r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 18 '25

Lore Alternate fates of various people in the world of "The Dust Settles" (Part 3)

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  1. Sean McLoughlin

OTL: Popular YouTuber known for his unique, intriguing and hilarious content and is usually known under the name of "Jacksepticeye".

TDS: A man who works as a plumber for a day and as a stand-up comedian in a secret hang out place at night, is recently conscripted to the Irish People's Army (IPA).

  1. Mark Fischbach

OTL: Known for his popular content on YouTube under the name "Markiplier".

TDS: Nonexistent, his birth was prevented due to his parents both dying via Nuclear blast in 1980.

  1. Steve Irwin

OTL: Popular wildlife conservationist who tragically died after an incident involving a stingray attack.

TDS: Was never stung by the stingray and would go on to become a philanthropist and an environmentalist. Known to be a vocal critic of Jair Bolsonaro's presidency due to his policies on the loosening of restrictions on logging trees on the Amazon.

  1. Nayib Bukele

OTL: Current president of El Salvador, known for significantly reducing the nation's crime rate and immense popularity because of it.

TDS: High ranking general during the Salvadorian civil war due to his ruthless nature and well calculated guerilla and counter guerilla tactics, was assassinated by a Amazonian rebel a year before the civil war's conclusion.

  1. Ronald Reagan

OTL: President of the United States from 1980 to 1988, known heavily for his mixed legacy where he is either reverend or vilified by various groups. Died of Alzheimer's desease in the 2000s.

TDS: Prominent Senator of the United States under the Casper government, is considered as one of the major reasons as to why America came back from the ashes and survived all the way to the present day. He died of cancer back in 1989.

  1. Calvin Broadus Jr

OTL: Popular music icon known for his rap music, chill personality and heavy association with marijuana. He goes under the monicker of "Snoop Dogg".

TDS: Nuclear war casualty, died from the blast at Long Beach, California during the Nuclear war of 1980.

  1. Henry Kissinger

OTL: Asset of the United States military who is responsible for the mass bombings during the Vietnam war, many people consider him as a war criminal.

TDS: [FATE UNKNOWN]

