Era of Conflict: Rise of Belgium
The year is 2030, and the world is entering a new era. Yet it is not one of optimism and hope, the dreams of prosperity crushed into mere embers.
Covid-19, a virus that spread across the world in 2020 was almost entirely ignored by world governments, but the financial ruin and countless deaths caused by its uncontained spread wrought havoc around the world. None felt this more than the United States, who have fallen into isolationism once more.
The European Union never managed to expand into Eastern Europe, yet despite the union’s far smaller size, the divisions cause following Brexit led to the untimely collapse of the
Russia, having recovered from the disastrous Ukrainian Invasion, turns its gaze westward, seeking to reclaim what it deems as the motherland's rightful territories, awaiting the opportune moment to strike.
Asia stands divided, spheres of influence battling for supremacy. China and India engage in territorial disputes and proxy conflicts, fixated on external dominance, while internal conflicts fester.
In Africa, ethnic tensions and economic unrest brought by the Great Famine led to most of the continent falling into chaos and anarchy, only exacerbated by outside forces seizing the opportunity to further their own interests.
However, in a small part of Europe, a seemingly irrelevant country makes its move to take control of destiny and perhaps change the fate of humanity forever...