Patient (Map Game)

Welcome to Patient, an apocalyptic map game.

It was just a simple exploration mission. Something was brought back, it triggered something beneath us. People are going crazy, empty shadowed eyes and corrupted smiles as the dark aura surrounds them - looking for its next victim. Would 2028 be the beginning of the end?

Save us.

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Rules
Read the Map Game Handbook

Password is "Ajit Pai can suck a dick"

Nations
Reservations Only
 * Federal Republic of Germany - Zulthyr
 * Republic of Iceland - LukaGaming
 * Republic of Kazakhstan - TenaciousMapping
 * Kingdom of Norway - Fyorrian Mapping
 * Kingdom of Spain - PlasmodiumSF
 * Republic of Oman - EthanKoenigsberg
 * People's Republic of China - Thundar Lord
 * United States of America - MAGICxPYthon
 * Republic of France - Minnesotan Mapping
 * Republic of Poland - ItsHosuke
 * Republic of Korea - Österreichisofstronk
 * Russian Federation - AenMaps
 * Republic of Serbia - Singaporean Mapping
 * Republic of South Africa - Priceless008
 * Republic of Mexico - TudorMapping
 * United Kingdom of the British Isles - FedexWI
 * Republic of Italy - Valor6791
 * Commonwealth of Australia - Thunder2004
 * Republic of Brazil - JMathias23
 * Republic of Austria - SPÖSupporter
 * Republic of Indonesia - Hexarafi

On-site Staff

 * Headmaster Surgeon: Dr. Bright
 * Virologist: Dr. Mann
 * Immunologist: Dr. Clef
 * WHO Advisor: Dr. Iceberg
 * Status Feed Technician: Dr. Gears

Briefing
The main aim for players is to develop a cure for the pathogen. This can be done be identifying the genetic structure of the pathogen, its origins, as well as the neutralisation of its symptoms. The following guide will provide assistance to those bothered enough to push for a cure.


 * Research Report on Infectious Disease Control

Plot
'''The plot is the overarching story in the map game. As the game progresses, more and more of the story will be revealed. Sometimes, crucial information will be redacted. It will be up to the players to piece together the puzzle. Solving the redacted information per paragraph will add 5% bonus to the global cure status. Every bit of information could be important to understand the infection and therefore will lead to the cure. Remember: this is optional.'''

In the year 2021, the major independent space agencies had gathered together to form a conglomerate called Stellar Core. In late 2023, the conglomerate approved a mission to build the first manned spaceship to Mars using this drive after finding data of possible storage of wealth of information from a previous mission. On 2025, the first manned flight to Mars was successful after the ship Opportunity landed on Mars. During the first few months after landing, the crew established a small mining operation. Things were going well, but a small incident occured when [REDACTED] had mysteriously dissappeared when trying to explore deeper into the mining cave. A rescue team had found [REDACTED], unconscious but breathing. Notable damages were reported around the glass visor. After being fixed up, the crew had detected no problem with the body asides from a minor concussion. By 2026, the crew had finished up and were sent home. [REDACTED] had reported [REDACTED] but through medical analyzation, there was no detection of any known contagions.

[Cure status is not currently enabled, all current redacted info will have no effect]

Analytics

 * Estimated World Population - 8,192,823,776 (Turn 2)
 * Noninfected: 8,192,823,756
 * Infected: 20


 * Cure Status - Not Necessary
 * Outbreaks
 * 2018 Q1
 * Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Major
 * HIV, Lesotho and South Africa, Minor
 * Kuru, Papua New Guinea, Negligible
 * Yellow Fever, Bolivia, Minor

2028 Q1
Concerns about ancient viruses being unleashed through the thawing of Siberian permafrost are common in most debates on healthcare, as well as UN and WHO conferences.

Samples of Martian soil and water indicate signs that primordial life once inhabited Mars, and quite possibly vertebrates, or something of a similar biological structure.

Tyler Enterprises propose an alternative to other energy sources, which is the utilization of the glowing Martian rocks charmingly called, "Glowstone".

The WHO reports an increase in depression cases within developed nations.

