Geopolitics (1983: Doomsday)

An overview of the international politics of the post-Doomsday world.

Unions
The general trend for successful nations since Doomsday has been amalgamation. Those nations and powers that have thrived, have done so because they successfully came together to combine resources, manpower, ideas, and goals. In general (though not universally), states that did not enter into combinations in the post-Doomsday years were less able to grow and prosper and were more liable to fragmentation and disorder. These multi-national unions vary in form from economic alliances to fully integrated states.

In 1984, the first major most-DD national merger occurred as Argentina annexed Uruguay (and the ) to form the United American Republic. That same year, the ANZUS nations (Australia, New Zealand, and the remnants of the US) concluded a new treaty strengthening their relationship and laying the foundation for the future Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. South America took a similar, though slower, course, also building up from existing alliances. The Andean Nations Pact became the Andean Union in 1990, which would form the core of the South American Confederation fourteen years later. In the same way, the Nordic Union was reworked and strengthened into the in 1990.

Other early unions were formed out of convenience or necessity, not based on earlier blocs or treaties. The Governing Committee for Samoa, established by the Samoa Islands' two nations just months after Doomsday, was one of the first. Other early examples include the Celtic Alliance, preliminary agreements for which were made in 1984, to be made into a formal union in 1986; and the Guyana Cooperative, formed in response to threats from Venezuela. The is the revival of an idea that had failed before Doomsday, but tried again in 1987.

Multi-national unions, in order of foundation:
 * Samoa (1983)
 * United American Republic (1984)
 * Celtic Alliance (1986)
 * East Caribbean Federation (1987)
 * Andean Union (1990)
 * Nordic Union (1990)
 * Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand (1995)
 * Alpine Confederation (1997)
 * (2003)
 * South American Confederation (2004)
 * Kinshassa-Brazzaville (2005)
 * Guyana Cooperative (?)

Major blocs and alliances
The world in 2009 can be divided into competing and often overlapping power blocs. The main ones are generally recognized as:


 * Australia-New Zealand Bloc, consisting of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand with its dependencies and allies. The ANZC appropriated much of the surviving overseas war machine of the old USA, and its network of associated states encompasses a large portion of the islands of the Pacific Ocean.  Tonga and the French Pacific, though neutral, depend on the ANZC economically.  Generally considered the #1 world power, the ANZC was instrumental in the creation of several of the new global institutions, such as the WCRB and the League of Nations.
 * ANZC
 * ANZ-associated states
 * East Timor
 * Hawaii
 * Kiribati
 * Papua
 * Tuvalu
 * Vanuatu
 * Alaska
 * Fidji


 * South America, through the economic union of the South American Confederation. The SAC was formed largely to be a counterweight to ANZ power.  Though the two blocs are natural rivals, they have cooperated in a number of joint missions, such as the military expedition to Cape Town and the establishment of the Municipal States of the Pacific in California/Oregon.
 * Republica Unida de America del Sur
 * Bolivia
 * Brazil
 * Chile
 * Colombia
 * Ecuador
 * Guyana Cooperativa
 * Paraguay
 * Venezuela
 * Venezuela


 * The Euro-Atlantic Fringe, represented through the Atlantic Defense Community, a successor to the NATO alliance. The countries in this region are the remnants of European powers, plus Canada, surviving on offshore Atlantic islands.  Though lacking in population and resources, the Euro-Atlantic nations have a good supply of old military hardware and a great deal of diplomatic prestige.  They have positioned themselves as the neutral balance between Australasia and South America.  This was evident, for example, in the negotiations surrounding the establishment of the LoN.  Though not a member of the ADC, the Alpine Confederation may be considered part of this bloc.  France and Tonga, though based in the Pacific, have played a similar role in the past as neutral mediators.
 * Canada
 * Nordic Union
 * Portugal
 * Celtic Alliance
 * País del Oro (Spain)


 * The Soviet Bloc, today more or less confined to Cuba and the Siberian Soviet Socialist Republic.  Siberia has been rather isolationist in its foreign approach, though it does claim control of Alaska which has led to a tense diplomatic relationship with ANZC.  It is a strong country that only awaits its time to play a major role in world events.

Other blocs
More informal groupings of nations on the basis of culture, language, etc.


 * The Anglosphere: The surviving English-speaking nations have naturally gravitated toward one another. That relationship is strained lately because of events in Africa, but there remains the sense, both to English speakers and non-English speakers, that the Anglosphere comprises a family of nations, for better or for worse.
 * ANZC
 * New Britain
 * South Africa
 * Celtic Alliance
 * Canada (also home to a Francophone population)
 * East Caribbean Federation
 * Municipal States of the Pacific
 * Guyana Cooperative
 * The Falkland Islands
 * Cleveland (England)
 * Cyprus (important British-American presence)
 * The Lusosphere: The Portuguese speaking nations, headed by Brazil, have supplied aid to one another for many years.
 * Brazil
 * Portugal
 * Angola
 * Mozambique
 * The Hispanosphere: The Spanish speaking nations have become a tightly knit community, especially in the Southern Hemisphere.
 * Pais del Oro
 * Mexico
 * Mexico
 * Mexico


 * The Non-aligned: Reminiscent to the old "Third World" idiom, these nations do not belong (so far) into any existing bloc. On a practical level, these states do not comprise an actual alliance or bloc. The formal Non-Alligned Movement has not been revived.
 * Sicilian Republic
 * Sicilian Republic
 * Sicilian Republic
 * Sicilian Republic

Lawless regions
Much of the world is still in a state of anarchy. In many former nations, competing states and warlords vie for control. In some cases stable, central governments have emerged, like the Municipal States of the Pacific. Many regions, however, remain locked in brutal infighting.
 * Costa Rica
 * India