World of S ISOT

Something just researched and written - should have preceeded prior post but here goes:

Armed Forces
There had been some initial confusion in the partially ISOT Nations.
Some time during the first weeks the Scots, Germans and US had been establishing their assets of military – better to plan for tomorrow than get surprised and mainly because of the local politicians – PM of Scotland, local German Länder governments and US Governors wanted to know the loyalty of such assets in this new situation

Scotland: Army, The Royal Regiment of Scotland: 2. Light Infantry, 3. Infantry, 6. Infantry, 7. Infantry Battalions, Balaklava Company of 5. Infantry Battalion, 32. Signals Regiment, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, 23. SAS Reserve, 39., 71. Engineer Regiment, 51. MI Company,
RAF: Lossiemouth Station – 4x Typhoon Sqd.s, 1 Maritime Recce. Sqd. Boeing Poseidon(737-800), RAF Regiment Sqd.,
Kirknewton Station – 661. Gliding Sqd. (don't laugh it may become important)
RN: HMNB Clyde – 4 Vanguard class SSBN, 1 Trafalgar class SSN, 7? Astute class SSN, Minesweepers, Patrolboats and Commando Protection Unit, Diving Group, Training Unit, Armaments Depot at Coulport.

Germany – Saarland: 1 Airborne Brigade in Saarlouis,
Sachsen: Heer/Army Training Command in Leipzig, practical training,
Sachsen-Anhalt: 1. Logistics Regiment,
Schleswig-Holstein:
Navy/Marine
Flotilla 1. - 5x Brauschweig class Corvettes, 6x 212 Class Submarines and Training Facility plus 5 Support Ships, Light Units,
Operations Centre,
Marine Special Forces 350 troops,
Marine/Sea Battalioon 1100 troops,
Navy NCO School - no numbers,
Navy Medical School,
Navy Damage Control Training,
Technical Service Unit 71,
Army
4. Coy/1. Jäger Regiment - Light Infantry only some 125 (guess) but real troops and light infantry consider themselves the BEST,
6. Reconnaisance Battalion - Bundeswehr real deal - Fennek Armoured Reconnaisance Vehicles and Airbus UAV,
164. Special Engineers Regiment which is training the Home Guard 2 Coy's each 150 troops? and work in fuellogistics such as pipelines as well as general logistics,
5. Coy/ 7. CW-protection Battalion - very specialist but still Army troops
911. EW Battalion - as above though mixed establishment
Bundesluftwaffe:
51. Immelmann Group with 37 Tornadoes and 8 Heron UAVs - get some kit onto those to do recce missions,
NCO School - no numbers,(I don't say they're as good as we were kicking the butt of the Reccesqn. of Guards Hussar Reg. back in 1981 AND it had Air Support!) but hey its an NCO School and those guys and girls will be MOTIVATED,
AA Wing, Missiles,
26. AA Group, Missiles,
61. AA Group, MANTIS Ground Armoured Unit and Tracked Missile Unit.
Two munitions depots - back in the day these were HUGE – probably still is destined to cater to German Danish Polish Corps;
Medical Service,
COMINT Unit.

USA – South Dakota: Ellsworth AFB, 28. Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer, 12. Air Division and 99. Strategic Weapons Wing training units, 89. Attack Sqd. MQ-9A Reaper,
114. Fighter Wing ANG F-16, Joe Foss ANG Station/Souix Falls Airport.
Army National Guard Fort Meade,
196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade – Artillery and support assets, 1x Beechcraft C-12 Huron,
196th Regiment – Training Institute,
SD State Guard – inactive.
South Carolina: Shaw AFB, 20. Fighter Wing 3 Sqd. F-16, 9. Air Force HQ, 25. Attack Group 2 Sqd. MQ-9A Reaper,
Charleston Joint Base, USAF - 315., 437. Airlift Wing C-17, 5x Coast Guard Cutters, 2x Coast Guard Patrol Boats, US Army – Corps of Engineers, ANG – 218. Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 118. Inf. Regiment – 2x Battalions, Support, Signals, Chemical, Transport Units, Marine Corps Reserve Center, USN – 1 Lafayette class 1 Daniel Webster class SSBM, 2 Los Angeles class SSN, Naval Operations Support Centre, EOD-unit, 6x Roll-on Roll-off Transports.
Marine Corps – USMC Recruit Depot Parris Island, MCAirStation Beaufort/Fighter Town East Marine Air Group 31, 4x Attack Sqd. F/A-18, Attack Sqd. F-35.
US Central Command, USAF, US Army, 16. Airforce – information warfare.
US Army Ft. Jackson , 165. and 193. Brigades Basic Training Center, Drill Sergeant School, 81. Readiness Division HQ.

