one thing I held out until the last moment but didn't happen was the reveal that the redpox affected the entire world and every country was faking having men too. because come on the isolation policy was brutally enforced but it wasn't water-tight, no way knowledge of the lack of men could be contained, and the reason toher countries didn't invade was because they were also dealing with the same problem. this reveal would play into the theme of equality between the sexes and history happening either way.