Dystopian Wave

The Dystopian Wave is a trend in the 2050's in the Rinnarverse where various authors wrote about dystopian scenarios. In spite of its name, there were some *u*-topias among the collection, such as Umoka ka Umoja (a prosperous, independent, and united Africa).

## Wallworld ("patient zero")

Johanne Vindars wrote a novel in 2054 as a response to the controversial comments made by the politician Martel Vinneson. Due to speeches by militant groups about "liberating Muslim countries from the enemies of Islam [America and India]" (which means taking over these countries as a single empire), Martel Vinneson proposed isolating all Muslim countries from the rest of the world and the total expulsion of all Muslims, as he regarded the speech as showing that "Islam is a threat to all nations". Although he won many supporters from Europe and India, his opponents outnumbered his allies, outraged at such a proposal.

This dystopia is known as "Wallworld". It became controversial due to the depiction of Arabia as a militant empire.

In Wallworld's timeline, the United States falls to a fascist regime. Other countries have formed their own blocs in response to the American Bloc: the Caliphate of Arabia, Russia, Socialist Europe, Fascist Europe, China, India, and Latin America. Each of these blocs is surrounded by fortress-like walls and guards, as all of them are at war against each other.

The main characters are various people who are forced by each bloc's leaders to become murderous soldiers.

## Dar Al-Harb

Two years later, the Tunisian author Mohamed ibn Kais wrote another novel known as "Dar Al-Harb", as he (a Muslim) was also upset by Martel Vinneson's proposal. Even though it was condemned by extremists for not attacking non-Muslims, he received more support for criticising militarism in various countries. The protagonist of Dar Al-Harb was then celebrated as a symbol of world peace for his rejection of militarism.

In Dar Al-Harb's timeline, the Muslim nations are united under a federation-like caliphate. It is threatened by the Western Hegemony and Great China with a blockade. In the east, the Turkic Hegemony and the theocracy of Holy Pakistan break away from the Reformed Caliphate to build their own empires.

The protagonist of his novel is an intellectual who debates against hawkish politicians and militants who seek a punitive military campaign against the West and the breakaway east, as he refuses to allow his civilisation to repeat America's mistakes and the atrocities of the Black Gloves. Seeing that the Middle East was finally united under a prosperous government, he wanted the Reformed Caliphate to improve its people's living standards as an alternative to military conquest.

## Umoja ka Umoja

Written by Akwasi Richards from Ghana, this novel depicts a united Africa struggling between imposing a national culture or tolerating its many cultures. It was originally known as "E Pluribus Unum", but its name was changed to "Umoja ka Umoja" (which means "United as One"). It has become so popular that it was remade as a film in 2064.

In Umoja ka Umoja's timeline, the world suffers from World War III. Africa is mostly spared from the war as it remained neutral, but the attacks by other powers drove the nations of Africa to put aside their differences and work together to defend their homelands.

After the war, the Eastern Federation helps rebuild Africa, and within years a continent-wide road and railway system has been finished. The Eastern Federation unites with several other leagues to create the Republic of United Azania. The accumulated wealth of the Eastern Federation and the Golden Coast (western Africa) help the continent slowly rebuild from World War III. More and more people receive better education and services, and poverty and various social ills decline.

Ten years after the Unification of Africa, the leaders are debating whether to impose a single, pan-African culture throughout the continent, or to remake United Azania into a federation preserving its native cultures. The protagonists are three men who belong to different sides of the debate. They live in Matumaini City, a planned city built as the capital of United Azania located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The American Azanians supported the pan-African culture, while the native Africans supported the proposed federation. There is also a subplot where the minorities of United Azania (Arabs, Berbers, Chinese, Whites/Europeans, and Indians, known derisively as "abceis") want equal rights, because they are treated as second-class citizens in some parts of the country. The "abceis" are also threatened with exile to their ancestral continents.

### Legacy

This novel is also being taught in the Cosmopolitan Empire in schools as classical literature. There, it is known as "Bamunye Babe Munye", which means "They are one" in the classical Zulu language.

## Forward Red Soldiers

This satirical novel was written in 2063 by Elthid Rex, a nonbinary artist from Provincetown, Massachusetts. Even though they are a Marxist, they wrote this novel after they were inspired by quarrels and poor comments within their revolutionary cadre (actually an online group).

