How to Make an Original Fake Map

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Get graph paper and a pen ready.

   You might say, "I want to erase"
   
   but you can't if you follow this! Okay? Good. , Name the dots.
   
   The ones not in a circle are towns and villages, the others are cities. , A few of them might go through towns or cities.
   
   Name the lines.
   
   These are rivers.
   
   You can make one or multiple gather into a circle (a lake) somewhere on the map. , These are mountains.
   
   Make some more rivers that start in the mountains. , Name the forest. , Name your nation or nations and draw and name a star (a capital city).
   
   In olden times, borders were natural things like lakes or mountains. ,,, Any stray lines or messed-up things can be changed.
   
   Name everything that is unnamed, and voila! You have it! ,
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   Step 2: Draw some dots

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   Step 3: some in circles

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   Step 4: some not.

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   Step 5: Draw squiggly lines that snake around them all.

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   Step 6: Add upside-down Vs in little clusters and name them.

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   Step 7: Draw forests which could be little circles

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   Step 8: or anything on the map.

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   Step 9: Now that you have natural stuff and towns

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    Step 10: add the borders to the nation(s) on your map.

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    Step 11: Add the shoreline (optional) and islands.

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    Step 12: Add other stuff like dams

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    Step 13: trade routes

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    Step 14: and ruins of old things.

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    Step 15: Clean up the map.

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    Step 16: Finished.

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