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This map is based on the scenario I worked up for this thread on AlternateHistory.com, inspired by the Treaty of Versailles Negotiation Game - I decided to take a shot at it in Inkscape. It's missing the United States of Europe and the Intermarum and I originally wanted to show the occupying powers in the International Zones (German troops get to police the Straits but not the Holy Land), which I didn't know a good way to do in Inkscape at the time.

The city conventions are based on the basemap - I presume it only shows cities of 1 million or more.

The terms of this universe's Treaty of Versailles:

GERMANY:
- To acknowledge guilt for the war and pay reparations (less than OTL).
- To cede Alsace-Lorraine to France (no Saar occupation), Heligoland to Britain, Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, and the Polish-speaking parts of Posen to the Polish state.
- Danzig to become a free city affording Germany access to East Prussia and Poland sea access. Britain, France and Germany all jointly agree to guarantee the eternal inviolability of this territory.
- Plebiscites in Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia and East Prussia as OTL, with more territory assigned in the first instance to Poland and Czechia.
- All colonial territories to be ceded (France to be given the whole of Cameroon in compensation for the Anschluss clause).
- The Imperial Navy is to be completely decommissioned, with France and Britain given first refusal on purchase; Germany is henceforth forbidden a navy or air force.
- There is to be no occupation, but Germany's standing army is to be severely limited, with French and British observers at all levels for not less than 20 years. Any attempt to re-arm will trigger a clause that breaks Germany up into its constituent states.
- Union with Austria is prohibited for 10 years - after that, union is permissible providing Austria retains the Sudetenland.
- Charged with the protection of the Baltic German state of Courland.
- German troops will be enlisted to assist in the administration of the Straits Zone, but not the International Zone of the Holy Land, in an effort to focus Germany on Europe.
An attempt here to punish Germany (France won't allow any insufficiently punitive treaty to go through) and make its threat in the future non-existent, whilst satisfying its inevitable ethnic cohesion and pre-empting a few revanchist aims. Note no Polish corridor.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:
- To cede Welschtirol to Italy but retain most of South Tyrol.
- To be allocated the German-speaking areas of Bohemia, whilst the remainder is to achieve independence as Czechia.
- A small Slovene state is to be created under Austrian protection - should Anschluss occur, Germany must inherit this duty.
- A more generous settlement for Hungary than OTL that still includes mostly Hungarian-majority areas.
- A small Carpatho-Ruthenian state is to be created to spike Western Ukrainian claims to Polish territory.
- Hungary is to cede Slovak-majority areas, which will be used to create a Slovakian state under Polish protection.

The United States of Europe to be formed, consisting of Western Europe. It comprises a common market and a united front, guaranteeing the Eastern European nations' borders.

SERBIA:
- To achieve most of what was promised in the Treaty of London - territory from Albania, Hungary and Bulgaria and the whole of Bosnia. To acknowledge Dalmatia as Italian preserve.
- An 'artificial' Croatian state to be created outside the Treaty of London areas with the recognition of Italy and Hungary which agrees to grant Hungary sea access.

Yes, this is all likely to cause ethnic stress later. But creating Greater Albania as some have here (when even Italy wanted a smaller, more manageable Albania) is taking territory from the victorious power Britain and France went to war to protect to give to a neutral no-one wanted to have more territory.

ITALY:
- To achieve most of what was promised in the Treaty of London - Welschtirol (but not South Tyrol proper), Istria and parts of Carniola, Dalmatia, Vlore and the rump Albania as protectorate.
- Italian troops to withdraw from Northern Epirus and permit the annexation of the territory by Greece. As compensation, most of OTL's colonial border adjustments are to be made.
- Italian troops will be enlisted to assist in the administration of the Straits Zone and the International Zone of the Holy Land.
- Italy acknowledges British and French possessions (Nice, Corsica, Malta, Tunisia, Cyprus) by virtue of inclusion in the USE.
Italy is allowed to feel like one of the big boys whilst stressing to it that it's got to play nice with the Allies in future if it wants more gains. Hopefully its new little empire in Eastern Europe will prevent the need to increase tensions in Africa.