In Forward Red Soldiers' timeline, Earth has been conquered by a Marxist government after the Unification War. This government's party is known as the Vanguard Party. Its society resembles humorous stereotypes of the Soviet Union mixed with those of American Millennials, from avocado coffee-drinking commissars to Internet servers spammed with government propaganda posters. Although the government of the People's Democratic Republic of Earth rules the world with an iron fist, it rebuilt and improved infrastructure throughout the whole planet within ten years, allowing it to modestly increase its wealth. People from the PDR of Earth are known as Terrans, who mostly supported the World Government as the solution to their poverty.

The rest of the Galaxy has been colonised by other human civilisations, resulting in powerful states like the Galactic Federation. The nearby planet of Mars has been ruled by the Workers' State, formed by colonists that revolted against the Jennedotir Mining Corporation. The Martian Revolution was the inspiration for the Unification War, and many Martians supported the PDR in conquering the world.

Fifty years since the Unification of Earth, the Unification War has been condemned by the other colonies of the Milky Way, including the Galactic Federation, due to the brutality and mass executions committed by the Terran army. The protagonist is the twenty-second president of the World Government, elected by the Vanguard Party. She has to decide whether to attempt diplomacy with the Galactic Federation and Mars, or to give in to her ill-tempered officers and commissars by waging war on the Milky Way. Three of her officers attempted to wage war on Mars to annex it to the PDR, but the president stopped them before they could start a war between the two planets.

### Legacy

To the peoples of the Milky Way, this novel has become more like a prophecy. They sympathise with the Galactic Federation; while the dreaded Earth Union has become the PDR of Earth.

## The Artaxeverse (later known as Red Earth Divided or Whitopia)

Written by Alan Wrestikar, a comic artist from Farboro, Minnesota from 2054 to 2072. The notorious Whitopia novels (number 10 to 13) were written in 2064. They have become the most controversial books, as they were about a White supremacist dystopia disturbingly similar to the Purge of Europe.

Initially, Alan was supported by alternate history enthusiasts, and later by Internet artists who praised his depiction of a world united by progressivism and developed to higher standards, albeit torn apart between two warmongering, harsh dictators. With the release of Novel 10, some of his supporters and sponsors rejected and condemned him for the White supremacist dystopia in his story, and yet he still continued to write. He also condemned the militants who used Novel 10 as their role model in their war against the United States.

Novel 13 was the most controversial book of the Artaxeverse. During that time, America was torn apart in a civil war, and Alan was harassed and beaten up by vigilantes because Novel 10 was praised by the anti-government militants, so he had to flee to the American Federation. While his novels enjoyed success and popularity among the Feddians, Novel 13 had mixed reactions. Some of his fans understood the controversial war room scene to represent hatred corrupting the World Federation's leaders. Other fans immediately denounced his book as "an anti-White threat", especially when some of the leaders proposed killing the Europeans or destroying their culture. In 2072, Alan was murdered by a gangster: his Racialist friends celebrated the murder and burned his house.

As for the man who killed Alan, he himself was killed in battle while his gang fought against a rival gang from the American Federation.

### Summary

In the Artaxeverse, Earth has been dominated by two governments. The Americas, western Europe, and Africa are ruled by the World Federation, which focuses on improving infrastructure and technological advancement. Eurasia and Oceania are ruled by the Human Realm, which focuses on social justice, diversity, and progressive values. Both of them are ruled by leaders who waged war on each other, believing that total unification and mobilisation of all humanity will accelerate progress into a utopia.

The first three novels were set within the WF, and then in the HR in Asia. Three more novels were set in the War of the Reds, in battlefields in Chad, Algeria, and eastern Germany. Two more novels are set within the two empires again as conditions began to deteriorate as the war went on, the ninth novel is about propaganda campaigns between the two empires, and the tenth novel is about instability in Europe and western Asia.

The tenth novel was considered the most notorious novel: there, the Europeans have revolted against the Human Realm's governors, rallying themselves under the Whitopian Empire and its founder known simply as the "Dear Leader". They conquer Europe and annex more revolutionaries, slaughtering thousands of foreigners and outsiders in furious massacres. The Whitopians were able to successfully withstand the WF and HR armies, no thanks to traitors in both empires who sought to use Whitopia as a buffer state to keep both empires in check. Their numbers were replenished by more rebels from America, who supported the regime as a bastion of their race.

Influenced by the success of the Whitopians, the Turkic Khanate, the Arabian Hegemony, and the Hindu Rashtra revolted against the Human Realm's authorities, followed by United Slavia: more slaughters ensue in punitive expeditions. Of the revolutionary powers, the Hindu Rashtra formed an alliance with the Turkic Khanate and United Slavia, while the Arabian Hegemony is at war with Whitopia. The Whitopian armies took over parts of Morocco and Algeria as colonies, spurring the locals to form the Berber Republic to stop their massacres. Later, parts of the northeastern US revolt and join the Whitopian Empire, slaughtering hundreds in the name of revenge.

