Zeitgeist (Map Game)

===The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the climax of the Cold War and the prologue to the Third World War, leading into the disastrous Cuban War which began on October 28, between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear weapons located in Cuba, dangerously close to the USA itself. On November 2, the world was finally pushed over the brink when a nuclear World War III began over a glitch in the United States' NORAD computer system. In this state of war, high-ranking US officials were all-too-eager to see it as an act of war. Nuclear war ensued between the two powers and the world was caught in the crossfire in a day when both soldiers and civilians across the world were caught in the nuclear crossfire.===

By the end of next year, climate change due to fallout, famine, disease, violence, and radiation sickness whittled the world population down to 750 million, a far-worse scenario than anyone expected. All social order evaporated in the most hard-hit nations, with the surviving governments retreating to bunkers in forgotten mountains, while the better-off nations turned inwards and collapsing due to social upheaval.

Now it is 2014, over 50 years since the Third World War. The world has been irrevocably changed, home to a patchwork of new and old nations, nomads, barbarians, and "dead zones". The zeitgeist (spirit of the age) has changed. The world has moved on.

Welcome to the Zeitgeist Map Game, a spiritual successor to the Alternate Nations games.

Rules
Failure to respect these rules may result in modification/removal of the offending post.
 * Sign up on the player list before you post.
 * After that, "claim" a turn on the talk page, under a specific heading. This is to prevent conflicts on the map and stuff of the like. You may only post when all other people who have claimed have posted. Claims last eight hours, and if you do not post in that timeframe, the next person in the list goes.
 * After all other claims before you have been used/expired, you add up to three nations to the map used by the player before you and put your nation's color and name in the key below the map. You then write some backstory for each one following the format posted below.
 * This is a post-apocalyptic ASB map game, so keep in mind the setting. However, this is not an excuse for blatant implausibility, supernatural elements, ripoffs from other works of fiction, or wanks.
 * Try to avoid posting extremely small or large nations.
 * Delete the rivers and general geography when creating your nation.
 * You may reserve an area for you in a claim. Try to avoid reserving excessively large regions though (e.g. reserving South America = not okay. Reserving South Florida = okay). If an area is reserved, be nice and don't put a nation there before it comes to the player who reserved's turn.
 * Use the map the last player made to avoid conflicts.
 * You can post up to three nations in a turn.
 * Try to post a detailed history of your nation(s) in your turn. If you do not, one of the mods will do so ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
 * If a major argument/problem comes up, mods may pause the game, preventing others from creating nations.
 * Be creative and have fun!

Players
Sign up on this list before you post!
 * —Bfoxius (talk)

Moderators
Moderators are players nominated by other moderators that...well...moderate the game. Moderators are in charge of looking over posts, writing lore for underdeveloped nations, and preventing conflicts on the map.
 * —Bfoxius (talk)

Post Template
Use this format when writing lore/backstory on your nation(s).
 * Name:
 * Nickname(s):
 * Territory Description (e.g. desert, irradiated - anything from a single word to a couple of sentences):
 * Capital/Center of Government (if applicable):
 * Form of Government:
 * Head of State:
 * Head of Government:
 * Languages:
 * Population:
 * Religious Beliefs:
 * Level of Tech:
 * Culture:
 * Economic Status:
 * Quality of Life:
 * Interesting Facts/Landmarks:
 * History (anything from a sentence to several paragraphs):

The Game
The game will begin when Bfoxius makes the first post.