[Fun] How would your country deal with a zombie apocalypse?

[Rainman05]

So the new walking dead season (or continuation) is upon us and it got me thinkin': How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse?

So say how you think your country will deal and what are it's advantages or disadvantages. We all know how america will deal with it, there are tons of movies out there and shows and whatever... what it all comes down with is shooting a lot with all the guns they have just lying around conveniently... and shooting headshots all the time...


Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?
I'll start with mine, Romania.

Romania has 3 major advantages -> quite a few mountains (the Carpathians) and a lot of fortified buildings that are in very good order which are castles and monasteries. Romanian monasteries have a long tradition of being heavily fortified with one or two lines of walls. Indeed, just 30min drive from where I am there is a rather large monastery in the middle of a city and the next city from there, where I grew up, also has a monastery with walls in the middle of the city. Literally, in that town where I grew up, 15min walk and I'd be at the gates of the walled monastery. But I don't need to make that drive because even in my city we have a fortress. The historical center actually has walls and towers which you can climb on and secure yourself. And a lot of major cities have basically ,fortresses in the city. Thank you Roman and medieval heritage.

There are quite a lot of castles too. Our governmental buildings are very defensible, Casa Poporului is the largest governmental building in the world and the president lives in a Palace, known as Palatul Cotroceni.
We also have just 1 city that has over 1 mil people the second having less than 500k and all major cities are far apart. Another advantage for the state to survive is that we have 6 intelligence agencies of which 4 operate internally... yeah... i know, it's rubbish but what can you do. Not sure how useful it will be for the people but for the guys in charge, it'll be useful. Another advantage is the geography. We can't get invaded by zombie hordes from Bulgaria because of the Danube and there is no bridge over the danube (LOL, but true) and also from the east we have a river to Moldavia so that's pretty secure. So really, the only external invasion points are from Serbia and Hungary (the damn hungarian zombies will try and take Transylvania) and Ukraine.

The downsides are:
-poor infrastructure... not really good for people who want to survive by running away.
-governmental incompetence... yes, I wouldn't trust the people in charge to wash my car (IF I HAD ONE -> i have access to the family car but not personal car) let alone save the country.
-poor healthcare -> LOL, no chance for a cure or containment when in our hospitals you can die if you go in to get a minor surgery due to infections. Sux for you zombie apocalyse, our hospitals will kill us before you can!
-the people have no guns. It's illegal to own a firearm in Romania unless ur the cops, the prosecution or a MP. We're completely unarmed. I mean, I think the only things i can use is a hammer and some knives...
-not the best military in the world. I mean, our military is not BAD, we do have 75k active personnel and we also have modern land vehicles... our aviation is crap and our navy sux balls but our land army is ok. But in all zombie movies the army got their asses kicked so if the US military can't do **** against the zombies, ours is less than useless too. So big disadvantage.

All in all I think we'd whether the storm mostly by outlasting the zombies rather than fighting them back. Really, monasteries and castles and fortresses in major cities and palaces are the best refugee locations as well as refurbished military bases that operate out of castles. Supplies would be the most problem but I would see Romania emerging as a military dictatorship rather than a democracy in a post-zombie world.

So what do you think? How would your country whether the storm?

 

[lizzie]

Over here, I figure the rednecks would get all up in arms, and take no prisoners.

 

[Rainman05]

Over here, I figure the rednecks would get all up in arms, and take no prisoners.

Well yes, in America you get a Darryl and he'll kill all the zombies. But in Europe, we have no Darryls. We just have... you know... bureaucrats and people who think they're better and make fun of americans.

 

[lizzie]

Well yes, in America you get a Darryl and he'll kill all the zombies. But in Europe, we have no Darryls. We just have... you know... bureaucrats and people who think they're better and make fun of americans.

When push comes to shove, I'll take a redneck over a bureaucrat any day of the week.

 

[Risky Thicket]

Romania is a country I have always wanted to visit. There are Romanians here in Arizona. I was surprised to find that the Romanian language is not dissimilar to Spanish.

