World War Zero

Version 5, Patch 1 10.12.2024 Discord server: https://discord.gg/zGvZqbTg7U

October, 2063. An unidentified object strikes Earth's North Pole. The impact results in the greatest natural disaster humanity had yet known. The following period of planetary chaos would come to be called the Deluge. It is now January 1st, 2101. Humanity survived the Deluge, but the face of the planet was forever changed. Massive flooding caused coastlines everywhere to retreat inland, many old nations crumbled in the face of the disaster, while many survived. It has been two decades since the so-called Deluge-era ended, with humanity being able to continue its regular existence. But winds of change never cease blowing, and humanity will soon face its final challenge, a conflict to decide the fate of the planet. This final war would be called...

World War Zero is an overhaul mod for Hearts of Iron IV. Taking place in the 22nd century, the mod features a familiar-yet-foreign world, filled with locations and nations both old and new. WWZ is largely a gameplay-focused mod, created by a tiny team of modders, and while the mod has been released, development will not be stopping any time soon.

As an overhaul mod, WWZ has plenty of features to explore:

• An overhauled world map, a flooded Earth

• Over a hundred new nations, complete with custom starting leaders

• Brand new and unique technology tree

• Full unique content for the USNA and Indonesia

• Regional focus trees for Europe, Russia, Central Asia and Africa

• Regional unification for Europe, Russia, Africa, Mexico, Central Asia, South America and the Western Hemisphere (USNA)

• New laws, including unique laws for select nations

• The National Characteristics system, giving you modifiers that stay with you until the end of the game

• High replayability as a result of the randomization system, which randomizes elements such as factories, militaries and resources for each new campaign

• Space and Moon Colonization Mechanic

• And much more!

If you'd like to stay up-to-date on development, and participate in the community (for instance in future votes on future content), consider joining our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/zGvZqbTg7U We especially hope that you provide feedback after your playthroughs!

Temuzu: Primary developer, a man robbed his Brittany, jack-of-all-trades MaskedRokho: Indonesia developer, all-around chad rlk: General development, absolute madman Eddie: Former member, localization work, conceptualisation, Sw*dish malsya steam roller: Former member, Indonesia contributor, man of culture Pi: Former member, flag designer realmagnusthered: Guest star, Africa contributor, Iron Grip developer TheProfessor: Former member, post-USNA work Thrillville109: Community member, post-USNA work Nuttachai: Portrait resources Mstae67: Portrait resources

A special thanks to our testers who tested the mod.