Kingdom of Värmland (1962: The Apocalypse)

Doomsday
The targets for NATO missiles were at- See- Warsaw Pact targets in Western Europe (1962: The Apocalypse).

After Doomsday
The nuclear winter lasted between October 1962 and March 1963. A nuclear summer then lasted between April 1963 and September 1964. A major famine, a major equine herpesvirus EHV-1 plague, a heavy dysentery out break and a minor flu outbreak killed many people in the region. Many refugees, mostly from Finland, Norway, Denmark and E. Germany, arrived between 1964 and 1967.

First Contact
With the Republic of Saaremaa, The  Republic of Rügen Island and other Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish states in 1967.

Economy
It is agrarian by nature largely dependent on agriculture, fishing, low level granite mining, peat cutting and selling high end beef. Most of the economy is weighted towards agricultural production, the 25 years of neo-Viking plundering ended in 1994 ans they began to settle down an

Media
A 5 page, bi-annual news pamphlet has been in circulation since 2011. Posters are put up locally as and when necessary. It’s capital has a local FM radio station that broadcasts for 2 hours a day since 2007.

Transport
Both horses and sailing vessels are the main forms of transport in the republic.

Education
Compulsory schooling is from ages 5 to 11.

Health care
Thyroid and lung cancer is still a major problem, but became much lower since 1968.

Sport
Curling, canoeing and football.

The Death Penalty
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