Fall of the World

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The Point of Divergence from this timeline and our timeline is during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
World War III or the Third World War, often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3, was a global conflict that lasted from 2022 to 2028. It involved more than half of the world's countries, including almost all of the Americas, Europe, East and South Asia, and the Middle East. In a total war involving more than 400,000,000 troops, the countries dedicated almost all of their economy and industry towards the war effort, causing a cultural revolution in many western countries such as the U.S. and Britain. World War III caused more than 700 million fatalities. The two major coalitions were the Liberation Powers (Often called the Axis, Second Axis, New Axis, or Axis of Evil by Western Nations), led by the Russian Union, People's Republic of China, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The second coalition is the Alliance of Free Nations (Often called the Alliance, the Great Alliance, or the 'Imperialist Powers" by the Liberation Powers) led by the U.S. and the rest of NATO, as well as the Republic of India. This war was the first nuclear war in human history, and ultimately resulted in the mass nuclear disarmament of the world's nations and the ban on nuclear weapons around the world.
WWIII also saw the usage of mass missile, drone, and satellite warfare, most prominently during the Thermosphere Wars, which saw a faceoff between American and SpaceX Forces trying to destroy Russian and Chinese Satellites. World War III is generally considered to have begun on August 5th, 2022, when the Russian Federation invaded Georgia, a NATO member. The following day, 28 of the 33 NATO Members (Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, and Iceland did not declare war yet) declared war on the Russian Federation. While Russia made quick progress in the Baltics, capturing Riga City in a matter of days, they quickly stalled when attempting to fight Turkey or Finland. The Allies quickly pushed through Russia into Byelorussia, until the People's Republic of China sent reinforcements to the Russians, and invaded Taiwan the following week, on December 12th, 2022. Once Russia had fully conquered Georgia, it fought with Central Asian countries in a three-year-long campaign to take Europe. As India gained ground in Pakistan, the Pakistanis, Iranians, and North Koreans launched a coordinated nuclear strike on New Delhi, Mumbai, and Varanasi, causing millions of civilian casualties. When Indian forces captured Karachi and Islamabad, the People's Liberation Army launched an Invasion of India through Bangladesh and the Himalayas through East India, called Operation Bengal, the largest theater of war in History.
China, which aimed to eliminate all American Allies in East Asia, had to bear the brunt of the war as Russia's military proved unable to advance into Europe and would quickly be defeated without Chinese Help. China was forced to manage a war in its own lands as well as fund the Russian Advance across the Eurasian Continent. While Hong Kong and Taiwan were unable to resist China, the South Korean army was ready to invade the north, until China intervened to avoid Nuclear Strikes. China signed several non-nuclear weapon treaties with the US, Britain, France, Russia, and Israel, and made several attempts to stave off nuclear war. Chinese Forces took Japan relatively easily, and eventually took South Korea, however they had key setbacks when fighting the Philippine Military in the South China Sea.
The War in Europe concluded with China's refusal to send any more troops to the Russians, and a European Force made primarily of Americans and Poles took back the Baltics, Prussia, Ukraine, and even into Byelorussia and Saint Petersburg. American-sponsored Siberian Rebellions and Russian Protests caused the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Western Russia devolved into Civil War. while Siberia declared independence and declared war on China and the government of Putin's successor, Mikhail Mishustin. Olena Zelenska, wife of the fallen Ukranian war hero Volodymyr Zelensky, led a Ukranian Independence Army that drove Mishustin's forces out of Ukraine and Crimea. Eventually, Alexei Navalny, who was the leader of the Russian Opposition, took Moscow and announced that his government had taken Russia. The war in Asia ended by American, European, and Indian Armies moving through Siberia and the South China Sea, teaming up with Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean Rebels. Beijing fell and Chinese President Xi Jinping surrendered to the Alliance on November 3rd, 2028, which became the International Day of Peace after the war.
World War III changed the cultural and political structure of the world in many ways. As the West and India established puppet governments in Russia and China, they were virtually allowed to do anything they wanted, and the United Nations was abolished, allowing the Alliance to create a stronger world government with more rule over the world. The separation of the Muslim World into a Saudi-Turkish Coalition and an Iranian-Pakistani Coalition formed a separation in the Sunni Ideology, forming a new branch of Islam called the Maharabis, which easily became the new dominant ideology in Indonesia, Arabia, and the Levant. The Leftist and Social Justice movement was destroyed during the war in America, as nationalism was once again rising due to the war, and the SJW's were seen as unpatriotic. This resulted in the fifth Great Awakening (2032) in America as the dominant Republican Party split into the American National Party (The Nationals) and the American Christian Party (The ACP). This new multiparty system is what eventually resulted in the devolution and collapse of the United States. The war resulted in the end of the Hispanic Migration Wave to America and began the Asian Migration of Indians, North Koreans, and Chinese, as the East Asians assimilated into American Culture. Groups such as Saudi and Egyptian Arabs and Southeast Europeans such as Bulgarians, Bosniaks, and Romanians immigrated to the U.S. as well in large numbers. As widespread famines spread across the world due to climate change, the lightly populated Americas saw a large wave of immigration from Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, making every country in the mainland Americas (Apart from the Guianas) majority mixed-race by 2064. The end of the war also saw significant decreases in Fossil Fuels and Green Energy, with Hydroelectric Power and Nuclear Power accounting for more than half of the world's energy by 2052. This era also saw the fall of the U.S. and Russia as world powers, instability in China, and the rise of India and Europe as potential superpowers. Nuclear and Biological Weapons were banned worldwide except for a small reserve of nuclear bombs held by the new worldwide government after the carnage that took place in South Asia.
== Start and End Dates ==
It was generally accepted that World War III started on August 5th, 2022, in the Russian Invasion of Georgia and NATO's declaration of war against the Russian Union. Other dates include December 6th, 2022, when the Western Powers declared war on the PRC. A very small minority claims that there was a World War IV in South Asia as India and Pakistan used Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons and committed various genocides. Other dates include Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 23rd, or even the Crimean War in 2014.
It is universally accepted that the war ended on November 3rd, 2028, following Xi Jinping's surrender of the Chinese Army. The Treaty of Capetown was signed on December 25th, Christmas Day, in Capetown, South Africa. A peace treaty between India and Pakistan was never signed as the entire nation of Pakistan was informally annexed into India during the war.
== Background ==
The End of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union left the U.S. as the sole world superpower. Following the U.S. Wars in Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East, especially after the Iraq War, trust in the U.S. significantly decreased. Political Polarization and worldwide mistrust in U.S. President Donald Trump also hurt the image of the U.S. The Social Justice Movement and radical leftism in Western Europe, North America, and Australia also contributed to the fall of the U.S. image in condemning colonial powers and other powerful majority-white countries. The worldwide focus on condemning western nations while turning a blind eye to the crimes of China and Russia.
=== Europe ===
==== Demographic Issues ====
Almost the entire continent of Europe suffers from low birth rates and high death rates, starting a demographic crisis that meant that Europe could not support its aging population. Additionally, many of Europe's greatest minds continue to immigrate to America because of lower taxes and less government regulations on the economy. Additionally, democratic socialist movements in Western Europe, the decline of traditional religion, and a massive reduction in national pride, partly due to being afraid of a WWII repeat, and partly because of the culturally "woke" movement that got much of Western Europe to feel ashamed for their past. With no belief in God or their country, it rendered a lot of Europe, the Netherlands in particular, unable to fight.
==== Cyprus Conflict ====
While Cyprus saw little conflict during the war and was held by two opposing NATO allies, it was nevertheless an important issue for Europeans. Cyprus was divided among the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-backed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus". Many Cypriots, with the Greek and Turkish military focused elsewhere, felt like now was the time to reunite the Island.
==== Federalization of Europe & Brexit ====
Talks among minority parties in Western Europe wished for Europe, or at the very least, Western Europe, to be combined into a European superstate. Many Eastern European Countries, as well as some western ones like France, the U.K, and Norway, strongly opposed this. A part of this originated from the lack of a European National Identity and loss of national pride mentioned above. The United Kingdom also faced irredentist tensions as talks for an independent Scotland and a Reunification of Ireland threatened British unity. Britain, under the rule of Boris Johnson, decided to leave the European Union in 2020. (See: Brexit) Scotland, and by an extension, much of Northern Ireland, wished to remain in the E.U, so talks for Scottish and Irish independence grew. These talks were however quelled by the war, and no significant Liberation-backed rebels appeared in either Scotland or Northern Ireland.
==== Catalan Independence ====
Independence of Catalan-speaking Catalonia from the Kingdom of Spain began as a movement due to Catalonia, which includes the Spanish City of Barcelona, carrying a lot of the Spanish Economy. Many independence and rebel movements, sometimes backed by the Liberation, sparked through this area and much of eastern Spain as a whole. This happened as the Spanish Economy began to tank as it never fully recovered from the 2008 financial crisis.
==== Winter Offensive in Ukraine ====
The creation of the European Union integrated the European Continent together and weakened European Nationalism while increased their wealth. This led to a demographic crunch across the entire continent, with terrible birth rates, an aging population, less national pride, and overreliance on Russian and Chinese goods. Several countries like the Netherlands, Czechia, and Estonia became majority or plurality atheist. This led to American mistrust in Western Europe and Republican threats to withdraw from NATO and other European Agreements. In 2014, Putin's desires to expand led to the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, an area with many ethnic Russians and Russian speakers. Most of Europe condemned the attack, and Russia and Ukraine went into war. 2020 led to a European rise in the Social Justice Movement, coupled with the restrictive COVID-19 guidelines placed on by European Governments, which caused a mistrust between right-wing Americans and Western Europeans. In 2022, Russia suddenly began to build up troops on the Ukranian Border while making moves that they could be planning to invade. On February 13th, Russia did invade Ukraine, beginning the Winter Offensive, which eventually resulted in the treaty of Lviv, signed between Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine on March 2nd, which allowed for Russian Annexation of more than half of Ukraine's territory, and about 48-50% of Ukraine's Population, including 94% of Ukraine's Russian Speakers and 21% of Ukraine's Ukranian Speakers. 
Treaty of Lviv: Signed by Alexander Lukashenko, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Vladimir Putin.
* Russia shall no longer recognize the People's Republic of Donetsk and the People's Republic of Luhansk.
* The Ukranian Oblasts of Odessa, Mykolayiv, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkviv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Sumy, and Chernihiv shall be incorporated into the Russian Federation as Russian Oblasts.
* The Russian Republic of Crimea shall become a Russian Oblast.
* Ukraine is forbidden from ever joining NATO, the European Union, or the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and they are also forbidden from associating or taking part in these organizations.
* Ukraine shall recognize Russian as its only language.
* Ukraine shall join the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
* Ukraine shall arrest all insurrectionists who took part in the defense of Ukraine against Russian denazification.
* Ukraine and Belarus will recognize the Russian as its only language.
* The Ukranian Language will be considered a dialect of the Russian Language in all federal documents.
* The Ukranian Ethnic Group will now be recognized as part of the Russian Ethnic Group.
* The teaching of the Ukranian Dialect is forbidden in Ukranian, Belarusian, and Russian schools. 
* President Volodymyr Zelensky shall be tried for "war crimes" in Moscow, Russia.
* The remaining oblasts of Ukraine shall become the Ukranian Federation.
* All National and Local elections in Ukraine are hereby suspended.
* Viktor Yanukovych shall become the temporary President of the Ukrainian Federation.
* Eliminate in all schoolbooks and public documents "propaganda against the Russian Federation and its allies"
* Suppress all pro-independence and pro-Ukranian movements inside Ukraine.
While much of the world, including one of the signatories, President Volodymyr Zelensky, condemned the treaty, saying it was unreasonable, harsh, impossible to execute, and "destroys the Ukranian National Identity," Zelensky claimed that Putin threatened to shell Kyiv and Lviv to dust and take all of Ukraine if his demands were not met. Putin denied these allegations and called Zelensky a "warmonger" and "Nazi". President Joe Biden of the United States said that "This is the end of democracy in Ukraine. Putin wants to reform the Soviet Empire." Zelensky, in a video call to the United States congress, acknowledged that this was the last time he would be seen, and lamented that this was the only way to protect his people.