Even though most expected it to happen – though mostly peoples within administration and intelligence services – Syria's Ruling Asad Regime took some time to evaporate even missing the Wagner Mercenaries.
In the end lack of sufficient ammunition decided it even Saudi Arabia abandoning it as it still wanted to build the sustainable City of Tomorrow in the desert. However money had become sparse and trade networks as well as global infrastructures gone. So had BRICS though South Africa still being around. Saudi Arabia however wasn't going to drag South Africa out of its mud.
The USA had been doing a little flying over Syria to reconnoiter whats going on but that slowly petered out as the US had more pressing problems at home with developing the transport corridor along the Mississippi/Missouri River system to link up the two States.
The USAF had withdrawn from Saudi Arabia and they themselves had difficulty in reconnoitering aerially and not less on the ground as their dialect gave them off – which You didn't want in that unhealthy Syrian environment. The first event had been an emergency landing which had ended up mounting a large expedition to extract Crew and information. It was carried out though not without loss and not something to be relived.

USA as Germany was working with riverine sailing anew – both nations had build small Colonies at the mouth of the major Rivers the Rhine and Mississippi to control those and the eventual foreign traffic up them.

In the Caribbean – South America not much so was taking place as Surinam was busy helping the few Caribbean Nations along. A lot having changed without organized crime being much of an issue in the area by now.
The local Aluminium production made Surinam a VERY interesting trade partner World wide though mainly with USA, European and Asian Nations though Saudi Arabia and South Africa also did trade. Because of this Surianam was enlarging production as much as possible soon needing skilled labour which proved as in many other places a real challenge.

In Surinam as in a lot of other places having to rebuild a lot of local industry from scratch if only to avoid dependance on other Nations out of sheer inability to compete in trading through lack of local wanted raw materials or just because having no such was taking a toll.
At some point somebody realized that resources was out there but for a number of the Nations extracting was a real problem. Not necessarily because of lack of resources but lack of skilled workers or lack of tools for running complicated separating processes of various ore.
As with BRICS some initial steps were taken – Scotland, Sweden, German Länder and USA was out early with Spain coming around but also the Central European States wanted in. The Asians of Singapore and South Korea had a lot of hardware and Sri Lanka decided it had quite some workers in need of work.
What started as a need for getting on developed into a trade network and slowly a political too as a lot of negotiating was necessary. Without a common World wide market running banking and all other more immaterial tools had to be developed – which called for the politicians.

And those got something to talk about – thanks to a general lack of World Wide Media not much came out of the Sudans. Syria had been ugly and still was – the Sudans turned out like.
The recent enmity of the two Sudans reemerged as the warring fractions in Sudan had prevailed. Some years later a probe from South Sudan regarding traffic on the Nile apparently blew the lid off.
Suffice to say it was mainly a Medieval Swords and Sorcery battle which dragged on and on.
Seeing nobody doing anything from outside the Saudi's decided it had become enough and mediated the parties to just bring an end to violence. (Think Rwanda between Nations!)

During the Saudi work in the Sudans something surfaced about the Serbs having set up check points on Gallipoli and Bosporus narrows. It wasn't supposed to have leaked out. The Saudi's had attained relations with Serbia and other European Nations which had led to something about events in Syria finding its way north. Seemed a Caliphate had been set up in Syria and the Saudi's nor the Serbs were in any way pleased about it but not at the time ready to mount anything on it – so it grew.

