Leaving the Cradle: an Orion's Arm Timeline

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Mister Anemone said:
How is Haiti doing in this TL?
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Ariel Henry himself was assassinated in August 2025. His successor, who still runs the country, is former Minister of Defense Enold Joseph.

Mister Anemone said:
Also, I have found extremely funny that GW's anti-fan works have began to weaken now in this TL now that YouTube treated their complaint as "false" one.
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Yeah, the cultural shift away from hard copyright really started to take off during the mid-to-late 2020s.

General_Urist said:
Wait did Harris win the primaries then?
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Yep.

meloa789 said:
Also that news about the German console struck strange to me, since right now when you look at it, there are so many emulator drives and consoles out there that provide a much wider range of options.
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Could you bring up some examples? At the very least, the Jungerät is the premier choice throughout much of the PAL market.

Silent Runner said:
Wouldn't Omar be ineligible for the position since she's not a natural-born citizen?
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Shoot, you're right. I went ahead and changed it to Cori Bush.
 
Addemup said:
Alright, I've removed the Iranian intervention from Chapter A and done a few minor revisions to the chapter as well. Thank you guy a lot for pointing out the flaws in my story and respectfully critiquing my work.
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I believe a NATO intervention in Belarus more likely to occur to secure another member and its fertilizer industry and further isolate Russia.
 
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meloa789 said:
They are pretty much in the gray are of "may violate copyright or not".
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Yeah, I guess I should have known about that beforehand. Minor retcon ahead:

The main difference here is that ITTL, Kreislauf was able to make deals with Nintendo, Sega and Sony and legally acquire the rights to host their games on their console. There are a fair number of games already built-in to the Jungerät (especially those from the really old consoles like the NES, SNES and Genesis), but it's still capable of playing CDs on everything from the PS1 to the Wii. No Xbox, though; they weren't able to reach an agreement with Microsoft.
 
YouTube videos, 2023-2028
  • Sidestory
    • A bit of a detour from the regular timeline. View counts are accurate as of June 30, 2028.

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    SSSniperWolf Situation is Crazy
    • penguinz0. September 24, 2023. 27M views.
    Asmongold Reacts to HasanAbi's Unhinged Outburst Against Hindus
    • Asmongold Clips. December 11, 2023. 1.3M views.
    New Genshin Impact Anime Draws Outcry from Twitter Freaks (and Chinese Government)
    • Rev says desu. April 7, 2024. 184k views.
    220K SPECIAL - Sunder - Part 7: MAP21 (Blind Ultra-Violence Run)
    • decino. August 24, 2024. 75k views [livestream].
    Absolute Mad Lads - Alex Jones
    • Count Dankula. December 31, 2024. 8.2M views.
    MAGA Cult Fails Miserably In Disastrous Jan 6th Repeat
    • Vaush. January 6, 2025. 954k views.
    Smiling Friends Season 3 is INCREDIBLE
    • Valiksbaum. March 14, 2025. 3.5M views.
    Hasan Piker Finally Loses It
    • TomDark. July 4, 2025. 1.1M views.
    Kemono//mimi - The Best Anime of the 2020s?
    • Mother's Basement. September 26, 2025. 4.4M views.
    THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Season 2 Episode 1: "The Façade"
    • GLITCH. December 19, 2025. 51M views.
    This month's news without the bull%&t (February 2026)
    • Sir Swag. February 28, 2026. 1.6M views.
    Wings suffers MAJOR heart attack in WORST DISASTER STREAM EVER
    • ranklin's revenge. May 3, 2026. 2.3M views.
    The State of Russia is Deadly and Abysmal
    • Destiny. August 25, 2026. 863k views.
    Nintendo Cinematic Universe speculation - Full Video
    • LucasParty2. October 19, 2026. 16M views.
    The Disappointing World of PS6 Launch Titles - Caddicarus
    • Caddicarus. January 7, 2027. 5.8M views.
    The Painful Decline of Pewdiepie
    • Internet Anarchist. June 15, 2027. 3.8M views.
    A Look Back On The Degeneracy Of Reddit
    • Ghost Gum. August 31, 2027. 7.9M views.
    Vaush Reacts to Anderson Gaffe on Campaign Trail
    • Vaush. October 26, 2027. 458k views.
    Walt Disney Animation Studios - Mickey's Nightmare (1932)
    • Disney Public Domain Archive. January 1, 2028. 2.2M views.
    QAnon | Down The Rabbit Hole
    • Fredrik Knudsen. February 10, 2028. 11M views.
    Toontastic: A Cartoon Network Retrospective (1992-2028)
    • LS Mark. April 9, 2028. 968k views.
    taking a break
    • Markiplier. June 24, 2028. 42M views.
     
