Pre-1983 Government Archives (1983: Doomsday)

Most governments prior to 1983 had archives both central (associated with central government and with the various government departments), and situated in more remote locations (partly in the expectation of disasters or war).

With the 1983 event many of the archives in central locations were destroyed, but a number of those elsewhere survived. Those that have been located become valuable resources for those in control of them - both in terms of the information available, and in the buildings (and any staff who happen to have remained in them).

A number of states emerging after the 1983 event have started developing archives of their own.