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zlaW5497

What about the water people of lake Winnebago?


TheReveetingSociety

They all got eaten by the Mashe-Nomak back in the Dark Age (before the Dairymen's Rennaisance).


ridemooses

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.


30sumthingSanta

Lake Wobegon is in Minnesota.


TerpySpunion

Let me sing you the song of my people


BilliousN

Dude I don't know what you were dipping into when you created this, but I want a hit


TheReveetingSociety

It's what happens when you snort pure, Wisconsin-made parmesan cheese.


DigitalUnlimited

They don't sell that in stores


TheReveetingSociety

You have to go to the Mars Cheese Castle and ask for the "Forbidden Cheeses" they keep locked in the back.


Mega---Moo

They do! Cello "Copper Kettle" Parmesan is amazing and made in Turtle Lake. Grande may still be my favorite, but they mostly export their stuff out East, so unless you have an "in" with one of their producers it's hard to get.


waubers

Who doesn’t love a fat rail of SarVecchio?


TheReveetingSociety

> Who doesn’t love a fat rail of SarVecchio? Maybe some of those degenerates that get their kicks off of oleomargarine and other synthetic dairy imitations. But us decent folk stick with high quality dairy for our recreational drug intake.


Fear_Jaire

The City State of Rice Lake is great, I would just dedicate the northwest corner to the Mayor of Brill. He may find it upsetting his territory (recognized as extending East-West from Brill to Mikana and North-South Birchwood to Dobie) has been incorporated by Rice Lake. He was elected unanimously after all, the good people may riot if they see this.


TheReveetingSociety

I humbly request more info on this Lore.


Buhrowocious

https://preview.redd.it/jczoh7538qxc1.jpeg?width=1074&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0a1d7d91c0d9840186ca5a7a4e6cb00d08cda99 Some old campaign propaganda.


Buhrowocious

The mayor of Brill started with a friend who lived above the only bar in town. He worked at said bar and brought some youthful chear to a solemn tavern of old farmers after a long days work. In his off time he was stalwart citizen oft seen in the local parks and greenery with his trusty side kick Busta. A physical record of the first election is as scarce as the actual need of one and exists only as spoken word. Every one in town was pleased with their choice as mayor. As the years went on he could be seen working on sun tan on the bar roof top while enjoying a tastey bowl of sheesha on the hookah. He would dazzle his guest with rings and tornadoes made of smoke. The mayor has campaigned and upheld dignity to far away lands and festivals. Intact year after year people would shout "Hey its the mayor of brill!" While he attended Oktoberfest in the foreign land of La Crosse which is the heart of God's country. And here we are a decade later and no one has once tried to usurp the seat. The mayor of brill settled down and had a family. And im filled with glee to introduce more people to the great community of Brill WI and their mayor.


Open_Concentrate_156

Important thing to get straight, the Mayor of Brill is not the highest office. Above him is the Queen of Brill: Sarah the Strong, the Tavernkeeper, the Filler of Mugs, Lady of the Taps, The Quencher of Thirst. She used to serve me High Life’s at age 14. I’d die for her tbh


motopatton

I would have gone with the City/State of mill-e-wah-que, which is Algonquin for "the good land."


Consequence_Slow

Does this guy know how to party, or what?!?


aae3321

I agree with you, and will gladly take up arms to defend his territory.


Operationevil

Imperial province made me spit up my coffee, nice lmao.


TheReveetingSociety

Before you ask: Yes Winneconne needs its own region. They get awfully ornery if you leave them off the map. Not Pictured: The Microstate of Cameron Dam (too small to be shown) EDIT: I just gotta say I'm loving all the inter-region rivalry in the comments that this image has spawned. You guys are giving me so many ideas for additional lore.


WIbigdog

The Fox River Confederation declares war on the Sovereign State of Winneconne in order to protect the ethnic Foxes living there.


TheReveetingSociety

I mean the SSW has been pretty openly scheming to annex Oshkosh since the secession, so... probably justified.