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    • Even in a different TL, Down The Rabbit Hole still made an video about QAnon; but with no splitting into two parts or no one making threats on him by dozens of QAnon groups (since it was notorious in a certain TL for splintering after making a single action).
     
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    Even in a different TL, Down The Rabbit Hole still made an video about QAnon; but with no splitting into two parts or no one making threats on him by dozens of QAnon groups (since it was notorious in a certain TL for splintering after making a single action).
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    Yeah, the main reason why he waited until 2028 was because by that time the movement had largely dissipated and dissolved into new cliques, such as the Trump Truthers and the so-called "Anti-Fed Brigade".
     
    Chapter 11
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    • LEAVING THE CRADLE // Spontaneous Re-Election Campaign.​

    Paradox CEO June Ceder reveals more information about Warhammer Fantasy Online at PDXCON 2028.
    • Polygon; July 1, 2028.
    "...the base game's map will consist of the Imperial states of Reikland, Middenland, and Talabecland, along with its capital, the Free City of Altdorf. Following initial release, we do have plans to add more of the Old World in future updates."
    • Ceder explaining the full extent of WFO's game map on release; July 1, 2028.
    Kazakhstani president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency in light of Russian tsarist invasion.
    • Dainik Navajyoti; July 2, 2028.
    New CIA report alleges the PRC is sending arms and supplies to legitimist Russian government.
    • National Intelligence; July 3, 2028.
    General Wael Haddad appointed interim President of Egypt by provisional military council.
    • Al Jazeera; July 4, 2028.
    Libyan government signs autonomy agreement with Taureg and other ethnic militias.
    • CNN International; July 5, 2028.
    Major wildfire breaks out in Sequoia National Park.
    • Los Angeles Times; July 6, 2028.
    "The fire has already claimed at least 4 of the world-famous trees, and as of now it shows no sign of stopping... this truly is a great travesty to the planet's environmental diversity.
    • Donald Carter (CNN); July 6, 2028.
    13 right-leaning delegates of the Argentinian Reconstruction Committee walk out due to political differences.
    • O Globo; July 7, 2028.
    California firefighters struggle to contain Sequoia wildfire as many look to Governor Bonta for answers.
    • Fox News; July 8, 2028.
    "...a lot of the left-leaning youth are in favor of student loan forgiveness. I can get that. You try to get a decent education, and all you get in return is a slap of debt in the face. But hear me out, folks, I'll do you one better: why should you need a degree in the first place? It would be a much better idea for the government to discourage big tech companies from requiring degrees in order to be hired. Maybe even defund the universities! How does that sound?"
    • Tim Anderson during campaign rally in San Francisco; July 9, 2028.
    Gen Alpha - the first to be raised on VR.
    • Vice; July 10, 2028.
    Labour gains plurality in Canadian House of Commons.
    • The Toronto Sun; July 11, 2028.
    Kamala Harris nominated at Democratic National Convention in Boston.
    • The Huffington Post; July 12, 2028.
    Helskinki-Tallinn tunnel opens for public use.
    • Euronews; July 12, 2028.
    Labour enters coalition with Bloc Québecois.
    • The Globe and Mail; July 13, 2028.
    2028 Summer Olympics opening ceremony held at SoFi Stadium.
    • Los Angeles Times; July 14, 2028.
    Sequoia National Park wildfire extinguished as over one hundred of the massive trees lay dead and fallen.
    • ABC News (US); July 15, 2028.
    PLA military base near Chiayi struck by alleged Taiwanese bombing raid.
    • Reuters; July 16, 2028.
