2084, a Tribute By moxn Watch

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This is one I've been working on for quite a while now.



Ever since I read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four I became infatuated with the world Winston existed in, even if it was all just a government lie. I started to remake the three nations described, but as time went on my creation started to diverge more and more and take on a life of its own. The final result is NOT meant to be Orwell's world translated onto paper, but its own self-contained world that draws heavy influence from his own.



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The current year is 2084. Unfortunately, anyone form our world who traveled there would hardly be able to tell. Technology has mostly stagnated for over a century and in some places even regressed. The few advancements made have been for military applications, but even that has lagged behind as the eternal war dragged on and was fought with less and less eagerness.



The entire planet has been dominated by three superstates, with the few exceptions such as the minuscule British State in Exile in the Kerguelen Islands huddled around a stranded nuclear sub, or the far-flung rebel groups in areas such as the Sahara, Amazon, or Tibet (though even many of these are heavily monitored and controlled by the states themselves for their own ends). The states themselves are as thus:



The United States of Oceania

Born from a more successful American revolution (due to harsher anti-Catholic laws imposed by the British and a very small buildup of colonial naval power following the French-Indian War. The nation was fueled by the philosophy of manifest destiny and with greater manpower and resources on their side from the start (and less British influence on the continent without Canada) was able to push out and expand even more than in OTL. As years went on it evolved to become more and more of a fascist nation, relying on military rule to keep the disparate states in line all while claiming to free former colonies from their European masters.



It is the largest but least populated of the three powers.



Union of Socialist Eurasian Republics

Eurasia is the final result of years of violent and destruction revolutions that swept through Europe in the 20th century, installing globalist socialist governments where the exhausted and bankrupt empires collapsed. Only Britain was able to withstand the revolutionary waves, pushing them further and further into their former colony's sphere of influence as they became estranged with their neighbors.



It is the most industrialized of the three powers.



People's Republics of Eastasia

The youngest of all the three powers, Eastasia was originally a part of Eurasia itself. However, in the 1980's there was a major schism between the inner parties and the eastern republics split off on their own. What followed was the very worst of the eternal war and the majority of the nuclear damage done since its start. Soon enough both sides realized that they could never completely retake the other and have simmered down somewhat, though intense fighting is still made over resource-rich Siberia.



It is the smallest but most populated of the three powers.

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Published : Nov 20, 2015