==== United Nations Response to the Winter Offensive ====
Several Nations responded negatively to the Treaty of Lviv, and refused to recognize the new Ukranian Federation, widely viewed as a Russian Puppet. Many of these countries went to form the Alliance of Free Nations, while countries like China, Iran, Pakistan, and Venezuela immediately began negotiations with the new federation. The U.N. held a resolution to condemn the treaty of Lviv, in which countries voted "Yes" and countries voted "No". They held a second resolution whether to accept the new Ukranian Federation into the United Nations, which was vetoed by the U.S, the United Kingdom, and France. This resulted in Ukraine being absent from the United Nations for the entirety of the war, as its old government was in exile and the new government was not recognized by almost half of the 193 U.N. Member States.
==== The Svyazyvanye of Belarus into Russia ====
On March 23rd, 2022, Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement with Russia that combined Belarus into Russia, adding 9.3 Million People into Russia, making Russia the eighth most populous country in the world, surpassing Bangladesh. In exchange, Lukashenko was immediately promoted as the commander of the Russian Army. The United Nations attempted to pass a resolution to condemn the annexation, but too many countries abstained from voting. Joe Biden commented that "This is one more step closer to a Russian Invasion of Europe." Putin denied these claimed and said that he simply wanted to unify the Russian People into a single state. Many people pointed out the similarities of the annexation and Putin's comments to that of the German Dictator Adolf Hitler, who was responsible for the second world war. Putin then further assured the world that he wanted to "denazify and unite" the Russian People, and insisted that "Ukrainians, Byelorussians, and Russians are one people." Belarus was transformed into the Byelorussian Oblast and the Minsk Oblast. The Byelorussian Oblast became the second-most populated Oblast in the Russian Federation, after Moscow. The Kremlin then released a statement that the Russian Federation was now the Russian Union, named because it was the Union of all the Russian Peoples. Many Europeans and Americans met this claim with skepticism. The United States attempted to pass a resolution condemning the annexation, but it was only supported by 40 U.N. Members. 
==== Inclusion of Finland, Ireland, Moldova into NATO ====
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization let Finland into the team on April 1st, 2022, and then let in Moldova on April 8th, just a week later. Putin responded by condemning the Moldovan Inclusion, saying that this was just NATO's way of trying to entrap and surround the Russian People, and accused the Americans of "wanting to start a nuclear holocaust." Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin claimed that they were fearful of a Russian Invasion into the Nordic Countries and claimed that the inclusion was only for self-defense. Though they were asked, Sweden and Austria refused to join NATO, citing their neutrality. Ireland joined the organization on April 29th, citing the encroachment of Russian Ships in their territory, and the need for self-defense. Putin condemned the encroachment of NATO around the Russian Union and promised "flames and fury" if the Americans continued to surround Russia. "Any further encroachment of NATO on Russia's Borders will be taken as an act of violence."
=== The Middle East and the Caucasus ===
==== Arab Spring ====
See here.
==== Conflict over Artsakh ====
Conflict over Artsakh arose in 2020 as the Azerbaijanis, with help from NATO ally Turkey, won in a rematch against the Armenians in the territory of Artsakh, claimed by Azerbaijan but overwhelmingly populated by Armenians. Russia offered to act as a mediator for both sides and claimed neutrality, but there were several complaints by Azerbaijan that they were being more partial to the Armenians. Ultimately, Azerbaijan won the war due to help from key allies like Turkey and Israel. Azerbaijan attempted to try to keep good relations with Russia, which was initially supported by both countries, but relations collapsed as the Russians formed greater ties with the Armenians and Iranians, both Azerbaijani enemies. In the early stages of the Ukraine Conflict, Azerbaijan sought neutrality.
==== Cold War ====
A Middle Eastern Cold War began to appear as both Saudi Arabia and Iran emerged as the leading powers of the area. Saudi Arabia, a major oil producer, and a totalitarian absolute monarchy backed by the U.S. held major influence in the Arabian Peninsula and Southern Levant. Iran formed greater ties with Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, while exerting their power in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen to form uprisings. Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait were led by Saudi Arabia against the Iranian Coalition of Qatar, Iraq, and Syria. Both countries sponsored Civil Wars in Yemen and Libya and fought to bring neutral countries like Lebanon and Jordan to their side. Outside threats like Turkey and Israel also brought threats to the peace of the area. Worse is that there was discovered that two middle eastern powers had nuclear weapons: Iran and Israel. Eventually as Iran shifted closer to Russia and the Arabs to the U.S, the Middle East became one of the bloodiest theatres of conflict in the war. 
==== Palestine Crisis and Tensions with Israel ====
Virtually every country in the Middle East with the exception of Azerbaijan supported Palestine during the Palestine Crisis, and most countries in the area refused to recognize Israel as a country. Israel and Gaza regularly exchanged fire, while Jews continued to settle in the West Bank, which was becoming more and more Jewish by the day. Israel's technology, such as the unrivaled Iron Dome Missile Defense System, as well as more technology gotten from the United States, made it the most technologically advanced country in Western Asia, if not the most powerful. Israel was also rumored to have a nuclear weapons program, and regularly sent missile strikes and drones to Iran to assassinate their nuclear scientists in what a Jewish reporter called "mowing the lawn." As Israel was the third-most powerful country in the Middle East at the very least, Saudi Arabia decided to begin formal negotiations with Israel on April 12th, 2022. This led to a ripple of chain reactions throughout the Middle East, with countries either recognizing Israel too or condemning Saudi Arabia's judgement. Kuwait was one of the angriest countries at this, saying that "The Saudis have shown that they are not fit to represent the Muslim World." The Saudis then said "We still see Israel as an apartheid oppressing the Palestinian Arabs. But it would be ridiculous to pretend any longer that Israel can be erased from the Middle East." Lebanon, Malaysia, and Tunisia later recognized Israel the following month, while Kuwait suspended trade relations with the Saudis. 
==== Middle Eastern Nuclear Arms Race ====
As tensions in the Middle East rose amid Russia's invasion and the Saudis and Jews getting closer, Iran, fearing a Saudi-Jewish invasion, announced it had developed two nuclear warheads that could reach Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 28th, 2022. Israel responded by announcing that they had a stockpile of 84 nuclear weapons that could hit any Iranian City. The following day, Iran's top nuclear scientist was killed by a drone strike widely thought to come from Israel. Iran called the attack a "terror strike" by the Jews and began to deport or kidnap all Jews in Iran and bring them into internment camps. Since U.S. President Donald Trump left the Iran Nuclear Deal and Joe Biden failed to reinstate it, Iran began to develop more Nuclear Wrapons. On May 2nd, 2022, Prince Salman announced that he would be starting the Saudi Arabian Nuclear Program, however, without significant cooperation from the Jews, this program was not able to get far.
==== Yemeni - Emirati War ====
The United Arab Emirates invaded the Island of Socotra in 2018. Due to the instability of Yemen and the continuation of proxy conflicts from the Saudis and Iranians, there was little to no resistance when the Emiratis took Socotra. For the duration of the war, Socotra was a de facto Emirati territory and the Alliance staged many naval exercises there, a key stopping point on the way to Iran or Karachi. Due to Yemen's weakness, not many people cared about the invasion. However, Socotra became an important spot to fight Liberation Rebels and Pirates.
=== Africa ===
Fighting in Africa was relatively minor, but East Africa still saw a little bit of fighting. ￼
==== Somalia Crisis ====
Somalia was in the middle of a civil war for more than a decade between extreme Islamist Rebels, the Somali Government, and the Somaliland Rebels. Due to the instability of Somalia's government, it made this place a key ground for terrorists, jihadists, pirates, and naval powers of both sides. Because of the proximity of the island of Socotra to the East African Coast, it was neccesary for the Alliance to fight against Somali Pirates to operate from Europe to the Indian Ocean.
==== Millenium Dam ====
Perhaps the largest African fights came from tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt. Ethiopia, seeking to power their country, fight against Tigrayan Rebels, and weaken regional powers, Ethiopia's Millenium Dam began generating power on March 20th, 2021. This dam began to take water away from the Nile River, which is vital for the survival of all 100 Million Egyptians. Sudan, between Ethiopia and Egypt, announced a neutral stance on March 23rd when Egypt demanded Ethiopia to shut down the dam. Egypt was also linked to funding Tigrayin Rebels in the north of Ethiopia.
==== East African Federation ====
On May 28th, 2022, the East African Community announced it had plans for a constitution to form the East African Federation. This plan was greatly supported by Egypt, which had strong ties with Kenya and Tanzania and wanted less countries to fight over water rights with, especially as it was already facing a water crisis with Ethiopia. While the EAC was politically neutral, many people wondered what side the new federation would lean to-- the Eastern, more developed part of the country wanted an alliance with America, while the West wanted to improve relations with China. Top issues for the EAC were countering Pirate activity on the Somali Coast and relations with the DRC, after Uganda and Rwanda funded rebels in the East of the Country.
==== Chinese Alliances in Africa ====
China sought to make stronger ties with Africa, by funding infrastructure projects in countries like Angola, Mali, Zambia, Niger, and Madagascar. As China alone has few allies, it sought to make new ones in Africa, by giving interest-free loans and building infrastructure. In return, China was given access to important raw materials that came from the African Continent. Many called this the "Chinese Colonization of Africa."
=== United States and Canada ===
==== Quebecois Independence Movement ====
Perhaps the greatest threat to Canadian national unity was the constant threat of the Quebecois people of declaring independence from Canada. Much of Canada's internal policy revolved around bribing Quebec with money so it wouldn't leave the union, while the money-making provinces in the West had little worth. Quebecois People are among the most nationalistic in the world, and threatened to leave Canada several times. Many Quebecois wished to create a French-Speaking state that would not be ruled by the Anglos. If this happened, much of the Maritime Provinces would be cut off from Ontario.
==== American Political Crisis ====
America, beginning with the rise of the TEA party and backlash to Obama's presidency in 2010, began to get increasingly divided. It got worse after the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who had no former political experience and was elected because of his inflammatory language, skill at rallying, and populist policies that swayed much of the American Rust Belt. When there was evidence found of Russian Cheating, the Democratic Party began to claim that Trump cheated to win the election. During Trump's Presidency, he enacted many changes that saw the U.S. began to leave from the rest of the world, as the polarization was further driven by many Congressional Republicans. Some effects of the Polarization were American distrust in the Media and Science, more partisan voting on the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices, and it was easier for Russia and China to spot weaknesses. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, it was the left's turn to get more divisive and radical, as the social justice movement was pushed into America, promoting critical race theory, reparations for slavery, and the abolition of religion from American Law and Schools. While the Republicans drew support from a single group who wants the minorities gone and out of America, the Democrats took from every minority group who wants the existing order destroyed. In the 2020 election, Trump began to baselessly claim that the election was stolen, despite numerous recounts and loads of evidence to the contrary. After all sixty-three of Trump's lawsuits failed to overturn the election, he began to rally his supporters to siege Washington D.C, the capitol of the United States. The last time a siege on the capitol happened was in 1812.
==== January 6th, 2021 ====
During the confirmation of U.S. President-Elect Joseph Biden, a mob of more than 2,000 Trump Supporters attacked the capitol building. They tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election by disrupting the assembly to count the electoral votes and certify Biden's win. He demanded that Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress reject Biden's victory, and said, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." After his speech, more than 2,000 people broke through the line of police and broke into the Capitol Building. Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob, as the rebels vandalized the Capitol, assaulted Police Officers, and attempted to hunt and kill members of Congress and the Vice President. Pipe Bombs and Molotov Cocktails were later found, and Senator Mitt Romney was nearly captured. In the end, five people died, and 138 police officers were hospitalized. More than 800 people were charged, Congress reconvened, and Biden was confirmed as the 46th President. However, baseless claims that the election was stolen remained prevalent among conservatives in America. Trump was impeached by the House, the most bipartisan impeachment in the history of America. 
