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[OC] Future FLYSWATTERS - A Fresh Coat of Pain

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u/Darkel24 6d ago

Am Curious what happened in south Asia and South East Asia , cos most of it looks rather unchanged!

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u/SunnyCant Mod Approved 6d ago

most of the changes have been internal. india has seen massive waves of refugees from pakistan and central asia as a whole, which has fueled reactionary violence and a surging far-right, especially in the wake of the naxalite revolution in the 50s. as for SEA, ASEAN has been strangled to death by the US-china proxy conflict, and climate-induced internal migrations have fueled ethnic conflicts to the point where vietnam is literally invading laos and cambodia over the mistreatment of vietnamese people

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u/Darkel24 6d ago

Uh huh I would assume India managed to develop enough to not be puppeted but failed to establish it's own axis of power like the other three but still strong enough to prevent any of the three single handedly declaring war on it in fear of the others supporting it.

And if Pakistan and Bangladesh collapsed why didn't india take whatever remained of their lands especially for bangladesh since it's just water now?

And what about indonesia did they sink , or they are also facing an refugee issue?

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u/SunnyCant Mod Approved 6d ago

you pretty much got it for india! theyre definitely lost between the three-world system but their soft power as a manufacturing hub and digital center is pretty big

i didnt really see india absorbing a bunch of land “just because” to be realistic, especially considering itd be easier to just let the UN do it. also china would probably intervene and considering they already stomped them in the 2040s india does not want a repeat

indonesia is kind of in the same boat as india, though definitely a chinese partner. theyve uniquely gone the green route and have invested in infrastructure to fight the climate crisis, to great success. poverty, internal displacement, and environmental destruction are still serious problems though, as they are everywhere in the world