Hey dudes. This post is lore entirely within the third world war (hey, that rhymed!). Not all of this is exactly finalised, and some of the details are admittedly vague, but its what I've been working off of.
War*
2031:
The United States military conducts a drone strike on a major arms deal meeting in Iran. Intelligence, supplied by Israel, showed that numerous high ranking generals would be in attendance. What it didn't show was that the supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was also in attendance. His death sparked weeks of mourning in the county. He is succeeded by his son, 24 year old Mohammad Bagher Khamenei, who is determined to avenge his father's death in a show of Iranian strength. A month after the US drone strike, Iran begins a military blockade of the strait of Hormuz, backed by a Houthi blockade of the red sea and Hamas splinter groups launching missiles at the Suez Canal. With the economy in freefall, the Saudi navy attempted to reopen the blockade with force. Iran begins ballistic missile attacks on Saudi cities. Attacks on numerous oil refineries cause the Trans-Arabian Pipeline to begin burning out of control. America withdrew its Naval presence from the South China Sea and deployed them across all points of the blockade, in the East Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. By the grace of Allah, Iran manages to sink the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower days after it was deployed near the Iranian coast, using Russian supplied anti-ship missiles. After this show of weakness, the Chinese military confidently began a multi-front invasion of Taiwan, beginning in December of 2031. Citizens of the world wake to find World War Three retroactively declared two months prior.
Mossad feeds faux information to the US military concerning a meeting between a Russian Nuclear scientist and a leading Iranian general. Although aware that the Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei would be in attendance, the Israeli delegation conveniently removes this detail in their memo to the United States, urging them to assassinate the general. The unpopular President Ocasio-Cortez and her administration leap at the idea, hoping some Neoliberal flare will help with the opinion polls. Relying on Israeli intelligence, an American drone strikes the meeting center in the south of the country. The Supreme Leader is killed instantly. Mojtaba Khamenei wasn't exactly a popular figure, and in his four years of leadership had enacted a paranoid purge, killing or incarcerating anyone who could likely hold the position over him. This meant that upon his early death, there was no clear successor. Gripped with turmoil, both domestic and, now, foreign, the Iranian government quickly instated Muhammed Khamenei, Mojtaba's 24 year old son, as interim leader before a candidate is sorted out from the upper clerical echelons. This is done so in an attempt to preserve the validity of the regime's structure at a time when many call for its end. Muhammed, however, has other plans. Abusing his new-found power, he consolidates control over the IRG and commands a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. This is followed by the Houthi blockade of the red sea, and Hamas cells within the Sinai peninsular attempting to blockade the Suez canal. An American aircraft carrier is sent to sail through the strait as a show of US might, planning on ending the blockade without firing a single shot. The ship finds itself cornered within a newly deployed mine field, and over the next 8 hours, is met with waves of small boat attacks and missile fire. It eventually sinks, with most of the crew being taken hostage and used as attempted leverage against the United States. The following domino effect leads to Iranian military action in Saudi Arabia and American deployment in the middle east and South China Sea. World War Three begins.
The British government begins hardening the Irish-UK border, claiming it is a backdoor for illegal immigration, drug trade and human trafficking into the country.
Artemis X landed a 4 man crew on the Moon. The crew lived in the partially constructed habitat for a planned 180 days. The Third World War breaks out while they are up there. The mission was aborted on day 82. The landing shuttle was struck with a surface-to-air missile while over the South China Sea, killing everyone on board.
19 year old Karakozov, just a few months into his sentence, is dragged from his cell and forcefully conscripted. He's sent to the front line just one week later.
Aamer Sarfraz sets up the Islamic Interests Party in the UK.
100,000 Hezbollah soldiers, recruited from both Shia, Sunni and Christians communities (but still majority Shiite) cross over the Lebanese border. Attempting to take entire towns hostages, and free interned Palestinians from the Northern Camps, the brigade slaughters their way through IDF bases and hamlets. Tens of thousands die in the first four weeks, and Hezbollah forces reach as far into Israel as the Northern tip of the West Bank.
As the PJP becomes the leading opposition party in Britain, many Labour MPs either defect, join the LibDems or retire.