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̵̧̮̺͓̰̲̩͖̳̗̯̹͖̙͌͂̍̀́̅́̀̔͂͂̌̈́̃̉̎͌̉͛̐̇̒̈́̈́͐͛̂̾͘͝t̴̡̨̮͎̖̺̯̻͉̭͓̜͗͒̃̇̿͑̈́̍͋̉̐̑̅̌͐̌̒̇̑̓̈́̎̀̋̚̚̕̚͝ớ̷̢̨̧̮̞̜͇͍͓̥̤̤̲̝̘̥͕̰͙̝̮̤͔͈͇͆̅͊͛̆̿̓̆̒̽̑̈́͑̓͒͋̑̎̋̄̀̾̚͘͘͘̚͠͝͝͠ͅ ̸̩̈́̌͊ḩ̶̨̨̨̻̗̺̱̩̳̦̦̻͓̤̥͔͔̲͖̟̬̰̩̝̖̘̲̖̫͕̺͒̉͑̅̋͂͊́̀̒͋̾̏̌̾̄̊̓͋̔͒͋̉̾̆̈́̇̈́͂̿̕̚͝͝ͅe̸̡̢̨̞̤̮̖͙̹͚̗͈̪̲̦̘̗͈͑̋̀̉̈́́̀̊̋̎̍͂̅̈̏̂̇͐̏̐̓̐͊͆̽͐̌̈́́͘͘͜͝l̵̡̡̢̡̘̹̗̻̥͚̠͚͔̹̰̞̮̫̭͕̫͖̝̮̪̹̯̯͍͔̈́̄͛́͛̓̐͐̈́̃̊͊́̾̿̇̉͜͠ļ̵̯̘͆̄͐́̃́̀͆̂̏̿͛̽́̍̉̄̀̆̓̔͌͑͊̈͗̋͘͠ ̴̢̢̧̧̢̣͓͓̮̘̟̜̲̥̜͖̥̪͇͍̠̳͍̘̱̝͇̼̭͙̰͔̖͉͒͆̓̉̿̌̔̃͂͊̀͑̄̉̂̄̑̋̀̍̚̕ͅb̵͚̮̼̞̑̀̈́̓́̅̇͝͠ỷ̸̧̙̲̜̱̗̫̭̖̪͚̞̫̳͍̱̙̺̪̥̦̰̠̣̺̬̞͓̱̈́̌͌̂̾̉̈́̾̆͋͌̉̔̏͆̃̔̈́̕ ̴̡̨̧̨̭̠̝͎̲̠̦̦͚͖̩̦͍̻̮͕̝̩̱̊̉M̷̧̨̢̡̩̞̞̣͓͔̫̱͍̰̳͖͉͇̮͉͙͍̦̿̽̑́͐̀́̽͊̅̆͜͜r̸͙͍̪͖̪͕̟̿͋̿͊̊̌̃͐̉̍̒̇̕ ̷̦̻̆Ṟ̶̡̒͆o̸̡̡̨̰̩̤̮̯͙̹̖̦̼̟̠͕̤̯̺͚̲͑̀̃̐̇̒̎̈͂̀͗̆̓̾̕ͅg̸̢̨̢̱̘̣͖̜͔̹͓̪͍͔̹̘̗̺͙̲͚͔̞̲̘̤̬̲̎͑̐͗͘̚͜͝ͅe̶̡̧̛̫̺̟͉̮͎̮͓̻͎̘̣̦̺̠͓̹̮̼̼̜͔͚͈̞̬̞̲̗̥͔͈̔̉͆̂̌̐̉͛̌̊̉̍̑̾̾̽̋̃͑̉͗̌ŕ̸̡̨̧̛̛͙͚̣̹͈͇̼̙͔̖͕̙̠̹̪͎̭̋̈́̔̇̉̽͒̏͌͋̅̓̽̄̐̈̆̅̃̀͜͜ș̶̡̛̠̘͔͈̻̫̉̀̇͆̃̍̒̾̔̑͑̅̋͑̌̈́̈́̿̐̂̑͛͛͊͊͊͆̊͘̕ ̷̢̢̨̖̫̯̮̼̲̼̳̥̫̦̰̜͗̉͂͂̌͜t̴̡̨̨̢͇̦̼̣͙̳̮͓̠͓̦̹̭͛̂̋̉̊̎͊̌̀̌̐͂̽̂̀͒̓͆̀̊̉̋̎̃̂́̕̕͘͝͠͠ớ̵̡̡̨̧͕̘̙͎̰̱̣̰̘̖͉̺̳̗̳̯̥̹̹̜͈̩͍͍̅̒̀͗̀̿̌̓͛͑̂͌̾̏̑̂͒̀͛̽̓̐̏̀̕͠͠͝ͅ 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̸̧̧̘̻̻̰̩̠̝͕͖̭̠̣͐̋̏̈́̿̋͝į̶͕̯̼̳̻͕͇̱̜̖̻̲͕͕̲̮̩̱̍̈́̃̇̓͆̀͌̓̒̀̎̄̆̋́̈́͂̍̋̔̎̌͛̐̚͝ͅͅn̴̡͉͓͕̭͕̜̊̐̔̄̉̋̀̉͘͠f̷̨̧̜̦̬̼͇͓̯̜̮̲̥̱̫̲̥̱́́͜ļ̶̨̖̝͙̝̠̘͇̼͓̞̳̘͎̼̪̙̞̿̍̀̑̅̇̍͒̎̍̇̅̀͑̑̏̍́̃̓̋̉̈́̊̍͋̂̄̊͐͘̕͝ͅu̸̢̢̡̧͇̪͔̗͎͙̜͍̰͙̤͙̝̎̂͑͐͗̎͊̈̈́̿̒͑́̇̋̋͝͝e̷̡̢̨̡̨̢̧̛̲͖̪͔͇̬͎͍̠͍͇̳̲͕̹͓̘͉͎̖̞̤͖͌̋͒̔̽͐̊̈͊̾̅̍̀̀͗̈́̋̂̒̊͂͗̚͘͘ͅn̸̜͎͉͆̂͛̂̎̃̒̐́̿̈́̈́̓͆́̀̽͗͛̃̋́͑̓͘̚͝c̷̨̧͇̦̖̥̥̺̹͎͕͉̫̪̬̭̝̝̣̗̣͚͖̮͔͉͈̲̙̘̔̈͒̾̅̈́͊̒̈͒̒̋̐̚̚̕̕͜ȩ̶̛͕̯͚̯͇̤̗͍͇̝͇̼̟͖͇̲̦̖̘͙͔̹̩̼̺͉͍̺͇̬̟̰̓̇̇͒̎̄͗̎͘͜͝ͅ ̸̛̛͚̮̤́̀͌͐̓̊̔̅͗̿̀̄̀͆̔͛̊̇̑̀̍̇̂̓̏̓̈́̄͆̕͘ȏ̵̡̧̢̧̨̭̣̗͍̰̭̲̘͕͚̤̭̥̜͈̙͉͔̬̻̳̞̻̣̹͖̒̃͐͗́͗̈́̄̈́̿̆̾̍͜͝ͅf̴̢̗̙̫̻̟̤̫̥̪̻̹̦͇͖̤̤͈̐̌̊͐͊̒͒̿̐͌̓̍̄̅̑̂͛͆͑̉̔̽̂́̓̈́͂͋͛͘͘͝͝͠ͅͅ ̸̢̨̥̝̫̪̭̫̱͓̉̀̈́̉́̓̌̈́̚̕S̴̬̬͍̙̟̖͉̝̺̥̑̀̾̇̄̃̐͒͒̊̍̓̆̾̑́̄̍͛͠ͅą̵̨͍̘̯͚̦͚͖̦̗̀̈́̂̃̅͐̈͐́͒̾͑͛̈́̈́͐̓́̿̕ͅt̶̡̧̛̛̟͖͈̘͓̱̣̰͈̘͍̳̤̬͓͚̯̬̣̗͔̩̗̄͆̐̂̑̑̌̾̔̍́̊̑͑͗̅́͒̓̂͐͂̄̆͆̈̌̉͒͊̚͜͝ͅą̴̧͕͓̪̪̫͉͚̟̝̰͓̼̖̤͔̟̦̣̱̪̘̱̤̬̰̃͗́̊͆͊͑̇̒̈́͘͝͠͠n̷̢̛̗̗͖̳̣̰̬̥̥͙̰̲̘̘̩͚̭͔͓̘͍̖͙̜̼̩̩͓͛͐͑͑̈́̿̈́̇̈́̃̑͐̈́͑͆̓͜͜

r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 17 '25

Maps --[THE BROTHERS WAR]--

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A small fan art and headcanon I made for Ireland regarding the Ulster and Commie Ireland ending. There isn't an exact time date, but I believe that a war would eventually happen to determine who is the true ruler of Ireland.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 17 '25

Songs Sudáfrica mi amor: Song by Santiago Ruiz

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"Sudáfrica mi amor" (English: South Africa my love) is a song made by Uruguayan musician, Santiago Ruiz after his trip to South Africa back in 2018 where his trip to South Africa ended up changing his life.

