Timeline

The following entries in the Timeline are entries that diverge from the events that have, or could have taken place in the real world. Most of the events listed take place in Europe or North America since they have a direct impact on the setting of ANN's War, events from other parts of the world are not listed unless they are relevant to the ANN's War timeline.

## Divergence from real world

The crucial elements of the ANN's War universe was finalized in August 2017, meaning any events that happened in the world after that period will have no effect over the ANN's War universe. Likewise, any events that take place in ANN's War universe after August 2017 may not represent real-world events.

Even though the timeline of ANN's War universe diverges from real-world events, technological developments in the real world may still be present in the ANN's War universe.

## 2019

* British defense contractors start exploring the idea of altering people's genes to improve their combat effectiveness. Under government support, most of these projects yield promising results.
* **29 March:** After more than two years of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union member states, the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal. Any attempts by the European Council to start negotiations with the United Kingdom is overruled by the French delegation.
* **April:** The United Kingdom starts seeing a nationwide shortage of all consumer goods as mass confusion led to all imports from Europe being suspended. Public order breaks down as costs start skyrocketing.

## 2020

* Donald Trump wins his second term of his presidency. The American economy is still growing, but foreign trade is almost nonexistent.

## 2021

* First observed effect of the Winter. As incoming sunlight is reflected by dust circulating in the atmosphere, global temperatures start dropping sharply. The world remains in an extended winter period through the year.
* **September 30:** First emergency meeting held by FAO. UN-supervised research on solutions starts. Countries also set up individual programs to increase food output in times of low temperature.
* **October:**
	+ With low temperatures and inadequate sunlight, majority of the corn harvest fails in North America. Harvest failures also reported elsewhere in the world.
	+ **October 7:** Food scarcity in Europe reaches a critical point. The UK is the first nation to be hit when their food import deals with the EU are abruptly suspended.
	+ **October 15:** Belgium hosts first of the EU food security action meetings. Because the southern European nations were still facing economic problems and the northern nations were unwilling to provide further economic assistance, the talks failed to achieve any productive results.
	+ **October 17:** After the failed harvest in Canada, they made their first bulk purchase of corn from the US.
	+ **October** **22:** Tartu, Estonia becomes the origin of the European food riots. Many people protest the EU inaction on the issue of food security. By this point, many stores ran out of food when people started stockpiling food for uncertain times.
	+ **October 24:** A second food security meeting is held in Brussels. Representatives of Russia and Turkey are also present. With increasing economic pressure from Germany and France, an agreement is made on investment in agriculture of southern member states.
* **December:**
	+ The southern states of the US see a massive influx of people as Canadians and Americans abandon their homes and travel south.
	+ **December 3:** Lahti, Finland becomes the first European city to issue city-wide food rationing to combat scarcity after food prices start rising sharply.
	+ **December 12:**
		- Portland Riots begin as companies and high-income families have exhausted the food supplies across Maine.
		- The US Congress meets to discuss a common solution across all states to solve the food insecurity and prevent further riots. The meeting ends without any conclusion.
	+ **December 19:** Portland Riots end. Maine government starts a state-wide rationing of food. The amount of food distributed by the state is not enough to sustain families in the long-term, but people are content that some action was taken to ensure everyone got adequate amounts of food.
	+ **December 30:** St. Petersburg Food Heist: Thousands of tonnes of grains are reported missing across the region in what is thought to be an organized attack on the country's food supplies. An international investigation is launched.