Even the Empire of Whitopia is divided: after twenty years of "high art" and goose-stepping, the members of Whitopia began to fight among each other over the future of their empire. In the American colonies, the American Whitopians seek a republic, but their love of vulgar entertainment earned them the contempt of the European Whitopians. Western Europe is ruled by the Monolith faction, who formed a personality cult around their Dear Leader by building monuments to him and his cult. Eastern Europe and Scandinavia are dominated by the Folkist faction, who murder people as sacrifices to the pagan gods and eschew luxury, classical Western art, and modern technology. Italy and the colonies in northern Africa are ruled by the Crusaders, who seek to impose a Catholic theocracy all over Europe.

The growing division between the Whitopian regime lead to fights within the government and gang wars, which become a chance for the World Federation and the Human Realm to regain control over Europe. It has been twenty years since the domination of Whitopia, but its armies have turned inward to suppress the growing factions within Whitopia, to bring them to the obedience of the Dear Leader.

In novel 13, the leaders of the World Federation convene and debate the next course of action. With Whitopia crumbling apart and their armies replenished, they would have a chance to take over Europe before the Slavs do. Some officials called for returning brutality with brutality, while others suggested erasing the Whitopians' cultures and assimilating them into the Federation's regime: both of them wanted to punish the Whitopians for the massacres.

### Legacy

After the death of Alan Wrestikar, many authors throughout America made their own sequels about the Artaxeverse.

The Feddians' sequels depict the Whitopians putting aside their differences to fight the World Federation: the Racialists have the Dear Leader reunifying Europe under his brutal reign to begin a world war of slaughter; the Evangelicals (and the Visegradians) have the Crusaders unify Europe, end White supremacy, and impose a new Christian government; and the Libertines have the Slavs or the Americans unify Europe as a federation of democracies.

The Ussians' sequels mostly have the World Federation conquer Europe. However, instead of massacring the population and suppressing their cultures, they instead deradicalise them and convert them to socialism by connecting their infrastructure. The very leaders who proposed the massacre of Europeans were later banished and jailed.

This tragic novel series was later used by the Vetarbroitar as an example about the Earthlings' crimes and their atrocities. They wrote their own sequels in honour of Alan's death, where the Slavs purge Europe and America and reform the defeated inhabitants, and the Africans and Native Americans win their independence from the two empires.

Out of hatred of the Nordic State, the Vetarbroitar ending also included a quarter of the Whitopians dying in battle against the Slavic-backed alliance. They called it "the self-extermination of the Nazis" (Whitopia fanatics) by their final attempts to exterminate their eastern enemy. The Whitopian loyalists were driven by fear of a repeat of Soviet brutality, so in their desperation they became so outrageously cruel, that even their supporters defected to the Slavs. The other Europeans who surrendered to the stronger Slavic alliance were deradicalised into an independent federation formed by societies they rebuilt by themselves. The resulting Europe will not be under Slavic rule, but free (as the Vetarbroitar saw it): free from extreme and murderous viewpoints, and able to defend itself from invasions by other empires. It would even be willing to make allies with the Turkics, Indians, African Federation, and Native Americans: together with United Slavia and Arabia, the seven powers built a new world alliance founded on personal freedom and social welfare, rather than coercion and militarism.

## Trunduk

See also: Trunduk

Written by Świętowit Wiśniewski from Poland in 2057, this book is about a fictional nation located to the south of Bali and the west of Australia. As Swietowit is a member of Rodzimowiestwo (the native Polish religion), he wrote this novel to depict how a country might resist modernity.

In 2063, Swietowit fled to Canada, as he did not want to live under a dictatorship that took over his homeland of Poland. There, he wrote a sequel about Trunduk's history in the 21st century.

### Summary

Long ago, the island of Trunduk was influenced by Brahmins from India and Java, resulting in a rich Hindu culture. Trunduk's inhabitants rejected the Muslim missionaries, so only the western parts of Trunduk converted to Islam. For centuries, the Trunduks and their Muslim counterparts lived in peace. Together, they fought against the Dutch and British who waged war on them, but eventually they fell to British rule.

