Disclaimer: Ranma !/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.  This story was inspired from the '80s movie "Red Dawn" which belongs to its respective owners.

Prologue: The Winds Of War

With an enormous financial deficit, and after a costly war, The United States adopts an isolationist policy, which causes it to scale down on its economic and military influence around the world.

Rampant corruption and the failure of globalization prompt the people of the Philippines to revolution and to embrace Communism for a change.

Civil unrest escalates in the Russian Federation.  Many call for the restoration of the Communist system.

An ultra nationalist movement seizes control of the Russian government during its weakest.  A second Red October sweeps Russia. One by one the former Soviet republics reunite to form a revitalized Soviet Empire.

China and the Soviet Union renew diplomatic ties with one another, ensuring a strong economic and military alliance between the two Super Powers unlike that seen since during the Cold War.

The Communist Coalition formed: an alliance of communist states and their allies with Russia and China as the founding members.

Soviet forces invade Afghanistan a second time upon the request of the Afghan Communist Party in exile in Russia.  The international community is outraged by the incident while China supports the move, bringing in its own troops in to the conflict.

Indochina: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos renew their allegiance with the Soviet Union and the communist cause.

China annexes the Spratlys group of islands, ensuring complete control of the South China Sea. 

The Second Mexican Revolution occurs.  Mexico becomes the latest member of the Communist Coalition and welcomes Soviet influence and presence on their shore. 

China invades Taiwan, overwhelming the 'rebel' island nation easily, leaving Japan and South Korea as the remaining democratic powers in East Asia.

AN: You might be asking, what the hell is this?  I assure you that this is a Ranma fic and will be clarified in the next chapter.