World War III (Map Game)

This is a map-game based on a World War III scenario. Please follow the rules carefully and enjoy!
- Created by SwordOfLands (United States of America)
== Rules ==
# There will be no set schedule for turns. I am generally a pretty active person. I will not wait and waste everyone's time to release turns.
# Please research any lore that your nation or faction might contain (leadership, type of government, ideologies, military, etc) and have it actually pertain to your country or faction.
# Please be serious about this. No joke/implausible responses please.
# Please check back regularly for new responses/turns, recommended every one to two days.
# If you are not active for one week, you will be eliminated from the game. However, if you have a legit reason for leaving, I or another moderator will accept that.
# You may join if you have no prior experience in a map game. However, you must be willing to learn how it works.
# Please no godmodding, meaning taking control of another player's nation, faction, or corporation and doing things against their wishes. You must get permission first from the other person before doing it.
# Once I approve your claim, you can write your turn in the space provided! You have to let some things slide. You are not all-powerful. Your nation, faction, or corporation might take some hits. You may lose some battles. You have to own up to it.
# Mature themes such as excessive gore and profanity are allowed. Make sure it is reasonable though and within good taste.
# Please be kind to each other in the comments.
# Have fun!
== Countries/Factions ==
=== Reserved ===
United States of America - (SwordOfLands)
=== Claimed ===
Ukraine - (PunchboxNET421)
Australia - (Hsishshwi)
=== Countries ===
* Afghanistan
* Algeria
* Angola
* Argentina
* Australia - (Hsishshwi)
* Austria
* Bangladesh
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegevina
* Brazil
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Czech Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazkahstan
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Mali
* Mexico
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* North Korea
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Serbia
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Ukraine - (PunchboxNET421)
* United Kingdom/Great Britain
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
=== Factions ===
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
* Taliban
* Anonymous
If you have any more that I didn't include, let me know!
== Alliances ==
These are subject to change as the map game goes on.
=== United Nations Security Council ===
* United States of America
* United Kingdom
* Russia
* China
* France
=== NATO ===
* Albania
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States
=== Collective Security Treaty Organization ===
* Armenia
* Belarus
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Russia
* Tajikstan
=== Shanghai Cooperation Organization ===
* China
* India
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Pakistan
* Russia
* Uzbekistan
* Iran
=== European Union ===
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
=== Arab League ===
* Algeria
* Bahrain
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Oman
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen
== Moderators ==
* SwordOfLands
If you wish to be a moderator, please say so in the comments or on my message board! However, you must be active and serious, and actually take the rules into consideration. Thank you!
== Turns ==
=== 2022 ===
Things are heating up on the world stage, more so than they ever have before. Europe and Asia are becoming a tinder box of tensions, where old grievances are being exploited by demagogues and fascists. Russia is at the throat of Ukraine with constant threats of war, while China is flexing its military might and economic muscle on the international scene. Meanwhile in the United States, the infamous legacy of Donald Trump still lingers. His successor, Joseph R. Biden, is determined to put the United States of America back on track, but with the country divided and the president embroiled in trouble, the future is uncertain.
However, with the end of the dreaded coronavirus in sight as well as moves in pop-culture that'll have a lasting impact, the world's in for a fascinating shift in the coming months. But what that shift actually entails is far beyond anything we could ever imagine.
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United States of America - (SwordOfLands)
* National Ideology: Capitalism/Libertarianism
* Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
** President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
** Vice President: Kamala Harris (D-California)
** Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi (D-Maryland)
* Majority
** Democrats: 243
** Green: 8
* Minority
** Republican: 231
** Libertarian: 18
* Senate Majority Leader: Chuck Schumer (D-New York)
** Majority
*** Republican: 49
*** Libertarian: 3 
** Minority:
*** Democratic: 46
*** Green: 2
* Chief Justice: John Roberts (I-New York)
** Conservative Judges: 4
** Moderate Judges: 2
** Liberal Judges: 3
* Capital City: Washington DC (District of Columbia)
** Major Cities:
*** New York City, New York
*** Los Angeles, California
*** Houston, Texas
*** Chicago, Illinois
*** Dallas, Texas
* Population: 331 Million
** Major Ethnicities:
*** 57% White
*** 12% Black
*** 5.9% Asian
*** 4.1% Two or more races
*** 0.7% Native American
*** 0.5% Other
*** 0.2& Pacific Islander
** Major Religions
*** Christianity
*** Protestantism
*** Catholicism
*** Mormonism
*** Judaism
*** Other
* Economy: The economy of the United States is a highly developed market economy. It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and net wealth and the second-largest by purchasing power parity behind China
** Currency: United States Dollar, Fedcoin, Bitcoin
** GDP: 22.940 Trillion USB
** HDI: 0.926 (indicated as very high)
Internal Affairs
* President Joe Biden's ambitious infrastructure projects in the U.S. South are raising alarms in one of the country's most productive energy regions. While the rest of the nation struggles with infrastructure issues, the Department of Energy (DOE) is spending a record $7.5 billion to build a crude oil pipeline between Texas and Louisiana, and new federal data show that the nation's electric grid is struggling to handle increased demand and supply. And on March 3, DOE announced that new federal spending on energy-efficiency projects, including electric vehicles and wind energy, will help drive $2.3 trillion in new investments over the next six years.
*Ariana Grande and Post Malone collaborate on a new album: Killa, featuring the title track "Killa". The album rises to the top of the Billboard 100, becoming the most listened to in 2022.
*COVID cases briefly spike in the Midwest, particularly in Minessota, Michigan, and Iowa, while states in New England and the Pacific Northwest start to see a sharp decline.
International Affairs and Diplomacy
TBA
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Ukraine - (PunchboxNET241)
*National Ideology: Capitalism/Libertarianism
*Government: Unitary semi-presidental constitutional republic
**President: Volodymyr Zelensky 
**Prime Minister: Denys Shmyhal
**Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada: Ruslan Stefanchuk
*Capital City: Kyiv
**Major Cities:
*** Kharkiv
***Odessa
*Population: 41 million (excluding Crimea and Sevastopol)
**Major Ethnicities:
**** 77.8% Ukrainians
**** 17.3% Russians
**** 4.9% others/unspecified
**Major Religions
***Religion:
**** 87.3% Christianity
**** 11.0% Irreligion
**** 0.8% Others
**** 0.9% Unanswered
*Economy: Ukraine has a lower-middle income economy, which is the 55th largest in the world by nominal GDP, and the 40th largest by PPP. It is one of the world's largest grain exporters, and is sometimes called the "Breadbasket of Europe". However, the country is one of the poorest in Europe and is also among the most severely corrupt in the continent.
**Currency: United States Dollar, Fedcoin, Bitcoin
**GDP: USD 584 billion
**HDI: 0.779 
Internal Affairs
* None that I really know about...
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Russia and Ukraine are in a dispute over control of Crimean Peninsula
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