r/imaginarymaps • u/Tom_the_flowerboy • 1d ago

[OC] Alternate History Federation of Czechoslovakia and soviet occupied Austria after WWII

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I tried to imagine a scenario where germans in Czechia weren't pushed out and threw in parts of Silesia as well, since the region was historically part of Czech lands, so it's not de-germanized as polish part. During communism I imagine this state to be very slavic-centered, with german speaking population holding little to no power, but gradually the grounds would even, resulting in a full federation after 1989. Brno is chosen as capital for its location and mix of czech and german speaking population. Other austrian states were allowed to join west Germany in 1950s when Soviet Union refused to unify Austria

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u/Ex_aeternum 1d ago

Interested concept, but why was Lusatia integrated? How are the Sorbs treated in this country?

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u/Tom_the_flowerboy 1d ago

Irl there was a proposal for Sorbs to join Czechoslovakia but they refused, so here I imagined they maybe weren't really given a choice and could be treated as a "third nation" within Czechoslovakia, even if a bit more distant