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All of this is repeated information from the Roundels and Map, but here are the flags to go with some of the nations in my Post-WWIII and Post-2AC scenario.
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In 2020, the Third World War broke loose. Many expected the end of the world. But, due to both the fear of mutually assured destruction and the efficiency of missile defensive networks, use of nuclear weaponry remained limited to but a few regions in the Middle East. Mecca and Jerusalem remained safe, but Tehran and Riyadh were both annihilated in atomic fire. The effects of the blasts compounded the unspoken barring of nuclear weapons from the Theatres of war, and from the Kiev Offensive and Operation Protokletos to the Battle of Hong Kong and the Reclamation of Alaska, both the American-led Alliance for Freedom and the Russian-led New World Order held themselves in check. But the removal of this trump card resulted in the war crawling to a Stalemate. The Treaty of Wellington and the subsequent Malta Peace Accords left all sides bitter, but exhaustion and misery led to agreement. Many would claim that the NWO had gained the most, having achieved partial victory on most of their war aims, but the Allied forces all claim their ability to hold back the enemy from complete victory counted as a win on their part.
Irregardless of who truly won the war, the subsequent Cold War(s) and political deadlock affected the world dramatically. But perhaps nowhere more than in the United States. During the war, not only had a draft been enacted, but attacks on both coasts and the occupation of both Alaska and Puerto Rico had allowed for the declaration of martial law across the nation. People accepted this; the enemy could be paratrooping in any day now, they often said. But many were angry, not at the measures taken, but at the government for getting into the war that had brought those measures in the first place. When the stalemate first came, protests begged for peace, but more than a year and a half would pass before that peace would come. Soldiers returned, many having been taken from their Senior years of High School and even more from their first few years in college; the sheer number of young adults attending college and the increasing complexity of weaponry and tactics had caused their protection from draft to be removed. But banks and the government had kept their students loans on going, still adding interest and debt, and many colleges were hesitant to take so many veterans, with depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder being so prevalent in soldiers from a generation that had the highest rate of mental illness than almost any prior. Of course, most would point to the government's refusal to end martial law as what truly began the Second American Civil War. The veterans and war protesters rioted numerous times in areas that had begun to demilitarize, some from rallies that had gotten violent, and some from people simply wanting to get their aggression out. In the eyes of the Federal government, they had to use the tools at their disposal to keep America stable, lest the Russians and their allies see their weakness as a time to renew hostilities. In 2027, two years since the end of the Third World War, the United States of America began its crumble.
By the war's end, where there was once a single nation, there were now three. West of the Mississippi, the Confederation of American Republics stands resolute, the leading force in the war against the Federal government. From the capital of Denver, CAR control of both NORAD and the American Air Force Academy were what truly turned the tide in most engagements. To the East, everything South of Tennessee is a part of the Second Dixie Republic, whose forces, while allied with the CAR, ultimately chose their own independence. The remainder is still the United States of America, but the largely demoralized nation has retreated inwards, leaving the world to fend for itself.
EDIT: You will notice the population of the former US, when totaled together, is only 318,450,000. That's 5,231,382 less than the current 2016 population estimates, and 2020's population is even still higher. That should give you a good idea of just how many people were lost in both the Third World War and the Second Civil War.
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In 2020, the Third World War broke loose. Many expected the end of the world. But, due to both the fear of mutually assured destruction and the efficiency of missile defensive networks, use of nuclear weaponry remained limited to but a few regions in the Middle East. Mecca and Jerusalem remained safe, but Tehran and Riyadh were both annihilated in atomic fire. The effects of the blasts compounded the unspoken barring of nuclear weapons from the Theatres of war, and from the Kiev Offensive and Operation Protokletos to the Battle of Hong Kong and the Reclamation of Alaska, both the American-led Alliance for Freedom and the Russian-led New World Order held themselves in check. But the removal of this trump card resulted in the war crawling to a Stalemate. The Treaty of Wellington and the subsequent Malta Peace Accords left all sides bitter, but exhaustion and misery led to agreement. Many would claim that the NWO had gained the most, having achieved partial victory on most of their war aims, but the Allied forces all claim their ability to hold back the enemy from complete victory counted as a win on their part.
Irregardless of who truly won the war, the subsequent Cold War(s) and political deadlock affected the world dramatically. But perhaps nowhere more than in the United States. During the war, not only had a draft been enacted, but attacks on both coasts and the occupation of both Alaska and Puerto Rico had allowed for the declaration of martial law across the nation. People accepted this; the enemy could be paratrooping in any day now, they often said. But many were angry, not at the measures taken, but at the government for getting into the war that had brought those measures in the first place. When the stalemate first came, protests begged for peace, but more than a year and a half would pass before that peace would come. Soldiers returned, many having been taken from their Senior years of High School and even more from their first few years in college; the sheer number of young adults attending college and the increasing complexity of weaponry and tactics had caused their protection from draft to be removed. But banks and the government had kept their students loans on going, still adding interest and debt, and many colleges were hesitant to take so many veterans, with depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder being so prevalent in soldiers from a generation that had the highest rate of mental illness than almost any prior. Of course, most would point to the government's refusal to end martial law as what truly began the Second American Civil War. The veterans and war protesters rioted numerous times in areas that had begun to demilitarize, some from rallies that had gotten violent, and some from people simply wanting to get their aggression out. In the eyes of the Federal government, they had to use the tools at their disposal to keep America stable, lest the Russians and their allies see their weakness as a time to renew hostilities. In 2027, two years since the end of the Third World War, the United States of America began its crumble.
By the war's end, where there was once a single nation, there were now three. West of the Mississippi, the Confederation of American Republics stands resolute, the leading force in the war against the Federal government. From the capital of Denver, CAR control of both NORAD and the American Air Force Academy were what truly turned the tide in most engagements. To the East, everything South of Tennessee is a part of the Second Dixie Republic, whose forces, while allied with the CAR, ultimately chose their own independence. The remainder is still the United States of America, but the largely demoralized nation has retreated inwards, leaving the world to fend for itself.
EDIT: You will notice the population of the former US, when totaled together, is only 318,450,000. That's 5,231,382 less than the current 2016 population estimates, and 2020's population is even still higher. That should give you a good idea of just how many people were lost in both the Third World War and the Second Civil War.
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Fascinating.