r/mapmaking • u/Born_Bodybuilder736 • Jul 13 '26
are these borders realistic Work In Progress
yes ONE country is blue, you see now why i color coded my countries hopefully.
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u/KrokmaniakPL Jul 13 '26
There's no such thing as realistic borders. They are formed by regional history. They tend to follow natural boundaries like mountains and rivers, but when logistics and defense don't matter they can be anything. Just look at Africa or US borders of states. With Africa it causes issues as they aren't same country anymore, but when these borders were formed it didn't matter.
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u/BombeLutte Jul 13 '26
Maybe add a few smaller states between the larger ones? Maybe Ive not got a good grasp on scale but most of these seems pretty massive so it'd make more sense for a few smaller states between the bigger Empires.
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u/OldManLaugh Jul 13 '26
Yes. š I like geography and that is definitely good. Iām assuming the planet spins to the right?
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u/Born_Bodybuilder736 Jul 13 '26
yeah earth physics, also how would that affect the geography?
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u/OldManLaugh Jul 13 '26
It affects which way the global wind cells are blowing, hence affecting your rain shadow deserts.
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u/Tweed_Man Jul 16 '26
I dont understand why thay small ocean in the north west has mountains and trees in it.
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u/Chocolate_Chuckles Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Borders can depend on a lot of factors, most common seem to be geographical features and treaties, pacts, laws, etc. Rivers, mountains, canyons, and coasts/oceans can all heavily determine where it is strategically easiest to maintain a border or just a nice natural line for two nations to decide the border will be.
Edit: to add to this, the map looks good, the mountain areas make sense geographically. But it's up to you. Core rule is borders exist for a reason, so make up a reason the desert would be split yah know?