Paths of Discord (Map Game)

Update: Time to see the map game explode in activity...or not
Welcome to the 2030s everyone. It has been a rather turbulent last 10 years for the world at large. The decade has been defined by a global economic depression that has shook the world, leaving many countries broke and bankrupt. The United States of America has annexed the remaining Core Anglosphere states to reform itself as the Anglosphere and are scheduled to hold their first General Election this year. Not too long ago, France, Benelux and Germany unified as the European Federation, in their efforts to become fully independent from the U.S. after the Euro-American Split. China is headed for 20 years of Xi Jinping, and although he is still in good health, his advanced age could spark a crisis in China later down the line. Of course, let's not forget the elephant in the room, Russia, who has expanded dramatically in size by swallowing up Belarus and Ukraine, while taking territory from Georgia as well. They are isolated from the world, and unlike Xi, Putin doesn't seem to be in his best condition. A collapse might be coming to the Russians in due time. What will the new decade bring us? We can only speculate and watch. 
== Overview of Situation ==
* A Global Economic Depression happens in 2023, and in 2030, the world is still recovering. This is named "New Depression". 
* Russia has gone crazy and annexed Belarus and (most of) Ukraine, as well as parts of Georgia. Putin is not in a great state of health.
**The former Ukrainian Government has retreated to the western parts of the country as the Ukrainian Emergency Government, under Olena Zelenska as Zelenskyy got bullets in his chest after the Russians took Kyiv on April 9th, 2023. 
* The United States is now the Anglosphere, consisting of the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. 
** Speaking of the UK, their living standards have deteriorated dramatically due to the sheer incompetence of the Conservatives, with the former PM Liz Truss dying in 2027 after several years of mental health struggles. (TL; DR: No Truss in the game) 
* Korea is still divided, though probably not for long.
*China is still ruled by Xi Jinping, and although he is getting old and a bit frail, he is still looking pretty healthy. The economy has stuttered as China only ended their fight against Covid 3 years ago. 
* The Middle East is still a chaotic mess, with Iran collapsing into an anti-religion rebellion as well as radical extremists.
*In the Americas, the political scene in South America is heavily determined from the Peruvian Civil War, with Brazil supporting the government while the Anglophones supports the rebellion. Colombia and Ecuador has also seized some territories for themselves. 
*France, Benelux and Germany have united into the European Federation, with many members of the EU swarming to apply for membership, the Nordics and the Central European states being the most fervent. Some are out of fear of Russian invasion, while others are more genuine in joining as they wanted to be a part of a superpower.
* Technology has advanced quite a bit, with new medicine and machinery everywhere, though daily life has remained mostly the same as the current day (2023).
== Playable Countries ==
Nations that are off bounds to everyone: 
* Russian Federation (for lore reasons)
Nations that are reserved for more experienced players: 
* United States of the Anglosphere - TheRealAwesome
* European Federation
* Peoples' Republic of China - Lord Kemrii
Any other country can be played by anyone. 
* Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Alienzombiehunter
* State of Israel - PresidentOfYes12
* Republic of India - Darthehr
==Rules==
#All turns will be published every three days, but if not enough players have submitted their turns yet, I will delay it to six days after that turn has started. Then, the game will continue on as normal.
#To apply, you can either message me on Discord (Awesome#7970), Message me on the Message Wall (TheRealAwesome), or just type in the comments.
#Adding lore is required for all players when roleplaying a country. I have designed a format for how a turn should ideally look like, though you don't need to copy it precisely.
#You will be eliminated from the game if you miss five turns.
#Switching nations is not allowed on the game for no reason. If your country gets annexed by another country (which I highly doubt will happen), you are out of this game for three in-game years before you can join as a new nation.
#Do not do godmodding. Godmodding is the act of deciding results of actions without asking the other players/mods. Any instance of this will result in a warning, as well as having that section of the turn deleted. If done five times, you will be banned from the game.
#Do not randomly destroy your country. In other words, do not roleplay stuff as unleashing superviruses on yourself, launching 7000 nukes or roleplay an asteroid flying towards Earth.
#While you are generally allowed to decide what happens during wartime, the moderators will be influencing your moves. Do not be surprised if an AI opposition puts up a tough fight.
#Do not make unrealistic advances e.g., Russia pushing from Moscow to Berlin in one day. You will be banned for two turns if you do so.
#Technological advancement is encouraged, as it will give you a higher chance of receiving better mod events. However, please be realistic in advancements, and do not attempt to go from 2G cellphones to Quantum Computing in one year.
#Similarly, Space colonization is encouraged as well, but you must have the technology to do so. Remember to keep it step by step.
#Moderators are not allowed to do self-modding. Say a moderator is Russia, and they invade Belarus, and need a mod response for the Battle of Minsk. They are not allowed to give the mod response to themselves. Same goes for being invaded.
#Nuclear, biological or chemical weapons are allowed in the game, but you obviously have to craft them first, and do be aware that if you do so, let's just say the Mods will be scripting to yeet your country.
#You are only allowed to be playing as a nation. Rebel groups are allowed but do be aware I won't be too kind to you when writing events.
#You are not allowed to invade a country for no reason. This is Paths of Discord, not some sort of Rise of Nations style game on Roblox.
#The game is scheduled to last until 2050.
# Paths of Discord will automatically end if a nuclear war occurs or after the end of World War III, or if I decided to end the game in 2040 should I deem that the map game have insufficient activity.
#Enjoy the game!
===Moderators===
*TheRealAwesome (Gamemaster)
Anyone with prior map game experience can apply. No limit of how many moderators needed.
===Roll System===
To prevent people from accusing me of being really goddamn biased, I'm introducing a new "Roll System". This is borrowed from a Discord Polsim I'm on currently, and basically, the outcome of something will be determined by what I managed to roll out. It will be one dice of 20, but there will be buffs or debuffs depending on events and geography. Obviously, you would want a 20 over a -1.
==Map==
==Difference to Path of Humanity ==
*Russia is not just a fail-state, and actually conquers Ukraine...most of it, at least.
* The Second Russian Civil War will actually be more organized and not just a bunch of warlord states like TNO.
*The Anglosphere will now adopt a more Parliamentary System like CANZUK.
*Iran and Peru, following...recent developments starts out in a state of civil war.
* The European Federation starts off smaller with only France, Germany and Benelux in the Federation.
*Hong Kong is not a mess anymore (unless others do some gaming in there).