The British modernised Trunduk, but they also exploited the island's resources and mistreated the natives. They also implemented a programme to force them to convert to Christianity, comparing them to the Indians with foul slurs. Only the east remained Hindu, but it became the poorest region in Trunduk. Eventually, the Trunduki revolted and fought the British again, and they were placed under the Australian military during World War II as a bulwark against Japanese aggression in Indonesia. More abuse from the Australian occupiers led to a second wave of revolts, which were suppressed.

In the 1950s, the Trunduki revolted for a third time. This time, they were supported by an outlawed millionaire and his criminal cartel, who funded the Trunduki resistance with modern weaponry to fight the British. Due to the Partition of India, Trunduk became a destination for Hindu refugees to begin a new life. The second president of Trunduk, Parachita Munemak, had a strong hatred of Europe for oppressing his country, so he made his nation a dictatorship. During his time, the central parts were ruled by two warlords who sought to unite Trunduk under a Christian government, and they also imposed a cruel regime: their rule made the locals hate Western culture more.

He fought the two warlords and ordered the expulsion of the Muslim locals of the west to Pakistan and Arabia: they were associated with Pakistan and its wars against India. Under his rule, only the Trunduki and Hindu religions were allowed, and all other beliefs were banned as "foreign conquests": the Trunduk religion was revived in 1932, and was made the official religion in 1957, with the mountain god Sarakel as the national god of the country. Because he declared war on the Western world, the Soviets attempted to contact him, but he rejected the Soviets and fought against the communist militants.

Because of Trunduk's persecution of other religions and its war against America and Britain, the island nation was regarded as a rogue state, a terrorist blot on the map that must be eliminated and conquered. Indonesia and Australia occupied several villages to protect the Muslim and Christian locals from destruction: during the war on East Timor, a wall was set up between the Muslim and Christian districts. The CIA funded the central warlords, and the Soviets and Chinese supported the communist militants, but these were also defeated. Only the Indonesian and the Australian districts remained, but due to both countries turning back to resolve their own problems, more of these districts were conquered.

The leader survived several assassination attempts by CIA agents, and he welcomed extremists from India as his advisors. Some of his Indian guests were displeased by several aspects considered "too Western", such as women wandering freely and their refusal to assimilate to Hindustani culture, while others contributed to the modernisation of Trunduk's society and technology.

In spite of their poverty, the Trunduki stubbornly resisted any attempts to convert or revolt against their rulers. They were united by a hatred of the West, the Soviet Union, and Arabia over historical misdeeds. Their nation was later supported and armed by Libya and Myanmar, when the Soviets also attacked Trunduk to bring down its government and set up a communist puppet state. Later, neopagans from America moved to Trunduk, as they approved its resistance to Christianity and its defeat of the Central Army. In spite of their Western background, they were tolerated because they were not Christians, although clashes broke out between the angered natives and inconsiderate Americans.

After the death of Parachita, Angkatok was elected as the next president. He fought against one of his advisors, Adinath Bhardvaj, as his rival wanted to turn Trunduk into a copy of India with himself as dictator. Adinath was defeated and he and his supporters were jailed.

### Modern Trunduk

Trunduk has been liberalised in the 1990s. In spite of this, the Trunduki still hate the West. Although the Trunduki use modern technology supplied by the Widukind Cartel and Libya to catch up with their allies, they still wear their traditional silk robes and golden crowns. Many buildings in Trunduk were built from stone and wood in the style of their ancient history, and they still look beautiful even with modern features. Most, if not all Trunduki, practice a cleaner lifestyle due to the laws of dictator Parachita, making their country less polluted than the Central Army and the occupied districts. Most Trunduki worship either the native gods or the Hindu pantheon: even though both religions were separated in the 1950s, it is permitted for Trunduki to worship both gods. The wall between Indonesian and Australian Trunduk had a gate built between them, and then it was dismantled in 1997.

Trunduk also invited Hindu and Buddhist refugees from India and Southeast Asia. The occasional Muslim and Christian refugees were forced to turn back, although the Paschimai permitted the Muslims to resettle in the north and the Christians to resettle in the south. Occasionally, the Central Army also invited Christians to settle in their towns, escorting them with guerillas to avoid the local authorities.

No thanks to the Widukind Cartel, Libya, and Myanmar, Trunduk was a developing country unscathed by the communist takeovers in Southeast Asia or the CIA attacks in other parts of the world. Unlike other countries, Trunduk's leaders had a more active role in taking care of their people, allowing them to live comfortable lives and enjoy a high literacy rate. In the 1990s, a construction boom led to a complete electricity grid and constant water supply.

