Keep in mind Moose that the reason Egypt is as it is in climate is that it's dry. It being colder doesn't meant it'll be more temperate and lush with life.
Like Kazakhstan or the Mongolian Desert, it's just a colder desert. Most of the moisture comes off the Mediterranean, otherwise the rest of the winds come out of the African interior, which aren't necessarily the wettest of winds.
Im talking about the near nile enviroment, the deserts will have to be largely abandoned by people since they will only become worse.
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Background: As the northern world began to freeze, the Nordic countries found themselves forced to adapt. There were few so painfully effected by the man made ice age, but there were also few so ready. Emergency sessions brought an agreement between the governments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden that their governments would pool their resources in order to form a more tightly bonded polity. Each government would maintain soverignty while working in order to ensure the other members continued to exist.
It grew colder. A new collection of city systems were built that allowed for those Nordic people who refused to leave their homeland to continue to survive. Ice breaker ships were built in order to traverse the Baltic, keeping desperately important trade routes open Hydroponic farms were constructed in the new cities, and into the earth below.
Despite this, temperatures continued to plummet, and a permanent layer of snow soon covered the peninsula. Soon, the governments became little more then local bureaucracies, their power rarely stretching past the larger cities. Several went rogue, while others simply disappeared. By 2045, Finland is almost entirely silent.
Some did not adapt to even the city systems. Hard men and women still live in the frozen waste, surviving off of ice fishing or hunting the animals that thrive in the arctic environment.
As lawlessness conquers law, a disturbing new trend has appeared. Desperate for resources, outlaws have captured and reoutfitted old cargo vessels. Armed to the teeth, this new generation of vikings raid the coasts of the weakened north. Gold and silver is not their choice plunder, however, as they find themselves driven by the promise of food and water.
Is Scandinavia the new norm; a wild place where those few who survive resemble tribes and city states more then they do the nations of old? Or is it just a hiccup in a surviving world; a tragedy that needs to be cleansed?
What the rest of the world decides could very well decide that destiny.
I want to say "nuh" because you have three in one. But then you also go in and silence most of it, making it probably irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
I also know you enough that you could do some bending idea and make it fit wonderfully.
Speaking of that I intend to start with Eygpt being in an alliance with Lybia, Isreal, Tunisia, and South Sudan.
The alliance is composed of the more tolerant and moderate nations that resulted from the 2010-???? rebellions.
Its not actually a single nation just an alliance i had thought up.
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Background: Cold. True cold. This was not a concept new to Russia, especially to those living in the North, who endured as low as -71ºC, even before any of this happened. Needless to say, those areas might as well be frozen graveyards now. The Russian government does not know their official status, but it is safe to assume that life there no longer exists.
When the cold began to hit, it was simply passed off as an early winter, but when things just kept getting worse and worse, even after the winter months, it began to be taken more seriously. People living further North, and even some in the Southern half, were being advised to stock up on food, keep plenty of blankets and warm clothes on hand, keep animals indoors and maintain a healthy supply of firewood. At first, this worked out fine, but then things just got worse.
By the time scientists began to spout their theories, the Russians were already receiving reports of people freezing to death, and others being lost out in the blizzards. The Northern seas were beginning to freeze over, becoming nothing more than extensions of the Northern ice sheets. A program had already been set in place, and the military set to begin evacuating people to the South, if they were willing to leave their homes. Needless to say, this caused large population boosts in many places across Southern Russia.
For years, homeless people flooded streets all across Russia as accommodations were made for each of them. Some eventually just gave up, and returned to their homes in the North, while others, tired of waiting, went off and built their own homes in small villages, or simply in the middle of nowhere. Even so, overpopulation in the South became a problem. Because of this, the government stopped the evacuations, and even began to station soldiers on various major roads, to prevent people access to the South. Of course, this led to violence, both at the roadblocks and in the South, as families were kept apart, and people being forced to live in an inhospitable environment.
But it was all the government could do.
As time continued, major Russian cities such as Moscow, St Petersburg and especially Volgograd became major metropolises, bordering on the scale of modern-day Tokyo in Japan. While there were benefits to this, it also meant that less people were working farms, which resulted in a large-scale food crisis, on top of the dwindling water supplies that the entire world was starting to take notice of.
In a drastic move, Russia declared war on Ukraine, in order to take their farmland to sustain the Russian population. This resulted on what could be a borderline genocide of the Ukrainian people, as taking their land to sustain Russia wouldn't do them very good if they had to keep the Ukrainians alive and well, as well.