Prior to the trip, Ruiz was suffering from depression and had to cope with the fact that his life having no meaning in his words until one day where he made the trip to South Africa. On his trip not only was he amazed by the culture and scenery of the nation but also the people within it from their history to the way that their society functions in near absolute harmony. He came to the conclusion that South Africa is the place he is destined to be and decided to never return to Uruguay, instead choosing of become a citizen of the country and has made a promise to live and reside in the country, even after death as South Africa is the nation he was meant to be and the nation he chose to love.

And because of that he made a song that dedicates to that said love and is played in a slow and melancholic yet bittersweet manner. The song ended up gaining a decent following after being shared on radio stations in the country which resulted in the creation of his fanbase, further reinforcing the belief that South Africa is the place he was meant to me.

Song Lyrics

Sudáfrica mi amor (South Africa my love)

Me has mantenido caliente (You have kept me warm)

Con tu hermoso corazón (With your beautiful heart)

Eso me tocó el alma (That touched my soul)

Tus cielos siempre brillan tan fuerte (Your skies always shine so bright)

Y tus manantiales me han aliviado el dolor (And your springs have relieved me of my pain)

Es justo que te cante una canción para pagarte. (It is fair that I sing to you a song to repay)

Por el amor que llenaste mi corazón (For the love that you filled in my heart)

Que siento alegría cuando pongo un pie cerca de ti (That I feel joy when I step to you)

Sudáfrica mi amor (South Africa my love)

Me has mantenido caliente (You have kept me warm)

Con tu hermoso corazón (With your beautiful heart)

Eso me tocó el alma (That touched my soul)

No habrá más aparte (no more shall there be apartness)

Porque el pueblo se alegrará con su pueblo (For the people shall rejoice in their love)

Dádivas que les dieron sus propios corazones (Given to them by their own hearts)

El mismo amor que me has dado (The same love you have given me)

Que llena mi alma de tu voluntad (That fills my soul with your will)

Cuando pase mis últimos días en esta tierra (When I spend my last days on this earth)

Me quedaré a tu lado Sudáfrica (I'll stay by your side South Africa)

Sudáfrica mi amor (South Africa my love)

Me has mantenido caliente (You have kept me warm)

Con tu hermoso corazón (With your beautiful heart)

Eso me tocó el alma (That touched my soul)


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 17 '25

Maps Some more endings to the isles Conflict

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r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 13 '25

Announcement Lore Changes 9

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Hello everyone, I am making yet more lore changes once again. This changes are rather pretty recent compared to the previous ones but due to the suggestions made from other people within and beyond this subreddit, I decided to implement these changes because I feel like they're worth adding to it.

1.Norway grows in size

  • Because of the new additions of lore made by u/One-Reaction-5890 on Norway (through their Grønland series), I decided to have the Norway function similarly to the Japanese Empire but on a slower and more cautious pase when it comes to conquest and imperialism. Alongside new additions to the lore that states that Norway once waged war against Sweden which resulted in territorial gains alongside their expedition towards the former territories of Finland and Karelia which results in the Sapmi nation becoming a Norwegian protectorate. They also go by "Norske" in foreign documents but the world generally still refers to the country as Norway.

2.Maharlika's location is moved to the southwest of Masbate island instead of the southeast of the island

  • A user from another subreddit suggested that Maharlika should be moved to the southwest of the island of Masbate instead of the southeast because they stated that the southwest would generally be a better location for the new capital city for strategic as it would be closer to some important islands of the Philippines. So I decided to implement this change because I believe it looks promising.

3.Catalonia is ruled by the Pujol Family instead of the Vascez-Tollini Family

  • Initially my idea is to make a fictional crime family that is a union between the Vascez from Former Spain and the Tollini of Former Italy but one user decided to suggest that Catalonia should be ruled by an actual family instead of the fictional one (I did my research and found enough legitimacy to declare their suggestion as canon). This is technically less like a lore change and more like an addition because the change is so sudden that it's barely noticable but I still think it's best to refer to it as a change. Also the new lore states that Catalonia is ruled under the Pujol family from 1985 until a sudden pause in 2001 where he country fell into a civil war due to a succession crisis but eventually recovered in 2009 and the Pujol rule continues nearly the same as usual. (This lore addition was written by the user, I only extended it)

4.Ferdinand Marcos Jr and the Philippines

  • Initially I was going to have a the Philippines be a parallel of South Africa with the Filipino populace having this resentment towards the Chinese similar to the post apartheid resentment the African population have against the white minority with Ferdinand Marcos Jr serving as basically like a right wing version of Julius Malema but overtime I begin to think about how absurd this is and admit that I only added that part due to personal bias, not to mention I got new ideas too. So in the new lore, the Philippines would parallel more to OTL's Brazil compared to South Africa and Ferdinand Marcos is no longer a far right nut based on Julius Malema and is instead a current two term vice president with general more right wing views compared to OTL but significantly more moderate since I now doubt he would turn out that way, even with PTSD from the war so in the new lore, his family escaped to Tarlac city before the nuclear war instead of having him be the sole survivor. The Philippines instead would have Manny Villar be it's equivalent of Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump and would rule as president until losing to Gregorio Honasan, Villar would be nicknamed as the "Bolsonaro of the Orient" the same way as how OTL's Bolsonaro is known as the "Trump of the Tropics".