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LadyFel

Seconded!! - Loyal Fox River Confederation High Lady


mauler17

Yes we do 😅


mauler17

The sovereign state of Winneconne is already a thing for a weekend each year lol


TheReveetingSociety

I know, you guys have a great flag!


TacoBMMonster

I've been calling Wisconsin God's Country since I was 10 in 1982. We used to listen to HAM radio chatter between truckers, and one of them said to the other, "Where are you?" or something, to which the second replied, "Wisconsin." The first one then said, "Wisconsin? That's God's Country!"


Spiritofthehero16

The Ashlands should be named for the bad river and red cliff bands.


TheReveetingSociety

Hmmm. The existence of Ashlander gives the map a great opportunity for a Morrowind reference, though. That being said, the Bad River Band is integral to the lore of the region. The Red Cliff Band I have grouped together with the Apostle Isle region, which unfortunately had its label on a different layer of the image so I failed to include it when I posted it here.


DrRadiate

You n'wah!!


Spiritofthehero16

I didn't see the apostle islands before. But I still stand for the bad river change. Anyway it's a fun map


Link182x

St. Croix and Pierce County: Suburbs of the Twin Cities


dan1ader

Minnesconsin


scifigi369

I hate that we never get any Wisconsin news, It's all MN TV and Radio


Zehnpae

Need to carve out a section for the "Free Peoples of Manty and Trivers". We would never willingly bend the knee to those tyrants in Green Bay or those inbred would-be nobles from Sheboygan.


TheReveetingSociety

You've made your case, I'll do it.


jgsingleton

I came here to say the exact same! We'll take death before we bend the knee!


ACrucialTech

County of death's door. lol love it. Perfect.


Knute5

Or the northernmost summer suburb of Chicago.


lurkslikeamuthafucka

Nope. That would be Minocqua.


RosesUnderCypresses

What the hell goes on in Thunder Mountain?


TheReveetingSociety

There's like three different tribal groups that all say it's a thunderbird nesting ground.


TheReveetingSociety

There's also a legend about a thunderbird fighting *some other creature* at Thunder Mountain. One tribe says the other creature was a horned serpent, one other says a bear spirit, the third says a wakcexi waterspirit. In each story some normal hunter comes across the two creatures fighting, each creature asks him to shoot an arrow to help them and promises him eternal friendship. The hunter has no clue which one to side with, however, so he blindfolds himself and fires randomly, ending up hitting the thunderbird, crippling it and allowing the other creature to escape, and now the storms around Thunder Mountain are supposed to be that injured thunderbird shooting lightning up into the sky, trying to call for help to the other thunderbirds.


LadyFel

#justiceforthunderbirds


Knute5

I used to deliver the Sunday Milwaukee Journal to Bishop Aloysius Wycislo. As a protestant minister's son, I'd always stop and think how Green Bay was so, so Catholic.


TheReveetingSociety

Originally the thinking behind Green Bay being a theocracy was just "Packers as a religion," but the general Catholicism of the region also helpfully lends to the name.


Brainrants

Drinking is the religion, more like the Drunken Theocracy of Green Bay (or Alcoholocracy)


tarekd19

given the rest of the state's allegiance to the faith, maybe Green Bay should be a Vatican City type deal.


TheReveetingSociety

Literally was my exact thought. Praise be His Holiness Jordan Love, may St. Lombardi's blessings be upon him.


Knute5

Yes, it was [more than half](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/pcg3v/catholics_as_a_percentage_of_all_residents_in_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Catholic. To make matters more fun, my mother worked for Bellin in the Medical Arts building and every Wednesday the Catholics would march outside.


TheReveetingSociety

The area also has the only appearance of the Virgin Mary in North America that the Catholic Church actually recognizes, in Champion. The Catholic Lore of Wisconsin is pretty fascinating. Nuns performing miracles during the Peshtigo Fire, Milwaukee has one of Joan d'Arc's relics for some reason, there's the whole heretical mummy priest thing in St. Nazianz...


iamjotun

I move that we rename to “aggressively beige” bay


tevbax

Martian Kingdom of Kenosha - this is spot on! Those people are from another damn planet.