Within two years, Russia had ended the war in a victory, with almost 50 percent of the population of Ukraine dead. In the two-year war, Russia had cut off all supplies into Ukraine from other countries, as well as having their fleet in the Black Sea attack any Ukrainian fishing ships that tried to set sail. Most of this was kept under the radar, and when it actually got out, it didn't seem the rest of Europe had much of a reaction. They had their own problems.
Eventually, Russia ended the Northern roadblocks, but by that time, most people had either died, or given up on the government, adapting to the life in the North as best they could. Supplies were never attempted to be brought North, and soon the territories were considered Russian only in name, as their government didn't even know how many people were still alive up there.
Now, Russia is living as comfortably as they possibly can in the environment, though, that's not to say there haven't been difficulties along the way. The water crisis has caused the Russians to consider drastic measures once again, such as cutting off the flow of rivers running through Russia and into other countries such as Kazakhstan, in order to ensure that all water enters the hands of Russians. Though, this would only be a temporary measure, while plans to retake control of the North were made, in order to attempt farming water from the Northern glacial ice.
Despite losing the North, Russia refuses to simply lay on their backs, and let the cold, or, as they call it, the "Temno- Zima" take them. Ways to survive effectively in the extreme North are being thought of by the greatest minds the country has to offer, while military hardware continues to be produced, as Russia is certain they will eventually be looked at the same way they looked at Ukraine. Times are desperate, and desperate people do desperate things. The Russians are doing their best to make sure they are ready to fight back against these people. No matter the cost, Russia will stand strong. No matter the cost...
Russia will survive.
!!!(I'll omit the part below this if your vikings have not actually started raiding yet, or at least to the extent that the Russians would feel threatened.)!!!
And then, of course, there is the rising threat to Russias West, as the Scandinavians begin to return to their roots, and reports of "Viking raids" have been sent from the Baltic countries, as well as Russias own Kaliningrad Oblast. It is being treated as a simple rumour for the time being, but is something the government is considering looking into.
Background: Japan watched the world collapse in the late 2020s, feeling the world get cold around them. The winter became longer, snow falling in more months than before. The resources began to dry up as the nations backing Japan grew feeble. America in particular was overextended in the Middle East, fighting over oil reserves. Japan was increasingly faced with the prospect of being left alone with resource-starved China on its doorstep. The early 2030s were characterized by intense political debate in the face of a cooling world and the tapering of resources in Japan. Some wanted to band together with other nations to try and weather the oncoming storm. Others pushed for regime change - the Communist Party in particular gained steam in 2032, threatening the current government. However, imperialism was quickly growing in popularity amongst the Japanese, who did not remember the horrors of the Japanese Empire of a hundred years prior.
The world was going to war in 2030. France began to invade Switzerland. It became evident that nations were fending for themselves, and that only fueled public opinion of imperialism in Japan. The democratic government was becoming weak and ineffective at resolving the crises that plagued the nation. People wanted change. And that change was sparked by China. In 2035, China began to invade in a desperate attempt to secure Japanese resources and capital to keep their Western-dependent economy alive for just a little longer. Japanese-Chinese tensions, existing for hundreds of years and recently increased in the 21st century, had reached the flashpoint. Japan and China began to war, with meager support Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Naval vessels clashed in the Sea of Japan, while the Korean peninsula became a battlefield. Japan eventually defeated the rapidly-withering Chinese military, but not without their own heavy losses. With the smoke settling by 2038, Japan was embroiled in its own tensions.
Conservative Imperialists argued against the Communists: they needed to expand out now. Only a hardline, almost fascist government could adequately prepare Japan for the future. It needed reforms not unlike Germany and Japan during the Second World War. But the Communists refused to budge, and in 2039 the two parties had become polarized. In June, a state of emergency was declared by the effectively-useless democratic government: Japan was now at war with itself. Imperialists and Communists picked up arms and warred for a year, while the Imperialists came out on top in late 2039. Now with a clear loss, the Communists fled towards refuges in inland China. The Second Empire of Japan was now in effect as the democratic government fled in the face of the coup, abdicating to the newly-crowned Emperor Hisahito of Akishino and his aide, General Kenta Tanaka. They went to work quickly, encouraging industrial and manufacturing growth with fascist economic policies. All the while, they began to increase the size of their military. They eyed the Pacific.