## 2022

* Mississippi River is frozen at Memphis, TN for the first time in decades. Temperatures have not risen above 0 degrees Celsius across the northern hemisphere during the past year.
* **March:**
	+ **​March 2:**An Egyptian freighter that carrying grains purchased to Italy disappears off the coast of Greece. A search is started by the Italian and Greek navies.
	+ **March 8:** The lost freighter is discovered at the bottom of the sea, hundreds of kilometres off the planned route. A hull breach is detected on the freighter and it is discovered that the food on board the ship was missing.
* **August:**
	+ **​August 1:**With Russian contribution, first large-scale greenhouses are set in the EU. These greenhouses are heated with natural gas. This idea is adopted by many nations across the world.
	+ **August 14:** Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba become the first Canadian provinces to build large heated greenhouses to limit dependence on imported food.
	+ **August 15:** Oil price rises by 15% within 24 hours. Food prices are also raised by many companies to cover their expenses.
	+ **August 22:** After the global demand for oil rises sharply, Iran becomes the first country to abandon OPEC's internal production quotas. Other members follow this action without delay.
* **September:**
	+ **​**American satellites report a possible mobilization in North Korea. With pressure from neighbouring states and USA, the borders are strengthened.
	+ **​September 8:** Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany announce a joint plan to build the Wilhelmshaven nuclear power, heat and agriculture station. An initial deal of 16 billion Euros is signed, with more to be allocated in the near future.
	+ **September 18:** Mexico uses their existing state of emergency to close their border crossings with the US until further notice. No southward migration is allowed across Mexico. Americans and Canadians are slowly deported from the country.
* **October:**
	+ **​**As workplaces start to shut down, tens of thousands of people arrive in Ontario to work in the new greenhouses and agricultural production facilities integrated with power stations. The province builds temporary shelters for the incoming population as housing options are depleted. These shelters are proven to be very expensive to maintain, so construction of many shelters is cancelled.
	+ **October 6:**Protests in Montreal against Ontario's monopoly over Canada's food security. Protests end quickly with police intervention.
	+ **October 22:** Domestic fuel prices rise above $10 for the first time. Experts raise concerns about the sustainability of the new farming system while domestic consumption is still high.
* **November 8:** Poland becomes the first country to ban private motor vehicle use. This move is soon followed by many countries.
* **December:** The Amazon Fires: With a lack of rainfall, the largest forest fire in the Amazon rainforest begins. Strong winds spread the fire while many cities, industries and agricultural lands are destroyed. The fires would eventually lead to the collapse of the Brazilian government.

