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Geopolitics (1983: Doomsday)

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An overview of the international politics of the post-Doomsday world.

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[edit] Unions

The general trend for successful nations since Doomsday has been amalgamation. Those nations and powers that have thrived, have done so because they successfully came together to combine resources, manpower, ideas, and goals. In general (though not universally), states that did not enter into combinations in the post-Doomsday years were less able to grow and prosper and were more liable to fragmentation and disorder. These multi-national unions vary in form from economic alliances to fully integrated states.

In 1984, the first major most-DD national merger occurred as Argentina annexed Uruguay (and the Falkland Islands) to form the United American Republic. That same year, the ANZUS nations (Australia, New Zealand, and the remnants of the US) concluded a new treaty strengthening their relationship and laying the foundation for the future Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. South America took a similar, though slower, course, also building up from existing alliances. The Andean Nations Pact became the Andean Union in 1990, which would form the core of the South American Confederation fourteen years later. In the same way, the Nordic Union was reworked and strengthened into the Nordic Union in 1990.

Other early unions were formed out of convenience or necessity, not based on earlier blocs or treaties. The Governing Committee for Samoa, established by the Samoa Islands' two nations just months after Doomsday, was one of the first. Other early examples include the Celtic Alliance, preliminary agreements for which were made in 1984, to be made into a formal union in 1986; and the Guyana Cooperative, formed in response to threats from Venezuela. The East Caribbean Federation is the revival of an idea that had failed before Doomsday, but tried again in 1987.

Multi-national unions, in order of foundation:

[edit] Major blocs and alliances

The world in 2009 can be divided into competing and often overlapping power blocs. The main ones are generally recognized as:

  • The Soviet Bloc, today more or less confined the Union of Sovereign Socialist Republics (also known as "Socialist Siberia") and a few small allies around the world. Siberia has been historically isolationist in its foreign approach, though it does claim control of Alaska which has led to a tense diplomatic relationship with ANZC. It is a strong country that only awaits its time to play a major role in world events.
  • The Euro-Atlantic Fringe, represented through the Atlantic Defense Community, a successor to the NATO alliance. The countries in this region are the remnants of European powers, plus Canada, surviving on offshore Atlantic islands. Though lacking in population and resources, the Euro-Atlantic nations have a good supply of old military hardware and a great deal of diplomatic prestige. They have positioned themselves as the neutral balance between Australasia and South America. This was evident, for example, in the negotiations surrounding the establishment of the LoN. Though not a member of the ADC, the Alpine Confederation may be considered part of this bloc. France and Tonga, though based in the Pacific, have played a similar role in the past as neutral mediators. However, recently they have come into conflict with other nations such as Saguenay and Sicily.

[edit] Other blocs

More informal groupings of nations on the basis of culture, language, etc.

[edit] Lawless regions

Much of the world is still in a state of anarchy. In many former nations, competing states and warlords vie for control. In some cases stable, central governments have emerged, like the Municipal States of the Pacific. Many regions, however, remain locked in brutal infighting.

[edit] See also

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