==== Post-January 6th and Biden's Pre-War Presidency ====
While Biden's presidency appeared to go smoothly at first, it all went wrong during the withdrawal of Afghanistan, which many deemed highly politicized and poorly executed. Biden's approval rating plummeted for several months after as many members of the GOP were already reluctant to try bipartisanship. To the regret of moderate senators like Joe Manchin, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, the country began to get further divided. The anti-trump wing of the U.S. Senate repeatedly clashed with the pro-trump one, the Republicans were not united and were unable to stand against Biden, allowing the Democrats to work more efficiently during the Ukraine Crisis. Biden took a more forceful stance on Putin while the Republicans were fighting amongst themselves on whether to support or condemn Putin, with the more radical wing of the right even supporting him. Many Republicans, even the anti-Trump wing, still did not support a committee investigating the potential coup on the 6th, for fears it would publicize the event and make their party unpopular in national elections. ￼
==== Social Justice Movement and BLM Riots ====
The Social Justice Movement took root in American left-wing social media, namely TikTok and Twitter. While the American Republicans appeared to have given up the fight against Gay Marriage, hot-button issues like Abortion and Trans Rights were still on the table. These Social Medias served as a communications hub for left-wing theory to run around the internet. While the radical left had little-to-no representation in Congress, their theory began to slowly seep into American Mainstream Media, and Universities, what one Fox News broadcaster called "a takeover from within". The Social Justice Movement, which was despised by a large majority of the American Population, and unpopular everywhere except the West Coast and NYC, was propelled by the much more popular BLM Riots, which rocked the country after the death of George Floyd, an African American Man who was murdered by Police Officer Derek Chauvin. This murder erupted a swathe of protests and counterprotests which resulted in lots of property destruction and looting, especially in the blue areas of the map above that supported the Social Justice Movement, as they had they heaviest protests. The BLM Movement was essential for the Social Justice movement to gain popularity as it gave many liberal Americans a positive view of the movement. Another reason for its rise was that many people simply did not understand the entire movement as it was complicated, long, and self-contradictory. The Social Justice Movement was integral to America, and by extension, Canada/Europe's role in the war, as it taught White Americans about their "natural racism" and shamed American and Western European countries for their colonial past. While this was true, it demoralized large sections of these parts of the world during the war because the movement was strongly against patriotism in European/White Countries, by claiming that these countries were evil and built off the backs of oppressed groups. This focus on oppression caused many white Americans to feel like they were in the wrong for participating in the war, and severely affected the USA's ability to fight. Since the Social Justice Movement was primarily propelled by White and Asian Americans, the least religious of American Racial Groups, it made the group quite antireligious, causing a religious backlash to the SJW Movement.
==== American Intervention during the Ukraine Crisis ====
American Intervention during the Ukraine Crisis was varied. There seemed to be no official side taken by either party, with anti-interventionists on both parties. Generally, most of America was united for Ukraine, though the far-right had several authoritarians, fascists, and Russia supporters and the far-left made up some story about racism to justify not supporting Ukraine. Though America and NATO, particularly Poland, sent military aid to Ukraine, they were unable to hold back the Russians. While Joe Biden enjoyed a slight boost in popularity during the crisis, it was not enough to boost his numbers entirely, especially as the Republicans began to make up a story about how all of it was somehow Biden's fault. Among the military aid America sent, this included several missile and protective gear that would be used later in the war. Perhaps the most notable story was a group of Georgians who flew to Ukraine with military gear to fight with the Ukranian Militia against the Russians. Unfortunately, they were never heard of again. The Ukranian Front, while pleased with the aid, accused the West of being too lenient towards Russia.
==== North American Reaction to the Treaty of Lviv ====
The American Senate voted 59-41 not to recognize the Treaty of Lviv. Among the main supporters of the treaty were the far-left, far-right, and establishment Republicans, all who had some political points to score by either recognizing the treaty or refusing to support Ukraine. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted to recognize the treaty. Most Moderate Senators and "America First" Politicians sought to not recognize the treaty to either garner support or fight with Mitch McConnell for control of the fractured Republican Party. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer voted in a widely bipartisan vote to not recognize the treaty, signed into law by President Joe Biden. For the entirety of the war, both the U.S. and Canada (who had also voted not to recognize the treaty) recognized Ukraine under Volodymyr Zelensky with all of its pre-2011 territory. Vladimir Putin called the American reaction "a stunning display of delusion". In a much closer vote, 52-48, America also voted not to recognize the Svyazyvanye of Belarus, which saw the complete annexation of Belarus into the Russian Oblast of Byelorussia and the Russian Oblast of Minsk. Americans had a generally negative view of Russia at this point, with only the very far-right supporting Putin's dictatorship.
==== Talks of Civil War ====
Many Americans sought for a "Civil War" or at least a "National Divorce" following the 2020 election, particularly talks from far-right representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene. Joe Biden delivered a speech talking about how we were "one country, unified against the Russian Aggression in Europe" and how we "must honor our allies across the sea, we must honor Ukraine as they valiantly fight against Putin's aggression. I say this, Putin cannot rule any more. This dictatorship must be destroyed." While federal American officials tried to walk back on Biden's statements, the president doubled down. MTG called him "a crazy man who needs to go." Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, expressed support for Texas' withdrawal from the union, despite the illegality of this. During the war, a second American Civil war was seen as crazy as they had enough trouble across the Ocean.
=== Latin America and the Caribbean ===
==== Venezuela ====
Venezuela, often dubbed "the Cuba of the 21st century" was perhaps one of the only open Russian allies in the Americas. They have the largest oil reservoir in the world, yet they remained poor due to the poor leadership of Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez. Chavez did not vote against the resolution condemning Russia, but he did vote against the U.N. resolution condemning the treaty of Lviv. He was the first South American Leader to establish formal relations with the Ukranian Federation, widely viewed as a Russian Puppet. Since Venezuela was in America's backyard, it did not officially join the war, but it did host many Russian and Chinese spies, military operations, and weaponry.
==== Creation of the ASC: American Security Federation ====
Following the Svyazyvanye of Belarus, the United States of America sought to get closer ties with Latin American countries as places such as Guyana, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic began to join Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as Russian Allies in Latin America. The governments of twelve countries in the Americas signed the American Security Agreement, establishing a sort of "NATO of South America". These twelve countries were sworn to defend each other and work towards each other's well-being. Ratifying the treaty passed by the thinnest of margins in the U.S. Senate, a 50-50 tie broken only by the vote of Vice President Kamala Harris. The agreement also promised to ease economic tensions and contribute to the war on drugs and militias in Latin America. The treaty was signed between the twelve American Countries of: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, The Bahamas, The United States, and Uruguay. These were a coalition of American Allies that would be crucial during the war, providing the Alliance with military and financial help in exchange for assistance fighting income inequality and drug wars. They also sanctioned Chavez' Government, crippling the Venezuelan Economy even more and provoking riots within the country.
=== Australia and the Pacific Ocean ===
==== Australian Nuclear Program ====
On July 5th, 2022, Australia announced it was starting a nuclear weapons program, though it would be "used for defensive purposes only". These statements came after North Korean Dictator Kim-Jong-Un threatened to wipe Australia off the map. While the U.S. and China condemned the movement, the U.S. failed to make any actual ramifications for the Australian nuclear weapons, except that it announced it would not send any more nuclear secrets to the continent. ￼
==== Oceania ====
Due to the American Naval Hegemony, almost all of the Pacific Ocean stayed neutral or expressed pro-American views. An exception to this were the Solomon Islands, who had tensions with American Ally Papua New Guinea. Oceania played a very minor role in the conflict, as the American Navy was much more advanced and the Pacific Islands were surrounded by powerful American Allies like the Philippines, Japan, and Australia, the islands had no choice other than to host American Naval Vessels. Several Islands were frustrated with the country of Australia, who had the highest carbon outputs in the world and was contributing greatly to the rising sea levels that would swallow many of these countries. 
==== Indonesia ====
Indonesia began to face a separatist crisis in late May, with rebels from West Papua, Sulawesi, West Timor, and other majority-Christian Islands. Indonesia announced neutrality as America and Russia began to mount tensions, as it sought closer ties with China and Russia's economy but knew it couldn't do anything with such a strong American Presence in the Pacific Ocean. Their neutrality was strengthened as both Alliance and Liberation Rebel groups tried to take control of the country. A religious divide began to take place as many Christians in Indonesia. Indonesia's attempts to federalize the country and move people out of Java into the lesser populated Islands saw large clashes between the Muslim Migrants and the Christian Natives. Mass Christian Migration to Borneo saw Borneo, Papua, and the Lesser Sunda Islands as areas with the heaviest religious conflict.
==== Japan ====
Japan faced many of the same issues as Western Europe, but also had many differences. The Social Justice Culture, mainly targeted at White Europeans, did not take hold in developed Asian Countries as it did in the European ones. Additionally, Japanese denial of war crimes during the second world war, a much different position than Germany, meant the country still had a somewhat patriotic population. But since Japan became an American Puppet and experienced many of the same phenomena as Western Europe, driven by the Japanese post-war economic miracle. As Japan adopted western values, its birthrate began to decline as women entered the workforce. Because of East Asia's work culture, this meant that countries like Japan and South Korea were hit especially hard by declining birthrates as it meant women, who were now part of the workforce, had no time to have children. Japan solved this problem by attaining more and more debt, and became the most indebted country in the world. This along with the demilitarization of Japan resulted in catastrophic effects for the Japanese Population as the Chinese sought revenge for World War Two and South Korea having chilly relations with the Japanese. Japan had very few friends in the Pacific and was surrounded by Chinese allies.
==== Invasion of Taiwan ====
Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China, an island with a majority Han population, was one of the main causes of World War Three. During the Second World War, the ROC government fought a civil war against communist insurgents and fled to Taiwan after they lost. The ROC continued to control the Island but claim all of China as its own territory. The PRC, or just China, saw Taiwan as a rebel province and part of the mainland. Almost no countries recognize Taiwan and provide limited relations in order to trade with the economically dominant PRC. The Taiwanese were informal American Allies, and despite the government's wishes, most of America wished to support Taiwan rather than the PRC. There became more and more Chinese Military insurgents in Taiwanese Seaspace, until April 14th, 2022, when China launched a full-scale Naval Invasion on the Island, sending battleships and fighter jets, submarines and missiles to the Island. Tsai-Ing-wen, President of Taiwan, declared war on China and began to militarize the Island and prepare for a guerilla campaign in the mountainous east, where Chinese infantry would have trouble going. In response, President Joe Biden, along with other European and Pacific Democracies, such as Japan, South Korea, The U.K., France, and Germany announced full diplomatic relations with the ROC and sanctioned the PRC, breaking the One-China-Policy. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced, "an end to the Civil War in China that has lasted for more than eighty years" and began to heavy shell Taipei, the capitol of Taiwan. While the Chinese Navy was certainly better than Taiwan's, China's specialty were ground campaigns, and saw difficulty getting through the military equipment sent by the West. Notably, the country of Lichtenstein announced it was cutting off all diplomatic relations with China. This was seen as one of the least important things to happen in the war. This activity saw the East China Sea as one of the earliest battlegrounds of the war. China began to quickly take smaller Taiwanese Islands and began to seize the city of Taichung, the second-most populous city in Taiwan. The city fell in a matter of days as most of the resistance saw the Chinese military and retreated to Taipei or to the mountains of the east. Tsai Ing-wen banned all people over 18 and under 60 from leaving the country, even women, saying they were needed for defense of the Island. Exceptions were given to mothers with babies. She also announced the island would not go the same way Ukraine would, and she would "go down fighting for the liberty of the Chinese People"
==== Chinese Annexation of Hong Kong ====
During the chaos of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, China sent a smaller force to pacify the city of Hong Kong and depose the Hong Kong Government. This act saw many sanctions, but it was largely overlooked during the more widely publicized invasion of Taiwan. Tsai Ing-wen announced solidarity and joint military planning with Hong Kong rebels, who held up most of the fight against the Chinese Military, but China took the city relatively quickly. China also annexed the city of Macau. All Hong Kong residents were put under lockdown and under Martial Law. Many Hong Kong residents evacuated to the neighboring Japan or Australia, largely seen as save havens at the time. Both countries gave refugee status to all Taiwanese and Hong Kongers. 
==== Chinese Advances in the South China Sea ====
See: Nine-Dash Line
China had disputes with the countries of Taiwan, The Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei over the South China Sea with their claim of the "nine-dash-line", a vague nine-dash line made by the Republic of China after World War Two, claimed much of the South China Sea and violating the Exclusive Economic Zones of four other countries. While the UN ruled China's claims null and void, China continued to conduct military drills and show its naval hegemony with its neighbors. All five countries it violates are American Allies. China began to conduct naval drills on the islands, angering Vietnam and the Philippines, who were the other strong countries in the area. In 2021, Chinese ships had multiple faceoffs with Filipino ones as the Chinese began to surround foreign ships island-by-island. After the Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, the ROC abandoned its claims of the nine-dash-line to improve relations with the four other countries in the South China Sea. The Vietnamese, Filipino, and Malaysian Militaries began to coordinate naval drills to form a united front against Chinese Ships, as they felt a war would be arriving soon. This saw Vietnam get drawn closer to the American Side, which Taiwan, Malaysia, and the Philippines were part of.
