Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea was a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the east by the Middle East, and on the south by North Africa.

Islands in the Mediterranean included the nations of Cyprus and Malta and the Italian territories of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.

At the time of Day 9, the People's Republic of China had dispatched a carrier wing to the Mediterranean for the first time in history, as part of their "Friendship Tour." This was believed to be an attempt to intimidate the British into abandoning their military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, which China regarded as lying in its own sphere of influence.