Oh god - it's as if Russia isn't bad enough - the Second Great Depression can also significantly destabilise South East Asian states; chiefly among them - Indonesia is still under the thumb of Suharto, and the Philippines whose shaky democracy under Ramos' presidency is further addled by inheriting the question of its economic oligarchy as well as the persistent undercurrent of Marcos-inspired populism.
Pray tell, how does that region deal with the fall-out of this economic collapse? I really suspect that Soeharto will start to make moves to secure his regime and make it harder to depose him without a civil war, and for Ramos' administration to be likewise shaken by mass protests and coups (EDSA Dos, anyone?).
So your average dynastic cycle
What I meant is this toppling like dominoes over Iran and the Middle East for the next two decades, where the chaos will contribute towards intensifying each other.
All the human warfare that happened in history will pale in comparison to the gigantic warzone that can span from Jerusalem to Vladivostok.
That said though - the last update about the FEK did indicate that China still hasn't collapsed, so perhaps the possibility of being explored and written can already be discounted.
Like they had the manchus, the mongols, the japanese, the communists themselves and that one guy who proclaimed himself Jesus's brother
None of those are anything new
And by that I dont mean you cant make a TL where you absolutely balkanize China forever, you can and it has been done before many times
It just doesnt have the appeal this has I think
We've seen Rome & China dying too many times both in fiction and real life, meanwhile this is fresh and I like that
Sure, but the recovery won't be half a century's worth like OTL, but centuries, as the political fragmentation has the potential to top one that happened in the Sixteen Kingdoms period; or, at least this can be likened with the constant warfare that will "just" be on the level of the Six Dynasties period.