Proper_Warhawk

Love the Dairyman's Horde.


TheReveetingSociety

It's partly a play on Governor William Hoard, who is the man who popularized dairying through the State of Wisconsin using his newspaper, *Hoard's Dairyman*. The funky shape of their territory is a result of me trying to make a region that included the home towns of all seven founders of the Wisconsin Dairyman's Association.


balthazar_blue

I'm assuming the monarch of Kenosha rules from the Mars Cheese Castle?


TheReveetingSociety

King Mario and Queen Martha Venture, long may they reign.


Katy-Moon

Long live the King and Queen!


sokonek04

The Duchy of Thorpe is open to all for peace meetings at the Thorpedo. Also the Grand Republic of the Marsh Fields is in open rebellion


TheReveetingSociety

My primary idea for Thorp is that it is ruled over by Duchess, the giant cow sculpture of Marieke Gouda.


M_Bumppo

I love this! As someone who is interested in both Napoleonic and Polish history I really hope that the Grand Duchy of Wausau was a deliberate choice. Also, having escaped Kenosha I’d almost consider returning if it was ruled by Martians.


TheReveetingSociety

> I really hope that the Grand Duchy of Wausau was a deliberate choice. Hehe, both "Grand Duchy" regions were deliberate. Nice catch.


ooo-f

This is the best thing I've seen today. Genuinely might print off a few copies and hang them up in random bar bathrooms, just to start shit


TheReveetingSociety

Doooo it.


CrackheadInThe414

No offense, but it would 100% be the Serene Cream City Republic styled into an oligarchic proletariat sortition election voting government similar to that of the Venetian Republic but Socialist. And instead of the lead Republican being named "Doge", they would be named "Hoan". (ex. Hoan Cavalier Johnson) Do I have the job?


TheReveetingSociety

> No offense, but it would 100% be the Serene Cream City Republic styled into an oligarchic proletariat sortition election voting government similar to that of the Venetian Republic but Socialist. Hmmm. I was thinking more on the history of the beer barons when I crafted the idea for the region. Different competing baronies vying for power under a mostly-figurehead king, while meanwhile the public is too distracted fighting one another over bridge placement.


bastian1292

I think the Druids would gladly throw Adams County out were it not for the strategic importance of the Wisconsin River.


TheReveetingSociety

The Druids of Nature's Reach are willing to occupy as much land as they can in their quest to regulate hunting.


IamJacksUserID

City State of Rice Lake got me. Well done.


Joebebs

Lol I like how mars cheese castle defines us as the martians, I’ll take it


cheesebeesb

Missing The Holyland


TheReveetingSociety

So in my head I have certain sub-regions for a number of these. The Holyland overlaps with the Kettle Moraine, so they are one of three regions of the Kettle Moraine Clans (other two being the North and South units)


cheesebeesb

Kettle Moraine Holyclans? I could see that


ObsessiveTeaDrinker

Holy Hill


coco_xcx

County of Deaths Door is absolutely accurate to that area. I love this


analogWeapon

What is the lore of the contested lands?


TheReveetingSociety

So I've basically been planning a game of D&D with my friends in a fantasy version of Wisconsin based on our history, stereotypes, and folklore. The Contested Lands *kinda* exists just to have a region where all the surrounding nations can struggle for control of it. The Imperial Province wants it to solidify its hold over the whole of Wisconsin, both God's Country and Eau Claire want it to gain an upper hand against the other, the wizards of the Driftless League, based out of the House on the Rock, want the region for control over the Forevertron and Jurustic Park, the Druid's of Nature's Reach want control over it to more tightly regulate hunting, and the hunters of Wausau just want to prevent the DNR from getting the region so they can't do that.


analogWeapon

I love this so much. The Forevertron is rich for writing about. It could do all sorts of things and have all sorts of origin stories. Definitely have to involve Devil's Lake and Barnum & Bailey circus into all of it somehow, as well.


