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Europe hundreds of years into the future, after a catastrophic tsunami caused by the melting of all the Earth's ice caps, followed by several tectonic realignments.



Central Europe was consumed by a range of conflicts in the wake of food shortages and large numbers of refugees, leading to the emergence of three main powers - the Ungrians, a nomadic empire which conquers by replacing the leaders of small settlements with their own, the Markland, descended from Germany, a nation devoted to industry and waging continual wars against most of its bordering nations, and Belorussia, the closest of these nations to a democracy, which operates under a presidential leadership.



Scandinava, now an island, has evolved into the "Free North", an industrial nation which wages few wars, but instead focuses on technology and rebuilding the earlier, civilised Europe. They are allied with the Litovnic Traders, an alliance of ports spanning the remnants of the Baltic.



Russia split into three main nations, after its dictatorship was toppled by revolutionaries in the wake of the disaster - most of the nation remained under the banner of Muscovy, while some, dissastified with traditional democracy, founded Androvia, a nation named after its first elected leader Matvei Androv, and those who were loyal to the old regime were exiled into the "High Territories" to live as wandering nomads. Dagzan and Cyrilia were formed as vassals of Muscovy, but gradually drifted apart from their motherland.



The nations of Southeast Europe have become somewhat cultish - the Earth Republic is an ecologically centred nation which punishes even the smallest act of environmental destruction with death, and "The Last" (so called because they believe themselves to be the last surviving nation on Earth) are the equivalent of a doomsday cult.



In Western Europe, Avennonia and Italia are the predominant nations, economically and militarily dominating their neighbours. They possess the second most powerful navy after Iceland. Switzerland became the Fortress, a heavily militarised nation who defend their homeland at all costs. Spain, following the disasters, became a desert region, populated by African nomads.



The British Isles have fractured - Eskiss (a corruption of "Essex") and Sodkess (Scotland) have continually been at each other's throats since the UK was dissolved (some things never change!), while Dardmurr (Dartmoor) retains independence as a constitutional monarchy.



By far the most fortunate nation was Iceland - after the disasters, a tectonic uplift created hundreds of new islands in the Atlantic, which the Icelanders were quick to colonise. They became a pirate nation, defeating all their opponents in war and maintaining a monopoly on transatlantic trade.

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Published : Dec 5, 2015