Digging for Nations in the Desert (No SV, You are a Micronation in the End of the World)

Interlude: More Oil Than God, More Water than an Ocean.

You had raised an eyebrow as you looked at the paperwork. The man who had been before you was a minner that had formerly, worked for the Saudis before he broke his oath to his king, and converted from Islam, to be his Wife's faith. He was also an Egyptologist, someone who knew what the Ancient Egyptians were doing. To an extent.

He had been one of the best, a surveyor that had, for decades looked out into the desert sands of Arabia, and not only saw Gold under its sands but influence. Power.

Just as people are power, you know that resources are power. And depending on the resources, it can mean the difference between wealth, or destruction.

Or in your case, become the Queenpin for all of the worlds to focus on.

"Say it again, one more time?" You asked as you looked at the map.

"What you are looking at, is the Map of the Region, the Triangle, and the surrounding five hundred square miles, north and south. You see on the Western side, there is large, rocky gravel that is common in the desert, Much of this land, used to have marble and stones that were moved from the South to the North, this is one of the places they assume where they got some of the material to build the pyramids. but, look fifteen feet deeper from topsoil, you will see not only the remnants of former settlements from the ancient times but Water."

He pointed towards the Nile. "We were wondering how this settlement could exist, this far from the Nile. Then we realized that the Nile, perhaps back millennia, had other, smaller tributaries." He pointed to the map. "Under our feet, is a still actively flowing tributary, of an underground aquifer that surfaces into the Nile."

"You mean it's connected to the Nile, and buried by over fifty miles, and it can be… surfaced by simple excavation?" You asked. "How much water is there?"

"Enough Freshwater to greenfly the Desert we are here… and of course, maybe even beyond."

"Will that affect the oil?" You asked.

"Yes, and no." That made the man shake his head. "That is where the Oil comes in."

He then pointed to another map. "Twenty feet below that, at the maximum range of modern drilling and extraction technology that we have, is the largest oil reserves I believe in all of Mainland Africa. From here all the way to the Red Sea. We are at the shallowest point of the entire Reserves, and in a place like this, it's little wonder why they never found it. Everywhere else is too deep to get to, or too isolated to even try.."

"How much oil?" You asked.

"If I am being conservative… as large as Saudi Arabia's currently. If I'm being in my speculations?" He laughed. "Enough to fuel the world for the next three hundred years."

You frowned. "How the hell did everyone miss this?" You asked.

"No one knew where to look. But of course, that leads us to a problem."

"And what problem will that be?" YOu asked.

"Water, or Oil?"

You frowned. "Why not both?"

"The problem is, if we start drilling for the Oil and are not careful, there is a very large chance that this water reserve and the river will flow pollutants into the Nile, and it will Poison everything in it, it will kill Egypt and possibly every nation that has it flows through it." He paused. "We could kill millions of people. And make the entire region worse."

"And that is just a hypothesis?" You asked.

"A guess, The marble that is in between the River and the Oil could still be thick enough as long as we are careful…" He paused. "I just don't know."

What do you decide?:

[]Unearth the River: You are going to reconnect the river to its tributary on the Surface. Doing something, and reversing what the Egyptians, at least in theory, did almost 5,000 years ago. (Will begin a large project to bring a river to the surface. Will not have any risk of starting an environmental catastrophe. Will make Drilling for oil harder.) Reward: Sustincene Agriculture, Comercial, will move up to Meh, and can be made to Perfect Levels

[]Dig for Oil: YOu need the Crude to supply a new industry and build up. The World runs on oil now, not water. (You will start drilling for oil. There is a moderate risk for an environmental catastrophe, and every four turns, if you do not invest in it and they succeed, there may be an accident.) Reward: Oil industry will be set to Meh, And can be made all the way to Excellent

[]Do Both: You are going to be mad, but who fucking cares, you are doing to do the impossible. And you will succed. (You do both projects. Be Warned if one Fails, the Other Will as well! And if the Oil Fails, the Nile will forever be contaminated and the entire world will want to kill you!) Reward: The oil industry will be set to Meh, And can be made all the way to Excellent. Sustincene Agriculture, Comercial, will move up to Meh, and can be made to Perfect Levels

AN: enjoy.