As the different factions begin targeting each other's satellites, the countries start preparing for the real possibility of a large-scale Kessler Syndrome event.
PJP councillors help organise what amounted to the second largest general strike in British history, as 1.5 million workers from varying industries walkout. This brings the country to its knees for a week and a half, with both sides refusing to bend the knee. Prisons are overwhelmed as the police commit to mass arrests of striking workers and trade union leaders. Some are sent to refugee camps to deal with the glut. Around the country, thousands are injured in the ensuing clashes with law enforcement and riots. 14 are killed, although the news heavily suppresses details. Eventually, as public opinion begins to turn violently against the workers, the strike leaders agree to stand down. Farage not only uses this as an excuse to rally against the PJP, but also to bring in sweeping crackdowns and outright bans against trade unions. The general strike cost 5.5 billion pounds in disruption.
After almost 10 long years of war, Russian forces finally take Kiev as NATO's resources begin to drain elsewhere. The southern and eastern parts of the country are annexed, cutting off Ukraine's access to the coast. A Russian puppet is planted as the new leader of the Ukrainian state as Zelenskyy, still the internationally recognised president of Ukraine, flees with his family to Paris.
Supermarkets across the country face food shortages as the inflation rate reaches a 40 year high.
Gasoline prices in the US hit $15 a gallon.
Bitcoin hits $200,000.
Iran begins buying off Saudi clerics, demanding they call on their followers to stop fighting.
Japan becomes the first country in the world to deploy artificial blood for real-world medical care.
Russia breaks the 2026 ceasefire and troops move over the border into Ukraine. Shortly after this, the Russian military occupies the Suwalki gap, cutting the Baltic States off from the rest of Europe. Lithuania triggers Article 5 of NATO. Across Europe, troops mobilise. A few days later, on the 1st of January 2032, the doomsday clock is set to 59 seconds to midnight. The closest it's ever been since it's creation in 1947.
2032:
Eli Crane is elected* 49th President of the United States, exploiting his military past as incumbent President Ocasio-Cortez poorly handles the landing in Taiwan.
Tom Lehrer dies at the age of 104
Chinese Americans face constant racial discrimination. Restaurants are firebombed and citizens believed to be "chinese spies" are attacked in the streets.
Food shortages and unemployment soar in Peru. Government begins heavily militarising the country to maintain order.
The UN merged Unesco with a wing of the peacekeepers to be sent out to heritage sites engulfed in war zones to make sure they weren't harmed. These armed conservationists were given shoot-to-kill orders for any threats to human culture.
Japanese soldiers were deployed in the Korean peninsula to help the South against the onslaught of the DPRK. Dozens of Japanese soldiers were killed by their supposed allies in the South Korean army in "revenge" killings for the crimes their ancestors committed a hundred years prior.
Crude oil prices have skyrocketed to $400 per barrel. The resulting fires from the targeting of Saudi Arabian Oil refineries and the burning of the Tapline releases more tonnage of CO² into the atmosphere in a few months than the first decade of the 21st century.
Major cyberattacks cripple financial systems in the U.S. and Europe, attributed to Chinese and Russian hacking groups.
The mass uprisings in the West Bank destroy settler communities, killing entire colonies and burning them to the ground. The IDF uses napalm in an attack on Ramallah. The Ramallah siege murders over 15,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in just two weeks.
The middle class shrinks as businesses relying on transportation; logistics, aviation, shipping — collapse. Unemployment hits double digits globally.
America enacts a total military blockade on Cuba.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes near Tirana, Albania, leaving 200,000 homeless. Tens of thousands of Albanian refugees flee to the United Kingdom.
Mao Tianyi joins the CCP.
Germany joins the war effort on the side of Nato. A Wartime Unity Government is formed from the Greens, SPD, CDU/CSU; FDP(although they are not in parliament they still help); The Pro Russian BSW and AfD do not join. Germany Instituted mandatory conscription for all citizens aged 18-45, regardless of gender.
The pro-Putin Christian Orthodox militant biker gang "Night Wolves" begins taking up arms across Europe, targeting people at random to spread terror at home.
