The Jakarta Conference

The Jakarta Conference was a conference between the major powers in the midst of World War 4 to discuss how the world would be reorganized following Eurasian defeat. Some argue it is the start of Pax Africana, and the transition away from an American or Chinese led world order, in favor of the global south becoming major power brokers.

## The Conference

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*JUNE 26TH, 2081: JAKARTA, INDONESIA*

Another day, another convening.

Paul slumped on his chair, then quickly rearranged himself proper. He looked around at the conference room, huge in its size which made the occupants seem like ants, all looked over by an emblem of ASEAN.

Paul was here because he had to represent Canada in the Jakarta Conference. He accepted quickly, him wanting to travel outside of Canada and finally see the light that was breaking after the Long Winter. His day consisted of waking up in his paid-for hotel, sitting at the conference room for what seemed like forever, then getting the chance to do whatever in Jakarta, sleeping, and repeat.

When he went out to the streets of Jakarta, it just seemed to him like a normal city. He never understood why some of his companions dreamed of being in the country, aside from cuisine and the Long Winter screwing everything up. On one day, he decided to make his mind active and bought an Indonesian anime, which his colleagues told him was very entertaining. He then put the disc into his hotel television, and prepared to distract himself from the endless diplomatic talk. However, after he found out the anime was purely in Indonesian and had no subtitles, and realizing it was just mindless colors and characters on a screen he didn't find entertaining, Paul promptly turned off the television and stuffed the anime disc into a nearby cabinet. He forgot all about it and slept.

But the meetings, the endless god damn meetings, to him they were just boring. It seemed like the nations people *actually* cared about (i.e. his country's southern neighbor) were the only ones on the microphone. They'd constantly argue between each other on certain matters, which Paul would've found entertaining was it turned into a full-blown fight, but it was just rational talking that made Paul want to sleep. And, he felt, why would Canada even want to join this conference? They'd most likely just get a pat on the back by the LFN, not a chunk of land that would actually matter.

June 26th was another convening, Paul reading a book about European history to both learn about the subject and make it to others he was actually doing something productive. The meeting than began, its subject this time were spheres of influence.

His American counterpart promptly spoke about the importance of American ideals, and how they must be protected. Paul and others knew that this was pretty much just an excuse for what the US was planning to do, which was promptly reinforced by his tellings of wanting to control world peace via intervention to "liberation", and expand the LFN into Africa and the Middle East in order to "secure freedom for trade of natural resources".

As China asked for permission to present her ideas, Paul looked over to the representatives of the African Federation and the Islamic League. They were not pleased.

The Chinese representative also had the same plans as America, but much more Christian in nature. She and her country wished to expand their religion to Southeast Asia, and even as far as East Africa or the Arabian Peninsula. She used the reasoning of "christianity calling for the peace of all", and spreading their religion could foster a sense of unity in the countries in their spheres of influence.

The entire conference room fell silent after she concluded, but a thought fell upon the other representatives who were there. The whole reasoning that America and China gave was complete bullshit, they just wanted to relive the days of their superpower status before the world went to hell.

After a few silence, the African Federation representative stood up, a man Paul simply remembered as Mwenye.

"On behalf of all the countries you two referenced, absolutely not."

That statement immediately attracted the attention of all those were inside. Mwenye continued,

"The roots of humanity themselves go to Africa. We wanted to be a developed place like you Westerners, until you decided to exploit us for your own gain! We fought so hard to protect ourselves, and you people simply went back in, doing crimes thinking it would go on without a hitch!

Do you know what those French and Chinese were doing to us? Do you know how much we suffered even before that happened during the Great Bleeding? So much cannibalism, despair, massacres, all tracing their roots to the scum that is your colonizations back in the 1800s! All of this, and you think you suffered simply because your precious technology associates were disbanded? You value a few points on the DOW instead of human lives?

Have these 20 years of war not put a single thought in your thick-headed mind? The Eurasians established a brutal empire, those in Beijing and Paris back in the 2040s exploited us for their gain, hell, our exploitation goes back to the days when Britain was relevant!

All these attempts to occupy us have ended in bloodshed among all parties! You foreigners are simply take, take, take, never give back! No understanding for the people you are colonizing, or even some sort of sympathy! The fact that you view us as equal in war yet still want to rule over us, tells me you have never learnt anything.

We are now more powerful than any one of you expected. We are now the source of all trade, we are the people who survived without our homeland being burnt like in the old days, we are the ones who will define this generation. Africa is ours, and ours only from now on!

The American and Chinese representative simply looked on. Paul felt that they knew that this was the case.

"On behalf of the Islamics, the Southeast Asians, and ourselves, we refuse your statement. And if you think you shall fight to protect your imperialism, then keep in mind we shall fight harder than we ever did since the days of decolonization. I am sure you have heard of hard fighting, American?"

Mwenye stared at the American representative, he simply looked down.

"Keep us out of your business."

After the rant, the conference was called off and everybody simply left. Some whispered, most were silent. As Paul left, he saw the American light a cigarette and sit down weary, and he felt some sort of sympathy for him.

As Paul got ready to sleep, he realized that everything would change. He never once thought that the so-called "poor" nations of the world would grow up to become dominant in world affairs. He knew World War 4 changed everything, but the scale it changed truly hadn't gotten to his mind. Things now wouldn't be the same.

Paul slowly closed his eyes, staring outside at the Sun that was setting on Jakarta, the Sun that everybody on Earth didn't see when the nukes fell in Europe. He felt a wave of comfort, knowing that when he would wake up, the Sun would still be there.