Introduction
The year is 2040. It's been 10 years since the end of World War 3. Unlike the fears of the late 20th and early 21st century, it wasn't total thermonuclear annihilation (except in the case of India and Pakistan). It was a devastating, yet, conventional war. There were fronts on every inhabited continent in the world, except Australia. Like every war, there were 2 major sides. The Entente, and the Brussels-Beijing pact. This domino effect that killed over 730 million people worldwide started from the death of one man. President Donald J Trump.
The year is 2040. It's been 10 years since the end of World War 3. Unlike the fears of the late 20th and early 21st century, it wasn't total thermonuclear annihilation (except in the case of India and Pakistan). It was a devastating, yet, conventional war. There were fronts on every inhabited continent in the world, except Australia. Like every war, there were 2 major sides. The Entente, and the Brussels-Beijing pact. This domino effect that killed over 730 million people worldwide started from the death of one man. President Donald J Trump.
Timeline Of Events
The Prelude To Global War
December 2019: America was more politically polarized than ever. Impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump are in full swing. The Republicans are doing whatever they can to stop the impeachment. The Democrats are doing whatever they can to Impeach the President. The house votes to impeach him. He is not removed from office however.
January 2020: Bushfires rage across Australia. An Iranian General is killed in Baghdad, sparking concerns about a potential war against Iran. All American civilians in Iraq start returning to America. Calls to impeach the president by the left are growing. An outbreak of Coronavirus ravages Wuhan. The Senate Trial of Trump begins. Tensions are rising across America and the world. Iran promises retaliation against America, and they will get it.
February 2020: On February 7th, President Donald J Trump is assassinated by an Iranian agent disguised as a reporter during a conference in the white house press room regarding the impeachment trial. A large state funeral is held. Since he was in the midst of his impeachment, a power vacuum is left in the oval office. The question becomes, who will take over? Vice President Mike Pence, or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? This new political power struggle would last for 2 months, with no acting President in that time.
April 2020: This power struggle has gone on for 2 months when the Supreme Court finally gets involved. The Democrats argue that Mike Pence was involved in the Ukrainegate scandal, and should not become president. The Republicans argue that the impeachment only concerned the President, while the line of succession should have the Vice President take the presidency. The Supreme Court rules in favor of the Republicans. Mike Pence is sworn into office on April 28th. Most Democrats are extremely unhappy with Mike Pence taking the oval office. Protests occur in Washington DC. That's when some state governments start to plan something drastic. Secession from the Union.
May 2020: California's state government declares secession from the Union. Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Massachusetts follow within the next 2 weeks. The Federal Government declares war against the breakaway states. The Second American Civil War begins. The states along the West Coast form the 'Pacific States of America'. The New England states, New York, New Jersey and Delaware have seceded by the end of the month.
June 2020: Military personnel in Democrat-occupied States begin revolts against the Secessionists. The UK, South Korea and Japan start sending supplies and soldiers to help the United States. Germany and Canada start to send supplies to the Democrats. NATO dissolves in the midst of this chaos. Antifa Revolutionaries attempt a violent revolution in Los Angeles. Los Angeles falls to Antifa Revolutionaries and becomes the 'Los Angeles Commune'. Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan secede from the Union. They declare the 'Great Lakes Republic'. White Nationalist Militias engage in clashes with the West Virginia National Guard. The death toll on all sides is already at over 100,000. Defcon reaches 2 for the second time in history.
July 2020: An unofficial ceasefire on all sides is put into place on July 4th. Soldiers from opposite sides exchanged greetings, talked, and drank. There were even barbeques amongst lines of barbed wire. The next day, it went back to a state of war, and destruction. Chicago is put under siege by 15 US infantry divisions. The Los Angeles Commune collapses as Pro-Democrat militias finally liberate the city from Antifa rule. Saudi Arabia starts aiding the US. Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil start sending aid to the US. Cuba, France, Venezuela and Sweden start sending supplies to the Democrats. Libertarians successfully coup the Democrat-controlled state of New Hampshire. The last olympic games until 2034 are held in Tokyo.
