For a German scenario I guess you could have a backdrop of the world in turmoil because of the lack of oil. Basically Russia's power could be rising immensely due to their oil reserves and perhaps Sweden's cut in the Russian oil pipeline could cause a major shortage in Germany. Sweden declines to cooperate in giving more oil because they are also running on fumes. Germany realizes that if it cannot secure those pipelines within two months, it's economy will collapse.

p.s. you'll probably have to mention how Germany's alternative energy source experiments never lived up to their potential and Germany has been living in a virtual blackout for a whole month and people are starting to get very angry and riots are taking place everywhere.
Either way, writing is VERY fun.
Story telling in general is.
I love story telling whether it's writing a story, drawing cartoons or making scenarios for games (GHOST RECON!!)
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