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The world has changed dramatically ever since the Lunar Descension. Nations sunk into the ocean, and the emergence of both the Heaven's Gates as well as the Eighth Order returning into the public eye have spearheaded sociopolitical initiatives. Nations banded together, while others fortified themselves for protection. Today, the world consists of various governing bodies, comprising many nations under one banner.
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The New Eurasian Federation is a governing body that unified large parts of old Asia and Europe (predominantly the Eastern-Europe) under one banner. While the various nations retain autonomous presidents, chancellors, etc., a central council was put in place to maintain peace between the various countries of the N.E.F. banner. It was founded shortly after the Descension's impact had been assessed, and has remained in somewhat stable condition ever since its inception. However, the N.E.F. also has the highest recorded activity of organized crime in the world today.
(Incomplete) List of allied nations:
● Japan
● China-0
● The Russian Empire
● Serbia
● Italia
● Central Korea
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The American Commonwealth is the youngest unison of states. Many countries in North- and South America have fruitlessly attempted to work out the terms of coalition, but failed upon uniting certain nations with each other. After several decades - and the population's suffering in the wastelands - a set of terms was worked out to unite those nation that maintained a governing body, as well as a few independent regions that have formed their own territory. The North-and South American nations not part of The American Commonwealth are largely sunken or riddled in poverty and crime, fending for themselves.
The American Commonwealth consists of the former nations (now Territories) of:
● Kanada
● Central America (formerly The United States of America)
● Costa Rica
● Méjico
● The Sovereign State of São Paulo (formerly Brazil)
● Paraguay
● Greenland (now under Kanadian rule) -
Afrika has largely remained the same, geographically, but underwent a significant change in industrial strength as well as sociopolitical customs. Parts of Northern and North-Western Afrika have been destroyed by floods, and were later replaced by Granflors Afrikan branch upon the Chasms appearance. Ivory Coast has become a highly industrialized nation, utilizing the local Haven's Gate to aid research in the established centers all across the country.
Nations lost in the post-Descension floods include:
● Senegal
● North-western Lybia
● The Moroccan Kingdom
● Mauritania
● Guinea
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Europe has suffered significant losses in the wake of Chasms. Most notably, the United Kingdom has been flooded entirely, and has become uninhabitable, with the largest concentration of British people having relocated to the German Empire. Denmark, too, has suffered large loss of lands, and as a result, many Danes have moved north, to their Scandinavian allies. Other nations have banded together in parts, while others have collapsed in the industrial crisis post-Descension. As a result, Europe at large has become a mixture of fairly monarchic umbrella territories and dilapidated wastelands. Italy is a sovereign nation under the N.E.F. banner that is exempt from Alt-European rule. Notable nations today include:
● The German Empire
● Olim Regio (Spanish-Portguese federation)
● The Flemish-Parisian Souverain (France, Belgium, Netherlands)
● Iron Stade (Ukraine, Lithuania, Moldova and others) -
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Having appeared shortly before the Lunar Descension, the Heaven's Gates are four identical paranormal phenomena that manifest as sheer light. Seemingly swallowing nearby matter without any trace, they constantly emit an otherworldly substance called Centzontotochtin. Each of them has an assigned codename; EDEN in Heredia, Costa Rica, ARKANGEL in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, STARGAZER in Qaanaaq, Greenland. CINDER in Oslo, Norway.
All four Heaven's Gates had tightly guarded safety zones established around them shortly after appearing, effectively being walled-off from the public to the best of the world's governments's ability. There is not a lot of information available about the Heaven's Gates, and researching the topic without attaining official licenses is punishable by law in almost all the host countries. It is a major offense to attempt to enter the containment zones surrounding the Gates; guards are employed around the clock, and are permitted to use live ammunition to prevent break-ins, if necessary.
Centzontotochtin, the substance the Heaven's Gates emit, is one of the world's most controversial substances, being at the center of many intercontinental legislative conflicts; the substance possesses seemingly limitless energy, fueling a plethora of applications, but the unpredictable side-effects are concerning to many people around the world. Furthermore, governments ache to be the first to utilize Centzontotochtin to its full potential for economic growth, effectively kickstarting a legally-grey arms race. -
The Chasms are cavernous, almost subterranean locations formerly flodded by the Atlantic Ocean. With the emergence of Luna Blue, the vertical ocean, the world's water masses have thinned. In the canyon-like depths now laid open, some pariahs and dangerous wildlife have made them their home.
The Chasms are not any one nation's legal responsibilities, and as such, do not abide by any localized laws. Most nations have adapted only superficially, and prohibit entry to people (including citizens) having visited Chasms, but the laws are not entirely enforceable. It is heavily discouraged to try and venture into a Chasm, as those dwelling within them are dangerous and deranged, usually unable to exist in modern society. It is also a common dumping ground for illegal substances and other such undesirable things by governments; a grey zone, given the Chasms' lack of legislature.
Environmental groups have made efforts to protect the zones, but have seen little success. While research on the soil's properties and potential for agricultural utilization has been attempted, the dangerous environment, coupled with sparse but relentlessly hostile dwellers, has halted conclusive study.
A notably different Chasm is the North-African Granflor branch, which is a modernized station located within the cleft. -
After the appearance of four mysterious lights in Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Norway and Greenland, the moon descended and approached the Earth, homing in on the square the locations carved into the Atlantic Ocean. Though not the apocalyptic event scientific simulations predicted, the even now known as Lunar Descension spearheaded a global economical as well as ecological crisis. The world - crowned by a dimly glowing, floating moon - changed. Luckily, humanity wasn't erased through ferocious hails of debris or incomprehensible gravity increases, as if the lights somehow minimized the impact. Some nations, particularly coastal ones, were lost in the floods, while some were merely threatened by it. Overall, however, the continental plates were largely spared from annihilation.
The most striking immediate development was that of the Atlantic Ocean itself. After roaring instability, massive waves reached high into the sky, towards the faint light of the moon, creating a new and restless ocean that stretched itself from here into orbit, thousands and thousands of meters into the air. Seafaring and other naval endeavors took a hefty step back (as did avian travel), as enterprises and researches began to draft up new ways to navigate this new watery deep. Of course, the redirected masses of water meant the creation of terrifying chasms where once was ocean.
This new vertical ocean was dubbed Luna Blue, and is visible in the sky to the plain eye; the massive amounts of water that continuously flow up and down in a steady area are essentially a disc-like ocean, its circumference so great that the center cannot be reached by traditional submarines. The exploration and management of the Luna Blue is one of society's most urgent priorities today.
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