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2/ So psychohistory of 2074 - 2174 (why? Because I'll be 100 in 2074 and won't give a crap about being wrong if still alive)
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3/ In 2074, the USA still exists but is primarily a marketing federation owned by the Blockchain 100. USAcoin trades at Premium Mediocre.
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4/ The neourban LEAP zones of San Francisco, Seattle, New York, LA, Chicago are locked in a battle to control USAcoin futures.
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6/ In practice, they are all constantly stabbing each other in the back. Cooperating only enough to keep economic rivals at bay.
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7/ The federation calls itself the Urban Core Classic (UCC) and de facto controls the USA brand, B100 and the world economy.
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8/ In 2087, the new Southern Confederacy, the DC AntiFederalists and the Chinese Celestial empire launch a concerted cyber war against UCC
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9/ The war leads to an uneasy detente for 40 years, known as the Cold Storage, followed by the Great Hard Fork of 2127
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10/ As a result, the world economy gets divided into two parallel economic universes. The UCC-backed urban economy still rules.
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