The Resource Wars (The New Era)

The Resource Wars were a collection of battles, annexations and scrambles for the last remaining resources. There was no clear cut "bad guy" or "good guy" in the was like most and no country was allied with another (excluding the invasion of the USE) Due to the rising price of oil countries were forced to secure the resource for their possesion only so that anarchy would not take over as the cost of heating, food, water and other necessities would skyrocket.

The total, all counties combined cost of the war was over 1.3 Trillion dolars in Warfare and 700 Trillion in damages and repairs.

The war ended after an event named the Great Exchange occurred, it involved the strategic bombing of cities with Plasma and Napalm. The average time it took to rebuild a city was 7-15 years with international focus on major locations such as New York, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, etc.

The scramble for Resources
See main article: The Scarcity of Resources in the mid-21st Century 

List of deminishing rsources

 * Oil (Black Gold)
 * Water (Blue Gold)
 * Tin
 * Gold
 * Natural Gas

2036 USE Oil Survey
In March 2036 an oil survey conducted by the government of the United Saudi Emirates stated the Petroleum levels were significantly than the truth. The USE government feared that if the stock holders, sponsors and investors in the State-Owned Oil producer, Emirates Ores, Oil and Minerals, were to find out the actual levels that they would withdraw funding, leaving the country in economic turmoil. This would prove a fatal blow to the human race.

Sahara Re-Desertification
The Sahara, at the time a irrigated lush oasis spanning all of North Africa, was to sucumb to desertification after a drought and heatwave brought about damage for the irrigation system, a agricultural virus known in history as the East Algerian Bright Disease, found it's way into the system. Within several weeks the World's Bread Basket had it's irrigation system cut off the attempt to stop the spread of the Waterbourne Blight. The crops failed due to the lack of water as it went into shortage by the time the blight had been cleared out of the system. This would give way, along with the Export Crisis, to the Global Famine.

European Water Shortages
In October 2036 Europe underwent a water shortage that returned in July 2037, but this time more severe, the UK, France, Germany and the Med were the worst hit as much of them relied on Reserves for water, much of that water also went into producing Carbon-Neutral Steam powered factories that became popular with Corporations in the late 2020s. The Industry growth in Europe was so high at the time the Corporations water supply tapped into the public water supply becoming a shared resource, this led to water shortages and the infamous German Drought of 2040. The European Governemnts would respond by cutting of tap pressure for 12 hours a day and later by cutting it off completely  and handing out Water Rations on a per person by age and weight basis, also with a exra allowence for Babies, Children, Teenagers and Seniors. This would lead to the October 2040 Water Riots.