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eragaxshim:

This was how the world of /r/Geosim looked when we were about to enter WWIII around 2040. The war was primarily between NATO and the Eurasian Federation. At first Japan was about to enter the war as well, but the Eurasian Federation ceded Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to them to appease the ultranationalistic but also socialist Japan which operated under a dictatorial presidential system to prevent from immediately having to fight a two-front war. The broken but democratic China and the new superpower Akhand Bharat joined the war soon after.

The Eurasian Federation had come into existence after Putin was replaced by Medvedev, who unified with the Central Asian states as well as Mongolia soon after the Great Asian War, in which India, Japan, Korea as well as other Asian powers fought against an economically broken China and forced it to cede Tibet (annexed by India which had become Bharat) and Xinjiang (which became the independent state of Uyghuristan) as well as adopt a parliamentary democratic system.

The Eurasian Federation then turned inward led by a new President, who eventually went crazy and began a policy of full economic autarky. After tensions began to rise in the Caucasus, he invaded Georgia and Azerbaijan, which triggered Turkey and thus NATO to respond, leading eventually to the Eurasian Federation invading the Baltics and Ukraine to secure its borders. Eventually, however, they were overrun and defeated and forced to cede large swaths of territory, especially in the Far East.

There were numerous other territorial changes. During a civil war in which Persia fell apart between radical extremists and moderates, Turkey became an occupying force by invading to create stability. South Azerbaijan was kept after the civil war by Turkey as a bargaining chip for Azerbaijan to join.

Bharat also deserves a story of its own. After a socialist takeover of Pakistan (which triggered an Islamist civil war) and decades of massive investments in its neighbors as well as massive military expansion, India was able to unify and reestablish the mythical Akhand Bharat. They also profited massively from the war with China, which allowed them to become the 2nd largest economy in the world as well the largest Army and the 3rd largest Navy (after Japan and the US).

Korea reunified after a large and horrible ground war between north and south in which China remained neutral. The ROK was supported by India and Japan, which helped establish those two as regional powers.

Germany also went through quite a transformation. After a CDU/CSU coalition under a new nationalist leader came to power, decades of reform eventually led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy with a new Kaiser. This new Germany was still fully democratic, but also very nationalistic and this new country began to massively expand its military, something which was tested first when Poland was gripped by a fascist takeover under the Wódz. After Poland was defeated, Germany annexed some of the territory it lost after World War II. Ukraine also took some territory. Later, Germany once again began spreading pan-Germanism, with which it was able to once again unify with Austria. Germany was a major player in World War III, where it bore the brunt of the force against the Eurasian Federation.

In South East Asia, growing instability due to refugee crises and the waning influence of China led to ASEAN being rendered virutally defunct. As the years grew on, continual diplomatic spats caused by the Malaysian leadership and government saw the formation of a united coalition to intervene in the nation and shut down a government that was perceived as corrupt. Though the actual truth to these accusations is debatable, the Phillippines, Indonesia and Thailand all took advantage of the situation and during the intervention it saw West Malaysia being annexed to Indonesia, the Philippines 'reclaiming' Sabah, and parts of northern Malaysia being taken Thailand.

Afterwards, that coalition largely remained friendly. Thailand gradually reformed into a nation known as Maha Tai, and through comprehensive diplomacy, managed to see Laos vote to enter under the Thai government. As Thailand had closely associated itself with the anti-Eurasian forces, they engaged against the Eurasian ally of Vietnam at the outset of the third world war, and as the war closed, they had designs on both Cambodia and Vietnam to be integrated, though the bloody and slow nature of conflict in those jungles saw them never come to fruition.

Throughout Africa, the United States of America gained multiple stalwart allies, which led to the enforcement of democracy throughout the region. Nigeria and Liberia very rapidly reformed into functioning democratic states thanks to heavy US investments, and acted as American regional police by proxy. During the late 2020s, ECOWAS interventions saw the succesful independence of Somaliland, and a joint Nigerian-US base in the newly formed state allowed their influence to precent multiple attempts by Ethiopia to interfere with its neighbours. As the time progressed, Nigeria & Liberia closely worked together to found the West African Economic Union, which persued reforms similar to that of the EU which saw them gradually grow closer throughout the years. During the late 2030s and erly 2040s, an intense campaign was fought and all involved nations voted to form an extremely loose, decentralized Federation, which led to the birth of the Federated States of Africa. Despite originally having grand plans on a Pan-African democratic state, accusations of Anglo-Centrism and a disregard for the outer regions led to growing hostility to the government. After being bogged down in an intense civil war within Chad, the FSA began to crumble at the seams, and at the close of WW3 saw several independence movements openly declare war.

The Mashariki Republic followed a similar path to the FSA, closely cooperating within East Africa to slowly coalesce its neighbours into a united, democratic republic. It also has close ties with America, and is the FSAs strongest ally on the continent.

South Africa often found itself at ends with the other African states throughout the century, as their annexation of Zimbabwe and multiple interferences within Namibia were heavily opposed by the American backed regimes, however as the region became occupied with other conflicts, a full blown war was avoided purely by chance.

The Syrian war dominated the first half of the 2020s. After multiple Syrian government escalations, the Israeli government decided enough was enough and entered Syria without remorse. The conflict quickly came to an end with a decisive Israeli victory. A partition of the Syrian state afterwards, and neighbouring Iraw led to the formation of an independent Kurdistan, as well as Iraq being divided into Sunnistan and Shiastan, however these states struggled to grow after the conflict due to violent infighting, with Syria being propped up by Israeli intervention.

The Israeli intervention was allowed to occur mainly due to first the collapse of the House of Saud, which then led to the formation of the People's Republic of Arabia. As Arabia adapted to the new economic reality in a world with less dependencies on oil, it transitioned from absolute monarchy, to military dictatorship, to finally a semi-socialist democracy. After much fighting, Yemen was 'democratically' annexed in a referendum, and now the newly reformed Arabia seems to have found its feet again.

The Nordic Federation was a collaborative effort between all nations in the region to develop closer economic, political and social ties, which saw great economic growth in the region, largely through remaining out of all conflicts and being a haven for liberal and democratic ideals.

Finally there was also Aztlan, which formed after a strongly nationalistic but also pan-Latin American government took over and began with the establishment first of an economic union similar to the EU and then slowly began integrating that union until it was finally established as a single sovereign state.