Welcome to the Future...
The future is one in which Imperialism has returned in a big way, after the world fell apart in the 2030s after the gulf oil fields peaked and the global oil supply started running low. The first major casualties in the resource wars were the developing nations in Africa, who could not assure deliveries of food and medical supplies to a land that was wracked by an explosion of Ebola in the 2020s, and these nations collapsed along tribal lines, except where warlords controlled the land. The next place to fall to the wars was Asia, where India, Pakistan, and China fought over Kashmir, leading to a MAD situation when all three parties threatened nuclear warfare. A peace settlement was reached in 2035, but all three were exhausted from the war, and Pakistan was the first to fall, torn apart by ethnic divisions, India was able to soldier on for a few more months, but followed Pakistan in the opening years of 2036. The disestablishment of India was more formal, but when the states of India declared independence ethnic fighting ensued. China was able to largely stay intact, but ceded Tibet, as the costs of occupying the land were unsustainable. The states of Central Asia simply fell into squabbling tribes after the governments lost their main source of income from fossil fuels.
As the fuel crisis worsened, more states fell. The UN shrank daily. But a solution was quickly developed, something that was already possible, but inefficient. Nuclear fusion was quickly developed from something simply experimental to something that was widespread. It seemed the energy crisis was over, at least for the states of the first world. But this was not so. As conditions worsened in the Third World, refugees flooded in, hearing rumors of unlimited free energy and wanting a better life. This increased load on the first world nearly tanked some nations, riots were a constant in the First world, especially after the EU officially switched to Fusion power. The answer to the overworked west came twofold. Fusion allowed two options to be pursued, Human Cloning and Fighting Robots. Both of these were deployed by various nations, but in general the national governments emphasized Cloning, while smaller city and state governments used Robots. But even with these new weapons, the failure of governments that happened across the world continued, but in a more dramatic way. Riots broke out in major immigration cities, and both national and local governments deployed their new units. These riots would pass their names to the history books - Houston, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, Berlin - as the bloodiest quellings of all time. Thousands died when the riot units opened fire, hundreds more died when they were trampled by fleeing rioters. These riots also ignited what would become the end of the states that remained afloat after the initial crisis. The brutal crackdown lead to further riots, initiating a brutal cycle of violence, one that the remaining governments - already overtaxed since the initial crisis - could not handle. A second wave of government failures swept the globe, starting with the disbanding of the EU in 2038, and ending when the UN, which had dwindled since the beginning of the 2030s, officially disbanded. The final total of flags outside the UN building was two: the United States, which had stopped being truly united in 2038, and Canada, which had slowly declined since the Canadian Civil War in 2035, when Quebec violently declared independence.
After the disestablishment of the UN in 2040, the world fell into a period not like the European Dark Ages. Warlords and despots of all stripes fought over vital infrastructure, cloning facilities, factories, mines, anything that could be used to enhance their position. These wars continued for the entire decade of 2050, finally ending when new states and empires formed, policing their borders and re-establishing the rule of law that had been forsaken in the decades prior. The beginning years of 2050 were ones of relative peace, as the new nations and empires began to contact each other peacefully, and the nations of the world recognized a dichotomy- the nations of the world were either large, territorial empires who kept the peace through the used of cloned warriors, and Megacity-states, who protected their massive urban sprawl with strong walls and robotic units. All of these states recognized one thing from the past, that resources were running low, and that the only way to get more of the vital resources that their populations needed was up, out of the bounds of Earth, into the solar system, and hopefully beyond. As the eyes of the world turned upward, the arms followed. While the orbits of Earth had been quiet since the satellites, whose operators were either dead or gone, had de-orbited, their places were taken by new installations, ones that could not only examine and relay information back to Earth, but also help with the growing plans of the leaders on Earth. Early space ships and space planes have been made, and while still very basic and utilitarian, the potential is quickly become apparent to all.
And so we arrive at the current date of 2060 AD, and the world is in an uneasy peace. All states are hard at work developing ways to exploit space, while also balancing the needs of their people and the needs of the state. The world is increasing on edge, especially with 10 billion people all needing to draw from the same limited resource pool, and war between the empires of the world seems likely. The eyes of the world are also turned upwards, as new installations enter orbit by the day, and new missions planned and launched. A new Space Race has begun, and the peacefulness of space seems a welcome respite to the crowded tension on Earth. Only time will tell if this tension will follow man into the stars, or if it will be left on his home planet.
Accepted:
The Greater Korean Republic - UED
The Republic of Britannia - Great Nepal
Northern Union - Kargintina
The Greater Republic of Singapore - Matariel Islands
The Empire of Brazil - The Austinian Empire
The South Pacific Federation - The Emerald Dragon
Switzerland - Shnercropolis
The Technocratic Republic of America - The Orson Empire
The Empire of Malaysia - Graknopia
Confederation of the Himalayas, Indus and Ganges (CHIG) - Lunas Legion
Republic of SeaTac-Portland - Lenciland
The People's Corpocracy of Eastern China - Jume Aires
Federal Republic of Europe - The New Lowlands
The Holy Prussian Empire -The Great Korean Empire
The United African Nation - Persivis
Russian Republic - Galter Gulcher
Kraken Industries / Corporate State of Japan - Carathon
Reservations: (Last for TWO DAYS)
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