Earth Apocalypse(After total nuclear war)

The scenario is taking place on earth after a major nuclear war which has resulted in almost total destruction of mankind.
Many years after the blast governments who were able to escape emerge to find a desert Earth infected with pollution and terrifying bandits.
16 civs survived but with only 2 or 3 meager cities to start again.

Scenario is made as .bic(Civ3) file but is also perfectly playable with PTW.
Download file at bottom of message.

Scenario specs:
*Desert terrain never yields food. Desert terrain will not convert to Coast in the event of pollution damage, it will remain desert.
*Grasslands/Forests is nearly non-existent.
*Players start with Motorized Transportation as best tech.
*Ressources are extremely scarce.
*Tech advancement is very costly and will min. take 20 turns(max. 40).
*Fierce Bandits and Pirates roame the world, activity set to raging.
*Republic government modified to have:
2 unit draft limit
1 unit as police
Worker rate is 3
Corruption is Problematic
Unit cost is 1 gold per unit
*Democratic government modified to have:
1 unit draft limit
No unit as police
Worker rate is 6
Corruption is Minimal
Unit cost is 2 gold per unit
*Communism modified to have 5 units as police.
*Battleship have 1 extra hitpoint.

This map should not be slow because of the limited growth potential, but the first parts of the scenario may be a struggling battle.

The scenario use a modified huge Earth map which was made by Zach Wilson, sept. 2001(according to original map credit).

Suggestions, comments and critique are welcome

It sounds nice
Reading the changes was depressing, believe it or not. It sounds like a good challenge. How have you balanced this scenario?

I always hope to see a fallout or darktowerish map. Something were the world is in waste.
Units could be nothing sort of clubs and maces but other could be made like if you get Iron saltpeter and maybe new resource call "Old technology" you make a wasteland rifle men or a gunslinger.