2043 marked the official start of Japanese colonialism, as missiles landed on strategic targets in Manilla. On the morning of May 20th, Japan was the new power in the Pacific again. Troops landed on Filipino beaches, while the government stood its ground. But the blitzkrieg of amphibious landings was not able to be resisted for long: the Philippines capitulated within five months, unable to mount more than token resistance against the Japanese. By 2044, the Japanese flag flew over the country. The first possession of the new empire. As the country celebrated its bright future, warships crossed the Pacific to carry out mostly ceremonial invasions of historical islands like Midway and Wake and Guam. These, long since abandoned by the US, would be used to project power in lieu of aircraft carriers. And the Japanese were still not sated by their desire for resources and power. Like a hundred years prior, they turned their eyes to other possessions. Indochina, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Korea. The Japanese military swelled with patriotic young supporters of the government, as well as conscripts from the Philippines.
2045. The dawning Empire of the Rising Sun spread its light across the Asiatic world.
Location: I posted a map. Just nix Indonesia and Taiwan on that, I guess.
Sorry guys iam at about 700 words of bio on my Eygpt app and am not close to done so ill be a while.
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Ogey, here's the map plus Canmerica (not the actual name, ofc). Had to f*ck around with the provincial/state borders a bit, so they may look a tiny bit darker in colour, same with the ocean. Photoshop and paint were being annoying, so I had to slightly darken the whole thing to render the borders visible.
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"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement."~Winston Churchill
Background:Close to the beginning of the century in the 2011 revolution taking place the amidst the backdrop of the Arab Spring promised the end of a brutal era with Hosni Mubarak being sent to prison and democratic elections being pushed through in mere months. Yet with all things fast and easy little could have been expected to work out, the Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood was the only party ready for an election, while the moderate majority was picking up the pieces the Brotherhood under Mohamad Morsi suddenly took power in the first election. Needless to say this election was so fast that few could have been prepared. After a humiliating rule where the Morsi government changed nothing and enforced rules as harsh as the former Mubarak regime had it was ousted by the Military with the overwhelming support of the people in 2013.
The period of instability and clashes continued in Egypt between moderates and radicals for the next three years. During these years the military instated an acting president and worked on restructuring a new government and constitution, though many would grow impatient with these change the trial and sentencing of Mohamad Morsi to life in prison for the crimes he committed in office during the second year of transitional rule appeased many people, while infuriating the radicals and the Muslim Brotherhood. The transitional years were generally stable with a small spike in terrorist actions after the sentencing of Morsi. It was at the end of the three years that a new election took place, now prepared and with the significant weakening of the Muslim Brotherhood under military rule the moderate masses elected a fiercely democratic and liberal government into office. By 2020 Egypt’s economy was booming and its military along with its populace had massively embraced western ideas, the four years of peace that had allowed this were made possible by a strong effort between Israel, Libya, and Tunisia working to weaken Islamist organizations that had plagued the area. By 2021 Egypt’s suspension from the African union was lifted but Egypt promptly took the opportunity along with Libya and Tunisia to withdraw citing corruption within the organization and formed the new LMA or Lower Mediterranean Alliance. This action was taken by the democratic nations as an attempt to distance themselves from the idea of poor Africa and Islamic terrorism that had only grown worse in the Middle East.
At this point alliance held strong ties with Israel but was strongly opposed to the treatment of Palestine, however with the soon noticed decline in global temperatures in 2026 Israel reached a sudden peace with Palestine in an attempt to put themselves in a position where they could be ready for a rapidly destabilizing world and align themselves with the LMA that was soon showing itself to be stable in the face of a breaking world. In 2028 Israel was admitted to the LMA, however this same year proved to a decisive moment for the Organization. Sudan invaded Egypt in an attempt to seize the valuable Aswan dam, a move that was found supported by Saudi Arabia. So began the war of the Red Sea. Sudan’s army proved dated and was quickly destroyed by the combined forces of Egypt and Israel with logistic support from Libya and Tunisia, the small part of the Aswan dam’s basin in the form of Lake Nubia and Wadi Halfa on Sudan’s side was seized in the first three months of hostilities. However the real war began when Saudi forces landed on Egypt’s beaches, their eyes set on Cairo. The breach in defenses was possible due to the over
commitment on seizing lake Nubia. Saudi forces captured Hurghada and drove up the coastline; however the Egyptian and Israeli navies prepared a trap at Suez, a vital area to capture should an attempt on Cairo be possible. The Saudi forces were met with massive bombardment when they moved in range of the city, forced to retreat they were horrified to learn in the time it took them to reach Suez the LMA coalition army had retaken Hurghada and was move moving upward towards them. Caught between a massive naval force and a large army the Saudi forces tried to escape mainland Egypt at Ras Ghareb. The Saudi navy tried desperately to evacuate, but with no formal armistice the LMA coalition naval force sunk almost the entire Saudi force in the battle of the Gulf of Suez.
