52 Tales of 2019 - Reverse Map Game 2019 - 2005

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United States
Towards the end of the year the Democrats begin furiously campaigning for the next year's Mid-Terms.

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana. The McCain Administration is accused of incompetence in the aftermath.

A sect of Radical Mormons near Ephraim, Utah is disbanded after a stand-off with the ATF.


The Dominican Republic leaves the Commonwealth.


South America
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname

A border incident occurs between Chile and Argentina. Cooler heads prevails.


Africa
The South Sudan movement gains much territory after Juba is captured.
The pro-Egyptian rebels are pushed back further.
Darfur rebellion defeated (and claims of genocide start...)

The Ivorian Civil War continues.


Europe
Science Fiction TV series Doctor Who is revived on BBC One with David Tennant in the title role.

In Norway, the referendum on the Royal House is held. The House of Glucksberg is chosen, breaking the Personal Union with the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms. Later in the year, they also leave the Commonwealth.

In France, the Parliament begins planning out possible Republican models for the referendum in a few years time.
The Breton nationalist rebellion begins to die down, with the Parliament willing to stop stamping out the language. However there are still protests every weekend in Brest...

After a controversial referendum, Kalingrad joins the Russian Federation...


Asia
With Russia having captured all of Sakhalin, Japan cedes the island and signs a peace treaty...

Wolves become extinct in Japan.


Communist rebels in the north of Thailand are defeated.


Oceania
In the Australian Federal Election, the Labor Party defeats the John Howard-led Liberal National Coalition. Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister.

In Canberra, the Museum of Democracy opens in the Old Parliament House.

26 May 2005
Mary White College, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
7:30 PM in the Jo Woolimington Room
Mary White College held a fortnightly discussion series. The discussion for this night was the recent election, in which the Howard Government had been defeated. Chris arrived early, as he usually did. There was no one else as of yet. 'Oops, he thought.'

"Chris?" he turned.

"Bec!"

"You usually come to the discussion series?" Bec asked.

"Every time," Chris said nervously. He had found himself, attracted, to Bec (and they had seen Star Wars together a couple of weeks before), he wasn't sure he was ready for the awkwardness of both of them being in the discussion series.

"Oh," Bec said. She gave a serious expression. “You think that the Russo-Japanese war will continue?”

“I think it could. I don't think Putin will stop with Kalingrad and South Sakhalin.”

Bec thought for a moment. “True, He didn't stop with Chechnya.”


Tuvalu gains independence from Papua New Guinea.



Top Box Office Movies for this period
1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
The Clone Wars are coming to an end, but what is Palpatine planning beyond that? The Jedi want to know...

2. Madagascar
Four animals from the Central Park Zoo are sent to Madagascar by mistake...

3. Alexander: A Night in Babylon!
The last movie in the series based on Alexander the Great.

4. xXx: State of the Union
Xander Cage is brought back into the Agency when a new threat arises.

5. Bretonia Quest: The Journey Begins
6. Batman Begins
7. Aurelian: Rebellion!
8. Star Trek: Greater Than the Sum
9. Herbie: Fully Loaded
10. Crassius: Quest on the Nile