Cold War Cataclysm. Sign up thread

[Khazaar]

First off I think we need a BIG Disclaimer in the first post of this topic or I presume this will be closed, because we can´t avoid talking politics. We´re playing Countries after all...

WARNING THIS IS A 1980 WHAT IF SCENARIO, NONE OF THE VIEWS OR ACTIONS POSTED HERE ARE MENT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. THIS IS A PURELY SPECULATIVE SCENARIO, IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED BY COLD WAR POLITICS DO NOT CONTINUE AND CLOSE THIS TOPIC!!!

Another thing, as we play to represent countries there is no room for open insults, be diplomatic and insult the other without him noticing (if you can).

As for gamemechanics, a very simple rating system could be useful to gage the capabilities of your and other contries.
Maybe someting like this:

W. Germany (social Democratic State) (rating from 1-12, one beeing pathetic, twelve beeing superpower)

Military: 5 W. Germany was aware that it was a likely battlefield for the third world war. Aside from Allied troops Germany was one of the leading arms producers and developers. Beeing a democratic country with a faschist past has limited the maximum ammount of military buildup. The U.S.: has nukes stationed in W. Germany.

Economy: 10 W. Germany (like Japan) is one of the worlds biggest exporters and turned into a Financial powerhouse after WW2.

Political: 6, W. Germany is a member of NATO and the UNO.

Security: 5 W. Germany has a well structured Police and Inteligence Agency, democratic ethics and structures hinder it in increasing its security rating.

Stability: 9 W. Germany was very prosperous and its citizens had lots of freedoms. Only the threat of WW3 and subsequent possible nuclear warfare caused concern.

E. Germany (Communist State)

Military: 7 E. Germany has been built up by the U.S.S.R to be the buffer against capitalism. The whole state is set up to defend against it. U.S.S.R. troops (with stationed nukes) are also stationed in E. Germany.

Economy: 4 While beeing the most advanced Warsaw Pact state with good infrastructure and great industry in 1980 serious mismanagement has caused E.Germany to fail economically. The continuous armsbuildup has left the contry bankrupt.

Political: 4 E. Germany has started out as a puppet state of the U.S.S.R. and has never realized a lot of potential. It has a limited influence in Africa and middle East, mainly through Arms Deals and Military training. It is a member of the Warsaw Pact.

Security: 10 E. Germany was a policestate that controlled its people. A major ammount of funding went into security and espionage. Hardly anything happened without the Stateparty knowing about it.

Stability: 8 E. Germany is ridgidly contolled though Party, Police, Agencies and Military. It´s population is contolled but unhappy with the failing system. It´s stability rating would be critically lower without State contol.

These ratings were made as a Sample without too much research. Since we´re(I presume) not really aiming for a classical mafia game I´m not sure how useful the U.N. would be. Most likely the Nations with vetopowers would always block eachother...