The Chrysalis Tribulation Vs. Nuclear WarThe people of Waknuk are irrational and unaware that their beliefs are aimless. Waknuk is located in Labrador, just outside of the place the old-timers call the Fringes. What the people of Waknuk thought had happened to the world was divine punishment, they called this tribulation. Their thoughts on the tribulation had no proof, other than a book called Repentances of which they had no idea where it came from, only that it came from the days of the ancients. The tribulation was most likely a nuclear war, as radiation is likely the cause of these deviations in the book. The landforms also correspond to what appears to be Labrador Canada. The people of Sealand could have been post-apocalyptic survivors while not following blind faith. Write-offs in the book turn out to be the most likely scenario when it comes to book deviations. The Côtes Noires of the book are the site of the bomb's detonation. They are so full of radiation that parts of the Black Coast have been turned to glass from such intense heat....