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Poland

**Poland**, officially known as the **Federation of Poland and the Baltic**, was a major regional power in Eurasia, and principle member of the Intermarium Council. Modern Poland had its roots in the Little Cold War, which saw Poland define itself as a modern military and political leader. The United States invested a significant amount of capital into Poland to counter the Russians during the Little Cold War, giving Poland the tools to build a modern economy through technology transfer. During the Third World War, Poland's modernization and leadership of the Intermarium made it a major player in the conflict, but by war's end it was banned from access to space by its former ally, the United States of America. In 2077, the Federalists were victorious, forming the Federation of Poland and the Baltic, with the unification of the Baltic states and Poland proper.

## History

### **Early History**

Poland traces its origins to the Iron Age Lusatian culture in the 8th century BCE. The country would later be invaded by Celtic and Germanic tribes in the 5th century BCE before eventually being colonized by the Western Slavs between 600 and 800 CE. The most powerful of these Slavic tribes were the Polans, who eventually united all the other Slavic tribes under the Piast dynasty in the 10th century CE.

By 1384, the Piast dynasty had come to an end and a dynastic union was established that united Poland and Lithuania under the Jagiellon dynasty. The Jagiellons leadership of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth led to Poland becoming the most powerful nation in Europe by the 17th Century, largely due to Poland being spared the ravages of the Thirty Years War. After its defeat at the hands of its neighbors Poland was reduced to a protectorate of Russia, and eventually erased from the map by 1795.

### **Centuries of Shame**

After a brief resurgence as a modern state under Napoleon, Poland was broken up under the Congress of Vienna and for the next century and a half it would be a nation either conquered by Germans or Russians.
File.1 平成的福尔摩斯

本页使用了标题或全文手工转换**File.1 平成的福尔摩斯**（**平成**（へいせい）**のホームズ**；青文出版社译名：**现代的福尔摩斯**）是《名侦探柯南》系列漫画的第1期，由青山刚昌创作。于1994年1月5日在《周刊少年Sunday》上刊登，并被收录到单行本第1卷中。该作品后被改编为电视动画的第1集《云霄飞车杀人事件》与动画20周年纪念特别篇《名侦探柯南：Episode "ONE" 变小的名侦探》。

## 情节简介

高中生侦探工藤新一在调查一桩谋杀案时，通过现场勘查和推理，成功地找到凶手，也就是死者的丈夫。工藤指出凶手伪造了自己右腿受伤的假象，企图以此混淆警方的注意，并揭开了他的整个作案过程。凶手在听完工藤的指控后情绪激动，意图逃离现场，却被工藤踢出的地球仪击倒，进而被警方逮捕。

结案后，报纸完整刊载了工藤新一破案的经过，令爱出风头的他狂喜不已。在放学回家的路上，青梅竹马的毛利兰问起新一为何不继续练习足球的原因，后者回答练习足球只是放松的方式，自己真正想要成为的是“平成时代的福尔摩斯”。小兰提醒他别忘记二人相约前往多罗碧加乐园玩的事——特别是要新一请客出全款。

## 花絮信息

* 该期是《名侦探柯南》系列的第一部作品。
* 工藤新一在放学时读的报纸上出现了“平成六年一月十二（日）”（公元1994年1月12日）的字样，这是整部作品中第一次出现完整的日期。
	+ 这个日期与后来的设定产生了直接冲突——根据作者青山刚昌在访谈中所作的表述，《名侦探柯南》在连载至大约第1000期时，作品内的时间仅仅过去了六个月左右。然而在刊载后期，作品中出现了21世纪初期才有的科技产品、流行文化，例如智能手机、平板电脑等等，这些东西显然不可能出现在1994年。

## 作品改编

本期作品被两次改编为动画：第一次是电视动画的第1集《云霄飞车杀人事件》；另一次是电视动画首播20周年特别节目《名侦探柯南：Episode "ONE" 变小的名侦探》

## 登场角色

**主要角色**

* 工藤新一/江户川柯南（首次登场）
* 毛利兰（首次登场）

**次要角色**

* 黑衣组织
	+ 琴酒（首次登场）
	+ 伏特加（首次登场）
* 警视厅（首次登场）
	+ 目暮十三（首次登场）
* 毛利小五郎（首次提及）
* 岸田（首次登场，死亡）
* 爱子（首次登场）
* 朋友A（首次登场）
* 朋友B（首次登场）
* 杀害妻子的屋主（首次登场）

注释
--

1. ↑ 漫画中的该案死者与凶手的名字从未出现，在《名侦探柯南：Episode "ONE" 变小的名侦探》中，凶手的名字是濑羽。
2. ↑ 在《云霄飞车杀人事件》中，死者变成了八菱银行总经理山崎。而在《名侦探柯南：Episode "ONE" 变小的名侦探》中，死者则变成了米花银行行长山崎。两部作品中的作案手法均与原著不同。
3. ↑ 2016年12月1日，日本皇室会议决定：日本天皇将于2019年4月30号退位，皇太子于同年5月1号即位并修改元号。届时，日本将不再使用平成这一年号。天皇即将退位新闻引起读者议论。许多读者调侃青山刚昌的作品连载时间实在太长，除非漫画在2019年完结，否则工藤新一想要成为“平成的福尔摩斯”的梦想永远也没法实现。

