After The Great War VI- A New Era Emerges- 2021 (OOC)
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After The Great War VI- A New Era Emerges is the newest entry in the After The Great War series of alternate-history roleplays that began in April 2015. The series has stretched from 1939 to 1973 and now to 2021.
The world of After The Great War VI starts in January 2021 after the US President Sanders has been reelected for a second term.
Democratic US President Bernard Sanders was reelected after facing a brief primary battle with Kanye West for the Democratic nomination, and general election fight with Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for a second-time.
After President Sanders implemented his various national policy objections to bring the United States in line with the rest of the developed world such as Universal Healthcare, free college tuition, breaking up large banks, rebuilding infrastructure among other policy plans; he began to close many the United States foreign military installations and withdrew American troops from the conflicts in Syria, and begun to do so in Afghanistan and other nations. He has limited US military involvement in international conflicts to airstrikes for the length of his term thus far.. He cut military spending, ended free-trade agreements, lessened US involvement in supporting West-aligned dictatorships, and has sought to pursue friendlier relations with other nations in the world.
After President Sanders implemented his various national policy objections to bring the United States in line with the rest of the developed world such as Universal Healthcare, free college tuition, breaking up large banks, rebuilding infrastructure among other policy plans; he began to close many the United States foreign military installations and withdrew American troops from the conflicts in Syria, and begun to do so in Afghanistan and other nations. He has limited US military involvement in international conflicts to airstrikes for the length of his term thus far.. He cut military spending, ended free-trade agreements, lessened US involvement in supporting West-aligned dictatorships, and has sought to pursue friendlier relations with other nations in the world.
The Soviet Union collapsed like in real life, but Russia formed a closely-united Eurasian Union in 2013, which in 2021 includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and a few other countries like Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iran, Assad's government in Syria, etc. After Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Ukraine in 2014, Armenia in 2015, Azerbaijan in 2016, Georgia again in 2017, and Moldova in 2018, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Armenia all subsequently joined the European Union so that they would not face Russian Annexation as Crimea did.
Russia sought to increase it's fading influence in the world, through creating a new Soviet Union, the Eurasian Union with Vladimir Putin at it's helm. Putin sought to stake Russia's place as the second-leading power in the world. However, in the face of rising Chinese and European powers, Putin's ambition didn't make much sense. Nonetheless, through diplomatic wrangling, political bribery, and blackmail Putin was able to create a union with around a dozen members within a matter of a few years.
Though this union was to be different than the USSR, Putin began to embrace the Soviet era and expressed nostalgia for that period of his nation's history, He began to bring back many Soviet policies, symbols and politics. The world's fears of the Eurasian Union being a new, slightly-more loosely tied Soviet Union seemed to be confirmed.
As Russia and the EAU had become more and more unstable yet evermore powerful, the unpredictable actions of Russia without any concern for obeying international law worried the world community.
Russia sought to increase it's fading influence in the world, through creating a new Soviet Union, the Eurasian Union with Vladimir Putin at it's helm. Putin sought to stake Russia's place as the second-leading power in the world. However, in the face of rising Chinese and European powers, Putin's ambition didn't make much sense. Nonetheless, through diplomatic wrangling, political bribery, and blackmail Putin was able to create a union with around a dozen members within a matter of a few years.
Though this union was to be different than the USSR, Putin began to embrace the Soviet era and expressed nostalgia for that period of his nation's history, He began to bring back many Soviet policies, symbols and politics. The world's fears of the Eurasian Union being a new, slightly-more loosely tied Soviet Union seemed to be confirmed.
As Russia and the EAU had become more and more unstable yet evermore powerful, the unpredictable actions of Russia without any concern for obeying international law worried the world community.
Israel grew exponentially after the annexations of Jordan, The Sinai Peninsula, areas in Syria near the Golan Heights, as the Eastern third of Egypt including the Sinai Peninsula. These annexations, done with the help of Britain, the United States, Europe and others nations made Israel more than ten times larger than it's previous size. After Israel annexed these new areas, what little people were left after the war between the UK and AFU and subsequent nuclear attacks, these Arab people were deported to the Arab League part of Egypt. Subsequently, Jews from Israel and around the world made "aliyah" and made the journey to Israel and it's new lands and began to colonise and settle these places. Over the following decades, Israel began to rapidly develop these new areas and incorporated them into it's nations. It constructed various border walls and fortifications in order to deter any foreign aggression.
