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Bookmark or Share- Ideas for practical post-apocalyptic currency 100 years from nowIt's happening in post-apocalyptic SE Europe (Balkans specifically), about 100 years from now. Strange genetic disease wiped out large portion of humanity in a matter of a few years. The rest of humanity killed and pillaged each other until our numbers were indeed few. The surviving humans have a genetic disorder which makes pregnancy harder.
- Post-apocalyptic weapons industry - Worldbuilding Stack ExchangeBlack Powder. "Gunpowder" is technically "black powder", a combination of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. It detonates relatively slowly requiring long barrels to build up speed, produces a lot of smoke, and leaves a sooty residue that builds up and fouls the weapon.
- How big should my particular military be under post-apocalyptic conditions?Fighter and bomber jets are very expensive for a post-apocalyptic scenario when there's no real enemy that they can shoot at -- no other air forces or large-scale targets. It sounds like in your scenario the regime's enemies are "militia", meaning ordinary people and small groups with ordinary vehicles and small arms.
- Realistically, could post-apocalyptic America be reverted to the ...From a social standpoint, yes. It would be possible for a post-nuclear apocalyptic world to descend into a neo-medieval social structure, since with a severely reduced population, and a potentially crippled communication system, it would be difficult to hold a modern country like the United States together.
- How long before humans become tribal in post-apocalyptic world?To provide some context for my question, societal collapse (of America in particular) was due to a combination of war, infected creatures, and additional destruction by civilians. Let's say much of...
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