 **File.1 平成的福尔摩斯****（1994年1月5日）** | ——
Columbia-class interstellar vehicle

**Columbia**-class was NASA's second crewed interstellar vehicle program. Entering service in 2082, the *Columbia*-class more than doubled NASA's crewed interstellar fleet and made some significant increases in performance and reliability from the older *Enterprise-class.* Six complete *Columbia*-class interstellar vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 2082 to 2152, with IV-206 *Odyssey*  holding the record for the longest service life of any interstellar spacecraft.

## Design and Development

In the mid 2070s it was becoming clear that the *Enterprise*-class would need to be retired in the next ten years or require major refits to continue safe operation. On September 24, 2076, NASA released a study concluding that a new vehicle was required to satisfy the agency's future demands and outlined desired improvements over the Enterprise-class for the new class of interstellar vehicle. The head of the NASA Office of Manned Spaceflight, Mariah Mueller, announced the plan for a next-generation interstellar vehicle on August 10, 2078. NASA issued a request for proposal (RFP) for designs of the Interstellar Vehicle Second Generation Program or IV-2XX, which would later become the *Columbia*-class. In December 2078, NASA created the Interstellar Vehicle 2XX Task Group to determine the optimal design for the new class of spacecraft. A year later they issued a report that determined the IV-2XX would support longer-duration crewed missions beyond the Sol System. The group formally released the report in 2079 calling for a spacecraft nearly double the size of the Enterprise-class, and increasing its warp cruising "speed" from 12 to 50 times the speed of light.

After the release of the IV-2XX Task Group report, NASA contractors put forth several proposed designs based on research done since the launch of the first Prometheus probe on warp tori design. The winning bid would grant NASA the desired 50x light speed target, but would fail to double the size of the crew module. Instead NASA would have to settle for a 70% larger crewed section or 59.5 meters. The Hexagon arrangement for the Crew Return Vehicles was kept, as was the antimatter propulsion bus despite lingering calls to discontinue antimatter propulsion following the Constitution Disaster. All told, the *Columbia*-class was an iterative improvement to the *Enterprise*-class with reliability being its highest priority, contributing to its longevity as an interstellar vehicle.
Generational Chaos

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**Generational Chaos: The Cyclical Phenomena of American History** is a 2071 book by Dr. Yazmin Bhattaru, expanding on her 2066 essay "The Next American Crisis", that was based upon and updated aerospace engineer Sean McKnight's essay "Generational Chaos: The Cycles of History" that was written in 2018. In the book, Bhattaru argues that American history tends to follow cycles of economic and social-political development punctuated by crisis moments coinciding with the development of each generation.

Bhattaru offered several deviations from the Strauss–Howe generational theory and the Friedman generational theory, but most significantly was her thesis on how institutional cycles would last much longer as a result in the increase in human lifespans. Claiming the current cycle that began around 2020 would last 100 years, not the usual 80. And the next cycle would most likely last closer to 200 years.

## Highlights

### **Economic Cycles**

Bhattaru held that the United States experiences an economic cycle beginning with the emergence of one generation during the height of their economic independence after establishing themselves in the workforce, usually in their 30s and 40s.

### **National Cycles**

The book's most significant contribution to sociology lied in its deviation from contemporary analysis of institutional, cultural, or as she called it, "National cycles." Bhattaru concurred with previous analyses from the likes of Strauss and Friedman that historically National cycles last about 80 years beginning and ending with a generation that left their adolescence during the start of the crisis and largely died by the end. Bhattaru argued that paradigm is no longer in effect, as the average lifespan as of 2077 had been extended to 105 years. She argued that this would extend the next National Cycle at least 20 years beyond where it would normally start, and would end less as a result of the death of the Millenials, and more as a result of them being replaced as the largest generation by simple population growth.

### **Predictions**

Bhattaru famously predicted with startling accuracy the coming Second Depression, identifying the year it would occur, the depth of its impact on the job market, and ultimately how it would be resolved.

She also predicted the inevitability of the United States relationship with Mexico, however in this regard she made some notable errors, such as her claim that the US-Mexican Cold War would be punctuated by only one direct conflict between both powers, and while she correctly assessed that it would be the most destructive war in living memory, she believed the United States would loose the war after the American space colonies become independent.
Liberal Party (United States)

**Official color(s)** | Light Blue

The **Liberal Party** is one of the major contemporary political parties in the United States. The Liberal Party was founded in 2029 out of the merger of the Labor Party, the Working Families Party, and several former Republican splinter parties. The state-level wing of the Liberal Party currently holds majorities in 111 states.

