Russian Analyst Predicts Decline And Breakup Of USA

Summary

November 25, 2008: A Russian political analyst predicts that the massive debt of the United States is leading to a collapse of the dollar and the US economy as a whole. He further speculates that China and Russia might take over from the USA as regulators of the world economy.

As a result of the economic crisis, he predicts that the USA will split up into six parts:

• "the Pacific coast, with its growing Chinese population"
• "the South, with its Hispanics"
• "Texas, where independence movements are on the rise"
• "the Atlantic coast, with its distinct and separate mentality"
• "five of the poorer central states with their large Native American populations"
• "the northern states, where the influence from Canada is strong"

Furthermore, he suggests that Russia "should claim Alaska" - since "it was only granted on lease, after all."

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Game and Story Use

• This could make for a decent Alternate History or Twenty Minutes Into The Future setting.
  • Cyberpunk settings, especially, tend to have geopolitics which soon after their introduction are rendered implausible by real world events - so this scenario wouldn't be too out of line in this genre.