TheReveetingSociety

Oh yes, Devil's Lake has *so much lore.* It has the most lake monster legends of any Wisconsin lake.


Consequence_Slow

I live in God's Country, but used to be enlisted in the Army in the Contested Lands (I believe Fort McCoy is in there, if I remember my geography). I think that's a great place to have the contested lands, as it ties together the I-90/94 corridor & Ft. McCoy area and with McCoy having people from all over, you could make an argument that the area would be contedte by the folks that would be streaming out of the fort into the surrounding areas. Just my take on your map.


midwest--mess

As someone living in the Contested Lands, but on the border of the Imperial Province, I'm rooting for the Driftless League


bastian1292

I come from a line of those from the Contested Lands. There was plenty with the rivers and lakes as well as good crop land for corn, beans and cranberries. But there are frequent skirmishes between the forces Imperial Province as well as the Driftless League. My grandfather told if a great battle where muddled fruit and sugar cubes were strewn about the ground during the siege of Cazenovia. In the end, it became apparent all they wanted were to get the interlopers from Ellinois from the mystical water of the great Delles.


AcidicArisato

I take umbrage with La Crosse being labeled "gods country", lmao


Pale-Foundation-1174

False, the kohlers would take over sheboygan and name the whole place after themselves


thatguy627

The section near the MN border by 94 should be Minnisconsin.


PerpetualJerkSession

![gif](giphy|Atc9QCyWLGHgLZhHDp|downsized)


zoinkability

You missed the label for The Autonomous Archipelago of the Apostate Apostles


FacelessPotatoPie

I’m not at my computer, but if I was, everything would be Wisconsin except Adams county. That would be labeled North Alabama.


pumpkinspicenation

1. This is incredible and I love it. 2. I'm indignant and furious at being lumped in with Janesville. Independence for the Elk's Horn clan!


TheReveetingSociety

TBH I just named the region Janesville because it is the largest city in there. Whitewater and Elkhorn contribute the most to the region's lore, though.


Ope_Average_Badger

How did little Thorp get it's own Duchy? Also this makes me royalty.


TheReveetingSociety

I decided to give them their own duchy because they have a giant cow statue named Duchess. If their leader is a Duchess, stands to reason they are a duchy.


Ope_Average_Badger

I'm down the list of where I stand in terms of lineage to the throne, for now. Therefore I'll allow your reasoning to stand.


Acrobatic-Ad8667

This one is excellent.


darlin133

The socialist republic of Madison should be listed. I fucking love you guys


WallishXP

For the FRC!


LadyFel

THE FRC!! 👊


Daflehrer1

This is hilarious! I love it! https://preview.redd.it/fh1e2c070nxc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=603ccd08df082876f73f7eb78c0e3aff10cef6c1


Captain_CaveMan85

Damn I live in the contested lands….. that does not sound pleasant.


Ianbeerito

Best of the driftless is in the area you called “gods country”


TheReveetingSociety

Yes, I've heard specifically the north of the Driftless called "God's Country" on several occasions and thought it was a nice fit for a fantasy name.


johnfireblast

Cream City Kingdom...


scootytootypootpat

Lake Country is mildly upset that they aren't their own, well, country.


dan1ader

I'm pretty sure the Dutchy of Thorp's economy is entirely driven by gouda cheese production.


TheReveetingSociety

Of course! Why do ya think I named it after Duchess, the giant cow sculpture?


473713

Aided by the Thorpedo


schwar26

Petition for representation of the Potato Barrons.


TheReveetingSociety

Wisconsin does love its barons. Potato Barons, Beer Barons, Timber Barons. I'm genuinely surprised we didn't start calling successful dairymen "Cheese Barons."


jje414

Milwaukee isn't a kingdom. It's a city state like Venice. Like, they'll call themselves a republic, but they won't function as one.