As for the United States, we of course don't have the luxury of fortified cities. In addition, we are for the most part less densely populated when compared to Europe, yet our road systems are often much more crowded than European roadways. In the case of a zombie apocalypse big city dwelling Americans would be fair screwed. They would find it damn near impossible to get the hell out of town and away from an immediate threat. On the other hand tall buildings may function somewhat like the grand castles of Europe, though less stately to be sure.

Of course Americans have access to guns, at least in most places. Once again Americans in the largest cities would be fairly ****ed because in LA, Chicago, New York City and Washington DC only cops and bad guys have access to guns, standard citizens do not have access. In those cities, it would be hell in a crowded place with little chance of escape and no access to weapons.

In the American South and the Southwest zombies would become hamburger in short order as people in those regions are armed and have a long heritage and history involving guns. I don't think zombies would stand much of a chance.

Here in much of Arizona we'd be able to see them coming before they are in range. In Texas and Arizona zombie shooting would become sport.

 

[Risky Thicket]

When push comes to shove, I'll take a redneck over a bureaucrat any day of the week.

Testify, baby girl! When the fit hits the shan rednecks rule.

 

[Lethargic Aptitude]

Still too many people in Romania. They would all have the same game plane to go to those heavily fortified locations. The problem with that is not everyone will fit and they will be shot trying to get in by the people that actually have the fire weapons. Your people would be slaughtered in mass to save the people that matter to the officials in charge. To them you are all potential zombies.

BTW the US is a big country, the movies and tv shows dont at all explore all scenarios. I live in New Mexico next door to over 2,710,659 acres (1,096,965 ha) of public land (which is next door to even more in Arizona). And the area that is private land is sparsely populated. New Mexico has more land and roughly 2 million people, while Romania has 20 million in a smaller area. And the mountains in the Gila are very rough and hard to travel through. Defensible space abounds with natural mesa's that would block even the biggest hordes advance. Hell there is very good areas within a very short distance from my house. that is I needed to move away. But most likely the little town that I live in would be a better place considering that this close knit community would pull together.

 

[Rainman05]

Maybe you all didn't read the title of the thread and the initial description in the OP:

Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?

How would your country deal with a zombie apocalypse?

 

[Lethargic Aptitude]

Maybe you all didn't read the title of the thread and the initial description in the OP:

I read it and responded. But I ignored the part where you didnt want to here from Americans.

But really countries would all do similar things, some more extreme than others. After that then it would be up to the survivors in a world without countries.

 

[Higgins86]

Britain would be ****ed. Too many people on our island. If you cud make it to the highlands you might survive.

 

[LaughAtTheWorld]

South Korea? Meh
1) Terrain: Most of the country is mountainous, but most of the agriculture, infrastructure, population, government, and economy is located on the western plains. Any tactical advantage would be offset by the strategic disadvantage.
2) Population: This is where SK rulez. Due to conscription, most males have experience in the military. I've seen grandfathers who served decades ago still assemble and disassemble guns perfectly. Memories from the military are vivid enough to make men who served years ago shiver. An example would be the mandatory gas training: The men would have to be exposed without masks to nerve gas for a few minutes until even the superior can't take it anymore. That's actually an official part of the training AFTER the military has been drastically revamped to be more humane. A long-running debate between the younger and older generation is something like this:
Older: The military is now literally heaven. It's got so much ****ing better that it's almost like civilian life
Younger: **** that, the military didn't get any ****ing better
We would gladly accept the zombie apocalypse as another game, and the males would mow down the zombies, laughing while eating steak.
3) Military: The ROK military is one of the best in the world. 6th in active personnel, 2nd in reserves, and advanced weaponry both homemade and imported. We don't have nukes, but such strategic weaponry wouldn't be needed in a zombie apocalypse unless the zombies suddenly decide to gather to one spot and build a nation.
4) Location: As the southern end of a peninsula, we would be safe from three directions unless the zombies suddenly decide to swim. North Korea would be the unknown factor, but they probably will be utterly destroyed. Yet we have the DMZ, one of the most dangerous walls in the world, with the necessary steel fences, mines, guard posts, and such.