=== Mainland Asia ===
==== Myanmar 2021 coup d'état ====
On February 1st, 2021, the democratic Burmese Government fell to the Military, reestablishing an authoritarian regime in Myanmar and shifting Burma, an important strategic position, into Chinese Hands. The State Counsellor of Myanmar, the head of the country, used to be ruled by Democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Her government was deposed on February 1st and the country was taken by the Military. This meant that the easiest gateway into India was now controlled by a Chinese Ally.
==== Fall of Afghanistan ====
On August 30th, 2021, Joe Biden finished a withdrawal from Afghanistan to comply with an agreement made with the Taliban by U.S. President Donald Trump. He said he would have all U.S. Troops out by September 11th, 2021, in a move widely criticized by Republicans as too political. The move ended in disaster for the Afghan Government, which fell to the Taliban in a matter of weeks. While a few places in Afghanistan continued the resistance, the Taliban imposed harsh restrictions on the population, especially women. A Chinese Ally, Afghanistan provided minor help for the war apart from more routes into the Middle East and trading of Minerals to the Russian and Chinese governments. ￼
==== Korean War and Nuclear Tensions with North Korea ====
Ever since the Cold War, the Korean Peninsula was divided into a poor, communist north and a wealthy, capitalist South. While South Korea eventually became a democracy, North Korea continued to be ruled by the nefarious Kim Dynasty, widely viewed as the most brutal dictators in the world. North Korea, at the expense of its citizens, used its funds to start a nuclear weapons program, harshly criticized by both allies and enemies alike, but one that deterred invaders and stopped the South from invading. Although U.S. President Donald Trump began to try to talk peace with the North, relations deteriorated during the pandemic and the presidency of Joe Biden. Tensions worsened after the 2022 South Korean Presidential Election. Relations between the two Koreas rapidly deteriorated in the following months, as North Korea began to fire more and more missiles while President Yoon also began to upgrade his military and preparing for war. While both U.S. and China wished for Korea to remain peaceful and divided, the two leaders looked ready to fight. In May 2022, North Korean Border Police shot a man that was walking near, who was identified as South Korean. This resulted in a national tragedy in South Korea, with President Yoon demanding an apology and sent an ultimatum to Kim Jong-Un demanding reparations, which he obviously refused. When he did not, a group of Korean Military officers got into a skirmish which left 16 North Koreans and 3 South Koreans dead. More border clashes left more soldiers dead, and in a controversial decision, President Yoon on August 18th announced he would end all funding for the ministry of Women and Family, abolished the minimum wage and 52-hour workweek, and announced that South Korea would begin a nuclear weapons program. After that, there were ten countries with nukes (Russia, USA, France, UK, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, and Iran) and three countries in the process of developing them. (Saudi Arabia, Australia, and South Korea)
==== Conflict in Kashmir and India-Pakistan Tensions ====
India, a majority Hindu Nation, and Pakistan, a majority Muslim Nation were two nuclear powers in South Asia that were already in war over a region at the very top of South Asia called Kashmir, a majority-Muslim area but ruled by Hindus. While both countries were Russian Allies, India already had tensions with China as China began to dam up rivers in Tibet that flowed into India, crucial for water rights. This made India an American Ally but surrounded by Chinese Allies like Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, isolating India in its continent. India was already a developing economy but fighting over Kashmir simply prolonged the economic tensions as it was unable to get peace with Pakistan. This also resulted in growing Islamophobia in India as they passed oppressive laws towards Muslims. India did not have much experience with military, consistently losing wars and almost never attacked someone else, but they did have the second-highest population in the world, after China, but their population was much poorer and had a much higher birth rate.
==== Chinese Expansionist Policy ====
China, the most populous country in the world, pursued an expansionist policy during the 21st century as a way to assert dominance over its neighbors. Taking parts of India, Bhutan, Vietnam, and Japan, it caused many of its neighbors to hate it and only befriend the country for the economic benefits. On April 14th, 2022, China invaded the island of Taiwan, a de facto sovereign state in the East China Sea. This move drew condemnation from the west but not much reaction elsewhere, as Taiwan was largely an unrecognized state. It also invaded the city-state of Hong Kong, fully incorporating it into the Chinese Mainland. Chinese President Xi Jinping wished to restore China to the regional superpower it was in the olden days, and he saw places like Hong Kong and Taiwan as embarrassments to Chinese National Pride. President Jinping also had internal issues in his country as he wished for China to be almost entirely Han, which meant getting rid of other ethnic groups like Uyghurs. He also severely limited freedoms online and began to use technology to spy on his citizens. Jinping made capitalist reforms in the country, making the Han richer and bringing the country out of the "Great Leap Forward" under Mao Zedong which sent much of China into poverty. Because of this, most of China was fine with the incursions made on personal freedom. China was also facing a demographic crisis, with one of the worst birthrates in the world, similar to Japan and South Korea, and had an aging population. China was forced to act now on Taiwan, because it was now or never. they would only get weaker as time went on. Even in Jinping's speech made when he announced the "reunification of the mainland" he cited that "it is now or never that we destroy the Imperialist world system of America and the West." On May 1st, 2022, he announced that the city of Hong Kong was secured and freed of protesters. The People's Liberation Army traveled further into Taiwan, taking cities like Tainan and surrounding Chiayi, though the Taiwanese Resistance recaptured the city of Hsinchu. All and all, China still had the overwhelming advantage in Taiwan. Sensing that the fall of Taipei would be near, President Tsai Ing-wen ordered much of the Taiwanese Army into Eastern Taiwan to fight a guerilla campaign in the mountains.
==== Creation of the Liberation Confederacy ====
On June 29th, 2022, eighteen Eurasian Countries signed an agreement to form the Liberation Confederacy, a NATO-like organization committed to "fighting against Imperialism in Europe and Asia". Many of these countries were authoritarian regimes and dictatorships, but a few democratic countries like Mongolia were forced into the organization for fear of being invaded by Russia or China. The eighteen Countries to join were Armenia, Cambodia, China, Iran, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, The Russian Union, Syria, Tajikistan, the Ukranian Federation, and Uzbekistan. This alliance covered most of Asia and caused countries like India and Azerbaijan to feel threatened and condemn Russia. A few Russian, Ukranian, and Pakistani Troops were sent to China to keep the peace in Hong Kong as their first official military activity. It also caused conflicts like the Iran-Saudi Cold War, war in Kashmir, Ukraine Crisis and the Invasion of Taiwan all closer together. These countries would be the core of the Liberation Army, and with a population of 2,169,450,690, 28% of the world's population, they proved to be a huge alliance in terms of manpower, although China makes up for more than half of this population statistic.
== Pre-War Events ==
=== Georgian Ascent to NATO ===
On July 22nd, 2022, Georgia signed the documents they needed and became fully integrated into NATO, further angering Russia, who claimed that the small Caucasian country "wasn't even in Europe" and had "no legal basis" to joining the organization. Vladimir Putin demanded "NATO's withdrawal from the Caucasus in two weeks" if they did not want war. These demands were seen as unreasonable even to Putin sympathists, and were widely seen as context or an excuse to invade Georgia and expand the Russian Union into the Caucasus. While a few politicians, notably from the Netherlands and Hungary, wanted to comply with Putin's demands, the vast majority of NATO defended Georgia's sovereignty and sent troops to Turkey and Georgia. However, America and Western Europe could not mobilize their forces within two weeks, and Russia began to send its military into the Caucasus and the Black Sea.
=== Egyptian War with Ethiopia ===
Taking advantage of the chaos happening in Europe, Egypt declared war on Ethiopia on July 25th, citing "terrorism on Egyptian Citizens" because of the Millenium dam, and sent airplanes into the mountains to bomb the dam, though the planes crashed due to technical reasons. Sudan, who had its own territorial disputes with Egypt, helped Ethiopia in the war by declaring a no-fly-zone on Sudanese Territory, shooting down Egyptian planes and forcing them to move through the Red Sea or through ally Saudi Arabia. Eritrea, a Russian Ally, decided to help Ethiopia in the war and fight Egyptian Ships. Because of this, Egypt had no choice but to land its troops in Somaliland, a largely unrecognized autonomous territory, taking advantage of their need for allies in the war against Somalia, further destabilizing the state. On July 30th, Egypt was the first country to recognize the independence of Somaliland. They also helped fund Tigrayin Rebels in the north of Ethiopia.
== Beginning of the War ==
=== The Caucasus Front ===
Russian Troops marched into Georgian Territory on August 5th, 2022, through South Ossetia and Abkhazia, separatist regions in Georgia that were key Putin Allies. Irakli Garibashvili declared war on Russia and began sending all troops to the North. This activated the mobilization of NATO, which charged through Turkey and the Baltics to try to neutralize the country. In turn, this activated the Liberation Confederacy to defend Russia. World War Three had begun. Armenian Troops quickly moved to attack the South of Georgia while Russia moved through the front. A force made up largely of native Turks attacked through the west to defend Georgia and charged into Armenia. Finns and Balts began a small strike on St. Petersburg to try to capture the city before Russia could retaliate. Most of NATO (with the exception of the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, and Iceland) had already declared war on Russia and Armenia for attacking, and they were quick to declare war on the rest of the Liberation Confederacy after small military groups made up of Iranians, Kazakhs, Han, and other groups were found in Georgia. The country of Azerbaijan declared its neutrality, though it had strong ties with the Alliance it was surrounded by the Liberation countries of Iran, Armenia, and Russia. Georgia, being a poor, small country, was unable to provide much resistance to the Russian Army, especially once Iranian Reinforcements arrived from the south, making them fight a two-front war.
=== The European Front ===
One of the first fronts of the war also eventually became one of the largest and bloodiest. A force made up of Northeastern European Nations, primarily Finland and the Baltics, sent small attacking squads into Northwest Russia to try to neutralize the country and isolate the vulnerable city of St. Petersburg. Russia, not expecting such a quick response from the West, was initially surprised by the attack, and diverted some of its forces from Georgia back to their homeland, but this took quite a bit of time, allowing Finland and the Baltics to do quite a bit of damage. The main powers of the war, the U.S. and China, were still fully mobilizing their army, so they were only able to watch for the first few months of the war. China sent a few squads of soldiers to the Caucasus and Russia to defend against NATO's incursions, but it was still busy in their war on Taiwan, which was largely a success. Native Russians quickly took arms to defend their city. The attack on St. Petersburg did little more than provide propaganda for the Russians about the west's hostility, but it did begin the Finnish Occupation of Karelia, often dubbed "the second continuation war," referring to the Winter War of the 1940's. The Russian's main focus in Europe at the outbreak of the war was to close the Suwalki Gap, a stretch of land that separates Russia from its exclave in Kaliningrad, a vulnerable chokepoint for Russia. Russia's main focus was to take down and occupy southern Lithuania to easily move troops into Kaliningrad to distribute throughout the Baltic Sea. Perhaps the most successful Allied invasion was the Polish occupation of Lviv, as Ukranian Forces were still largely centered in the east. Most Ukrainians still had a positive view of NATO and welcomed the Polish occupation. Ultimately, the Baltics received no Major Victories as they became split from the rest of Europe, while Finland was unable to make it into St. Petersburg and only make slight gains in Karelia. This happened even as most of Russia was in the Caucasus, showing a weakness in the NATO Army. The Poles made good ground in Lviv, fortifying the city and expelling Russian Loyalists or taking them back to Poland as prisoners of war. There, Poland formed the Ukranian National Army, based in Lviv, which was made up of Ukranian Rebels that sought to overthrow the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych and reestablish Democracy in Ukraine. This movement was led by Olena Zelenska, wife of missing war hero Volodymyr Zelensky, who was taken to Moscow and widely believed to be dead. Although she was the number one target, Russia was unable to assassinate her. There, Lviv became the capitol of the Ukranian Resistance, and missile strikes between Lviv and Kiev happened daily.
