Timeline (Florian’s World)

== 2022 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*Russia invades the Ukraine but progress is stalled and eventually the Ukrainian armies push back before Russian forces reach Kiev. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy becomes a global icon and eventually a peace agreement is signed were Russia gains minimal territory from the Ukraine.
*Boris Johnson is forced to resign following mass government resignations. Liz Truss beats out Rishi Sunak to be selected Conservative leader and Prime Minister. Truss fairs little better and after just 50 days in office is replaced by Rishi Sunak who is unopposed as leader.
*Emanuel Macron wins re-election in France with National Rally coming second. Marine Le Pen improves on her previous result but fails to unseat Macron in the runoff. 
*In Brazil, Lula da Silva is elected President again, unseating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro who contests the legitimacy of the election results.
*In the US Midterms the Democrats narrowly hold the Senate and the GOP narrowly takes the House. At a rally to congratulate his party on their successes, Donald Trump announces he is running again for President of America.
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*The death of Queen Elizabeth II was confirmed at the age of 96, on 8th September, by Buckingham Palace. Her death left Prince Charles as King of the United Kingdom, although his coronation took place the next year. In a statement at around 7 pm, Prime Minister Liz Truss said that the Queen's death was a "tragedy for the world", whilst committing her government's cooperation with the new King. Britain and the Commonwealth went into a 12-day morning period and workplaces temporarily closed. Queen Elizabeth had reigned for an astonishing 70 years, the longest reign in history.
*The Chinese Winter Olympics see Norway take away the most medals.
== 2023 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*President Biden delivers his State of the Union address dubbed the “Two Paths speech”. It is considered by many to be the American declaration of the Sino-American Cold War. The two paths are: a faltering America losing against a dominant authoritarian state, or a united America against internationally-isolated authoritarian states.
*Former Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas is made Secretary-General of NATO.
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== 2024 ==
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*After winning the Republican nomination, Donald Trump passes away from a massive heart attack in Mar-a-Lago, throwing the Republican Party into chaos. At a disastrous Republican convention, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is nominated over 20 other delegate-receiving candidates.
*In the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak decides to take a risk and call an election in October. It was not worth the risk as Labour gets its first majority since 2005, and Keir Starmer is sent into 10 Downing Street with 332 seats.
*Incumbent President Joe Biden is re-elected over Republican Josh Hawley. Democrats maintain their threadbare Senate majority and barely retake the House. Hawley refuses to concede but ultimately ceases legal challenges to the results in late November. 
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== 2025 ==
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*Despite fears of a second capitol insurrection, only minor protests occur in the lead-up to the second inauguration of Joe Biden.
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== 2026 ==
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*British Prime Minister Kier Starmer gives the go ahead for a second independence referendum in Scotland. By a margin of 53/47 Scotland votes to again remain in the United Kingdom. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is forced to resign.
*Kamala Harris briefly becomes acting president after Joe Biden falls into a stroke-induced coma.
*Riding on a wave of sympathy for Biden, Democrats expand their House majority by seven seats and their Senate majority by one, winning a "full" majority in the upper chamber for the first time in fourteen years.
*Brazilian President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term at the 2026 Brazilian election. However the country’s problems hadn’t really improved since 2022 and Brazil’s development had flatlined.
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*Hurricane Karen causes mass flooding across the East Coast, including Washington DC.
== 2027 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
* President Joe Biden made an address to the American public from the White House on January 31, 2027, to announce his resignation from the presidency due to a series of health issues, including a stroke in December. Vice President Kamala Harris succeeded to the presidency upon Biden's resignation. Vice President Harris would then become the first woman to serve as U.S. president, as well as the first Indian-American president.
*As Britain’s economic recovery outpaces several EU countries and America, PM Sir Kier Starmer calls an early election and secures a “new mandate” over controversial Tory leader James Cleverly. After winning a second term, Starmer establishes a National Education System.
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== 2028 ==
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*The Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu are annexed by the People's Republic of China in their attempted invasion of Taiwan, which is held off by an American naval intervention, beginning the Fourth Taiwan Straits Crisis.
*The Singapore negotiations between Kamala Harris and Xi Jinping grind on and ultimately fail to result in the return of the islands to Taiwan.
*Ron DeSantis narrowly defeats Kamala Harris in the presidential election. While his margin is narrow, he gains many Asian-American votes. Up and down the ballot, the Republicans regain the House of Representatives and take a threadbare Senate majority with the tiebreaker vote of VP-elect Nikki Haley.
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== 2029 ==
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*In Britain, Kier Starmer is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating Conservative leader James Cleverley. 