In one year Israel has solidified its place in the alliance through vital aid in a time of war, and with newfound hatred toward the Saudi nation among all but the Sudanese in the region Israel found itself at peace, even with Palestine who would be accepted as a formal nation within the alliance in 2030. However at this time the world had gone to hell, the temperatures were dropping quickly and the gains from the War in terms of making sovereign right over Aswan dam basin were invaluable as it was a huge source of fresh water for the nations of the Alliance. However those gains were not without issues, Saudi Arabia gained the support of Iran and the finally stabilized Syria and made the IA, or Islamic Alliance. The more moderate and western LMA has found itself in a cold war, however they knew without a source of true fresh water Saudi Arabia would not last.
As the world descended into madness and Europe either froze of became a battleground in the 2030’s the LMA looked to self-dependence, working on many nuclear reactors powered by uranium deposits found in Egypt in 2013 as a replacement as oil was running thin. Hydroponic farms were built en mass and cities around coasts and water rich areas swelled as the deserts grew dryer. Soon the LMA had the military power and the self-sufficient nature to survive, so in 2041 the Suez Canal was sealed to ships refusing to pay a toll of 10% of their cargo, the world was weak and few did anything to stop it. In 2042 Cyrpus found itself without allies as Europe descended into chaos and with long time enemy Turkey on its doorstep, it offered to join the LMA in exchange for help securing the entire Island from Turkey. The LMA needed a link to Europe and obliged, Turkey was little interested in war with the LMA and finally pulled its military forces out of Cyrpus, a link to Europe was found and the independent nations of the alliances had accomplished their goals for the near future.
Little has changed and by 2045 and the LMA, Egypt among them is in a state of peace, however the IA looms on the horizon and tensions over the Suez remain ever present.
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The history is based on Egypt and the Alliance, to introduce both ideas, all nations in it are still independent though.
It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
I'm not very sure, having sat down and discussed it with Googer at least. Though the alliance with Tunisia and Libya would be acceptable, a sudden random inclusion of Isreal more-or-less voids the rough relationship both nations have even after the Yom Kippur/Seven Days War.
Egypt is the type of state that has to continually hide is archaeological digs to keep Israel from making territorial claims on the Sinai territory again.
Not to mention a Sunni nations deciding to randomly team up with a Shia nation (Saudi Arabia-Iran) to try and beat up someone else traditionally on the Sunni side of the balance of power.
I was citing the relations based on increased western influence in Egypt, remember the majority of the working force wouldn't have even been born during that war since this is 2026/2028 and would have enjoyed peace with Israel for the majority if not all of their lives. Increased western influence would also have meant increased Israeli influence so that has to be factored in. In 2026 Palestine and Israel reached a state of peace under mounting issues in the world so the biggest contention point in the 2000-2013 period was erased (Sinai issues have been small recently, Gaza has drawn most of the attention)
Of course i can write another rpp if that seems to unbelievable.
Also I didn't know Arabia and Iran were that opposite, i can easily write that out.
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Both of them also got the Tigris and Euphrates to contend over, and there wouldn't be much reason for them to roll into Egypt.
You're also undervaluing the Sinai Insurgents who could just as easily promote renewed conflict in the region by poking the bee hive that is Isreal. And despite several crackdowns by the Egyptian government and multiple stages those Bedouin insurgents there haven't simply disappeared.
There's also the overlook and evaluation on whether or not a military restoration is actually the fix-all Egypt needs, since it sends them back to square one. As I've heard/read in analysis on the situation: Egypt is hardly done or even in the middle-tier legs of fixing itself, and it probably will not end in three simple years: especially with the world economy starting to decline at around that period from the non-water related shortages.
Really, I feel its stability for the sake of stability and being the good guy in some attempt at grabbing for some higher position to game from. Or to be perfect. At least Russia performed a second Holdomor.
The stability was just so that an alliance became more feasible.
Idk i can redo it all
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It has been since time immemorial that man has looked to the stars in wonder, so I ask you, how can going to them be anything but an extension of a will older than any of us? It is our very nature to discover, and to lust for knowledge, you accept this but doubt the nobility of working to the stars?
Honestly, if you want Israel to be tied to Egypt, you should just say Egypt invaded and took it over. From all my research on Israel/Palestine for Precipice, Egypt would be far-from siding with Israel, unless Palestine won the war, as well as getting some, if not all of, their land back. Mainly because, from what I've read, at least, Egyptians take on the view of the war being more of a long-term ethnic cleansing/genocide.
