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2022: January 6th "Black Friday" – After years of down turns in the international economy as a result of the sky rocketing oil prices, increasing rarity of resources and consistent natural disasters the worst possible scenario transpired on January 6th . The polar ice caps exhausted through Global Warming and the following global market collapses cast the modern world into chaos and uncertainty. Subsequently, nations ravaged by the floods faced enormous economic meltdown and were systematically being acquired (through either force or alliance ) by the stronger countries that began to emerge as super states. These super states, or "factions," came to consist of three major governments that in total controlled most of the Earth's entire land mass and oceans.
In the Eastern Hemisphere, China forcefully acquired Russia and subsequently all of Russia's former satellite nations. Following the acquisition of Russia the Chinese easily coerced the southeast Asian nations into its control through fear and intimidation. After engulfing the surrounding Asian countries China attempted to acquire the relatively strong nations of Japan, India and South Korea by offering clemency if they would turn over control of their governments. South Korea and Japan refused and allied with one another against the Chinese aggression. The Chinese responded to this defiance by declaring total war against both nations and within days completely irradiated the economy and populace of both countries. China remained unchecked by the other powers in the opposite hemisphere as they were embroidered in their own diplomatic and social turmoil. India and Australia, previously neutral to China immediately surrendered in fearful response to the eradication of Korea and Japan. Thus the new empire was born. The "Global Dynasty" had now become the most powerful super state in the world and commanded the strongest army in existence.
Across the globe in the western hemisphere the United States reformed its government in the central mid west after losing its coastal cities and infrastructure. This new, more totalitarian government was created with the promise that after the reconstruction of the national economy the government would return power back to the people through a true democracy. However this promise was never fulfilled and instead the American leaders sought tighter control and rapid militarization to “defend against the Global Dynasty threatâ€Â. A massive campaign was enacted to convince the allied nations of South America to relinquish control to America in order for their protection. Nations that refused faced immediate military occupation. Within six years through either passive diplomacy or total war America had finally taken control of the entire Western hemisphere. The new expanded territory of the United States led to a consequential renaming under the label the “United Robot Confederation†or URC. The peculiar name was the brainchild of the American engineer Herman Robinson who with deep government funding successfully created robust pilot able mech-machines and crawlers capable of military use.
As rapid social and political upheaval was taking place in the western and eastern hemisphere so had rampant changes altered Europe forever. After the floods nearly collapsed the European economy the circumstances were only made worse by the surge of refugees from from Russia and other eastern countries under the Global Dynasty's occupation. 2024 – In order to stabilize their economies and protect from GD expansion the European nations agreed to conglomerate power into a newly formed European union now called the “New Initiative†or NI. The first action of the newly formed NI government was to close all of Europe's borders to refugees and begin a national program to construct a modern military and infrastructure. In comparison to the GD and URC factions the NI excersie a much more democratic government and its citizens were given a wider range of individual rights. However armed service was mandatory at age 16 for all citizens and the NI political process was tightly controlled by the few elected leaders within the parliament.
2030- International diplomatic relations and trade were almost non-existent. The three super powers relied solely on their own expansive land masses for their resources. However more resources were needed and even with new solutions to fuel costs the factions began to hunger for new land resources. This greed would come to be the arbiter of wars to come.....