Estonia and Latvia demand U.S. security guarantees as Russian aircraft violate airspace daily.
Russian hypersonic missile strikes and destroys the London Broadcasting House (BBC hq)
Jungkook is killed in a North Korean airstrike.
Russian troops enter Latvia and Estonia.
2033:
Fearing a Chinese land invasion, the Japanese war government armed the general population, with the help of the United States. Guns are airdropped into coastal communities.
Ardent militarist, hardline Republican and American exceptionalist, newly elected President Eli Crane announces a strange revelation. His claim? That a Mossad-affiliated group was operating a blackmailing racket in the US, and had been since the 1970s. Their express goal was to entrench US foreign policy in a deeply pro-Israel position. His source? A quote “anonymous informant within the CIA”.
President Crane rushed security bill after security bill through the house and senate, each including the mountingò legislature that gave him more power.
Notorious porn artist "Shadman" is killed in a ICBM strike
US President Eli Crane reinstates the imperial system in America
Research funding for artificial organs quintuples, the demand growing dramatically on the backdrop of the Third world war
While the rest of the world is embroiled in the conflict of the 3rd world war, the mostly neutral (although Eastern faction-leaning) Brazil begins its own internal war. Brazil begins rounding up gang members without trail, declaring Martial law and sending the full force of the military into the most effected communities. Over the next few years, the country rounds up over 550,000 "criminals", confining them to expansive and isolated prison camps. The Brazilian government never intended to incarcerate the convicted. Instead, they staged mass executions, mostly by firing squad. The army executes over 500,000 in the space of 5 years, including some as young as 12 years of age. The cartel members who survived and escaped the country flooded into the south, setting their operations up once again mostly in Argentina, in cities like Rosario and Buenos Aires.
Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles strike Kadena Air Base, destroying over 70% of U.S. aircraft on the ground and severely damaging naval assets in the surrounding waters.
Heating oil shortages hit hard during winter, leaving millions freezing in the Northern Hemisphere. In the U.K., the elderly are encouraged to move into public "heat hubs" for warmth.
Xi Jinping steps down as president of China due to ill health. He appoints Chen Jining as his successor. Chen shares many of Xi's views, while also encompassing a more hardline USSResque foreign policy.
Amid the global conflict, the Cabo Delgado insurgency of Mozambique declares an independent Islamic state in the north of the country. As this new nation is vehemently opposed to Chinese influence and vows to force them out of the country's natural gas industry, it is quickly recognised by the west.
The first fully automated surgery is performed on a human, removing a cyst from a woman in England.
In 2033, after years of planning and coordination, the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile joined forces to create the Latin American Space Agency (AELA), a semi-private entity with the goal of promoting cooperation and the development of space technologies in the region. With headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and secondary headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile, AELA was established as a center of excellence for the research and development of space technologies. The agency is composed of a multidisciplinary team of experts in engineering, physics, mathematics, astronomy, and other disciplines related to space exploration. Its mission is to foster collaboration and the exchange of knowledge and technologies among member countries, with the goal of boosting the economic and social development of the region. The AELA focuses on several areas, including: - Development of satellites and navigation systems - Space exploration and astronomy - Research and development of space technologies - Education and training in space sciences - International cooperation and promotion of the Latin American space industry With the creation of the AELA, member countries seek to strengthen their position on the global space stage, promote innovation and entrepreneurship, and improve the quality of life of their citizens. The agency becomes a symbol of regional cooperation and integration, and an important step towards a more prosperous and sustainable future for Latin America.
A prolonged drought and collapsing agricultural subsidies spark widespread food shortages across Guinea-Bissau. When grain prices triple in less than six weeks, protests erupt in Bissau and quickly spread. Rioters storm warehouses, and the government imposes a curfew as looting escalates. As Ww3 rages on, few foreign nations can send aid, and can only watch at the small nation descends into famine.
2034:
US President Eli Crane partially suspended Congress and emboldened the newly established war cabinet.
Profiting immensely from the World War, Elon Musk becomes the world's first Trillionaire at age 62
In the midst of the war, the United Front for Security (UFS), a far-right coalition, wins key positions in the Peruvian Congress, promising to restore order.
