Stas Bush wrote:Actually I find it surprising that during the war, nuclear reactors were not targeted. I would suppose Shep not having a single one left, thus he can only make devices from leftover materials.
In addition, his nation should be dealing with several Chornobyls (he has what, 4 or 5 reactors?)
His most pressing problem would definitely be internal unrest, since he's one of the only two countries on Nova Terra which suffered nuclear war on its territorry.
2% dead may be minor as far as rebuilding goes, but this causes everyone to know somebody who died in the civil war, and possibly even the nuclear strikes. Meanwhile, the nuclear arms race continues and even the FUN is getting a deterrent. He would have to switch to a drafted army by now to have people to maintain this ridiculously huge nuke arsenal and fly the bombers etc since a sharp drop in volunteers is to be expected.
I mean, Japan was nuked more than 60 years ago, and it still has a phobia of nuclear weapons. Add to this the fact that continued belligerence may make people destroy Shepnukistan pre-emptively, and dissent suddendly becomes someting you can't just ignore any longer.
EDIT: In fact, high-profile defections from Shepnukistan via Neverhood should become something of an everyday occurence, methinks.
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