As had begun in the late 1960's Israel, Rhodesia and South Africa with a bit of assistance from Britain and the US, developed chemical, nuclear and biological weapons to be used against it's neighbours or in the case of a war. But beginning in the late 1980's there were dozens of nuclear weapons in Israel, Rhodesia and South Africa's disposal. After Kenya, Zambia, Botswana and Tanzania became White-dominated and later White-majority dominions, Israel and it's allies shared these nuclear and biological weapons with these mentioned nations.
Israel grew in power, influence and population, especially after the fall of the Soviet Union and millions of Jews moved from the former USSR to Israel, many of whom settled in the newer areas of Israel. Without the Palestinian issue plaguing Israel anymore, Israel was able become a leading nation in the Mediterranean region, and began to increase ties to the EU and US. Beginning in the late '90's the majority of Israelis wished for their government to join the EU, and finally they did in 2019.
Israel has increased the size and strength of it's military as it fears aggression from Iran, ISIS, The Arab League, among others. Israel maintains relatively good relations with the Lebanese and Syrian Christian states, as well as Kurdistan.
As had begun in the late 1960's Israel, Rhodesia and South Africa with a bit of assistance from Britain and the US, developed chemical, nuclear and biological weapons to be used against it's neighbours or in the case of a war. But beginning in the late 1980's there were dozens of nuclear weapons in Israel, Rhodesia and South Africa's disposal. After Kenya, Zambia, Botswana and Tanzania became White-dominated and later White-majority dominions, Israel and it's allies shared these nuclear and biological weapons with these mentioned nations.
Israel grew in power, influence and population, especially after the fall of the Soviet Union and millions of Jews moved from the former USSR to Israel, many of whom settled in the newer areas of Israel. Without the Palestinian issue plaguing Israel anymore, Israel was able become a leading nation in the Mediterranean region, and began to increase ties to the EU and US. Beginning in the late '90's the majority of Israelis wished for their government to join the EU, and finally they did in 2019.
Israel has increased the size and strength of it's military as it fears aggression from Iran, ISIS, The Arab League, among others. Israel maintains relatively good relations with the Lebanese and Syrian Christian states, as well as Kurdistan.
After the war between The British Empire and the Arab Federal Union, and after the UK launched nuclear weapons towards the AFU, and the AFU launched sarin attacks in the UK, thousands of people were killed and sickened in the UK from that, and millions or at least hundreds of thousands were killed by the nuclear fallout. After the nukes, the UK, US, Israel, France, Portugal, South Africa Saudi Arabia, Iran, Canada and other nations invaded the AFU, and began to place key regions of the AFU under their control. Israel retook the Sinai Peninsula, and took Jordan as well as Egypt from about 30 km west of the Suez Canal to the coast.
Britain regained control over Sudan and Kuwait with assistance from France, Saudi Arabia, the US and Iran especially. With the help of NATO, Iran began to invade the broken and fractured Iraq, and after a 5 year long war Iraq was under their control. In Lebanon and parts of Syrian, independent Christian-dominated Lebanese and Syrian states were proclaimed in the ensuing chaos and as the AFU was being attacked on several fronts it was unable to block the independence of these states.
The AFU found itself in crisis, and there began to be friction between the various leading political parties in the AFU. As Israel took over Jordan and much of Egypt, Iran took over Iraq, Britain retook Kuwait, Gibraltar and Sudan, France, Spain, Britain and Portugal retook Morocco, and the Western-led coalition conducted bombing raids over what remained of the AFU; there really wasn't much left of the AFU. Thus after 5 years of war that left it's nation ripped apart, when only small remnants of the AFU government remained, the AFU became a government in exile and the West and it's allies took over it's territory.
And yes, the USSR and North Korea helped the AFU, but when most of the world began to turn against the AFU, the USSR was not willing to risk MAD and WWIII.
So then the UN took over the former AFU parts of Egypt and Syria and administered them as UN Trust Territories with the help of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Britain and Turkey until 1988.
Then the UN gives these countries independence and the UN nominates a new Western-aligned PM. Then the remnants of the AFU form a movement in Egypt and begin to do various attacks and things to make themselves noticed. Then they form a militia and political party and begin to take over remote desert parts of Egypt. The AFU-in-exile courts various candidates to be a charismatic dictator and they choose Hosni Mubarak to be the leader for their movement in Egypt. The AFU assasinates the unnamed UN-appointed PM, and Mubarak becomes the new leader/dictator of Egypt in 1990 after the UN-nominated democratically-elected Prime Minister is killed in a coup by the AFU and Mubarak. And some random person takes over the non-Christian part of Syria.