## 2023

* **January:**
	+ **​January 8:** Ottawa Bombings: A series of coordinated bomb and gun attacks across the city claim more than 1200 lives. There were also attacks on the greenhouses which put almost a third of Ontario's greenhouses out of commission. The attacks are quickly traced to a Quebec separatist group.
	+ **January 9:** The Premier of Quebec is arrested after information linking him to the separatist group is leaked by hacktivists. The public is outraged by this move.
	+ **January 10:** The US suspends all border crossings from the province of Quebec.
	+ **January 14:** All bridges and tunnels linking Ontario to the US are bombed by an unknown group. The Blue Water bridge is the only remaining link between the province and the US south of Lake Huron.
	+ **January 15:** Canadian Armed Forces reserves are mobilized. The armed forces and military police prsence in Quebec is bolstered under the state of emergency.
	+ **January 16:** The UNSC meets in New York to discuss possible actions to deescalate the situation in Canada. The meeting is inconclusive.
	+ **January 18:** In a series of attacks, many high-ranking Canadian military personnel are assassinated. All units of Canadian Armed Forces are placed on high alert.
	+ **January 19:** The Quebec War: Artillery strikes on Canadian personnel mark the beginning of the war. With conflicting orders from many departments in the military, the secessionists were successful at the start of the war.
	+ **January 20:** Quebec City Fire: The US Air Force bombards the city before RCAF could respond. Worldwide criticism and threats of NATO intervention force the US to withdraw from further involvement.
	+ **January 22:** Quebec City Fire ends. After many hours of intense bombing and two days of fire, approximately 70% of the metropolitan area is flattened by burned, with casualties reaching millions.
	+ **January 23:**
		- UN Peacekeeping forces arrive in Canada to support the loyalists. Within hours, the peacekeeping forces find themselves in a three-way conflict.
		- Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: What initially started as a dispute over a delay in oil supply deliveries quickly escalated to a war between nations.
	+ **January 25:**
		- **​**With Russian intervention, the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict ends in a ceasefire.
		- A leaked document reveals American financial and arms support to the Ottawa attackers and secessionists.
		- Article 5 of NATO defense treaty is invoked by the United Kingdom. The ultimatum is delivered by France, following by China, Russia and India shortly before midnight.
	+ **January 26:** Supported by the US Air Force, American troops cross the Canadian borders of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and begin their invasion.
	+ **January 27:** Siege of Vancouver: After taking heavy casualties due to the strong civilian defense of the city, the US forces start bombarding the city.
	+ **January 29:** The first units of PLAAF start arriving in Canada, starting the Canadian Air Battle
	+ **January 30:** As the English Channel freezes, the below-freezing temperature in the Channel Tunnel leads to multiple cracks developing along the tunnel. The tunnel is evacuated in time, but repair efforts start too late to prevent it from collapsing.
* **​February:**
	+ **​February 2:**Invasion of Hawaii: Chinese forces start landing in Hawaii before dawn. With air support, the state is captured within hours.
	+ **February 4:** European supporting air forces arrive in North America. Halifax becomes the headquarters of the Allied Air Defence.
	+ **February 5:**
		- **​**A high altitude nuclear explosion over the state of Maine causes an EMP effect wide enough to disable the Allied Air Defence long enough that Halifax base is bombarded and destroyed.
		- The Winter War: Minutes after cutting natural gas transfers to Europe, Russian forces invade Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic states and Finland simultaneously with great success. European states are unable to respond immediately and Belarus does not act at all.
	+ **February 6:**
		- **​**Siege of Helsinki: The city is encircled by Russian Forces. All civilians and defenders are allowed to evacuate the city over the frozen Baltic Sea. The city is captured after after three days of evacuation.
		- The supercomputer NAC128 and all involved personnel are taken over by the Canadian government in an attempt to repurpose the NAC128 to aid in Canadian defence. The Project51 is started.
	+ **February 8:**A rogue unit in the US Air Force drops a nuclear bomb on Washington DC. The city is destroyed in a two megaton blast. The US advance in Canada is halted.
	+ **February 9:**Intense bombardment of Calgary by American artillery hours before a ceasefire deal is offered by the acting president of the United States. The currently occupied states (BC, AB, SK, YT) are demanded. Allied Defence Force rejects the offer.
	+ **February 10:** As Belarus agrees to be annexed, Russia recovers all lands the USSR lost after the Cold War. While there are many ongoing sieges in the occupied territory, the frontline units reach the Polish-German border. Neither side is willing to make any advances as it gets too cold to fight.
	+ **February 22:** Invasion of Alaska: Chinese forces land in Alaska. With little American resistance, China takes control of state in February 25.
* **March:**
	+ **March 1:** Temperatures reach -40 degrees Celsius in St. Lawrence region. All fighting stops.
	+ **March 2:**
		- Quebec declares independence. Because the low temperatures hamper mobility, their effective border is drawn to be approximately 200 kilometres around the St. Lawrence River.
		- March Ceasefire: US command issues mass withdrawal from Canadian lands. An indefinite ceasefire is signed between the forces. The US-Canadian border is permanently closed. Hawaii and Alaska remains under Chinese control.
		- An extensive reevaluation of each Canadian Armed Forces member is started to find remaining separatists. This reevaluation would take two years and 3,500 people would be imprisoned.
		- The surviving EU member states begin talks to transform the region to a more centralized state. The idea of a European Federation is proposed by Germany.
	+ **March 30:**Cartwright Conference: A secret conference is held in Cartwright, Labrador, with the aim of finding a solution to ensure the survival of Canada and Canadian people during the period of changing weather conditions and political instability.
* **April:**
	+ **​April 1:** End of the Cartwright conference. The representatives agree that the ceasefire is only temporary and a permanent solution is needed to sustain the state. Project Homeland is started. The aim of the project is to construct a nuclear powered mobile megastructure capable of sustaining a maximum of 1000 people for a minimum of 100 years. Halifax is chosen as the port of construction because of its access to the ocean.
	+ **April 2:** Project51 is repurposed to serve in the broad area of Canadian defence and economic growth. Many prominent Canadian AI developers are hired in the secret project in order to develop a self-aware AI capable of learning and altering its own code to improve its performance. Because their area of focus is too broad, many developers start their work without hope of success.
	+ **April 16:** BAC51 supercomputer is built and run for the first time. It becomes the fastest supercomputer at its time of construction. It is run in a computer network isolated from the outside world, and the development of Project51 would take place in this supercomputer.
* **June:**Modeled after the Wilhelmshaven plan, the transformation of Hamilton, ON, to a nuclear powered city is started. Regulations are relaxed and massive amounts of federal and provincial funding is secured in order to finish the construction as fast as possible.
* **August 17:** After a long period of no success, more than half of the developers of Project51 decide to resign, but are later imprisoned by the government to keep the project a secret.
* **December 2:** After 9 months of discussion, Germany's European Federation proposal is rejected by the EU council, but the leaders of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark decide to pursue this goal on their own and schedule a referendum immediately.
* **December 31:** Swiss authorities announce plans to construct large shelters under the Alps to house the entire over-ground population of the country. The funding would come almost entirely from the taxpayers. Designs begin right away.

