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ISO SYR● 2077 STATUS: IRRADIATED DEADZONE● SPHERE: NON-ALIGNED

Syria

Syria Radiological Exclusion Sector (1997 Meltdown Zone)

[MAP: 1994 →][MAP: 2002 →][MAP: 2020 →][MAP: 2045 →][MAP: 2077 →]
CAPITAL / PRIMARY HUB
Damascus (Irradiated Ruin)
DOMINANT MEGACORPORATION / POWER BLOC
Petrochem & SovOil Automated Reclamation Rigs
CANONICAL SOURCEBOOK CITATION
Cyberpunk 2020 Core Rulebook (1990), pp. 176–179 · Firestorm: Stormfront & Shockwave (1997), pp. 18–24 · Cyberpunk RED Core Rulebook (2020), pp. 275–276

Chronological Geopolitical Record (1994–2077)

Complete era-by-era archival telemetry for Syria across all five canonical Cyberpunk anchor years.

ERA 1994 // 1994 CRASH·● PETRO-CRASH & NUCLEAR STANDOFF·● BIOTECHNICA

1994: Syria — World Stock Crash & US Collapse

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 26%[LAUNCH 1994 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (1994): Damascus Emergency Military Command
  • 01.Following the 1994 World Stock Crash, collapsing oil revenues and regional resource disputes push Syria into emergency mobilization.
  • 02.Tactical nuclear warheads and chemical delivery systems are deployed around Damascus as diplomatic channels collapse.
  • 03.Foreign oil mercenaries fortify coastal terminals and pipeline junctions.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTMass Conscription & Escalating Border Strikes
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMECollapsed Fiat · Crude Oil Barter
ERA 2002 // SOVOIL COUP·● 1997 MIDEAST NUCLEAR MELTDOWN·● NON-ALIGNED

2002: Syria — SovOil Coup & Mideast Meltdown

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 0%[LAUNCH 2002 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2002): None — Uninhabitable Thermonuclear Fallout Sector
  • 01.In the 1997 Mideast Meltdown, thermonuclear exchanges across the Persian Gulf and North Africa incinerate Damascus and vaporize regional oil fields.
  • 02.Lethal radioactive glass craters and fallout plumes render Syria’s interior uninhabitable, contributing to the loss of 50% of world oil supplies.
  • 03.Surviving populations flee toward Mediterranean, Red Sea, or Anatolian quarantine cordons as the world pivots to CHOOH2 biofuel.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENT85%–95% Depopulation · Total Collapse of National State
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMENon-Existent (Radioactive Exclusion Zone)
ERA 2020 // 4TH CORP WAR·● VITRIFIED GLASS WASTELAND·● NON-ALIGNED

2020: Syria — Fourth Corporate War & DataKrash

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 0%[LAUNCH 2020 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2020): Automated Corporate Strip-Mining Rigs
  • 01.By 2020, Syria exists on global maps only as a radiological hazard zone swept by toxic silica sandstorms.
  • 02.Shielded Petrochem and SovOil drone-harvesters occasionally enter the sector to strip remaining mineral and hydrocarbon deposits.
  • 03.Full-body conversion cyborg scavengers raid buried pre-1997 vaults beneath the ruins of Damascus.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTZero Permanent Unshielded Human Habitation
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEAutomated Corporate Salvage Only
ERA 2045 // TIME OF THE RED·● TIME OF THE RED FALLOUT CORRIDOR·● NON-ALIGNED

2045: Syria — Time of the Red & Reconstruction

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 0%[LAUNCH 2045 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2045): Hazmat Reclamation Nomads & Corporate Outposts
  • 01.During the Time of the Red, atmospheric dust from the Night City blast merges with lingering 1997 fallout plumes over Syria.
  • 02.Heavily augmented Rad-Nomad convoys establish pressurized transit stations along coastal perimeters.
  • 03.Autonomous combat machines left over from 1997 still patrol the interior glass dunes.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENT98% Historic Population Lost
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEHazmat Salvage Barter
ERA 2077 // MODERN DYSTOPIA·● PERMANENT RADIOLOGICAL DEADZONE·● NON-ALIGNED

2077: Syria — Modern Megacorp Hegemony

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 0%[LAUNCH 2077 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2077): Extraterritorial Corporate Proving Grounds
  • 01.Eighty years after the 1997 Meltdown, Syria remains an ecological graveyard and unregulated live-fire weapons testing range for megacorporations.
  • 02.Autonomous solar-mirror arrays in low-fallout peripheral zones beam power to offshore corporate grids.
  • 03.Damascus stands as a vitrified monument to the end of the petroleum era.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTPermanent National & Ecological Extinction
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMENone

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