Interlude 3

Authors note - the chronology may be off here - I will fix it as soon as I get the chance.

The world was in chaos. Rising sea levels had already disrupted trade, erased countries and destroyed the political infrastructure. Limited warfare had broken out all over the globe as nations desperately tried to save their own people and control the floods of starving refugees. In the end, the balance of power had shifted. The big three nations in 2216 were Canada, Kenya and India, with the newly reunified Persia close behind.

The planet reclamation effort, involving the survivors of every nation, was started under the auspices of the UN Security council, pretty much the only surviving portion of the UN. The council quickly degenerated as the immense power over all nations that they wielded took it's inevitable toll. By 2302, the council was a de facto world government, with national governments mere administrators, to be changed or removed on a whim.

Of course, the council didn't have it all it's own way. The worship of personal liberty, the disarmament of the population, the emphasis on the sacredness of life and the intense loathing of technology brought on by the collapse combined into a sporadic, but usually highly effective, resistance movement.

Their cause? To restore a liberated, agrarian society.

Their methods? Destruction.