Things Can Only Get Worse (Map Game)

In this map game, the recession struck considerably more badly than in OTL, causing several wars. But here it's 1940, the recession has struck most countries in Europe hard, Hitler and Mussolini are rising in power in their respective nations, and things can only get worse...

The playable nations are the same as those that exist now in OTL in Europe, though some of the borders are different (i.e. Soviet Union and Yugoslavia etc. split). It's 1940 and there has just been a bad recession.

If this takes off, I will probably add other continents: Due to/during the recession, many nations were unable to provide/control their colonies, and as a result, many declared independence, and their controllers were unable to reclaim the colonies properly due to their armies deserting or being involved in European wars. Anyway, all the OTL sovereign states will be playable for all continents, plus some colonies, but non-independent nations may have to answer to their empires in wars, or face war themselves.
 * Things Can Only Get Worse - Africa (Map Game)
 * Things Can Only Get Worse - Asia (Map Game)
 * Things Can Only Get Worse - North/Central America (Map Game)
 * Things Can Only Get Worse - Oceania (Map Game)
 * Things Can Only Get Worse - South America (Map Game)

Rules/notes
Turns will go in half years. Play will probably commence after there are 15 nations worldwide (or ten in Europe), though this is subject to change.

For now, I'll put all continents on this page, though the focus is on Europe. Players can have one nation per continent (and no more than three in total), and a nation that has colonies can in emergency situations seize control of them.

Europe (main)

 * Albania -
 * Andorra -
 * Austria -
 * Belarus (Russia client/ally) -
 * Belgium -
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina -
 * Bulgaria -
 * Croatia -
 * Cyprus -
 * Czech Republic -
 * Denmark -
 * Estonia -
 * Finland -
 * France -
 * Germany -
 * Greece -
 * Hungary -
 * Iceland -
 * Ireland -
 * Italy -
 * Latvia -
 * Lithuania -
 * Luxembourg -
 * Malta -
 * Monaco -
 * Montenegro -
 * Netherlands -
 * Norway -
 * Poland -
 * Portugal -
 * Romania -
 * Russia -
 * San Marino -
 * Serbia -
 * Slovakia -
 * Slovenia -
 * Spain -
 * Sweden -
 * Switzerland -
 * Turkey -
 * Ukraine (Russia client/ally) - Stewdio333 (talk) 05:55, July 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * United Kingdom - 77topaz (talk) 20:30, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Vatican City -

North/Central America

 * Anguilla (United Kingdom) -
 * Antigua and Barbuda -
 * Bahamas -
 * Barbados -
 * Belize -
 * British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) -
 * Canada -
 * Costa Rica -
 * Cuba -
 * Dominica -
 * Dominican Republic -
 * El Salvador -
 * Guadeloupe (France) -
 * Guatemala -
 * Grenada -
 * Haiti -
 * Honduras -
 * Jamaica -
 * Martinique (France) -
 * Mexico -
 * Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) -
 * Nicaragua -
 * Panama -
 * Puerto Rico (United States) -
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis -
 * Saint Lucia -
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
 * Trinidad and Tobago -
 * Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) -
 * United States - Enclavehunter (talk) 04:26, July 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) -

South America

 * Argentina -
 * Brazil -
 * Chile -
 * Colombia -
 * Ecuador -
 * French Guiana (France) -
 * Guyana -
 * Paraguay -
 * Peru -
 * Suriname -
 * Uruguay -
 * Venezuela -

Oceania

 * American Samoa (United States) -
 * Cook Islands (New Zealand) -
 * Fiji -
 * French Polynesia (France) -
 * Kiribati -
 * Marshall Islands -
 * Micronesia -
 * Nauru -
 * New Caledonia (France) -
 * New Zealand -
 * Palau -
 * Samoa -
 * Solomon Islands -
 * Tonga -
 * Tuvalu -
 * Vanuatu -

Africa

 * Algeria -
 * Angola -
 * Benin -
 * Botswana -
 * Burkina Faso -
 * Burundi -
 * Cameroon -
 * Cape Verde -
 * Central African Republic -
 * Chad -
 * Comoros -
 * Congo -
 * Congo DR -
 * Cote d'Ivoire -
 * Djibouti -
 * Egypt -
 * Equatorial Guinea -
 * Eritrea -
 * Ethiopia -
 * Gambia -
 * Ghana -
 * Guinea -
 * Guinea-Bissau -
 * Kenya -
 * Lesotho -
 * Liberia -
 * Libya -
 * Madagascar -
 * Malawi -
 * Mali -
 * Mauritania -
 * Mauritius -
 * Morocco -
 * Mozambique -
 * Namibia -
 * Niger -
 * Nigeria -
 * Rwanda -
 * Sao Tome and Principe -
 * Senegal -
 * Seychelles -
 * Sierra Leone -
 * Somalia -
 * South Africa -
 * South Sudan -
 * Sudan -
 * Swaziland -
 * Tanzania -
 * Togo -
 * Tunisia -
 * Uganda -
 * Western Sahara (disputed) -
 * Zambia -
 * Zimbabwe -

Asia

 * Afghanistan -
 * Armenia (Russia client/ally) -
 * Australia -
 * Azerbaijan (Russia client/ally) -
 * Bahrain -
 * Bangladesh -
 * Bhutan -
 * Brunei -
 * Cambodia -
 * China -
 * East Timor/Timor-L'este -
 * Georgia (Russia client/ally) -
 * India -
 * Indonesia -
 * Israel -
 * Iran -
 * Iraq -
 * Hong Kong (China/United Kingdom disputed) -
 * Japan -
 * Jordan -
 * Kazakhstan (Russia client/ally) -
 * Korea -
 * Kuwait -
 * Kyrgyzstan (Russia client/ally)-
 * Laos -
 * Lebanon -
 * Macau (Portugal/China disputed) -
 * Malaysia -
 * Maldives -
 * Mongolia -
 * Nepal -
 * Oman -
 * Pakistan -
 * Papua New Guinea -
 * Philippines -
 * Qatar -
 * Saudi Arabia -
 * Singapore -
 * Sri Lanka -
 * Syria -
 * Taiwan (China/disputed) -
 * Tajikistan (Russia client/ally) -
 * Thailand -
 * Turkmenistan (Russia client/ally) -
 * United Arab Emirates -
 * Uzbekistan (Russia client/ally) -
 * Vietnam -
 * Yemen -

Mods

 * 1) 77topaz (talk) 20:30, July 23, 2012 (UTC)

Bolded means approved.

Mapmakers

 * 1) Matt121 ??? Matt125 (talk) 07:09, July 24, 2012 (UTC)

Bolded means approved.

1940.0
Play will probably commence after there are 15 nations worldwide (or ten in Europe), though this is subject to change.