== Conclusion of 2022 ==
American and Chinese Industries are rapidly increasing across the world as attention shifts to Europe. The first wave of the army from the Liberation Confederacy, now dubbed the "Liberation Powers" or the "New Axis" (by western nations) has arrived in Europe to fight and defend Ukraine and make gains across the Caucasus. Belgium, Hungary, Denmark, and Iceland have declared war on Russia (but not the rest of the Liberation Confederacy) while the Netherlands has said it will only give financial help. Several Georgian Refugees have crossed the border into Turkey or Azerbaijan, while others stay to defend their country. A Russian takeover of Georgia is now imminent. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been taken to Istanbul where he operates Georgia's defense from the inside. Meanwhile, several other parts of the world begin to get drawn into conflict. Even with backup from the Greeks and Bulgarians, the Turks were driven out of Armenia in a successful defense campaign while Turkish President Erdogan attacks the country of Syria, despite warnings from the rest of NATO not to do so. Turkey was a bit of a wild card during the war, still fighting with the rest of NATO but not following their instructions and generally doing whatever they want. In secret, President Erdogan formed the "Triple Alliance" between the countries of Saudi Arabia and Israel and began to plot a large-scale invasion of Syria. Turkey also sent its naval fleet out into the Black Sea to attack Russian Troops and form an offensive in Crimea, though they were driven back by Ukranian Russian Loyalists. The Russian Troops had already taken most of Georgia at this point and began to encircle the capital of Tbilisi.
=== Outbreak of War in Asia ===
Chinese troops were almost done taking Taiwan, and they had taken all major cities except for Taipei, and controlled all of the island except the mountains in the east. The situation in Korea escalates, with President Yoon and Secretary Kim Jong-Un both vowing war and fury against the other. Border skirmishes that left dozens of Korean Troops dead happened regularly across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. North Korea began to test more and more missiles, several of which encroached upon South Korean Territory. Finally, South Korea announced it had developed its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, making it the eleventh country to have a nuclear weapon. It sent missile tests on South Korean Territory near the DMZ, enough for North Korea to consider this a direct attack. North Korea nuked the city of Seoul just a day later, on December 11th, 2022.
This was catastrophic for both Koreas. The nuke instantly obliterated more than 400,000 South Koreans and caused almost 2,000,000 injuries. Mass exodus from the city of Seoul into the southernmost points of South Korea occurred, and it caused many nations such as Japan to declare war on the North, which caused a reaction from the rest of the Liberation Confederacy. The Philippines and Malaysia, already pushed to the brink by Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, declared war on the Liberation Confederacy as well, opening a new front in the Pacific Ocean. It drew most South Koreans to hate the North and treat them like savages, pulling off guerilla campaigns in the streets of the city as North Koreans struggled to push through. The South Korean army refrained from nuking the south, despite threats from President Yoon, who would have been killed were it not for the fact that he moved presidential powers from the Blue House early in his term. The South Korean army held off the North on the western half of the DMZ, but the Eastern half fell, allowing the North Koreans to occupy much of Gangwon. As the North Koreans committed many atrocities, especially against women and children, many more North Koreans defected from their side, as it was the first time, they saw the outside world and did not want to fight for the Kim Dynasty any longer. The South Korean army was initially ordered to defend what was left of the city of Seoul and protect against North Korean incursions across the DMZ. On December 16th, Chinese Naval ships attacked the islands of Incheon, which led South Korea and Japan to declare war on the entire Liberation Confederacy.
== 2023 ==
2023 was marred by some of the earliest fighting of the war as more and more countries were drawn in the Liberation Powers and the Alliance. (Which became the two commonly accepted names for the two military coalitions) Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam joined the war against China, fighting with Filipino and Malaysian Troops to fend of China in the South China Sea. Ethiopia, which was slowly but surely losing its war with Egypt, as the Egyptians occupied much of eastern Ethiopia, sought aid from Iran to fight the Egyptians. This saw the country of Egypt join the Alliance and the country of Ethiopia join the Liberation. Elsewhere in Africa, the East African Federation was formed, though with a lot less territory than expected. The countries of Uganda and South Sudan were prohibited from joining the federation, with Kenyan leaders citing instability in the country. A government was set up with five main republics: the republic of Rwanda-Urudi, republic of Kirinyaga, republic of Tanganyika, republic of Zanzibar, and the Nilotic Republic. A rotating presidency was set up between the five to govern the whole country that changed every six months, with a goal to set up a unified government by 2025. While both Egypt and Ethiopia, and in extension, the Liberation and Alliance, sought to gain the EAF's favor, they cited neutrality. However, EAF ships regularly clashed with ships of the United Arab Emirates, as the EAF supported Somali Rebels due to their territorial dispute with Somalia. In the Indian Ocean, Pakistan claimed Australia was aiding Emirati Naval fleets off the coast of East Africa, and declared war on both Australia and the Emirates. The UAE, Australia and New Zealand also joined the Alliance. In Taiwan, China announced they had captured Taipei and annexed the island. In South Asia and the Middle East, tensions were about to come to a breaking point...
=== Turkish Offensive in the Middle East ===
In secret, Turkish, Saudi, and Israeli governments conspired for a takeover of the Middle East. The Saudis already were about to go to war with Iran, the Saudi allies in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were already at war, and the Liberation Confederacy was already funding rebels in Gaza and the West Bank. Meanwhile, Turkey wished to take down Syria once and for all. Against NATO's wishes, Turkey took much of their army out of Georgia and the Caucasus and sent it south to invade Syria. Israel did the same, attacking their forces from the south, while Saudi Arabia attacked from the east, creating a three-front war for the Syrians to fight. In response, the Liberation Confederacy declared war on these three countries, and several other Middle Eastern countries joined the war. Iran gained favor with Kurdish Separatists and promised them a homeland state in Southeastern Turkey if they fought with them, and so the Kurds became pro-Liberation. Iraq, largely at war, was forced to join on the side of the Liberation Powers by Iran, who needed a way to get into the Arabian Peninsula. Lebanon's government was officially neutral, but was fighting with pro-Iranian terrorists, and Hezbollah. The Sunni Muslims and Maronite Christians were fighting against the Shia Muslims in Lebanon. Qatar, an Iranian ally, chose Neutrality because of their proximity to Saudi Arabia, but was still considered an Iranian Ally. Bahrain joined the Alliance, and both Saudi Arabia and Iran were actively funding rebels to take control of Yemen. Finally, Jordan chose neutrality, but was forced to allow Alliance troops to pass through in order for the Saudis to access Syria. By February, the entire middle east, with the exception of a few countries, was at war. When Iran began to send troops through Iraq into Northeast Arabia, Kuwait joined the war on the side of the Liberation Powers. While the war at first seemed in favor of the Alliance, the Alliance powers had to deal with several rebels as well as the Iranians, such as the Kurds, Houthis, and Hamas. Additionally, Russian and Armenian forces had taken much of Northeastern Turkey, while the Kurds occupied the Southeastern bloc.
The Israeli and Turkish forces surrounded the city of Damascus within three weeks of fighting, on April 6th. The Jews had taken a lot of southern Syria, while the Turks occupied most of the north. The government of Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad only held the capitol city of Damascus, and the regions being defended by the Kurdish Rebels at Syria's Northeast. Syria's government set up a human shield of several civilians, including children, around the capitol building where Assad lived, one of the largest human rights abuses of the year. Child Soldiers were prevalent, and killings, rape, and torture were commonplace and done by both sides in the city. As Turkish and Israeli forces (who arrived at Damascus First) began to slowly wrap around the city, being instructed to avoid attacks on Children and avoid Human rights abuses as they saw what Assad was doing, the Saudi forces that traveled through Jordan arrived at the city two days later, and launched an all-out attack on Damascus, killing hundreds of children and innocent civilians. al-Assad was killed, and Turkey and Israel occupied Syria, as Turkey directly annexed all of the territory North of Damascus, sparking even more condemnation from NATO. At this point the Alliance Powers in the Middle East were completely uncoordinated with NATO, with their only thing in common being that they were at war with the Liberation Powers. The victory in Syria, despite it being one of the bloodiest and most horrifying fronts yet, was the Alliance's first major victory, stamping out all major opposition in the Levant, with the exception a few terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
Damascus became one of the poorest cities in the world very quickly. Terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda, partisans from the Syrian Arab Republic, and Kurdish Rebels which sought to carve out a Kurdish Homeland from the occupied Syria, regularly shelled the city and committed acts of genocide on groups such as Maronites and Coptic Christians. The Israeli south generally had the best treatment, while the Turkish north was a lot more poorly treated. Refugees from Syria fled to countries such as Cyprus (which actually was more peaceful than it had ever been) Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan. In Damascus, it quickly became the second-most destroyed city of the war (after Seoul, which was nuked). The Saudi forces were as bad as the Syrian ones, commiting human rights abuses and torture on the Syrian Opposition. Mass killings and gang rapes were common. In one instance, a hospital filled with more than 200 refugees was turned into dust by Saudi missiles.
=== The Iranian Counterattack ===
While most of the Alliance Powers in the Middle East were in Syria or Turkey, the Iranians largely failed to defend Syria, which is why it fell so fast. While a few Iranian militias were operating in Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus, the majority were still in Iran, preparing for a secret invasion of Saudi Arabia. On average, Saudi Citizens had a life of comfort because of the oil money, receiving pensions from the government and only working a few hours a week, while foreigners from South Asia did all of the dirty work harvesting oil. Because of the war, Iran blockaded the strait of Hormuz, where most of the world's oil travels through, robbing the Saudi Government of nearly all its money, sending the Arabs into a national crisis. With the help of ally Qatar, Iran launched a massive offensive through Iraq and Kuwait into the East Arabian Desert, quickly occupying the east Arabian coast and destroying Saudi Oil facilities.
Within a week, it was clear that the Saudi army was much less prepared and militarily skilled than the Iranians, and they failed to defend a Single Key location as naval ships docked in Qatar blockaded Saudi Coast. Iran ordered a complete occupation of Saudi Arabia's Western Territory, while much of the Arabs either stayed in their land and didn't resist or fled to Riyadh. Prince Salman ordered all forces in Damascus to retreat and go back to Riyadh to defend the capitol from the eminent Iranian Siege. Iran began to launch missiles from Qatar into key Saudi cities, causing the alliance to declare war on Qatar as well, who at this point was an obvious Iranian Puppet. Iran also blockaded and subsequently captured the Island of Bahrain, which was given to Qatar to administrate. 
While the Emirati Military, who was much more skilled than the Saudis, was able to repel an Iranian attack on Dubai, the Emiratis were unable to attack Iran and were forced to demilitarize and cede the strait of Hormuz to Iran, or risk being obliterated by the Iranians. This meant only Qatari and Kuwaiti oil was able to be exported to the Liberation Powers, dealing a crippling blow to the Alliance. The Emirates, now unable to conduct naval attacks as the strait of Hormuz was blockaded, instead focused on fortifying its own country, knowing that any interfering with the Iranian plan would bring about destruction. Isolation of the Emirati Military meant that all Emirati Ships ended up retreating to Cairo, where they docked, abandoning the Island of Socotra. This also gave the Liberation Powers a key victory in Somalia, as the U.A.E. was the main fighter against Liberation insurgents in Somalia. This also let Ethiopia fight more effectively against Somaliland, which became an Egyptian Puppet during the war. Eventually, Ethiopia was able to retake the Somali Province from the Somali Rebels and Egyptian invaders in Eastern Ethiopia. 
On July 18th, 2023, Iran finally sent soldiers to the City of Riyadh. The Battle for Riyadh would become one of the bloodiest wars in the history of the conflict so far, even though the Saudis outnumbered the Iranians three-to-one, the Saudi military was a lot less trained and powerful. The Saudi Military was also starved as oil production had been halted by the Iranian Invasion and the only money, they were able to get was Israeli aid. Because the Saudis withdrew from the Levant, it meant Turkey and the Armenian-Kurdish insurgents came to a stalemate. However, this was good news for the City of Damascus, which ended up under Israeli occupation as the Saudis retreated to defend their country.
=== The African Front ===
With the U.A.E. out of the war, Ethiopia was able to turn the tides against Egypt, which had been winning so far via an attack through Somalia. While Somali Rebels and Egyptian Insurgents had occupied most of Ethiopia's Somali Territory, Ethiopia retook the land during Operation Black Desert, where they blockaded the Somalia-Ethiopia border and starved and trapped the rebels inside, breaking their convoy. With a no-fly zone over Sudan, Ethiopia began preparations to counterattack into Egypt, their dam still intact, and with oil from the economy of the Liberation Powers, which was much more diversified than the Alliance Economy, the Ethiopians were able to upgrade their military enough to fund an Egyptian Invasion. President Abiy Ahmed in Ethiopia declared that the Nile River would stay dammed until Egypt "gave an unconditional surrender"
==== Contamination of the Nile River and invasion of Egypt ====
Sudan, with its claim over the disputed Halaib Triangle, was Ethiopia's Strongest Supporter. On August 7th, a force made up of Sudanese and Ethiopians began to invade the Halaib Triangle and destroy Egyptian Cities. In what was declared a Human Rights Violation by the Alliance and even some Liberation countries like China and Armenia, Ethiopia dumped tons of toxic waste into the Nile on Sudanese Territory, making the water unsafe and causing a major drought in Egypt. With its population poor and relying on European assistance, Egypt nevertheless attempted to fight off the invaders, albeit poorly. Egypt also sold the Sinai Peninsula to Israel in exchange for technology and military aid in the battle against Ethiopia, including technology designed on cleaning the Nile to get clean water for the now 80 million Egyptians that were affected by the drought. By the end of the year, over 350,000 Egyptians had died due to water complications, making Egypt the country with the second-most casualties so far in the war, after South Korea. 
