All of the city-states drop to ghost towns of less than 20% of their pre-crisis populations. The city-states cease existing as geopolitical entities that exert influence and control beyond their city walls, but they slowly re-establish themselves in the decades after the crisis, and exist at the end of this week, but in much weakened states compared to before the crisis started.

Smaller villages and towns based around herds and crops suffer similar fates, with many disappearing entirely. Smaller villages and towns reliant more on fishing fare better. The inland areas in the dryer regions in particular become largely uninhabited, as settlements in those regions depended on livestock the most.

Mining, quarrying, and metalworking effectively ceases for the duration of the crisis, as does long-distance maritime trade. Same with other advanced industries like tanning, shipbuilding, and so forth. These industries rebound to various degrees after the crisis passes, as people can stop worrying about not being able to feed themselves again.

Pigs become a staple of Tedeshan cuisine, with many small villages, towns, and households keeping herds of them. Cattle, goats, sheep, and horses slowly re-establish themselves as part of Tedeshani life after the crisis, with the city-states in particular rebuilding their herds.