 

[Soupnazi630]

So the new walking dead season (or continuation) is upon us and it got me thinkin': How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse?

So say how you think your country will deal and what are it's advantages or disadvantages. We all know how america will deal with it, there are tons of movies out there and shows and whatever... what it all comes down with is shooting a lot with all the guns they have just lying around conveniently... and shooting headshots all the time...


Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?
I'll start with mine, Romania.

Romania has 3 major advantages -> quite a few mountains (the Carpathians) and a lot of fortified buildings that are in very good order which are castles and monasteries. Romanian monasteries have a long tradition of being heavily fortified with one or two lines of walls. Indeed, just 30min drive from where I am there is a rather large monastery in the middle of a city and the next city from there, where I grew up, also has a monastery with walls in the middle of the city. Literally, in that town where I grew up, 15min walk and I'd be at the gates of the walled monastery. But I don't need to make that drive because even in my city we have a fortress. The historical center actually has walls and towers which you can climb on and secure yourself. And a lot of major cities have basically ,fortresses in the city. Thank you Roman and medieval heritage.

There are quite a lot of castles too. Our governmental buildings are very defensible, Casa Poporului is the largest governmental building in the world and the president lives in a Palace, known as Palatul Cotroceni.
We also have just 1 city that has over 1 mil people the second having less than 500k and all major cities are far apart. Another advantage for the state to survive is that we have 6 intelligence agencies of which 4 operate internally... yeah... i know, it's rubbish but what can you do. Not sure how useful it will be for the people but for the guys in charge, it'll be useful. Another advantage is the geography. We can't get invaded by zombie hordes from Bulgaria because of the Danube and there is no bridge over the danube (LOL, but true) and also from the east we have a river to Moldavia so that's pretty secure. So really, the only external invasion points are from Serbia and Hungary (the damn hungarian zombies will try and take Transylvania) and Ukraine.

The downsides are:
-poor infrastructure... not really good for people who want to survive by running away.
-governmental incompetence... yes, I wouldn't trust the people in charge to wash my car (IF I HAD ONE -> i have access to the family car but not personal car) let alone save the country.
-poor healthcare -> LOL, no chance for a cure or containment when in our hospitals you can die if you go in to get a minor surgery due to infections. Sux for you zombie apocalyse, our hospitals will kill us before you can!
-the people have no guns. It's illegal to own a firearm in Romania unless ur the cops, the prosecution or a MP. We're completely unarmed. I mean, I think the only things i can use is a hammer and some knives...
-not the best military in the world. I mean, our military is not BAD, we do have 75k active personnel and we also have modern land vehicles... our aviation is crap and our navy sux balls but our land army is ok. But in all zombie movies the army got their asses kicked so if the US military can't do **** against the zombies, ours is less than useless too. So big disadvantage.

All in all I think we'd whether the storm mostly by outlasting the zombies rather than fighting them back. Really, monasteries and castles and fortresses in major cities and palaces are the best refugee locations as well as refurbished military bases that operate out of castles. Supplies would be the most problem but I would see Romania emerging as a military dictatorship rather than a democracy in a post-zombie world.

So what do you think? How would your country whether the storm?

In my country - the USA - the most difficult part of a zombie apocalypse would be pretending I am not excited.

There is a reason why some of the best films and stories concerning such a scenario take place here. We have the best fighting chance of surviving and winning being a gun friendly country. There were a couple of terrific zombie films made in britain which made mention of this very thing. The survivors have a very rough time of it and even wistfully make comments like " if only we lived in a gun friendly country like the USA.

 

[Helix]

How would your country deal with a zombie apocalypse?

the government would repeal the fourth amendment, and TSA would be expanded to do house to house searches for zombies. homes and possessions of those with a zombie as a family member would be subject to forfeiture without trial.

the rest of us would spend our time bitching about zombies on internet message boards and on Facebook. Republicans would blame Obama, and Democrats would blame the Koch brothers. there would be so many threads about zombies that DP would create a special subforum.