Oh and I forgot to mention that when Israel took over Jordan, Palestine and Sinai and eastern parts of Egypt, they deported the Arabs to the independent Egypt. Also Egypt has to build new cities as Cairo, Alexandria and most of the other major cities in Egypt and the former AFU as a whole were destroyed by the British nukes.
So then Mubarak courts Western leaders and assures them that he will be their ally, and then the West is alright with Mubarak and they tolerate him. Mubarak does not make his ties to the AFU known at this point. Then Mubarak's Egypt joins the Arab League in 1993, which is smaller than in real-life because there are less independent Arab nations and less people in the Middle East due to the nukes.
Mubarak pushes for Arab unification in 1998 and he wants the Arab League to be like the EU or even closer. The newly-acceded member Syria agrees with this, as do Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, Saudi Arabia is firmly against this and Yemen is on the fence. Mubarak lobbies for this and after negotiations between the member-states they agree to begin the federalisation of the Arab League in 2000 but slowly, beginning with an AL parliament, then an AL common-currency, AL common courts, AL freedom of movement, etc.
So while that is happening then in 2001 9/11 happens and then the fundamentalism tries to take hold in the Middle East, and Al-Qaeda and then ISIS rise and take over some territory in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, etc.
Then NATO invades Syria, Iran, NATO and Russia invade Iraq, Russia and Iran both invade Afghanistan (which became part of the USSR and then when that dissolved, Afghanistan was independent and then the Taliban took hold, and then Russia and Iran invaded it to regain control.)
After this Britain, the US and the EU grow wary of the Arab Union/Arab League and begin to worry if they will be AFU MK II. You can decide what happens after around 2003 or so.
Britain regained control over Sudan and Kuwait with assistance from France, Saudi Arabia, the US and Iran especially. With the help of NATO, Iran began to invade the broken and fractured Iraq, and after a 5 year long war Iraq was under their control. In Lebanon and parts of Syrian, independent Christian-dominated Lebanese and Syrian states were proclaimed in the ensuing chaos and as the AFU was being attacked on several fronts it was unable to block the independence of these states.
The AFU found itself in crisis, and there began to be friction between the various leading political parties in the AFU. As Israel took over Jordan and much of Egypt, Iran took over Iraq, Britain retook Kuwait, Gibraltar and Sudan, France, Spain, Britain and Portugal retook Morocco, and the Western-led coalition conducted bombing raids over what remained of the AFU; there really wasn't much left of the AFU. Thus after 5 years of war that left it's nation ripped apart, when only small remnants of the AFU government remained, the AFU became a government in exile and the West and it's allies took over it's territory.
And yes, the USSR and North Korea helped the AFU, but when most of the world began to turn against the AFU, the USSR was not willing to risk MAD and WWIII.
So then the UN took over the former AFU parts of Egypt and Syria and administered them as UN Trust Territories with the help of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Britain and Turkey until 1988.
Then the UN gives these countries independence and the UN nominates a new Western-aligned PM. Then the remnants of the AFU form a movement in Egypt and begin to do various attacks and things to make themselves noticed. Then they form a militia and political party and begin to take over remote desert parts of Egypt. The AFU-in-exile courts various candidates to be a charismatic dictator and they choose Hosni Mubarak to be the leader for their movement in Egypt. The AFU assasinates the unnamed UN-appointed PM, and Mubarak becomes the new leader/dictator of Egypt in 1990 after the UN-nominated democratically-elected Prime Minister is killed in a coup by the AFU and Mubarak. And some random person takes over the non-Christian part of Syria.
Oh and I forgot to mention that when Israel took over Jordan, Palestine and Sinai and eastern parts of Egypt, they deported the Arabs to the independent Egypt. Also Egypt has to build new cities as Cairo, Alexandria and most of the other major cities in Egypt and the former AFU as a whole were destroyed by the British nukes.
So then Mubarak courts Western leaders and assures them that he will be their ally, and then the West is alright with Mubarak and they tolerate him. Mubarak does not make his ties to the AFU known at this point. Then Mubarak's Egypt joins the Arab League in 1993, which is smaller than in real-life because there are less independent Arab nations and less people in the Middle East due to the nukes.