The USS Gerald R Ford is sunk in the South China Sea
The martyr Huzaifa Syed, a 6 year old Pakistani boy in Kashmir, is shot dead by Indian border police. This sends shock waves through the nation as Huzaifa becomes the symbol of Islamic resistance in Pakistan. Pakistan and India are at war within the month as tens of thousands of Islamist militants cross into India, followed by the Pakistani army. Pakistan is, at this point, aware that a conventional war between the two states is nearly unwinnable. As such, they attempt to spark uprisings across India, urging Muslim citizens to take up arms against the Indian government. In many cases this succeeds. Street clashes between Hindus and Muslims in major mixed cities become a weekly, then daily occurrence
Japan declares martial law following mass protests and cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure
terrorist attacks kill on average 400 Indian civilians a month.
Chinese-backed coup in Guatemala.
AI-powered humanitarian aid predicts famine and disaster risks months in advance, reducing response time by 50%.
The Svartöga cartel is founded in Sweden. A merger of dozens of different ethnic Swedish gangs in order to combat foreign encroachment.
"Children of Dusk" sci-fi book becomes a bestseller in US and Canada.
Swiss President Marcel Dettling announces the county's intent to become nuclear capable before 2045, to ensure neutrality.
The United Kingdom closes its borders to Pakistani immigrants due to the overwhelming flood of refugees fleeing their war torn home. Soon after, mass protests began within the county, mostly in the already well established South Asian immigrant communities, such as Bradford. Off the back of this, small salafist groups in the UK begin spreading the message that the British government is actively attempting to wipe out Islam from within its borders.
2035:
Countless Republican politicians abandoned the party as Crane began to take increasingly authoritarian control over the government. Some join the Democrats, but many instead joined the Libertarian party. This influx of “moderates” created a split in the party, with the more extreme Libertarians breaking off to form the Night-watchman party.
Tamil nationalism flares up as tens of millions of Hindu Indians migrate South to avoid extreme heat and overpopulation
The US successfully retakes Okinawa, following the Chinese take-over in 2034. In this island hopping campaign, reminiscent of WW2, America loses almost 70,000 troops against China's 100,000 losses, as well as the death of well over 200,000 Japanese civilians. However, the strategic victory opens the door for an American invasion of Taiwan
Switzerland becomes Nuclear capable
"Children of Dusk" sci-fi book get banned in every country of the world except bhutan
London is engulfed in street fighting between Pakistani and Indian migrant communities. The same violence spreads to other metropolitan areas.
Bolivian troops cross the border into the northern tip of Chile, forging a sovereign corridor to the coastline and annexing territory above the river Camarones.
Pakistan breaks the US’ ruling against the country's usage of American F16s against India. The Pakistani military carry out carpet bombings of border towns, as well as against crucial infrastructure that connects India to Kashmir. Islamist terrorist become increasingly heavily armed, and Kashmir is divided into varying warlord regions as all forms of civil leadership dissolves.
China scrapes together some amount of its already thinly spread military to be sent to Aksai Chin. They clash with both India and Pakistan. During the war, a few Chinese officials voice support for Pakistan, but little to no monetary or military aid is sent. Pakistan's main supporters are Russia and Iran. India receives lethal aid from both NATO and the United States, as well as intelligence from Israel.
By late 2035, Pakistani forces are fully pushed out of Indian territory. Thousands of soldiers on both sides die from heat stroke and exhaustion as they march through the Thar desert, with temperatures reaching 53°C (127°F). Before the end of the year, India has captured Lahore after intense urban fighting. Even after the occupation begins, constant attacks from militias flood the Indian garrisons.
Pakistan uses a small yield (1kT) tactical nuclear weapon against an Indian military convoy. This escalation sends shockwaves around the war torn world, as experts claim it sets a dangerous new precedence. India strongly debates a nuclear retaliation, but finally rules against it as the explosion occurred within Pakistan's sovereign borders.
India begins extreme crackdowns on Muslim communities, using their own version of the patriot act. Mosques are raided, Islamic schools are forcefully closed and mass internment begins.
