# Playable Territories The following territories will be playable (i.e. controllable by a player) in the game. It should be possible to play in a small-group collaborative multiplayer arrangement, where different players control different playable territories. ### Africa Treated as one polity for the purposes of the game. #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Low productivity, small surplus, low dependence on fossil fuels and fertilisers. Vulnerable to desertification. Significant areas of forest (23% cover) but currently mostly of low productivity. ##### Energy Low energy use per capita. Vast potential for solar virtually everywhere, especially in desert areas, but this is largely untapped. ##### Industry Limited, low productivity. ##### Military Small, disorganised, not significantly problematic. ##### Population 1.2 billion, growing significantly, generally very poor, relatively low wealth disparity. Quite low levels of economic improvement are likely to ensure social stability. ##### Transport Limited, less dependent on fossil fuel than in richer places, but poor infrastructure. ### America (United States) Including Canada and possibly Mexico for the purposes of the game. #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Very productive, substantial surplus, but highly dependent on fossil energy, fertilisers, depleting aquifers. Vulnerable to desertification. 36% forest cover. ##### Energy Very high energy use per capit., Very substantial use of fossil fuels in all sectors. Good potential for solar especially in south west. ##### Industry Productive, flexible, innovative, heavily dependent on fossil energy, plastics. ##### Military Enormous, beyond effective democratic control, hugely polluting. Huge stocks of armaments. In the event of civil war, might easily fall apart into warring factions. ##### Population 500 million, overall rich but incomes extremely skewed and with a significant majority very poor. Politically volatile, heavily armed, civil disorder likely. ##### Transport Heavily biased to individual transportation, cities low density and not easily amenable to efficient mass transport systems. ### Brazil Including most of South America for the purposes of the game. #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Generally low productivity, but considerable surplus. Large forests (62% cover) of generally low productivity, very vulnerable to widespread desertification particularly if deforestation continues. ##### Energy Generally low energy use per capita, mainly fossil fuels. Good potential for solar, hydro and wind energy. ##### Industry Limited, low productivity. ##### Military Large, beyond effective government control, but poorly organised and not heavily armed. ##### Population 450 million, growing, generally poor, very high wealth disparity. High risk of civil disorder. ##### Transport Limited infrastructure, mainly individual fossil fuelled vehicles, but cities generally compact and amenable to mass transit. ### China #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Generally productive, some surplus. Risk of desertification especially in the west. 22% forest cover. ##### Energy Mix of energy systems from the very worst to the very best, but generally modernising rapidly. ##### Industry Vast, extremely productive, flexible, but currently extremely polluting. Considerable production of plastics including single use plastics from fossil feedstocks. ##### Military Very large, very heavily armed, but disciplined and under tight government control. ##### Population 1,400 million, fairly stable. Generally lesser wealth disparity than in other economies. Low risk of civil disorder. ##### Transport Relatively good rail and mass transit infrastructure, lower dependence on individual fossil fuel transport than some other economies. Infrastructure generally good. ### Europe #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Very productive, high dependence on fossil fuels and fertilisers. Some surplus. Low risk of desertification. 38% forest cover. ##### Energy Mixed, modernising rapidly, but still high dependence on fossil fuels. No especially good potential for renewable energy generation except in the north west. ##### Industry Large, high productivity, possibly less flexible. Very large car industry which may be resistant to change. ##### Military Relatively modern and well equipped but not large; generally good discipline and government control. ##### Population 750 million, generally wealthy, wealth disparities lower than in most other areas. Moderate potential for civil disorder. ##### Transport Heavily biased to individual private motor vehicles, but good rail infrastructure and generally compact cities with good mass transit systems. Overall exceptionally good transport infrastructure. ### India #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Generally lower productivity, some surplus, labour intensive, less use of fossil fuels than richer territories. 21% forest cover. ##### Energy Significant use of coal, but good potential for solar energy virtually everywhere. ##### Industry Growing industrial production, much of it dirty. ##### Military Large but not especially well equipped. ##### Population 1,380 million, growing steadily, generally poor but with huge wealth disparities. ##### Transport Railway network exists but is I think mostly old; lower proportion of the population has access to private motor vehicles. ### Russia #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Average productivity, some surplus, much use of fossil fuels and fertilisers. ##### Energy Significant exports of fossil fuels. I don't really know enough to know how widespread private motor transport is, or how good the rail/mass transit network is. ##### Industry ##### Military ##### Population ##### Transport ### Saudi Arabia Including the whole of the Arabian peninsula, Syria and Iraq. #### Starting Conditions ##### Agriculture Virtually none, substantial food deficit, very little forest. Soils generally arid. ##### Energy Currently, vast production of fossil fuels, mainly for export. Vast potential for solar energy but this is as yet largely untapped. ##### Industry Limited. ##### Military Modern and extremely well equipped but not large. ##### Population 140 million, growing rapidly. Severe social tensions despite repression; potentially volatile. ##### Transport Widespread use of private motor transport.