Republic of Kazakhstan

 * Backstory: Nursultan Nazarbayev died on 11 December 2020, and an interregnum started due to several people wanting to succeed him. Eventually, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev won the fight and became president. However, people started getting unhappy, and on 1 February 2028, massive protests started in Astana, which quickly spread all over the country. Sagintayev was forced to resign on 29 February, and a new government, with Azat Peruashev of Ak Zhol Democratic Party becoming the new president. Peruashev drove Kazachstan in a more liberal way, and on a referendum held on 2 April, a new constitution and a new flag were proposed.
 * Government: A presidential republic lead by Azat Peruashev.
 * Military:
 * Active Personnel: 37,000
 * Non-active Personnel: 34,000
 * Army Personnel: 20,000
 * Navy Personnel: 3,000
 * Airplanes: 12,000
 * Ministry of Defence Personnel: 4,000
 * Paramilitary Personel: 31,000
 * Economy: Kazakhstan is currently recovering from an economic crisis.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Russian Federation: Greetings my dear, would you like an alliance? We could all benefit from it, don't you think?
 * Mongolia: Mongolia, my nomadic friend! Don't you feel trapped between two huge nations? Don't you feel poor because you have nothing but sand? Don't worry! You just have to ask for an alliance and everything will be fine! I promise. Have I ever broken a promise?
 * India: India, my southern friend! Would you care about improving our relations?

Federative Republic of Brazil

 * Government: 
 * Jair Bolsonaro is the president of Brazil for ten years by 2028. Due to a constitutional amendment approved by the congress in 2025, presidents can run for more than two terms if their approval is above 40%, which allowed Bolsonaro to be elected again in 2026. However, his popularity declined during his third term, as he alledgely manipulates approval researches to keep his approval above 40%. Also, the ideals that got him elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022 are now considered obsolete, rising the suspicion on electoral fraud. Even with his public support declining, he still holds a large part of the congress and can govern with no political problems.


 * Military: 
 * The Brazilian Armed Forces were reestructured and improved during Bolsonaro's rule. By 2028, around 2.5 million men are in reserve due to Brazil's mandatory draft system, while 400,000 are deployed in border patrol, anti-deforestation operations in the Amazon and Cerrado, garrisoning and abroad humanitary missions.
 * The Air Force is currently engaged in extensively patrolling the Amazon Rainforest, as big farmers keep expanding their farms into the forest. It's also cooperating with the Army to identify and shoot down aircraft used in drugs and weapons traffic. The use of airplanes to transport illegal material increased in the last years, since they can't be stopped in roads like trucks and cars.
 * The Air Force also seeks to increase its helicopter fleet to help in these missions. The Navy is building it's own aircraft carrier to patrol the coast, but due to lack of funds the project is currently frozen. Instead, the Navy is investing on expanding the Marine Corps for better border patrol and operations against illegal actions in the Amazon.


 * Economy: 
 * The brazilian GDP remains stable at around US$ 3B. The economy mostly depends on agropecuary exportations, but investments in education during Bolsonaro's rule increased the country's technology development sector. By 2028, the electronics industry is starting to become relevant, supplying the national industry with brazilian-made modern machinery. The sector is expected to become important within the next decade.


 * Diplomacy: Nothing yet.

Republic of France

 * Backstory: Emmanuel Macron was punished from being president of France due to being a myriad scandal during his presidency years. Édouard Philippe was the former prime minister, and became the president of France now, with Jacques Philippe being chosen by Philippe, his brother to be Prime Minister of the French.
 * Government: Is a Semi presidental Republic owned by Édouard Philippe, the new president, and Jacques Philippe, the new prime minister of France. Due to Macron's behavior during is term, he has been impeached by the head of government! The government head is now head of state since head of state is a president always and head of government is the prime minister.
 * Military:
 * Land troops:  5,000
 * Marine Troops: 7,000
 * Tanks: 1,500
 * Inactive Marine/Land troops: 1,500
 * Airplanes:  1,000
 * Miscellaneous Vehicles: 1,000
 * Elites: 3,000
 * Economy: France has high GDP and high GDP per capita, with GDP around $30,000, and GDP per capita around $750. Currently, there is no economic crisis in France since 1980s. Before 1980s ended, France suffered lots of economic problems, which from 1929-1939 was the Great Depression, which hit France's economy hard and ruined the GDP and GDP per capita at that time.
 * 'Diplomacy':
 * Italy: Do you want to sign a treaty that says that we will stop agressing forever?
 * Spain: Idfk if I need to give Navarre and Basque community regions to you!!! I dont wanna give up many regions Imfao!
 * Germany: Huh, want to fight russia?
 * Egypt: Hey, do you want to make a permanent trade alliance with me?

