The year is 3032, just before the cyber-crash, as the world acknowledges the independence of Greenland. Panic sets in amongst the populace, as their digital infrastructure was not built to accommodate the world that was coming. Developers scramble to replace the boolean they'd be using to represent countries. Millions of pages are forced to be updated, it longer sufficient to say "check yes if Latin Sea-Canadia, leave unchecked if Eurafricasian Union."
The year is 3032, just before the cyber-crash, as the world acknowledges the independence of Greenland. Panic sets in amongst the populace, as their digital infrastructure was not built to accommodate the world that was coming. Developers scramble to replace the boolean they'd be using to represent countries. Millions of pages are forced to be updated, it longer sufficient to say "check yes if Latin Sea-Canadia, leave unchecked if Eurafricasian Union."