Oh, the humanity!

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This timeline explores the future of the world in alternate timeline, where a global thermonuclear war resulted in the destruction of the world.

Introduction
The world of Oh, the humanity! diverges from our own in the early 2020's.

After the end of the Coronavirus pandemic in mid-2022, Nations began to recover from the pandemic. The economy began to recover from the lockdowns, and people were now optimistic of the future, once again. However, to some, that optimism is misplaced. As economists began to warn of an impending recession or even depression in the following years.

This proved to be true, and in June 4, 2027, a drop in home prices resulted in the collapse of the housing and financial sectors of the global economy. With the recent spike in inflation causing most major currencies to be on their knees. This crash results in a severe worldwide economic depression, which would become the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 21st century.

Meanwhile, Climate Change, driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases, began to get worse during the 2020s and 2030s. And in 2035, the Southern Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets melted. Causing devastating floods, that submerged coastal cities and devastated many parts of the world. The floods resulted in the deaths of tens of million people and caused famine, revolutions, and civil wars, all across the world.

The anarchy that followed the floods, resulted in the fall of old nations, and the creation of new ones. China fell into a series of small warring states, the United States faced a second civil war, while Europe saw the creation of the European Commonwealth in 2040. In 2045, oil shortages caused by the lack of oil coming from in the Arabian and Persian oil fields results in a new economic crisis. And the beginning of wars over resources.

These wars would devastate large parts of the planet, as Europe fought a war against the Middle East, Central Asia fell into disarray, and Russia was engulfed ina second civil war. Things finally came to a head, when a mistake in the nuclear detection system in Pakistan, resulted in Pakistan launching it's nukes at India. Causing the end of the world. And the beginning of the post-war apocalypse.

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2021

 * 6 January — Supporters of President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol, disrupting certification of the 2020 presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate. Five people die during the riot, including a police officer and a woman who is shot and killed inside the Capitol building. The event is classified as a domestic terrorist attack and draws international condemnation.
 * 20 January — Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, becoming the second oldest individual to hold the office.
 * 26 January — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.

2022

 * June – The COVID-19 pandemic ends with an estimate between thirty million to ninety million dead. It would be the last global pandemic until the emergence of the Arvid-53 pandemic in the 2050s.

2023
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 * Biden1.jpg Joe Biden — 46th President of the United States

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