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into the conflict. Though the war itself was mostly over control of certain land, World War II proved significant because it introduced the world to nuclear technology and nuclear weapons. America’s strong-arm gesture to drop two atomic bombs on Japan would actually raise tensions between them and the Soviet Empire. Both would try hard to win the space race and the nuclear race.

The space race eventually put a man on the moon and would lead to the development of the internet. This would be the final step to complete globalization, because information could be accessed by anyone at any time. Whether national or personal, secrets would become obsolete.

The nuclear race would have different consequences. Though the Soviet Empire would fall apart due to internal conflict, the number of nuclear weapons developed by them and the United States would exceed 70,000 by 1990. Relations between nations from that point on would always carry the threat of a nuclear attack. By 2040, eighteen countries had nuclear weapons.

Around that time, robotics had become commonplace and were used in everything from household chores to space travel. Earth entered into one of its most peaceful eras, as the world powers united on the joint goal of putting a colony on Mars. Together, the Americans, the Chinese, the Russians, and the European Federation formed the NCM and built a base on the moon. Over the following decades, they progressed to developing the first self-sustaining and renewable colony on Mars.

Though the first-world countries had all switched to renewable energy, the rest of the world still depended heavily on fossil fuels. With reserves already low, the colonization of Mars drained what was left of the fuels and left the rest of the world is a perennial dark age. Conflicts arose between the third-world countries, as they would fight to attain each other’s resources. Brazil invaded Venezuela and took control of their oil, becoming a superpower in South America. Battles raged on in Africa as famine became its biggest killer. The worst of conflicts would happen between Pakistan and India, when Pakistan invaded and India retaliated with nuclear force. This marked the beginning of World War III. Afghanistan and Iran allied with Pakistan and launched their nuclear missiles at India.

This forced the hand of the NCM countries. They sent troops into the region to stop the conflict and disarm all active nuclear weapons. Overall, the blasts and the ensuing fallout killed nearly 250 million people. When the dispute was resolved, the NCM and other participating countries with nuclear weapons signed the Fallout Treaty, agreeing to disarm all active weapons. Any country that did not participate in the treaty would be invaded and forced to disarm its weapons. The two lone holdouts, North Korea and Iran, showed little resistance to the NCM armies that forced their way into the countries. The disarmament of the last nuclear missile would mark the end of World War III.

With Earth in relative peace, the NCM countries turned their attention back to science and technology advancement. They worked to develop chemicals that would offset the nuclear fallout effects and allow the areas to be habitable again. They developed cheaper versions of renewable energy that would let the poorer countries begin to flourish. Lastly, they worked to make Africa a self-sustaining ecosystem by creating a web of pipes that would bring water from a compound on the Nile to the rest of the continent. With access to fresh water, farms could be more easily cultivated, reducing the risk of famine and disease.

Humanity was once again flourishing, but in their research, they found that global temperatures had been steadily dropping. By the beginning of the twenty-second century, Earth had entered its next ice age. The average temperature had dropped nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit and would affect the cultivation of food. Africa would flourish as climate change brought more rain. Other parts of the world would not fare as well. Famine and disease ravaged South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

As the ice shelf pushed its way south, the northern countries became uninhabitable. Canadians were welcomed into America. Europeans made their way toward the lands surrounding the Mediterranean. The Russians attempted to move down into China but were met with a heavy blockade, as the population was already too big and too hard to feed. Left with no other option, the Russians attempted to force their way in, ending a long era of peace between the two countries. The other countries of the world did not concern themselves with the Russian/Chinese War, because they all had to deal with their own regional conflicts. Since the food supply could not keep up with the people’s demand, countries closed down their trade routes, putting those with poor access to resources at risk of famine and disease. Anarchy reigned supreme.

Earth had entered into World War IV. Countries fought other countries, civil wars raged in half the world, and neighbors fought each other to access resources. Amidst the chaos, those with money immigrated to Africa, where the climate was ideal, the resources were plenty, and the population was minimal. Africa became a mixing pot of the world’s privileged, including politicians and scientists. Together they decided that to save the human race from collapse, they needed to end the ice age.

A decision was made to collect all the top scientists and assemble them at the compound by the Nile River. There, they were tasked with finding a way to reverse the ice age. One of the scientists, a young geneticist named Rene Anfang, was put in charge of creating clones to use as security for the compound. When progress was stalled on finding an end to the ice age, Dr. Anfang and a few other scientists began a revolution to change this compound’s objective. The revolution was successful, and the scientists embarked on their new goal—the reset that we are in today.

CHAPTER II

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