[atiff]

Added to the list as noted by people above, and a few others I thought of mentioned in other threads:

Originally Posted by atiff

• Population
• Refugees - people leaving/entering the area, their habitations, etc.
• Military units in the area, and their resources
• Militia units in the area, and their resources
• Farming production levels (and the % of people required to produce food)
• Public infrastructure levels (e.g., roads, water supply, sewerage treatment, etc.)
• Forms of currency (including availability of debt/credit)
• Availability of oil and petroleum products
• Availability of electricity
• Availability of general chemicals (e.g., acids, nitrates, etc.)
• Availability of medicines
• Availability of other resources/hardware, such as ammo, vehicles, etc.
• Local forms of transport (horse, vehicle, etc)
• Level of surviving technological machinery (e.g., how many computers still function? e.g., how much did EMP wipe out? e.g., how much coal can pre-war mines still produce? etc.)
• Level of surviving technological knowledge/expertise
• Local forms of communication
• General status of nations / regions / provinces / etc.
• Forms of local government
• Local command structures (civilian and military)
• Forms and standing of local laws (e.g., private property rights, attitudes towards 'violent crime', etc.)
• Level of local criminal activity - activity, groups, personages of importance, influence in everyday affairs, influence over local leadership, influence in the economy, etc.
• Local religions, religious sites, personages of religious importance, congregations, etc.
• Level of intra-national communication / trade / cooperation
• Level of international communication / trade / cooperation
• General status of the Twlight War itself (i.e., is there still organized fighting going on)
• Local feeling about the war - sympathies, vendettas, etc.
• Level of resourcefulness displayed by survivors (related to their level of optimism?)
• Current trendline for all of the above - rising, steady, falling, etc.
• Compelling reasons for the PCs to be there, and things for them to get involved with
• Several fleshed-out adventure hooks in the area (or each area), and possible sub-plots
• Points of interest (places, people, sites, objects, etc)
• Timeline of events that would probably occur if the PCs are not present, and likely PC impacts on this timeline