In December of 2035, the unthinkable happens. Prime minister Modi is assassinated in a suicide bombing. The perpetrators are quickly linked back to Pakistan. Yogi Adityanath is swiftly sworn in as his successor. Adityanath's new approach to dealing with the “Muslim pest” is even more heavy handed.
2036:
Crane is re-elected US president, although mass voter fraud is alleged.
India strikes covert deals with the Taliban, urging them to invade western Pakistan and promising their support. In February of 2036, the Taliban launches a massive cross-border incursion, with thousands of former Jihadists, now working desk jobs as civil servants, taking up arms once again.
Alexi Karakozov narrowly avoids being killed by a Polish sniper. He hijacks a car and makes it back to Moscow in time for the coup.
A group of top Russian generals conspired to overthrow the now senile and deranged Putin. Putin flees with his most trusted body guards to a woodland mansion compound in rural Arkhangelsk. NATO forces have pushed into Russia now, taking Smolensk, besieging St Petersburg approaching the gates of Moscow. The New Russian Army retreats to Moscow, where it begins reorganising citizens into the fortified Moscow Metro, issuing rations and basic training at the mostly German and Polish troops approach.
This semi-technocratic military tribunal takes hold of the Russia state. It reorganises the military, pulling troops continuously back from the front line. By 2036, over three million foreign troops have been mobilised. North Koreans, Chinese, Central Asians and Syrians. Most of which have no uniform and one gun.
Nikolai Valuev takes his place as the head of United Russia, although his power is neutered.
The United Kingdom closes its borders to Pakistani immigrants due to the overwhelming flood of refugees fleeing their war torn home. Soon after, mass protests began within the county, mostly in the already well established South Asian immigrant communities, such as Bradford. Off the back of this, small salafist groups in the UK begin spreading the message that the British government is actively attempting to wipe out Islam from within its borders.
The armies of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania act as one as they invade the DRC to secure their joint interests in the Kivu region. This action was seen as a precursor to the formation of the East African Federation as a formal state.
Liechtenstein achieves carbon neutrality, with all energy provided by solar, wind, and hydropower. The Green Cities Program transforms urban spaces with vertical gardens, eco-housing, and zero-emission transport.
The UN releases an estimate that the Iranian blockade against the world, as it came to be known, resulted in between 25 - 50 million deaths globally. Mainly due to water and food insecurity caused by supply chain collapse, as well the sheer amounts of pollution.
Alexi Karakozov leads a special task force into Putin's lair. After a night of fighting, they come across Putin's bedroom where the 83 year old man is pacing around pretending to make military commands. Karakozov shoots him in the head. The group of men pose with Putin's body like a fallen big game animal. A picture is taken, which is popularised all over Russia, with Putin being remembered by his image in the photo - a senile old man with a beard to rival Rasputin's, dressed in a pink kimono.
Over 500,000 Iranian civilians have been killed in NATO bombings of Iranian cities.
Morena candidate Marcelo Ebrard is elected as president in the Mexican elections. Mexico joins the war effort on the American side, supplying its neighbor with oil.
NASA comes under full AI leadership and administration
Alexi Karakozov is given the rank of Podpolkovnik, one of the youngest to achieve it.
France is forced to pull back troops to further impose martial law at home. France's involvement in the war grows increasingly unpopular. Riots engulf Paris and anti-Eastern European pogroms target refugee accommodation.
During the period of early 2036, the Pakistani military is in ruin. Despite this, large parts of the civilian population has reorganised itself into an effective militia. Any urban encounter for the Indian army turns into weeks long guerilla warfare.
India strikes covert deals with the Taliban, urging them to invade western Pakistan and promising their support. In February of 2036, the Taliban launches a massive cross-border incursion, with thousands of former Jihadists, now working desk jobs as civil servants, taking up arms once again.
Yogi Adityanath participates in a firing squad execution of a convicted terrorist on live TV.
Pakistani Prime Minister Hamza Shahbaz is arrested by the military, under charges of failing to protect his nation. He escapes, however, and flees to Karachi. Islamabad remains under military rule.
Taliban militants sack a Pakistani nuclear silo, stealing an undetermined amount of enriched fissile material before exporting it back to Afghanistan.
