[ WP ] Magic is discovered and it 's channeled with music . Modern nations dissolve and new countries rise in their place divided by the preferred music . In the frozen north lie the Metal kingdoms . Far to the south are the countries of Soul etc .

The great musical wars of 2016-2046 were quite devastating in Africa and Asia. Shortly after music gained its magical properties, we learned that different genres were more compatible with those from the same continent. American-origin genres, like rock, pop, rap, jazz, and country, all can coexist with one another, as can European genres like flamenco, polka, and classical. Genres that have dual origins, like prog-rock ( developed as an offshoot of American rock in Britain, which was a nation in northwest Europe now overlapping with the Celtic League, the Grime-Britpop-Prog Council, and the Heavy Metal Confederation ) and Eurodance ( combining American `` house'' and `` techno'' with various European cultures ), can coexist with multiple continents. When one hears music from an alien culture that is used as a weapon, however, it creates a homicidal rage effect in the listener. 
 
 Because of the deep saturation of American genres ( even if not American artists ) in the US, the Music Wars had little effect there. Similarly in Europe, the large proportion of dual-origin genres ( prog rock, turbo-folk, Britpop, Eurodance, grime, and Finnish tango ) that combine European, American, and/or Latin American origins meant that followers of those genres could serve as peacemakers between the feuding European and American genres. Similarly, Polo Disco and Turbo-Folk aligned to preserve the traditional Slavic nations, and Folk Metal established a swath of central Scandinavia to separate folk nations and Sami yoik from the American-influenced Heavy Metal Confederation. The Celtic League managed to survive in the erstwhile Britain and Ireland thanks to Grime, Britpop, and Prog Rock establishing neutral areas to protect them from marauding hordes of Metal, Bhangra, and Rap fans. 
 
 Outside of Europe and the Americas, where Westernization and Americanization were just starting to make an impact, the bloodshed was extreme. India largely peacefully split into Hindustani, Bhangra, and Carnatic ( the north, northwest, and south respectively ), albeit after a genocide of hundreds of thousands of Pop, Rap, Rock, and Metal fans that caused the streets of Delhi to run red with blood. Similarly, Japanese were astonished to learn that what they called J-Pop was functionally American pop with Japanese lyrics and so could not coexist with more traditional Japanese genres like enka. Enka only survived in Shikoku after the imperial family, patrons of traditional Japanese culture, developed an evacuation plan and dynamited the bridges connecting it to Honshu. The ongoing strife in the Middle East amazingly quieted somewhat; ISIS and the Taliban turned to Nasheed, a Middle Eastern genre, on account of their ban of instruments in music. The more secular areas surrounding them turned to various popular Arab genres, which were Middle Eastern enough to allow them to coexist with the erstwhile Islamist groups. The targets then became Bhangra followers in the Gulf states, who largely fled or were slaughtered, as well as urban hipsters and Israelis who listened exclusively to European and American music and who lived relatively close to large populations of Nasheed listeners.