    Henry Mann elected new leader of Canadian Labour Party.
    • CBC News; July 17, 2028.
    Tsardom of Russia in control of most of Kazakh territory west of the Ural river.
    • Fuji News Network; July 18, 2028.
    Anderson chosen as Republican Party nominee for 2028 presidential election.
    • Fox News; July 19, 2028.
    Newly formed Peronist Interim Coalition consolidates power base in rural Patagonia and the northern Argentine Andes.
    • La República (Peruvian newspaper); July 20, 2028.
    Over 900,000 casualties estimated to be as a result of the PRC-ROC war.
    • Reuters; July 21, 2028.
    Turing Enterprises announces the development of the Turing AutoLawn, an autonomous lawn mowing robot with a slated release set spring of 2029.
    • Ars Technica; July 22, 2028.
    Small-time farmers in Belgium hold nationwide strike against alleged government overreach, exorbitant taxes and the growing tide of automation in the agricultural industry.
    • Le Monde; July 23, 2028.
    MP for Calgary Forest Lawn, Henry Mann, sworn in as Canada's 25th prime minister.
    • The Globe and Mail; July 24, 2028.
    Russian legitimists launch southward offensive towards Tsarist occupied territory in Kazakhstan.
    • RT; July 25, 2028.
    JAXA unveils plans for an independent LEO space station, set to begin operations by at least 2032.
    • The Yomiuri Shimbun; July 26, 2028.
    Chinese Yueliang 4 mission to the Moon launches from Wenchang Launch Center as planned.
    • Euronews; July 27, 2028.
    Anderson promises to led a NATO-led intervention in Russia if elected at rally held in Boston.
    • Townhall; July 28, 2028.
    First annual US "fox show" held in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
    • KARE; July 29, 2028.
    2028 Olympics come to a close.
    • NBC Sports; July 30, 2028.
    Tsardom of Russia launches major offensive against the Republic of Georgia.
    • CNN International; July 31, 2028.
    "You know, it's funny that the Chinese can fight a war and put men on the Moon at the same time... I wonder how long that's going to last."
    • Tim Anderson on the CNSA Yueliang 4 mission; August 1, 2028.
    Chinese astronauts set foot on Mare Imbrium.
    • Newsweek; August 2, 2028.
    "China is now the second country in the history of the world to send humans to land on another celestial body... I do believe a second space race has truly begun."
    • Donald Carter (CNN); August 2, 2028.
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    Kong Chun took a moment to look up at the little blue sphere spinning above him. At the moment, he could make out the eastern end of Africa slinking along near the edge, while much of Central and Southeast Asia displayed itself prominently near the center... and yes, just above those landmasses was his home country, the great and noble People's Republic of China. It was thanks to the thousands of great men and women working in concert that he and two others were now standing the farthest that any person had ever been up until that point.

    China had been the second country in history to put humans on the Moon. It was a shame that the Americans had done it first... once during the leadership of Chairman Mao, and again just a scant few years ago. The Chinese had been the first in many technological advances - why couldn't they have gone to see the great rabbit in the sky before anybody else? Surely, the Century of Humiliation had done much to stimy the minds of China's great inventors and engineers.

    "Mr. Kong, is everything alright? We still need to inflate the base." Oh, that's right. The lunar habitat module, which had sat on the surface for over a month since an unmanned probe delivered it there in preparation for the crew's arrival, was still not ready for them to live in for the duration of the mission. Taking himself away from the beautiful view of his home, he turned in the direction of the module and jumped up in an effort to get there as quickly as he could. It was going to be an exciting next 36 hours.