The death toll of the Pakistani military passes 1 million.
Islamic terrorist plot to bomb the Taj Mahal is foiled, but leads to a day long shoot out with police.
Hindu militias begin to organise within mixed cities in India. Muslim businesses and residential buildings are firebombed. Thousands die in mass pogroms over the course of just a few weeks in April of 2036.
The INS Vikrant is mistakenly sunk by a strike from an American nuclear submarine monitoring the coast of Iran, killing 1,428 personnel.
India enacts laws making the crime of gauhatya punishable by death when committed by Muslims, and a fine of 50 million rupees when committed by Hindus.
The death toll for the Indian military reaches 1 million.
Peace negotiations suggested by India are denied by both the Shahbaz government and the military government. This comes as India captures the city of Sargodha, marking its occupation of 30% of the country.
Hamza Shahbaz calls a covert ceasefire with the military government, and returns to Islamabad. They discuss the use of nuclear missiles, of which Pakistan still has control over 55% of their arsenal. A vote is held, which results in a 5 - 4 vote in favour of the nuclear option. On the 16th of July 2036, Pakistan fires 109 nuclear missile, between 5 and 45kT, at Indian military installations and urban areas. Most target Indian nuclear facilities in hopes of crushing the country's ability to respond. Most focus on crippling India's military and the remainder attack cities. Explosions across New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and many other cities kill 34 million within the first 24 hours. 50 million more are injured, suffering severe burns with no hope of medical assistance. Yogi Adityanath immediately broadcasts a strong willed message to the nation, invoking the indomitable Hindu spirit and vowing to turn Pakistan into a charred crater.
Later on in the day, India launches a volley of 135 nuclear bombs. Some towards Pakistan's remaining military targets, but most towards cities and other civilian areas. These attacks are conducted with the express intention of causing maximum casualties, and in this task India succeeds. 92 million people are killed in the initial 24 hours following the attacks. Pakistan's population declines by 30% in one day. Karachi is entirely destroyed, following 10 separate nuclear strikes.
India's capital is moved to Varanasi, which was miraculously left unscathed after the missile targeting it misfired and landed in the Thar desert. This measure was intended to be temporary, but remains by 2064.
A rogue Pakistani general attempted to fire a nuclear bomb at Tel Aviv. It ends up landing a mile off the coast, detonating in the water. Despite this, it killed 729 and injures over 35,000. In the long term, it cripples the Israeli fishing industry.
This becomes the first real world example of a full scale nuclear war. 3 million tons of black carbon plume into the atmosphere. In the first year, the global temperature drops by 1°C. This causes a knock on effect, which leads to extreme cold snaps across Eastern Europe in the Winter of ‘36 (this had devastating effects on the NATO Invasion of Russia, but that's a story for another day). Crop yields drop by an average of 15% across the board. In the West, food supply chains come under extreme stress, but hold due to draconian rationing. This is not the case for Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and, especially, South Asia, which experiences full scale collapse. The death toll of this famine is put at anywhere between 50 and 200 million, lasting well into the 2040s.
By 2064, India's population has recovered and even seen growth. Society has changed dramatically within the country, however, with Aghori warlords in the North and a rise of Tamil nationalism in the South, as well as dozens of other violent groups.
The same cannot be said for Pakistan. Shortly after the 2063 census, the country's native population dipped below 200 million. Pakistanis represent the largest immigrant group in the UK, as well as dozens of other countries. The Pakistani state is a puppet of India. Over 100 million Indian Muslims have been deported to Pakistan since Ww3, all of whom live in irradiated slums and bring the country's total population to what it was in 2035. Infertility is rife among these groups, with a birth rate of only 1.1 despite rampant poverty and lack of education. Cancer and birth defects are several magnitudes greater than the average, which is true also for the rest of Pakistan and parts of India. “Post-Apocalyptic” is an accurate term to describe these areas.
Militant groups, such as Aakhar, control swathes of former Pakistani territory. The Taliban remain in control of almost all Pashtun majority areas, an annexation recognised by India at first, then several other countries.
