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Earth, 2021

The end of one of the most foreboding and troubling decades in human history, and things are looking bleak. Having barely recovered from severe financial crisis, humanity was in for a ride. Global unrest grew as scandals were uncovered, and panick was everywhere. Revolutions spread from the middle East outwards, following the wake of the global debt crisis. Not even the largest and most modern nations were spared. This geopolitical unrest caused another resource crisis, which came to it's hight in 2019, when millions died in one of the coldest winters on Earth. The old world trembled, but not even the Asian Giants escaped. Economical destabilization weakened the regimes, and revolts became more common by the day. In the following riots, millions died once more. And then, on that faithfull day, December 2020, the crude winter was rudely stopped by an atomic light.

A unknown terroristic organisation managed to bomb the world's most important cities, on the same day, same minute. All major governemental organisations are little more than dust in the air now, and the old world order is replaced by a new, rising from the kindling ashes of the old.

Spoiler: What is this (click to show/hide)

A RP game akin to Godhood and all those others, but set in a modern world and with nations rather than gods. Something like the Old Presidency, I suppose.

Creativity and description are encouraged, and are often mandatory. Saying Improve Industry will get you no more than becoming world's largest producent of toothbrushes for whales, for example.
This game will probably involve quite a lot of alliances and backstabbing, so please be quite relaxed if you get nuked.

See for example the sheet below. It looks complicated, but is entirely optionall, just make sure I know what your nations good points are, what it looks like, and which problems it could face in the future

Spoiler: The setting (click to show/hide)

Pretty much our world, but set sometime in the future and with tactical nuke strikes against the old governements to spice stuff up, and allow people to create their own nations rather than picking the world's superpowers. Freedom is a guarantee, but keep things limited to normal tech and physically possible stuff. At least for the beginning of the game.

Spoiler: Nation Sign up sheet (Suggested) (click to show/hide)

Name nation:
Governemental system:
Location and size:
Population
Description of the land

Economy:
   -Primary imports:
   -Primary exports:
   -Most important products:
   -Natural resources:
   -Distribution of: Agriculture, Commerce, Primary Industry(mines,..), Secondary/Tertiary industry (Factories...)
          -This is in percent, or just by discription

People:
    -General voter:
    -Life expectancy:
    -Average age=
    -Education:
    -HDI

Science and technology:
    -Primary focus:
    -Major accomplishments:
    -Spaceprogram Y/N

Army:
    -Size:
    -Primary focus:
    -Technology
    -Nuclear arsenal: Y/N (+size)

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler: Sky Lords (click to show/hide)

Governemental system: Democracy, True (ie, like in many Greek City-States, but with universal sufferage)
Location and size: Part of Florida (including coastline), Orbit; Very Small
Population: 1-2 million
Description of the land: Down below, the swamps have been turned into rice paddies, fishing holes, a couple enterprising gator farms, and a single city, Starton, home of one of the only functional spaceports on Earth. There are also a few orbital arcologies and some other miscellaneous satelites orbiting the world. These orbitals include Sky City, which holds almost 10,000 people and the hydroponics to support them all, as well as being coated with solar panels to send electricity back to Earth and holding many important artists and politicians.

Economy: There certainly is one.
--Primary imports: Raw Materials, Fuel
--Primary exports: Ocean Products, Power, Communications, some Machinery
--Most important products: Solar Panels, Ocean Products
--Natural resources: Fish and other ocean products from coast
--Distribution of: Agriculture, Commerce, Primary Industry(mines,..), Secondary/Tertiary industry (Factories...)
----Agriculture: 29%
----Commerce: 14%
----Primary Industry: 11%
----Secondary/Tertiary Industry: 46%

People:
--General voter: Yes
--Life expectancy: Est. 75-80 years, barring wars breaking out again
--Average age = ~40
--Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivilancy of some kind
--HDI: 0.87?

Science and technology:
--Primary focus: Space
--Major accomplishments: Successful establishment of orbital arcologies from designs and prototypes available at the time of the War; Hydroponics; Satelites of various types; Microwave electrical transmitters
--Spaceprogram: Um, Y

Army:
--Size: ~5,000 soldiers
--Primary focus: Defense of land-based territory
--Technology: Plenty
--Nuclear arsenal: Y (only a few warheads)

[Remuthra]

Thinking about doing something for this. Is this seriousface roleplaying or are nonseriousface nations accepted? How much writing is expected here, the massive amount that is Godhood, or a couple paragraphs?