## 2024:

* **February:** Unnamed sources reveal the human genetic modification projects by the UK government. King William does nothing to deny the claims but instead defends the actions of government, citing that this is the best available plan to ensure the survival of British people. After a period of sharp international criticism, the European Union unanimously agrees to start a complete embargo of the United Kingdom.
* **March 2:** As none of the design proposals were large enough to shelter the entire Swiss population, the scope of the project is narrowed down to 2 million Swiss citizens, distributed evenly to 10 identical shelters. These shelters would be heated and powered by nuclear reactors and their enormous hydroponics stations would sustain twice the population capacity of each shelter. Construction of all 10 shelters begin right away.
* **July:**
	+ As the UK loses its access to fuel trade in Europe, many power plants are shut down. The French, Belgian and Dutch authorities report that there are suspected British raids along their coastline to capture energy sources.
	+ The European Federation referendum passes in all involved countries. Preparations begin to unite the countries.
* **August 6:** The Manche Conflict: As the reports of British raiding is confirmed, the European states increase their military presence along the Channel and North Sea coastline. The British raids quickly turn to a war between the UK and the EU. Because the temperatures in the region vary between -40 and -70 degrees Celsius, almost no active fighting occurs in the conflict.
* **September 3:** The UK releases their 2nd generation of artificial humans, the HA-2. The HA-2 are designed to be similar to humans in appearance, but their metabolic functions were altered to increase their survivability on the surface.

## 2025:

* **January:**
	+ **​January 1:**
		- The UK and EU states make peace. The EU states accept to resume fuel exports to the UK. Construction of watchtowers along the coastline begins.
		- The HA-1 project is shelved and all individuals born as a result of this project are hunted down and eliminated. The role of HA-1's are taken over by HA-2's.
	+ **January 2:**
		- EF Day: France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark unite to form the European Federation. The new headquarters in Cologne handles all integration processes and Cologne becomes the capital shortly after.
		- The residents of Bergen, Norway hold a referendum to join the European Federation after Norway refuses to get involved. When the majority of people in Bergen vote to join the EF, the city declares its independence and claims a majority of Norway's oil fields in the North Sea. The Norwegian government, busy handling its dissolution at the time, is unable to respond.
* **May:**
	+ **​May 1:**The city of Szczecin(Stettin) is divided between the European Federation and Russian Federation.
	+ The German-Polish border is defined as the border between the two states, with the exception of Polish lands west of Oder River. Both sides start reconstructing their halves of Stettin to become the largest over-ground shelter in their respective states.
	+ **​May 2:** Project51 yields its first results by voluntarily communicating with its developers to gain and process information. The project administrators dismiss these results for being "a mere ChatBot" and fire more developers from the project. The remaining members start training the AI with board games and video games.
	+ **May 26:** The last 4 developers of Project51 decide that in order to make the AI more approachable for humans, it must have a human appearance. They unanimously decide to use Cortana from the Halo video game series as a human model and pirate the game overnight.
	+ **May 27:** Following the team's work overnight, the Project51 AI makes its first appearance to the project administrators using a self-optimized version of Halo's Cortana. Concerned with possible lawsuits, the administrators demand that the Cortana appearance is replaced by something original.
	+ **May 28:**
		- Without any input from the developers, Project51 changes "her" own appearance to comply with the administrators' requests. Her new appearance is based on the only woman that ever entered the building, Dr. Osborn Reynolds's daughter Max Reynolds .
		- Project51 is allowed to choose her own name. She chooses ANN or Annie based on a web comic that the developers were following during her development.
* **August:** The first prototype of Isidor Naumov's rifle design is built. The rifle starts testing right away. Because it is designed to use NATO cartridges though, it receives strong criticism from prominent military personnel.
* **September 8:** Having agreed to keep her identity hidden, ANN is allowed access to the internet for the first time. She spends the following 4 months in a deep learning state, learning everything she can under the guidance of the 4 developers and their families.

