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2019-2024 recession
* Economic collapse in Africa, warlords dominate
* Major recession/depression Cent/South America, cartels emerge as political entities
* European recession, countries rally to EU for stability, EU govt grows power
* Chinese economy greatly weakened, govt turner dictatorship to maintain power
* US economy in depression, political strife grows, productions slows greatly
* Global economy highly weakened, international strife grow
* Technological development slows considerably
2024-2027 oil/natural gas dry up
* Oil/ natural gas supplies vastly overestimated, global oil dry up
* Major energy producers hoard reserves
* European/African/SA economic struggle exacerbated by scarcity
* Europe support around (insert name) promising economic success under federation
* Technological advancement stops almost entirely
2027-2030 European collapse
* promised reforms of (insert name) fail, EU dissolved
* NATO dissolved soon after
* Asian/African famine kills millions
* Global tensions continue to grow
* Russia invaded Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic states, arguably beginning of resource wars
* European diplomacy breaks down, increased hostility
* US government increasingly authoritarian
* Fascism and communism begin to get underground support
2030-2036 Early Resource Wars
* Russia invaded the Balkans, annexes rest of Eastern Europe
* Russian hegemony in Europe established
* European states launch various wars
* US invaded Canada and Venezuela for oil reserves, Canada annexed
* US democracy continually cut down on
* China invaded neighbors, annexing Korea
* Africa and South America in total economic collapse, warlords rule Africa, cartels rule South America
* Saudi-Iran Wars collapse Middle East
* Russian govt strained by rebellions, internal strife
* Fascism and communism finds more mainstream support, particularly communism
2036-2044 Late Resource Wars
* US government assumes dictatorial power, violently suppressing dissent
* Russia collapses into civil war, European conflict breaks down further
* Further famines in Africa/Asia kill tens of millions
* Governments in SA collapse totally, cartels and military leaders take local power
* Chinese government increasingly losses control, collapsing into handful of military states and dicatatorships
2044-2050 US collapse
* Russia collapses into various states
* US slowly breaks up into more regional unions, ending the last global power
* World wide local states and warlords gain dominance, global trade and relations essentially ceases
* Technological advances permanently stops at 2010s levels

And that’s the semi-apocalypse we find ourselves in