Appendix A

A Short Summary of Modern Earth History

  

2045

Nuclear wars; Korea, India, Pakistan, Israel, and Seattle are nuked; suitcase nuke takes down rebuilt Twin Towers.

2045-2049

Second Great Depression

2049

World Constitutional Convention

2050

World Government created (July 4);

Wayne Wallace elected first world president, takes office in 2051;

Toby Platt born.

2051

Nuclear weapons made illegal

2052

Dalit national boycott in India

2053-54

Indian Civil War; Great Compromise of Sultanpur

2054

Wayne Wallace loses leg in assassination attempt

2055

Wayne Wallace re-elected as world president

2060

Jim Abrams elected as second world president, takes office in 2061

2065

Jim Abrams re-elected as world president

2066

Toby Platt’s mentor Vinny dies

2069

The Lethargia; Full VR outlawed

2069-2079

Third Great Depression

2070

Thomas Clarke elected as the third world president, takes office in 2071

2071

U.S. invasion of Canada

2073

Vatican City Bankruptcy

2074

Beijing Rebellion; Taiwan declares independence

2075

Thomas Clarke reelected as world president

2076

Eth declared illegal

2078

U.S. invasion of Mexico

2080

Amaresh Brown elected as fourth world president, takes office in 2081;

Great Compromise of Sultanpur agreement expired

2084

China and Taiwan reunited

2085

Amaresh Brown re-elected as world president;

General Bapoto takes over Tanzania in a coup

2088

Amaresh Brown assassinated;

Vice President Jing Xu becomes fifth world president

2090

Mexico Liberation (Aug. 30);

Jing Xu elected as world president

2091

Russia-Japan War

2095

Corbin Dubois elected as sixth world president, takes office in 2096

2100

First contact, July 27