KRASHMAPNational Dossier // SAU
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ISO SAU● 2077 STATUS: IRRADIATED DEADZONE● SPHERE: NON-ALIGNED

Saudi Arabia

Arabian Peninsula Fallout Basin & Red Sea Enclaves

[MAP: 1994 →][MAP: 2002 →][MAP: 2020 →][MAP: 2045 →][MAP: 2077 →]
CAPITAL / PRIMARY HUB
Riyadh (Abandoned) · Jeddah Pressurized Port
DOMINANT MEGACORPORATION / POWER BLOC
Petrochem & Orbital Air Red Sea Logistics
CANONICAL SOURCEBOOK CITATION
Cyberpunk 2020 Core Rulebook (1990), p. 176 · Firestorm: Stormfront & Shockwave (1997), pp. 56–60 · Cyberpunk RED Core Rulebook (2020), p. 252 · The World of Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), p. 43

Chronological Geopolitical Record (1994–2077)

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

ERA 1994 // 1994 CRASH·● OIL CRASH & REGIONAL ARMS RACE·● BIOTECHNICA

1994: Saudi Arabia — World Stock Crash & US Collapse

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 35%[LAUNCH 1994 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (1994): House of Saud Emergency Defense Council
  • 01.The 1994 World Stock Crash slashes Western petroleum demand while regional rivals arm themselves with tactical nuclear missiles.
  • 02.Riyadh hires private Western and corporate mercenary divisions to guard Ghawar and Abqaiq oil fields.
  • 03.Extremist uprisings and water desalination failures destabilize interior cities.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTSevere Water Shortages & Mercenary Garrison Rule
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEEurodollar (€$) Petrodollar Reserves
ERA 2002 // SOVOIL COUP·● 1997 OIL FIELD INCINERATION·● NON-ALIGNED

2002: Saudi Arabia — SovOil Coup & Mideast Meltdown

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 0%[LAUNCH 2002 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2002): Collapsed Peninsula — Red Sea Quarantine Authority
  • 01.In the 1997 Mideast Meltdown, nuclear strikes obliterate the eastern Saudi oil fields of Dhahran, Ghawar, and Jubail, wiping out the kingdom’s economic foundation in hours.
  • 02.Radioactive fallout across the Rub’ al Khali and central plateau forces the surviving royal court into exile in Europe.
  • 03.Only western Red Sea ports like Jeddah survive as heavily shielded maritime quarantine enclaves.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENT85% Peninsula Depopulated · Eastern Oil Fields Vaporized
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMECollapsed · Red Sea Enclave Rationing
ERA 2020 // 4TH CORP WAR·● IRRADIATED EASTERN BASIN·● NON-ALIGNED

2020: Saudi Arabia — Fourth Corporate War & DataKrash

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 2%[LAUNCH 2020 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2020): Jeddah Corporate Port Authority & Automated Extraction Rigs
  • 01.By 2020, eastern and central Saudi Arabia are part of the Persian Gulf radioactive glass wasteland.
  • 02.Along the Red Sea coast, European and Orbital Air security forces maintain pressurized refueling stations to protect Suez-to-Indian Ocean shipping.
  • 03.Drone solar-harvesters blanket the uninhabited western desert plateau.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTInterior Uninhabited · Coastal Enclaves Under Corporate Rule
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEEurodollar (€$) Maritime Enclave
ERA 2045 // TIME OF THE RED·● SOLAR & RAD-WASTELAND·● NON-ALIGNED

2045: Saudi Arabia — Time of the Red & Reconstruction

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 4%[LAUNCH 2045 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2045): Red Sea Nomad Flotillas & Suez Transit Consortium
  • 01.During the Time of the Red, Jeddah functions as a fortified hazmat waystation for Nomad maritime convoys navigating the Red Sea.
  • 02.Interior desert radiation storms periodically force coastal domes into multi-week atmospheric lockdowns.
  • 03.Automated solar arrays beam microwave power from the empty desert to European and East African orbital relays.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENT92% Historic Territory Uninhabitable
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEEurodollar (€$) & Energy Credits
ERA 2077 // MODERN DYSTOPIA·● AUTOMATED SOLAR DEADZONE·● NON-ALIGNED

2077: Saudi Arabia — Modern Megacorp Hegemony

SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 2%[LAUNCH 2077 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (2077): Continental Energy Consortium & Red Sea Drone Command
  • 01.By 2077, the Arabian Peninsula is an eerie expanse of black radioactive glass in the east and millions of autonomous solar mirrors in the west.
  • 02.Zero sovereign government exists; Red Sea ports operate strictly as corporate automated container terminals.
  • 03.Scavenger cyborgs still risk lethal radiation doses to raid buried pre-1997 luxury vaults beneath the ruins of Riyadh.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTPermanent Depopulation Outside Red Sea Domes
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEEurodollar (€$)

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