 

[Fallenangel]

We have a small apocalypse of some sort every year, nobody would even notice. - Russia.


Cheers,
Fallen.

 

[Higgins86]

In my country - the USA - the most difficult part of a zombie apocalypse would be pretending I am not excited.

There is a reason why some of the best films and stories concerning such a scenario take place here. We have the best fighting chance of surviving and winning being a gun friendly country. There were a couple of terrific zombie films made in britain which made mention of this very thing. The survivors have a very rough time of it and even wistfully make comments like " if only we lived in a gun friendly country like the USA.

So all you need now is for the dead to rise and your stance on gun control will be justified

 

[Lutherf]

So the new walking dead season (or continuation) is upon us and it got me thinkin': How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse?

So say how you think your country will deal and what are it's advantages or disadvantages. We all know how america will deal with it, there are tons of movies out there and shows and whatever... what it all comes down with is shooting a lot with all the guns they have just lying around conveniently... and shooting headshots all the time...


Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?
I'll start with mine, Romania.

Romania has 3 major advantages -> quite a few mountains (the Carpathians) and a lot of fortified buildings that are in very good order which are castles and monasteries. Romanian monasteries have a long tradition of being heavily fortified with one or two lines of walls. Indeed, just 30min drive from where I am there is a rather large monastery in the middle of a city and the next city from there, where I grew up, also has a monastery with walls in the middle of the city. Literally, in that town where I grew up, 15min walk and I'd be at the gates of the walled monastery. But I don't need to make that drive because even in my city we have a fortress. The historical center actually has walls and towers which you can climb on and secure yourself. And a lot of major cities have basically ,fortresses in the city. Thank you Roman and medieval heritage.

There are quite a lot of castles too. Our governmental buildings are very defensible, Casa Poporului is the largest governmental building in the world and the president lives in a Palace, known as Palatul Cotroceni.
We also have just 1 city that has over 1 mil people the second having less than 500k and all major cities are far apart. Another advantage for the state to survive is that we have 6 intelligence agencies of which 4 operate internally... yeah... i know, it's rubbish but what can you do. Not sure how useful it will be for the people but for the guys in charge, it'll be useful. Another advantage is the geography. We can't get invaded by zombie hordes from Bulgaria because of the Danube and there is no bridge over the danube (LOL, but true) and also from the east we have a river to Moldavia so that's pretty secure. So really, the only external invasion points are from Serbia and Hungary (the damn hungarian zombies will try and take Transylvania) and Ukraine.

The downsides are:
-poor infrastructure... not really good for people who want to survive by running away.
-governmental incompetence... yes, I wouldn't trust the people in charge to wash my car (IF I HAD ONE -> i have access to the family car but not personal car) let alone save the country.
-poor healthcare -> LOL, no chance for a cure or containment when in our hospitals you can die if you go in to get a minor surgery due to infections. Sux for you zombie apocalyse, our hospitals will kill us before you can!
-the people have no guns. It's illegal to own a firearm in Romania unless ur the cops, the prosecution or a MP. We're completely unarmed. I mean, I think the only things i can use is a hammer and some knives...
-not the best military in the world. I mean, our military is not BAD, we do have 75k active personnel and we also have modern land vehicles... our aviation is crap and our navy sux balls but our land army is ok. But in all zombie movies the army got their asses kicked so if the US military can't do **** against the zombies, ours is less than useless too. So big disadvantage.

All in all I think we'd whether the storm mostly by outlasting the zombies rather than fighting them back. Really, monasteries and castles and fortresses in major cities and palaces are the best refugee locations as well as refurbished military bases that operate out of castles. Supplies would be the most problem but I would see Romania emerging as a military dictatorship rather than a democracy in a post-zombie world.

So what do you think? How would your country whether the storm?

Pretty simple, actually.

The Democrats will send out crews to register them to vote and they'll take over everything.