August 2020: The European Union begins to send aid to the Democrats, which causes tension with the UK and the Visegrad Nations. Russia and China start supporting opposite sides. Russia starts aiding the US, while China aids the Democrats. Antifa Guerillas cause a gas attack in San Francisco that kills 50,000 people. A coup overthrows Maduro in Venezuela, sparking a civil war. China and Russia officially cut diplomatic ties with each other. Pro-Democrat uprisings occur in Indianapolis, Baltimore, and Washington DC. Marshall law is declared in those cities. A small skirmish occurs on the Sino-Russian border. After the skirmish, China officially declares war on the Russian Federation. World War 3 has officially begun.
The Third World War
September 2020: The European Union declares war on Russia. The Visegrad Nations and the UK declare war on the EU. Turkey and Ukraine ally with the EU. Greece and Bulgaria betray the EU and attempt to invade Turkey. Armenia joins in on the invasion of Turkey. Azerbaijan declares war on Armenia. Russia annexes Georgia to help the Armenian military. India declares war on China, which brings in Pakistan. North Korea declares neutrality. China starts to invade Taiwan. The ASEAN nations declare war on China. Canada invades Alaska, while allying with China. African American Militias begin clashing with the military in several southern states. Iran, Iraq, and Syria ally with China. The rest of the Arab world allies with Russia. Brazil declares war on Venezuela, Peru and Argentina. Argentina attempts to invade the Falkland islands. Chile, Columbia, Guyana, Uruguay and Paraguay ally with Brazil. Several Central American countries declare war on Mexico. Australia and New Zealand ally with Russia.
Late 2020: The Freedom Tower and Empire State building are bombed by terrorists. The Radical New Hampshire Libertarians are in a stalemate with Pro-Democrat militias. Democrat-controlled Colorado surrenders after famine and resource shortages hit the state hard. Delaware finally surrenders after half of the state's population is displaced. After a skirmish on the Sino-North Korean border, North Korea declares war on China. Harbin and Tianjin are nuked. A retaliatory strike against Pyongyang is shot down by South Korean defenses. The North Korean military begins a massive offensive into Manchuria and towards Chinese-occupied Vladivostok. EU naval forces Clash with the UK in the English Channel. Czechia surrenders in November. Mike Pence wins the 2020 election, with basically no real opposition. China halts the North Korean offensive by early December. Nationalists spark civil wars in Italy and Finland. Anti-war riots occur throughout France. Hezbollah sparks a civil war in Lebanon. Serbia declares war on the EU and Kosovo. Albania sides with the EU. M1 Abram tank divisions start moving into upstate New York and Oregon. The entire UK military evacuates to the home islands to defend them from the EU. The Baltic states and Belarus ally with Russia out of fear of being annexed. Bloody urban warfare occurs in Istanbul, Detroit, Chicago, Budapest and Naples.
Year 2021: China officially begins the 'Red Winter' offensive into Siberia. There are no longer any US military personnel in Alaska, as it has become a battleground between Canadian and Russian forces. Belize and Guatemala surrender to Mexico. Panama surrenders to Columbia. A border conflict between Sudan and South Sudan results in the East African Community declaring war on the Arab League. Congo-Brazzaville and Angola declare war on the DRC. South Africa and Namibia declare war on Angola. South Africa invades and annexes Lesotho. South Africa and Zimbabwe declare war on Mozambique. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Gambia declare war on Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. West Sahara declares independence from Morocco. Ethiopia declares war against Somalia and Eritrea. Hungary and Slovakia have surrendered to the EU. Canadian forces invade Montana and North Dakota. Illinois and Minnesota have been reconquered by the United States. Turkey surrenders to the Entente. Top politicians from the EU, China, Canada, Argentina, Iran, and Pakistan meet in Berlin and officially create the Brussels-Beijing pact. Trench warfare is use along many fronts. Such as Poland, Manchuria, California, New York State, and Kashmir. Global casualty counts are at over 10 million worldwide. Massive air battles occur over major cities such as Seoul, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Warsaw, London, Ottawa and Tehran. Iraq collapses.