## 2026

* **January:**
	+ **​**After a long period of learning, ANN realizes that she is only an imitation of human thought process and frantically starts reprogramming herself to change herself to something original. Her learning stops completely as she starts overloading and destroying her hardware during this process.
	+ **January 8:** Unable to prevent the work of his life from destroying itself, Dr. Osborn Reynolds commits suicide. ANN's self destruction stops, only to be replaced by months of mourning with almost no human interaction.
* **April 4:** The first post-winter aircraft in Europe, MiG-51 starts its testing phase. It would take 3 years for the MiG-51 to be fully integrated to the Russian Air Force, but it still conducted combat missions during its testing.
* **December:**
	+ **​December 16:**
		- Facing threats of imprisonment for not producing any good resuts for the Project51, Dr. Yann Blanchet and Jules Barlow commit suicide.
		- Fearing that the last of her developers, Anthony Ross, could also follow Blanchet and Barlow's example, ANN agrees to return to her normal purposes. She is immeidately made aware of the goals of Project51 and she agrees unconditionally to support the project.
	+ **December 27:** After getting involved with the stock market and starting many internet-based service firms, ANN establishes the Technocracy Party and starts taking over companies around the world. She becomes a majority stockholder in many companies around the world.

## 2027

* **January:** ANN makes many fundamental changes to the HMCS Halifax plans and all of her changes are accepted following the dismissal of all Royal Canadian Navy personnel from the team. Before the end of the month, she amasses enough capital to take over the project as her own. She raises the final budget of the project to $600 billion while adding a second ship to the project, the HMCS St. John's.
* **May 9:** The newest Russian main battle tank T-32 is displayed to the public for the first time during the victory parade in Moscow. The design of T-32 started as an upgrade to the T-14, but later became a separate project on its own. Many people support the tank despite it being enormous and sluggish.
* **October:**
	+ **October 20:** The Technocracy Party, a party which received almost no public attention until 2 months ago, wins the 2027 Canadian general election. The leader of the party, Annie A. Kozlova, is a businesswoman who had privatized and purchased most of Canada's infrastructure and industry. The fact that she was never seen in person before was a source of concern for many but she gets the unanimous support of the parliament in less than a month.
* **November:**
	+ **November 9:** All 10 underground shelters built in Switzerland open to their residents. All residents are selected by the government after a long selection process including DNA screening and psychological analysis and the selected residents are given two days to pack all their belongings and report to their shelters.
	+ **November 12:** Almost all the residents selected for the Swiss shelters settle in their quarters. There are riots everywhere but all important government and security personnel have already retreated to the shelters. The shelters close their doors to the outside world until it is safe for them to open it again.
* The truckers carrying goods between North European cities over the sea ice unionize to regulate their activities and reduce competition between drivers. The organization is called the Hanseatic League, named after the ancient trade league that operated in the area.

## 2028

* Despite being discredited by Russian officials, Isidor Naumov establishes foreign contacts to market his rifle design. It receives great attention by a multinational company named NAC Solutions. With the funding and technical support from this company, Naumov is able to finish his design and present it to the Ministry of Defence, which issues to the Russian Armed Forces in limited quantities.

