"After a turn of events that nobody was expecting, the world was never the same again..."
The War for The Wasteland is an upcoming series written and animated by Phantom, Arda and Helmet set on an alternate universe where the Cold War was extended with an ultra-nationalist organisation taking over the government of the USA and the USSR, launching nukes to rebuild their nations from the ashes. The series will focus on the state of life in the post-apocalyptic nations, as well as the struggle against the organisation that had caused it all, factions in the wasteland(s) along others.
All figures are created by Phantom and Helmet. If you’d like to help us in animation, writing or anything else, please let me (Arda) know.
Current people working on the series:
Arda
Phantom
Helmet
Once again, please contact me (Arda) if you’d like to help with anything.
Pinned by Arda on 2023-06-14 13:56:36 UTC
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Recent Lore Expansions and ChangesSo, I think it’s about time for a lore post now. I believe the title is self explanatory, and the post will be split into a few parts. The series and its story has come a long way from when I started writing it, so I hope you enjoy.
Reminders
These are info about the lore that were changed a while ago and posted here (for example, see pinned post), but being told again just so you guys can remember it.
Setting: When I started writing about this series, it was set in 1994, 2 years after the nukes were dropped. Looking back at it, me and Phantom both thought it was too early, so now it’s set around the late 90s (probably 96-97-98), and there is no more “1994” in the name.
Population: When I was first writing for this, the population for both the US and the USSR were around 100k, and we both decided to change it. The population is around 100 million for the US and somewhere around 140 million for the USSR (note that the USSR as in every Soviet state and not just Russia) after the nukes.
Naming : The faction formerly known as USROT is now the NAR, the New American Resistance. I have no idea if this was established earlier, but I don’t see any mention of it here, so the name of the organization that took over the government on both the US and USSR is called the Nationalist Order.
Flags: In the series’ initial start in 2021, the N.O didn’t have any flags. Now they do (for America, anyway).
(see below for the flag since I can’t figure out to make it show in here)
If you’re wondering, the NAR’s flag is just the American flag, since they don’t see the nationalists as a legitimate government.
Newer Stuff
After the organization (N.O) took control over 2 major world powers, they completely closed all diplomatic relations with other nations until they could rebuild and be more stable, following an isolationist policy until order is completely restored. Since 2 major world powers have completely stopped caring for any sense of diplomacy and trade, the European nations formed the European Defense and Economic Coalition (abbreviated EDEC) to make sure no group can take over their governments in the continent, and to essentially act as something like a replacement for the loss of 2 major powers. They’re essentially like the EU and NATO combined, formed a year earlier. And yes, they do have their own currency.
The possibility of a cold war between EDEC and the new government is high. Very, very high.
The Flags, and an Extra or Two
From top to bottom:
Flag of the Nationalist Order, as seen in the group background
Flag of EDEC
Phantom’s accurate representation
Hope this was a good read.
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An Announcement
Alright, so, you might be wondering what\’s up with the whole almost-radio-silence and significantly decreased interactivity of this group, and I\’m here with answers.
TLDR: We don\’t post here a lot because we don\’t like the way things are going for the site. No, this does not mean we\’re going to stop working on this, we are doing a lot of stuff in the background. I don\’t know if or when I\’ll post any new lore.
Why is this group so inactive nowadays?
Simply put, we feel less like visiting the site and doing anything for the group specifically, be it promotional art, posting lore and other stuff like that. I believe that generally the site is not a very fun place nowadays and while quality content does come out, it\’s usually way less than the mass amounts of low effort shitposting (which I did a lot of back in the day tbf), random arguments, low quality figs and/or art, random thoughts someone decided to post etc. Honestly, the site\’s never been great anyways, but I feel like it just gets worse and worse, especially with the increasing inactivity of people. So I feel less compelled to visit the site or post anything on it, that\’s basically why. Also, I have a lot of other stuff I\’m working on aside from WFTW, and while that doesn\’t make me work less on it, it does make me care less about stuff like posting on the site because I don\’t want to deal with organizing a post about the lore or bother making promotional material yet, if that makes sense.
How\'s the series going?
Pretty good, actually! It slows down and speeds up here and there but we\’re working on it most of the time. A lot of stuff is being done in the background and there\’s really nothing out of the usual. Reduced activity here doesn\’t reflect a lot of what\’s happening on the background, even if it might make you think we\’re working less on it.
What happened to the lore post? Is it coming out anytime soon
I don\’t know, honestly. If I feel like it, sure. Wouldn\’t count on it, though. I have to juggle between a lot of different stuff i\’m working on and real life things like school. I will probably post something that\’s about background info/worldbuilding sometime in the future, but it might not be as long or detailed as the planned lore posts.
That\’s all. You can ask me anything you want about the series whenever, I\’ll try to answer relatively quickly. -
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Hello! No one knows who I am but I’m here to ask if I could help with anything, namely a stickfigure creator, or a propagandist. I’ve made figures before and you can check my profile if you want. I’ve made original figures in the past, and I really want to help with this series, I’ve made propaganda for Helmet’s Half Life world, namely City-51. Anyway, I don’t have discord so you can talk to me on my gmail. ([email protected])
Thanks again.
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You should ping the owners of the series so they see this, don’t know how often they check the site
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Replying to:
thanks manny i pinged them
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Sure, you’re in. My e-mail is [email protected] if you have any questions.
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Replying to:
thanks arda
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Also, this is the first post of many. There are still aspects of the lore that remain uncovered.
Arda animate something
Arda make a flag
Arda make out with a flag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbw9vbZYHq0
Arda unalive something
one of the shitposts ever.
Truly