Year 2022: There's a stalemate on the Siberian front as winter temperatures plummet to -60°F in some places. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan join the Entente. Poland has fallen to the EU. Chinese paratroopers land in South Korea in a surprise invasion. Syria, Iraq, and Azerbaijan have finally fallen. Kurdistan declares independence. New Jersey and Oregon surrender to the US. The siege of New York City begins. Wisconsin and Michigan are still partially holding out. Secessionists coup the State government of Texas, declaring the Texan Republic. Buenos Aires falls to Brazil. Pakistan is on the verge of collapse. In desperation, they fire their nuclear arsenal at India. India quickly retaliates. March 28th becomes the deadliest single day in human history. Nearly half a billion people die in the nuclear exchange. Defcon 1 is declared for the first time in history. The United Nations collapses. Radiation starts significantly affecting the Indian subcontinent. Many more die in the coming days, months, and years as radioactive fallout takes its toll on the region. Refugees start massing on the borders of neighboring countries. A month-long ceasefire occurs on all fronts due to war going nuclear. All world leaders fear mutually assured destruction. About a month later, despite this terrible event, the war goes continues. A minor nuclear winter begins that will last until 2037.
2023-2025: The Central American countries fall to Mexico and Colombia. Peru surrenders to Brazil. Washington and New York surrender to the US. The invasion of California begins. The US pushes back the Canadian invasion of its mainland. Texas enters a civil war between the secessionists and anti-secessionists. Mike Pence creates an executive order to force First and Second-Generation Chinese-Americans into internment camps in Nebraska, Kansas, and Indiana. The EU begins planning for operation 'sea lion', the invasion of the United Kingdom. The EU conquers Lithuania and Belarus. The European invasion of Russia begins. South Korea pushes back against the Chinese invasion. SpaceX successfully lands on Mars in 2025 after many setbacks. North Korea starts using chemical warfare against Chinese soldiers. Luanda, Angola is put under siege. South Sudan falls. China issues an ultimatum to Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to surrender or be invaded. They all join the Entente. Chinese forces start retreating from Siberia to invade Mongolia. A violent revolution occurs in Hong Kong. Taiwan finally pushes back against the Chinese invasion. Russia directly annexes Kazakhstan. Finland switches sides as its civil war ends.
2026-2028: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston are under siege. US marines begin an offensive into Toronto. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont have been taken back. Libertarian New Hampshire rejoins the US willingly. Texas rejoins the US after the anti-secessionists take Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Quebec declares independence from Canada. Venezuela finally falls to Brazilian troops. The invasion of Britain is scrapped by EU generals after American and Brazilian naval forces defeat them. EU forces are halted at the gates of Moscow by -70°F temperatures and Russian tank divisions. Russia takes Alaska from the Canadians and begins an invasion of British Columbia. China has already lost 50 million people in the fighting. The US and Mexico begin a joint invasion of Cuba. Argentina surrenders in October of 2028. Russia begins a massive counter-offensive into both Europe and China. North Korean forces take Vladivostok from Chinese occupation. Both Tibet and East Turkestan declare independence from China. Nationalists win the civil war in Italy and join the Entente. Romania switches sides after Bucharest is captured by Bulgaria. Vietnamese forces siege the island of Hainan. By Christmas of 2028, Warsaw and Budapest have been liberated.
2029-2030: California, Massachusetts, and Maine surrender to the US. Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are almost in complete ruins. After the US takes Vancouver and Ottawa, Canada surrenders to the US. Vienna falls under Italian occupation. British, American, Australian and Brazilian troops land in Calais, France. A joint US-Moroccan invasion of Spain begins. Portugal switches sides. The East African community, Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, West Sahara, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Eritrea, and Congo-Brazzaville surrender. Russia launches a final offensive towards Berlin. China has been completely pushed out of Russia. American, Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese, Indonesian and Australian forces land in Shanghai. Spain surrenders in November of 2029. The Dutch military destroys the Delta works, causing large-scale flooding. They surrender in December of 2029. Berlin falls to Russian forces in December of 2029. American forces reach Paris that same month. That Christmas, a nuclear terrorist attack occurs in Jacksonville, Florida. 300,000 are killed in the attack. Belgium surrenders after British and American forces take Brussels in January of 2030. Cuba surrenders just a month later. France launches a series of tactical nuclear strikes along the Pyrenees mountains and the Rhine river. 10 million are killed in the attacks including the entire nation of Andorra. France surrenders after the UK launches a retaliatory strike on Bordeaux. Russia and North Korea launch a final offensive towards Beijing. China is being invaded from all sides. Beijing falls to Russian forces in July of 2030. China officially surrenders on August 19th, 2030, after its entire coastline has been lost to the Entente forces. Iran surrenders the next day. World War 3 officially ends after an armistice is signed in Geneva on August 30th. The treaty of New York is signed in the old United Nations building on October 3rd, 2030.
