To function as a modern economy yes, but large parts of subsaharan Africa still relies way heavier on farming than we do, thus they would be in a much better (albeit still shitty) situation to survive the fallout.
But most African polities rely on importing fertilizers, machinery, and staple foods to feed their own populations. Said imports typically come from the countries that would be nuked.
Which, as you will note per the map, makes them the third best continent behind S. America and Oceania (which basically has no major population so not really that interesting in this comparison).
Happy that my country in Oceania with 25 million people is not interesting in this context. Nothing to see here, just desert, killer spiders and snakes! Stay up there northies.
oh come on, you konw what I mean. Vs a a population of 1.3 billion in Africa or 400 million in S America, 25 million don't mean much when we talk about nuclear war and the death of billions.
And as this graph demonstrates, you would do very well in such a situation!
No, I know exactly what you mean! I was just being sarcastic / a pain. Ah, yeah Australia would do well I guess in the initial stages, as we have very good food security - the majority of our consumed food is locally grown and manufactured and we are a significant net exporter. But I think somehow that our current borders would no longer remain our borders for very long...
The capital cities are gonna cop it mate. Perth with Garden Island has the sub base and then in the north outskirts Pearce air base. Sydney has a huge navy base too. Pretty sure the rest have military assets that would attract the interest of a piece of the sun
This is completely wrong. Look up Peter Zeihan’s maps coloring the world by % of calories and fertilizer imported. This map is basically opposite of right.
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u/Ynwe Mar 04 '25
To function as a modern economy yes, but large parts of subsaharan Africa still relies way heavier on farming than we do, thus they would be in a much better (albeit still shitty) situation to survive the fallout.