Prologue-
Where: London, England
When: 2072 AD
It is dark out, very dark. Rainy too. But it is London after all. A man paces in his hotel room waiting for something. His pocket beeps and lights up. He pulls what looks like a highly advanced PDA out of it. The screen lights up and shows that he has a message. "Finally" the man thinks. He opens the message and reads it:
"Dear Sir,
It pleases me to inform you that we have finished compiling the information that you asked for. I have encrypted it below:"
The man fiddles with buttons and eventually the PDA beeps again and a new message opens:
" --ENCRYPTED FILE--
THE WORLD RIGHT NOW::
The human race has fallen back into the middle ages. Modern conveniences such as electricity and electronics are still in society but our way of living has been changed. Men are again the dominant force and women are seen as weak and stupid. The Roman Catholic Church is in full power and corruption has spread like wildfires. Pope Gregorio VIII heads the church.
The USA is gone. Its government fell when civil war broke out in 2042 AD. Our intelligence suggests that it has divided into separate countries but this information could be false. It is a dangerous place where crime is rampant and there is no law or law-force. Some reports say that major cities have been wiped out but again information cannot necessarily be trusted. Any person that has been sent in has not come out except one. Said person came back starved, beaten, and had the look of fear in his eyes. We have lost all hope that the US will be reclaimed.
Unfortunately, Mexico and Canada are now at war over the control of the US. Reports indicate that neither side is winning and that they will most likely end up tearing each other apart.
Russia has been divided, but this conflict did not last long.
The main powers in the world are now: England, Japan, and Germany.
ENGLAND::