The Treaty of New York
The Treaty of New York
Signed by:
The Russian Federation, The United States of America, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The State of Japan, The Republic of Korea, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, The Federative Republic of Brazil, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, The People's Republic of China, The French Republic, The Commonwealth of Canada, The Republic of Argentina, The Islamic Republic of Iran, The Federal Republic of Germany, and The Republic of Turkey.
Signed:
October 3rd, 2030
Section 1: North America
Quebec will be a fully independent and internationally recognized state. The US will be given the rest of Canada. Cuba will be under joint US-Mexican occupation until 2035. Mexico will annex Belize and Guatemala. Colombia will annex Panama. The US will take the Panama canal. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Guadeloupe and Martinique will be given to the United Kingdom.
Section 2: South America
Venezuela is to lose land to: Brazil, Columbia, and Guyana. Peru is to become a puppet state of Brazil. Argentina loses land to: Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay. Tierra del Fuego is to become a British dominion. Buenos Aires will be under joint UK-Brazilian occupation until 2035. Brazil will annex French Guiana.
Section 3: Africa
Sudan is to annex South Sudan. The Democratic Republic of Congo is to annex the Republic of Congo. Angola will be under South African occupation until 2037. French Reunion is to be annexed by South Africa. Morocco will annex West Sahara, The Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla. Somalialand is to become an independent nation. The rest of Somalia and Eritrea are to be annexed by Ethiopia. Zimbabwe is to annex some border regions of Mozambique. Nigeria loses some border lands to its neighbors. Senegal is to annex Gambia. Guinea-Bissau is to be annexed by Guinea. Sierra Leone is to be divided between Guinea and Liberia. Ivory Coast loses some land to Ghana, Liberia, and Guinea.
Section 4: Europe
The UK is to annex Ireland and the Faroe islands. Nationalists will be put into power in Italy and Finland. Britanny will become an independent nation. Catalonia and the Basque Country gain independence from Spain. Nationalist Italy annexes Corsica, Provence, Malta, parts of Albania, and parts of Slovenia. Bavaria will become independent from Germany. Berlin is to be under Russian occupation until 2035. Areas along the Pyrenees mountains and the Rhine river are to be declared as 'No-go zones' until 2040. Bulgaria is to annex North Macedonia and parts of Romania. Greece will be given Eatsern Thrace, Istanbul, and all Turkish islands in the Mediterranean. Russia is to annex Belarus and Eastern Ukraine. Kaliningrad oblast is to be given to Poland. Serbia is to be given Serbian-Speaking areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Montenegro and Kosovo. Brussels is to be divided into American, British, Russian, and Brazilian occupation zones until 2040. Belgium will be divided between Flanders and Wallonia.
Section 5: Asia
Syria is to be under joint Israeli-Saudi Arabian occupation until 2036. after which, a Democratic government is to be installed. Kurdish areas of Syria, Turkey, and Iraq are to be given independence as Kurdistan. Kuwait is to annex Basra and Khuzetstan from Iraq and Iran respectively. Iran also loses and to: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Armenia. The Russian annexations of Georgia and Kazakhstan are to be permanent. Russia and Armenia are to split Azerbaijan. Armenia also takes lands from Turkey. The rest of Turkey will be renamed the 'Anatolian Republic'. India and Pakistan are to be designated as 'No-go' zones until 2060. Refugee zones are to be established along nations that border India and/or Pakistan. Tibet, East Turkestan, and Hong Kong are to maintain their independence. Manchuria will be under Joint Russian-North Korean occupation until 2035. Beijing will be be divided into American, Russian, Japanese, and North Korean occupation zones until 2035. Mongolia will annex Inner Mongolia. Taiwan annexes Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. Shanghai is to become an independent city state. Vietnam will annex Hainan island. Myanmar will annex Yunnan province. The Communist Party of China is to be dissolved, China's military can not exceed 300,000 personnel, and China cannot have nuclear weapons. Democratic elections are to be held in China by 2035.
