outside support? serious, albeit potentially dumb question...

No chance of help from outside. My assumption is that it is a World War, meaning that all NATO countries would have been hit or at least been under a very grave threat.

Also, parts of the world (Australia, South America?) untouched by the attacks would still be profoundly affected by the trauma. There'd be the sudden and instant loss of trade and technological support as well as huge political and social uncertainty about the new world order. Probably these areas would see their economies plunge and regress to pre industrial ways. They'd be too weak and isolated to invest in the destroyed areas of the northern hemisphere.

Rightly, as soon as the bomb drops, all references to other countries are immediately gone. In this situation, almost everyone's perspective goes no further than a ten mile radius.

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I don't think relief efforts would do much good. Not if the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is anything to go by. And that was just one small corner of the United States, with no radiation or nuclear winter to contend with.

Countries south of the equator might have been a bit bitter off if they weren't actually hit by any bombs, but the nuclear winter would have affected agriculture in those places to some degree.

For countries that were not targeted by nuclear bombs, fear, confusion and possibly civil disorder would spread as they lost contact with the target countries. These would increase as the effects of nuclear winter were felt and, within weeks, people would begin to suffer because of the cessation of trade. Imports of food and energy (mostly oil) sustain many of these countries and, with few exceptions, derive from the target areas. Even food exporting countries such as Australia and New Zealand are almost totally dependent on energy imports. Third World countries in Africa, Asia and parts of South America depend heavily on food imports from Europe or North America and, even if their own agriculture were undamaged, their people would face severe food shortages after a nuclear war.

In the longer term, world-wide food shortages together with serious health problems could be the greatest threat. They are the main reason why more people might die of starvation and disease than in the war itself...Nuclear Winter - The Evidence and the Risks p129

Every country in the world would be affected by the nuclear war in some way. No one would be untouched by it.

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Everyone gets some, maybe not the Australians or Zoo Nealanders but everyone else. There is no help because 3000 Megatons is a ticket for a long stay in the stone age.

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You are missing out on something...well you were two years ago anyway...everyone else is in the exact same boat...no-one would come as they would all be dying too.

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Yea, its a pretty dumb, silly question to be honest. At this time when the UK was hit, America was under Republican leadership, so thats why they never helped out

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