For the bulk of their existence, the Liberals have been the United State's third largest party in Congress, typically aligning itself with the Libertarian Party and the Labor Party, as it did during the minority government of Thang Levin. Following the 2112 general election the Liberals were reduced to fourth place behind the Dignidad Party, a position it would maintain for most of the next two decades. In the 2132 general election under the leadership of Sarima Haden, the Liberals attached themselves directly to the Progress Party ticket, aligning with the Union Party for a new coalition government.

After the third World War, the Liberals formed a new coalition with the Conservatives centered around neo-globalism. This would lead to a formation of the Horizon Party in 2070.
Saxony

**Saxony,**officially the**Republic of Saxony**, was a sovereign nation located in Central Europe that would end up participating in the Third Mexican-American War. Created after the dissolution of Germany, Saxony bordered Bandenburg and Hanover to the north, Poland to the east, Bavaria and the Czech Republic to the south, and Rhineland to the west. The main ethnic group of Saxony were German's, with small populative pockets of Polish and Czechs. The main religion is Protestantism and Christianity, with a plurality of Islamic and generally non-religious citizens. The official language of Saxony is German.
Ninth Party System

The Ninth Party System refers to the era of American national politics that began in 2132 with the rise of the Union Party under Lionel J. Halvidar. It followed the Eighth Party System which started under Oscar Lachman. It continued to the election of 2156 which saw the Union Party merge with the Progress Party which resulted in the Tenth Party System. The dominant personalities during this period are Presidents Lionel Halvidar (U), Ha-eun Zaya (U), two-time party nominee Anakin F. Johnson (U), and former Party leader Steven Shen (C).

The Ninth Party System was defined by a new form of American nationalism aimed at colonial integration. Economic policy was functionally replaced entirely by the Quantum Economic Model.

## Major Parties

### Union Party

The most dominant party during the era of the Ninth Party System.

### Conservative Party

Thang Levin's presidency had caused a schism in the Conservative party when many had blamed its cause for the Second American Civil War. The party would've collapsed if it were not for Steven Shen, who led the party during the early years of the Ninth Party system. The party allied with with more conservative elements of the Union Party and once the Second Civil War grew into the Third Mexican War. It had been credited to the creation of the doctrine of "New Globalism" which helped refined internationalism and was adapted to what would eventually become the American protectorate system. It became a formidable player in Earth-Commonwealth politics and continued to do so early into the Tenth Party system.

### Liberacion Party

The sixth largest party in the United States that was formed during the 2144 Presidential Election and steadily grew into prominence by the 2146 midterm elections. It was formed as a merger of many minor parties in Latin America that had largely opposed American occupation and annexation of their countries, including the now largely unpopular Dignidad Party. It supported self-determination and preservation of foreign culture within the recently occupied and protectorate territories. It later became a symbol for those who had also opposed the rising American hegemony in countries outside of the United States during the era of the Ninth Party System.
Christian Republic

The **Christian Republic** was a far-right state during the White Tide, actively involved in seeking independence from the United States.

The Christian Republic had origins in the Christian Right that had emerged in the mid 20th century and American immigration policies of the 2020s, mostly upon taking in large amounts of immigrants from different backgrounds, especially religious ones. As the government become more left-wing, some Americans felt that the government no longer represented Christian interests. Once the White Tide began, far-right Christian groups joined the SCA in the hopes of overthrowing the current government and re-establishing America as a "Christian Nation." After the collapse of the SCA in 2031, these Christian militants broke off to form an overtly secessionist government.

The Christian Republic would ultimately fail in its secessionist attempt, being overpowered by federal troops due in part to a lack of defensible positions, poor coordination with its military units (mostly comprised of former NDF members), and infighting with other far right groups. The Christian Republic was predominantly based in the Great Plains and was founded shortly before the Drive Across the Plains. During its time, the Christian Republic mostly focused on implementing a strict version of Christian law, which involved anti-LGBTQ policies. The Christian Republic was not unique among rebel groups of the White Tide for its strong usage of religious text to implement laws, the New Confederacy, 2nd Republic of Texas, and the SCA frequently used religious justification for its laws.
Brandenburg

**Brandenburg,**officially the**Republic of Brandenburg**, was a sovereign nation located in Central Europe that would end up participating in the Third Mexican-American War. Created after the dissolution of Germany and was seen as a the true successor to the former state, Brandenburg bordered Denmark to the north, Poland to the east, Saxony to the south, and Hanover to the west. The main ethnic group of Brandenburg were German's, with a small populative pocket of Polish. The main religion is Protestantism and Christianity, with a plurality of Islamic and generally non-religious citizens. The official language of Brandenburg is German.
Brazil

**Brazil** (Portuguese: *Brasil* [bɾaˈziw]) officially the **Federative Republic of Brazil** (Portuguese: *República Federativa do Brasil*,)), is an independent country in South America. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language, besides being one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to the strong immigration from various places in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil is bordered by the United States and covers just under 40% of South America's land area. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil a megadiverse country, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.