Iceland

 * Government: A republic. Eh. And we have the Alþingi.
 * Demographics: 356k people
 * Ethnics:
 * 92.04% Iceland
 * 3.63% Polish
 * 4.33% other
 * Military
 * Fun fact: Iceland has no military.
 * Icelandic Coast Goard:
 * 3 x Patrol vessels
 * 1 x Fixed wing aircraft
 * 3 x Helicopters
 * 2 x Patrol/survey boat
 * 200 x Officers and men
 * Economy
 * GDP: 20 billion US$, 56,180 US$ per capita
 * Mainly from tourism, fishing, alumnium producing, and stuff
 * We also drill oil in the Arctic and sell to other nations, like the United States, and use the money to fund the Valkyrie Protocol (see below)
 * Diplomacy:
 * Norway, Sweden, Finland & Denmark: I'd like to form a 'Nordic Scientific Pact' between the five of us, which encourages and pushes scientific progress forward, so we can all benefit from better technology.
 * Valkyrie Protocol: The Protocol is a plan of construction of underground shelters, powered by geothermal energy is started in Reykjavik, Akureyri and other places. The plan, dubbed the "Valkyrie Protocol" is held at the Alþingi (Icelandic parliament) since early January 2028, and will be activated whenever a catastrophe/dramatic event occurs, like a nuclear war of an epidemic. The shelters are expected to hold at least 500 thousand people over the timespan of at least 60 years to avoid any foreseenable catastrophe.

Korea

 * Government : Republic. In response to the outbreak of diseases in Africa, we enact a travel ban to the DRC, Lesotho, and South Africa for 1-2 months. The government decides to research a cure for this pathogen. Reports state that the cure will be finished in 3-9 years.
 * Economy : We start investing into the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and African nations such as the DRC, Lesotho, and South Africa. GDP growth is stable at 1.9% Current GDP rises from 1.44 trillion to 1.49 trillion.
 * Military
 * Ground Forces
 * Active troops : 627,500
 * Reserve troops : 5,202,250
 * Tanks : 2,654
 * AFV : 2,660
 * SPG : 1,990
 * Towed Artillery : 5,374
 * MLRS : 214
 * Lowering of military age to 17 : In response to the international threats, the Army decides to lower the military age to 17 to add some extra manpower.
 * Operation Armored Shield : the Army has ordered 450 K2 tanks, 65 K9 SPGs, 20 M270 MLRS, 50 K21 AFVs.
 * Air Force
 * Fighters : 406
 * Attack : 448
 * Transport : 348
 * Trainer : 273
 * Attack helicopters : 81
 * Advanced ROKAF Trainer Program or ARTP : We start bidding for a next generation trainer jet to replace the T-50 trainers.
 * Operation Korean Hawk : Orders 100 F-16, 59 F-15K, 30 F-15, 35 F-35, and 48 more Apache Longbow attack helicopters. We also order 25 FA-50.
 * Retirement of F-4 and F-5 : the Air Force retires the outdated F-4 and F-5 jets.
 * KFJ Program : to compensate for the retired F-4 and F-5, we start creating a fighter jet. Designs will be derived from the F-16, F-35, and the FA-50
 * Navy
 * Aircraft Carrier : 1
 * Frigates : 13
 * Destroyers : 12
 * Corvettes : 16
 * Submarines : 15
 * Patrol vessels : 70
 * Mine ward are : 11
 * Naval Modernization Program : we start equipping our ships with the latest weapons from the US and allies.
 * Build Build Program : the Navy Orders 10 more frigates, 12 destroyers, 5 anti-submarine corvettes, and 10 submarines.
 * Diplomacy
 * Japan : We shall put aside our hatred for each other and form a medical and economic alliance
 * U.S. : Can you send 10,000 more troops?

