Aesthetic borders thread

Technically that was Imperial education back then and even more precisely Hungarian education since those parts were governed by Budapest.

A-H looks like the mentally retarded cousin of Germany

It would be better with the Channel Islands included.

Not grande enough

The British isles are generally aesthetic as fuck

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least aesthetic version of Poland tbqh

pic related is best, I always found the round western border very pleasing by its looks

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post a literacy map of spain or france for the same period
this is more a sign of the time than anything else, plus austria being a top intellectual destination

NSFW

work in Brussel?

That's what happens when you fill your empire with Romanians, Italians and Serbs.

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If 1914 had an independent Congress Poland and Duchy of Finland instead of those countries being Russian vassals it's borders would be god tier.

Wasn't Transylvania hungarian?

Not at that time. Rumania won it after the War.

>Rumania won it after the War.
>1884

Still way too many R*manians in the empire.

Add Czechy, Miśnia, and Związek Wielecki, and you get perfect borders.

Swedish Empire, mid 17th century

>if eveything had gone according to plan

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>that skeleton on the right
Jesus Christ why

Finland isn't historically a very rich country, undernourishment used to be common.

>alt-history in a nutshell

That Grossdeutschland really is gross. Like it has a tumor. The thread name suggests visually pleasing borders.

>numbers

This. Second German Reich is pleasing to look at; the third """"""""Reich"""""""" looks bloated and misshaped.

It looks like some sick animal whose crocodile-shaped head is trying to eat at Russian Empire.

If you put it sideways it looks like the Ottoman Empire

Belarusian outer territories where the EU HQ is looks like a middle finger

sans East Prussia this is optimal

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Looks better but East Prussia still a bit triggering.

Really cool infographic. It is pretty triggering when Anglos mispronounce our "w"

I heard people call pic related too bulky

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That version is just a big blob.

Is there a map of the Swedish empire projected over modern borders?

this desu, austria entered WW1 with comparable literacy to france and britain

if you want to feel sad, look at a similar map of italy

We can go blobier

1914 borders were pretty much perfect aesthetically speaking

DELET

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>if you want to feel sad, look at a similar map of italy
Why don't you post it?

For the brief period in which they controlled the Balkans and Anatolia.

Yeah, especially if Basil had managed to take Sicily. Something absolutely delicious about that purple crescent swooping from Croatia/Sicily to Armenia/Cyprus

They should've just focused on Greek-speaking areas and ones that they could feasibly hold. Basically modern Greece, Cyprus, all of Anatolia sans the Armenian lands because they're better as a buffer and ally against Eastern invaders, and Eastern Thrace. I do conceded that Bulgaria needs to be contained because they were a constant thorn in Byzantine's side, but allow autonomy and low taxes paid in kind to ensure the Bulgarians don't revolt.

Cherson and the rest of Crimea is incredibly useful since it can be easily fortified as well as supplied by sea. It was Byzantine's chief source of news about nomadic invaders on the prowl. Italy, Croatia, and Serbia should be protectorates, but they manage their own affairs and no imperial garrisons.

Lately, there's a meme going round that "Manzikert wasn't as devastating to the empire as people thought" that people take to mean that the empire recovered (especially under the Komnenoi). Really, this meme stems from (relatively) recent scholarship stating that while it wasn't the 'Battle' of Manzikert that was devastating to the Empire, that instead it was the 'aftermath' were you have multiple byzantine claimants encouraging Turkish raiders to enter Anatolia.

People forget that from the map you show presently, of the European side, the only real 'untouched Roman' with a distinctively Roman character were bits of present day Greece and Thrace (plus Constantinople). Anatolia was the last large bastion of continuous Roman culture and when that was overrun (despire Komnenoi efforts, Anatolia would never return to its Basil II heyday) the only real Roman regions left were Constantinople and Greece.

btw, what do you think of pic related for aesthetics?

Why end there?

>The Prussian curve with large regions sticking out on each end.
>Not aesthetic

>ctrl f
>no ottoman empire 1683

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Find a flaw.

Pro-tip: you can't.

>tfw no unified Jagellion central European holy empire to combat the disgusting G*rms and R*ssians

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Worst borders

I agree with this user.

youtube.com/watch?v=4LpY3FKyYbA

You can actually see Brits using The Wash for their laundry in this pic.

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>that slice of Papau new guinea
for the love of god why bother?

>that hole where Judah is
Dropped

>Iberia not retaken in the rereconquista

Those are top-tier borders

Muh Platz an der Sonne

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Fuck off /leftypol/

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Just from it's boarders you know it shouldn't exist

>Galicia
Literally African tier

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Mexico and it's not even close.

Hungary proper without Croatia had the best natural borders in history, literally nothing else but mountains and rivers.

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For some reason, Czech Republic/Bohemia poking in the second reich is bothering me. Do the Germans have any stake on those lands?

They did.

Serbia's borders on that map are nifty af also

Love the labias around red sea vagina

Britain only looks cool because its surrounded by the sea. If it was connected to mainland Europe it would look like shit.

>It only looks cool because it looks the way it does.

>If it looked different it would not look cool anymore

uh okay

>no Venice
>aesthetic

cool. had no idea dutch people spoke like that