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The Levant
Syrian Arab Republic
Common Names: Syria
Official Name: Syrian Arab Republic
Starting Leader: Hafez al-Assad
Ruling Party: Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region (ASBP-S)
Ideology: Ba'athism - Syrian Branchnote
Starting Faction: None
Hafez al-Assad
Full Name: Hafez al-Assad
Party: Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region (ASBP-S)
Ideology: Ba'athism - Syrian Branchnote
Iraq
Iraqi Republic
Common Names: Iraq
Official Name: Iraqi Republic, Islamic Interim Government of Iraq (Iranian invasion)
Starting Leader: Saddam Hussein
Ruling Party: Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (ASBP-I)
Ideology: Ba'athism - Iraqi Branchnote
Starting Faction: None
- Arch-Enemy: To Iran. They will inevitably come to blows later on while competing for hegemony in the Middle East.
Saddam Hussein
Full Name: Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
Party: Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (ASBP-I)
Ideology: Ba'athism - Iraqi Branchnote
Islamic Supreme Council
Official Name: Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
Party: Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)
Ideology: Velayet-e Faqihnote
- The Quisling: They're a puppet government set up by Iran should they win the Iran-Iraq War
Gulf War
Nuclear bombing of Baghdad
The Dust
Common Names: The Dust
Official Name: Nonenote
Starting Leader: The Dust
Ruling Party: The Dust
Ideology: Old Godnote
Starting Faction: None
The Dust
Official Name: The Dust
Party: The Dust
Ideology: Old Godnote
- Eldritch Abomination: It is an Old God in the shape of a massive, sentient sandstorm capable of tearing apart buildings and people. Its origins are unknown: while the nuclear bombing of Baghdad is what causes it to appear, the name of the super event that coincides with its appearance ("The Dust Awakens"), and the fact that it is an old god, implies it may have always been there, sleeping.
- Outside-Genre Foe: The Dust is an Eldritch Abomination straight-out of a H.P Lovecraft Cosmic Horror story throw into a Strategy Game like Hearts of Iron, Invincible Villain and Immune to Bullets tropes typical to the genre played terrifyingly straight. As one can guess, it's presence alone illicits confusion and horror from countries worldwide.
- Razor Wind: The Dust's main form of attack is a 3-mile tall wall of wind that surrounds it's ever-expanding presence and cuts anything that it touches into ribbons, with the few things capable of resisting it being sent flying and crashing into pieces as show by an unfortunate Iraqi helicopter in it's first event.
- World-Wrecking Wave: Downplayed, it's "wrecking wave" is limited to the Middle East instead of the entire world, but the sentiment is still the same - it's an unstoppable, supernatural thing that expands through the region, destroying anything in it's path and leaving only ruins in it's wake.
Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Common Names: Saudi Arabia
Official Name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Starting Faction: None
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Full Name: Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Hezbollah Al-Hejaz Insurgency
Common Names: Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
Official Name: Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
Starting Faction: None
State of Kuwait
Common Names: Kuwait
Official Name: State of Kuwait
Starting Leader: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Ruling Party: House of Sabah
Ideology: Absolute Monarchismnote
Starting Faction: None
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Full Name: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Party: House of Sabah
Ideology: Absolute Monarchismnote
Trucial States
Common Names: Trucial States
Official Name: Trucial States
Starting Leader: Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Ideology: Corporate Oligarchy
Starting Faction: None
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Full Name: Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Ideology: Corporate Oligarchy
Sultanate of Oman
Common Names: Oman
Official Name: Sultanate of Oman
Starting Leader: Shihab bin Tariq al-Said
Ruling Party: House of al Said
Ideology: Absolute Monarchismnote
Starting Faction: None
Shihab bin Tariq al-Said
Full Name: Shihab bin Tariq al-Said
Party: House of al Said
Ideology: Absolute Monarchismnote
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Common Names: Iran
Official Name: Islamic Republic of Iran, State of Iran (Iraqi invasion)
Starting Leader: Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruling Party: Islamic Republican Party (IRP)
Ideology: Velayet-e Faqihnote
Starting Faction: None
- Everyone Has Standards: They may not like Iraq, but if the Gulf War ends with Baghdad being nuked, it is mentioned that they are amoung the states that object to the bombing in the UN.
Ruhollah Khomeini
Full Name: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini
Party: Islamic Republican Party (IRP)
Ideology: Velayet-e Faqihnote