Sudan and Egypt quickly took Southern Egypt, but came into a stalemate in the North, where Egypt was protected by the Israeli Military, where they regularly had skirmishes where hundreds of Alliance and Liberation Troops alike died in the fighting. Another thing to note was Israel's leasing of Iron Dome technology to Egypt, something they had not done for the Saudis even as Iran continued to bomb cities throughout Eastern Arabia. While Ethiopia and Sudan had few missiles, ships identified as Pakistani were seen bombing cities along the East Egyptian Coast. The Suez Canal was still inaccessible for Liberation Armies though, and the Ethiopians were unable to access the Mediterranean Sea to attack Cairo without being bombed to oblivion by the Jews. 
All of the sabotaging of the Nile affected East African Federation ally Uganda, which also had access to the Nile. While the number of Ugandans affected by the Ethiopian Sabotage was astronomically lower than the number of Egyptians, a number of deaths were still traced to the contamination of the Nile River. Uganda became an Alliance Member on November 7th, though they did not join the war against Ethiopia. South Sudan also became a de facto Alliance ally, though the Alliance was unable to do much in either country due to rampaging civil wars. The Republics of the EAF voted if they wanted to join the war or not on the side of the alliance, but the motion was rejected 4-1, with voters in every Republic except the Republic of Kirinyaga rejecting the notion of war. However, with allies like Uganda and the UAE being affected by the Liberation Powers, it caused the EAF to shift further into the column of the Liberation Powers.
=== European Front ===
With the arrival of Chinese Soldiers and supplies in Russia, the war in Europe began to shift dramatically in the favor of the Liberation Powers. Their main goal was to break through the Eastern European Shield developed by NATO, and strike into the soft underbelly of Western Europe, where the people weren't up for much fighting. Russia had already taken most of the Baltic States, though a massive resistance was being set up in Riga, Latvia. Meanwhile, Russia had retaken all of Karelia, and began to push into Eastern Finland to take control of Finland and move into Scandinavia. Meanwhile, the Polish developed the Ukranian National Army, based out of Lviv, aimed at taking back all of pre-2014 Ukraine, including Donbass and Crimea, though they only controlled the very westernmost part of the country where they could be defended by the Polish. 
Poland was the centerpiece of the NATO front. As Russia crept into the Baltics and Romania, the Polish were the only ones able to make an offensive movement into Ukraine. The most powerful Eastern European Country, America favored Poland and it was one of America's strongest allies. On February 4th, 2023, Poland invaded the exclave of Kaliningrad, successfully taking Russia's largest port there and breaking the main part of Russia's Baltic Front. Because of this, Russia began to stall and lose land to Lithuanian Resistance Fighters. Rather than trying to fight off the Polish, they sent their army to defend their western flank against the Romanians, while stopping the Polish from pushing into Byelorussia. They also made a counter-offensive in Ukraine and formally retook Lviv, though the National Army in Ukraine was still active, trying to disrupt Russian Military Activity and stop Russian Supplies from moving West. While many attempts were made to retake Lviv, none of them were able to work, as much of the Ukranian Federation's military was taken out of foreign soil and moved home to secure their home country. 
Russia had much more success fighting the less-equipped military of Romania, which was much harder to defend from the Russians and had only support from minor Balkan Countries like Greece and Bulgaria. Quickly taking the poorer Moldova in a matter of weeks and annexing half of it as part of Ukraine, Russia began to slowly take Romanian Coastline and begin to creep into cities east of the Carpathian Mountains, which were protected by the Hungarians, another major NATO Ally and overall difficult to invade. This endeavor was very successful, and on April 6th, 2023, Russia cut off Romania of access to the Black Sea. Because Turkey was busy fighting a land war, all it was able to do was block Russia from accessing the Mediterranean and did not interfere in the Russian Takeover of Romanian coast. On August 6th, 2021, Russian Forces had captured the city of Bucharest, and all of Romania east of the Carpathians was quick to fall, giving Russia another NATO Victory, and allowed it to focus more of its forces on Ukraine and the Baltics. Bulgaria opted not to try to invade Romania, and instead hold a defensive line to try to stop Russia from pushing any further south. 
On September 7th, Russia finally took the city of Riga, and all resistance in the Baltics came to a close, with Russia fully annexing Lithuania and occupying Estonia and Latvia. They then moved their forces south to Kaliningrad, shelling the Polish Cities west of the border and cutting off aid, surrounding the land and starving Polish invaders. The native Kaliningrad peoples also fought a resistance against their Polish occupiers, and Poland was forced to flee Kaliningrad. Refugees from the Baltics began to move into Sweden, causing a huge refugee crisis there as Eastern Sweden was flooded with Baltic Migrants. This caused many right-wing resurgences in Sweden, with riots and racial discrimination against Baltic Peoples, especially Lithuanian Catholics. This would be important as it began to cause backlash against the Swedish Social Democrat Party. Around 8% of Lithuanians and 14% of Latvians emigrated to Sweden, while Estonians mainly migrated to Finland, which still held most of its territory despite a large Russian offensive. On December 1st, all Polish forces in Kaliningrad were forced to evacuate through the port of Konigsberg, as Russia surrounded the city taking much of Kaliningrad Oblast. Most of the Polish Army was able to escape and move to Western Poland, but around 10% of the army was killed as they were shelled by missiles coming from Byelorussia. 
==== Serbian Entry into the War, Third Balkan War ====
With the fall of Romania, the Russian Ally of Serbia now felt it was safe to enter the war on the Russian Side. Serbia was already having tensions with NATO countries such as Albania but was unable to enter the war as they were surrounded by NATO countries on all sides. Serbia invaded the country of Kosovo on December 12th, 2023, taking much of the Northeastern Part of the country. In an effort to stop the Serbian invasion, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, used executive power to force the government to unite with Albania, forming a united Albanian Federation. Serbia chose not to recognize the unification and continued invading Kosovo. Albania claimed that Serbia was invading Albanian Territory and declared war on Serbia. Greece, Montenegro, Romania, and North Macedonia were among the countries that chose not to defend Albania, as they did not recognize the annexation of Kosovo. Romania and Greece did not even recognize Kosovo in the first place. Romania was also unable to fight a two-front war as they were already struggling to fend off the Liberation Powers. Croatia and Albania formed the main offensive against the Serbs, while the rest of Europe chose to ignore it. Bulgaria, preparing for an eminent Russian Invasion, also chose not to participate.
On December 26th, the Republica Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence through a referendum that had an overwhelming majority voting "Yes"- 83%. However, Bosnia's government claimed that the referendum was "illegal" and "rigged" and chose not to recognize the new Republic. Bosnia sent troops in to control the territory, which prompted Serbia to declare war on Bosnia, while they were already at war with Albania and Croatia. Bosnia joined the Alliance and sought to recapture all of the Republica Srpska. Many feared a second Bosnian Genocide might take place, but most of Serbia's troops were in Kosovo. However, the Serbs did expel much of the ethnic Albanians into concentration camps in South Kosovo and ethnically cleansed them, replacing them with ethnic Serbs. 
==== Asia and the Pacific ====
North Korea continued their assault on Korea. In Early February, the Defense on the Western Half of the Korean DMZ fell, and Chinese and North Korean Troops pushed into Seoul as part of a massive offensive. While South Korea put up a strong resistance, they were no match for the size and strength of the Chinese Military, which only had around 280,000 men in Taiwan. Around 400,000 Chinese Troops were found in Korea, along with the entirety of the North Korean Army, which numbered over a million troops. Most of South Korea fell throughout 2023, with pockets of resistance taking place throughout the country. All of Seoul was under North Korean occupation, and North Koreans continued to commit various human rights abuses throughout South Korea. Seoul became a massacred, ruined city, with the city center completely destroyed from nuclear weapons and the outskirts under anarchy, with North Korean soldiers allowed to do whatever they liked to the remaining populace. China's navy had began to capture the islands around western Korea, and formally annexing them as Chinese Territories, including the island of Jeju. This caused a minor diplomatic incident with North Korea, but it was resolved.
The very south of the Peninsula continued the resistance, as President Yoon Suk-Yeol fled to Japan to continue to rule from there. Over two million South Koreans had already died, and another five million emigrated to Japan. President Yoon declared the city of Busan in Southeast Korea to become the wartime capitol of the South and ordered a retreat from Seoul. What was once one of the richest nations in the world now had by far the largest casualties of the world and over half of its citizens lived in abject poverty. In the year 2023 alone, more than a million South Koreans emigrated to America, mostly in Hawaii and the West Coast. This caused a huge refugee crisis in America, as by December Hawaii was already 30% immigrant, the overwhelming majority of these immigrants being South Korean. President Joe Biden passed executive orders allowing the refugees to stay in their destinations. This gave him an even lower popularity, with for the first time, Hawaii giving him a disapproval rating of over 50%. Japan also attempted to displace much of the migrants, deporting over 100,000 back to Busan, but Japan's president, Fumio Kishida, was pressured by the Americans to allow the Koreans to stay. 
At the end of 2023, South Korea's population had dropped by over 25%. The North also experienced more famines, and its citizens were subjected to even more poverty. For the first time in over fifty years, the Korean DMZ was open, and many North Koreans fled the country to find refuge in the poor, but much less-controlled, South. With most of the military in South Korea, the restrictions of media flowing into the country was largely unfettered, and the previous executions for watching South Media like Squid Game was now impossible. The North Korean population now had something to listen to other than propaganda and began to realize the evil of the Kim Dynasty. Rebellions began to pop up throughout the country, and though all of them were brutally suppressed, the situation of the Kim Dynasty was now a lot less secure. ￼
With things beginning to become precarious, Kim Jong-Un put his sister, Kim Yo-Jong, in charge of the military, while he controlled the situation in the North. Kim Yo-Jong was given free rein to do whatever she liked in the South, with the invasion now entirely in her hands. This was largely viewed as a confirmation that she would be Kim Jong-Un's successor, as she was now the de facto second-in-command of North Korea.
Down in Southeast Asia, China began to move armies through Laos and Cambodia to attack the center of Vietnam in an attempt to split the country in two. With America sending most of its resources to holding the Russians back in Europe, China was able to make considerable progress in Asia, rendering Taiwan and South Korea destroyed, and Japan unable to make any outward attacks through the North China Sea. Vietnam remained as one of the few major countries of the Alliance on China's Border, and China sent its army through Laos and Cambodia to try to attack the Middle of Vietnam, opting not to attack the more powerful North. They tried to split the country into two parts by taking the middle and choke the North into submission in the process. With American Troops mainly in Europe, the Chinese faced little resistance besides the native Vietnamese Soldiers. Thailand was accused by China of delivering aid to the Vietnamese, but this claim was denied by the Thai Government. Thailand continued to pledge neutrality, and to appease China, sold twelve military vehicles to China, a few of which were used in the invasion of Vietnam. Thailand also continued to sell large amounts of military supplies to Malaysia, which was criticized heavily by Southeast Asian countries. Not wanting to fight a war in Thailand, one of the most patriotic countries in the world, China decided to do nothing about this. 
The Vietnamese front began on July 3rd, 2023, as China launched an attack into the Vietnamese Province of Quang Tri. Expecting an attack from the North, the Vietnamese Army was surprised by this, and the attack worked, with China reaching the coast of Vietnam on the South China sea in days. By July 9th, Vietnam was officially split in two. China began to strengthen their hold on this region, attacking northwards and south into Quang Binh and Thua Thein. Laotian Troops, heavily aided by the Chinese, began to close into North Vietnam from the West and North, while China used its navy in the secured South China Sea to attack Vietnam from the East. The South Vietnamese were being heavily supplied by Malaysia and The Philippines, and preformed a counterattack into Liberation Power Cambodia, in an attempt to secure Southern Indochina. Despite the help of these Pacific Nations, the invasion was largely unsuccessful, with only minor Vietnamese gains and a precarious position in the North. They were unable to defend their Northern Front and push into Cambodia at the same time while facing the Chinese Army. 
