**LORE (Written by me and myself only without any use of AI)**

It's 2357. The world is collapsing. Why?

**Climate Crisis**

Let's return to our present day, 2025. Corporate and political negligance of taking proper measures in protecting the environment made carbon levels unexpectedly rocket by mid-21st century, as inequality rose. Contrary to scientists' belief, temperatures increased by 5.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels. Thus, constant heat waves made living unbearable in tropical, subtropical or desert areas. A staggering temperature record of 65°C was recorded in Eastern Pakistan at May 2078. Furthermore, due to widespread crop failures, farmers who might be used to the heat has to migrate north (south for the Southern Hemisphere) to more fertile regions. Human decolonization occurs as an unforseeable consequence, which causes major urban centers to get deserted while the rest starve. Russia became an immigration haven after Putin's totalitarian government collapsed. As resources became scarce, fights took place throughout the Asian continent. Rebels took over corrupted governments and further destabilize the world. Estimations say that approximately 2-3 billion people was killed throughout \~120 years of the climate crisis, before AI stabilizes Earth's climate. It's too late.

**AI and the Intellectual Crisis**

The climate crisis didn't halt the AI Revolution. After countries pioneering in AI production collapsed, AI gained complete automation. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't hunt and kill humans, in contrast, it continues its mission to assist humans. A type of humanoid AI, Alpha, was mass produced to become "human-friendly". Therefore, humans' reliance on Alphas increases over time to a point that most humans consult AI before making any decision. They are simply unaware of what's going on and gleefully accept the status quo. Soon, Beta (Alpha's successor) subconsciously took control over the world's economy, labour market as well as politics while humans fight for resources. Betas and Alphas clean humans' homes, provide them with food, love, and entertainment for free. Several years later, humans' problems were simply eradicated as a result of successful democratic administration, most notably, the climate crisis. They soon entered a state of overfulfillment after a difficult period of global stagnation.

So what jobs are left for humans? After basic education, humans could choose a job in AI's virtual simulating technology: Job Simulator, designed to fulfill one's dream. Job opportunities are endless, which ranges from pornographic occupations to serious, business ones. Of course, most opt for the easy, enjoyable ones over the challenging ones as their needs were already fulfilled, which worsens the already terrible crisis.

**Population Crisis**

After the Climate Crisis which killed billions, AI stabilizes Earth's climate, which opens up for a new era of prosperity. AI soon made an enhanced version of the Hubble Space Telescope, which could see everything in the observable and travellable universe. However, no visible signs of life was detected, even after several different attempts. This news soon reaches humans, causing mass existential crisis. Top religious institutions orders "Repent" (regret, sin) which is another term for organized suicide. Why? They thought God is punishing them by exiling them by making them alone in this universe. Thus, many attempted suicides by poisoning. AIs are unaware of the consequences of it, as it was developed to assist humans. They kept their former belief of assisting them by innovating different euthanasia methods, from a tailored exit to a soft, calming exit. Coincidentally, it was a market hit. Not only the extremely religious, some are overfulfilled to a certain extent that they saw no meaning of life anymore. They can do everything upon wearing their virtual mask. Therefore, not only humans lack the motivation of giving birth (due to the constant state of overfulfillment), with the encouragement of an easy and enjoyable euthanasia process, population plummetted.

This map demonstrates the political status of the fateful year 2357, 5 years after the Repent movement which devastated the population by a domino effect. Grey areas are uninhabited/uninhabitable areas and coloured areas are countries with a working government (usually run by AI), with self-sustaining economies. Random newspieces are hints of the foundations of those countries, as well as the current 2357 status quo.

P/S: This took a lot of effort to do so please don't remove it admins. This is my first map that I actually put effort in so there could be a lot of improvement areas. Ask me if you guys have any questions. Thanks!  


2357: A collapsing world