If you want, since Russia sides with Palestine in the real world right now, and most likely wouldn't change that over the time gap in the RP, you can go ahead and say that Russia helped Egypt take Palestine/Israel while the world was focusing on their own problems. Because I honestly can't really see Egypt suddenly becoming Israels friend with their current opinion on the state.
Just felt the need to speak up since I've read, and am still reading, so much on the state of things for Precipice. ;p
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ - One of the quickest reads on the subject. Not the best, but it gives rough details, while still being small enough for a quick read. Essentially, just proof showing that, even if the conflict publicly ended, it would probably just continue in the background, until there were no more Palestinians in Israel. Which Egypt wouldn't like too much.
Really, I feel its stability for the sake of stability and being the good guy in some attempt at grabbing for some higher position to game from. Or to be perfect. At least Russia performed a second Holdomor.
And even then, Russia isn't too stable. Considering they don't really have the actual ability to even send people to their Northern territories, and had to keep people out, essentially killing off part of their own population, while taking no record. It's pretty much resorting to drastic measures, some morally wrong, even, to keep themselves "stable".
Like Kazakhstan or the Mongolian Desert, it's just a colder desert. Most of the moisture comes off the Mediterranean, otherwise the rest of the winds come out of the African interior, which aren't necessarily the wettest of winds.
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Background: As the northern world began to freeze, the Nordic countries found themselves forced to adapt. There were few so painfully effected by the man made ice age, but there were also few so ready. Emergency sessions brought an agreement between the governments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden that their governments would pool their resources in order to form a more tightly bonded polity. Each government would maintain soverignty while working in order to ensure the other members continued to exist.
It grew colder. A new collection of city systems were built that allowed for those Nordic people who refused to leave their homeland to continue to survive. Ice breaker ships were built in order to traverse the Baltic, keeping desperately important trade routes open Hydroponic farms were constructed in the new cities, and into the earth below.
Despite this, temperatures continued to plummet, and a permanent layer of snow soon covered the peninsula. Soon, the governments became little more then local bureaucracies, their power rarely stretching past the larger cities. Several went rogue, while others simply disappeared. By 2045, Finland is almost entirely silent.
Some did not adapt to even the city systems. Hard men and women still live in the frozen waste, surviving off of ice fishing or hunting the animals that thrive in the arctic environment.
As lawlessness conquers law, a disturbing new trend has appeared. Desperate for resources, outlaws have captured and reoutfitted old cargo vessels. Armed to the teeth, this new generation of vikings raid the coasts of the weakened north. Gold and silver is not their choice plunder, however, as they find themselves driven by the promise of food and water.
Is Scandinavia the new norm; a wild place where those few who survive resemble tribes and city states more then they do the nations of old? Or is it just a hiccup in a surviving world; a tragedy that needs to be cleansed?
What the rest of the world decides could very well decide that destiny.
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I also know you enough that you could do some bending idea and make it fit wonderfully.
Sure, why the Hell not.
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The alliance is composed of the more tolerant and moderate nations that resulted from the 2010-???? rebellions.
Its not actually a single nation just an alliance i had thought up.
Nation: Russia
Background: Cold. True cold. This was not a concept new to Russia, especially to those living in the North, who endured as low as -71ºC, even before any of this happened. Needless to say, those areas might as well be frozen graveyards now. The Russian government does not know their official status, but it is safe to assume that life there no longer exists.
When the cold began to hit, it was simply passed off as an early winter, but when things just kept getting worse and worse, even after the winter months, it began to be taken more seriously. People living further North, and even some in the Southern half, were being advised to stock up on food, keep plenty of blankets and warm clothes on hand, keep animals indoors and maintain a healthy supply of firewood. At first, this worked out fine, but then things just got worse.
By the time scientists began to spout their theories, the Russians were already receiving reports of people freezing to death, and others being lost out in the blizzards. The Northern seas were beginning to freeze over, becoming nothing more than extensions of the Northern ice sheets. A program had already been set in place, and the military set to begin evacuating people to the South, if they were willing to leave their homes. Needless to say, this caused large population boosts in many places across Southern Russia.
For years, homeless people flooded streets all across Russia as accommodations were made for each of them. Some eventually just gave up, and returned to their homes in the North, while others, tired of waiting, went off and built their own homes in small villages, or simply in the middle of nowhere. Even so, overpopulation in the South became a problem. Because of this, the government stopped the evacuations, and even began to station soldiers on various major roads, to prevent people access to the South. Of course, this led to violence, both at the roadblocks and in the South, as families were kept apart, and people being forced to live in an inhospitable environment.