Later in the Year, around September, Vietnam did what they did best, and retreat from the North into the Center of the country to fight a guerilla war in the jungle. It proved impossible for China to hold its position in the center of the country, and the area became an anarchy zone with frequent clashes that involved soldiers from all over East and Southeast Asia. The South Vietnamese made a major push from Kon Tum and recaptured much of Middle Vietnam around November of 2023. However, this forced the Vietnamese to abandon their position in North Vietnam and allowed China and Laos to push further towards Hanoi, the capitol of Vietnam, though Ho Chi Minh was the de facto capitol, as most of Vietnam's government had fled there in the early stages of the invasion. It also forced Vietnam to abandon their offensive position in Cambodia, though the border with Cambodia remained relatively peaceful compared to the border with Laos. Many Vietnamese fled from North Vietnam to Laos and Cambodia, creating a large Vietnamese Diaspora there. Because of China's power in the South China Sea, they were unable to flee to friendly countries like Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, or the U.S.
On December 12th of 2023, China announced it had captured the city of Taipei, the capitol of Taiwan, and announced it was formally annexing Taiwan into China. The whereabouts of President Tsai Ing-Wen were unknown. Some Taiwanese fighters in Taipei retreated to the East of Taiwan, fighting a guerilla war in the mountains similar to Vietnam, though most of the country was not up to any more fighting and reluctantly accepted the Chinese occupation, knowing it would mean no more war. This was a major blow to the Alliance, which was already suffering losses all around the world and were demoralized to see Taiwan fall so willingly after they saw the brutal fighting in Korea and Eastern Europe. Taiwan became the seventh country to fall during the war, after Georgia, Syria, Moldova, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. With six out of the seven fallen nations being Alliance countries, it was clear that the Liberation had the advantage in the war. All in all, 2023 was a major success for the Liberation Powers.
India, which had strong ties with both Russia and the U.S, was shifting closer towards the Alliance because of China and Pakistan, its key enemies, being part of the Liberation Powers. India was one of the world's strongest countries, with a successful national identity, a massive population only second to China, a nuclear power, and a fair military and economy. India was able to become self-sufficient as the Indian Ocean got unsafe to travel through with only minor complications. Its disadvantages were that it was still a relatively poor country, with an economy smaller than Germany, and it also had an underdeveloped military and was also surrounded on all sides by Chinese allies. The closest great power nearby was the United Arab Emirates, which had been neutralized by the Iranians. Nepal, Pakistan, China, and Myanmar were all Liberation Countries on India's border. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Maldives all hosted Chinese and other Liberation navies and other military technologies and were effectively Liberation Allies. Bhutan was also an Indian Puppet, and effectively governed by India. During the war, India and the Kashmir Pundits continued to fight against Pakistan's army in Kashmir. On May 4th, 2023, India announced it was joining the Alliance in exchange for aid to fight against Pakistan, and recognition of India's ownership of Kashmir by all Alliance countries. India's massive military began to push into Northern Kashmir and defend against Chinese-claimed Arunachal Pradesh. The hyper-nationalistic government of Narenda Modi declared that "all of the Indian Subcontinent" is rightful Indian Territory and "We will not stop until all of India has been taken." India also invaded the country of Nepal, taking the southern area of the country and the areas south of the Himalayas. India also financed rebel groups in Tibet, but this was of little importance.
==== Americas and Antarctica ====
Using his Billions of Dollars and being backed by the U.S. Government, Elon Musk announced his support for the Alliance in the war and pledged to use Tesla and SpaceX for the benefit of the Alliance. His wealth soared as he sold high-quality equipment to countries in desperate need of it such as Vietnam and Egypt. His largest contribution was sending satellites into space and completely decimate Liberation internet, giving America and the Alliance complete dominance in Space. Elon's Satellites were better than any country could make them, and regularly patrolled around the earth, attacking Chinese and Russia internet, wiping out the power, and stopping missiles from hitting their correct targets. This was perhaps one of the only places where the Alliance held the advantage, as they were being completely wiped out in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Secretly, Elon Musk signed an agreement with the British, Chilean, and Argentine Governments to allow him to build settlements on the areas of Palmer land and the Antarctic Peninsula, trying to convince Western Europeans scared of the Russians to migrate to the area. A strange condition he had was that he required all new settlers to have at least one child, making most of the new Antarctic Settlements married couples with Children. Developing new technologies to defend the area, this was the first permanent settlement of Antarctica. The population of these new settlements at the end of 2023 was about 9,000 people total, 90% of which were Western Europeans. The Antarctic Treaty was the least of anyone's worries during the war, so this largely went ignored by the Alliance and Liberation Powers. On August 7th, 2023, Elon Musk proclaimed the Antarctic Republic, which had claimed all of Palmer land and the Antarctic Peninsula. No countries recognized the new republic, though it worked with Alliance Countries. Elon Musk was voted in as the President of Antartica in a vote where he received about 83% of the share. The country was a center-right libertarian democracy, primarily drawing in Christian, European migrants. Elon Musk began development of Space Programs and Weapon Systems in his new territory, though he continued to operate out of the U.S, often travelling between the two countries. Palmoria City, the largest settlement in the country with about 3,500 people, became the capitol of the Antarctic Republic. The new republic had the largest birth rate of any "western" country at 3.01 children per woman. The country became rapidly wealthy and exported high-tech goods to the rest of the world, though these goods were mainly produced in America. Around 50% of Antarctic Citizens lived in foreign countries. 
Because the United States government did not recognize the Antarctic Republic as an independent country, and Elon did not renounce his American Citizenship, Musk became a dual American-Antarctic Citizen that had massive influence in both countries. Now a staunch supporter of the Republican Party due to frustrations with American President Joe Biden, and since the election season for the U.S. was coming up, Musk appeared as a large influencer in defeating Joe Biden. Problems in the U.S. included sending soldiers to die in Vietnam, something that the U.S. had enough of after the 70s. Additionally, the Liberation Powers were winning the war and many people blamed that on Biden's inability to act accordingly and improperly mobilizing the U.S. Military. Hearing news of Alliance-sponsored war crimes in Syria further divided the American Population, with patriotism in the West and Northeast reaching record lows, some even calling for the U.S. to leave the war and withhold support for Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Finally, the U.S. was facing the largest immigration crisis in history, with Hawaii and Washington States receiving record numbers of Korean Immigrants that numbered just over a million. Hawaii was 30% Korean and Washington State was about 4% Korean, with smaller proportions in other West Coast States. On the East Coast, Ukrainians were moving in rapid numbers to Midwestern States such as Indiana and Kentucky. While they were not as numerous as the Koreans, these states also felt the brunt of the refugee crisis. With an open-border policy for refugees maintained by the Biden Administration, this was easily the most unpopular part of Biden's Presidency. At times, his approval rating dipped under 15%. In the state of Kentucky, it dipped below 5% at one point, the lowest for any president in any state in modern history. Far-left states like California and Massachusetts also disapproved of Biden, seeing him as too war-friendly and out of touch with the needs of the American People. Politicians such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders were part of the socialist democrat wing that showed interest in primarying Biden, while moderates such as Joseph Manchin of West Virginia announcing he would not be supporting Biden for reelection. ￼
The Republican Party initially had two frontrunners: Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, and Rick Scott, senator from Florida and the leader of a group called the "New Age Republicans" that sought to revolutionize America while distancing themselves from the far-right, populist policies of the former president. While Trump's support eroded during the years following his presidency, he maintained a massive support base in the Republican Party despite his age. Moderates like Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski largely supported Rick Scott, due to him being one of the only people that was seen as being able to defeat Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declined to run for the Republican Nomination, instead backing Trump for reelection. 
On November 18th, 2023, Donald Trump suffered a fatal heart attack in his mansion in Mara Lago, Florida, and died. While his death was mourned throughout the country, it created a power vacuum in the far-right sector of the Republican Party. Ron DeSantis attempted to take his place, but this was not well received, and he got minimal support. As many far-right candidates threw their support behind Scott, it began to cause divisions within Scott's wing of the Republican Party, which had just unified the party together. Moderates began to look for new candidates to run for president while Scott appealed to former Trumpists, embracing more far-right policies to try to win over Trump Voters. On December 12th, 2023, Susan Collins, Republican Senator from Maine, who had previously endorsed Scott, announced her intentions to run for President against Scott on the Republican Ticket. Since the chances of a Democrat being reelected were almost zero, it was presumed that whoever won the Republican Nomination for the Presidency was going to be the 47th president of the United States.
== 2024 ==
The Alliance entered 2024 with a grim outlook on the war. Russia and other Liberation Powers were slowly but surely taking eastern Europe, with the Baltics and Moldova falling to Russia, and Romania, Kosovo, Finland, and Poland all facing invasion by the Liberation. Things were going even worse in Asia and Africa. The Ethiopian-Sudanese Alliance occupies more than half of Egypt's territory, Korea is about to be unified under the north, Vietnam is facing complete annexation and is preparing for guerilla warfare, and the Iranians launched a massive invasion into Saudi Arabia. 
India has now joined the war on the side of the Alliance, a massive boost for them when they needed it most. However, they are surrounded on all sides by Liberation Countries or Liberation Allies. China has ever-so-cleverly absorbed Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal into its sphere of influence, knowing this day would eventually come. The nearest Alliance Countries, Vietnam and the UAE, are unable to do anything as they are facing complete annexation. With the tide of the war beginning to turn to the liberation powers, Latin American countries such as Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela begin to send supplies to Southern Asia. The Americans, who are in a state of chaos, do not do anything about it. Many in the U.S. are becoming frustrated with the inept leadership of President Joe Biden and are clamoring for the election this year to elect someone to take his place. America faces the largest immigration crisis in history, with hundreds of thousands of Koreans, Ukranians, Arabs, and other ethnic groups fleeing to the U.S. for safety. Biden's approval rating hovers around 15%, and many regard him to be one of the worst presidents in modern U.S. History, akin to Herbert Hoover.
=== Europe ===
Throughout 2024, Russia focused on trying to break through the Alliance line of defense they had set up in Eastern Europe. Breaking through this wall could mean a quick takeover of underdefended Western Europe. Their main focus was to support the Serbs in Southeastern Europe, who were fighting a war against Albania and Croatia. With it being clear now that Serbia was a Liberation Country, most of the Liberation Powers finally declared war on Serbia. Russia had to act fast in order to stop the Serbs from being invaded on all sides. Marching tens of thousands of troops through Eastern Romania, they began to invade outwards west on Serbia, trying to knock out the much stronger Croatia before they turned around and attacked Albania.
By far the weakest Alliance nation in the Area was Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was already suffering inside tensions as the Republika Srpska declared independence and fought alongside Serbia. With a joint force of Russians and Serbs, they launched a massive offensive into Bosnia, taking the country within weeks, with Sarajevo falling on February 16th, and then immediately marching north to stop Croatia before they could attack. As the Russians occupied eastern Croatia, they finally had access to the Mediterranean. Putin gave express orders not to bomb Croatian Ports, as he needed them fully operational. Putin's goal was to blockade the Eastern Mediterranean, stopping Western Supplies from reaching Balkan countries, and blockading the Alliance countries in the Middle East in the Process.
Andrej Plenković, the Prime Minister of Croatia, ordered for the entire Croatian Navy to be destroyed so the Russians would not use them. This did nothing, as the port was captured, and the Croatian Army deposed of before the orders could take place. When Putin heard of this, he ordered for the Prime Minister to be killed. Plenkovic was assassinated on March 3rd, 2024, and Serbian Leadership governed what was Liberation Croatia. Ana Brnabic, the slightly genocidal and maniacal Prime Minister of Serbia, announced her wish for a "new Serbian Homeland" to be carved out of former Yugoslavia and expressed her wishes for a return to Soviet-Era borders. With this, she formally annexed all of Bosnia and Liberation Croatia into Serbia, as well as claiming countries such as North Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and even Albania, which was never a part of Yugoslavia. With the Serbian Forces on the verge of capturing Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, Plenkovic surrendered to Brnabic on the condition that she would respect the integrity and culture of the Croatian People.
