Cybernetic Soldier
Earth, AD 2060
 
Content
 
Introduction
The Great Catastrophe
The effects of the war
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Middle East
Oceania
 

 
Introduction
 
    Due to a great demand I felt the need to create a page that will talk about the world of Cybernetic Soldier.   This page is mostly destined to GM in order to feed them the information needed about earth after WWIII but players should feel free to read it if they want to learn more about the world they will be playing in.

    Since I am not going to list every countries and cities, this will be up to the GM to determine which regions are highly technological dependent and which regions are struggling to survive because they where very affected by WWIII.   The best I can do is list every continent and major regions and talk about them in general terms, about the major powers dominating the area with their political and technological influence to give you a better idea of the apocalyptic world of Cyber Soldier.
 
 



 
The Great Catastrophe
 
    No one really knows exactly how WWIII erupted but the few people that dedicated their lives to the knowledge of history will probably tell you that it occurred in AD 2001 or 2002 when some dictator started global invasion.   This person wanted to unite all nations on earth and make the planet stronger and homogenize by destroying all characteristical traits of all ethnic.   Not much is known after this but global super powers fought each others for about 50 years and killed hundreds of millions of people.
Big major powers were defeated and replaced by other who quickly followed and disappeared into the mists of nuclear apocalypse.
 

 
The effects of the war
 
    The technology level has dropped very much on the majority of the planet during WWIII while some other places almost haven't been affected by it.   Now most towns survive on agriculture and hunting while only a few rare cities are very evolved and manufacture weapons, robots, cybernetic implants, war machines, pharmaceutical goods and much more technological things.

    Large nations were scattered in numerous little communities or at best, governments, during the Great Catastrophe.   Now most towns are very isolated and lacks in knowledge of their surrounding due to the fact that they have to concentrate pretty much more on survival than world exploration.   This can easily explain why, for example, a small rural community would have absolutely no idea of what's happening in a city that is 1000 Km away.   Still don't think that every town is self reliant and isolated from the rest of the world, in fact, the majority of the world trade a lot with the surrounding cities and relies very much on this to survive.   Usually there is a big city trading it's technology to the small agriculture villages in the area for food and other primal needs like this.

    Now the world is in a chaotic state and all nations are very scattered and generally unorganized.   Due to this fact many local political and para-military groups try to unite the surrounding cities into one powerful nation but not every city wants to be controlled by a government again and because of this, small scale wars are still existing all around the globe because of this.

    In 2060, general global pollution has risen at a alarming rate, almost completely destroying the protective ozone layer around the planet.   Skin cancer and diseases are very common and people now die much younger unless they live in a big high tech city with plenty of medical facilities.   Global temperature has risen too, about 10 degrees Celsius in average and some equatorial places are now inhabitable due to this.   With the global warming, thousands of tons of ice have melted on each poles, flooding Km of land located near the poles.


 
America
 
    Before the Great Catastrophe, the United States of America were the richest and most powerful country on the continent and even maybe of the planet.   During WWIII, the USA were one of the first armies to go foreign to fight the dictators that started the war.   Unfortunately, 20 years after the beginning of WWIII, the USA were plagued with internal terrorism during the war and had to fight two wars at the same time; one on a foreign continent for the good of humanity and the other was on their own ground, fighting against a incredibly well organized terrorist group.   This group called the Dominion wanted to weaken the US government to be able to take control of the entire country.   By doing so, they would be able to control and unite probably the entire America.   The Dominion was so organized that they had at least one HQ in every major American city and their technology level was at least has good has the USA's.   Slowly but surely the USA government was loosing this civil war and the Dominion, gaining terrain, cities, influence, and even better technology.   Unfortunately, at the end of WWIII, the USA government was so corrupted and financially weak that every warfare invention they made was quickly stolen by the Dominion and put on the field against them.   In the last 10 years of WWIII, open warfare was exploding on the entire American continent and entire cities were attacked, destroyed and nuked.   The USA government got overwhelmed by the Dominion and completely destroyed by it about 2 or 3 years before the official end of the Great Catastrophe.

    Now, about 5 years after the Great Catastrophe, the Dominion has control over almost all north America.   It's territorial influence would be concentrated generally in what we used to call the US west coast, the US east coast and south-west Canada.   The FDA, Federal Dominion of America has complete monopole over North American technology, political organization and military force.   Their influence is slowly taking over the entire country we used to call USA and propagating in south Canada.   Independent cities after independent cities, they all fall to the control of the mighty FDA political control.   To gain new territory the FDA mainly use negotiation and diplomacy by they do not seem to mind using violence has a tool of coercion over small armed resistance organizations.

