User blog comment:JERealize/What lies beyond Panem?/@comment-4713037-20120923070018

I believe that the areas of Europe that wern't flooded would band together to make a very large country called United Europe. I think that Russia would split in half by north and south. Climate change made northern Russia a appealing and fertile place to live in and farm. Southern Russia was made inhospitable by nuclear missiles that had been accidentally fired during a massive earthquake. Most areas around Moscow are war-torn because of South Russia's war with United Europe. South Russia is run by a communist regime and it's official name is the Southern Russian Soviet Union. North Russia has a democracy and it's official name is the Northern Russian Republic. They are allies with United Europe and are in a perpetual civil war with south Russia. In the chaos North Korea invaded South Korea, only to find that it was flooded and plague-ridden. A nasty virus spread into many North Korean cities including their capitol. In that city more than 85 percent of the citizens had the virus. In response to this the goverment evacuated all goverment officials an then nuked the city. This was a crude but effective method and it stopped the progression of the disease. In China many of their largest cities were flooded an most survivors moved far inland. Seeing China's weakness, what remained of India launched a tactical nuclear strike and destroyed most of China's large cities. Also Mongolia, Burma, and later North Korea had many attempted invasions of China. Because of the attacks from all sides, China condensed it's population in to one gigantic megacity at the center of their territory. This city had approximately 500 million people living in it and was surrounded by massive walls studded with turrets. Because of the constant attacks, the Chinese Megacity had a rugged, warrior culture that helped fend off attacks. India remained roughly intact, despite major flooding and famine. They stayed with the same form of goverment that they have now. Africa's countries split up into all different warring factions. The entire continent of Africa became a desolate war zone. Millions of people fled into United Europe or the utopian state of Madagascar. Australia became to hot to be hospitable and the areas that were cooler sunk into the ocean. All of the Indonesian islands sank rapidly, causing tsunamis. Lots of areas in Mexico and South America succumbed to flooding, but the surviving countries split up into large villages in the middle of dense jungle. Over time these villages became incredibly technologically advanced and worked out intricate trade routes amongst themselves.