Mubarak pushes for Arab unification in 1998 and he wants the Arab League to be like the EU or even closer. The newly-acceded member Syria agrees with this, as do Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, Saudi Arabia is firmly against this and Yemen is on the fence. Mubarak lobbies for this and after negotiations between the member-states they agree to begin the federalisation of the Arab League in 2000 but slowly, beginning with an AL parliament, then an AL common-currency, AL common courts, AL freedom of movement, etc.
So while that is happening then in 2001 9/11 happens and then the fundamentalism tries to take hold in the Middle East, and Al-Qaeda and then ISIS rise and take over some territory in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, etc.
Then NATO invades Syria, Iran, NATO and Russia invade Iraq, Russia and Iran both invade Afghanistan (which became part of the USSR and then when that dissolved, Afghanistan was independent and then the Taliban took hold, and then Russia and Iran invaded it to regain control.)
After this Britain, the US and the EU grow wary of the Arab Union/Arab League and begin to worry if they will be AFU MK II. You can decide what happens after around 2003 or so.
Britain joins the European Community but also forms The Commonwealth Union initially with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malta, Cyprus, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Papua New Guinea, British Honduras, South Africa and Rhodesia. The British Gulf States Britain sends millions of British and about an almost equal amount of Indian colonists to Zambia, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, etc. Britain turns Zambia, Botswana and Kenya to to White and Indian-minority government dominions in 1980, whites and Indians take a leading role in the Nigerian government in the following years. Britain helps Rhodesia, South Africa and Zambia with fighting Black nationalist USSR-aligned groups like ZANU-PF and the ANC. In 1983, Zambia, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Tanzania joined the Commonwealth Union.
The United Kingdom began to become close to it's European neighbours, and increased trade and political cooperation with them while increasing ties between it and it's Commonwealth Union partners. Until about 1990, the UK and Commonwealth had a relatively peaceful few years.
But in 1990, South Africa became embroiled in almost a civil war between Black Pan-Africanist groups like the African National Congress, after the ANC killed dozens of innocent White civilians, the UK had a reason to intervene in the war. The UK deployed over a hundred thousand troops to South Africa to assist the government. Around the same time, the UK deployed 55,000 troops to Rhodesia to help them fight off ZANU-PF and other Black Nationalist groups.
After two years of fighting, the ANC had been defeated and most of it's leadership imprisoned or killed. South Africa then came to an agreement with it's neighbours Lesotho and Swaziland to begin to resettle it's Black population to Lesotho and Swaziland over the next 10 years. South Africa faced criticism and sanctions from various nations for this, but despite this it was able to go forward with the programme and in 2002 South Africa deported it's entire black population to Lesotho and Swaziland. After this the South African government had finally achieved it's goal of a White-majority nation. In 2003, Rhodesia announced that it was pursuing a similar policy and would begin to deport it's black population to The Congo over the next 15 years.
In 1997, the Canadian province of Quebec held a referendum on independence and 50.2% of the population voted for the independence of Quebec, which was a major shock to Canada and the Commonwealth Union as a whole. Quebec became independent in 1998, left the Commonwealth Union in 2000, and joined the European Union after lengthy negotiations in 2014.
Although most of the world expected the UK to give Hong Kong to China in 1997, the UK launched a series of intense negotiations and reached a settlement where the UK would get the rights to the New Territories and the rest of Hong Kong indefinitely for $150 Billion dollars. The Uk shortly there after increased it's military presence in Hong Kong, and also sought to seek closer relations with China,
In 2004 Cyprus and Malta left the Commonwealth Union and joined the EU.
in 2017, after talks between British and Indian PMs Cameron and Modhi, the Commonwealth Union decided designate India as a candidate for membership in the CU and opened membership talks with India. India became a member of the Commonwealth Union in 2020.
in 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Prime Minister of the UK, and sought to cooperate more deeply with Sanders, Trudeau and Jucker in the coming years.
The United Kingdom began to become close to it's European neighbours, and increased trade and political cooperation with them while increasing ties between it and it's Commonwealth Union partners. Until about 1990, the UK and Commonwealth had a relatively peaceful few years.
But in 1990, South Africa became embroiled in almost a civil war between Black Pan-Africanist groups like the African National Congress, after the ANC killed dozens of innocent White civilians, the UK had a reason to intervene in the war. The UK deployed over a hundred thousand troops to South Africa to assist the government. Around the same time, the UK deployed 55,000 troops to Rhodesia to help them fight off ZANU-PF and other Black Nationalist groups.
