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The year is 2062. The world has been in a tense standoff for the past 115 years. Since the end of the Pacific War, Asia has been divided between the imperfectly democratic southern Republic of China supported by the United States and the communist northern People's Republic of China supported by the Soviet Union. Europe is divided. Decolonization of the Far East hit Britain hard, exacerbated by American policy and their withdrawal from European politics. France is holding onto its North African holdings for dear life as the Constellation of Southern African States prosper. They remain weary of Weimar Republic—who despite trying to feign good faith still harbors revanchist sentiments—and everyone believes the Soviets' sights are set on Central Europe. And, perplexingly, the world experienced 1950s aesthetic and decided, "Yeah, this is it." Putting salad in jello is all the rage, airplanes have a metallic skin, and portable nuclear weapons are in service with the world's infantry and artillery. Space is heavily militarized and nations are pushing out into the solar system and beyond, but spaceships are Air Force-coded (the Navies the world over lost the fight for nuclear supermarines in space).