    The Canada is probably the only country in America to have a national government controlling the nation.   Canada does not seem to have suffered much from the war than the what we used to call the united states but it government is fighting the FDA with less success than expected and is having a very hard time to reunite all province has they were before the war.   Canada is having much trouble fighting against Quebec, a small but fierce little country located north-east of Canada.   During WWIII, Quebec has taken the opportunity to make itself independent from Canada, but now Canada want Quebec back and is fighting for it.   In general terms, the Canadian government is big big troubles, fighting two fronts and trying to unite the rest of the provinces.   Rumors says that soon, Canada will collapse and fall to the control of the FDA and QLA, Quebec Liberation Army.

    In central America, most countries are simply struggling to survive the disaster except for Cuba that is slowly invading the little struggling countries nearby and spreading it's Communist influence with much success. Mexico, probably the only country in the area strong enough to resist the Cuban army, is fighting with them, barely keeping them at edge.

    The once glorious and breath taking Amazon is no more.   About 90% of the trees have died from the horrible war and the entire south America is has poor has ever for the exception of Brazil and Argentina who are quite industrialized compared to their neighbors.   Brazil and Argentina have formed an alliance called the LSAA, Latin South American Alliance, a strong unification of military and political resources that have survived WWIII together and that is trying to recover from it.   The LSAA is slowly  recruiting the other surrounding south American country.   Since they do not want any more bloodshed, they use only negotiation and only violence has a last resort option.
 



 
Europe
 
    With the beginning of the war, England and France united themselves to fight the fachists and the oppressors from Russia.   Small countries like Bosnia, Albany, Slovakia and Czechoslovakia entered a series of small bloody wars against each others.   The WEAF (West European Armed Force) tried to maintain peace among them but without much success and had to fight the Russian invasion as well.   It is said that the Germany made an alliance with the Russian to fight the WEAF.   Against all odds, the WEAF held back the Russian Germans invasion with the aid of American reinforcements and were able to conquer a good portion of west Germany has well.   Their victory could easily be attributed to the efficient and deadly tanks the French provided to the WEAF.   It is said that at the peak of the Great Catastrophe, the French were building better and more efficient tanks than the americans.   The Germans launched a few nukes on France but quickly the WEAF counter strike by launching even more on Germany, destroying the remaining of the opposition.   Since that day, the Russians abandoned hostilities toward the WEAF.

    Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece allied themselves against hostile North African countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Turkey.   A terrible war was then fought at sea.   Thanks to the English that provided powerful Naval Vessels, the South European Countries won over the North African Forces.   This victory cost them a heavy price.

    North Europe's countries fought the Russians with much or less success, losing territory sometimes and regaining it.   Has a matter or a fact, they were unable to pierce Russians defenses and cause major damage.

    Now, after WWIII, the WEAF is still very active, slowly trying to recover and reunite all europe once more into a peaceful continent, successfully recruiting Spain, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Scotland and Ireland.   It is said that the WEAF is now the world's most powerful organization.

    Unfortunately, East Europe was heavily touched by the Great Catastrophe (being the battle field between the Russian German forces and the WEAF).   The little countries in east Europe never recovered and are now only barrens and wastelands, still fighting each others for the meager resources available in the area.   North and South Europe slowly recover from WWIII, but the progress is barely noticeable.
 



 
Africa

    Africa, probably the poorest continent on Earth before WWIII, became even worst after it.   About 5 years after the beginning of Great Catastrophe, South Africa formed the SAD (South African Dominion) and started to invade south African countries nearby.   Soon, Green Berets came to their rescue and fought the SAD.   The SAD took the opportunity that the Americans and Canadians could not send much Green Berets to Africa and attacked their forces without mercy.   Surprisingly, the Green Berets were now has well prepared has they tough and the first wave was easily defeated.   The SAD took the morale opportunity to defeat other nearby Countries rapidly before the Green Berets could send more troops.   The second wave was really more efficient and prepared.   The SAD could not advance farther.   Because the Americans and Canadians could not send more troops, they had a hard time repulsing the SAD to it's place.   Experienced Green Berets trained thousands of local Africans and then successfully fought the SAD.   Slowly but surely, the SAD lost influence and got kicked back into it's own territory where it was defeated.   I took 25 years to destroy the SAD.

