Chapter 6: Successive Launches
Due to the unique political system of the Federation where each state operates independently, some states of the Federation are currently in relatively good condition. The citizens are systematically stockpiling supplies, digging shelters, and actively preparing for the impending disaster. However, some states have fallen into chaos even worse than that of Britain and Gaul, and their state governments have already lost control over the situation.
As for the Federal government, they are mainly focused on the meteor defense plan and, coupled with their limited control over the states, have simply opted to turn a blind eye to these issues, letting the states handle them themselves. The Federal government is single-mindedly concentrating all its efforts on completing the meteor defense plan.
After all, as long as the plan can be realized and the trajectory of the meteor can be altered, Blue Star can be spared from a catastrophic disaster. The various social unrest and issues caused by the meteor impact would naturally subside, leaving the government to merely oversee post-disaster reconstruction in the states.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this mindset that the disaster preparedness of the Federation is far from ideal.
The Federation does have shelters and nuclear bunkers, but the majority of these were built during the Cold War.
With the disintegration of Sovia and the end of the Cold War, the Federation, as the world’s only superpower and the strongest military power, could be said to be very safe domestically. These shelters and bunkers gradually lost their function and were abandoned.
Although they say "Peaceful America, gunfight every day," this is, after all, a country that was never invaded in two World Wars. In terms of preparing for potential disasters, the Federation’s people have always maintained a kind of optimism puzzling to the people of other countries, with little sense of crisis.
This has led to a situation where, in the face of a potential disaster, ordinary citizens of the Federation can only rely on their own basements, which is feasible for the property-owning class who can afford single-family homes. As for the poor lower class, who often live in apartments, they have no basements to use for refuge.