Needless to say, that is not what Brnabic did.
With Croatia out of the war, Russia had a choice. They could either push north to surround the Romanian Fighters who remained in the Carpathians, and potentially conquer all of Romania and even push into Hungary or Czechia in the process, or they could go south and finish knocking out the weak Balkan Countries of Montenegro, Albania, and Slovenia. While taking Romania would mean breaking through America's defense line in Eastern Europe, signaling a massive victory for the Liberation powers, the Russian Army was already stretched thin, and an invasion of these countries could mean a risk for an Alliance Counterattack. So, the Russian Army moved south, quickly capturing Montenegro, Slovenia, and Macedonia, and surrounding Albania, while stopping at the Greek Border. The Liberation Takeover of the Balkans was characterized by widespread use of missile and drone strikes, limiting the use of infantry and saving them to occupy the captured regions. A key factor that allowed for the quick takeover of the region was mismanagement among the European Powers. The NATO commanders falsely believed that the Russians would try to move through Poland and strike into Berlin, as they thought that Russia would quickly run out of troops and machinery to continue the war, as they were outnumbered and outgunned by the Europeans. While this last fact was true, moving troops from Southern Europe to Northern Europe and the underestimation of the Serbian Military allowed for the small and disunited Balkan Countries to fall one by one.
The abandonment of the Russian hold on Northeastern Europe allowed the Poles to make counterattacks and gains in Poland and move back into the Baltic Regions. The Russians were also struggling in Finland, where they were pushed back to the Russian Border. Rather than expand further, these countries decided to fortify their position. While this would stop the Russians from making a strong attack on their border, it allowed for the Liberation powers to focus on the Balkan Regions. NATO also refused to make any counterattacks into Southeastern Europe, believing the fight there to already be lost. Russia and Serbia continued their advance through the Balkans, until only Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey were left.
=== The Albanian Genocide ===
The Serbian Occupation of Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Slovenia, and North Macedonia was one of the most brutal occupations since the second world war. The Serbs exploited ethnic tensions and blamed minorities such as Croats in Bosnia or Muslims in Macedonia as the reason for the occupation. Minorities in Balkan Countries fled to neighboring Greece or Hungary, creating widespread anti-Yugoslav sentiment there as well. In particular, Bosniak POWs were kept in unbearable conditions, to do forced labor in concentration camps, with thousands of them dying to the conditions there. The Serbian wish was to exterminate what it deemed as "unwanted minorities" in particular, the Muslim Albanians and Bosniaks. The intensely nationalistic Serbs wanted to create a "Slavic Heartland" characterized by rule of the Serbs in Southeastern Europe. This became to be known as the Albanian Genocide. The Albanian Genocide started in occupied Kosovo, where it created a network of concentration camps for Kosovar POWs and other captured Alliance Soldiers in the area. The Pristinan Concentration Camp became the first one, erected on June 15th, 2024. Boycotts occurred against Albanian Businesses and random killings of Albanians occurred regularly and were not prosecuted, eerily similar to what happened during the Holocaust. Albanians were rounded up and put into concentration camps around Kosovo and Northern Albania. The genocide included killings of tens of thousands of Albanians, and hundreds of thousands more were subjected to torture, extermination, rape, plunder, inhumane treatment, and destruction of property. Muslim Mosques were bombed and civilians were targeted by Russians and Serbs. On August 16th, Ana Brnabic passed a law allowing the killings of those the Serbian Government deemed "racially impure" meaning Bosniaks and Albanians.
A myth was perpetuated throughout Serbia that the Albanians and Bosniaks were weak people who betrayed their Slavic Culture during the Ottoman Rule, converting to Islam and abandoning their traditional culture to make it easier on them. Myths of Albanians and Bosniaks being weak people who betrayed their Slavic cousins were perpetuated throughout Serbia. To a lesser extent, Catholic Hungarians and Croats were also discriminated against, being treated as second-class citizens. The Serbian Ethnic Hierarchy placed Orthodox Southern Slavs- that is Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Bulgarians, and other Orthodox Christian Ethnic Groups at the top. Catholics like the Croats and Slovenians were placed second. Non-Slavic People and Muslims such as Bosniaks and Albanians were placed last. A set of racist laws defined the new borders of "greater Serbia" and created new homelands for ethnic undesirables, similar to the Bantustans in South Africa. The people in these areas had no rights and were governed and put into forced labor and slavery by ethnic Serbs. Ethnic Undesirables were allowed to be killed in these areas. Between 2024 and 2028, the population of Albanians in Southeastern Europe dropped from over four and a half million to under a million as Albanians were killed or escaped to the countries of Italy and Greece. President Biden set up facilities in Italy that transported Albanians from Europe to the Northeastern U.S, further worsening the immigration crisis.
On August 18th, 2024, Serbia formally annexed the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, and North Macedonia. They created three different republics for ethnic minorities and one "Domovinu" of the Slavic Orthodox People. They called the new Serbian realm the "Slavic Domonivu". Ana Brnabic assumed dictoratal powers and Serbia became a one-party dictatorship. Despite calling the new republics the "homelands of our ethnic minorities" in reality, they were governed by Serbs and were even more authoritarian than the Serbian Domovinu. All members of the Serbian Parliament found to have Muslim or Turkic Blood were expelled and taken to concentration camps. All Albanians found in Albania, which had become entirely part of the Serbian Domovinu were taken across the "Road of Repentance", a route from Albania to Central Bosnia where the Moslim Homeland was. It is estimated that over 25% of the population of Albania went on this trail, which had a death rate of over 50%. Killings among Serbian Civilians and deaths due to heat exhaustion, starvation, and thirst were common. The Serbs aimed to ethnically cleanse the area of Albania and fill it with ethnic Orthodox Slavs.
In order to avoid Serbian Invasion, the president of Greece, Kyriakos Mikatosis, signed an agreement with the Liberation Powers to exit the war and allow Liberation Troops to pass through it in fear of an invasion. They also cemented Greece's status as a "neutral state". The Turkish Government was outraged at this, but couldn't do anything about it as they were surrounded on all sides by Liberation Troops and just barely holding up the war. Serbia continued to defend against Italian Naval attacks, but was already very thinly stretched and couldn't continue to expand into Greece. Therefore, Greece and the Liberation Powers signed an agreement that pulled Greece out of the war. While Cyprus was void of any conflict due to all of the soldiers leaving, Greece quickly annexed Northern Cyprus, taking the whole island for itself. While Greece was a neutral country on paper, many considered it to have switched sides to the Liberation Powers.
=== Fall of Bulgaria and Greece's betrayal ===
In Russia's final attack of 2024, they attacked Bulgaria from the south by moving troops through Greece. Bulgaria, expecting an attack from the Northwest, was unable to defend. While guerilla fighting was common, the Russians captured much of Southern Bulgaria as well as the capitol within weeks while heavy fighting continued in the North. With the Alliance out of the Balkans, Russia worked to try to blockade Turkey, and slowly starve it to death by cutting it off from Europe and the rest of its Middle Eastern Allies. This was the most embarrassing defeat of all so far for the alliance, with a considerably small force of people cutting through the Balkan countries like wet paper. NATO approval ratings plummeted, and many people were wondering if the war was indeed winnable. Greece, the only Balkan country to remain untouched, started to look like a very attractive option to the rest of Europe, compared to the other Balkan Countries that had fought and were now facing Genocide. Greece, being promised parts of Turkey and Cyprus in exchange for helping the Liberation Powers, didn't look all that bad. The War was starting to become unwinnable for the Alliance in Europe. Countries such as Austria and Sweden began to pause their aid for the Alliance. While Finland and Poland made minor gains, they knew all too well that the Russians would be returning to finish the job. Additionally, which was perhaps the greatest blow, countries such as Luxembourg, Iceland, and Hungary announced they would not be sending any more troops to fight the war and would only be giving material and financial aid. Morale in Europe was at the lowest it had ever been. Even the Resistance Movement in Ukraine was unable to make many gains despite the lack of troops keeping Ukraine under control.
=== The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election ===
Main Article: 2024 U.S. Presidential Election (Fall of the World)
== Divergence of my Timeline ==
There are two ways that this could go here. The first is the original Fall of the World Timeline I imagined. The second is an alternate timeline:
== Back to 2024 in the Fall of the World ==
=== The Americas and Antarctica ===
In the Americas, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica, and the Bahamas withdrew from the war, contributing material support as well. Under the leadership of the new U.S. President Susan Collins, the U.S. stopped accepting Korean migrants to the U.S, and they were forced to move to other places, like Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Chile. The new U.S. President is faced with a choice. The Department of Military gives her two possible paths they could take.
The first path would be to move their military to Europe to prevent Russia's takeover. Several European Countries were in the process of withdrawing from the war, and the government feared that if Russia went on for much longer, the entire continent would be neutralised. All of the Balkans had fallen, and Russia was amassing thousands of troops on the Polish border. Sending troops here could prevent this from happening and could even push the Russians back. 
The second path would be to abandon the European Front and send troops to Eastern Asia. Doing this could possibly involve recapturing Vietnam and Korea, and cementing the Alliance's place as the top naval power. If they were quick, they could isolate China and its enormous manpower and production and starve Russia of resources. 
U.S. Public Opinion was firmly anti-Chinese at this point, and many pushed Collins to go for East Asia. Not wanting to lose power to far-right extremists, she caved, and gave the order to start preparing for an American Invasion of China. Collins signed many builds, one of which forced women to sign for the draft. The draft was enacted, and many Gen Zers went to war in Asia. She also ramped up American Agriculture Production, and signed an act that would divert immigrants from the coasts into the interior and putting them in government-sponsored agriculture and factory jobs to help the economy. Ukranians, who were mostly around Kentucky and the Chesapeake, were moved into the rust belt in states like Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. The U.S. had a quota of 60,000 Koreans a year, and Washington and Hawai'i had passed laws outright banning any new Korean Migrants. Collins moved the little that were allowed to come in central California to work as factory workers. 
In Antarctica, Elon Musk had completed construction of the first factories on the continent, with the help of about 30,000 highly educated Korean Migrants. The continent was a top destination for wealthy Koreans who fled the north, and in exchange for their help, they were given a pension, money, and housing. These factories would begin producing weaponry for the alliance. Musk also leased the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Antarctic Government. Antarctica at this point was about 50% Korean, and 45% Western European, the total population at about 61,000 now.
In Latin America, Koreans fled to Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Chile, where they formed large minorities and founded many Koreatowns. The number of Koreans in the Americas had reached over twenty-two million, and the population of South Korea was cut in half. For the first time ever, North Korea held more people than the south. About four million were in North Korea, nine million in Japan, two million in Latin America, six million in the U.S and Canada, and a million in other parts of the world.
=== East and South Asia ===
Korea was locked in a stalemate. About ten million South Koreans were in a tiny part of the peninsula in the very Southeast, bravely defending themselves from the Northern Invaders. The Kim Regime has gotten access to South Korea's high-tech military technology, but its soldiers are so demoralized and mistreated that they are still losing against the Southerners, who are fighting for the survival of their people. Both sides were locked in trench warfare and barely anyone could make any ground. It allowed any southern refugees who made it to the southeast to escape elsewhere via the port of Busan, though Japan had blocked most new immigrants.
In Vietnam, the Chinese had occupied most major cities, and taken most of the north, but the Vietnamese fought back with Guerilla Warfare and retreated into the jungles, making it impossible for the Chinese to fully occupy the country. The Vietnamese Government also still held ground in the South near the Capitol. 
China was also making grounds in the South China Sea. While a land invasion of the Philippines and Malaysia was still far away, the Chinese forced their navies back into their territorial waters, and took most of the Spratley Islands and occupied the ocean, blocking Alliance Aid to these countries.
India, who had recently joined the war on the side of the Alliance, was doing quite well. They had taken all of Pakistani Kashmir and were encircling the Pakistani Capitol. In a year's time, Pakistan was projected to fall. However, it was not all good news for the Indian Government. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh allowed themselves to have Chinese Military Stations on them, effectively making them part of the Liberation Powers. India was doing well now, but they were easily surrounded.
=== The Middle East and the Caucasus ===
== 2025 ==
As 2025 began, it was all but certain the Liberation was winning. All of the Balkans have fallen and several European Countries betrayed their side for safety, most notably the Greeks. The Nile has been poisoned, the North Koreans are committing atrocities in the South, and the Albanian Genocide is still well underway.
=== Europe ===
America's orders to retreat from Europe was devastating for the local populations.