I know the world is still US centric even post Crash but did anyone hear about the Middle East during the Crash?
From what I hear, most the Middle East survived thanks to large number of weapons due to the war on terror, and because you were already killing anyone that tried attacking you before they were screaming apologies instead of war cries.
Thanks War on Terror.
Although I did hear of a little about hordes of C's moving back to the Middle East post Crash, since refugees may have their best memories from either before the War on Terror, or their childhood memories in the area.
Lots of surrounding region have high C migration to the area still to this day apparently.
Edit: to clarify: I believe the scientific reasoning that C's move to places with either the strongest or most prolific memories, part the reason why so many C's migrate toward what used to be tourist attractions and holiday spots.