After two years of fighting, the ANC had been defeated and most of it's leadership imprisoned or killed. South Africa then came to an agreement with it's neighbours Lesotho and Swaziland to begin to resettle it's Black population to Lesotho and Swaziland over the next 10 years. South Africa faced criticism and sanctions from various nations for this, but despite this it was able to go forward with the programme and in 2002 South Africa deported it's entire black population to Lesotho and Swaziland. After this the South African government had finally achieved it's goal of a White-majority nation. In 2003, Rhodesia announced that it was pursuing a similar policy and would begin to deport it's black population to The Congo over the next 15 years.
In 1997, the Canadian province of Quebec held a referendum on independence and 50.2% of the population voted for the independence of Quebec, which was a major shock to Canada and the Commonwealth Union as a whole. Quebec became independent in 1998, left the Commonwealth Union in 2000, and joined the European Union after lengthy negotiations in 2014.
Although most of the world expected the UK to give Hong Kong to China in 1997, the UK launched a series of intense negotiations and reached a settlement where the UK would get the rights to the New Territories and the rest of Hong Kong indefinitely for $150 Billion dollars. The Uk shortly there after increased it's military presence in Hong Kong, and also sought to seek closer relations with China,
In 2004 Cyprus and Malta left the Commonwealth Union and joined the EU.
in 2017, after talks between British and Indian PMs Cameron and Modhi, the Commonwealth Union decided designate India as a candidate for membership in the CU and opened membership talks with India. India became a member of the Commonwealth Union in 2020.
in 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Prime Minister of the UK, and sought to cooperate more deeply with Sanders, Trudeau and Jucker in the coming years.
The European Union began as the European Coal and Steel Community in the 1960's and eventually grew to become the European Economic Community, the European Community, and finally the European Union. The EU's member closely unified beginning in the 1990's and over the years had grown closer and closer together. Through the years the union has grown in size, power, wealth and member-states through several enlargements. In the 1990's Norway and Switzerland joined the EU. 2004 Romania, Cyprus, Poland, Bulgaria, Malta and several other countries joined the Eu. In 2006 and 2008 more nations joined the EU. In 2011 Iceland joined the EU. 2013 Croatia joined the EU. The the EU's first member outside of Europe or Asia, Quebec, joined the EU after over ten years of negotiations. The accession of Quebec to the union signaled a change to the union and began a new era where the EU would accept members that were not a part of Europe but had similar cultures and governments.
After Ukraine broke away from Russian influence in 2014, Ukraine submitted an application to join the EU in 2017. Ukraine joined the EU in 2020. Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia all also shunned Russia's advances and submitted applications for membership with the same few years. Moldova joined in 2019, Georgia joined in 2021. Azerbaijan and Armenia, were to join the EU together at the same time in March of 2021.
After the Syrian refugee crisis took hold in Europe and Turkey, the EU came up with a deal for Turkey to take back the refugees who had orignated from Turkey but reached European shores, in exchange for Europe opening the door for Turkey to join the EU by their nation's centennial celebrations in 2021. After having submitted an application for membership almost sixty years before, Turkey joined the EU in January 2021.
The EU was surprised when Argentina submitted an application for membership of the EU in 2005. After consultation with the member states of the EU, Spain and Italy advocated for Argentina to join the EU while the UK was against Argentina's accession. However, Argentina was made a candidate country after the UK and Argentina signed an agreement to not have any future armed conflicts regarding the Falkland Islands. Argentina joined the EU in 2012.
Israel, a very close European ally and a nation with a European-ish culture and millions of European Jews in it's country decided to submit a bid to join the EU in 2013 and joined in 2019.
The Lebanese Christian state has been close to joining the EU, but the EU has offered the state EFTA membership and the country will likely join the EFTA if not the EU in the near future.
Tunisia joined the EFTA in 2018 after the EU and US built a border wall between IS and Tunisia, and the EU and it's allies helped the nation become the first democracy created as a result of the Arab Spring. Tunisia may or may not join the EU in the future.
The European Union has become the world's largest economy, the world's largest supranational union, and if it is to be considered a country, the most populous Western country, the third-most populous nation overall, and a leading superpower. as well as a leading military power based on it's European-wide military as well as it's national militaries.