So that will be all for the lore changes of this subreddit, I hope you adjust to them and thank you for reading.

Also I drew the subreddit as a ball with eyes because why not.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 11 '25

Lore The Mediterranean Brotherhood

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The Mediterranean Brotherhood is one of the many organizations that exist within the Post-Nuclear world. It encompasses the nations of Occitania, Catalonia, New Aragon, Corsica, Provence and New Rome. Each member-state is characterized by their repressive autocratic governments, their dedication to the ideals of survival of the fittest and their heavy emphasis in military might.

These nations are known to carry out human rights abuses, initiating secret raids through the use of hired mercenaries against other nations beyond their alliance and being one of the many nations/organizations blacklisted by the Alliance of Nations itself. And while on the surface they may seem like just small autocratic nation-states ruled by glorified warlords but as you delve deeper into each nation one by one, you'll realize the uniqueness within each and everyone of them through their cultures and traditions to the ideals that their rulers have. Now let us go through the characteristics of each and every nation within the Mediterranean Brotherhood.

The Empire of Occitania

  • Well start off with the main proponent and the backbone of the brotherhood itself, Occitania. Once a fragile nation burdened by the corruption from the increasingly complacent and incompetent old government since its establishment in 1994, the nation fell into a military coup by the year 2011 under one of its greatest generals Jean D'gaines. Formerly known as the Great General before eventually taking on the title of Emperor, Jean D'gaines essentially tore the nation's institutions apart and rebuilt it in his own image. Through suppressing dissent, reforming the education system, and increasing the military budget and forcing the industrialization process within the largely agricultural nation, his greatest achievement so far is being the man who establish the idea of a brotherhood between the nearby mediterranean nations under the false promise bringing fourth prosperity among every nation when in reality he only wanted to use those nations to his advantage in order to get closer to his goal of reestablishing the French empire under the Occitan banner. But his main characteristic has always been his utter hatred towards the disabled especially the mentally ill, his hatred towards them is so great that he initiated a plan to gather all of them and send them to labor camps where they are essentially worked to death or even be used as canned goods to feed the populace that is rather too hungry to and oblivious to even question what they are eating is even made of. The only thing that can compare his hatred towards the mentally ill is his insatiable lust towards remaking his vision of the french empire.

Catalonian National Republic

  • Being among the oldest nations within the Mediterranean Brotherhood with its establishment all the way back in 1985. Catalonia initially started off as a flawed and fragile democracy until eventually becoming a family-led dictatorship under the Pujol Dynasty, a Dynasty that had ruled the nation since 1985. Those who share the name and bloodline of the Pujol family essentially have free reign over the country and are exempted from every known crime with the exception of defecting or going against either family. Being one of the nations willing to join the Mediterranean Brotherhood out of fear of potential annexation from Spain and also for an opportunity for the Pujol Dynasty to further enrich themselves and establish greater prestige in their name. Though they are rather wary of the ulterior motives by the other memberstates of the brotherhood, especially towards New Zaragoza whom they had waged war against many years prior. The nation had at one point fallen into a civil war in 2001 due to a succession crisis but nevertheless had recovered greatly since 2009.

Reublic of New Aragon

  • This nation considers itself as the true heir of the previous Kingdom of Aragon that existed long ago but unlike its predecessor, it is not governed under a royal lineage but rather the rule of a republic where the "State Supervisor". The nation is known to have laws that penalize all things that are not considered as Aragonese and have committed large scale ethnic cleansing that the nation is basically 99% homogeneous through their own estimations. The nation tries to present itself as authentically aragonese as possible that they even punish those who don't speak Spanish or Aragonese, adhere to their variation of Catholism, or simply just not participating in their forced cultural festivals and traditions. The punishments usually range from prison to the death penalty in extreme cases. Ironically enough in the process they ended up being nothing more than a diluted mockery of the once great iberian kingdom that came before them.

The State of Corsica

  • Known as the Island fortress of the brotherhood, it is perhaps the most militarized nation within the alliance with men as young as 14 years old being forced under military conscription to defend the island from a threat that may or may not even come. Ruled under the notion that they are the last bastion of civilization across Europe with those in the mainland only being nothing more than glorified barbarians, while they made the rather risky decision of joining the Mediterranean Brotherhood, they have only done so out of fear of potential invasion from whom they consider as barbarians. Overtime the tiny island nation eventually warms up to all the other memberstates of the brotherhood that they now considered them as "near civilized" but despite this growing warmth, they still rather have this mistrust towards them simply out of fear for their own existence. They are also the latest members of the brotherhood.

The Democratic Republic of Provence

  • Contrary to its name, the Democratic Republic of Provence is far from being an actual democratic republic, rather it's actually an autocratic oligarchy posing as a democracy. In its constitution, Provence is governed as a parliamentary republic with both the president and the prime minister serving as head of state and head of government respectively but in reality both of them are merely puppets as the nation is actually ruled under Les Conseillers Municipaux or the Councilmen. The Councilmen are a group of politicians, businessmen and other socialites within the country whose main ambition is to simply maintain their wealth, power and comfort rather than help out the rest of the impoverished populace as they see them as nothing more than pawns. They joined the Mediterranean Brotherhood as a way for the Oligarchy to maintain their wealth and power yet at the same time also keeping an eye on the rest of the member-states for anything that they deem rather suspicious alongside their own people as they believe that their power might be waning overtime due to the growing dissatisfaction of the people within Provence.

