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It is 1821. The French Emperor Napoleon hangs from the yet to be completed Arch de Triumph. It is a slap in the face to the defeated citizens of the Paris city-State. British, Turkish, and Russian, forces occupy Paris. Those three nations and Switzerland are the only countries truly remaining. Following Napoleon's 17 years of war on the European Continent, very few states have been spared. Infrastructure has been destroyed, capitals ransacked, Chains of command have been shattered, Paramilitaries, Mercenary bands, and militias roam the continent. Old governments control little more than sphere's of influence around the capitals and small city states have been popping up across Europe. The Ottoman Empire has lost all control of its territories in Europe and North Africa and is on the verge of collapse. Britain has lost control of the Canadas, Bermuda, St. John (our PEI), Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia to the United States, not being able to divert resources to defending the territories with a far more dangerous threat having lurked so close to home. The colonies of collapsed nations struggle in chaos. Some are absorbed by neighboring states, others go off on their own forming their own nations, and some divide into factions and suffer from endless internal turmoil. At home on the old continent, an opportunity to spread influence is unlikely, for the remaining states are too distracted on repairing the destruction at home to focus on foreign matters. The victors of Europe remember that it was out of the chaos of the French Revolution that Napoleon came to power, and they wait with fear, anxiety, and curiosity of what is to come.One must wonder what nations will arise out of the ashes? What will the future be like? What will become of the nations that came out of the conflict victorious? What violence will the future hold?
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