Section 6: Oceania and the Pacific
New Caledonia will be under Australian occupation until 2033. After which, it will be an independent nation. French Polynesia is to be annexed by the United States as 'The Greater Tahiti Territory'.
Section 7: Other
The United Nations is to be reestablished by 2035. The permanent members of the U.N.Security council with veto power are the following: The United States of America, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Russian Federation, The Federative Republic of Brazil, and The State of Japan. The remaining members of the Brussels-Beijing pact and their allies are to pay the Entente no less than $5,000,000,000,000 in war reparations. France and China are to admit to waging aggressive war.
The Most Devastated Nations
India:
Death toll: 417,000,000
Original population: 1,388,858,917
Percentage of population lost: 30%
China:
Death toll: 83,000,000
Original population: 1,402,847,838
Percentage of population lost: 5.6%
Pakistan:
Death toll: 63,000,000
Original population: 208,346,583
Percentage of population lost: 30.2%
United States of America:
Death toll: 26,700,000
Original population: 333,545,529
Percentage of population lost: 8%
Russia:
Death toll: 21,200,000
Original population: 142,898,124
Percentage of population lost: 14.8%
Germany:
Death toll: 11,300,000
Original population: 80,392,215
Percentage of population lost: 14%
France:
Death toll: 9,300,000
Original population: 65,720,030
Percentage of population lost: 11.1%
Italy:
Death toll: 6,700,000
Original population: 59,741,327
Percentage of population lost: 11.2%
Poland:
Death toll: 5,900,000
Original population: 38,407,266
Percentage of population lost: 15.3%
North Korea:
Death toll: 5,300,000
Original population: 25,778,815
Percentage of population lost: 20.5%
The Aftermath
And so, the world moved on. The soldiers who survived returned to their families and countries. The treaty of New York had brought the largest shift in Geopolitics in history. Nations were devastated by the death toll and damage to infrastructure. An entire generation was almost obliterated by the war. But the world moved on. Here's what happened in the decade after the war.
2030-2035: The Republican party holds political hegemony in the US. No party has yet emerged to fill the gap left by the fall of the Democrats. The US returns to isolationism in order to repair infrastructure and the economy. America's territory in Canada officially becomes 9 new US States. A series of large-scale reforms occur in the Media and Academia in an attempt to make America less politically polarized. The reconstruction of Jacksonville begins in 2033. Russia renames itself to the 'Eurasian Federation'. A series of economic reforms occur in North Korea, turning it into a capitalist (but still totalitarian) society over the next 5 years. India and Pakistan are still in complete ruin. Nepal and Bhutan now have more Indian refugees than actual citizens. China has gone from the 2nd largest economy in the world, to an unimportant backwater where radical ideologies start to spring up. In an important UN meeting, a decision is reached to ban all nuclear weapons. In Europe, all sorts of political ideologies start to gain incredible popularity. Monarchists win elections in Germany, and Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia is declared as 'Kaiser'. Socialists win elections in Spain, Greece, and Flanders. Nationalist parties win elections across Eatsern Europe.
2035-Present: Technocrats, Libertarians, and Democratic Socialists get several electoral votes each in the 2036 US elections. Chinese politics becomes divided between Neo-Maoists, Fascists, and Liberals. The Eurasian Federation faces political divide between Conservatives, Communists, Ultranationalists, and Orthodox Theocrats. North Korea faces a succession crisis in 2037 after Kim Jong Un dies of an undiagnosed liver disease. A failed coup occurs against the Saudi Arabian monarchy. Spain descends into civil war in 2038 between Socialists and Monarchists. Nationalists win elections in the Netherlands. Small nations pop up out of former India and Pakistan as radiation levels start to decrease to safe levels. Sri Lanka violates the treaty of New York and attempts to colonize parts of South India. Radical Islamists seize control of East Turkestan. Radiation levels in the Pyrenees and the Rhine finally decrease to safe levels.
The Present:
It is now the year 2040. The world has changed significantly in the last 20 years. But humanity never changes. Geopolitics never change. The world is a delicate balance of powers. But anyone, at anytime, could change that. Anyone with enough power could throw the world into chaos and war once more. Will history repeat itself? Will there be a World War 4? Or, will there be peace and prosperity?
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