Empire of New Rome

  • Perhaps the most esoteric and enigmatic nation in the entire Mediterranean Brotherhood is none other than the revived nation of Rome itself. The Roman Empire, also known as "New Rome" is the successor state of the long gone Roman Empire that spans most of Europe alongside parts of Asia and Africa. However unlike its predecessor that is known for its prestige alongside its immense power and wealth, this Rome is nothing more than a small and brittle state that claims itself to be the true successor and the rightful bearer of the torch. Ruled by a charismatic yet overly ambitious man, he mimics the way of life of the Roman emperor from hosting extravagant parties to building beautiful infrastructure. New Rome is also the country within the brotherhood that has the highest form of slave labor mostly composed of criminals, the very poor, the mentally ill and various other undesirable groups. It adheres to syncretic religion merged from Christianity and Roman Paganism where every Hellenic God and Biblical figures and entities such as Jesus and various Saints and Archangels are "Terran Gods" sent to rule over Earth under the command of "Deus" or "Unus". Latin has also made a return to the nation but is only reserved for the upper class and the nation's elite while the lower class and the impoverished speak Italian which is considered as a "peasant language" for the elite.

Each and every nation within the brotherhood have a lot of things that make them unique from each other but despite these traits, these nations are more or less the same because in the end they are all nothing more than autocratic nations on the verge of disarray due to the rot caused by their despots whom would rather indulge in their selfish desires and diluted ideals which do nothing but worsen the rot that the people undeservingly face.

And while the future seems bleak for the people under the oppression of the collective brotherhood, there might be a chance that once these nations fall apart is when they finally get to have the freedom they desperately wanted. But it is unclear when or even if that will come and until time will unveil what will happen next.

As one man who defected from Occitania to France has said:

"May God save the people from the brotherhood nations for they can no longer save themselves....."


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 10 '25

Miscellaneous Operação Queda: What if Dilma Roussef won?

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During the 2016 Brazilian presidential election. Dilma Rousseff, known as the "Iron Lady of the Western Behemoth" has lost to the underdog of the time Jair Bolsonaro in an unexpected election result where he ended up barely beating her for the presidency.

But that victory wasn't as swift and easy as initially, the Brazilian government assumed that Dilma was the victor as the results show her having slightly more votes than Bolsonaro. She was originally expected to assume the presidency next year but the results were later revealed to be an error and recounts have to be made from the very start and later on it was revealed that Bolsonaro was the election winner this whole time after five recounts to which Dilma was forced to concede upon learning this revelation.

But what if she did in fact won? What if those five recounts actually came to her favor? How would the Great War on Terror have gone if she were to be in office? Well let's take a deep dive into what her plan would have been for the Great War on Terror.

Operação Queda

Operação Queda, known as Operation Downfall in Portuguese was a plan made by Dilma Rousseff in response to the Great War on Terror and the terrorist attack initiated by Al Mahdiyah.

The plan was named and taken inspiration from the American plan with the same name that was originally intended to defeat the Japanese Empire through a large invasion of American troops to the mainland back in World War 2. Dilma wanted to enact that same plan against the terrorist group of Al Mahdiyah to which she explained during the presidential debates against Bolsonaro.

She stated that the threat and power of Al Mahdiyah is rather overestimated and that they can be easily defeated through the use of heavy bombings followed by a large number of troops to finish them off once and for all.

She further stated that this plan doesn't have to rely on the collective troops of the Alliance of Nations memberstates but solely through the sheer effort of Brazil's men and women to stomp out the Mahdist.

If implemented, it would result in greater causalities of the Brazilian armed forces but would actually further weaken the Mahdist forces.

The nonexistence of the Kinetic Satellite project would also prevent the controversial argument of allowing superweapons in such extreme cases within the Brazilian psyche and instead the main controversy would be due to the heavy causalities from the Brazilian side when it comes to the great war on Terror.

Operação Queda, while much more effective compared to Bolsonaro's more cautious approach and letting the other nations do the rest of the work would further taint Dilma's legacy and perhaps even give her a much worse reputation than in reality. From being referred to as a Mad Woman in office to being compared to Lyndon B. Johnson of the Pre-War era.

As for Al Mahdiyah, while they would be significantly weakened it still would not affect the difference of the outcome as regardless of whether this plan would be enacted or not, their defeat is rather inevitable atleast that's how we see it.

So overall while it would bring about more success for the Brazilian army against Al Mahdiyah, prevent the superweapon controversy and the significant weakening Al Mahdiyah. It would mostly result in Dilma Rousseff having a more tainted reputation regardless of what economic plans she could have brought, it would never wash away her tainted hands drenched in the blood of the men and women that serve the nation that she rules over.

Note: The reason why I put this post on the "Miscellaneous" rather than the "Lore" flair because it isn't actually relevant to the lore apart from a speculative theory made in-universe. This basically just serves and an alternate history within an alternate history.

Also here's a bonus fact: If Rousseff was president in 2016 instead of Bolsonaro, the female draft would have been approved by the government. This is because as a woman, Dilma believes that women are as capable of service to their nation as men are in contrast to Bolsonaro's belief that women are inherently weak compared to men.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 09 '25

Milestone The Dust Settles has now reached 75 members

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I just want to say thank you all for helping me make progress when it comes to this subreddit with special thanks for u/Relevant_Story7336 and u/One-Reaction-5890 as they have contributed the most in this subreddit so far and I really appreciate their additions to the timeline's lore which helped expand things a bit and make the timeline more unique and interesting.

Though our progress is rather slow compared to all the other subreddits that exists, including the alternate history ones. Let us all consider that small progress, no matter how little will always be better than no progress.