*On a day known as Black Monday, the NYSE falls by over 5,000 points, beginning the Second Great Depression in June. By October, the unemployment rate officially reached 20% for the first time since the Great Depression as the economy fails.
*The Black Monday Crash and subsequent start of the Second Great Depression would decimate the cryptocurrency market, sinking the economies of El Salvador and the Sudan. “The Collapse of Crypto” leaves many young men without any money resulting in the formation of the extremist group “the Hustler Front”.
*In response to the Depression, British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer announces the nationalization of the Lloyds Banking Group.
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== 2030 ==
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* The American economy continues to fail as DeSantis fails to tackle the crisis in any meaningful fashion. Several work programs are enacted to alleviate high unemployment rates.
*In response to the Second Depression and high rates of unemployment, thousands of people went to Zuccotti Park to protest the government’s handling of the depression in what becomes known as the Zuccotti Park Riots.
*In a midterm wave, Democrats win over 250 seats in the House of Representatives and gain 3 senate seats, including that of former nominee Josh Hawley. Democrats also gain multiple governorships.
*Brazil, which before the Second Depression had been suffering from stagflation and was now faced with economic catastrophe, very narrowly elects the left wing Ciro Gomes over the military-backed right wing Adilson Barroso. In response, Barroso claimed voter fraud and has himself inaugurated in Brasilia whilst Ciro was being simultaneously inaugurated in Fortaleza.
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== 2031 ==
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*Brazil collapses into a state of civil war as supporters of Adilson Barroso and Ciro Gomes take up arms in the streets. Gomes leads the democratic socialist Popular Front with the support of labour unions and workers whilst Barroso forms the rival National Alliance with the backing of the military and nationalistic groups.
*Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas passes away. DeSantis nominates Daniel Cameron to replace him, but Cameron's nomination is shot down by Senate Democrats.
*Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson is made Secretary-General of NATO.
*Miami-based cryptocurrency investor Mir Sverdlovsk is arrested and charged with rape. DeSantis' close relationship with Sverdlovsk comes under fire.
*All major European Union leaders meet in Belgium to sign the Brussels Accords, which commits them to the target of unifying into a single federative nation within ten years.
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== 2032 ==
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*Tensions rose between Russia and NATO due to the Russian occupation of Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, which had very recently overthrown its autocratic leader, Nikolai Lukashenko, in the Belarusian Revolution. This prompted the Russian occupation of the eastern portions of the country, which ended with the occupation of the capital city of Minsk on September 8. However, Belarus had been announced to be in consideration for NATO membership just days prior, on August 25. President DeSantis advocated for a "semi-isolationist" position, where the US would remain out of the conflict, and suggested that some NATO leaders had provoked Russia with the move.
*In an unexpected landslide, Democratic New York Governor TBD unseats the deeply unpopular President Ron DeSantis. DeSantis was heavily criticised for his handling of the various Catergory-7 hurricanes, his isolationist foreign policies and handling of the Second Depression. Roscoe meanwhile made a commitment to step up US-NATO relations if he was elected and presented a stronger stance against Russia and China, as well as pledging to cut relations with allies who continuously committed human rights violations.
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*Former US President Joe Biden passes away aged 89. Coming to power after the disastrous election of 2020, ironically Biden was billed as a fresh start for the country, someone who would appeal to both sides of the political aisle and help restore normality. Unfortunately, the divisions of the Trump years had made too much of a deep impression and made this task impossible. While he was able to push for some reforms and win re-election, his age would catch up to him by 2026 and force him to resign by 2027.
== 2033 ==
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*Following a mass shooting at Edgecliff High School in Texas, President TBD passes the 2033 Restriction of Firearms Act with Democratic congressional approval. Fox News temporarily suspends host Nick Fuentes and permanently fires pundit Joey Gibbon for alleging that the attack was staged by TBD.
*Kier Starmer wins a third election victory over Conservative leader Johnny Mercer, but with a slim majority. After nine years as Prime Minister, he retires in November 2033 and is replaced by Foreign Secretary Bridget Phillipson.
*After confronting him, a far right conspiracy theorist shoots President Roscoe at a diner in Allentown, Pennsylvania alleging he faked the Edgecliff shooting. Although Roscoe is initially in a critical condition he manages to pull through and make a steady recovery.
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== 2034 ==
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*The Nicaraguan Civil War, begins as revolutionary forces loyal to Laureano Ortega try and overthrow the democratically elected President Cristiana Chamorro. President TBD announces US intervention in Nicaragua to uphold democracy and legitimacy. Although this is derided by Fox News journalists as pointless, he receives a boost in approval ratings.
