The Ascender's Home forum.
In the general discussion section, a large number of posts showed pictures of disaster sites caused by the magnitude 8 earthquake.
Among them, a post titled "The Human Federation Is About to Lose a Member" was extremely popular.
The original poster wrote: "OP here. I'm in Magala Country, and we've had the worst luck. The epicenter was right in the center of Magala's Capital... The entire city is destroyed, and all the official government departments were wiped out in one go. I bet when the Human Federation meets again, Magala Country won't be there..."
A pile of replies appeared below:
"OP, you're a prophet! The Human Federation just released the minutes from their meeting. The Magala Country representative officially announced the dissolution of their nation."
"One seat gone. Only thirty-three countries left now."
"That unlucky???"
