1985. Total disaster. After years of rising tensions, arising from the cold war, something snapped, something broke, and NATO launched an invasion of the USSR. Her allies responded, and soon the whole thing snowballed into a giant mess of conventional warfare, nuclear Armageddon, and general chaos. Most people still don't know why it began, but the 13 years of war to follow were a true catastrophe. Hundreds of millions dead. Countries shattered. Lands irradiated from the destruction of nuclear power plants and the detonation of atomic bombs... in the face of this, Government collapsed. The remaining nations, severely weakened from World War Three, had no ability to halt the uprisings, even the once-great powers. Soon, the world was thrown back into the dark ages, chaos and destruction reigning as one government fell after another until none were left. World War Three never officially ended... it's just that all of the aggressor and defending nations fell to pieces and couldn't fight any more.
Mankind almost managed to destroy itself... almost. In the year 2009, even though no one remembered or used the old calendar, people began banding together again. New countries are forming, new nations looking forward... or, at least some. Others are using the pieced-together war machines left over from the great war to aim for world domination. You, my friend, are one of these new leaders. Will you continue the old way of fighting, killing, of destruction? Or will you lead humanity in learning from it's mistakes and turning into a truly mature race? It is your decision.
Because of war time, you may use war machines from the modern day, since wars tend to accelerate advancements.
Anyone interested in this?