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!!The scenario depicted is a fan work and its subject matter is the product of Shirow Masamune's Ghost in the Shell manga, and TV series. I make no claim of ownership beyond fandom!!

1989: A previously undetected exoplanet passes through the Oort Cloud, sending millions of meteors down system at extreme velocities.

2017: The first, and largest of the Nemesis Meteors falls on Beijing. Smaller, but more numerous meteor strikes lead to planet-wide devastation and nuclear winter. The subsequent famine leads to the destabilization of many governments around the world, and exacerbates the already tense geopolitical conditions. A military Junta restores order in China, and Russia nationalizes the bulk of its economy to maintain order. Internal divisions in the United States are thrown into far sharper contrast.

2018: The Great Famine forces Russia and China to ally in a desperate gamble to secure relatively unscathed areas of the planet for farmland and critical resources, including Ukraine, Korea, and Japan. World War III begins.

2019: World War III goes nuclear, when Russia detonates tactical nuclear weapons on the Polish-Ukrainian border to stop NATO's advance. Nuclear destruction is largely limited to military and political centers, but the US, already unstable from the loss of Washington DC, collapses with the destruction of the provisional Capitol in Cheyenne Mnt. Russia's government survives thanks to Chinese anti-ship missiles limiting the operating range of the US navy, and therefore making an early strike via SLBM impossible.

2020: American forces in Japan and surrounding naval forces deploy tactical nuclear weapons against the Chinese, forcing a ceasefire and sparing Japan from further destruction. Civil war in the United States is fought between rival generals and militia groups, threatening to further send the global economy into a death spiral. Russia invades to secure critical interests, propping up puppet governments over a largely defeated American coastal populace, and facing extreme resistance in the interior of the country. Japanese scientists release the first fallout scrubbers into the atmosphere, collecting nuclear and meteor fallout into inert pebbles that fall into the ocean, ending the nuclear winter.

2022: The Third World War formally ends with the Treaty of Phoenix. The newly formed American Empire agrees to establish a buffer region with Russia along the continental divide, while Russia agrees to recognize the Empire as the direct successor state to the United States. Meanwhile Russia establishes and a military/economic bloc with the Republic of California and the Democratic Republic of America, forming the Russo-American Alliance. China is largely excluded from the Treaty of Phoenix, having largely withdrawn from the war after the ceasefire with Japan, and is left out of a presence in the former United States. The European Union and Russia reach a peace, agreeing to acknowledge Russian gains at the Polish Sea, and agree to develop the new body of water for the fishing industry.

2024: The American Empire invades Mexico to secure a rout to the Pacific. Japan, having recognized the Empire and the US troops that defended their country as allies, agrees to join the international task force in Mexico.

2027: Sino-Russian Split. China and the Russo-American Union enter into a cold-war after the signing of the Valdez Treaty, guaranteeing Russian military forces a permanent presence on the North American continent, and annexing Alaska for its oil reserves. China, still recovering from the War and unwilling to directly engage the Russians, forms a collective security pact in its conquered and allied territories in Asia, establishing the Asian Union.

2029: Second Korean War. Russian and Chinese factions in Korea fight in a protracted conflict that nearly leads to another major war. Japan sides with the Empire and the Russians. The entrance of the erratic American Empire forces the Chinese to the negotiating table, lest they risk an expanded conflict.

2030: Japan enters into a Free Trade agreement with the Asian Union, but continues to abstain from joining the currency union or military alliance. The rise of cybercrime leads to the creation of Section 9. Russia faces exceedingly sophisticated resistance in America, as does the Empire from a variety of terrorist cells, and militia groups. China is suspected of financing their activities.

NOTE: I always thought Ghost in the Shell REALLY glossed over the political situation of the world its set in, and the map makes no sense. There are no bombs with the kind of yield to create craters the size depicted in maps released by Shirow Masamune. So this is simply my tweaking of the cannon to fit the interesting, and largely unexplored world of Ghost in the Shell.

