User blog comment:JERealize/What lies beyond Panem?/@comment-110.142.167.167-20140404092041

Australia

Wow, I'm laughing at all the people who think that Australia would just be swallowed up by the ocean. On http://globalfloodmap.org/ on the highest amount of flooding I could put in, Australia and Russia are one of the least affected out of all the countries. If the sea level raised by 10000 inches, which I guess by the affects on America would be round about how much the ocean raised by, only the Eastern Coast of Australia is flooded, leaving us with a lot of land left over, and seeing how we're not situated anywhere near a teutonic plate Australia wouldn't be hit harshly at all by earth quakes. On the nuclear side of things, Australia itself wouldn't be hit by many nuclear missiles due to it being not as powerful as, say, America or the European Union and wouldn't be seen worth wasting missiles on it. Australia and New Zealand would of taken in Pacific Islander Refugees and other Refugees from countries it's allied with (Like what we did during the London Blitz) as well. After the apocalyptic events I think Australia would be the country most similiar to what it was originally, with a democratic government, a lot more farming and fishing communities. Australias technology would be quite advanced, but it's technology would be slightly stagnate and not at the level in which it would be feasible to see how the rest of the world is doing, or say travel and check out other countries. As New Zealand and Australia are quite close, we'ld probably be trading and helping out with the survivors.

New Zealand

New Zealand as well most likely wouldn't have been as harshly affected as other countries, with high mountain ranges and lots of its' land above sea level and not being an important target for nukes. On the other hand, New Zealand is situated between two teutonic plates which would of caused quite a few major earthquakes, although I don't think this would of been enough to destroy the entire population. Most likely, they'ld be pockets of inter connected citys and towns with a farming and hunting geared society. Along with Australia, it would most likely stay a democratic society and trade between the two countries would flourish. Australia and New Zealand are both very isolated countries and would have little to no contact with any other civilisation or countrie and would not be aware of any problems, although even if they did they wouldn't be able to help due to the difficulty of traveling from the two island nations.