Hello everyone and Merry Christmas! Sorry it's taken me so long to update. There were RL reasons as well as just plain lazyness. For that I beg forgiveness. Here is the rest of the world situation, followed by a sample of the Nordic Sourcebook in its own thread.
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Asia
China: China was subjected to conventional and nuclear attack by Russia. As a result the central government has ceased to exist. Local administration is entirely in the hands of various warlords, some of whom are former military commanders (most of them Chinese). Russian forces have numerous semi-independent military cantonments stretching from western Manchuria to the Gobi Desert. Tibet is essentially independent and under the command of local warlords. Almost all eastern industrial centers and port cities are destroyed or in anarchy. The fertile regions of the major rivers are organized. The western mountainous regions and the nomadic people who inhabit them are independent or isolated.
Japan: Fighting over the Kuriles and Sakhalin brought nuclear strikes on Japan in 1997. Japanese industry suffered significant damage and Tokyo is almost destroyed. Martial law hasn't been officially declared, but many areas are ruled de facto by JSDF officers who also possess civilian government posts. All communities are either isolated or independent, though nominally controlled by the government. The major cities have been destroyed, mostly due to social unrest caused by the cessation of world trade and imports.
India/Pakistan: The 4th Indo-Pakistani War ended in a nuclear war that destroyed the governments of both nations. Heavy civilian casualties and the complete collapse of organized government have created what is perhaps the most destroyed region on Earth. Local dictators rule the remaining agricultural areas. Life is brutal and short and does not even exist in the warzone.
Korea: A reunited Korea came to China’s aid and was subjected to a limited nuclear strike by the Russians. Although the capital, Seoul, was destroyed and many ports were damaged (destroyed areas), most of the country is under martial law (organized area). The peninsula is a true bedrock of stability in the middle of a world gone mad. The Koreans are particularly suspicious towards strangers. Therefore their moniker as the “Hermit Kingdom” is more than apt.
Southeast Asia: China invaded Indochina when they learned that the Russians intended to use the naval base of Cam Ranh Bay against them. The Vietnamese People’s Army (VPA) stopped this invasion (albeit with severe losses). Cam Ranh Bay and Haiphong were destroyed by nuclear weapons. Most communities are independent or isolated and ruled by local warlords. The reinvigorated Khmer Rouge fight a guerrilla war in Cambodia against the VPA. Cambodia consists of military cantonments and disputed areas, while the areas controlled by the Khmer Rouge are terrorized. Thailand survived the war almost intact and is militarily very powerful, but it is also plagued by massive corruption (organized area).
Afghanistan: No central government exists in the chaos that is Afghanistan. Local gunmen rule the land from their military cantonments with brute force. The countryside is mostly a few isolated communities in the midst of all the death and chaos.
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