## History

### **Green Uprising**

*Main article: Revolutions of 2027*

Following the Late 2010s Recession Brazil's government under President Jair Bolsonaro began a process of consolidating power and cracking down on public demonstrations. The 2022 general election was largely seen by the international community as a sham, however the uptick in the global economy was enough to keep the Bolsonaro regime in power.

The Flood and the subsequent Great Famine exasperated public discontent over the repressive Bolsonaro regime, particularly with regard to the regime's logging policies toward the Amazon. After further imprisonment of popular Presidential candidates in the 2026 elections, the country went into open rebellion against the Bolsonaro regime. With the military overextended, the country's Army chief of staff led a coup that deposed Bolsonaro and established a provisional government.

### **Cerrado Terraforming Project**

The vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil was a historical burden on Brazil's development, as it was home to large areas of open ground that should have been ideal for farming and development, but possessed soil too nutrient poor to be of any use. Starting in the 1990s there were multiple attempts to reduce soil acidity and add fertilizing agents to make the area suitable for development. By the 2010s, the Cerrado accounted for 70% of Brazil's farmland. However, it wasn't until the biotech boom that the Cerrado became the agricultural heart of South America, surpassing the now flooded Rio De La Plata. Brazil became a major import of other soil nutrient agents from Space not long after this period. The region's use as an agriculture hub, eventually reduced the rate of destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest, and in part led to Brazil's moritorium on loggin inside the remaining portion of the world' largest rain-forest.
Terminus

**Terminus** is the 9th Planet from the sun and the farthest known planet in the solar system. The planet is named after Terminus, the roman god of borders.

## Moons

Terminus is a Super Earth, 10.14 times more massive than Earth, and 2.77 times the size. It has 11 satellites, most of which are in highly elliptical orbits and believed to be captured Kuiper Belt Objects. Its two largest moons, Sabine and Titus, have diameters of 905 km and 1311 km respectively. Due to the extreme distance from the Sun, and relatively limited economic value, Terminus only has a population of a few thousand researchers and engineers.

### Titus

Titus is the second largest moon of Terminus and its largest population center. Titus is cryosphere comparable to Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, or Enceladus with a small subsurface ocean. While most residents of Terminus live on its Orbitals, the presence of liquid water in the subsurface ocean of Titus makes it the most important center for economic activity.

### Sabine

Sabine is the largest and most massive moon of Terminus. Sabine is slated to be deorbited down system to Venus to serve as its new moon, via one of the most ambitious gravity propulsion projects ever attempted. There is an ongoing debate to rename Sabine "Cupid" in honor of its future position.
American Redoubt

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The **American Redoubt** officially the *Northwest American Republic* (**NAR**) and sometimes known as the **Northwestern Front** was a far-right proto-state based mostly in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

The ideas of the Redoubt came from two sources: on top of the original American Redoubt idea intended on creating a community for conservative Christians, the Redoubt later took in ideas of the Northwest Territorial Imperative, which sought to create a White ethno-state in the same region. The flag of the Redoubt would later reflect this. Similar to other far-right rebel governments of the White Tide, the American Redoubt was characterized by ultraconservatism and racism. Unlike some other far-right rebels, the American Redoubt was not based upon historical independence movements, and solely cared about creating a state for the White race, and not some geographic area (e.g. the South). Eventually, even after the federal government would eliminate most insurgents, violence would periodically break out in Idaho. Even after most of the White Tide ceased in the early 2030s, federal troops would later continue with rooting out insurgents from the Rocky Mountains until the fall of Salmon Idaho in 2035.
The Microcontinents: A Natural History

*The Microcontinents: A Natural History* is a 10-book series by Malcolm Moreau, that describe hypothetical ecosystems that may have existed in Earth's distant past on landmasses that have not left any fossil record. Each book in the series was styled as a "field guide" to a different prehistoric landmass at a different time.

## List of Published Works

* *Tropical Antarctica* (Antarctica, 150 million years ago)
* *Edge of the World* (Kerguelen Plateau, 75 million years ago)
* *Sundaland (*Indonesia, 2 million years ago)
* *The Great Island* (Maui Nui, Hawaii, 1 million years ago)
* *Scale, Feather, and Bone* (Zealandia, 35 million years ago)
* *Erytheia* (Azores, 52 million years ago)
* *Atlantis* (Cuba, 11 million years ago)
* *Lemuria* (Madagascar, 92 million years ago)
* *Middle Earth* (Jan Mayen Plateau, 23 million years ago)
* *A Forgotten Paradise* (Barbados, 68 million years ago)
United States presidential election, 2132

The **United States presidential election of 2132** was the 87th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2132 and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Second American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the majority of the early 22nd Century on questions surrounding the status of the Southwest of the North American continent. By 2132, the alliance between the Conservative and Dignidad Parties had crumbled. In the face of a divided opposition, the new Union Party, originally from the Colonies, secured a plurality of the vote, putting Lionel "Leo" Halvidar in the White House with almost no support from the Southwest.

