[quote=@Taeryn]
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I would of claimed it, but didn't want to go crazy with the land area, but you can split it between two people if you like or have an independent polity.

On the subject of WMD's, its worth noting that their intent, after all, is never to be used. If anyone cares to indulge in a variant of Cold War type roleplay in this setting, after all, without the threat of mutually assured destruction, that type of roleplay of brinksmanship becomes near impossible.

There could be pre-cataclysm WMD's out there of varying types, but no doubt difficult to use and most likely known to be far more devastating that even saying you possess one would invite a mass invasion, so you'd be in a position of having a few neutron bombs or something but absolutely no delivery method.

[/quote]The problem is two-fold with WMDs, and by that I mostly mean nukes.

1.) Most players don't like Cold War politics at all. The idea of any large scale invasion can potentially escalate into nuclear exchange can seriously hamper the intention of people who might wish to see such events to play out.

2.) Unlike real politicians nukes WILL be used in NRPs. It's like giving a sweetooth the keys to a candy store. And then the one on the receiving end of the nuke is generally frustrated and do not wish to cope with the effects such strike would have on his or her nation in the game.

That's why people don't like nukes and in a number of games this is perfectly okay. That's why I came up with a reason how to avoid such scenarios while avoiding to invoke some equivalent of the Fantasy Gun Control.

Being said, pre-nuke WMD equivalents are fine because as experience tells us with WW2 large scale wars could broke out without everyone and their dear mother poisoning population centers. AFAIK the only ones to utilize chemical weapons were the Japanese and even those were for cleansings rather than actual combat purposes or any sorts of first strike.
Partially because you don't have too many ways to deploy toxic gas more effectively than you'd do with conventional bombings.
And yeah, there's also the whole mutual deterrence thing which was strong enough that even Hitler wasn't crazy enough to break it.
(Granted he was actually treated after a Mustard Gas attack during WW1 so the reason might be also personal)