Talk:Patient (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20180131223051

United States of America
 * Government
 * Other Problems: There isn't much to say about any political changes of this quarter as political drama itself seems to end at this point after a year and a half of chaos, asides the closeness of the 2030 midterms. The US government however still remain heavily vigilant and had started reintroducing people into New York City once again after full evacuations were made. However black dust remains a big issue and a mystery as the ZCP forces found high concentrations of such matter in a highly quarantined part of the city (see research).
 * Military:
 * Military budget slashed, once again: Due to the Congress seeing another interest in launching another mission to space, the military budget is reduced very slightly (just about 5%) to dedicate into launching another mission to Mars and also sending up an unknown satellite similar to the Zuma satellite project back in 2018 but their actual goal is to analyse the mystery of these "quick sunsets" that has been happening for about almost half the year now.
 * Research
 * Black dust: Black dust is analysed by the ZCP's research base if it contains pathogen and will also be tested for numerous reasons, if it be blown away at great distances (which will be done at controlled conditions), containing human DNA (if the theory of Zalgos turning into dust was true) or if it is spread by Zalgos.
 * Zalgo Consciousness Protocol: Due to one of the subjects inside a ZCP base saying "We had to leave. It was coming. My family was there. I could not save them all. My children are dust. But it is the only way to come back. I must save them all." It was from a girl and one was mumbling about hyperzoonotic transfer which no-one would ever understand but now they have talked, new rules have been set up. All Zalgos who have spoken are taken into separate rooms and be recorded with, which they have to be accompanied by one ZCP soldier and researcher who must record every voicing or mumbling. Then they will be taken into research and piece out what they are actually trying to say and if they are consistent. Although it may be inconsistent at that time, the more voices, the more likely that they can eventually see a better image of what they claim to be "fleeing from".
 * Space operations: The unusual quick sunsets have led to the interest of the President's attempt to look up to the stars, including Mars. Some of the military budget was slashed once again to be redirected to fund towards a satellite in analysing the quick sunsets and what may cause it. If so, then could it be communicated somehow through any variant of language? Also a manned mission to Mars was about to be raised as well, but sceptics are worried about NASA putting a man to Mars for many reasons - although they will only include researchers and soldiers in the field and not civilians, perhaps something was quite behind that was long lost. They slated an early 2032 landing date in a secret deal.
 * Economy
 * Early 2030s economic depression: An economic depression is starting to recover but many expect the recovery to take long and for unemployment, probably it'll remain at 10% despite a decline in such unemployment that was being contributed every month from 15.4% to 14.3% in six months from creating newer jobs. This was due to the rise of automation that has increasingly being adopted and that struggling to create new jobs on different sectors will be a long-term problem. It would've been around 15% if the infected hasn't reduced the unemployment rate even further and that poses a big threat without any sort of universal basic income in place.
 * Diplomacy
 * Korea: When you overreact, you deserve it.
 * Zalgo Foundation: The United States has accepted membership and thus the ZCP has joined the Foundation and exposing most of their research data to other members as well.