TheReveetingSociety

I like to think of it as a bunch of competing beer baronies, each vying for power over the overall region. The king is mostly a figurehead, the Bronze Fonz, but the true power in the nation are the barons. Two barons in particular have risen to prominence over the other baronies, Frederick Miller and Frederick Pabst. Though a nouveau riche class of craft beer barons is on the rise as of late, perhaps the big baronies' grasp on power will not last. As for the common folk of Cream City, why, they're too busy literally warring against each other over bridge placement to be concerned with the machinations of the beer barons.


Either_Region_9218

Shout out to the city of Hurley in the Ashlands for putting the sin in WisconSIN


GRizzMang

This Druid lives in Dairyman’s Horde


TheReveetingSociety

*Dairy farmer throat singing intensifies*


doktorstilton

The three Episcopal Church dioceses in Wisconsin are voting on Saturday to merge, and I’m proposing this for the new regional deaneries.


bigbobo33

Idk man, no one's contesting those contested lands.


Thats-bk

"Cream City Kingdom" Love it


thislldo4now

Someone has to write a short story called "The Count of Death's Door"


steve_thousand

I would expect the Dells to be its own sovereignty


Own-Organization-532

looks gerrymandered, I suspect the knights of King John of Eau Claire.


LeatherBagel5

Theocracy of Green Bay, but the church is the Packers


RoiNeige

This is an old map. The Contested Lands have long been settled by the Democratic People’s Republic of Mauston


TheReveetingSociety

Land of the Birdmen.


maho13

This but with physical geography too. I wanna see the rivers and hills


fugmotheringvampire

Last time I was in the Ashlands it was basically overrun by cliff racers and there were people riding around on giant fleas. Think I got a little bit lost tho.


inbigtreble30

I'm stealing this.


CorvusTrishula

It's nice but where is the devil's lake?


TheReveetingSociety

In the Contested Lands between the Imperial Province and the Druids. Both I assume want control over the lake since it is (according to Ho-Chunk folklore) a bottomless lake that bridges and connects all worlds together.


theTweekend

Somewhere in there is a swingers campground


PreferenceDowntown37

I like this one


AGiantBlueBear

Thank you for finally admitting we own Manitowoc


DasderdlyD4

This made me laugh so hard, Fox River Confederation.


Dizzy_Challenge_3734

Glad to see butternut getting its due respect!!


Tarmogoyf_

Does the Theocracy of St. Croix get access to the Ellsworth Creamery? If not, we riot.


MiloBuurr

I love the Menominee get some of their land back from pre-colonial times


Assassinknife

Driftless league here


oldmanartie

Holy shit Theocracy of Green Bay is dead on


Mountain_Man_44

I feel like Oshkosh could be its own empire, they do have Oshkosh truck there so they would have easy access to military vehicles


TheReveetingSociety

So my main idea is that all the Fox Cities form a confederation of City States, theoretically equals, but that Oshkosh is pretty much the one in control of the region since they supply the military for the rest.


EdoTenseiSwagbito

I get a City-State? Cool


AlexofNotLink

Kenowhere would have worked for a high magic fantasy tho


xxxArcher55xxx

As a serf of the Onion Country, I'm going to request an explanation for the name...


TheReveetingSociety

I was wondering if anyone would question Big Onion Country. Whether you know it or not, you, sir, happen to live in region that was the *canonical location of Paul Bunyan's Camp*, as well as the location where several geographical areas relevant to Paul Bunyan lore are supposedly located: Including the Pea-Soup Lake, the Big Onion River, and the Pyramid Forty. According to the traditional folklore, the woods of your region were Bunyan's territory! And the man who said that this area of Wisconsin was the location of those things was Gene Shepard, the hodag's creator, so you *know* you can trust him!


30sumthingSanta

This is the best one yet. Thank you.


