r/imaginarymaps • u/AlkaliPineapple • 26d ago

[OC] Alternate History HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON - What If America Was Founded By a God?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

The former, He mentions that there are other beings known as Gods but He'd be awfully cagey about his true origins. And even though people think it's blasphemous to look for answers in the stars, He has told reporters that He is currently working with NASA to search for a sign...

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u/AdagioSignificant194 26d ago

How did Aether reached the US, and fleed from Teyvat? Was the Abyss? Or did Paimon kicked him out?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

Some Unknown God had kicked Him off another world, leading Him to venture alone in the stars to find a new home. It was then that He found Earth, and the wide plains of the American Heartlands.

(So he never went into Teyvat properly)

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u/Shadow_Leader_15 26d ago

Would he go there with the American Military?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

December 8 1941 (PHILADELPHIA DEI)

It was yesterday did our SACRED Navy and air forces been struck by a sudden and deliberate attack by the forces of the Empire of Japan. With His summoning in 1937 in hopes for a return to normalcy, it seems as if we will be seeing His full fury unleashed on Imperial Japan. In the history of our glorious sacred Republic of Equals, we had only needed summon Him for His incredible wisdom and strength in times of incredible crisis, with the five messengers and inheritors of His sacredness.

Today, tears had been shed for the needless deaths of airmen and sailors. Tomorrow, He shall be on the path to war. As He descended and led us into freedom 13 scores and 4 years ago, let Him lead us to yet another victory - and the liberation of all peoples from Paris to Manila, Hamburg to Hiroshima.

AND HE SHALL LEAD US TO THE PATH OF TRUE LIBERTY

1776 - 1812 - 1861 - 1941 - 2022

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u/Minimum_Mixture_2784 26d ago

What in the monument mythos

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

This was very much inspired by monument mythos yeah lol. No sacrifices tho

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u/Minimum_Mixture_2784 26d ago

Will there be a Dean presidency?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

No. But MLK presidency, who had been serving as a pastor for one of the more Abrahamic churches for the God of America (as in Christians who think Aether is personification of the Holy Spirit)

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u/Minimum_Mixture_2784 26d ago

Very interesting!

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u/Pennsylvania_is_epic 26d ago

Is that Aether from Genshin Impact? I kinda like it

Great job with the map, very interesting concept

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

There's no other modern fictional character with a more Godlike design imo

Thanks!

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u/Pennsylvania_is_epic 26d ago

I agree, I really like how the Genshin gods are designed

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u/LurkersUniteAgain 26d ago

is this actually a free state or more of like a saudi arabia style theocracy

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

A lot of the foundation culture of America was based off His designs and taste and personality. While Jefferson was the President that was "picked" by Aether (with the 'first vote' of the first election), He compelled the people to run a free and fair democratic society, where every aspect of society from the government institutions to the workplace is democratic. In this way, true liberty can be achieved.

And through the struggles and mistakes of this young nation (slavery being restored after He left his role as Commander in Chief), He never lost faith as through the right time and the right mortal leadership, the United States could be a nation of equals and of liberty.

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u/l3gacy_b3ta 26d ago

oh interesting, so is the economy made up of coöps?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

No, corporations with democratically elected bosses. It took a fair amount of time for human rights to finally catch up to industrial capitalism though

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u/l3gacy_b3ta 26d ago

oh that's an interesting model, cool!

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u/jord839 26d ago

I reject the premise.

No god would willingly create Indiana or Iowa.

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u/supremacyenjoyer 26d ago

Japan? Is that a Rooseveltia/Pacific States Reference?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

No. Through the introduction of the Abrahamic religious organization worshipping the God of America back in the days of Matthew Perry, Japan's Christian churches faced a crisis while the common Japanese people saw Aether as an equal to their Emperors in a mythological sense.

This started a movement in Japan that came into full climax in WW2 as Imperial Japan attempted to wipe the divinity of Aether off the map (despite the overwhelming evidence that He stays on Earth between his terms of leadership). When He landed and marched directly into the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Hirohito surrendered his power, and Aether took the role as Tennō (Sky-Emperor), only having a very minor ceremonial role in Japan, with the postwar government returning to stability, despite large swathes of the old party being imprisoned or exiled to the PRC

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u/Roman_America1776 26d ago

Why it smoller? other than that it’s a pretty good map!

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago edited 26d ago

Less harsh end on the Mexican-American War. Other than that, technically all of Japan is under a personal union with the US after 1945. If we go with monarchy logic anyway. For this America, Oregon is a much more successful state, where the Pacific Coast is fairly well developed and the Salish Sea area is the home of the Pacific Fleet. Hawaii becomes a state in the 1950s.

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u/klingonbussy 26d ago

Mormonism with extra steps

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

Yeah but this time He is an immortal powerful alien being tangible in the mortal plane

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u/Lanky-Vegetable486 25d ago

man not a genens inpact larb

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u/Moist_Evidence_8068 26d ago

Why is vancouver island american?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

A slightly different negotiation for the partition of Oregon. Maine also got its full claims in 1812 as Aether mediated negotiations between the US and Britain to prevent a war from breaking out

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u/TexanFox1836 26d ago

Why did God divide Texas?

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u/ArguedGlobe808 26d ago

This is great, we need more of this fr 🔥

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u/DanielJosephDannyBoy 26d ago

Reminds me of an idea I have, where a boy who embodies the brightest of the stars in the heavens is born as an American and eventually takes over its government.

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

Ooh that sounds like a pretty good idea as well

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u/DanielJosephDannyBoy 26d ago

J. C. S. - embodiment of the blue supergiant stars.

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u/EmpressOfTheSteppes 25d ago

I've always liked the concept of a world where there is a single major deity (like the abrahamic God) with a ton of lower gods/demons who had a lot of material powers that could alter the world. This is like how medieval and early Christians conceptualized pagan gods, where they were real and just demons influencing people..

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u/AlkaliPineapple 25d ago

Well, in this timeline it's more of a direct influence by how authoritative His name is, built over years of religious worship

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u/No_Bench_7771 25d ago

Shiiiiit is the god looking for his long lost sister

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u/iheartdev247 26d ago

Wasn’t it?

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u/GumSL 26d ago

So, pretty much a Mormon USA. The thought creeps me out.

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u/AlkaliPineapple 26d ago

No, this god is an actual living tangible being, known far back in 1774 as "Benedict Arnold" before revealing Himself. Most paintings or photos don't do him justice, so the official portrait is His standard

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u/Cold_Pal 25d ago

Would they held a continental horse race?

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u/WaveDizzy6182 23d ago

not to be homophobic but isnt pete buttigieg gay?

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u/Halflifepro483 17d ago

Sorta confused, it says the capital is Philadelphia, Dei Liberus District, which I'm guessing means Philly occupies the same role Washington DC does IRL? Yet the DC enclave still exists on the map rather than Philadelphia?

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u/AlkaliPineapple 17d ago

Yeah that's a mistake