Map Contest IV: Round V
A quick reminder to use the Discussion Thread for all discussions, questions, etc. Violators will punished accordingly. After this post the only thing that should appear are maps that adhere to this contest. General rules for the contest can also be found in that thread.
Note this is the last round before the final round to determine the winner of this Map Contest, so if you want to compete in the final round this will be your final chance. Also all winners of previous rounds take head that the final round is coming to a thread near you, and your participation is needed.
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Here is this round's challenge:
This one is a Future History challenge.
The attempts at stemming the global recession starting in the late first decade of the 21st century has failed. A true global depression not seen since the 1930s has wrecked havoc on the world's economy which has caused unprecedented amounts of unrest across the globe. Many of the first world nations have survived but the fire has gone out of most of them during this bleak time as they turn inward just trying to survive. The rest of the world is wracked by starvation (aid had dried up long ago), war (what better way to distract your citizens by going to war with your neighbor), disease (always follows the first two), poverty (still there but going strong), and of course independence/separatist movements! (Yes, yes, of course there are areas where some nations have joined together in political unions to stem the economic crisis...)
They're two major events to take into account:
1) The economic crisis had crippled the economy of Mexico leaving its weak government even weaker. Several heavily armed drug cartels tired of the efforts of the Mexican Federal government interfering in their business have decided to carve out some 'kingdoms of their own'. A corrupt general who had ties to the cartels also got into the act.
Unfortunately for the cartels this action drew the attention of the proverbial 800 lb gorilla to the north. While a civil war in Mexico was of great interest to the US the tired people of the US (economically distracted and barely removed from Iraq and Afghanistan) was more inclined to just offer what humanitarian aid they could. Until one of the cartel-kings, fighting a losing battle against another cartel-king, in a desperate move raided an aid camp within the US border. Sadly for him Poncho Villa he is not, and even sadder the US Armed forces are not the ones from the early 20th Century.
2) In 2016 the weak Pakistani democratic elected government collapsed from within. The base veneer over the civil war that had been simmering for years has finally come off. Worse of all two nukes have gone missing.
The Rules: The map can be a global map or a more targeted map, your call, and try to be detailed as possible I want to see some good map keys people. The map must be between the the years of 2018 to 2036 AD, again your choice of the date(s) as long as it is between those years.
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You have one week.
Remember ask any questions in the Discussion Thread.
Best of luck to all the contestants,
Chief Judge SK
A quick reminder to use the Discussion Thread for all discussions, questions, etc. Violators will punished accordingly. After this post the only thing that should appear are maps that adhere to this contest. General rules for the contest can also be found in that thread.
Note this is the last round before the final round to determine the winner of this Map Contest, so if you want to compete in the final round this will be your final chance. Also all winners of previous rounds take head that the final round is coming to a thread near you, and your participation is needed.
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Here is this round's challenge:
This one is a Future History challenge.
The attempts at stemming the global recession starting in the late first decade of the 21st century has failed. A true global depression not seen since the 1930s has wrecked havoc on the world's economy which has caused unprecedented amounts of unrest across the globe. Many of the first world nations have survived but the fire has gone out of most of them during this bleak time as they turn inward just trying to survive. The rest of the world is wracked by starvation (aid had dried up long ago), war (what better way to distract your citizens by going to war with your neighbor), disease (always follows the first two), poverty (still there but going strong), and of course independence/separatist movements! (Yes, yes, of course there are areas where some nations have joined together in political unions to stem the economic crisis...)
They're two major events to take into account:
1) The economic crisis had crippled the economy of Mexico leaving its weak government even weaker. Several heavily armed drug cartels tired of the efforts of the Mexican Federal government interfering in their business have decided to carve out some 'kingdoms of their own'. A corrupt general who had ties to the cartels also got into the act.
Unfortunately for the cartels this action drew the attention of the proverbial 800 lb gorilla to the north. While a civil war in Mexico was of great interest to the US the tired people of the US (economically distracted and barely removed from Iraq and Afghanistan) was more inclined to just offer what humanitarian aid they could. Until one of the cartel-kings, fighting a losing battle against another cartel-king, in a desperate move raided an aid camp within the US border. Sadly for him Poncho Villa he is not, and even sadder the US Armed forces are not the ones from the early 20th Century.
2) In 2016 the weak Pakistani democratic elected government collapsed from within. The base veneer over the civil war that had been simmering for years has finally come off. Worse of all two nukes have gone missing.
The Rules: The map can be a global map or a more targeted map, your call, and try to be detailed as possible I want to see some good map keys people. The map must be between the the years of 2018 to 2036 AD, again your choice of the date(s) as long as it is between those years.
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You have one week.
Remember ask any questions in the Discussion Thread.
Best of luck to all the contestants,
Chief Judge SK
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