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by nuriman 1799 days ago
As long as we are not talking WW3, Russia is hands down best place to be, it could easily stay cohesive with a lower standard of living, has been switching to internal supply chains for a decade now, has swaths of empty land and population not foreign to a concept of living off land, but most importantly it is under populated.

Low population density - check

Good defense - check

Cultural and societal background necessary for a post collapse - check

Carrying capacity of land - check

Energy (oil/atomic) - check

Nukes - check

Base of LOWER(more resilient to supply chain disruptions) tech industry - check

Benefits from climate change - check

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Free hectare of land in the East - check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_on_the_Far_Eastern_Hectare

Be sure to give a friendly wave when you first see your Chinese neighbors! Might be good to brush up on the language too.

In North America, anyplace that isn't a target for The Bomb. Decentralization is our friend: small towns today will be more important in the future, once large cities are done in.

Ostensibly it would mean WW3, with the potential of China and India moving north.