The total number of fatalities this war caused, and whether to include them as part of of the Ww3 death toll, is still debated in 2064. The range of estimates rests between 140 million and 500 million. Either way, the 5th Indo-Pak War (also referred to as The Sarvanaash, or the 1st Nuclear War) is the most destruction war in human history.
The resulting Nuclear Autumn served as a particularly interesting case study for the world's ruling class. They became convinced that a nuclear war could be winnable under the right circumstances, seeing as how death toll estimates for a hypothetical Nuclear War between India and Pakistan was wild overestimated. Despite this newfound interest in the use of nuclear weapons in conventional warfare, the post-Ww3 United Nations (reformed entirely with new, authoritarian powers) attempts to enforce denuclearisation. This, naturally, fails, although most countries commit to decreasing their yield and size of their nuclear arsenals by 50%. By 2064, global nuclear stockpiles are the same as 110 years prior.
2037:
At its peak, Iran mobilised nearly 10 million military aged men during the third world war. With such a deficit in the workforce, millions of women were given employment in factories and other sectors. This led to the second wave of modern feminism in Iran.
Tens of thousands of NATO troops freeze to death in their makeshift barracks. As supply chains falter under the Nuclear Autumn, food trucks bound to the Western Forces are raided by starving Russian civilians before they even get close.
Burkina Faso is taken over my Islamist militants. Much of the country's Christian population flee soon after, mostly to southern Nigeria.
The U.S. suffers widespread internal unrest following cyberattacks on its power grid, leading to riots in major cities.
Philippines Declares Permanent State of Emergency Due to Typhoons
In retaliation of America maintaining its war machine on Mexican oil, China backs a Zapatista Insurgency, taking the Mexican Military by surprise.
The Islamic Republic of Mozambique falls into civil war.
Russia retakes Smolensk.
Voyager 1’s final transmission is captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile. The data contains a brief burst of cosmic ray readings and, to the surprise of scientists, a binary checksum string. Many believe this is a secret last message, possibly sneaked in by one of the original programmers of the spacecraft, though no one can be certain. One day later, NASA releases the data publicly and holds an open funeral for the legendary spacecraft. The New York Times headlines the event with the words: “Voyager’s Last Words.” Beneath the headline, the binary string is displayed in full: 01000111011011110110111101100100011000100111100101100101001011000010000001010111011011110111001001101100011001000010111000010101
During the period following the aftermath of The Sarvanaash (Indo-Pak Nuclear War) millions of refugees from both India and Pakistan attempted to flee to the UK. The new left-wing government of Britain leads with an open border policy, allowing an unprecedented amount of migrants to enter the country over the course of just five years.
2038:
The Worker Cooperative Act is passed in Lichtenstein, promoting employee ownership of businesses and ensuring that corporations operate under strict social and environmental guidelines.
NATO forces have been almost completely pushed out of Russian territory.
Mao Tianyi is assigned deputy culture minister of China.
40 million people have been internally displaced in China.
Brazil leaves the ICC following accusations of crimes against humanity.
2039:
The Black Dragon society reformed in Japan, feeding off rampant Ultranationalism.
The Taliban becomes Nuclear capable.
The car in which Marcelo Ebrard, president of Mexico, was being transported, explodes. The government is taken over by the military, and a junta is declared.
The German wartime unity government collapses and snap elections are held. Due to public discontent with the War-managment oft the Wartime Unity Government, the AfD wins with ~39% and forms a government with the BSW, who despite being considered far left and far right, utilise their „Germany First“ agenda to establish a coalition dubbed the „Right-Left coalition."
Japan pegs its national currency to the dollar.
Peace is reached in 2039. The territory NATO took, Kaliningrad and half of Belarus, and formed into the Democratic Republic of Russia. Russia keeps much of its Ukrainian territory, however Crimea remains part of Ukraine. The Russian majority province of Latgale becomes an "independent" state (puppet of Russia) and is Russosized to Latgaliya.
The far eastern front, America and China sign the SADA (Sino-American Demilitarisation Agreement)
In the Middle East, Iran has been crippled. Any gains from the war have been retaken, although Western troops fail to invade Iranian into territory. A war weary and much changed Tehran sues for peace.
Peace*
