Earth (Stellar Civilizations)/Workspace

This page is intended to serve as a workspace for the joint subproject of Earth and Humanity as developed by Fizzyflapjack and NickPro in the Stellar Civilizations galaxy.

Suggestion list

Timeline

• 21st century
  • World War III/Second Cold War: Probably not a full-scale conflict compared to the 1st and 2nd World Wars, rather a series of concurrent proxy conflicts between allies of the US and China. Interesting areas of conflict would be in the Middle East (Iran-Saudi Arabia?), the Chinese seas (South China Sea, Senkaku Islands?), and Pacific Rim (Alaska, Hawaii, and the US West Coast?). Ultimately, the conflict would end in a stalemate between the US and China, and lead to a highly competitive space race to expand over as much of the Sol system as possible.
  • Post-war economic crisis: In the late 21st century, following the War, the world is undergoing a period of economic crisis as increasing natural resource demands contribute to the further degradation of environmental quality on Earth. Rising expectations of quality of life further desires to expand economically despite unprecedented levels of environmental decay. Space exploration and mineral extraction become the leading sources of the Earth's resource input due to a necessity to not destroy any more ecologies planetside. American, Chinese, and Russian space agencies lead the charge by heavily subsidizing exoplanetary commerce and related research. The EU, Japan, and India also have a presence, though it is not as heavy as that of the three major powers.