There's not really much more that can be done to make things worse in twilight 2013. Here's what the world is currently like (lifted right from the rulebook, this counts as an official reference so I hopefully won't get sued right?
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The Euro-Russo War has currently drawn to a stalemate.
Russian forces occupy all of the former Warsaw Pact countries
along with parts of Germany, Austria and Italy. Scattered forces
throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, Spain, Italy and France
create havoc where they can.
Europe now lies in ruins. The massive Russian nuclear assault
on France left that nation’s territory a virtual dead zone separating
the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of the continent. Germany
and Poland once again saw countless battles on their soil, and the
Balkan nations are a chaotic mess of lawless fi efdoms. European
Russia is no better – cities hit with both nuclear and conventional
weapons have laid further waste to the region.
The Great Muslim War has also drawn to a stalemate in
the Middle East. Baghdad is in the hands of Iran along with most
of the southern regions. Most of central and western Iraq is under
Saudi control. Northern Iraq is now Kurdistan, along with parts of
southern Turkey and western Iran. The Islamic Confederation of
Nations occupies a section of northeast Iran; however, most of that
fi ghting has died down to just an occasional skirmish action.
Saudi Arabia seized all of the Arabian Peninsula. Syria now
occupies what was once Lebanon and Israel. Islamic factions are
struggling for control over the Israeli resources and religious sites.
The Pakistani civil war ripped the country apart. Pakistanis are
vying for control with Afghani, Taliban and Indian occupation
forces.
The North American Confl ict, while not classifi ed as
a stalemate has wound down to a relative calm. Chinese forces
secured several small towns in the west. Canadians claim large
sections along the northern border, including most of New
England. American forces occupy sections of Mexico along the
border with the U.S., but Mexican and other Central American
militias are staging an effective insurgency. Russia entered into
the confl ict - securing the rich oil deposits off their neighboring
region and creating a containment zone out of former Alaska and
the northwestern Canadian territories.
After the dissolution of the country, the U.S. is split into rival
factions trying to claim presidency and re-unite the country. Many
cities and towns, however, are simply operating as individual
city states. The exception is in the southeastern U.S. where the
states faired better than most and created a loose confederation
of states.
The War of Chinese Aggression (as some have labeled
it) is all over the map in the South Pacifi c. Chinese forces occupy
many countries in Southeast Asia. China itself is unstable after
the nuclear attack with large portions of the surviving population
seeking refuge in the newly absorbed countries. Unfortunately
for the nations of the region, this helps to solidify the Chinese
occupation in these areas.
The massive American nuclear attack on China infl icts as
much devastation among neighboring countries as the Chinese
invasions. Nuclear fallout and radiation blanket the sector causing
millions of casualties due to sickness and death. Chinese forces
occupy parts of Japan, Korea and the Philippines, the whole of
Myanmar and Taiwan, and clusters of small islands in the region.
The War of the Amazon is a unique case study in regards
to the Twilight War. South America is weathering the aftermath
best of all other continents. While the nations of South America
battled almost as long as everyone else, their wars were 100%
conventional and mostly limited to unpopulated areas, thus
leaving most of their infrastructures intact.
The Forgotten War of Africa is a study in contrasts. Along
the Mediterranean coast, Egypt and Libya have united in all but
name, and are positioning to become the dominant force in the
area. French refugees and nationals have fl ooded into Algeria.
Sub-Saharan Africa suffered few direct effects of the global war,
but deep-seated tribal and regional confl icts have only increased
in ferocity. The interior of the country devolved into an all out
war, and the coastal areas exist only as a refuge from the interior
fi ghting. Utopia and South Africa being the exceptions, have
survived virtually intact. South Africa has even managed to thrive.
Its industrial complex has become a major supplier of arms and
equipment for many of the world’s confl icts.
All of the political power shifts and border rearrangements
go above and beyond the other global effects of the Twilight
War. Outside of the major confl ict regions, almost every nation
on the globe suffers the environmental and economic effects of the
Twilight War as well.