Well, here's my country.

Spoiler: The New Order (click to show/hide)

Name nation: The New Order of North America
Governemental system: Extremely Authoritative Theocracy
Location and size: Southeast Canada and New England, about the size of France
Population: ~8 million
Description of the land: Cold, Rocky, Mountainous Ore Rich area, dotted with areas of heightened population density among the relative wilderness.
History: The New Order was formed by the survivors of the war in the northern North America. The people moved out of the irradiated central US and into parts of Canada. There, the shellshocked and supersticious populace formed into The New Order, a nation formed to keep its citizens safe from whatever disaster might come its way. The fanaticism in evidence is such that a religion was formed in a similar fashion to the Roman theology, with a priesthood dedicated to reading signs and omens and keeping threats away. Life expectancy is unusualy low because of periodic cullings to eliminate any body snatchers or other supposed unknown evils, as well as to eliminate weak genes from the gene pool, strengthening the rest of the nation. Life is highly regulated to keep the people safe. When The New Order of North America was formed, it salvaged as many nuclear warheads  as it could, and began to produce more, justifying that people would be safer if it had them as leverage. It also has a fair space program centered around the Exodus, the fleeing of the New Order to a new planet, where enemies could not find them. The state religion is also the governing body, with a medieval admission system in place. The leader of The New Order is known as the High Revealer. The government has totalitarian control, but all regular citizens are equal. The cullings are justified by the claim that those who are culled are changelings and imposters.

Economy:
   -Primary imports: Food,
   -Primary exports: Minerals, Wood, Technology
   -Most important products: Minerals, Scientific Equipment
   -Natural resources: Abundance of minerals, water, and forests.
   -Distribution of: Agriculture, Commerce, Primary Industry(mines,..), Secondary/Tertiary industry (Factories...)
-Agriculture: 5%
-Commerce: 15%
-Primary Industry: 35%
-Secondary/Tertiary: 45%

People:
    -General voter: No
    -Life expectancy: 40 years
    -Average age= 30 years
    -Education: High
    -HDI: Around .6

Science and technology:
    -Primary focus: Gadgets
    -Major accomplishments: A complete aerial cloaking field, able to protect against the naked eye and modern scanning technology; A comprehensive handheld scanning system.
    -Spaceprogram: Yes

Army:
    -Size: Medium
    -Primary focus: Aerial Vehicles
    -Technology: High
    -Nuclear arsenal: Yes, quite large.

[Weirdsound]

Count me in.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name nation: 80-15-5 Republic
Governemental system: Military Rule with a puppet president and congress
Location and size: Southwestern United States
Population: 34 Million
Description of the land: Named After the US Interstate Highways that formed it's original borders. It includes both the mines of Nevada and the Fertile land of Central California. Although LA and San Fransisco were nuked, the 80-15-5 still controls the the important cities of Reno, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and it's new capitol and main port at San Diego.

Economy:
   -Primary imports: Water, Oil, Steel, Aluminum
   -Primary exports: Food, Minerals, Military Supplies and Services
   -Most important products: Naval and Aerospace Parts, Tourism
   -Natural resources: Gold, Silver, Other Minerals, Oil, Fertile Land

Nearly a quarter of the population live and work in San Deigo where many are employed in the military factories or naval fleet. Another good chunk of people work the farms in central California and the mines in the desert. Las Vegas and Salt Lake City still make a living out of the tourism and service industries.

People:
    -General voter:
    -Life expectancy: 67 Years
    -Average age = 29
    -Education: Public education at the primary level is rather poor, but the best and brightest are shipped off to the Military Academies and Universities, which are very good.
    -HDI: Straddling the border between high and very high

Science and technology:
    -Primary focus: Aerospace
    -Major accomplishments: Hypersonic Fighter/Bomber Drones
    -Spaceprogram: Yes

Army:
    -Size: 6 Million
    -Primary focus: Navy and Airforce
    -Technology: Very High
    -Nuclear arsenal: Y (500 Warheads)

[rabidgam3r]

I'm gonna take a shot at this.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name nation: The Empire
Governemental system: Monarchy, with some of the traits of communism. The Emperor has most believe that he is one of the major players in his holy writings, and his important figures are also believed to be manifestations of the holy forces in the Imperial Writings.
Location and size: Contained within Moscow, if that is not horribadly blown to smithereens.
Population 2 million
Description of the land: Concrete buildings are encountered at every turn. Next to no litter is found on the streets, due to heavy recycling. The people follow the Emperor's orders blindly, and the few that do not succumb to his will are silenced.

