A collapse map – Week 15 – April 14, 2023 at 02:12PM

Hi fellow collapsniks,

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We’re week 15 of my collapse maps.

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Unfortunately I’m on vacations this week and don’t have access to any PC nor my files to build the map. So there is no map picture included yet, I will add it beginning of next week. “Fortunately” there are very few updates (none maybe, still not sure and writing this text on my phone).

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That map is solely about the collapse dynamic, not about the general standard of living or happiness in the country.

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As an example you can consider Namibia, a relatively poor African country: it is green under a collapse perspective, because it does not suffer any crisis (currently). It has a stable status, even with a low GDP and a not wealthy population.

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On the other hand, the US is yellow, because it does suffer a crisis in multiple areas (politics, inflation, housing, healthcare, localized food/meds shortage…). But obviously it’s still in general better to be living in the US than in Namibia, because the US is overwhelmingly richer.

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As a reminder, I’m making this map every week, it is color coding countries regarding their collapse status. It ranges from green (the country is functioning & far from a collapse) to black (the country has totally collapsed). Details of the color ranges are at the bottom of the post. The collapse status is different from the standards of living, wealth, happiness, or political regime (even if it is related).

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– That map is not a forecast nor its intent is to forecast collapse. It is a glimpse on the immediate, current state of things.

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– This is also not meant to be “the ultimate truth” about collapse for every country. It’s only my personal point of view on the collapse situations in the world. In the end, you may agree or disagree with the colors and I’m always happy to discuss and debate, still the point is not to get to an unanimous agreement, but more to trigger the discussion.

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– Please note that having a far right or even dictatorial government has nothing to do with collapse directly. It may even be the opposite: authoritarian measures, on the short term, are ensuring the stability of a society, thus preventing immediate collapse. To be clear: I’m not advocating for those measures or this type of government. But still, it is a temporary shield against collapse.

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Updates since last week:

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– Tunisia: staying yellow for now. Still in crisis but not catastrophic yet.

– France is staying yellow, but the situation seems to be calming a little bit. Protests are decreasing. May turn green again in a couple weeks.

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As usual please give me your comments, critics, and please challenge my classifications!

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Map picture will be added in a few days