 

[Spartacus FPV]

In the US, first all airline travel would be suspended. The epidemic would spread faster than media were indicating. The shelves of the grocery stores would go empty before the power went out. When the people get hungry, the cities tear themselves apart and looters rule the night. Most people would shut themselves inside consuming their remaining few days of food attempting to avoid the gun fighting occurring in the streets. Eventually all would be forced to search for what they cannot produce.

Most "preppers" would die being raided by those they previously bragged to about their freeze dried food and water reserves. Some survivalists might make it to the mountains or remote places where looters are days of walking away. Eventually, when those who have turtle'd up outlive the last zombie; people can begin anew.

 

[joG]

So the new walking dead season (or continuation) is upon us and it got me thinkin': How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse?

So say how you think your country will deal and what are it's advantages or disadvantages. We all know how america will deal with it, there are tons of movies out there and shows and whatever... what it all comes down with is shooting a lot with all the guns they have just lying around conveniently... and shooting headshots all the time...


Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?
I'll start with mine, Romania.

Romania has 3 major advantages -> quite a few mountains (the Carpathians) and a lot of fortified buildings that are in very good order which are castles and monasteries. Romanian monasteries have a long tradition of being heavily fortified with one or two lines of walls. Indeed, just 30min drive from where I am there is a rather large monastery in the middle of a city and the next city from there, where I grew up, also has a monastery with walls in the middle of the city. Literally, in that town where I grew up, 15min walk and I'd be at the gates of the walled monastery. But I don't need to make that drive because even in my city we have a fortress. The historical center actually has walls and towers which you can climb on and secure yourself. And a lot of major cities have basically ,fortresses in the city. Thank you Roman and medieval heritage.

There are quite a lot of castles too. Our governmental buildings are very defensible, Casa Poporului is the largest governmental building in the world and the president lives in a Palace, known as Palatul Cotroceni.
We also have just 1 city that has over 1 mil people the second having less than 500k and all major cities are far apart. Another advantage for the state to survive is that we have 6 intelligence agencies of which 4 operate internally... yeah... i know, it's rubbish but what can you do. Not sure how useful it will be for the people but for the guys in charge, it'll be useful. Another advantage is the geography. We can't get invaded by zombie hordes from Bulgaria because of the Danube and there is no bridge over the danube (LOL, but true) and also from the east we have a river to Moldavia so that's pretty secure. So really, the only external invasion points are from Serbia and Hungary (the damn hungarian zombies will try and take Transylvania) and Ukraine.

The downsides are:
-poor infrastructure... not really good for people who want to survive by running away.
-governmental incompetence... yes, I wouldn't trust the people in charge to wash my car (IF I HAD ONE -> i have access to the family car but not personal car) let alone save the country.
-poor healthcare -> LOL, no chance for a cure or containment when in our hospitals you can die if you go in to get a minor surgery due to infections. Sux for you zombie apocalyse, our hospitals will kill us before you can!
-the people have no guns. It's illegal to own a firearm in Romania unless ur the cops, the prosecution or a MP. We're completely unarmed. I mean, I think the only things i can use is a hammer and some knives...
-not the best military in the world. I mean, our military is not BAD, we do have 75k active personnel and we also have modern land vehicles... our aviation is crap and our navy sux balls but our land army is ok. But in all zombie movies the army got their asses kicked so if the US military can't do **** against the zombies, ours is less than useless too. So big disadvantage.

All in all I think we'd whether the storm mostly by outlasting the zombies rather than fighting them back. Really, monasteries and castles and fortresses in major cities and palaces are the best refugee locations as well as refurbished military bases that operate out of castles. Supplies would be the most problem but I would see Romania emerging as a military dictatorship rather than a democracy in a post-zombie world.

So what do you think? How would your country whether the storm?

My feeling is that Romania need only heal its issues with corruption and corporate governance. It would be a very successful place. Problem is that those are difficult problems.

 

[joG]

So the new walking dead season (or continuation) is upon us and it got me thinkin': How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse?

So say how you think your country will deal and what are it's advantages or disadvantages. We all know how america will deal with it, there are tons of movies out there and shows and whatever... what it all comes down with is shooting a lot with all the guns they have just lying around conveniently... and shooting headshots all the time...