Over the years the Commonwealth Union and EU have enacted various Association Agreements and FTAs to increase mutual cooperation between the two blocs. The Commonwealth wants to cooperate more closely with the EU in the future.
After Ukraine broke away from Russian influence in 2014, Ukraine submitted an application to join the EU in 2017. Ukraine joined the EU in 2020. Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia all also shunned Russia's advances and submitted applications for membership with the same few years. Moldova joined in 2019, Georgia joined in 2021. Azerbaijan and Armenia, were to join the EU together at the same time in March of 2021.
After the Syrian refugee crisis took hold in Europe and Turkey, the EU came up with a deal for Turkey to take back the refugees who had orignated from Turkey but reached European shores, in exchange for Europe opening the door for Turkey to join the EU by their nation's centennial celebrations in 2021. After having submitted an application for membership almost sixty years before, Turkey joined the EU in January 2021.
The EU was surprised when Argentina submitted an application for membership of the EU in 2005. After consultation with the member states of the EU, Spain and Italy advocated for Argentina to join the EU while the UK was against Argentina's accession. However, Argentina was made a candidate country after the UK and Argentina signed an agreement to not have any future armed conflicts regarding the Falkland Islands. Argentina joined the EU in 2012.
Israel, a very close European ally and a nation with a European-ish culture and millions of European Jews in it's country decided to submit a bid to join the EU in 2013 and joined in 2019.
The Lebanese Christian state has been close to joining the EU, but the EU has offered the state EFTA membership and the country will likely join the EFTA if not the EU in the near future.
Tunisia joined the EFTA in 2018 after the EU and US built a border wall between IS and Tunisia, and the EU and it's allies helped the nation become the first democracy created as a result of the Arab Spring. Tunisia may or may not join the EU in the future.
The European Union has become the world's largest economy, the world's largest supranational union, and if it is to be considered a country, the most populous Western country, the third-most populous nation overall, and a leading superpower. as well as a leading military power based on it's European-wide military as well as it's national militaries.
Over the years the Commonwealth Union and EU have enacted various Association Agreements and FTAs to increase mutual cooperation between the two blocs. The Commonwealth wants to cooperate more closely with the EU in the future.
After North Korea and China took over all of the Korean peninsula, the North Korean government collapsed after six months, and Japan and NATO invaded South Korea and took the southern two-third of the peninsula. After feeling threatened by the rise of China as well as the Chinese and North Korean invasion of South Korea, Taiwan agreed to join Japan in 1981. Shortly afterward Japan pursued close ties with the UK, US, ASEAN, EU, NATO, Commonwealth and other important trading and political partners as it became a rising industrial giant on the world stage.
After North Korea developed nuclear weapons in the 1990's, Japan began a nuclear programme in the early 2000's and became a nuclear power in 2009. Many politicians in Japan have proposed the construction of a birdge or tunnel similar to the Channel Tunnel to link Korea and Japan together, as of 2021 the project seems to be close to fruition.
As the second-most powerful nation in East Asia, The Empire of Japan has played a very important part in the rise of Asia as one of the world's most important economic and political centres. Japan has tried to remain relevant and important in the face of a rising China. Tensions often flare with Japan and it's neighbours, North Korea, China and Russia, and these tensions pose a significant risk to the future safety of Asia as a whole.
After North Korea developed nuclear weapons in the 1990's, Japan began a nuclear programme in the early 2000's and became a nuclear power in 2009. Many politicians in Japan have proposed the construction of a birdge or tunnel similar to the Channel Tunnel to link Korea and Japan together, as of 2021 the project seems to be close to fruition.
As the second-most powerful nation in East Asia, The Empire of Japan has played a very important part in the rise of Asia as one of the world's most important economic and political centres. Japan has tried to remain relevant and important in the face of a rising China. Tensions often flare with Japan and it's neighbours, North Korea, China and Russia, and these tensions pose a significant risk to the future safety of Asia as a whole.
After the North Koreans lost South a part of North Korea, there were several coups in the North Korea government and King Il Sung regained power, until he died in the early 1990's and was replaced by his son Kim Jong Il, who was in turn replaced by his son Kim Jong Un in 2012. In 1990, North Korea developed it's first nuclear weapon with Soviet and Chinese assistance, and ramped up it's military programme. In the 2000's it conducted nuclear and spacecraft launch tests, and in 2016 it began development of a hydrogen nuclear weapon which was first detonated underground in January of that year.
