Overview / 概览
A brief overview of the world!
So, there is a continent that as far as we're concerned is the entire world unless one day I just snap and create another continent out there.
On the continent there are six countries: Bauhinia, in the south; Fanton, north of Bauhinia; Atlasia, north of Fanton and east of Westavia; Westavia, north of Fanton and west of Atlasia; Moreland, north of Atlasia and Westavia; and Sylvandia, north of Moreland.
So basically:
All of them are republics, but Sylvandia's a federation while others are all unitary.
Yes I mapped the continent to eastern Asia because I'm terrible at geography. It's basically China, Mongolia, and Siberia.
They're locked in an perpetual cold war between Bauhinia and Moreland, splitting the continent into the north and the south, with Atlasia being with Bauhinia, and Westavia and Sylvandia with Moreland. Fanton is unaligned though slightly finlandized by Bauhinia. During the course of the story, Bauhinia would launch an invasion of Fanton and while failing to annex them, would make Fanton officially on Bauhinia's side.
Do the countries have any ideological difference? Maybe they look like they do. Maybe they once actually did. In the end they're just the same.
The main focus here is Bauhinia, a bureaucratical fanatical corporate dictatorship. How do these four words even go together?
There's a company called Starcorp, the most powerful company in Bauhinia (and undoubtedly the whole world), having gotten rich during the war through arms dealing. Now Starcorp controls most of Bauhinia's industries and resources. Starcorp's chairman is Hyrax, who has a best friend and personal attorney Peacock, who has a stepdaughter Sparky who is the main character of our story. The story follows Sparky as she solves mysteries everywhere she goes, while trying to understand the world around her. But what Sparky spends her whole life trying to understand is now dumped completely to you on this little webbed site. Say thank me now.
Later, after Sparky grew up, Hyrax had his son Animus replace him as the chairman. Hyrax also had Sparky become Animus's bodyguard and Peacock's son Ironheart become the CEO. Keep it in the family, right?
Okay that's about it for the overview. Read about the plot devices superpowers some people in this world have. Or read about the history of the countries!