Featured on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5HDL…

Description
!!The scenario depicted is a fan work and its subject matter is the product of Shirow Masamune's Ghost in the Shell manga, and TV series. I make no claim of ownership beyond fandom!!

1989: A previously undetected exoplanet passes through the Oort Cloud, sending millions of meteors down system at extreme velocities.

2017: The first, and largest of the Nemesis Meteors falls on Beijing. Smaller, but more numerous meteor strikes lead to planet-wide devastation and nuclear winter. The subsequent famine leads to the destabilization of many governments around the world, and exacerbates the already tense geopolitical conditions. A military Junta restores order in China, and Russia nationalizes the bulk of its economy to maintain order. Internal divisions in the United States are thrown into far sharper contrast.

2018: The Great Famine forces Russia and China to ally in a desperate gamble to secure relatively unscathed areas of the planet for farmland and critical resources, including Ukraine, Korea, and Japan. World War III begins.

2019: World War III goes nuclear, when Russia detonates tactical nuclear weapons on the Polish-Ukrainian border to stop NATO's advance. Nuclear destruction is largely limited to military and political centers, but the US, already unstable from the loss of Washington DC, collapses with the destruction of the provisional Capitol in Cheyenne Mnt. Russia's government survives thanks to Chinese anti-ship missiles limiting the operating range of the US navy, and therefore making an early strike via SLBM impossible.

2020: American forces in Japan and surrounding naval forces deploy tactical nuclear weapons against the Chinese, forcing a ceasefire and sparing Japan from further destruction. Civil war in the United States is fought between rival generals and militia groups, threatening to further send the global economy into a death spiral. Russia invades to secure critical interests, propping up puppet governments over a largely defeated American coastal populace, and facing extreme resistance in the interior of the country. Japanese scientists release the first fallout scrubbers into the atmosphere, collecting nuclear and meteor fallout into inert pebbles that fall into the ocean, ending the nuclear winter.

2022: The Third World War formally ends with the Treaty of Phoenix. The newly formed American Empire agrees to establish a buffer region with Russia along the continental divide, while Russia agrees to recognize the Empire as the direct successor state to the United States. Meanwhile Russia establishes and a military/economic bloc with the Republic of California and the Democratic Republic of America, forming the Russo-American Alliance. China is largely excluded from the Treaty of Phoenix, having largely withdrawn from the war after the ceasefire with Japan, and is left out of a presence in the former United States. The European Union and Russia reach a peace, agreeing to acknowledge Russian gains at the Polish Sea, and agree to develop the new body of water for the fishing industry.

2024: The American Empire invades Mexico to secure a rout to the Pacific. Japan, having recognized the Empire and the US troops that defended their country as allies, agrees to join the international task force in Mexico.

2027: Sino-Russian Split. China and the Russo-American Union enter into a cold-war after the signing of the Valdez Treaty, guaranteeing Russian military forces a permanent presence on the North American continent, and annexing Alaska for its oil reserves. China, still recovering from the War and unwilling to directly engage the Russians, forms a collective security pact in its conquered and allied territories in Asia, establishing the Asian Union.

2029: Second Korean War. Russian and Chinese factions in Korea fight in a protracted conflict that nearly leads to another major war. Japan sides with the Empire and the Russians. The entrance of the erratic American Empire forces the Chinese to the negotiating table, lest they risk an expanded conflict.

2030: Japan enters into a Free Trade agreement with the Asian Union, but continues to abstain from joining the currency union or military alliance. The rise of cybercrime leads to the creation of Section 9. Russia faces exceedingly sophisticated resistance in America, as does the Empire from a variety of terrorist cells, and militia groups. China is suspected of financing their activities.

NOTE: I always thought Ghost in the Shell REALLY glossed over the political situation of the world its set in, and the map makes no sense. There are no bombs with the kind of yield to create craters the size depicted in maps released by Shirow Masamune. So this is simply my tweaking of the cannon to fit the interesting, and largely unexplored world of Ghost in the Shell.

Featured on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5HDL…