The Nation of Carule (Max's Timeline)

The Nation of Carule is a post-apocalyptic nation, whose idea was conceived by Ex Novus. After WWIII in 1983, The Norther Hemisphere is obliterated and five Southern nations remain: Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Carule becomes the sixth and is located in the Amazon. An alternate history happens in which Stanislav Petrov (an actual guy, btw) heard the false nuclear alarm of U.S. missiles. In our timeline he doesn't push the button, but in this one he does, firing a lot of missiles to the U.S. Other countries join in an in less than a couple of days, the entire Northern Hemisphere is a nuclear hellscape. The Southern Hemisphere survives, but not easily, as the climate change of the Northern Hemisphere change the Southern a bit. Chile, Argentina, The Southern Amazon, Australia and New Zealand survive. As trees in the Amazon provide oxygen, people flee to there to form the nation of Carule (from Latin caerulus meaning "sky") This country flourishes (for a world of nuclear hell, anyway) but a new challenge erupts. Animals that survive in the Northern Hemisphere mutate in such a way that they consume much breathable air, sucking air out of trees and other animals and people. The migrate down to the Southern Hemisphere to find fresh air. Caruleans and the Creatures battle for air, and the Creatures eventually go extinct, leaving few animals alive on the planet. So using they travel to Australia where a bank of sperm and egg cells of many animals happen to be. The eggs are fertilized and animals come about again, genetically mofidied so they do consume so much air like the Creatures. Now with enough resources, they sojourn the Northern Hemisphere to find survivors and fresh air. After many decades, the air becomes relatively breathable again and humans rebuild, vowing to never engage in nuclear warfare ever again. They destroy/hide any nuclear weapon and new countries are formed. The world can finally breathe and Carule is a powerhouse nation.

Trivia
• The reason I chose caerulus as the etymology of the nation's name is because the say (the air specifically) is important to them.

• The national anthem for the nation is "Salvation is Created."

• The motto is "Sine Respirare Me" which from Latin translates to, "let me breathe."

• The flag's blue backgroud represents the blue sky the nation hopes to see again. Green is the color of safety, showing that the nation is a safe haven.

• The idea of Creatures came from my freshman year marching band show "DespAIRadise," where the Creature consumes all the breathable air, and after he dies Mother Nature and her agent Sprites bring life and air to the world.

• The founder of the nation was ethnically Hawaiian.

• In the early years of the country, where radiation in the atmosphere was strong, people frequently wore gas masks. Gas masks are now a symbol of victory to the Caruleans.

• There is no official language in the nation, although English and Portuguese (they reside in present-day Brazil) are most commonly spoken.