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== 2035 ==
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*TBD gets the Senate to pass the Mandatory Justice Retirement Act, establishing term limits for all members of the United States Supreme Court, requiring that they leave the Supreme Court after reaching 70 years of age. 
*Former Ukrainian Justice Minister Olena Sotnyk is made Secretary-General of NATO.
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== 2036 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*General Secretary and Paramount Leader of China, Xi Jinping dies following a stroke aged 82. He is succeeded by his aged deputy Li Qiang who becomes reclusive. Xi’s death results in market instability and increased factionalism within the Chinese Communist Party. The ensuing instability is revered to as the Chinese Emergency.
*The Supreme Court deems the anti-unionisation practices of Amazon unconstitutional​. United States v. Amazon ruling remains controversial for many years to come. In a statement, President TBD declares the ruling “a triumph”.
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*American businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk passes away after developing a brain tumour aged 65. He leaves the majority of his assets and businesses to his son Griffin Musk, who successfully fights off a lawsuit from his siblings.
== 2037 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*Second Russian Civil War.
*The Fenway Park bombing occurs in Boston, leading to the deaths of First Gentleman Rodney Michaels, Richard Roscoe, and 230 others; the Hustler Front claims responsibility as revenge for the "moral corruption" of America.​
*The Conservatives win the general election in Britain under leader Craig Liddell.
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*In the United Kingdom, major flooding in Sussex leads to the deaths of fifty people and leaves thousands without homes.
== 2038 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*Chinese General Secretary Li Qiang is forced to resign by his own party following a stroke. He is replaced by Guo Ningning who becomes the first female leader of communist China. Her ruthless and maverick approaches to politics however annoy senior party officials.
*US withdrawal from Nicaragua.
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*Former President George W. Bush passes away aged 92. Public opinion had definitely softened up to the former president over the last decade of his life, but his legacy was far more complex, with his response to 9/11 being praised but launching of the Iraq War and handling of the 2008 recession criticized. By the time he passed, his legacy had been secured as a good person - but a very mixed president.
== 2039 ==
=== Geopolitics ===
*A Department of Justice investigation concludes that Griffin Musk had violated the Espionage Act by maintaining contacts with officials in the Chinese government; Musk subsequently fled to Zimbabwe, which refused to extradite him; TBD begins nationalising Starlink, SpaceX, and other ventures operated by Musk.​
*Chinese General Secretary Guo Ningning is removed from office by the Chinese Communist Party. They appoint the relatively competent Qin Weizhog to be her successor.
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== 2040 ==
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*In America, Vice President Michelle Wu becomes the first Asian-American elected President. She defeats Republican elder stateswoman Joni Ernst to become the second female President.
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== 2041 ==
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*The nations of European Union unite into a single country. The European Federation emerges as a global superpower to rival the United States, Russia and China.
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== 2042 ==
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*On February 1, US President Michelle Wu is found missing by the secret service. She is later found several blocks away from her Massachusetts home intoxicated at the wheel of a Cadillac One, having crashed into a parked truck. She is rushed to hospital but dies of internal bleeding on the way there. Her death leaves VP Tom Winter as President
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== 2043 ==
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*Congressional Republicans begin impeachment proceedings against President Winter on grounds of abuse of power. They fall considerably short of the required amount needed to convict and remove him from office. 
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== 2044 ==
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*Republican nominee Benji Backer is elected US President on a strikingly moderate platform, defeating incumbent Tom Winter.
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*Former US President Barack Obama dies aged 83. Since leaving office, Obama had re-invented himself as the Democratic Party's "Elder Statesman" in such high regard after all this time. By the time of his death he was something of a mythical figure among many Americans, a figure who was able to ignite the hopeful optimism many Americans had rarely felt in the following years. He has become a virtual Democratic equivalent to Reagan in his staying power.
== 2045 ==
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== 2046 ==
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*Mass protests and riots break out across Hong Kong in opposition to the Chinese government’s increasingly authoritarian stance on the city. They heighten after independence activist Ted Hui is found dead in his home. This culminated in the Mong Kok massacre in which 350 activists are murdered by Chinese authorities. The UN declares Hong Kong an international zone whilst it’s future can be decided. Chinese General Secretary Qin Weizhog is forced to resign and is replaced by Hu Haifeng.
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== 2047 ==
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*The UN allow for the creation of the Republic of Hong Kong following a referendum. China threatens to leave the UN but do not. Former US President TBD is appointed as the first US Ambassador to Hong Kong.
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== 2048 ==
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== 2049 ==
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== 2051 ==
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