World War 3 (Seanathan)

Part of Timeline (Seanathan).

Overview
World War 3, also known as the Final War or the War to End all Hope, was a major worldwide military conflict that lasted from May 2037 to December 2045.

In the middle east, tensions were rising between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Iran had recently undergone reforms during the Asian Renewal, going from a theocratic dictatorship into a constitutional theocracy. The Sauds, however, still ruled with an iron first on the other side of the gulf. The Castro government in the USA didn't support giving aid to authoritarian states anymore, so the Sauds had to seek aid from elsewhere. They called on China.

The US wasn't going to enter the war, but then in 2038, China declared war on India. This was beginning to escalate into a global conflict.

By 2038, the Kyoto Pact, between Japan, Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam, entered the war on the side of India.

Months later, NATO had done the same.

Russia at first wasn't going to intervene, but it ended up joining the side of China in 2039. Soon after Alexei Navalny was elected President, he switched sides and entered the war on the side of India. At first, this decision was unpopular among the Russian population but later gained more support.

The war raged on, and eventually it ended with an Allied victory.

Direct Results

 * Allied victory.
 * The establishment of a multiparty system in China.
 * Independence of Tibet and East Turkestan from China.
 * Turkish, Iranian, and Syrian Kurdistan united with Iraqi Kurdistan.
 * The independence of the Istanbul city-state.
 * The removal of the APK party from power in Turkey.
 * The removal of the Saud dynasty from power in Saudi Arabia.
 * The establishment of a fully secular multiparty democracy in Arabia.
 * All of Jammu and Kashmir ceded to India.
 * Unification of Syria and both Iraqi states under the secular Federation of Mesopotamia.
 * Palestine and Israel united under the secular state of the Levant.
 * Jordan established as a secular constitutional monarchy with free elections.
 * South Africa decentralized into a loose federation with tribes and provinces gaining autonomy.
 * The Congolese People's Republic is reformed into the Federation of New Kongo.
 * Western Sahara is fully absorbed into Morroco.
 * Algeria is split between Algeria in the north and the Union of Tuaregia in the south.
 * The Second Tuareg State of Azawad is reannexed into Mali.
 * Reunification of Italy.

Indirect Results

 * Arab Rebirth- in which the Middle East experiences a cultural rebirth following the secularization of the middle east. New architectural styles such as Neo-Mediterranian emerge.
 * Unification of the European Union.
 * Secession of the Intermarium Legion.
 * Greater centralization and mass reformation of the United Nations
 * Stronger relations between the US and Russia
 * Surge in power of nations such as Brazil and East Africa
 * Taiwan referendum- in which the ROC votes to remain independent from China and become the Republic of Taiwan, leading to the downfall of the Kuomintang and the Pan-Blue coalition. The Kuomintang moves to the newly established Federal Republic of China and becomes a major party there, along with the Communist Party of China and the Socialist Progressive Front.
 * Decentralization of Russia