The Spark

In the year 2055, the G20 fractured over disagreements on cryptocurrency (tokenized digital assets) regulations, international taxation, and climate change. Many countries attempted to migrate their economies to centralized, state-controlled digital currencies, which ultimately failed and threw the world economy into utter turmoil. Many nations whose economic systems were still largely dependent on fiat currencies, like the US dollar, experienced hyperinflation, which became the norm in those countries.

Nations mobilized, disputed borders, and attempted to annex territories rich with valuable resources. The obscenely wealthy fled conflict to the first lunar colonies and founded powerful corporate kingdoms. A greater migration occurred as average citizens refused to fight in the border conflicts and flocked to nations more supportive of not only blockchain technology, but also greater well-being. World War III between former world powers was over before it ever began, civil wars and conflicts erupted from city-states run by Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). They are decentralized organizations that are governed by software algorithms that make decisions independently and are not controlled by any one person or group. As decades of international hostility escalated, the governing philosophies of these new city-states, now called Decentralized Autonomous Nations (DANs), became widely accepted and integrated around the world.