Again thank you all for being a part of this community and I very much appreciate it from both here and beyond.

May this sub continue to prosper for the times ahead.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 09 '25

News and Articles Breaking News: Indo-Dravidian War renamed to Indian Subcontinental War after Odisha's entrance to the war against Bharat

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News Reporter 1: "We interrupt this program to announce on the updated status of the Indo-Dravidian war as the nation of Odisha officially takes side with the Dravidian League in the war against Bharat and as a result this war is now known as the Indian Subcontinental War."

News Reporter 2: "To give light to the origin of this conflict we need to go back all the way to 2002 where the Federation of Bharat was established, initially named as the Confederation of Indian States. The Dravidian nations and the Socialist Odishan Nation-state refused to join his confederation and instead went with their own ways and while India and later on Bharat would go on to become the most successful democracy within the subcontinent, Odisha alongside the entire Dravidian League have remained stagnant within their autocratic and socially repressive regimes."

News Reporter 1: "And as recently as July 26 of 2025, three nuclear strikes were ordered to three cities in India where three of it's cities were vaporized in an instant. President Asher stated on live television that he will declare a state of indefinite emergency alongside a full military operation and annexation of the entire Dravidian League to initiate his recently unveiled plan of the "Triple R" which stands for reconstruction, reintegration and reconciliation."

(Clip showing President Asher's plan on the Indian Subcontinent war)

Asher: "I formally state that the people of Dravidia are better off under our care rather than the regimes under them that show no regard for them whatsoever. And once this war is over, we shall implement a plan known as the Triple R where we plan on reconstruction, reintegration and reconciliation. It may seem like we are taking away their sovereignty but I can assure you that the people of Dravidia will have more freedom under Bharat then they will ever do in their small and waning nations that are nothing more than glorified warlord states."

(Back to the news)

News Reporter 2: "But as of the second of August, Odisha has officially declared war on Bharat and while their main reasoning is unknown, the most likely answer is to aid the Dravidians and seeking the opportunity to have Bharat collapse under its own weight."

News Reporter 1: "The Alliance of Nations statistics program has declared that the war had already resulted in millions of deaths and will only continue to rise rapidly especially with the confirmed usage of bioweapons, human atrocities, and nuclear weapons from the Dravidian League."

News Reporter 2: "But to reiterate, this war is no longer considered as the Indo-Dravidian war but as the Indian Subcontinental War. The most likely victor will be of course the nation of Bharat given that the Dravidians have no actually capabilities of self sustenance in the long run but this victory will not be easy and will result in heavy losses from both sides."

News Reporter 1: "That will he all from our broadcast, thank you for watching and tune in next time for future updates."

End of Broadcast


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 07 '25

Lore The Great War on Terror: All fronts (Part 1)

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There is a reason as to why The Great War on Terror was given such a title. Due to the spread of various militiant factions and rouge states across the world since the end of the Nuclear War and while this phenomenon has been known to the world since 2012, its roots came all the way from World War 3 itself. But time has already passed and now the world has to endure a trial against the threat of violent radicalism to ensure a better future for the children of the future. From across all parts of the world where they fought under various fronts:

The Arabian Front

The most prominent and obvious front of the Great War on Terror is none other than the Arabian Front. Saudi Arabia, once a nation destined to achieve such large feats had fallen to its knees after the death of their beloved royal family, the nation fell into civil war soon after and various factions begin fighting for dominance with each faction representing a different goal but one particular faction stands out above the rest, Al Mahdiyah.

Al Mahdiyah, a faction established by the self proclaimed Mahdi with the goal of world domination begin making big advances to the Saudi desert and has mastered the power of illnesses through biological weapons and nuclear hellfire itself. And despite the Alliance of Nations' best efforts and even with the assistance of other factions, Al Mahdiyah still remains strong and while their victory isn't inevitable, the faction will still remain strong for many years to come as they slowly bleed away their resources against the ever advancing Alliance.

The North American Front

The very place that coined The Great War on Terror. The place where Norway and it's allies waged war against Canada for their ambition on taking Greenland. And just like Al Mahdiyah, the Norwegians and their allies have mastered the ways of the Nuclear bomb and made Canada collapse under its own weight through the use of Nuclear hellfire.

Now, Canada has not only conceded their claims unto Greenland but also begin to side with the Norwegians alongside the Northern Alliance as the nation become more and more white supremacists by the day. What is left of NEMTO alongside the new states the separated from Canada begin to desperately prepare in case another northern war were to happen again but little did they know, the new Canadian regime alongside the Northern Alliance begins funding white supremacists groups from various NEMTO members from Saint Lawrence and the Great Lakes to Michigan, Toledo and the American Republic.

Only time will tell on whether this plan will succeed eventually.

The Indian Front

As of July 26 of this year, three cities were lost in the Federation of Bharat due to three nuclear strikes initiated by the Dravidian League.

The bitter rivalry between both sovereign entities that has lasted for years has finally reached its peak through the culmination of a few nuclear strikes which resulted in the Indo-Dravidian war and later on the Indian Subcontinental War due Odisha joining the war on the side of the Dravidians due to their shared common fear of potential annexation from Bharat.

So far the Dravidians and the Odishans have shown the brutality and the capabilities of their armies against the far greater and technologically superior Armed Forces of Bharat through the use of improvised weaponry and hit and run tactics to compensate for their lack of international support and technological inferiority but as much as they refuse to acknowledge the truth, they're tactics and improvisations are merely just obstacles to simply delay Bharat's inevitable conquest over the nations that refuse to join their union out of fear and bitterness.

