Dubai

Dubai was the largest city of the United Arab Emirates.

History
At some point in the past, the old city of Dubai was a major center of finance and wealth. However, in the Mideast Meltdown in 1997, Dubai was destroyed by way of four thermonuclear bombs, irradiating the city and damaging the surrounding environment to the point that the desert became literal glass.

During the 2020s, only scavengers and the most desperate would enter the remains of the city, in search of salvaging something valuable to scavenge from the Hot Zone that Dubai had become.

In the years since the destruction of Old Dubai, the city of New Dubai was built, presumably on an artificial construct deep in the Arabian Gulf. The suburbs of Old Dubai remain, although most residents of Old Dubai can only expect a lifespan of a mere 30 years.