Anyway. how would your country (Or another country) survive the zombie apocalypse?
I'll start with mine, Romania.

Romania has 3 major advantages -> quite a few mountains (the Carpathians) and a lot of fortified buildings that are in very good order which are castles and monasteries. Romanian monasteries have a long tradition of being heavily fortified with one or two lines of walls. Indeed, just 30min drive from where I am there is a rather large monastery in the middle of a city and the next city from there, where I grew up, also has a monastery with walls in the middle of the city. Literally, in that town where I grew up, 15min walk and I'd be at the gates of the walled monastery. But I don't need to make that drive because even in my city we have a fortress. The historical center actually has walls and towers which you can climb on and secure yourself. And a lot of major cities have basically ,fortresses in the city. Thank you Roman and medieval heritage.

There are quite a lot of castles too. Our governmental buildings are very defensible, Casa Poporului is the largest governmental building in the world and the president lives in a Palace, known as Palatul Cotroceni.
We also have just 1 city that has over 1 mil people the second having less than 500k and all major cities are far apart. Another advantage for the state to survive is that we have 6 intelligence agencies of which 4 operate internally... yeah... i know, it's rubbish but what can you do. Not sure how useful it will be for the people but for the guys in charge, it'll be useful. Another advantage is the geography. We can't get invaded by zombie hordes from Bulgaria because of the Danube and there is no bridge over the danube (LOL, but true) and also from the east we have a river to Moldavia so that's pretty secure. So really, the only external invasion points are from Serbia and Hungary (the damn hungarian zombies will try and take Transylvania) and Ukraine.

The downsides are:
-poor infrastructure... not really good for people who want to survive by running away.
-governmental incompetence... yes, I wouldn't trust the people in charge to wash my car (IF I HAD ONE -> i have access to the family car but not personal car) let alone save the country.
-poor healthcare -> LOL, no chance for a cure or containment when in our hospitals you can die if you go in to get a minor surgery due to infections. Sux for you zombie apocalyse, our hospitals will kill us before you can!
-the people have no guns. It's illegal to own a firearm in Romania unless ur the cops, the prosecution or a MP. We're completely unarmed. I mean, I think the only things i can use is a hammer and some knives...
-not the best military in the world. I mean, our military is not BAD, we do have 75k active personnel and we also have modern land vehicles... our aviation is crap and our navy sux balls but our land army is ok. But in all zombie movies the army got their asses kicked so if the US military can't do **** against the zombies, ours is less than useless too. So big disadvantage.

All in all I think we'd whether the storm mostly by outlasting the zombies rather than fighting them back. Really, monasteries and castles and fortresses in major cities and palaces are the best refugee locations as well as refurbished military bases that operate out of castles. Supplies would be the most problem but I would see Romania emerging as a military dictatorship rather than a democracy in a post-zombie world.

So what do you think? How would your country whether the storm?

Where I live the evil would be forbidden.

 

[Grand Mal]

In Canada we'd teach 'em to skate. Buncha zombies would play more entertaining hockey than my Canucks are now.

 

[Soupnazi630]

So all you need now is for the dead to rise and your stance on gun control will be justified

It already is justified without such a fictional and scientifically impossible scenario.

 

[Higgins86]

It already is justified without such a fictional and scientifically impossible scenario.

:mrgreen:...course it is

 

[Infinite Chaos]

-- How would mighty YUROP deal with the zombie apocalypse? --

British zombies would be like those in "28 days later" - those guys could outrun most of the ordinary population here. We'd all die quickly.

If we could swap 'em for those slow-walking graoning guys we might stand a chance. We'd have to loosen our laws on self-defence too to give the local population a fighting chance of survival.

 

[Gardener]

A zombie apocalypse?

My particular county would ask them to envision whirled peas, dress them up in tie dye and douse them with patchouli.

Why do you ask?

 

[Ben K.]

Not good. How would I differentiate them from the early morning, hung over folks doing the walk of shame?