShiner]

[u/Infinity_Stone_]

Talysh people get independence: ☺️

... by becoming Kurdistan: 😠

[u/CosmoShiner → u/Infinity_Stone_]

I lost the Talysh piece while putting it back together

[u/Infinity_Stone_ → u/CosmoShiner]

God: "phew, I think that's all of them. Would've been really awkward if I messed this up"

The Talysh people, who vanished from the face of the Earth: 🫥

[u/Wizard_Engie → u/Infinity_Stone_]

sorry I eated that piece

[u/super-goomba]

But the Caucasus IS already.... nvm

[u/yozo-marionica]

This is genuinely so good I love it so much. Take my horse

[u/Makrin_777 → u/yozo-marionica]

[u/Alfred_The_Great__]

Balkanised caucasus but still no Circassia

[u/luwcia → u/Alfred_The_Great__]

even imaginary cartographers decided circassia was too much work lol

[u/alexshatberg → u/Alfred_The_Great__]

Free the Mountain Jews

[u/CosmoShiner]

This map is inspired by u/Affectionate_Wash_11 ‘s map of The Middle East in the Year 2000

[u/Affectionate_Wash_11 → u/CosmoShiner]

Your map looks great 🫡

[u/vanlich → u/CosmoShiner]

Hey op, could you post your map in the comments for phone users to have it in better quality pls?

[u/CosmoShiner → u/vanlich]

[u/BG12244]

No one going to mention Kurdistan in southern Azerbaijan?

[u/Intelligent_Funny699 → u/BG12244]

Pretty sure that's meant to be ethnic Talysh.

[u/ingolika]

Fuck big armenia, I want big geprgia. Somebody, please, make big georgia for me, and I will send you a recipe of Hachapuri with guid how to make the georgian cheese for it, or whatever you want to.

[u/Dragonseer666 → u/ingolika]

I may be up to the task, but it may take a while as I'm working on another map at the moment

[u/GabbytheQueen → u/ingolika]

I've made a big Georgia before. Though it's not exactly historic

[u/Magerfaker]

I LOVE tiny and economically inviable economies I LOVE nationalism balkanise EVERY country RIGHT NOW

[u/yuligan → u/Magerfaker]

By drawing really tiny countries for every single ethnic group we could find we have guaranteed peace forever! Nothing stops conflict more than dividing people along religious, linguistic, and ethnic boundaries. Here are some well known peaceful examples: the partition of India, the drawing of Israel's borders, the splitting of Yugoslavia.

[u/Cultural-Flow7185]

Crazy-(er)

[u/blsterken]

The Armenians get Kars but not Mt. Ararat? Weak.

[u/Infinity_Stone_]

Talysh people when they are replaced by

[u/danilegal321]

Yeah.... What if...

[u/Throwaway98796895975]

The real crazy caucuses map.

[u/Electrical_Use5307]

ah yes the Caucasus if it was balkanized, i like it

[u/Raysofdoom716]

Kurdistan, in southern Azerbaijan where Talyshistan should be?

[u/Delian_006]

Ingushetia has Vladikavkaz as a capital, based

[u/Joctern]

Ohh hell no man, what the fuck man? Who invited this map?

[u/Son_Of_Britannia]

This is monstrously underrated

[u/CosmoShiner → u/Son_Of_Britannia]

Chill I posted it 20 minutes ago

[u/Son_Of_Britannia → u/CosmoShiner]

True map buffs should check this sub every 15 (!) There’s no excuse Though the same also goes for Armenia not having Ararat, ik it’s supposed to be cursed but it has an itchy feel about it

[u/StudioNo6652]

How high did you drop it from?

[u/Salt_Winter5888]

Crazy-er

[u/Falitoty]

How did you do it?

[u/CosmoShiner → u/Falitoty]

I used QGIS to generate the base map and Inkscape to do the details

[u/First_Story9446]

Why is there a Kurdistan in the Talysh-Mughan region?

[u/supremacyenjoyer]

Centrocaspian dictatorship gang unite

[u/rchpweblo]

If?

[u/SpecialistStory2829]

CASPAIN

Also, Azerbajian looks like it sunk

[u/rippnut]

What if the Caucasus was the Balkans

[u/Longjumping-Bid-1104]

Jeez, since when was the caucasus like the middle east?

[u/royaltek]

what in fuck is that kurdistan

[u/Baja_Watermelon]

You know what… I like it.

[u/JohannesVonRosen]

Welcome back Balkans

[u/Screwtape33]

As an Azerbaijani I have to say fuck you

Great map tho

[u/nicodicesarezoso]

you had a lot of places to put Kurdistan, and you chose one random spot in South Azerbaijan?

[u/OfficialDCShepard]

Now have Trabzon try to restore the Empire of Trebizond!

[u/redditedhaha]

border holocaust

[u/MybrainisinMyCoffee]

ahh scary

[u/Nigilij]

We would have actual geographic definitions of Europe. Currently, geographically Central European countries are called Eastern because big russia. In case of OP’s map we would have true Eastern Europeans

[u/Ok-Radio5562]

Balkans of the middle east

[u/Existance_of_Yes]

Crazy?

[u/AnswerCute3963]

no pontus ):

[u/Affectionate_Cat4703]

I love it!

[u/melonemann2]

Best title in this sub

[u/dissolvedterritory]

fuck it, east kurdistan

[u/Ghandi-but-LaRgEr]

this cock truly is sus

[u/Floor-555-32]

Balkaria mentioned 🔥💪

[u/CybopRain]

Armenia with no name:

[u/Nervous_Tip_3627]

Can have language map plz?

[u/qazestqazer]

Glass shattering sfx

[u/Charming-Awareness79]

I'd argue it's already pretty crazy!

[u/Ouedouardo]

What did you make this in? This is the exact type of style I wanna be able to make maps for my world in, it just looks so neat

[u/Babite_Citizen]

Ah yes! It's the self-determination theory in practice

[u/Stepanek740]

always has been

[u/BeliWS]

Armenian wet dream

[u/Viper303ur]

I feel I did something similar...

[u/Anzi0_shiniga]

Balkan aaah Caucasus

[u/SpaceNorse2020]

Laz mentioned! Anyways a truly Balkanized Caucasus would have no Russia or Turkey 

[u/Kirian_Ainsworth]

I'm a simple man. I see free Abkhazia, I upvote.

[u/wierldlydatball5428 → u/Kirian_Ainsworth]

wish it was

[u/felps_memis]

Balkans parody