On the other hand, central Trunduk's towns were made of concrete, but they were poorer than the rest of Trunduk. Their electricity and water supplies did not function as effectively as the rest of Trunduk, and they kept learning to keep themselves tidy from their enemies. The central Tundruki were hated for their Christian faith, their Westernised culture, their desecration of Trunduki temples, and their refusal to convert to the Trunduk state religion, so even after they stopped their fight, they languished in poverty. But they were supported by radicalised militants from other countries who were brought to their cities.

Australian Trunduk achieved better living standards than the rest of the country, to the point that it was the only part of the country where socialists lived in. Only from 2003 onwards did Indonesian Trunduk manage to catch up with the rest of the country. There, the Muslim Trunduki worked together with their Christian, Hindu, and pagan brethren, as they wanted to avoid the Trunduki Civil War. When three extremist attacks affected Indonesian Trunduk and killed dozens, the residents fought back against the extremists and expelled them. These western Trunduki are known as "Paschimai", "westerners".

For a poor country, Trunduk has impressed its enemies with its improving society, its transparency, and its citizens' well-behaved attitude.

### Sequel

In the sequel to Trunduk, it has attracted the attention of "anti-imperialist" movements because of its independence from the Western world. Some of them were welcomed into Trunduk, but those suspected of communism and anarchism were expelled from the country. More revolts emerged from the impoverished Christian districts, supported by left-wing bloggers and activists from America who sought to establish their own state. For seven years, they waged war against the Trunduki government, but they lost and most of the Centrals were annexed into Trunduk. Although the people wanted to kill the Centrals, the new government protected their towns from assault.

The Trunduki rulers debated and argued, and the president eventually decided to spare the Centrals. Officially, the Centrals were to be isolated from the rest of Trunduk as a punishment for aligning themselves with the Western enemy, but secretly the president ordered workers to improve the Centrals' miserable condition.

In 2016, the Widukind Cartel lost much of its wealth and assets, so it had to retreat to Trunduk. Without much of its extra wealth, Trunduk starts to become poorer. Eventually, the Western nations were able to defeat Trunduk by isolating it and launching an invasion force in 2018 known as Trun-Day. The Trunduki were armed with outdated weapons, and they were eventually defeated by a combined American-Australian army. The Centrals aided the Western armies in the final conquest of Trunduk.

Even as the Trunduki were almost assimilated to Western society, they stubbornly retained much of their culture. Two years later, they revolted and expelled the Americans from their land. The Americans had to abandon Trunduk as they were summoned back to their homeland to stop the Plague of 2020, and many Paschimai helped the Trunduki drive them out. Some Centrals helped them expel the Americans, and to thank the Centrals and Pachimai for helping them drive out the Americans, Christianity and Islam were legalised for the first time in 70 years. Trunduk is then reunited as a single federation after a ceremony with Indonesia and Australia.

### Legacy

"Dzieci Starych Bogów, stoimy razem!" - (Children of the Old Gods, we stand together!)

- Purohit Akashganga Purisi, celebrating the Asatruar and Rodnovers for building Trunduk.

This series was popular among the Vetarbroitar, who used this as a guide in resisting American influence and forming their distinctive pagan society.

### Samples of Modern Trunduki

Dubban Oru-Motta, tancha luidegak! - Children of the Old Gods, we stand together!

Bina Sarakel, Jaya Siwa. - Glory to Sarakel and Shiva.

## After the Harvest

Written by Bogdan Dmitriyev of Canada and published in 2073, it depicts an alternate timeline where the Plague of 2020 has killed more people. As a result, human civilisation and infrastructure has collapsed, and the remaining humans have retreated into isolated fiefs, known as "post-Harvest states". It satirises the "accelerationist" movements that gladly seek the destruction of his American civilisation to impose their own regimes.

This book, "After the Harvest", centres on four societies:

* A republic in the Midwest attacked by six warlords
* A Marxist commune that descends into infighting, autocracy, and corruption
* A Neo-Nazi enclave that devolves from an orderly society into a bloodthirsty slaughter
* A corrupt hippy commune whose leaders kill anyone who wants older forms of entertainment

In Canada and the divided United States, the novel has become popular, as both far-leftists and far-rightists considered the post-apocalyptic societies to be "utopia" because of their independence from capitalism or globalism. Fans of this book also harrassed people for mourning the lives lost during the Plague of 2020 and other disasters, urging and bullying people into "moving forward".

This, along with the subcultures that approved the book's setting, inspired the Vetarbroitar to compose several marches. The marches declared that they will fight back against whoever who might take away what they love, from their freedom to their technology and their culture, so they will not become like the "post-Harvest" people in their misery and poverty.