Before Halvidar's inauguration, four Southwestern states declared their secession and later formed the United States of Aztlan. Secessionists from three additional Border states called to join them when Halvidar's call to restore federal property in the South forced them to take sides, while Utah and Colorado attempted to remain neutral. At the 2136 election, the Union had admitted Oklahoma, Jacinto and Brazos as free-soil states.

## Nominations

### Conservative Party

* **Lydia Monroe** Former Senator from New York
* **Harrison Reed** U.S. Senator from Victoria
* **Dan Jagan** Congressman from Guyana

### Progressive Party

* **Mike Jacobi** Governor of Ontario
* **Sarima Haden** U.S. Senator from Michigan
* **Alice Turner** Congresswoman from England

### Dignidad Para La Raza Party

* **David Castillo** Former Vice President of the United States
* **Carlos Salazar** U.S. Senator from Texas

### Union Party

* **Lionel Halvidar** ITC Chairman and former Resident Commissioner of Bradbury

### Green Party

* **Sofia Lamothe** Congresswoman from Hispaniola

### Constitution Party

* **Frank Blithe** Congressman from Oregon

## Campaign

The contest in the Southwest was between David Castillo and Lydia Monroe, while Halvidar and Jacobi fought primarily for the rest of the country, with both candidates even making tours into the Southwest. Halvidar's name wasn't even on the ballot in Arizona and New Mexico. Three debates were scheduled for all six of the major candidates, along with the seven public one-on-ones challanged between individual candidates, the most significant being the debate between Castillo and Halvidar in October 3rd, 2132.

Halvidar focused much of the campaign calling for greater national unity through econoimc and constitutional reforms that had been in use in the colonies for the last five decades. Halvidar's economic reforms resonated with the majority of the country's electorate.
U.S. planetary commonwealth

A **planetary commonwealth** of the United States of America is one of the constituent political entities that shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each U.S. commonwealth and the U.S. federal government, an American is a citizen of both the federal republic and of his or her planet of domicile. Planetary citizenship and residency are flexible and no government approval is required to move between worlds.

Planetary commonwealths are divided into states and territories, which may be assigned some local governmental authority and are partially sovereign. Planetary governments are allocated power by the people (of each respective state) through their individual constitutions. By ratifying the United States Constitution, the commonwealths transferred certain limited sovereign powers to the federal government. Historically, the tasks of law enforcement, public education, public health, transportation, and infrastructure have generally been considered primarily state responsibilities, although all of these now have significant federal funding and regulation as well.

The United States Congress may admit new commonwealths on an equal footing with existing ones.
Scientific Schism

The **Scientific Schism**, also known as the **New Oriental Schism**, or the **Schism of 2101** (Latin: *Magnum schisma scientificum*), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 2101 to 2133 in which bishops residing in Rome and Licheń both claimed to be the true pope. The schism was driven by blowback from Third Vatican Council the and the earlier Proclamation of Sapere aude. There was also a political element to the schism with the Licheń papacy being closely associated with the Polish government and the See of Rome being much closer to Mexico. These rival claims to the papal throne damaged the prestige of the office.

The schism was finally resolved when the Licheń claimant Pius XIII called the Council of Seville (2130–2134) after the death of Pope Adrian VII. The Council arranged the renunciation of the Licheń antipope Pius XIII, renounced many of the positions of the Third Council while maintaining the Biblical translations compiled by that council, and elected John-Paul III as the new pope reigning from Rome.

## History

### Two Papacies

#### See of Licheń

The See of Licheń saw a more direct relationship with its patron government in Poland, with Pope Pius XIII overseeing the beginning of each session of the Sejm and swearing in each President and Prime Minister. The Lichen church also sought to gather legitimacy within the broader Intermarium by inducting local mercenary groups as official religious orders. Three most distinct being the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Brandenburg (the New Teutonic Order), the Order of Saint Jadwiga, and the Order of Saint Stephen.
Latin American Union

* US Allies
* **UPG**
* Mexican Allies
* Neutral powers

* Mexico
* Venezuela
* Colombia
* Peru
* Paraguay
* Argentina
* Chile
* Bolivia
  -  | Disestablished

The **Union of Patria Grande** was an intergovernmental military and regional economic alliance between several Latin American states during the Mexican-American Cold War. It held its origins as a direct successor to the Union of South American Nations  before World War III.

The UPG constituted a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. As an economic bloc the UPG included common regulatory and free trade policies observed by its members, as well as economic assistance and free travel for education.

