Federal Republic of Lower Saxony (1962: The Apocalypse)

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Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen, Low German: Neddersassen) is a democratic nation north-western Germany.

Doomsday
Jevern AFB, Bremenhaven docks and Emden docks were hit by a 1kt bomb, but luckily they did not explode and just broke up and spewed radiation like a dirty bomb. Sadly most West German and East German cities were not so lucky. Bremen Airport (German: Flughafen Bremen), Aachen, Hamburg Airport and Cuxhaven got a 1x 1kt. MOD Osnabrück had 2x 1kt (which did not explode). Other targets were at Freiburg 2x 20 kt, Kiel 1x 10 kt (did not exploded), Flensburg 1x 20 kt, Hamburg city 1x 20 kt (did not exploded), Hannover 1x 20 kt (did not exploded).

The Rhineland was nuked in to oblivion! targets included- USAB Herford 1x 1kt and 1x 2kt (neither not explode), Kasse 1x 20 kt and Essen 1x 15 kt, 2x 20 kt and 1x 50 kt!

After Doomsday
The 1962-64 nuclear winter/summer event and the 1963 typhus and disenrty outbreak killed many, as did the radioactive fall-out. The nation was founded by the Bremerhaven born Heer officer Feldwebel Hans Otto Wenger and his deputy Dr Friedrich Joachim Lornsen in 1964.

1970-1982
The minor servivour states Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, Emden, Oldenburg and Hamburg joined the Lower Saxon state over these years. Relations became closer with Osnabruk, Whilelmshaven, Wismar S.S.R. and Vorpommern-Greifswald.

Recent floods and blizzards

 * 1) The rainstorm and floods of mid 2007 killed 6 in Kiel.
 * 2) the hurricain of mid 2009 killed 2 people in Oldenburg, 2 people in Bremerhaven and 1 person in Kiel.
 * 3) The winter of 2009-10 was the worst in 50 years killing 50 people.
 * 4) The rainstorms of early in the June of 2012 killed 1 person in Emden.

Military


The military and police force were heavy trained up since 1974, and expanded from being merely a force of 600 improvised police, guards and volunteer townsfolk, to a trained military of some 12,000 men and a police force of some 5,000 men. The production of modern firearms recommenced in 1984.

Economy
Like most other post-Doomsday European nations, most of the economy is weighted towards agricultural production though there is rapidly growing industrial aspects in urban regions, and is now well past the capability of nations like Lille-Wallonia. lignite mining, peat digging, carpentry, forestry, agriculture and food processing are the principle industries.

The nation's good soils make good pasture land and harvests are always bountiful. The fishing industry is very productive due to the rich seas and the fishing fleat has been steady growing since 1995.

Exports from the carpentry and food processing industries are traded with the Frisian Islands, Wilhelmshaven, Denmark and Lille-Walloonia.

Healthcare
Thyroid cancers are no longer major issues, and are markedly less than they were before 1985.

The Death Penalty

 * Murderers,
 * Sex predators, (like rapists, and child molesters),
 * Traitors and enemy spies are executed with the hangman’s rope.

The death penalty was scraped (except for enemy spies) in 1972 and replaced with life without the possibility of parole.

Also see:

 * Editorial Guidelines- (1962: Doomsday)
 * Add-hock weapons at hand (1962: Doomsday)
 * List of known Warsaw Pact targets in the UK (1962: Doomsday)
 * Warsaw Pact and NATO targets in Central Europe (1962: Doomsday)
 * Armed forces weapons in 1962/1963 (1962: Doomsday)
 * List of pre-war Leaders and Generals (1962: Doomsday)
 * List of surviving nations (1962: Doomsday)
 * Thames flood notes (1962: Doomsday)
 * 1962: Doomsday - How it all began
 * 1962: Doomsday