World War: 1979 (Civ2)

One of the later scenarios added by the game-makers of Civilization II, World War: 1979 depicts World War III breaking out in the late 1970s. The map depicts all of Earth, so each individual continent is considerably simplified and scaled down. There are several civilizations: Americans, West Europe, Soviets, India, China, Middle East, and Neutral Alliance.
Unlike World War II, nobody is actually at war when the scenario commences. Europe and the Soviets have a cease-fire that is up for renewal, but unless you specifically opt for that as the Europeans or the Soviets, the fighting will most likely start. Also unlike the World War II scenario, WW79 does not mandate that the two major enemies- in this case, the Soviets and Americans- be locked in a state of war until one is defeated. The Americans and Soviets can go to war or make peace at any time, and even (western) Europe and the Americans are not guaranteed to stay allies.
The stakes are considerably higher than they were in the 1940s. Not only can the pace of the fighting move considerably faster and thus do more damage, but just about everybody starts the scenario possessing Nuclear Missiles. A mass nuclear exchange is entirely possible if the Soviets and their two major foes (Europe and the Americans) get into it, and that can rapidly spiral completely out of control. The world will suffer permanent and significant damage if the massive amounts of resulting Pollution are not quickly cleaned up.
More is going on than just the possible war between the Soviets and their enemies to the West. The Neutrals, despite their name, are more than likely going to get into it with the Middle East civilization, which is comprised entirely of countries that are very well known for their hatred of Israel, which is represented as part of the Neutral Alliance along with Japan and the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Americans have a good relationship with the Neutrals, and an American or European player would be well-advised to back them. A Soviet player should support the Middle East, who can not only make a great trading partner but also an ally in a war against the Europeans and Americans.
The one truly neutral factions are China and India. They start the game at peace with all the other civilizations, and while a player of another faction could sway them to their side, an Indian or Chinese player could just stay out of the entire war and commit to alliance with nobody. Not a bad choice when people are quite possibly about to begin launching nuclear weapons at each other.
== Players ==
===Soviets===
===North Americans===
===West Europeans===
===Chinese===
===Indians===
===Middle East===
===Neutral Alliance===
Category:Scenarios (Civ2)