Fallen Kingdom (Map Game)

Fallen kingdom
''Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States of America found itself the worlds sole superpower. One day it too will fall. Who will fill the gap it leaves?''

It is the morning of the 3rd of June, 2023. The sun is shining over Wyoming. For two weeks geologists have been warning of strange seismic activity in the Yellowstone National Park, though they say nothing major could happen for months to come. They were wrong.

By the time the sun sets over California, no survivors in the state can see it through the clouds of volcanic ash covering half of North America. The Yellowstone Supervolcano has erupted, and the world is forever changed.

The remainder of the year sees global temperatures drop and crop failures as the sun is blocked out by a cloud of ash, developing countries suffer even worse hardship, as even wealthy countries prepare for the oncoming famine, caused as much by a collapse of the global economy as agricultural failures. Now it is 2024-a new year.

The State Of The World
The western USA has become uninhabitable, buried beneath a choking layer of ash, the USA still exists on the East coast, as does Canada, however both are now having to face the largest refugee crisis in history. A state of martial law has been declared with the remaining US military forces enforcing the law across America. Meanwhile, Alaska has seceded from the union. Mexico has erupted into civil war between government forces and an alliance of several cartels, calling itself "Frente de Liberación de México". The regions under cartel control have become places of almost pure kleptocracy.

In South America, Brazil still has not fully recovered from a heavily contested election in 2022. President Bolsonaro's narrow victory has been widely disputed. Perhaps it is these domestic troubles that have caused him to look towards an external enemy, as he denounces France's continued control of French Guiana, seemingly preparing for war.

Across the pond, relations in the EU have become strained by the Belgian occupation of Luxemborg, following the collapse of the latter’s government. France and Italy oppose this action, while it is supported by Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. France is also in a precarious situation, with socialists taking to the streets to protest against the government following the collapse of the global economy. They are once again on the brink of revolution. Comparatively, the UK has managed to perform surprisingly well economically, but the Scots yearn for independence.

Tensions are at breaking point in the Middle East, with only one thing preventing full scale war; a statement from the Israeli prime minister blatantly threatening the use of nuclear weapons against any country that attacks them.

Tensions are perhaps just as high in East Asia, between China and North Korea; and South Korea, Japan and the remainder of US forces in the region. South, the Myanmar Civil War will surely now see a Tatmadaw victory without US intervention, though how long that will take could be anyone's guess.

Finally, in Africa, Egyptian forces have been building up on the Sudanese border, as well as along the border with Israel. Several African nations have collapsed completely, including Lesotho and Swaziland which were quickly occupied by South Africa which has found itself as one of the most powerful nations on a continent who’s affairs are now unlikely to be noticed by the rest of a stricken world.

Rules

 * Be Nice, Be Respectful
 * Be plausible
 * Creator’s word is law
 * If you are inactive for 3 turns, your nation will become mod controlled regarding diplomacy
 * If you are inactive for 8 turns your nation will become free for others to take
 * Turns will start every 24-72 hours
 * If the creator goes 72 hours without a new turn, any other mod may start the next turn
 * Feel free to ask questions about your nation
 * Mods are able to create random events and will represent a NPC nation (i.e. Mongolia isn't going to sign its land over to Pakistan or something stupid like that), Mods also help to make that implausible stuff doesn't happen
 * Diplomacy is not to be carried out in the comments
 * Every 25 years are to be archived to limit the amount scrolling that needs to be done to get to the latest year
 * Not a rule, but feel free to ask about the state of your nation in the comments

Moderators
Mod 2: ???
 * Head Mod/Creator: 21Mercbl
 * Map Mod: ???
 * Mod 1: ???

Players
United States of America (USA) : TheFutureAwaits

Independent Republic of Alaska (IRA) : Bingers