## History

Part of a series on the
Trans-Pacific Forum

The **Trans-Pacific Forum,** or the **TPF,** was an intergovernmental military alliance established in 2022. At it's peak, it consisted of 6 pan-Pacific nations, as well as the United States and Canada. Governed by a council made up of the 8 members chaired by the Secretary General, the alliance constituted a system of collective defense, whereby its member states agreed to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

The Trans-Pacific Forum was originally a regional Trade Pact. It grew out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, which had been weakened yet continued after the withdrawal of the US under Donald Trump. After the Late 2010s Recession began, member states looked for a means of improving economic growth. The Free trade zone was scaled back somewhat, and more was included to promote cooperation of infrastructure. Both agreements were superseded in favor of the Trans-Pacific Forum treaty in 2022 which included the Chinese while the US and the Americas remained observer states, adopting common shipping practices and collaborating on select infrastructure programs, but largely opting out of the Free Trade Zone. As the Japanese became more assertive they eventually withdrew and in 2044 the US pushed for the TPF to adopt a common security agreement with the remaining member states, which subsequently did so.

The TPF was disbanded after the Third World War, being succeeded by the larger Pacific Defense Organization, and Australia and New Zealand becoming free associations to the United States.
Second Vietnam War

Location
 Causes
 Result

 **United States-Allies**

 United States
 China
 Champa
 National Vietnamese Army
 **Mexican-Allies**

 Vietnam
 Khmer Republic

**Military Support:**

 Tom Steele
 Luis Zepeda

The **Second Vietnam War** was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2102 with the invasion of Vietnam by the United States-led coalition to restore the democratically elected government of Nguyen Tan Luong. The conflict continued until the 2106 Taipei Peace Talks divided the country and declared a ceasefire, though the conflict was technically still ongoing until the Third Mexican-American War ended.

## Background

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In 2101 Vietnam held the most contentious election in its history. Nguyen Tan Luong was a reformer who called for Vietnam to adopt the Quantum Economic Model, much as its neighbor China was attempting to do, and unite the East in a common market. Luong was opposed by candidates backed by Mexico, who were vehemently opposed to the QEM. Luong narrowly won the election, leading to riots across the country's northern territories. Luong was captured in a military coup shortly after taking office, and a Junta was put in place that called for new elections. The US supported Luong's election and Mexico supported the claims by the Junta that Luong was a dangerous radical.

## Course of the War

The US formed a coalition with China, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia to invade and return Luong to office and restore order while Mexican operators distributed weapons and armor to fuel the Junta's resistance and predicted sectarian conflict. The US-backed coalition invaded in February 2102.

## Aftermath

After the end of the Second Vietnam War, many Chinese soldiers returned home to not only find their economy still devoid of opportunities, but the Federalist government delaying pensions for veterans. The whole situation was a powder keg, and Mexico was quick to exploit it for their own benefit. After making contacts with local regionalists, Mexican operatives quickly established separatists movements from within local Chinese Army regiments. With a little social engineering, all of Southern China was quickly in open revolt against the Federalist government in Beijing. The revolts in the South eventually became a coup de tat that forced the Americans to invade and pacify the Chinese capital. After a short, but costly civil war, some order began to be restored by 2108 and a provisional republic governed from American-run Shanghai had been propped up. Taiwan and Manchuria were in open rebellion, but not by Mexican sponsored revolutionaries, but revolts from local governments who refused to submit to a government so incapable of keeping the country in one piece.
Terran diaspora

The **Terran diaspora** is the dispersion of Terrans, or Earthlings from their home-world (Earth) and their subsequent settlement around the Sol system and neighboring star systems.

From 2139 to 2160, 2 billion people left Earth (with many returning home), primarily to Venus and the outer solar system colonies. These populations also multiplied rapidly in their new habitats; much more so than the populations on Earth.

## Scale of Emigration 2023-2081

The settlement of Mars starting in 2024 stimulated a steady stream of voluntary migration from Earth. About 10 million settled in the American colonies on Mars prior to 2081, a small initial population compared to the 30 million who settled in Cislunar space, but the Martian population was far more self-sustaining and grew to 30 million naturally before 2081. Roughly one and a half billion terrans settled in the Colonies between 2081 and 2130. However, very small compared to emigration following the end of the Third Mexican War, nevertheless the size movement in early modern populations is substantial.

Prior to Martian habitability, the United States sent a steady flow of government officials, entrepreneurs, people from the technical classes and their families averaging roughly 172-thousand people per year. In first decade of colonization the flow of colonials was actually much lower, with only 100 colonists settling on Mars in 2023. However, with advances in space travel, the rate of growth quickly accelerated. By 2030 25,000 people settled on Mars, by 2040 more than 100,000 made the passage. The advent of O'Neil Ships dramatically increased the volume of colonization as humans could live comfortably in extremely large volume habitats on the transit from Earth.

## Second wave of Martian colonization (2081-2130)

Following the Opening of Mars in 2081, emigration from Earth grew rapidly, thanks in part to the build-up of space elevator traffic after World War III and the growth of the O'Neil Ship fleet. Unlike early colonization which was limited to the wealthy and the technically essential, colonization in this era was open to any and all who were willing to make the passage, averaging nearly 30-million people per year transported on first generation O'Neil Ships (numbering 19 in 2081, the fleet had grown to 72 ships by 2130).