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    Kamala Harris promises to federally decriminalize marijuana if re-elected during campaign speech held in Seattle, Washington.
    • NBC News; August 3, 2028.
    Dexblit's CEO Mark Frasier reveals big plans for the emerging Twitter competitor.
    • Breitbart; August 4, 2028.
    Yueliang 4 astronauts depart the lunar surface.
    • Reuters; August 4, 2028.
    Minecraft version 1.35 changelog.
    • Minecraft.net; August 5, 2028.
    Pipe bomb detonates next to post office in Benghazi.
    • Al Jazeera; August 6, 2028.
    59% of Polish public vote to exit the European Union.
    • Euronews; August 7, 2028.
    Inside the "transasian" community center in Chinatown, and the growing voices of concern from the locals.
    • The San Francisco Chronicle; August 7, 2028.
    Brave Yueliang 4 astronauts return to Shanghai and are greeted with a hero's welcome.
    • China Daily; August 8, 2028.
    Prime Minister Tyler McLean, Governor-General Mark Lachman, King Charles III and UK Prime Minister Lisa Nandy meet in Westminster to discuss mutual foreign policy towards the war in Taiwan.
    • ABC News (Australia); August 9, 2028.
    HM Government's plan for a written constitution shot down by supermajority of MPs from both sides of the political spectrum.
    • The Guardian; August 10, 2028.
    Over half a million Israelites have moved to East Judea since its founding over two years ago.
    • Judea Oriente; August 11, 2028.
    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I dead at age 88.
    • TASS; August 12, 2028.
    Socialist revolutionaries clash with far-right counterdemonstrators outside Anderson rally held in the Bronx.
    • Jacobin; August 13, 2028.
    First automated auto repair shop opens in Adachi, Tokyo.
    • The Asahi Shimbun; August 14, 2028.
    SpaceX unveils plans for a privately operated space station in Low Earth Orbit by 2033.
    • SpaceNews; August 15, 2028.
    The Ovac, Turing's answer to the Roomba and similar products, quickly gaining almost a quarter of the industry's US market share.
    • Forbes; August 16, 2028.
    Jungerät developers announce NA release on December 8 under the name "Nostalgia Machine".
    • Console Gaming News; August 17, 2028.
    Far-right agitators heckle President Harris during campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia by calling her a communist.
    • ABC News (US); August 18, 2028.
    "DTJ is gonna be the hero that this country needs, but he might not be the one we deserve. There's a lot of tough problems in America that need to be solved, and it takes a tough man like him to solve them. It's a damn shame his dad isn't here to see him now."
    • Ramses of Cairo (YouTube); August 19, 2028.
    Kemono//mimi fanworks make up huge slice of doujin sales at Summer Comiket 2028.
    • FanNow; August 19, 2028.
    Activision representatives confirm that there will be no new Call of Duty releases in 2029, marking it as the first year without one since 2004.
    • PC Gamer; August 20, 2028.
    New Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople named Constantine VII.
    • Hürriyet; August 21, 2028.
    Shots fired towards South African President John Mabandla during speech held in Cape Town. No confirmed injuries.
    • SABC News; August 22, 2028.
    Peronist Interim Coalition forces clash hard with Argentine Popular Front on the plains of Patagonia.
    • Vox; August 23, 2028.
    All of the Kazakhstani Caspian coast, along with almost all territory west of the Aral Sea, under control of the self-proclaimed Russian Tsardom.
    • The Guardian; August 24, 2028.
    Prime Minister of Poland Jakub Pich resigns, citing lack of government support for the EU exit.
    • Das Erste; August 25, 2028.
    Ukrainian military base near Donetsk attacked by separatist militants carrying on the legacy of the Putinist era.
    • Pershyi News; August 26, 2028.
    President Laurent Wauquiez rejects all rumors of a proposed French EU exit referendum being discussed among government ministers.
    • Le Parisien; August 27, 2028.
    Canadian Prime Minister Henry Mann proposes a number of revisions to the USMCA in televised address to the US and Mexico.
    • CBC News; August 28, 2028.
    Anderson rails against President Harris's track record on abortion during rally held in Queens, New York.
    • Fox News; August 29, 2028.
    EU and Polish governments begin preliminary negotiations in Brussels regarding the latter's exit from the European Union.
