The Arlington Contaminated Zone is the radioactive ruins of Arlington, Virginia, which was destro yed in 2010 in a Soviet nuclear bombing in the last days of the Fourth World War. The area is under the sovereignty of the Republic of Northern Virginia. While under the nominal sovereignty of the RNOVA, the area is patrolled by a security force consisting of troops from all the nations of the Havana Pact, the organization founded by the Soviet Union and its allies/puppets after the end of the Fourth World War. The commander of the occupation force is Anatoliy Serdyukov.