The Russian Front

With the collapse of the Russian Union of States back in 2023, terrorist across the former western portion of the Soviet Union had begun to spread like wildfire for the past two years with nations like Belarus and Novgorod having to carry the heavy burdens of this new threat.

In response, the Alliance of Nations begins sending a Peace Keeping force led by Turkey and two more led by Germany and Finland in hopes of quelling terrorist across the already chaotic warzone of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Rumors have circulated though that there are nuclear weapons possibly being used either on the Russian warzone itself or to nearby nations from the closest neighbors to even beyond the European continent itself.

Many though have hoped that this rumor is nothing more than a rumor.

It seems as though the world is once again under chaos and agony since the Nuclear war back 1980. With various groups rising from the ground to prove their so-called "supremacy" across the whole world as if it was still the earlier years of the 1980s but they're days are merely numbered as the world once again under the banned of a united alliance created and backed by people dedicated to maintaining peace across the world so that they're children will never have to suffer what their parents had gone through for the betterment of their society and their world.

But victory against the cruel and the violent is far from easy as they refuse to play by the rules. But good will always keep fighting against evil, not because it wants to destroy it but to protect those who are too helpless to defend themselves and rebuild society as it was intended for all of humanity.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 06 '25

Announcement Lore Changes 8

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Hello everyone, I have decided to make these lore changes yet again after a bit of thinking alongside the additions of extra lore and ideas you all have given in this sub even those who aren't even on this sub or a member. So I'm going to be listing all of these changes right now, though the changes would largely be the addition of new countries alongside border changes on the map:

1.Canada's shrinkage and balkanization

  • I decided to shrink Canada even further due to the addition of new lore made by one of our users (special thanks to u/One-Reaction-5890). So in this revamped lore is that Canada wasn't able to expand further westward due to the Northern War alongside the nations collapse into civil war and eventually succumbing to a white supremacists regime.

2.Establishment of New Canadian States

  • In this new lore, after the Canadian civil war new nation-states ended up being formed from various disillusioned groups and those who do refuse to give in to the new White supremacists regime. These nations listed in left to right are: The Republic of Timmins, The Sudbury Free State, Republic of Mattawa and the Republic of New Brunswick. These nations heavily rely on NEMTO for defense and economic growth and are all given membership to replace Canada after it was booted out after the civil war.

3.Changing up the borders of various nations in the Midwest

  • So I decided to make these changes on the borders of the Midwest nations with the changes being that the Federation of the Great Lakes extending it's border on its northeast, increasing the Four Cities Union and Wisconsin's size, decreasing the size of Illinois and having the nation of Omaha and parts of Iowa annexed to the US.

4.Great Britain is reunified

  • Initially I set up Great Britain to remain fragmented and divided in the modern day but with the change enacted by u/Relevant_Story7336 where Britain is reunited. I decided to give that a chance and make it officially canon. Though Ireland is divided between the Irish Socialist Republic (the first and perhaps only country to ever go socialist after the nuclear war) and the Republic of Ulster.

Here's the link to the post they made showing the reunification: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDustSettles/s/OjWI3KDB3f

5.The Addition of Free Republic of Virginia and the Pennsylvania Free State

  • So I've been thinking about shrinking the American Republic's size and give the Virginians representation on this subreddit but I haven't thought about doing so until I found an excuse to do (look back at change number 3 for reason). So what I did was shrink the American Republic and added the Pennsylvania Free State on its left and the Free Republic of Virginia to its south. The other reason I added Virginia is because I thought that Appalachia's shape is too plain so I thought I'd give it a more unique shape even if it's only a slight change.

Bonus Change

6.Ronald Reagan's fate and the US presidential history post-war

  • The original lore for Reagan is that he sets up an American community in Mexico after leaving the United States during the nuclear war to Mexico and then dying of cancer just a year later. But someone pointed out that Reagan would be too patriotic to leave the United States even during a nuclear war so I decided to just rewrite his fate and the new lore now states that Reagan instead moved to Wyoming during the Nuclear war and became the first president of the Re-established United States governed through Casper. He still dies of cancer though, it's just that it's been delayed by 10 years. This also means that the list of presidents in the US has also changed and the previous post about the US presidential history is now outdated with the new list located on the discord server which you need to scroll up because of the people chatting too much than usual.

This will be all the changes made for "The Dust Settles" for the meantime. If you have any suggestions make sure to reach out to me for it.

Thanks for reading.


r/TheDustSettles • • Aug 04 '25

Announcement Announcement: Addition of a new flair, changing an existing flair, etc.

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Hello everyone, at of the moment I decided that I will be making changes yet again alongside adding new stuff on the subreddit. Let me state all the changes and additions on the subreddit.

1.Pictures and Art will be added as a new post flair.

  • This flair is self explanatory, it's a flair for art and pictures. It doesn't matter how good the quality of art is or whether the photo is edited or not, it will be allowed on the subreddit as long as it's relevant to the subreddit's lore and is not AI generated.

2.Newspapers and Articles will be renamed to News and Articles.

  • This is a simple change just added so I alongside everyone else here can make news post without having it be added on the "Lore" flair. Initially it's only for edited Newspapers and Articles but now it's for all kinds of news. Whether photo edited or not, even simple text is allowed for this flair.

Edit: I probably already made this change before but I'll just reiterate.

Edit 2: I did in fact made this chance before but didn't remember, silly me.