Sultanate of Oman

 * Government: It is an absolute monarchy witha parliament. Sultan Qaboos is the Sultan of Oman and his health is now failing at the age of 87, leaving major uncertainty on who will be the next Sultan.
 * Southern Political Unrest: With Sultan Qaboos becoming ill and his health is fading away in the late 2020s, southern Oman is seeing a spike in demand of a republican government to take place of an old monarchy. Riots in the city of Salalah are also reported on February 2028 and things are going a bit downhill at this point, with Oman pulled into a brink of a civil war due to it's political isolation.
 * Era of Political Isolation (mid 2020s-present): Politics is dividing Oman up with international affairs and the Sultan itself in its recent years has increasingly decided to move away from intervening in almost everything (which contradicts a lot of stuff made by Manto) in most relationships, but they remain having a lot of trade with other nations internationally to keep themselves afloat until the start of 2028 where Qaboos decided to announce something really weird during his final years of his life.
 * Government Establishes Companies: A bizarre announcement on March is that Sultan Qaboos has decided with the parliament to build and set up multiple companies that would develop military equipment for Oman but most of the plans and concepts for the next five years aren't going into the public for "security purposes" as Qaboos repeated.
 * Debate on Military: Sultan Qaboos insists that the military must be ramped up for "security purposes" (once again), believing that the unrest in the south should be dealt with carefully. However some military advisors are against the decision of increasing their personnel due to the risk of the nation being transitioned into a police state over repeated riots in the southern part of Oman but Qaboos is dying, so he did not have a choice.
 * Military:
 * Military Ramping Project (Act of 1-2028-1): In order to sustain the final wishes of Sultan Qaboo, the parliament had passed the Military Ramping Project, which makes Oman relegalise conscription with a three year draft for every man starting from the age of 18 to 30. The government-established companies will also work for the government to invest heavily in military technology and equipment to improve the quality of the military and also reduce reliance over other nations to import their own weapons and equipment.
 * Overall military: (Will do so later)
 * Economy: Sultan Qaboos wants self-reliance to the economy of Oman (unexpectedly) and also expand the military on his final years, which is part of an ongoing political isolation.
 * Urban Development Program (Act of 1-2028-2): The Urban Development Program established in January 2028 states that the nation of Oman should start investing on better infrastructure, especially towards remote settlements and underdeveloped areas that have been left abandoned for few years. It'll comply to a ten year plan so that it goes all in according to plan, although this was slightly delayed due to ongoing riots.
 * Self-Reliance Act (Act of 1-2028-3): Sultan Qaboos and with the parliament insisted that all people should work for something in order to be earned of something.
 * Diplomacy: EthanKoenigsberg is a shy person so #MantoFail2.0 (and you know why)

Kingdom of Norway

 * Government: Constitutional Monarchy (King: Harald V)
 * With the king getting old (2 years away from the average Norwegian death year), people are getting worried.


 * Military:
 * Reserve Personnel: 45,000
 * Active Personnel: 23,268


 * Economy: GDP: 370,000,000,000 USD (370 bil.)


 * Events:
 * The Ruso-Norwegian Wall
 * We continue on building our wall between us and Russia, but not because of refugees, because of thawing diseases in Siberia being taken over the border into Norway.


 * Diplomacy:
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo: We will send you 300,000$ in funding for curing ebola.

United Kingdom

 * Goverment
 * Aftermath of the 2027 Elections
 * Despite Labour expanding substantially in the last decade, the Tories won substantial support as their coalition government after the elections of 2022 achieved to re-estructure the British economy after a major recession after officially leaving the European Union. With this, the Tories achieved a majority victory in 2027, and need no coalition to govern as they wish.
 * Economy
 * The economy,Years after the EU: After the UK's exit of the European Union in 2021, investment in the country decreased further, and the British economy saw a recession and further devaluation of the Sterling. After the election of 2022, the Tories established a coalition government with the DUP, and surprisingly enough, their steadfast inner market reforms put the economy out of the recession and back to healthy growth.
 * The 2018 Budget : Although mostly normal, the UK's Defence budget on 2018 is 2.3% of the GDP.
 * Military
 * British Army
 * 75.000 Regular Army
 * 30.000 Reserve Army
 * RAF
 * 30.000 Active Personnel
 * 890 Operational Aircraft
 * Royal Navy
 * 30.000 Regular
 * The UK's Power Projection: With the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Prince of Wales, armed with modern F-35s, Britain can now protect it's lands better than anytime before.
 * The 2025 Act Finalizes : in 2025, Parliament approved a bill saying that all British troops in non-NATO nations would be withdrawn, including humanitarian aid. This act was criticized by many as selfish, but nevertheless, the troops once abroad are now stationed not in the home islands, but mostly in British overseas territories.
 * Diplomacy: The United Kingdom does not have any diplomatic missions for Q1.