The Serbians and Slovaks had been busy building a highway from Slovenia through the Pannonian Plain east of the Danube with Belgrade and Bratislava eventually to be connected. At first and most of this decade still for stretches a dirt track untill sufficient tarmac would be produced.

The Pacific was another place on the fringe – South Korea and Singapore had endeavoured to search the area for any traces of Nations of course by now something starting with S which brought them south of New Guinea to the Solomon Isles and all east to Samoa – about as far as you could go.
In both Nations not much had happened besides taking up the life of before the arrival of Europeans or Asian traders living on the Islands and the Ocean. Actually the first sight of life had been Singaporean Explorers sighting a large outrigger Canoe west of the Solomons and establishing contact.
Not many traces of European headed Civilization remained but the Nation had pulled through – not without loss but it had worked and did. Population was in recess which a dose of modern medicine helped a lot though the old new way of life was more unforgiven than prior but it had become the new normal.
Actually Samoa had already been sighted by the Solomons though little trade was done – not much else. As the Ocean being huge there was plenty room for all (or few – whatever You like).
Shortly – within two years Samoa was back on the grid as had the Solomons come though initially only with a solar and windgenerator driven radio.

Longer term Issues:
German Länder – rebuild Germany, claim some North Sea area to build a petrolchemical industry and begin drilling for oil. Alternative build a road and railway to Galizia to start extraction there – only need to brush off the Slovaks.

The various nations have to convince their populations of building Colonies in areas with needed raw materials to support the Nation – Propaganda/Myth building to entice going out.

Serbia wanting Romanian Oil – Ploesti perhaps in a venture with Slovakia if these isn't looking North to Galizia.
Serbia was also striving to build a port in the location of Thessalonika but everything had to be done from scratch and Serbia having close to no shipbuilding or navigation experience besides its Danube Flotilla would be in deep water! Mainly so with Slovenia rejecting to help out and Spain being more than lukewarm towards the project the Serbs forged on.

Spain began building a Word Wide Web by putting a Communications Satellite into orbit. It only worked for at few years with users having to use burst's of messages and data transmission due to the low orbit and was a mixed blessing mainly because the Spanish Space Agency had problems finding the funds for building vehicle that would allow such Satellites to be put into Geostationary Orbit – though Spain kept going.

Sao Tome et Principe may go for Colonizing the Guinea Bay coast or at least Fernanco Po to be able to entice Saudi Arabia or the Europeans or South Koreans/Singapore to build oil extraction. SA may perhaps be interested if they haven't gone down the drain in an effort to monopolized Oil production – SK/Singapore may find it attractive possibly better than getting into the Persian Gulf and whatever is going on there.
The Spanish may think of Algerian Oil or Libya which will be close to home.

USA States – rebuilding America!

In the memory of mankind:

Oft it is said that this goes back no further than last year however in the ISOT of S things seemed different the immediate obvious being the Serb annexation of Kosovo area and Macedonia as well as putting up outpost's on the Dardanelles and Bosporus and try rebuilding the port of Thessalonika.

The less obvious to other nations was that of the Danish Minority of Schleswig-Holstein which began as driplets into Jutland a few years following the ISOT but the real kick came with the increased political talks of the Nations, Home Ruled areas and Länder and US States as Sweden aired its intention of colonizing Sjælland for starters the area of Copenhagen west to Lejre.
Sweden already had begun some infiltration into Norway (former polity names uses frequently as everybody would be aware of whats meant) to secure farmland in Eastfold and generally Viken – lands surrounding the Oslo Fiord but also on the North Sea – Atlantic Coast to get a foothold on the North Sea oil talks. So far so good but the mentioning of LEJRE!!!
It was obvious to their German neigbours that their Danish minded countrymen was never before seen in such fury ”OF ALL THAT'S SACRED” - it even surpassed any Spanish expressions of their feelings of superiority and National aspirations to some sounding like Crusade.
Next thing happening was all Danish farms and firms not sold would see caretagers organized and then an Exodus to forested Denmark – a large group going directly for Copenhagen and Roskilde areas.
The Swedes totally baffled couldn't find what to say and strived for being polite and in-offensive in best Swedish way even to offer aid to the Danish Settlers which was promtly REJECTED! Slam Bam No Thank You Ma'am!
Somebody even suggested setting up a Danish Military Legion to be the Firebrigade of the free World – a suggestion that only received a light headshake of ”no” from the Danish.
It would befall the Danish Minority Party of Schleswig to console the Swedes that they should not really be scared and leave the Danes to themselves - ”In a few Centuries they'll be talking to You” said the DMP leader to the Swedish Premier.
And so in a matter of less than a decade almost the entirety of the Danish Minority of Germany had resettle in their Ancestral Sacred Nation.

