Geopolitics (1983: Doomsday)

Work in progress.

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

Major blocs and alliances

 * Australasia, 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 it controls 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.
 * Members:


 * ANZC
 * Hawaii
 * Papua
 * Fiji


 * 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.
 * Members:


 * Republica Unida de America del Sur
 * Bolivia
 * Brazil
 * Chile
 * Colombia
 * Ecuador
 * Guyana Cooperativa
 * Paraguay
 * 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 and Unity League on the Aegean may be considered part of this bloc.
 * Members:


 * Canada
 * Nordic Union
 * Portugal
 * Celtic Alliance
 * País del Oro (Spain)


 * The Soviet Bloc, more or less confined to the Siberian Soviet Socialist Republic. Siberia has been rather isolationist in its foreign approach, but 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


 * 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.
 * Members:


 * ANZC
 * Rhodesia
 * South Africa
 * Celtic Alliance
 * East Caribbean Federation
 * MSP