Lasts an ungodly long amount of time, rapidly mutates creatures into giant versions of themselves, and turns people into ghouls with the right amount of exposure.

How would people react to these effects after Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and during the Cold War? How would this change the perception of nuclear energy and bombs?

Major political changes in the United States leads to the passage of extraordinary legislation targeting the concentration of private wealth. The American government successfully seizes the entirety of Elon Musk's personal fortune, including his shares in major companies, investments, and other assets. Rather than distributing the money domestically, the government reaches an international settlement that transfers the net proceeds of the confiscation to South Africa, Musk's country of birth.

The sudden influx of capital presents South Africa with an extraordinary opportunity. The country could use the money to modernize its electricity grid, expand railways and ports, improve water infrastructure, build housing, strengthen public education, and invest in domestic manufacturing.

Newfoundland was a self governing British dominion until 1934, it joined Canada in confederation in 1949. What if instead Newfoundland refused to join and instead gained full independence. Then it became Juche. What happens with labrador, does it become a North Korea South Korea situation? How would this change the cold war? Newfoundland missile crisis? And what about the cod fisheries?

shill for my alternate history project ahem: https://www.reddit.com/r/Multifandom/comments/1x50qmh/what_do_yall_think_of_my_silly_little_space/

This can lead to many things such as making peace and stopping invasions of the Roman Empire for various agreements or just doing even more conquest into the Roman Empire or moving north to the Scandinavian parts

What if they were given the chance to surrender?

When i say this i mean all california states/provinces.

so baja california, baja california sur, and republic of california all become one country.

California would carry most of the weight since  in the us would still be one of the riches countries in the world and have a huge population, while having a giant film and tech industry.

but would they still inherit the problems that baja california has including the cartels and poverty  , or with the social programs, huge budget for a potential milatery/police force,would fix it? or with its low population  would it be hardly a problem ling term?

could this cause a chain of events where other states leave such as texas and hawaii?

I would say that this could be a potential world power with full access to the pacific and

Idk its just a hypothetical thats suck in my head and wanted to share it; i also want to hear what others got to say about it.