Earth 72

Since the dawn of the 21st century, people with advanced mental abilities began to reveal themselves. Those with these powers are called the Cerebimperi: their powers include telepathy, telekinesis, mild precognition, and, in some rare but extremely dangerous cases mind control. 
For millennia Cerebimperi were kept secret and persecuted by a variety of groups including the Order of Mortal Ire, the Divine Hand, and the Guards Themselves. However, it turned out that all these organizations were secretly controlled by a group of Cerebimperi called the Enlightened Ones who wanted to protect their power and status from other Cerebimperi. 
Eventually, the Enlightened Ones were fractured and defeated when a small group of young Cerebimperi from around the United States, called the Brain Trust, banded together and defeated them. 
In the following decades many organizations of Cerebimperi, including the Brain Trust, fought for control in the United States and around the world. Most of the fighting centered around the United States because it was the only large country where the anti-Cerebimperi did not operate, having been cripple by politics a century before.