Judge Dredd

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Dredd's world

The strip is set 122 years into the future. The timeline is worth noting, because the strip appears in real time - thus, as the Dredd strip has been published since 1977, Dredd has aged 28 years as of time of writing in 2005. The Earth has been badly damaged by a series of international conflicts, much of the Earth is desertified and populations have tended to come together in enormous conurbations known as 'mega-cities'. The world of Judge Dredd is centred on the megapolis of Mega-City One. The form of much of the remaining world is somewhat vague, although other other megacities have been referred to and visited in the strip.

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Despite its frequent disasters Mega-City One stretches from around Boston to Charlotte. Although no date is given in the strip, the Judge Dredd Role-Playing Game (using as its framework the unofficial chronology that featured in the 1984 Judge Dredd Annual) cites Mega-City One as being established in 2031. At its height, the city contained a population of about 800 million; the current population is less than half of that. There are two other major population centres in Northern America - Mega-City Two (from around San Diego into Baja California) and Texas City (formerly Mega-City Three). The centre of the continent is a nuclear desert called the Cursed Earth.

Related Topics:
Boston - Charlotte - 2031 - Mega-City Two - San Diego - Baja California - Texas City - Cursed Earth

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Nuclear deserts and destruction elsewhere are also extensive. In South America a new desert extends from Nicaragua, covering Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and pushing far into Amazonas. Cities in South America are Brasília, Ciudad Barranquilla, and on the western side the Pan-Andes Conurb and South-Am City. The majority of the Caribbean islands have gone and the water there and across much of the north Atlantic is severely polluted, and is called by some the Black Atlantic.

Related Topics:
South America - Nicaragua - Colombia - Venezuela - Guyana - Amazonas - Brasília - Ciudad Barranquilla - Pan-Andes Conurb - South-Am City - Caribbean islands - Atlantic

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Europe has suffered considerable reshaping, especially the south. A desert covers much of eastern France, extending south into Spain and across to cover much of Central Europe. Classical Greece is gone, as are parts of Turkey. The Black Sea and the Caspian are now joined. In Europe the major cities are Brit-Cit (covering all of southern England), Euro-City (eastern France), Vatican City (most of Italy) and Ciudad España (eastern Spain). Ireland is now known as the Emerald Isle, essentially an enormous theme park recreating a stereotypical view of traditional Irish life. Further east into Asia are further nuclear deserts, the ruins of East-Meg One (destroyed by a massive nuclear strike at the climax of the Apocalypse War) and further east the megapolis of East-Meg Two.

Related Topics:
Europe - France - Spain - Central Europe - Greece - Turkey - Black Sea - Caspian - England - Vatican City - Italy - Ireland - Stereotypical - Asia - Apocalypse War

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In Asia, separated from East-Meg Two by an extensive nuclear desert, are Sino-City One and Two in eastern China; Hondo City on the remains of the islands of Japan; and Indo City in southern India. Into the Blue Pacific cities survive in south-east Australia, the Sydney-Melbourne Conurb, and on a number of Pacific islands. Borneo has been covered in mutagens.

Related Topics:
China - Japan - India - Pacific - Australia - Sydney - Melbourne - Borneo

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The Middle East is without major cities, being either nuclear or natural desert, the Mediterranean coast is heavily damaged by mutagens. In Africa much of the south is nuclear desert, South Africa proper has been shattered and is entirely uninhabitable. The major cities are Umur (Libya), New Jerusalem (north-east Ethiopia) and Simba City (Cameroon). Lake Victoria is enlarged and has been renamed the Kenyatta Sea.

Related Topics:
Middle East - Mediterranean - Africa - South Africa - Libya - Jerusalem - Ethiopia - Simba - Cameroon - Lake Victoria - Kenyatta

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