2028
Unified Field Theory problem solved
Theoretical physicists Stephane Le Mare and Shlomo Ferstein, published their article “An Epilogue to the Universal Force Linkage Problem,” outlining a final resolution to the Unified Field Theory Problem.[5] Le Mare and Ferstein, both members of the prestigious Marseilles Research Foundation, succeeded in linking the strong nuclear force with gravity, to solve the Problem. Their work relied on that of earlier physicists who, between 1990 and 2028, had provided a non-string theory based linkage arrangement for both the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force. Completion of the Problem stimulated a more intricate understanding of cosmology and particle physics, presaging the discovery of the querzian particle[6] and greater than light speed travel.
The rise and fall of the Greens in France
France’s Green Party leader, Leon Michel, became the first environmentalist elected as a head of state in the western world. A mere sixteen months later, his decision to cut funding to France’s fast breeder nuclear reactor program, raised the ire of the barons of French industry, who brought down the Green government and obtained Michel’s resignation.
First Nations revolt in Quebec Republic
Quebec Republic forces savagely put down Cree revolts, evoking international cries of horror.
The implementation of the Space First Policy
Democratic candidate Philip Newley defeated Republican incumbent Lorraine Bowers, becoming President of the United States. Newley endorsed a more progressive private-sector dominated role for the USA in space exploration. Historians cited Newley’s Space First Policy as the initiative which led Humanity to explore and settle deeper regions of the solar system.
War in the Kashmir Republic
The infant Kashmir Republic, having obtained its independence from India in 2022, was attacked by Indian backed Hindu rebel forces agitating for a return to the motherland. When Hindu rebels massacred five thousand Muslim villagers, Pakistan intervened, ending its ten-year period of peace with India.
2029
Birth of Freelands Movement in the USA
The Freelands Movement was founded in Houston, Texas. Freelanders advocated the redistribution of lands in the American interior to the general populace, believing that problems associated with urban poverty could thereby be solved. The Freelands Movement gained strong inner city support and influenced the Democrat Party. Though the proposed initiatives were never implemented, the ensuing dissension in rural areas engendered the Farm Riots of 2033 and provided the foundation for mid-Western alienation from the federal system.[7]
First manned landing on Venus; Colonization of the Morning Star
Astronauts Chi Zihang and Elvis Nakajima, both of the AEU, explored the Venusian surface in protective suits impervious to the acidic atmosphere and high atmospheric pressure. Nevertheless, further Venusian exploration proved to be rigorous, despite the assistance of adaptive technology. The journals of the fifteen Eros and Cupid missions, from 2033 to 2068, recorded twenty-seven deaths.
The morning star’s first colony wasn’t established until 2071. Further colonies developed in the 2070s and 2080s, with regular commercial flights being introduced in 2096. By 2160, Venus’s two hundred and fourteen colonies boasted a combined population of eighty-eight million people.
Initially, Venus’s hostile atmosphere restricted settlement to environmentally controlled structures. The advent of atmospheric changing agents in the twenty-second century, such as oxygen-nitrogen generators and pressure droppers, enabled transformation of selected segments of Venus to an Earthlike environment. Eventually, large sections of Venus were adapted, allowing settlement to continue well into the twenty-third century. By 2232, Venusians numbered upward of three hundred million.
2030
Coup d’état in Japan
With military collaboration, the right-wing Bushido Party seized power in Japan. Declared President Ideiko Soto promised clean government, economic rebirth and a more aggressive foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Several members of the Liberal Democrat Party and the New Horizon Party pledged their support to Soto, however, Miro Futuyama, leader of the Social Democrats, demanded Soto’s resignation, prompting Soto to place Futuyama under house arrest. The international community condemned the coup d’état, placing a global boycott on the purchase of Japanese goods and products. These sanctions proved unsuccessful and Japan remained an autocracy well into the City State Era following the Third World War.[8]
India’s population surpasses China’s
Contrary to scientific predictions, world population continued to grow in punctuated spurts. The first Global Census, completed in 2030, revealed the world population had reached 10.4 billion. India’s population was recorded at 1.7 billion, replacing China (population 1.65 billion) as the world’s most populous country for the first time in recorded history.
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