ROMANIA:
- Romania to achieve many of its goals, excluding Hungarian-majority Carpathia and Ukrainian areas of Bessarabia, which is to be annexed as an autonomous area.

GREECE:
- To annex Bulgarian and much of Turkish Thrace, Northern Epirus, and Izmir/Smyrna in Anatolia (it's assumed any further attempt to realise Greater Greece in Anatolia will fail). Inclusion in the USE.

EASTERN EUROPE:
- Lithuania to achieve most of its territorial ambitions, increasing the possibility for an EU-like Intermarum whilst simultaneously insulating it from Soviet expansion (it has borders only with Latvia-Estonia, Courland and Poland).
- A minimalistic Courland under German protection.
- A beefed-up Latvia-Estonia able to resist Soviet demands.
- Allies to support most of Soviet demands against Finland in the hope of creating defensible depth around Petrograd that will not lead to Soviet aggression.
- Covert aid to Ukrainian independence fighters, hopefully resulting in a buffer state against the Bolsheviks that can form part of a Polish-led regional alliance.

EX-OTTOMAN EMPIRE:
- Sevres is pushed as far as it will go - an International Zone of the Straits to be established as a perpetual obligation of the Great Powers.
- Armenia to be backed against Pan-Turanist forces - with Soviet backing with the understanding that Armenia with Wilsonian borders is to tacitly fall into the Soviet sphere but may not be annexed directly.
- Georgia's independence to be championed as a buffer for Armenia - in return, the Soviets get a free hand at Baku.
- Sykes-Picot pushed as far as it will go - an International Zone of the Holy Land to be established as an Allied codominion, with Russian troops invited to assist. Britain to retain control of Haifa. A Pan-Arab state proving impossible, a Greater Syrian state will be created under Franco-British influence, and Basra under direct British control, whilst the Saudis are allowed to annex the Hejaz and and Transjordan in exchange for guaranteed British conduct in the north. In return Britain is to receive all existing Ottoman claims in the Persian gulf.
France is to receive direct control over Lebanon and the Sanjak of Alexandretta, hopefully shortstopping any conflicts between Syria and Turkey.

Description
This map is based on the scenario I worked up for this thread on AlternateHistory.com, inspired by the Treaty of Versailles Negotiation Game - I decided to take a shot at it in Inkscape. It's missing the United States of Europe and the Intermarum and I originally wanted to show the occupying powers in the International Zones (German troops get to police the Straits but not the Holy Land), which I didn't know a good way to do in Inkscape at the time.

The city conventions are based on the basemap - I presume it only shows cities of 1 million or more.

The terms of this universe's Treaty of Versailles:

GERMANY:
- To acknowledge guilt for the war and pay reparations (less than OTL).
- To cede Alsace-Lorraine to France (no Saar occupation), Heligoland to Britain, Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, and the Polish-speaking parts of Posen to the Polish state.
- Danzig to become a free city affording Germany access to East Prussia and Poland sea access. Britain, France and Germany all jointly agree to guarantee the eternal inviolability of this territory.
- Plebiscites in Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia and East Prussia as OTL, with more territory assigned in the first instance to Poland and Czechia.
- All colonial territories to be ceded (France to be given the whole of Cameroon in compensation for the Anschluss clause).
- The Imperial Navy is to be completely decommissioned, with France and Britain given first refusal on purchase; Germany is henceforth forbidden a navy or air force.
- There is to be no occupation, but Germany's standing army is to be severely limited, with French and British observers at all levels for not less than 20 years. Any attempt to re-arm will trigger a clause that breaks Germany up into its constituent states.
- Union with Austria is prohibited for 10 years - after that, union is permissible providing Austria retains the Sudetenland.
- Charged with the protection of the Baltic German state of Courland.
- German troops will be enlisted to assist in the administration of the Straits Zone, but not the International Zone of the Holy Land, in an effort to focus Germany on Europe.
An attempt here to punish Germany (France won't allow any insufficiently punitive treaty to go through) and make its threat in the future non-existent, whilst satisfying its inevitable ethnic cohesion and pre-empting a few revanchist aims. Note no Polish corridor.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:
- To cede Welschtirol to Italy but retain most of South Tyrol.
- To be allocated the German-speaking areas of Bohemia, whilst the remainder is to achieve independence as Czechia.
- A small Slovene state is to be created under Austrian protection - should Anschluss occur, Germany must inherit this duty.
- A more generous settlement for Hungary than OTL that still includes mostly Hungarian-majority areas.
- A small Carpatho-Ruthenian state is to be created to spike Western Ukrainian claims to Polish territory.
- Hungary is to cede Slovak-majority areas, which will be used to create a Slovakian state under Polish protection.