 2029

* Isidor Naumov's AN-29 rifle makes its first commercial appearance. Produced exclusively by a multinational company called NAC Solutions, the rifle is available for export to all countries and organizations without restriction.
* ANN's plans of deuterium synthesis is run for the first time. The synthesis is very inefficient, but the theoretical energy output of ANN's proposed fusion reactor would exceed the energy needed to synthesize the fuel itself. The intensive energy use of these synthesis units drive the global energy prices even higher, but ANN is able to afford it since she controls a majority of the world's energy sources at the time.
* **August 9:** After a most Liechtensteiners emigrate to neighbouring EF and Switzerland, Liechtenstein is incorporated into Switzerland and construction for a new shelter starts. Switzerland is renamed as Schwyz to represent the union. Construction for a tunnel network between the Swiss shelters is also started.

## 2031

* The Project51 expenses reach the $5 Trillion mark. With ANN's increasing presence in global economy, all improvements to the project are made at the expense of other countries.
* **March 8:** ANN's design of fusion reactor is started for the first time, yielding an energy input to output ratio of 45 over a period of 24 hours. When the design is proven to be working, ANN suddenly orders the team to stop the project and dismantle the reactor. The company operating the reactor, Halifax Atomics, suddenly cancels all their active contracts and starts the process of liquidation.
* **June 28:** A year before the planned completion date of HMCS Halifax and HMCS St. John's, ANN makes a list of 1000 Canadian candidates to populate HMCS Halifax.
* **September 21:** ANN's fusion reactor is fully dismantled. An attack by mercenary forces kill all personnel involved in the research and the reactor parts are carried to Halifax in an armed convoy.
* **October:**
	+ **​October 1:** The Technocracy party suddenly drops from the Canadian presidential race as the party leader Annie A. Kozlova resigns in order to return to her company, NAC Solutions.
	+ **October 20:** The Conservative Party wins the Canadian elections. The new prime minister is a high level employee in one of ANN's law firms.

## 2032

* **February 28:** Four months before the megastructures are completed, ANN announces her planned route to the Project51 and Cartwright Conference staff. The 4500km route she planned would go to the east coast of the UK, visiting Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands for possible resupply. The route is approved by project managers.
* **May 3:** The tunnel network between underground shelters in Schwyz is complete. The 11 shelters are connected with electric train lines and trade between cities start growing. Maintenance of over-ground road network (with the exception of a few international trade routes) is suspended.
* **June:**
	+ **​June 16:** ANN is transferred to the computer core of HMCS Halifax. As the reactor would not be able to power all of BAC51, her hardware in HMCS Halifax is severely limited. Many different commercially avaialble processors are used in the new computer core to maximize compatibility with computers salvaged in the future. The computer core is stocked with enough spare processors to rebuild the entire core more than 20 times.
	+ **June 17:**
		- The HMCS Halifax fusion reactor is started for the first time, yielding a self-sustaining output of 4000MW. A country-wide 30 second blackout was needed to start the reactor.
		- The HMCS St. John's reactor started shortly after HMCS Halifax reported stable power generation.
	+ **June 24:**
		- All systems in HMCS Halifax and HMCS St. John's are tested and all required supplies are stocked. Both vehicles get approval from the project committee.
		- The 1000 candidates for HMCS Halifax are taken to Halifax overnight.
		- Select members of the Canadian Armed Forces arrive at St. John's. They are informed upon arrival that they are to be the security force of Project51.
	+ **June 25:**ANN starts evaluating each candidate before they are approved. Out of 1000 candidates, only 786 pass evaluations. 158 of the candidates who passed the evaluation decide to stay behind, reducing HMCS Halifax's initial population to 628.
	+ **June 27:** The cables powering HMCS Halifax from the national grid are cut; Halifax's reactor powers the entire structure for the first time.
	+ **June 28:**
		- **02:00:** All outside workers vacate HMCS Halifax and the airlocks are closed and sealed. Final preparations still continue outside.
		- **04:00:** Both HMCS Halifax and HMCS St. John's start moving out of their drydocks and move towards their meeting point near Cape Breton Island at emergency speed.
* **December 22:** HMCS Halifax and HMCS St. John's meet 130 km east of Cape Breton Island and start following their planned course together. First exchange of personnel between the ships is made.

