WCRB (1983: Doomsday)

The World Census and Reclamation Bureau was created in 2004 by act of Prime Minister Paul Keating and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand, in cooperation with several neighboring governments. It was established as an international organization for exploring the world and re-establishing contact among the surviving people and nations.

The 2004 "Census"
The first mission of the WCRB was to tally the population of the Earth. Reconnaissance missions were conducted consisting of diverse flotillas by the ANZC Navy and Air Force. Teams were sent out and, while encountering some hostility, tried to take a census of the world's population.

A number of Commands were established across the world in 2004. The Central Pacific Command, on the ANZ territory of Hawaii, was to be the main base for exploring North America. A Recon Mission led by the ANZS Commonwealth (formerly the USS Nimitz) headed to Punta Delgada, Azores Islands to open the WCRB North Atlantic command. Temporary bases were set up in Nairobi, Bangalore, Hanoi, Nueva Laredo, Mexico, and Cartagena, Spain.

Their findings: Total World Population: a 800 million. Slightly more than estimates for the year 1750 AD. Primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. Chief causes of death: communicable disease, cancer, and starvation. Infant mortality rates: about 40% or 2 of 5 die before reaching the age of one year. 60% or 3 of 5 die before reaching age five. Average life-span: 32 years. Literacy rates of those under 20 years of age: 2% (outside of ANZ, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Celtic Alliance).

Further missions
The WCRB was instrumental in helping to organize the Municipal States of the Pacific, the first attempt at a functioning government in post-Doomsday North America. The Bureau worked closely with the newly formed South American Confederaton to deliver humanitarian aid to the fortified cities along the U.S. Pacific coast, in exchange for meeting a few conditions aimed at creating stability. The MSP's main task was coordinating the distribution of the aid. The second condition was to form a "Pacific Coast Police Unit" unifying the cities' security forces in order to secure the humanitary transports and infrastructure.

Status
In less than five years, the WCRB has established a functioning network of commands, bases, and offices that spans the world. Local commands depend heavily on cooperation from host nations. The Australian-New Zealand Commonwealth envisions the Bureau as something like the old Red Cross: a neutral, international organization that paradoxically is part of the government of a single nation. However, the Red Cross had been centered on small, neutral Switzerland. The ANZC, by contrast, is one of the world's remaining superpowers. Many critics, particularly in South America and Siberia, see the WCRB as an agent of a new imperialism - together with the Aussie-hosted League of Nations, a means for English speakers to dominate the 21st century as they had the 20th and the 19th.

Nevertheless, the Bureau has proved its usefulness in bringing nations together. Even the South American governments saw the benefits in allowing it to establish bases and offices in their own territory, and South America has demonstrated that it is not above working with the Bureau in working toward mutual goals in North America.