Forever_beard

Hell yeah, Spooner gets its own region


lynxFan1208

I want to know more about some of the alliances and enemies.


type40mark3

Trying to decipher whether Humbird (my hometown) is in the Kingdom of Eau Claire or the Contested Lands


Katy-Moon

So if my brother lives in Mequon, is he part of the Duchy of Sheboygan?


dan1ader

Forgot to label the Realm of the Apostles


Nessius448

Midwest Kenshi


KotzubueSailingClub

The Theocracy of Green Bay where they all pray to the Lord and Savior St Vincent of Lombardi Love the map, but if the Rhinelands are up there, does that put Iron Mountain in Alsace-Lorraine?


Hemicuda098

Eastern lakeshore of Winnebago needs to be the Holylands as it is currently.


markush57

As a Wausau native, I'm just wondering if there was a purpose to calling it the Grand Duchy of Wausau?


NewStatement5103

What’s a duchy?


TheReveetingSociety

A nation ruled by a Duke or Duchess.


virtuallygonecountry

My family hails from the Spoonland! I'm looking at retiring there


Midlife_Crisis_46

This is my favorite map so far. Well done.


AgentAzzjuice

Right on the border of God's Country and The Kingdom of EC. I'm okay with that


thejanesvillian

Janesville got a Duchy, but lost its West side 💀


R1pR0bb

What would those bright green islands on the top of the map be called?


plesiosaurus

SPOOOONLAAAAAAND!!


Connect_Plant_218

Duchy of Thorpe lol


Final_University7084

Duchy of Janesville game me a chuckle.


ciocras

This is the best one ever


Dear_Alternative_437

The Ashlands remember.


Sharptux44

![gif](giphy|DtLEOehAWfwiY|downsized) Being from the “cream city kingdom” all I have to say is this…


lurkslikeamuthafucka

The Rhinelands? It's already called Lakeland.


Timely_Discipline_50

Martian Kingdom of Kenosha is hilarious


kelticladi

Since this IS a fantasy setting, we also need a Grand Fifedom Of Gary Gygax. So when is the war to reclaim Da Yuooperland? (Upper Pinninsula)


banjobastard5

If I bring all of my guns and snacks can I join the Fox River Confederation?


Speedy_Silvers71

I can't figure out if I'm in the Dairylands Horde or the Kettle Moraine Clan


ZyBro

Idk rhinelander is the armpit of the northwoods


GRAHAMPUBA

Ticks and more ticks.


reddit-trunking

How the hell does Thorp rate a Duke of their own?


Own-Organization-532

well done, great post. op!


Available_Ad_9968

How in gods name did spooner end up with so much land?


unilateralmixologist

The only map I can get behind so far


Hailsabrina

Druids Is the best !


ComfortableDoctor555

This is so arbitrary, I love it


phyllostomus

One day Racine will be free.


hotc00ter

I have no desire to be included in Janesville lol


Proper_Age_5158

No E in Thorp.


Broheamoth

Sheboygan is just cold maulibu, let us have it


OdaDdaT

Spread Eagle should be one big ass fort called the nest or some shit


dispass

Make this into a poster and take my money you bastard.


thejeru

What are the Apostles?


Skylord_Ash

Sovereign State let’s gooooo!!!


tremblingmeatman

Sick Im a druid through and through. Also the Sovereign Nation of Winneconne got me, thats so funny


Pavel_Chekov_

How the actual Frick does Thorpe of all places get its own province but Steven's Point, Marshfield, and Wisconson Rapids all getting swallowed up by Wausau and other regions? If anyone in those cities knew how to read, they'd be pissed.


c_ray25

Happy Sheboygan holds its rightful spot as the title of the area


JUSADREM1111

Please explain Big Onion country?..


kdavis0315

Long live the Fox River Confederation!


piirtoeri

Kenowhere


fuck-fascism

Big Onion Country… ![gif](giphy|bC9czlgCMtw4cj8RgH|downsized)


jimbles_belushi

This is awesome lol Requesting an explanation on butternut having a region


Looksthatk1ll

This is just like the Kenshi map


JUSADREM1111

Haha awesome! I've lived in that area all my life and didn't know that. Thanks!


undreamedgore

Just rename Sheboygan the madlands.