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With the installment of WCG smaller states were "encouraged" to give up their military very soon so that they could concentrate on maintaining and modernizing the many different types of infrastructure, foster research and guarantee a minimum of social security while a future-proof economy was the new most top objective. Military enforced geopolitics and proxy wars were no longer tolerated. On paper borders stopped existing. For these reasons - and to beat down any dissenters left - the military of old Superpowers were united into the WCG "freedom forces". | With the installment of WCG smaller states were "encouraged" to give up their military very soon so that they could concentrate on maintaining and modernizing the many different types of infrastructure, foster research and guarantee a minimum of social security while a future-proof economy was the new most top objective. Military enforced geopolitics and proxy wars were no longer tolerated. On paper borders stopped existing. For these reasons - and to beat down any dissenters left - the military of old Superpowers were united into the WCG "freedom forces". | ||
===Initial ambiguity on purpose to support a transition=== | |||
As the integration was carried out step by step the initially still different national militaries could be marketed as protective powers to smaller nations. A positive meant illusion and protection against losing all face - to not end up as slaves to a different Superpower. A rest continuation of political familiarity in a yet new world order. Because of all the de-facto realities and concerns of potential partners Feng needed WCG to be integrative. Everyone should be given a plausible place, space for own yet straw doll narratives, and make real contributions to the bigger idea. Tianxia. | |||
It was clear that Superpowers would be the last ones to give significant amount of military power. In a division of labor narrative smaller nations and alliances like the EU were told to be the "true" forerunner of WCG by leading the "economic revolution" and fight climate change on a technological level while the "cold warrior bloc(k)heads" were tasked (forced) in guaranteeing physical security for somewhat longer, then following suit and fully revamping their own economy. | |||
Of course not everything turned out as planned - or promised. | |||
Competition between opportunists, bluntly corrupt elements, old ideological hardliners and new separatist movements endangered Feng's vision of a halfway reasonable WCG. Eventually new threats like the Syndicate and the Biocrisis were put into public focus to distract from the inner over-complex problems and the simple truth that even the WCG couldn't stop everyone from losing wealth during the transition into the new century. The debts of formerly lived humans had to be paid. One way or another. | |||
===Global threats=== | ===Global threats=== | ||