Quote Originally Posted by thwhtGuardian View Post
None of that is lazy, again it's just a take that you personally don't like which is okay, tastes vary.

As for my "real life" scenario...you're really buying into the myth of the military. If the capitol was nuked and all the heads of state were dead there is no USA in the aftermath. The regular population of our nation would be reeling after the deaths of nearly a million people from the blast and as we saw from how well our healthcare system reacted to the pandemic many more would likely die in the ensuing months due to the nuclear fall out and lack of medical care. There would be absolute chaos of an unprecedented scale and what was left of the nation would roll over and beg for what ever aid was offered even if it was the country that bombed us.
Not military, but government will soon reform since all the resource is still there.

State government will quickly form a new one and start the fight asap.

Even ancient empires have survived similar impact.