Filial piety is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, It emphasises loyalty, obedience, and care towards the family lineage, often advocating for the placement of elders' needs above one's own.

Argentina has gone through a period of hyperinflation for the past several years, reaching a stunning 200% level in early 2024. Javier Milei, Argentina's President, has suggested dollarization, a process where Argentina would adopt the US dollar as its currency at the tradeoff of the Argentinian central bank not being able to control the domestic money supply.

Since Nayib Bukele was elected as President of El Salvador in 2019, his government has implemented aggressive measures against gangs, including deploying the military in cities, conducting mass arrests, and incarcerating suspected gang members without standard legal processes. In 2024, El Salvador recorded the lowest homicide rate in Latin America.

India is a Federal Republic comprising 28 states with limited devolved powers and 8 Union Territories, primarily governed centrally. Secessionist movements have periodically arisen in various regions, motivated by factors such as perceived bias towards Hindi-speaking states and economic disparities. Notable among these is the Khalistan movement in Punjab, which has garnered support both domestically and among the Sikh diaspora. The Indian Constitution prohibits secession, declaring that states cannot leave the "Union of States" by any means. It also allows the Central Government to alter state names and boundaries without consent to safeguard self-interest and maintain national integrity. 

Factionland is a universe where individuals are segregated into 5 different communities on the basis of their main trait. Individuals are born into one community, genetically predisposed to have one dominant trait which they are tested for at 18, and are given an option of which community they join when they turn 18. All individuals must join a community, and the choice is final. There is limited interaction between the communities. The 5 communities are Temperance (for the selfless), Cerebral (for the intelligent), Probity (for the honest), Steely (for the brave) & Accord (for the peaceful). The socioeconomic situation of individuals in Factionland mirror a Western Liberal Democracy.

In the 21st century, a virus wiped out most of humanity. Fewer than two million people survived and all their descendants have lost their sense of sight. Centuries later, humanity exists in tribal and medieval-type societies, with knowledge of the old, sighted world now lost or mythologised. The concept of vision and reading are considered to be evil incarnate, responsible for the fall of the ancient world, and those suspected of sight are executed for heresy. You are the mother to twins with sight. Their father, who was sighted, has told you about great things that are no longer possible because the knowledge exists in ancient texts that the rest of humanity cannot read. He believes sighted people still exist worldwide and has left on a mission to find them to restore the economic and techonological wonders of the ancient world. Before he leaves, he gives you all the resources you need to teach your children to read.