How will your country survive the zombie apocalypse?

[123Imirish]

My country is IRELAND! 

 

Population total 4 million 4,000

The capital, Dublin hold 1 million 200,000 ( 1 million 800,000 if you include the outer suburbs.)

then comes Belfast with 480,000 which I'm including because its on the same landmass.

Limerick has around 90,000 

and other towns have average of 20,000 people. there are also a lot of rural population centres with anywhere from 300- 2,000 people. 

The capital along with Belfast is on the east coast. Cork to the south and limerick to the west. The west and south west have a very low (and declining) population as there is no work or fertile land or population centres in this area. Most people work for big companies in the cities. Much of the youth emigrate to places like Canada, Australia, the U.k and the U.S for work. People in low pop. density areas also migrate to the cities in search for work.

You are never more than two miles from a person no matter where you are in the country.

 

The county, by worldwide standard has four mountains and a lot of 500 meter hills. Just south of the capital is the Dublin-Wicklow mountains. These are a popular tourist site but hold a very low population. The west, north, south and lower east are all rugged, hilly and mountainous terrain. The only fertile land is surrounding the cities (mostly Dublin) and in the centre. The most forested county is Wicklow which is just below the capital. Although 200 years ago 90 percent of all land was forest and those forest contained things such as Irish boars and a few thousand years ago bears as well. But just like those forests much of the  wildlife has vanished due to over logging by Normans and English invaders. Currently the most dangerous wild animal is a fox and the largest a deer.

 

The country is vastly connected with motorways (Highways) stretching to every corner of the land. the capital city has a C-shaped ring motorway around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city. The capital city also has a underground tunnel called the port tunnel which connects a part of the city to the port and can shorten a journey by up to 30 minutes.

 Every town has phone and internet and all of the 1st world stuff . Talks are also in for a metro in the capital.

 

Many people have tools and some people have guns. To have a gun you have to be 

a) a farmer

b) in the army 

c) a gang member      (obviously they don't obtain it thorough legal procedures)

d) a member of a gun club.

Much of the native sports contain thing that could be easily be use to kill zombies.

Like a hurley stick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurling_Ball_and_Hurley.JPG

 

When the chaos starts riots will occur in Dublin city centre and many people will head for the mountains nearest to their locations. Ireland isn't big. Its smaller than most U.S states. The outcome would not be good. Every motorway would be clogged with cars. Motorways are formed different than highways. Highways are flat open roads mostly. Motorways have two-three foot concrete barricades an both sides and down the middle. Some motorways have their own lane for emergency services and if one car goes the entire system can be clogged up. There is motorway exits every few miles but since cars park along the motorway, behind the previous car because the traffic isn't moving due to car crashes, eventually  the exits have cars parked blocking them. Cars have no where to go once they encounter a crash the lie there idle. All it takes is for once person to miss the exit as the traffic builds up for that one to become unusable. 

In all fairness many if not a lot of people will get the to the mountains. Most will die of starvation. With their being very little game and no fertile land,  you would need knowledge of the land. Many people from the city are animal lovers but do not have the space to own such a thing as a dog. They would find it hard to kill animals, unlike their ancestors. If you were involved in the military or even scouts (which unlike the U.S scouts anyone can become a leader or member) makes you a valuable asset. The majority of survivors from the city that fled would die the first winter. also...

 

Winter.

Irish winters get worse every year due to global warming. Floods, gales, hurricanes and recently a mini tornado. Power is cut off to many rural areas. Flooding destroys farms and smaller more secure towns making the only safe place un-lootable or farmable. Also Ireland's longest and most flooding river, the Shannon, is the thing that goes right across the fertile part of the country that is filled with farms.

 

Many people would flee to small offshore islands and Britain is only three hours by boat. Buildings in inner Dublin are close together and it's easy to blockade the main streets. Unlike U.S suburbs, Irish suburbs are not just houses for miles. In Ireland they contain all the services you would ever need.

 

The majority of power comes from kinsale. An offshore natural gas station. It is almost out of gas and supplies well over half the countries power.

 

there is often a divide between Irish people. For instance in Dublin, where I live, there is a river that divides the city called the liffey (originating in the Blessington lakes, co Wicklow) People to the south of the of the river are stereotypically thought of as wealthy, smug, posh and rude. People to the north are stereotypically thought of as poor, middle class, gangs, drugs and no respect for the law. Both. (especially the northsider one!) are a load of sh!t. Also the people from the countryside are thought of as stupid, smug, conservative, religious, strange, rich farmers people that will laugh at you If you say you are from the city. Also untrue. Last one about the laughing not so much. (county people are sometimes called Culchies. Pronounced CULL-CH-EE-Z.

 

Farmers would have everything you need to kill zombies. Shotguns, pitchforks, combine harvesters.

Irish people often have tension towards other things. The cities are multicultural places where its not uncommon to find a eighty year old woman who supports gay marriage. While in the countryside people mostly are white, religious and conservative (that's based on stereotypes so probably inaccurate).

 

66 percent of people live in suburbs.

 

Verdict::: I'd say it's okay to presume because of high density and harsh conditions that 91 percent of people would be zombies or dead. Main cause of death: starvation, car crash and lack of survival skills. City centre of Dublin would be infested with gangs and a few suburban safe-houses. Most survivors would have survival skills prior to the apocalypse. This is what makes scouts and Soldiers valuable. They know what to eat, where to sleep and how to build shelter and kill, skin and eat wild game. These people would likely end up near a mountain but not directly on one.  

 

RE:VERDICT. Farmers and army men and women along with scout leader are the only notable survivors.

 

RE-RE VERDICT:                ZOMBIES DIDN'T KILL US, WINTER DID.

[Viceroy]

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How informative! A good read. Enjoyed it. Thanks for writing it.

[123Imirish]

 

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How informative! A good read. Enjoyed it. Thanks for writing it.

 

 

why thank you. I was in a hurry so some of my grammar is incorrect. I'll try to edit as much of it as I can. I also added a lot more

[zelio10]

Whell............... Holland................ our weapons storage is pathetic but...... we have enough melee weapons and good water every where.

 

plus whe have water purification centers all over so water isnt such a big problem.

 

Food well like everyone else (all other parts of the world) it`ll deplete eventualy, plus the amount of people escaping already holland SO GOD DARN MUCH.

 

It probably wont last long but it`s not too bad either.

 

Considering that whe have 1/4 more people than one state in america, on this confounded turd of the world the world. THERE`S GONNA BE A SHIT TON OF ZOMBIES HERE.

 

I GIVE HOLLAND (MY SHITTY TURD) LESS THAN HALF A YEAR TO SURVIVE. Thats my verdict.

[RedKrypton]

Whell............... Holland................ our weapons storage is pathetic but...... we have enough melee weapons and good water every where.

 

plus whe have water purification centers all over so water isnt such a big problem.

 

Food well like everyone else (all other parts of the world) it`ll deplete eventualy, plus the amount of people escaping already holland SO GOD DARN MUCH.

 

It probably wont last long but it`s not too bad either.

 

Considering that whe have 1/4 more people than one state in america, on this confounded turd of the world the world. THERE`S GONNA BE A SHIT TON OF ZOMBIES HERE.

 

I GIVE HOLLAND (MY SHITTY TURD) LESS THAN HALF A YEAR TO SURVIVE. Thats my verdict.

I have a grandma, which now moves back to Austria, but I was there several times and I give you guys at most a month.

You have one hell of a population density and nothing can be called remotely remote. On oil platform you got some chance, but the cities.

Tough luck compadre.