For 15 years; Chancellor Victor Sopot has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His corrupt rule and a relentless war of unification with the United Republic has left the Commonwealth bloodied and impoverished. As distant battles rage; sewage taints Sopot City’s rivers; pollution smudges the sky; and wretched citizens huddle in crumbling ruins. The Public Information Building; built by the dictator as a tribute to himself; broadcasts lies about Sopot’s bravery and the Commonwealth’s military victories.

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