This is a simulation, not a prediction. Real events up to 2026, scenario after.

I followed a hypothetical 2028 nuclear war through the ten years after, and the collapse part was the most sobering to build:

- Year 0: one day of war kills more people than all of WWII.

- Year 1: the summer never comes in the Northern Hemisphere. Snow in Argentina in February.

- Year 1–2: food for about six weeks in most countries. Grain exporters ban exports. Hunger kills more than the bombs.

- Year 3: by some measures, humanity is roughly back to 1987: energy, food, life expectancy.

- Year 3+: the ozone layer is damaged, the midday sun starts burning skin in minutes.

- Year 7–10: trains run again, former enemies share seed on the old front line.

The thing that stuck with me: the countries that "won" were the ones that were never struck and still had grain and ships.