Operation Payback has taken place in June of 2023 The Chinese detonated a nuke in Central Kazakhstan and the North Koreans bombed Japan. In Italy, the Russians were pushed out of Rome. in Norway, the Russians were defeated in Scotland and the remaining Russians in Glasgow were killed. The Cuban troops in southern Florida were captured or killed in Mexico and southern California and Texas, the Mexican rebel troops were eliminated by US and Mexican loyalist forces. In Russia, the new President Viktor Dalenski was elected president.