The United States of Europe to be formed, consisting of Western Europe. It comprises a common market and a united front, guaranteeing the Eastern European nations' borders.

SERBIA:
- To achieve most of what was promised in the Treaty of London - territory from Albania, Hungary and Bulgaria and the whole of Bosnia. To acknowledge Dalmatia as Italian preserve.
- An 'artificial' Croatian state to be created outside the Treaty of London areas with the recognition of Italy and Hungary which agrees to grant Hungary sea access.

Yes, this is all likely to cause ethnic stress later. But creating Greater Albania as some have here (when even Italy wanted a smaller, more manageable Albania) is taking territory from the victorious power Britain and France went to war to protect to give to a neutral no-one wanted to have more territory.

ITALY:
- To achieve most of what was promised in the Treaty of London - Welschtirol (but not South Tyrol proper), Istria and parts of Carniola, Dalmatia, Vlore and the rump Albania as protectorate.
- Italian troops to withdraw from Northern Epirus and permit the annexation of the territory by Greece. As compensation, most of OTL's colonial border adjustments are to be made.
- Italian troops will be enlisted to assist in the administration of the Straits Zone and the International Zone of the Holy Land.
- Italy acknowledges British and French possessions (Nice, Corsica, Malta, Tunisia, Cyprus) by virtue of inclusion in the USE.
Italy is allowed to feel like one of the big boys whilst stressing to it that it's got to play nice with the Allies in future if it wants more gains. Hopefully its new little empire in Eastern Europe will prevent the need to increase tensions in Africa.

ROMANIA:
- Romania to achieve many of its goals, excluding Hungarian-majority Carpathia and Ukrainian areas of Bessarabia, which is to be annexed as an autonomous area.

GREECE:
- To annex Bulgarian and much of Turkish Thrace, Northern Epirus, and Izmir/Smyrna in Anatolia (it's assumed any further attempt to realise Greater Greece in Anatolia will fail). Inclusion in the USE.

EASTERN EUROPE:
- Lithuania to achieve most of its territorial ambitions, increasing the possibility for an EU-like Intermarum whilst simultaneously insulating it from Soviet expansion (it has borders only with Latvia-Estonia, Courland and Poland).
- A minimalistic Courland under German protection.
- A beefed-up Latvia-Estonia able to resist Soviet demands.
- Allies to support most of Soviet demands against Finland in the hope of creating defensible depth around Petrograd that will not lead to Soviet aggression.
- Covert aid to Ukrainian independence fighters, hopefully resulting in a buffer state against the Bolsheviks that can form part of a Polish-led regional alliance.

EX-OTTOMAN EMPIRE:
- Sevres is pushed as far as it will go - an International Zone of the Straits to be established as a perpetual obligation of the Great Powers.
- Armenia to be backed against Pan-Turanist forces - with Soviet backing with the understanding that Armenia with Wilsonian borders is to tacitly fall into the Soviet sphere but may not be annexed directly.
- Georgia's independence to be championed as a buffer for Armenia - in return, the Soviets get a free hand at Baku.
- Sykes-Picot pushed as far as it will go - an International Zone of the Holy Land to be established as an Allied codominion, with Russian troops invited to assist. Britain to retain control of Haifa. A Pan-Arab state proving impossible, a Greater Syrian state will be created under Franco-British influence, and Basra under direct British control, whilst the Saudis are allowed to annex the Hejaz and and Transjordan in exchange for guaranteed British conduct in the north. In return Britain is to receive all existing Ottoman claims in the Persian gulf.
France is to receive direct control over Lebanon and the Sanjak of Alexandretta, hopefully shortstopping any conflicts between Syria and Turkey.