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The industrial revolution has left its mark on the planet: Railways bring people closer together, airships ply the skies, and mass-produced goods bring a new standard of living to an increasingly urban population. This progress comes at a great price, however, as global temperatures and sea levels rise. Soon crops begin to fail, coastal regions are inundated, and a wave of political unrest follows refugee populations. | The industrial revolution has left its mark on the planet: Railways bring people closer together, airships ply the skies, and mass-produced goods bring a new standard of living to an increasingly urban population. This progress comes at a great price, however, as global temperatures and sea levels rise. Soon crops begin to fail, coastal regions are inundated, and a wave of political unrest follows refugee populations. | ||
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Revision as of 09:15, 26 June 2006
The industrial revolution has left its mark on the planet: Railways bring people closer together, airships ply the skies, and mass-produced goods bring a new standard of living to an increasingly urban population. This progress comes at a great price, however, as global temperatures and sea levels rise. Soon crops begin to fail, coastal regions are inundated, and a wave of political unrest follows refugee populations.
Setting information will reflect the world in the year 1894, when rising temperatures have begun to plateau again after some thirty years of warming.