Kingdom of Spain

 * 2028 elections: Over the last four years, the Citizens' party has governed the nation in coalition with the conservative People's Party. Their political force was confirmed on July 1st's elections, with Inés Arrimadas (the leader of Citizens') securing a majority once again. In the past decade, Arrimadas had managed to defeat the independentist bloc in Catalonia, earning her huge support across the entire country. Meanwhile, the radical left coalition lead by coalition made huge gains, however, they were still far away from a majority as they refused to negotiate with the more moderate PSOE.
 * Results:
 * Citizens (C's): 37.51% - 158 seats (+3)
 * United We Can (Podemos-IU): 29.88% - 99 seats (+37)
 * People's Party (PP): 14.02% - 45 seats (-9)
 * Spanish Socialist Laborist Party (PSOE): 12.19% - 37 seats (-25)
 * Together for Catalonia (JxCat): 3.27% - 11 seats (+1)
 * Catalonian Republican Left (ERC): 0.53% - 0 seats (-7)
 * Other parties: 1.76% - 0 seats (*)
 * Invalid votes: 0.84%
 * Government: Arrimadas' government has taken a more isolationist stance on international affairs (without completely ignoring the EU), advocating for a non-intervention policy. Although it is expected to remain this way, the recent surge of infectious diseases, as well as the actions of our neighboors, are isuess that will need to be deal with.
 * Epidemiological alerts: A travel warning is issued for Bolivia, the DRC, South Africa and Lesotho due to the recent surge of outbreaks of infectious diseases within their borders. There are no restrictions for people traveling to South Africa, Bolivia or Lesotho, but high security measures are taken for those travelling to the DRC. People travelling to the DRC are required to get a shot of the Ebolavirus vaccine, and if anyone travelling from the DRC to Spain shows symptons of the disease, they undergo a series of medical tests to make sure they are not infected by Ebola.
 * Research and medicine: Although some sectors had urged the government to take action against emergent infectious disease (Ebola, yellow fever and those Siberian viruses), Arrimadas' isolationist stance has resulted in no major actions for now. However, some additional funding is given to medical research centers.
 * Terrorism: During the Islamic State crisis in the past decade, a series of policies had been enacted to grant the military additional powers during events considered as "national emergencies". This protocol was known as "the Córdoba plan" and it was criticized back in the day, although the constant threat of islamic terrorist attacks was given as an excuse to keep it (see the Barcelona 2017 attacks). Among other things, the military had also received additional funding, in order to train recruits on how to deal with terrorist threats. Nowadays the plan is still active, but more and more voices are calling for it to end as the threat of terrorism fades. Nevertheless, Arrimadas has decided to keep the status quo for the meantime.
 * Military: The military is not expanded.
 * Economy: The economy has managed to stabilize to a certain point although there is still an unemployment problem. The government has been looking for ways to solve it, but nothing concrete has been done yet.
 * Diplomacy: No relevant diplomacy is done for now.

2028 Q2
Mongolia is now a Kazakh ally.

'''Protests occur all over France over the economic state and corruption within the government. In addition, the EU has expelled France from the Eurozone program until their economy recovers.'''

None of the nations respond to France, due to the fact that the requests are random and have no apparent justification.

Japan reminds Korea that their alliance from the Korean War in 2021 still stands, but agrees to improving relations.

The Kingdom of Norway has been criticised by the Russian government, which calls the Russo-Norwegian wall an unnecessary element that is seen as a diplomatic barrier.

Please be reminded that any attempt to cure a disease would follow the cure path in order to have any effect in the map game.