After years of focusing largely on America, The Walking Dead has finally started branching out into other parts of the world, with the franchise revealing more about the outbreak’s global impact. When the original show first started, the story very much revolved around Rick Grimes and a small group of survivors, but as the cast expanded and the narrative got more complicated, the true influence of The Walking Dead‘s zombie virus became clearer. The apocalypse completely decimated the US and forced people to adapt to the new world, creating a plethora of interesting factions and communities in the process.