[ WP ] Write a dystopia that turns into a utopia .

It all started innocently enough. On December 13th, 2017, South Korean anti missile defenses registered a false positive. Faulty wiring combined with high-decibel wear on sensors placed too close to DMZ K-pop subwoofers caused a connection failure, which erroneously indicated a large-scale nuclear attack from their Northern neighbor. 
 
 South Korean officials, knowing that there was no possible way of stopping all of the attacking missiles, immediately launched a large-scale counter offensive. Having secretly hoarded dozens of illegal nuclear weapons, they were determined not to go down without a fight. 
 
 North Korea then detected the apparently spontaneous attack. Having somewhat demilitarized in response to Chinese demands, they immediately contacted their Chinese'friends', who were all too happy to stop what was believed to be an American attack. Their anti-missile defenses promptly destroyed the incoming South Korean missiles. 
 
 That should have been the end of it. 
 
 Unfortunately, the South Korean missiles were defective. As the first few were destroyed, it sent other nearby missiles careening off-course, crashing into high-population areas before detonating. Others detonate at high altitudes, generating an EMP that temporarily shuts down 95 % of China's unshielded electronics. Communication becomes nearly impossible as panic spreads. 
 
 By this point, scarcely a half hour has passed. 
 
 Americans watch with horror as Seoul is nuked in an apparent Chinese attack. The president immediately raises the threat level to DEFCON 1, bringing every military in the world to high readiness. 
 
 It is at this moment that Middle-Eastern terrorists detonate a suitcase nuclear device in the center of Manhattan. 
 
 The response is immediate. The United States launches its battery of missiles for preliminary strikes against China. Russian automatic systems, detecting a massive and real launch, go into effect, firing on the US. The few surviving chinese systems detect the incoming missiles and immediately launch as well. In less than 24 hours, every country in the world is shooting at every other country in the world. 
 
 In this chaos, North Korea is forgotten entirely. 
 
 Only a few days later, nearly every human on the planet is dead. The only survivors are in the one country that was never actually nuked, which had the overwhelming control of the population and the constant fear of attack, enough to have shelters ready for almost the entire population. They retreat underground for five years, until rain and time has washed away the majority of the radiation. 
 
 And when they returned to the surface, they found a whole new world waiting for them. 
 
 It turns out it really was everyone else's fault, after all.