Spain didn't really know what they did when they moved onto the Rock of Gibraltar when even Scots and Americans denounced their action. It took a Hispanic from South Carolina to explain it in Spanish to the Spanish that this is just over the hill and even then the Spanish Premier looked flappergasted and still would be adamant even though Spain already HAD a presence across the Strait of Gibraltar in Africa by their territory of Melilla.
The building of Military manned Radar and other surveillance stations on the Rock didn't do anything to console anybody but with time things calmed down.

One of the popular changes which nobody didn't really notice untill somebody said so on National News was the longevity of News – peoples would due to the lack of international news changing from day to day take a great interest in whats going on and continue discussing untill something new would pop up perhaps a couple of weeks later.
Some elderly persons would tell their internet-hungry younger family members of days way past when news in contrast to just before the ISOT would have been well researched and argued by the News Media (of course a sentimental view far from proven reality) just as now.
The Spanish efforts to put Satellites into Geo-stationary orbit was much followed and discussed and with only sporadic news served by badly translations from Spanish discussions would venture far and wide in scope.

The Spanish themselves also had plans besides the Rock which didn't recieve much if any press – settlers moving into Portugal and Septimania in Southern France.
The Spanish Tourist Industry was moving along albeit in slower pace than pre-ISOT as Sun-hungry Scots and Swedes would still go for the Sun there as later in Septimania though the Germans were fewer as spending Your Summer Vacation in Istria was seen as proper and decent and anyways the locals were practically Germans.
Some Airlines or remnants thereof still would charter to do so in season though the opening of the cross Po Plain Highway (no Autobahn) would see German return to their much missed Autoborne Holiday habits cruising from Kiel to Pula though of course with proper ferrying along the Rhine which later would see a Highway all the way to Switzerland.

In South Dakota part of the large First Nations/American Indians took to the Plains outside the state to take up the way of life of their Ancestors. By some lauded by others ridiculed and by others wished for the migration took on slowly as the emigrees had established themselves and would welcome newcomers who weren't all First Nations/American Indian – all howevers were welcome.
Some Rednecks had been rather active during the opening years but lack of Gas for their Trucks and rationing of Rifle Ammunition did slowly curtail their activities which was also condemmed by the Governor and Lawenforcement offices directed to take action.
It was late however as the First Nations/American Indian settlers had moved furter into the plains to escape unwanted attention and initiatives were put forward mainly by Conservationist's argueing to protect the pristine World around us from just ruining it all once again. Counter argument being of course that it would take forever to make 356 Mill. Humans do the damage of 7 Bill. to the World.
However the Youth Movements of Ecology and Climate protection did climb the Social Ladder if only because they grew older and those holding outdated views of Protecting the World slowly would leave positions in society or die out made room.

It wasn't just South Dakota but also in South Carolina with the local Preservationist Groups seeing influence in protecting the Ecology of the Coast as well as Florida's Swamplands to the south and the Allegheny Mountains and stretching furter to Europe even in Spain and the Far East.

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Thus far I'll pause - should I get any ideas I'll post them. Still any input will be much welcome - I will have no problem in changing things or add stuff.
Remember I have a North Eurocentric outlook of the World even though I've travelled far abroad thus don't know a lot or may have misunderstood things or processes. If You have some ideas don't post them - bring it forth and lets discuss.