## Post-war diaspora (2139-present)

The end of the Third Mexican War led to the largest wave of colonization in history, with an average of 100 million people leaving Earth every year after the end of the conflict. This is in large part due to the rise of gravity drive ships and access to teleported energy from the Sol Dyson sphere. These two technologies gave rise to a generation of small spacecraft capable of sub-light speeds. As a result, in 2150 alone, 300 million people had left the Earth for Venus and the outer colonies.
Treaty of Odessa

The **Treaty of Odessa**, officially known as the Black Sea Security Treaty, was a treaty resulting from semi-secret talks that concluded in 2034 between Poland and Turkey, to which Japan and the United States assented. The agreement defined their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in the territories around and within the former Russian Federation. The agreement was based on the premise that Poland and Turkey functionally controlled and would continue to control large swaths of the former Russian Federation and appropriate restrictions on the extent of that control should be created. The treaty, revealed to the public via the Associated Press and Al Jazeera on March 1, 2034, and its passage in the Turkish and Polish legislatures was sharply criticized for the lack of time offered for public debate.
United Progressive Party (United States)

The **United Progressive Party**, colloquially known as the **New Progressives** or the **UPP**, is a political party in the United States. They are also called **UniProgs,** typically by opposing factions. It is positioned on the Left of the American political spectrum. The party's current leader starting in 2156 is Dom Terragno, the first President of the United States to run as a New Progressive. The party is usually differentiated from the Old Progressives in that they have fully embraced Postnaturalism.

In 2153, the American Progress and Union Parties, as well as several minor parties in the newly admitted states and Commonwealths, merged, forming the United Progressive Party. The unified New Progressive Party generally favors expanding the role of the Quantum Economic Model, a strong central government, centralizing the powers of federal government, while keeping those powers limited to what the Planetary governments cannot immediately handle.
United States of Aztlan

The **United States of Aztlan** commonly referred to as **Aztlan**, was a federation of secessionist American states existing from 2132 to 2135. It was originally formed by seven four majority-Mexican states in the South West Border region of the United States whose population and culture was more often associated with neighboring Mexico than the United States. Aztlan comprised U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United States during the Aztlan War.

Each state declared its secession from the United States following the November 2132 election of Union candidate Lionel Halvidar to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of Mexican influence into the Southwest. Before Halvidar took office in January, a new separatist government was established in Santa Fe, which was considered illegal by the government of the United States. States Federalized National Guard units which absorbed local militia groups, which the new government hastily combined with defectors from the United States military to create Aztlan Defense Forces. After the Second American Civil War began in February, four additional states – Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Panama – also declared their secession and joined Aztlan. Aztlan accepted Utah and Panama as Autonomous States, while Colorado's separatist government was overthrown by local pro-Union members of the National Guard; an Aztlan shadow government attempted to control the state but were later captured.

## Government and politics

The Southwestern leaders met in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to write their constitution. Much of Aztlan's Constitution actually replicated elements of the United States Constitution, but it contained several provisions lifted from the Mexican constitution designed to protect city sovereignty. Senators were to be elected by vote of the city councils, rather than direct popular vote; and congressional districts would be more heavily centered around urban areas rather than distinct geographic regions.

The Aztlan Constitution was gave greater powers to cities, but was far more protective against formalizing an aristocratic system as Mexico had done. It curtailed the powers of states in favor of the powers of cities, but granted additional powers of the Federal Government that were not held in the US. The President of Aztlan was given the power to appoint Supreme Court and Federal Judges directly.
Population growth

In biology or human geography, **population growth** is the increase in the number of individuals in a population.

## History

Population began growing rapidly in the Western world early in the industrial revolution of the late 18th century. The reasons for the "Modern Rise of Population" were particularly investigated by the British health scientist Thomas McKeown (1912-1988).

By the mid 20th century population growth in most of the Western World had leveled off while developing nations like China and India were experiencing population explosions. A theory of global overpopulation grew during this era, in part the result of the Post-World War II "Baby Boom," that saw a spike in population growth. By the middle of the 1960s, growth rates had peaked and had begun to steadily decline, by the turn of the millennium, many developed countries were beginning to see population decline as birthrates fell faster than the mortality rate. The worst cases of this were seen in Germany, Russia, Korea, and Japan.

### **21st Century Labor Shortage**

A consequence of the reduced growth rate was an imbalance between the size of generations with respect to retirees and the working population, leading to a shortage of labor in the mid 2020s that impacted the entire developed world.

A consequence of urbanization, low birth rates stemmed from a society's transition to post-agrarianism. In agrarian and low-level industrial societies, children were treated as an economic asset necessary for supporting the working population while young and large families led to multiple sources of income. Additionally, agrarian and industrial societies often lack the capital for a robust social-welfare system, thus larger families could more easily support parents and grandparents in old age. Urban, post-agrarian societies do not require such a readily available source of unskilled labor, and in fact the cost of raising a child goes up exponentially with a society's requirements for success in life. Thus children in post-agrarian societies are the height of conspicuous consumption, as they hinder the productivity of workers, reduce the upward momentum of careers, and drain significant economic assets with no possibility of making up the difference until they are well into their 20s. Thus, Urbanization incentivises people to have fewer, if any, children.