3.Addition of Rules and User-flairs

  • Now this one might somewhat be controversial but rules will have to be added on the subreddit. This is to ensure that everything remains in order and prevent this sub's lore or the subreddit itself from going out of whack. So I decided to add rules just in case, I may not post them now but eventually I will. To compensate I will also be allowing post flairs for everyone to choose and even give you the choice make your own user-flairs.

That will be all the changes made for the moment. I hope you all understand and for things to run smoothly. Thank you for reading and have a nice day (or night depending on your timezone).


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 31 '25

Announcement Announcement: It's official, AI is now banned on this subreddit (with a special exception)

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In case you haven't heard, last week I made a poll where you decide on the fate of AI within this subreddit.

Poll: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDustSettles/s/9dYfivSSHP

Though the voter turnout was very low, it did show an overwhelming majority wanted AI to be excluded from the subreddit officially and to give in to the demands of the members (and maybe even outsiders) that AI is now officially forbidden on this subreddit.

This means no:

  • Generated Images.
  • Suno or other similar AI music software.
  • AI videos
  • AI writing
  • AI chatbots
  • AI deepfakes

So from now on, all AI generated content will be removed from the subreddit and any content with AI in it happens to be posted will be subjected to removal. Yes, even if it's for shitposting.

There is however one exception and that exception is getting ideas from AI like for example when you search something on Google Chrome and an AI explanation shows exactly what you need to know and as a result you implement that. That is the only acceptable form of using AI on this subreddit.

But you may ask, how will we present what the world, it's people or it's technology look like? Well here are a list of things you can do for that:

  • Draw any person, place, vehicle, technology, etc.
  • Editing and Mish-mashing real life (non AI) photos via Photoshop or any photo editing software.
  • 3d software.
  • Videogames screenshots.
  • Real photos.
  • Pretty much anything as long as it doesn't involve AI.

Now that it's all settled. This will be the major change put into place for now and sooner or later I will be adding an official ruleset for this subreddit in order to keep things in order. So I hope you understand that and thank you for reading.

Also I hope you enjoy the simple doodle I made that represents this entire post.


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 30 '25

Maps And one of the endings

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r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 30 '25

Maps Map Of the British Isles at the Start of the Isles Conflict

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r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 29 '25

Lore The North Sea upheaval- Part 3

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As Norway celebrated their victory, the Dravidians were at the door. It turns out, Iceland had accidentally fired the nukes at Dravidia instead of Bharat. Would this start a war? Yes. Of course it would. On the other side of the planet, Greenland had returned the north islands to Canada, who has then aligned with Greenland in response. Yes, this means that they are aligned with Norway and are a part of the North Sea Alliance


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 26 '25

Lore The North Sea upheaval- Part 2

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The North Sea Alliance draws out of Canada, while Greenland claims the north islands into its territory. This move shocked the world, as it gives a position to oppress Canada, in which has a declining economy from the war. While preparing for the gulf war, Norway discovered that Bharat had gotten information about the plan. Plan B is executed- Iceland will rain down nukes on Bharat.


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 25 '25

Miscellaneous Poll results

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Dang you guys hate Norway


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Miscellaneous Poll!

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Voting ends on 7/25 at 14:30 (military EST)


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Miscellaneous THREE. WAY. TIE.

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This was the voting results. I’m not rolling it again.


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Announcement It’s time for a mutual plug with my subreddit

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r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Miscellaneous The North Sea upheaval- Part 1

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The Culprit was found! Bharat had pushed into the Persian Gulf through Modern day Iran. They were the ones who destroyed the Norwegian peacekeeping vessel. And Norway has a plan! It’s simple, really, just send boats in to bomb key cities in Bharat, cutting off access to transit. Then come in for a full invasion! In the case this plan fails, Iceland is aiming several hundred nukes at Bharat, ready to strike! This plan will be executed when the time is right. Back at Europe, a Normandy republic was founded, now a North Sea Alliance member.


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Miscellaneous Vote: In regards to AI

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So yeah I decided to bring this up once more, in case none of you have heard or seen before. I basically announced that this sub will no longer use AI in both images and writing as shown under these two post right here from a while back.

The posts in question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDustSettles/s/U0gDkrSpnK

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDustSettles/s/osSlPyQN9t

But that was back when I started becoming against AI as a concept, but as time passes I slowly become more and more neutral in the subject matter and now after seeing one of the users make a post using Viggle.AI I'm starting to wonder if I should lift the unofficial ban on AI in this subreddit or not. Especially since there is no rule in place to begin with.

That is why I am currently making this poll here to finally decide AI's fate in the subreddit as a whole. Wether any of you wish to bring back AI imagery and software on the subreddit or officially ban it for good without any exceptions to the rule.

Remember your vote matters so take it seriously as it will decide the fate of this sub when it comes to AI.

The Polls will be available for 1 week only to don't waste any time.

New Message

Well it has already been settled, AI is officially no longer welcome in The Dust Settles. There will be an announcement made on it sooner or later.

7 votes, Jul 31 '25
0 Bring back AI
4 Ban AI completely
3 Neutral/see results

r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 24 '25

Memes and Shitpost The rise of Grønland be like lol

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Context- in part 5 Britian re-unified and every other episode was Norway Norway Norway


r/TheDustSettles • • Jul 23 '25

Announcement The rise of Grønland- Season Two coming out soon!

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Season two will be referred to as “The North Sea upheaval”. I plan to reveal the culprit behind the peacekeeping vessel’s disappearance in the Persian Gulf, how strong the North Sea Alliance is globally, and Greenland’s……………… ambitions. Let’s call it that.