    • The Times; August 30, 2028.
    "Even though CN will still be around online, I just don't see how we're ever going to see it produce content on par with the golden eras of the 2000s and 2010s. Also, it feels kind of wrong seeing Aqua Teen Hunger Force air during the middle of the day"
    • @RebelTaxi (Twitter); August 31, 2028.
    Canadian PM's unilateral USMCA revisionary proposal shot down by both President Harris and Mexican President Galvez.
    • The New York Times; August 31, 2028.
    American Right to Food Organization leader Karen Delando makes passionate speech in support of new amendment proposal in front of the House of Representatives.
    • Vox; September 1, 2028.
    DNC spends over $15 trillion in trying to resuscitate Joe Biden in a desperate attempt to guarantee victory in the 2028 election.
    • The Onion; September 2, 2028.
    Factory workers in Kampala hold strike against low wages and dangerous working conditions.
    • New Vision; September 3, 2028.
    Xi Jinping threatens to cut off Chinese funding for Mars Mission Profile if the US continues to aid Taiwan.
    • Reuters; September 4, 2028.
    "What I don't get is why Xi is doing this now. He had almost a year to pull this card, and now he's threatening to cut funding?"
    • Post on Sufficient Velocity forums; September 4, 2028.
    Anderson deputy campaign manager Michael Huntington fired for usage of the n-word during recently leaked phone call.
    • The New York Times; September 5, 2028.
    "This isn't surprising, but it still stings like hell. One can only imagine what other racist skeletons are hiding in the other Anderson campaign staffers' closets? What about Anderson himself."
    • Kamala Harris (Twitter); September 5, 2028.
    "Pardon my French, but what my campaign staffer did was in poor taste and downright shitty. I'm sure some of you want to see him get more repercussions than just getting fired, but we live in a free country, and I'd say a ruined reputation is good enough."
    • Tim Anderson during campaign rally in Miami, Florida; September 5, 2028.
    Belgian farmers stand down from strike following a month of deadlock with government authorities.
    • Euronews; September 6, 2028.
    VRChat surpasses 150,000 concurrent users.
    • VR Today; September 7, 2028.
    PIA military quickly seizes Cordoba, Argentina in surprise offensive against APF.
    • TV Azteca; September 8, 2028.
    Why millions of Twitter users are migrating to competitor sites - and it's not because of the end of Community Notes.
    • Vice; September 8, 2028.
    Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Peru.
    • NBC News; September 9, 2028.
    At least 500 confirmed dead as a result of yesterday's Peru earthquake.
    • Folha de S.Paulo; September 10, 2028.
    Russian government in Moscow reportedly giving heavy amounts of aid to Belarussian provisional administration based out of Minsk.
    • Euronews; September 11, 2028.
    Anderson "trumps" Harris with "plenty of witty comebacks" during first 2028 presidential debate, held at UT Austin.
    • Fox News; September 12, 2028.
    Syrian front lines continue to stagnate, despite major losses on both sides.
    • AP; September 12, 2028.
    LNFM co-leader El Fresa murdered during skirmish with Federal Police.
    • Excélsior; September 13, 2028.
    Recent polls show Anderson ahead of Harris by just over 4 points.
    • Townhall; September 14, 2028.
    Russian Moscow government recaptures Ufa from Ural warlords.
    • RT; September 15, 2028.
    LNFM Cartel launches major attacks on Federal Police and other law enforcement agencies; likely done in retaliation for the assassination of El Fresa.
    • TV Azteca; September 15, 2028.
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    The word I would use to describe my life most accurately during 2028, the first year of Turing's existence, would be "hectic". That's not to say that it was downright unpleasant, of course; if I didn't enjoy my new job, then why would I continue to hold it for so much longer? No, it was more or less the year when I started learning the ropes: negotiating with suppliers, discussing marketing strategies, fleshing out the designs of proposed products... I still consider it to be the most important year of my life. But if it weren't for the innovations of Turing's predecessors, such as Google, Apple and Microsoft, then I wouldn't have been able to get nearly as many breakthroughs as we ended up making.

