Mapping has developed many clichés throughout it's history. Using a cliché isn't necessarily bad, but they are not recommended as they are unoriginal and can make your content more boring.
List of Clichés of Europe (AFOE)[]
- Germany is reformed into a fascist, nationalist, neo-Nazi or other radical state, often referred to as the Fourth Reich.
- Germany (and sometimes France) unite the European Union into a superstate controlled mainly by German politicians.
- Russia forms a Neo-Soviet Union.
- Russia collapses and is split into smaller states, or Siberia declares independence.
- Scotland (sometimes Wales, rarely Northern Ireland) declares independence from the United Kingdom in the aftermath of Brexit.
- A former Yugoslav country, usually Serbia, reunites Yugoslavia.
- Czechoslovakia is reunited either diplomatically or forcefully.
- Turkey annexes a few of its neighbors and becomes the Ottoman Empire.
- Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and sometimes Finland and Iceland are united into Scandinavia.
- Spain collapses and many of its regions (usually Catalonia and/or Basque, often Galicia, and occasionally others) declare independence.
- Greece collapses due to an economic crisis.
- Austria and Hungary reunite.
- Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and sometimes Cornwall and Brittany form the Celtic Union. They sometimes then annex England.
- The Baltic states unite.
- Benelux is formed, usually diplomatically or through the Netherlands conquering Belgium and Luxembourg.
- Iberia is formed by Spain and Portugal.
- Romania annexes Moldova.
- Russia declares war and takes over Ukraine with no difficulties.
- Poland conquers Lviv.
- Belgium is split between France and The Netherlands (either after a referendum or after a conquest).
List of Clichés of Asia (AFOA)[]
- The Islamic State is formed in Syria and/or Iraq.
- Central Asia either unites or is re-annexed by Russia.
- Japan becomes an empire again and annexes surrounding countries.
- Tibet, Manchuria and/or East Turkestan gain independence.
- China reforms into a democracy.
List of Clichés of North America (AFOUSA/AFONA)[]
- The USA collapses due to the economy.
- Cascadia forms between Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
- Texas taking Oklahoma's panhandle.
- The Confederate States of America reforms.
- The USA turns communist.
- Texas retakes its old pre 1846 borders.
- New England is formed by either Maine or New York.
- Maryland takes Deleware.
- Virginia and West Virginia unite.
- California takes Nevada without resistance.
- Canada or Mexico break shortly after the USA breaks.
- Central America unites.
- Nothing happens in the Caribbean.
List of Clichés of Oceania (AFOO)[]
- Australia and New Zealand unite into Oceania.
List of Clichés (AFOW/Other)[]
- An exceptionally large country (which often controls most of the world) is hit by countless revolts simultaneously and is split according to all the rebels' claims.
- Nations such as Russia, France, and Britain suddenly reform back into empires.
- 2016-style nationiums.
- Self-insert nations.
- One or more warring countries use the phrase "Let's Dance."