United Arab Republic (Great Nuclear War)

The United Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah), sometimes colloquially known as (and often derogatorily) Sunnistan. It is made up of the former nations of Syria and Iraq, which form its two highest level divisions, and is based on the previous UAR of Egypt and Syria.

While the State is officially secular, due to the high Sunni population (and disproportionate number of Sunni government employment), many Shia followers in Southern Iraq have petitioned for independence, as have the Kurds of the North. Several times these groups have both rose up, and each time been brutally crushed.