Sorry, but very suddenly my interest waned. The main hope for my nation to survive and grow stronger is very primarily based on the ocean. If the ocean is dying, and therefore the wildlife in it, then there is... well, nothing to live on. The ocean is the primary resource my people would have, besides vast, uninhabited desert.

And I much preferred mysterious disappearance, and a couple wrecks floating in space, with something hard-to-reach on the ground or in the water for bickering over. If this Nikkolaus could manage to defeat the alien fleet, he'd have the world united and there wouldn't be bickering nations.