User:TheOneMadman/Initium Novum temp overview page

Initium Novum (Latin for "New Beginning") Is a conworld that I have worked on since Late 2016. This world explores an unlikely scenario in which humanity was locked into shelters for 100 years against their will after a small and mostly harmless nuclear war. In this world, new nations rose from the ashes of a society based on technology that the humans of this new world can never use. This is a world where Nationalism dies and new regimes more dreadful than anything Mr. Orwell imagined rise to prominence. This is a world where Earth dies, and humanity migrates across the stars. This is a world of war and peace, chaos and order, love and hate. This is a world that can happen, but never will. This is the New Order. The New Beginning of humankind.

The Eras
for the sake of consumption, I divided this world into eras. These are meant for quick navigation

End of the Old Order (late 2010s to 2048)
The Old Order is the common name that the people of this world give to the time before the Great Sleep. This is our world if we had technology to beat nuclear weapons. It is a time of great advancement in technology, with colonies being constructed on other planets, energy shields, power armor, and more. This is also a time of war, as the third world war rages with no apparent end in sight. This is a time where human potential is both exploited and squandered. (This era needs expansion)

The Great Sleep.(2048 to 2148)
In late 2048, just as the War seems to be ending, a single nuclear devise designed to create an electro-magnetic pulse explodes, causing a world wide blackout of almost everything. Humanity, stuck in their previously shielded cities, take shelter in Fallout Shelters made by the United Nations. However, a Computer Glitch causes all shelters to seal their doors for 100 years. This is a period in which humanity loses most of their technology, knocked back to a sort of psudo 10th century culture with 1930's tech governed above all by machines no one understands. Still, Radio contact with other shelters can be maintained. Ideas can still flow. Religions, Kingdoms, Ideology, can all still be formed. What will happen when the doors open, Jehovah-1 only knows.

The Return (2148 to 2298)
The doors have opened, and a New Order begins. Several kingdoms form, from tribal bands to small empires. Above all, however, this is a time of scavenging, rebuilding, and survival.

The New Enlightenment (2298-3123)
The first large nations form. It is a new era for politics, warfare, technology, and culture. the culture is now equivalent to the 14th century, With 1950's technology minus the dreaded Atom Bomb.