*Added to the Codex on* ***March 12th, 2024*** --- ### Quotes "Democratic stability has plummeted in recent months, with multiple nations across the global seeing sudden, totalitarian takeovers." - AUN Anchor "Others have pointed to the sheer efficiency of these coups as signs of a more coordinated endeavor." - AUN Anchor <br> ### Description ![[Dictatorships on the Rise.wav]] \[excerpt from [[America United News]] broadcast, July 2048.] AUN ANCHOR: Democratic stability has plummeted in recent months, with multiple nations across the global seeing sudden, totalitarian takeovers. This has sent ripples through many political alliances, as economic growth elsewhere changes the balance of power between East and West. While some analysts see the uprisings as a sort of social contagion, others have pointed to the sheer efficiency of these coups as signs of a more coordinated endeavor.