But it was all the government could do.
As time continued, major Russian cities such as Moscow, St Petersburg and especially Volgograd became major metropolises, bordering on the scale of modern-day Tokyo in Japan. While there were benefits to this, it also meant that less people were working farms, which resulted in a large-scale food crisis, on top of the dwindling water supplies that the entire world was starting to take notice of.
In a drastic move, Russia declared war on Ukraine, in order to take their farmland to sustain the Russian population. This resulted on what could be a borderline genocide of the Ukrainian people, as taking their land to sustain Russia wouldn't do them very good if they had to keep the Ukrainians alive and well, as well.
Within two years, Russia had ended the war in a victory, with almost 50 percent of the population of Ukraine dead. In the two-year war, Russia had cut off all supplies into Ukraine from other countries, as well as having their fleet in the Black Sea attack any Ukrainian fishing ships that tried to set sail. Most of this was kept under the radar, and when it actually got out, it didn't seem the rest of Europe had much of a reaction. They had their own problems.
Eventually, Russia ended the Northern roadblocks, but by that time, most people had either died, or given up on the government, adapting to the life in the North as best they could. Supplies were never attempted to be brought North, and soon the territories were considered Russian only in name, as their government didn't even know how many people were still alive up there.
Now, Russia is living as comfortably as they possibly can in the environment, though, that's not to say there haven't been difficulties along the way. The water crisis has caused the Russians to consider drastic measures once again, such as cutting off the flow of rivers running through Russia and into other countries such as Kazakhstan, in order to ensure that all water enters the hands of Russians. Though, this would only be a temporary measure, while plans to retake control of the North were made, in order to attempt farming water from the Northern glacial ice.
Despite losing the North, Russia refuses to simply lay on their backs, and let the cold, or, as they call it, the "Temno- Zima" take them. Ways to survive effectively in the extreme North are being thought of by the greatest minds the country has to offer, while military hardware continues to be produced, as Russia is certain they will eventually be looked at the same way they looked at Ukraine. Times are desperate, and desperate people do desperate things. The Russians are doing their best to make sure they are ready to fight back against these people. No matter the cost, Russia will stand strong. No matter the cost...
Russia will survive.
!!!(I'll omit the part below this if your vikings have not actually started raiding yet, or at least to the extent that the Russians would feel threatened.)!!!
And then, of course, there is the rising threat to Russias West, as the Scandinavians begin to return to their roots, and reports of "Viking raids" have been sent from the Baltic countries, as well as Russias own Kaliningrad Oblast. It is being treated as a simple rumour for the time being, but is something the government is considering looking into.
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I could be wrong though, but at least when it comes to Siberia, all those rivers go north.
And accepted.
I'll begin working on the map later today.
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Background: Japan watched the world collapse in the late 2020s, feeling the world get cold around them. The winter became longer, snow falling in more months than before. The resources began to dry up as the nations backing Japan grew feeble. America in particular was overextended in the Middle East, fighting over oil reserves. Japan was increasingly faced with the prospect of being left alone with resource-starved China on its doorstep. The early 2030s were characterized by intense political debate in the face of a cooling world and the tapering of resources in Japan. Some wanted to band together with other nations to try and weather the oncoming storm. Others pushed for regime change - the Communist Party in particular gained steam in 2032, threatening the current government. However, imperialism was quickly growing in popularity amongst the Japanese, who did not remember the horrors of the Japanese Empire of a hundred years prior.
The world was going to war in 2030. France began to invade Switzerland. It became evident that nations were fending for themselves, and that only fueled public opinion of imperialism in Japan. The democratic government was becoming weak and ineffective at resolving the crises that plagued the nation. People wanted change. And that change was sparked by China. In 2035, China began to invade in a desperate attempt to secure Japanese resources and capital to keep their Western-dependent economy alive for just a little longer. Japanese-Chinese tensions, existing for hundreds of years and recently increased in the 21st century, had reached the flashpoint. Japan and China began to war, with meager support Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Naval vessels clashed in the Sea of Japan, while the Korean peninsula became a battlefield. Japan eventually defeated the rapidly-withering Chinese military, but not without their own heavy losses. With the smoke settling by 2038, Japan was embroiled in its own tensions.