    A few years after the defeat of the SAD, most african countries starter to fight each others, using the experience they learned from the Green Berets.   The Americans and Canadians could not send anymore troop to Africa to quiet down the hostilities because they were too much weakened by internal problems with the Dominion and global problems with Russia and Middle Orient.   Day after day, year after year Africa destroyed itself slowly in every way possible.

    Now Africa is has poor has ever, not recovering a bit from the war, too weak to continue fighting each others.   Africa is now a total wasteland and partially inhabitable because of global warming.
 



 
Asia
 
     Asia played a major role during the Great Catastrophe.   At first, Russia started to invade nearby southern countries to reunite USSR once more.   Surprisingly, the russians came in great force and quickly took several little countries.   Soon, they got in conflicts with the WEAF, US and Canadian army and war started to wage once more.   Russia soon invaded eastern europe and fought the WEAF and the Green Berets on that ground.   With the help of germany, and Iraq and Chinese support, Russia was able to hold longer.   About half way to the end of WWIII, the German allies were defeated and they lost their support from China and Iraq.   Only a year later, Russia felled under the heavy American assaults.

    At the beginning of the Great Catastrophe, China was plagued by a bloody civil war that caused the country to become much more poor than it was before.   Barely emerging from the civil war, China got in conflict with Japan and later on, their started to fight each others.   China held for about 20 years before surrendering to Japan.   This day, Japan and China formed the UAF, United Asian Federation.   Not a year later, the UAF was on it's way to impose it's laws to the others nearby Asian countries.   Mongolia, Korea, Philippines, Thailand and Viet-Nam were the first targets.   Somewhat, they aimed too high and the resistance was far more tough than they first expected.   Soon, Americans engaged the UAF into naval warfare over the Pacific, like in WWII.   Due to it's fighting all over the globe and it's internal problems, the Americans were not able to win that war over the sea.   All sides suffered heavy loses from theses horrible battles.   At the end, the UAF's never truly recovered from China's civil war and the war between China and Japan, this lack of resources and financial power led to the defeat of the UAF.   The UAF withdrew it's troops from hostile territory and finally peace was settled in Asia, for now.

    There is not much to tell about South-West and South-East Asia, except the fact that many small civil war broke there, weakening tremendously the land there.
 



 
Middle East
 
    Iraq, a country feared for it's great military and the master mind behind it.   No one is sure about who started the Great Catastrophe, some say that it was Russia, other Iraq, but one thing was for sure, the dictator behind the powerful Iraqi army wanted power and control over at least all Middle East.   Due to hidden military technology, they were able to take the american green berets by surprise and rapidly take over Kuwait, a small country rich for it's large petrol refinery.   Kuwait was a huge gain for the Iraqi army and soon the Russians became allies to them.   Soon, the Iraqi started invading Iran.   Fortunately for Iran, the green berets finally arrived and repelled the first assault with much success.   Then, bold Iraqi spies stole interesting technology from the americans.   With fierce efficiency and surprising speed, the Iraqi were able to learn, adapt, build better tanks and artillery cannons and put them on the field against the green berets and the Iran resistance.   From that point on, the americans had finally met their challenge, fighting on another land against an enemy almost has powerful has them.   War waged tremendously for multiple years, both sides winning some victories over the other.   Iraq benefited from a huge opportunity, the fact that it made a powerful ally; Russia, owned Kuwait, nearby countries not wanting to interfere in their war and finally the fact that the americans were fighting on multiple ground.   This opportunity gave the Iraqi a chance to deliver a massive blow to the USA but even then, they were not able to win.   In last resort, the Iraqi launched some nuclear missiles over USA but without much success because of the impenetrable USA air defense.   The american suffered much from this war and it took them a little more than 25 years to defeat the mighty Iraq.

    Israel was torned apart by a civil religious war and got very weak because of it.   Saudi Arabian came in conflict with Iraq and unfortunately got crushed by them later on.   They were liberated by US green berets when Baghdad felled.

    Now, most Middle East has been plagued by war and famine and almost all sources of petrol have been drained by thousands of tanks and other war machines during the war.   The entire continent is has poor has ever, barely struggling to survive trough small scale wars for the remaining of the nearby resources.



 
Oceania
 
    Oceania was pretty much spared during the great catastrophe.   They did not directly involved themselves with the global conflicts.   Only Australia participated a little by selling weapons to South-East Asia.   Beside a little civil war in New Zealand, nothing special happened there.

    Oceania never were really evolved in technology except for Australia.   At the end of WWIII, many big corporations took over the country by cheer financial power.   With all the megaplexes running the country, the global technology level has risen tremendously in the area rendering Australia almost has advanced had the WEAF or the FDA.



 
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