Economy:
   -Primary imports: Food
   -Primary exports: Machines, mainly vehicles but also weapons and armor.
   -Most important products: Machinery
   -Natural resources: Metal
   -Distribution of: Agriculture is limited, due to barren land, Commerce is a main focus to acquire food, Mining is a focus as well, And the creation of objects with that metal is also heavily relied on.

People:
    -General voter: Null due to monarchy.
    -Life expectancy: 60-70
    -Average age= 28
    -Education: Not much, but those who succeed in physical and mental training are assigned to the military.
    -HDI .69

Science and technology:
    -Primary focus: The creation of robots and machines.
    -Major accomplishments: A smart-gun, capable of identifying friend or foe, and automated mining systems, capable of harvesting minerals and transporting it back to the city.
    -Spaceprogram Y/N No space program yet.

Army:
    -Size: Rather large
    -Primary focus: Defense and the eradication of traitors.
    -Technology Smart-guns and rather high-tech armor.
    -Nuclear arsenal: Y/N Yes, but only two warheads.

Did I underpower them or anything? I am assuming that everyone starts rather weak.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Um...it's about 2 years after the Apocalypse. Is the Emperor a Legendary Brainwasher?

[rabidgam3r]

Um...it's about 2 years after the Apocalypse. Is the Emperor a Legendary Brainwasher?

Wait, I guess I didn't read the OP right. Two years? Time to change a few characteristics. Also, its part opression, part brainwashing, and those who disagree are silenced, leaving the loyal to pass their beliefs onto their children. Atleast, thats how I see it.

[RulerOfNothing]

Posting to watch.

[10ebbor10]

Um...it's about 2 years after the Apocalypse. Is the Emperor a Legendary Brainwasher?

Actually, it's a bit less even.

Besides that 500 people is a bit little. The world wasn't blown to smithereens after all, only the major cities.

[SilverDragon]

I'll play.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name nation: NEAR (New Eastern Australian Republic)
Governemental system: Republic
Location and size: Mount Isa down to the bottom border of NSW.
Population: 10 Million
Description of the land:  Very wet and flooded, people live in two story buildings with the bottom floor unused. Capital north-east of Birsbane, named Epublis.

Economy:
   -Primary imports: Weapons and tools.
   -Primary exports: Steel, and all types of food.
   -Most important products: Food, and tools.
   -Natural resources: Steel, copper, wood.
   -Distribution of: Agriculture 60%, Commerce 10%, Primary Industry 20%(mines,..), Secondary/Tertiary industry 10% (Factories...)

People:
    -General voter:
    -Life expectancy:45
    -Average age=23-30
    -Education: Middle-class
    -HDI: .78

Science and technology:
    -Primary focus: Agriculture and vehicular.
    -Major accomplishments: Not much of importance.
    -Spaceprogram Yes.

Army:
    -Size: 50000
    -Primary focus: Defence and land based infantry.
    -Technology: Very high powered long ranged rifles.
    -Nuclear arsenal: No.

Looks fun, reaaaaal fun.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Hey, SilverDragon, want to set up a trade relationship between NEAR and the Sky Lords? The Sky Lords would be interested in your minerals, and I'd imagine that solar panels and communication satellite access and such would be useful to them.

[SilverDragon]

I don't see why not, sure!

[rabidgam3r]

Um...it's about 2 years after the Apocalypse. Is the Emperor a Legendary Brainwasher?

Actually, it's a bit less even.

Besides that 500 people is a bit little. The world wasn't blown to smithereens after all, only the major cities.

For some reason thought it was blown to smithereens. Hmm.

[10ebbor10]

Most sheets are fine. Some might require some tweaking, but none to much.

Anyway, the HDI is the human development Index. It's a number ranging from 0 to 1. Higher the better. At the moment, Norway is 0.94, and the worst lingers around 0.4. It's based on education, income and lifeexpectancy.

[SilverDragon]

Okay, I'll go change that now.