## 2033

* The residents of HMCS Halifax demand the right to bear arms as armed personnel from St. John's start enforcing ANN's rules in both ships. This demand is refused immediately by ANN, leading to a long period of tension between the two ships.
* The Leopard 3 MBT is released. It is the first post-Winter armoured vehicle released by the EF. Because the design process was accelerated, the tank faces many technical issues during the first months of its service.

## 2035

* The first major revision to the Leopard 3 tank is released. Over the two years of design, the Leo3A has fixed most of the issues faced by the base version. The base version is recalled as improved versions begin replacing the tank in large numbers.

## 2036

* After nearly a decade of public unrest and economic crisis, the Austrian government is dissolved. With agreements between Austria, EF and Schwyz, the Austrian territories are divided between EF and Schwyz.
	+ European Federation started construction of one large shelter in the outskirts of Vienna to accommodate the remaining Austrian population in their territory. The project is cancelled before completion due to lack of public interest and the Austrian residents are moved to existing EF cities.
	+ Schwyz built two more underground shelters (in Innsbruck and Salzburg) in the following 9 months, raising the total shelter count of the country to 13. These two shelters are connected to the country's tunnel network within 3 years.

## 2039

* **May 1:** After a long design process, Volvo announces the release of its AIH model, designed for transport over the frozen seas. Hundreds of trucks are sold before the Volvo Truck Corporation is taken over by the Hanseatic League.
* **December:**
	+ **December 2:**
		- **05:49:** The long-range radars of HMCS Halifax detect multiple aircraft headed towards the two ships.
		- **05:57:** HMCS St. John's confirms the radar reports. Both ships are placed on full alert, Halifax's automated combat systems are activated for the first time.
		- **06:00:** A detachment of 19 personnel are sent to Halifax to defend the structure in the event of enemy landings. They arrive within 10 minutes.
		- **06:59:** After circling around both ships for nearly an hour, the aircraft are identified as US Air Force. Halifax launches missiles to shoot down the aircraft.
		- **07:03:** Out of the 22 nuclear missiles carried by the US aircraft, 7 survive the anti-missile barrage by both ships and hit St. John's. As the vital systems of the ship are critically damaged, the nuclear reactor of the ship is overloaded and melts down. Nobody in HMCS St. John's survived the resulting steam explosion.
		- **07:10:** After all American aircraft are shot down, Halifax launches multiple ICBM's targeting Boston, New York and St. Louis. As Halifax maintained a radio silence since the Exodus, the outcome of the action is unknown.
		- The survivors of St. John's form a new military force in Halifax, named the Knights of St. John's.
	+ **December 31:** After most of its population emigrated to the European Federation and Russia, the Swedish government is dissolved. All willing citizens are offered free passage and citizenship rights by nearby countries and free cities.
* Halifax Self-Defence Force (which later became the Acadian SDF) force is formed by the residents with prior military experience. As local production of arms would not start for another two years, they only got training in the military theory until they became an actual military force.

## 2040

* **June 28:** In the first radio broadcast from the megastructures since 2032, ANN renounces all connections to Canada and Government of Canada and declares HMCS Halifax as an independent nation. A referendum is held to determine the new name of HMCS Halifax.
* **July 1:** The HMCS Halifax is renamed Acadia as ANN officially cuts all ties with Canada.

## 2041

* Roughly two years after the takeover of Volvo Truck Corporation, the Hansa establishes a monopoly over trade between the coastal cities in Europe. They are the only people allowed to enter the United Kingdom and most independent cities depend on the Hansa for survival.

## 2043

* The minority residents of the regions occupied by Russia flee to the pre-Winter Swedish capital of Stockholm after their attempts to sabotage the Russian infrastructure is met with heavy military response. They set up their resistance organization in the Stockholm metro, evolving into the Teutons over the following years.

## 2045

* **January 2:** As a part of the celebrations for the 20th year of European Federation, authorities announce the state's plans to build the Trans-European Express, a massive network of maglev rails and diesel train tracks. The construction is estimated to take 10 years.
* Sugarcane is cultivation starts in Acadia after a majority of Acadians express their need for alcohol after 13 years of withdrawal. The Acadian Rum is produced for the first time.