Freightdog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:31 pm Russia and China are substitutes for Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan, imagining themselves as the alternative outcome from The Man in the High Castle.
In this brave inclusive world, there is no traditional gender identity to the two highest pieces on their side, and instead have gone for a same-gender alliance, where both want to be in charge, and neither really is. As a result, they rarely make a move of their own.

Chechnya and Belarus are the bishops, and true to religious history are playing their own long game.
Knights and Rooks have been made equal to the rest of the peasants. They are also dual coloured- as are the pawns; from that side of the board, they appear black, but from the other side, grey.
Loyalty and ability of each piece is based on current attrition.

The other side of the board- NATO and the US as king and queen, respectively. NATO having limited moves while it keeps all members happy, the US having an opportunity to go off on its own quite quickly.

Germany is both a knight and a bishop. One Rook is Turkey, and equally grey. The UK another knight, and the remaining pieces have yet to identify their identities.