Conservative Imperialists argued against the Communists: they needed to expand out now. Only a hardline, almost fascist government could adequately prepare Japan for the future. It needed reforms not unlike Germany and Japan during the Second World War. But the Communists refused to budge, and in 2039 the two parties had become polarized. In June, a state of emergency was declared by the effectively-useless democratic government: Japan was now at war with itself. Imperialists and Communists picked up arms and warred for a year, while the Imperialists came out on top in late 2039. Now with a clear loss, the Communists fled towards refuges in inland China. The Second Empire of Japan was now in effect as the democratic government fled in the face of the coup, abdicating to the newly-crowned Emperor Hisahito of Akishino and his aide, General Kenta Tanaka. They went to work quickly, encouraging industrial and manufacturing growth with fascist economic policies. All the while, they began to increase the size of their military. They eyed the Pacific.
2043 marked the official start of Japanese colonialism, as missiles landed on strategic targets in Manilla. On the morning of May 20th, Japan was the new power in the Pacific again. Troops landed on Filipino beaches, while the government stood its ground. But the blitzkrieg of amphibious landings was not able to be resisted for long: the Philippines capitulated within five months, unable to mount more than token resistance against the Japanese. By 2044, the Japanese flag flew over the country. The first possession of the new empire. As the country celebrated its bright future, warships crossed the Pacific to carry out mostly ceremonial invasions of historical islands like Midway and Wake and Guam. These, long since abandoned by the US, would be used to project power in lieu of aircraft carriers. And the Japanese were still not sated by their desire for resources and power. Like a hundred years prior, they turned their eyes to other possessions. Indochina, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Korea. The Japanese military swelled with patriotic young supporters of the government, as well as conscripts from the Philippines.
2045. The dawning Empire of the Rising Sun spread its light across the Asiatic world.
Location: I posted a map. Just nix Indonesia and Taiwan on that, I guess.
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Nation/Group name/Individual: Egyptian Republic
Background:Close to the beginning of the century in the 2011 revolution taking place the amidst the backdrop of the Arab Spring promised the end of a brutal era with Hosni Mubarak being sent to prison and democratic elections being pushed through in mere months. Yet with all things fast and easy little could have been expected to work out, the Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood was the only party ready for an election, while the moderate majority was picking up the pieces the Brotherhood under Mohamad Morsi suddenly took power in the first election. Needless to say this election was so fast that few could have been prepared. After a humiliating rule where the Morsi government changed nothing and enforced rules as harsh as the former Mubarak regime had it was ousted by the Military with the overwhelming support of the people in 2013.
The period of instability and clashes continued in Egypt between moderates and radicals for the next three years. During these years the military instated an acting president and worked on restructuring a new government and constitution, though many would grow impatient with these change the trial and sentencing of Mohamad Morsi to life in prison for the crimes he committed in office during the second year of transitional rule appeased many people, while infuriating the radicals and the Muslim Brotherhood. The transitional years were generally stable with a small spike in terrorist actions after the sentencing of Morsi. It was at the end of the three years that a new election took place, now prepared and with the significant weakening of the Muslim Brotherhood under military rule the moderate masses elected a fiercely democratic and liberal government into office. By 2020 Egypt’s economy was booming and its military along with its populace had massively embraced western ideas, the four years of peace that had allowed this were made possible by a strong effort between Israel, Libya, and Tunisia working to weaken Islamist organizations that had plagued the area. By 2021 Egypt’s suspension from the African union was lifted but Egypt promptly took the opportunity along with Libya and Tunisia to withdraw citing corruption within the organization and formed the new LMA or Lower Mediterranean Alliance. This action was taken by the democratic nations as an attempt to distance themselves from the idea of poor Africa and Islamic terrorism that had only grown worse in the Middle East.
At this point alliance held strong ties with Israel but was strongly opposed to the treatment of Palestine, however with the soon noticed decline in global temperatures in 2026 Israel reached a sudden peace with Palestine in an attempt to put themselves in a position where they could be ready for a rapidly destabilizing world and align themselves with the LMA that was soon showing itself to be stable in the face of a breaking world. In 2028 Israel was admitted to the LMA, however this same year proved to a decisive moment for the Organization. Sudan invaded Egypt in an attempt to seize the valuable Aswan dam, a move that was found supported by Saudi Arabia. So began the war of the Red Sea. Sudan’s army proved dated and was quickly destroyed by the combined forces of Egypt and Israel with logistic support from Libya and Tunisia, the small part of the Aswan dam’s basin in the form of Lake Nubia and Wadi Halfa on Sudan’s side was seized in the first three months of hostilities. However the real war began when Saudi forces landed on Egypt’s beaches, their eyes set on Cairo. The breach in defenses was possible due to the over
commitment on seizing lake Nubia. Saudi forces captured Hurghada and drove up the coastline; however the Egyptian and Israeli navies prepared a trap at Suez, a vital area to capture should an attempt on Cairo be possible. The Saudi forces were met with massive bombardment when they moved in range of the city, forced to retreat they were horrified to learn in the time it took them to reach Suez the LMA coalition army had retaken Hurghada and was move moving upward towards them. Caught between a massive naval force and a large army the Saudi forces tried to escape mainland Egypt at Ras Ghareb. The Saudi navy tried desperately to evacuate, but with no formal armistice the LMA coalition naval force sunk almost the entire Saudi force in the battle of the Gulf of Suez.