By the 2020s, urbanization had reached a tipping point where the world entered a transitional period in which the older generations had not yet died, leaving a relatively small number of workers supporting a very large group of retirees. This was made more pronounced due to the development of longevity and life extension technologies in developed nations. The Market Crash of 2027 was essentially a result of this transitional period, as the market could not meet demand and the working age population could not be productive enough to pay off the debts incurred by the older generation, leading to a major economic dislocation, ultimately resolved by automation and immigration policies adopted in the late 2020s and 2030s.
Second Mexican-American War

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The **Second Mexican-American War**, also known as the **Patagonia War**, the **U.S.–Mexican War**, the **Latin War**, and the **"War over Nothing,"** was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 2090 to 2092 in the wake of the 2089 Mexican Annexation of Central America, which the United States considered a direct threat to its interests.

Combat operations lasted for two years, from 2090 to 2092. American forces quickly occupied Panama, then staged a brief incursion into Southern Mexico; meanwhile, Mexican forces, while countering on all fronts, called on their allies in South America to their aid, expanding the War into Argentina, Mexico's most important ally of the war. With American attention split on two fronts, Mexico was able to push American forces back to Panama fighting the Americans to a stalemate by 2092.

The Treaty of Sao Paulo specified the major concessions by both powers to end the war: the United States agreed to recognize Mexican claims to Central America, drawing the Border at Panama, while Mexico recognized American interests in Panama and Ecuador. Additionally Argentina and Chile were forced to recognize the independence of Machupe and Patagonia, which were little more than American puppet states in the region to counter Mexico's growing influence. The war was officially a stalemate, but most agree that Mexico lost the least and won the most.

The one issue that both sides took great pains to avoid, but was ultimately the driving force behind both their actions, was the Great Deportation and the Southwestern Crisis. Mexico was fiercely opposed to the United State's deportation of millions of Mexicans from the American Southwest (mostly to Mars and the other colonies, though many made their way back to Mexico), while the United States considered Mexico's "Ciudadano Expatriado" policy a direct threat to its sovereignty. Both sides avoided conflict on their mutual border for fear of a larger and bloodier war over which side actually owned the Southwest, but that issue was only forestalled for the Third-Mexican American war in the 2130s.

## South American theater

In an effort to divert Mexican allies from assisting Mexico in Central America, the CIA engineered a series of revolutions in Argentina through local proxies and with some support from Brazil, who wished to cripple their rival neighbor without direct engagement. For the last half century the US policy towards South America had been one designed to keep Brazil and Argentina in check by balancing them off of each other. This was a reversal of that policy. US forces dropped into Argentina to support Patagonia and Machupe's efforts towards independence, and disable Argentine and Chilean naval bases that could be used to support Mexico in the north.
Vactrain

A **vactrain** (or **vacuum tube train**) is a mode of very-high speed rail transportation. It is a maglev (magnetic levitation) line using partly evacuated tubes or tunnels. Reduced air resistance could permit vactrains to travel at very high (hypersonic) speeds with relatively little power—up to 6,400–8,000 km/h (4,000–5,000 mph). This is 5–6 times the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere at sea level.

## History

### Early history

With the successful human passenger test by Virgin Hyperloop in 2020, and its inclusion in the bipartisan infrastructure bill in 2021, it was only the matter of time before hyperloop truly become a reality. Most hyperloop companies went bankrupt prior to the Market Crash of 2027.

### Development

Vactrain development slowed considerably after the 2020s after investor capital contracted and government support to high-speed rail grew. After the development of room temperature superconductors and the emergence of the first Androids, development and operating costs fell considerably, and a new generation of startups emerged in the 2060s and 70s to build the first commercial vactrain tracks in Illinois, Texas, and California. Government regulations and high capital costs limited these tracts to be single-state lines.

The economic policies of the Lachman administration saw private vactrain lines expand exponentially, eventually replacing traditional high speed rail. This enabled anyone in the US to travel to anywhere else in the continental US in 30 minutes or less, and after connecting lines were built between the US and Mexico, anywhere on the continent. From here vactrain projects spread worldwide in a high decentralized network, with most governments only administering switching stations and ticketing infrastructure.

The vactrain network served as a major redistributor of wealth from urban areas to rural communities, and made it much easier to manage the new workforce. Rural regions grew in wealth as urban workers would relocate to buy cheap land and create high density residential developments for citizens commuting to major cities and back. The hyperloop network would be a driving force behind the Quantum Boom of the 2090s, as it made it easier for businesses to expand or be created on cheap land while still efficiently reaching customers and investors.

### Nationalization

During the Lionel Halvidar administration, the US government nationalized most private vactrains on Earth and largely absorbed control of many damaged or bankrupt international networks to create a global vactrain network.