    It was also the year when I, and by extension the other top executives, began to really get involved in politics. A commonly-held belief among the nation's conservatives at the time, namely that the big enterprises should strive to be politically neutral, always struck me as quite odd. Corporate executives (along with their subordinates) deal with the government, whether it be federal, state or local officials, on an almost daily basis - why shouldn't corporations take a stance on the issues of their benefactors? At the behest of my colleagues, such as CFO Kevin Martinez, fellow Director Micheal Streckner, and Vice President of Marketing Amy Roland, I began to look into all of the important issues during my spare time.

    As I've already touched upon, I was a bit of a fence-sitter in the years before I founded Turing. Not the Democrats, the Republicans, and especially not the Freedomers appealed to me on enough of a level for me to support them. I suppose the company got put on the map at the perfect time for me to make my decision. With the 2028 election right around the corner, in late August I began donating to the campaigns of a number of Congressional candidates from both of the two major parties, with a special focus on those who leaned towards the right while still maintaining an appeal towards the left-wing public found in the cities...
    • Jim Benson. "Turing, Tired and True: A Memoir", Amazon Digital Publishing, 2072.
     
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    • I'm surprised China managed to do an moon landing all the while they are still at war against the ROC. On the other hand, I am not surprised that the war have reached 900K now that it became stalemated the moment PRC seized nearly all of western areas and couldn't advance in the mountainious region in the center. With this kind of casualties, I could see demoralization slowly spreading within PLA ranks at this moment.

    The 2028 Elections is getting heated at this moment now that Kamala Harris became an temporary president and Mr. Anderson have managed to capture the increasing syncretic viewpoints of the current generation. Though, what happened to Biden in particular?

    Also, the entire world should have worried right now that the Russian Warlord Era have begun to spread outwards that the Russian Tsarists are doing after they invaded the western half of Kazakhstan.

    Oh, and an minor Mexican cartel began to lash out towards the Federal forces after their leader got killed...which could provide the major cartels (such as Sinaloa Cartel and the notorious CJNG) to move in and cannibalize their base of operations at this point.
     
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    meloa789 said:
    So, are we looking at a full-on AI takeover, or something else?
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    If by "AI takeover" you mean "automation becomes widespread to the point of mass unemployment in the vast majority of sectors", then yes, that is something that'll be down the road in about five years. Truly sophont, human-level AI won't be a thing for another three decades, and something akin to Skynet just isn't possible in the context of OA.

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    I'm surprised China managed to do an moon landing all the while they are still at war against the ROC.
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    There were plans being made well before the Central Committee began to seriously consider the prospect of invading Taiwan. Plus there's the prestige associated with being the first country besides "the imperialist Americans" to land human beings on another celestial body... there was little reason for them to shelve it for later when it could serve as a morale booster for the general public.

    Mister Anemone said:
    The 2028 Elections is getting heated at this moment now that Kamala Harris became an temporary president and Mr. Anderson have managed to capture the increasing syncretic viewpoints of the current generation. Though, what happened to Biden in particular?
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    Biden's still being held in coma at the MedStar center in DC. The doctors taking care of him don't believe that he'll wake up anytime soon.

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    Also, the entire world should have worried right now that the Russian Warlord Era have begun to spread outwards that the Russian Tsarists are doing after they invaded the western half of Kazakhstan.
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    The world is on high alert, and in the next chapter you'll be sure to see some neighboring countries taking the initiative and knocking the "Tsardom" down a peg or two.
     
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