In one year Israel has solidified its place in the alliance through vital aid in a time of war, and with newfound hatred toward the Saudi nation among all but the Sudanese in the region Israel found itself at peace, even with Palestine who would be accepted as a formal nation within the alliance in 2030. However at this time the world had gone to hell, the temperatures were dropping quickly and the gains from the War in terms of making sovereign right over Aswan dam basin were invaluable as it was a huge source of fresh water for the nations of the Alliance. However those gains were not without issues, Saudi Arabia gained the support of Iran and the finally stabilized Syria and made the IA, or Islamic Alliance. The more moderate and western LMA has found itself in a cold war, however they knew without a source of true fresh water Saudi Arabia would not last.
As the world descended into madness and Europe either froze of became a battleground in the 2030’s the LMA looked to self-dependence, working on many nuclear reactors powered by uranium deposits found in Egypt in 2013 as a replacement as oil was running thin. Hydroponic farms were built en mass and cities around coasts and water rich areas swelled as the deserts grew dryer. Soon the LMA had the military power and the self-sufficient nature to survive, so in 2041 the Suez Canal was sealed to ships refusing to pay a toll of 10% of their cargo, the world was weak and few did anything to stop it. In 2042 Cyrpus found itself without allies as Europe descended into chaos and with long time enemy Turkey on its doorstep, it offered to join the LMA in exchange for help securing the entire Island from Turkey. The LMA needed a link to Europe and obliged, Turkey was little interested in war with the LMA and finally pulled its military forces out of Cyrpus, a link to Europe was found and the independent nations of the alliances had accomplished their goals for the near future.
Little has changed and by 2045 and the LMA, Egypt among them is in a state of peace, however the IA looms on the horizon and tensions over the Suez remain ever present.
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The history is based on Egypt and the Alliance, to introduce both ideas, all nations in it are still independent though.
Egypt is the type of state that has to continually hide is archaeological digs to keep Israel from making territorial claims on the Sinai territory again.
Not to mention a Sunni nations deciding to randomly team up with a Shia nation (Saudi Arabia-Iran) to try and beat up someone else traditionally on the Sunni side of the balance of power.
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Of course i can write another rpp if that seems to unbelievable.
Also I didn't know Arabia and Iran were that opposite, i can easily write that out.
You're also undervaluing the Sinai Insurgents who could just as easily promote renewed conflict in the region by poking the bee hive that is Isreal. And despite several crackdowns by the Egyptian government and multiple stages those Bedouin insurgents there haven't simply disappeared.
There's also the overlook and evaluation on whether or not a military restoration is actually the fix-all Egypt needs, since it sends them back to square one. As I've heard/read in analysis on the situation: Egypt is hardly done or even in the middle-tier legs of fixing itself, and it probably will not end in three simple years: especially with the world economy starting to decline at around that period from the non-water related shortages.
Really, I feel its stability for the sake of stability and being the good guy in some attempt at grabbing for some higher position to game from. Or to be perfect. At least Russia performed a second Holdomor.
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If you want, since Russia sides with Palestine in the real world right now, and most likely wouldn't change that over the time gap in the RP, you can go ahead and say that Russia helped Egypt take Palestine/Israel while the world was focusing on their own problems. Because I honestly can't really see Egypt suddenly becoming Israels friend with their current opinion on the state.
Just felt the need to speak up since I've read, and am still reading, so much on the state of things for Precipice. ;p
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ - One of the quickest reads on the subject. Not the best, but it gives rough details, while still being small enough for a quick read. Essentially, just proof showing that, even if the conflict publicly ended, it would probably just continue in the background, until there were no more Palestinians in Israel. Which Egypt wouldn't like too much.
And even then, Russia isn't too stable. Considering they don't really have the actual ability to even send people to their Northern territories, and had to keep people out, essentially killing off part of their own population, while taking no record. It's pretty much resorting to drastic measures, some morally wrong, even, to keep themselves "stable".