Under Kim Jong Un's leadership, North Korea has remained ostracised from the international community except for it's close allies to whom it is reliant, Russia and the EAU, Iran, Cuba and China. North Korea has come close to joining the EAU on several occassions but China has tried to get North Korea to join a Shanghai Five union of sorts. King Jong Un has increased the tension with Japanese Korea and the peninsula is on the brink of war once again. It is unclear what Kim Jong Un will do next.
Under Kim Jong Un's leadership, North Korea has remained ostracised from the international community except for it's close allies to whom it is reliant, Russia and the EAU, Iran, Cuba and China. North Korea has come close to joining the EAU on several occassions but China has tried to get North Korea to join a Shanghai Five union of sorts. King Jong Un has increased the tension with Japanese Korea and the peninsula is on the brink of war once again. It is unclear what Kim Jong Un will do next.
After the war in the AFU, Kurdish fighters seized control of Iraqi Kurdistan and became an autonomous and later independent government. In the following months in the early 1970's, Syrian Kurdistan became independent and joined with the Iraqi Kurdistan to become an independent state. The newly-independent Kurdistan began to develop it's nation with the help of Israel, Europe, Russia and the US. Then later in 2018, Turkey held a referendum in the Kurdish-majority southeast, and the majority voted for independence and so the Turkish Kurdistan joined the rest of Kurdistan in 2020. Because Kurdistan was partially a former part of a EU member-state, it may be possible for Kurdistan to try to become a member of the EU, though it is doubtful that they will do that.
Kurdistan maintains good relations with Israel, the EU, the EAU, the US and Commonwealth, and is at odds with Iran, the Arab League and Turkey.
Kurdistan maintains good relations with Israel, the EU, the EAU, the US and Commonwealth, and is at odds with Iran, the Arab League and Turkey.
China basically developed the same as in real life, just at a bit faster rate. Pretty much the same as IRl, except China may or may not still have a larger military presence in North Korea, and they let Britain keep Hong Kong and let Portugal Keep Macau. Also China is building all these military bases on remote islands in the South China Sea and is trying to increase relations with other Asian as well as African nations in order to grow it's influence in the world.
France is the same as IRL, but France has kept Algeria, it's part of Morocco, The Comoros, possibly Tunisia (if the French player wants it), and it's former African colonies have been reorganised into a sort of Franco-Afrique Union that is heavily dependent on France and is basically their puppet government.
Portugal is the same as in IRL, except it still has it's colonies like Mozambique, Angola, East Timor, Macau, etc.{/spoiler]
[spoiler=Spain]Spain is the same except it still has Spanish Morocco and Western Sahara.
[spoiler=Spain]Spain is the same except it still has Spanish Morocco and Western Sahara.
The African Union is the same a real-life but smaller, and has some of the worst African nations like The Congo, Rwanda, Ghana, Ethiopia, etc. They are firmly against Britain and it's African colonies and allies, and are semi-Russian/Chinese aligned.
ASEAN has Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines. Same as real-life and starting in the end of 2015, they began to federalise similar to the EU.
Roster
Accepted Nations
~The UK/British Empire/Commonwealth Union- BESB
~The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea- Carriebean
-The Democratic Republic of Iran- Arvenia
Reserved Nations
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~The Russian Federation/Eurasian Union: World Anarchic Union
-Canada: ApplePieistan
~The Lebanese Republic: Red Party
~Portugal: Toxteth
~Scandinavia: Esceen
Form To Join As A Nation:
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[b]NS Nation Name:[/b]
[b]IC Nation Name:[/b]
[b]Head of State:[/b]
[b]Head of Government: (If same, leave blank)[/b]
[b]Flag:[/b]
[b]Territorial claims: (if same as real life or nation example, leave blank)[/b]
[b]Is nation aligned towards The West, The East or Nonaligned?:[/b]
[b]Is nation a NATO member:[/b]
[b]Is nation a European Union Member:[/b]
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[b]Is nation a Eurasian Union Member:[/b]
[b]Is nation a ASEAN Member:[/b]
[b]Is nation an African Union member:[/b]
[b]Is nation in the Commonwealth of Nations:[/b]
[b]Is nation in another supranational organisation?:[/b]
[b]Brief recent history of your nation: (since 2000 or 2010 for example.)[/b]
[b]What is your nations foreign policy agenda for the short term in this RP: (i,e in the next real life week or two)[/b]
[b]RP Example if you have never been in a After The Great War RP before:[/b]
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