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Freedom is not dead. It breathes again, in a new world, where democracy has continued to spread, where liberal Republicanism can ensure the survival of the democratic nation. The OFN is a symbol of this belief, of the belief of Freedom. Led by the United States of America, the bastion of democracy, the OFN had beaten their fascist rivals on more than one occassion, helping those under them rebel, and bringing freedom once more. Yet, with the reimergence of old friends, ambitions begin to brew in DC. Words start to be thrown around. Competitors to Freedom? No, no it couldn't be, but it is. As rivalry begins to develop between the rising powers of liberal democracy, of America, China, and Russia, only time will tell until something will explode.

Vasily Shushkin had delievered freedom to Russia, and his Russia had delievered freedom to Eurasia once more. However, trouble continues to brew in the region. The Russian people still have not forgotten about the humiliating defeat at Amur, against the Chinese forces, thereby ensuring Chinese control to Vladivostok. Continuing tensions have been occuring over Poland, as the OFN refuses to revoke its guarantee of what the Russians believe should be 'under their protection'. Increasingly, Russia has found itself facing increasing animosity towards its old allies. Why should the CSTO be subserviant to the OFN, or the SCO? This new feeling of Russian nationalism worries the other members of the faction, especially the Ukrainain Republic, and the Baltic nations, as the CSTO continues to grow more divisive than ever, the future of the faction is uncertain.

The Republic of China, allied with the Republic of India, had founded the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a purely economic alliance, along with Tibet and Afghanistan. Nothing more, nothing less. But as time rolled by, this vision was challenged by many factors. The Sino-Russian Amur Conflict terrified the Chinese, and although they won, they would fear a second Russian attack. And spies across the Indian DMZ revealed that the Free Indian Goverment were planning to amass a greater amount of troops within the region. As these two nations began to fear for their sovereignty, they would decide to turn the SCO into not just an economic alliance, but a military alliance, in order to ensure the safety of Asia, but time will tell whether they succeed.

The glory days of the Einheitspakt have almost surely ended. Bormann's inaction had caused all Reichskommistrats but Burgundy to fall under the hands of rebellion and conquest, and the disastorous Russian Reconquest of Mosckowien was a disastorous defeat for the German army. Germania hopes that Spain will be a new member, but even that is seeming less and less likely, as the Frente Azul continue to lose more and more ground to the OFN and Triumvirate backed Spanish Republic. Now, Bormann's successor, the elderly Gerhard Klopfer, struggles to keep the alliance together. Romania and Hungary grow ever more reckless, whilst Denmark begins preparations to finally throw their shackles off once and for all. It is up to Klopfer, or his successor, to bring the pact back together, or else the glory days of the Second Weltkrieg will all be lost.

The Triumvirate has lost members, but, naturally, Italy has moved on. Italy remains in a much better shape than the fascist state up north. Despite the humiliating defeat to Greece in the Hellenic Revolt, and the loss of Turkey to the OFN, the Triumvirate still has its influence in Africa, and Italy still remains a powerful state. Despite this, the Triumvirate remains all but abandonned, with the Italian government hoping that maybe the Spanish Republic could rejoin. Italy tried to find new members, and found some in the Arab peninsula, Yemen and Oman, both who were terrified of the socialist state to their north. Now, Italy tries to improve relations with the OFN, even liberalizing their government a little, although to what extent it is disputed. The Triumvirate needs to find its place in this new world, yet it fall back into the hands of darkness.

Out of all members of the old Axis, Japan remains one of the most influential, although its power greatly diminished. Its humiliating loss to China in the Third Sino-Japanese War had effectively kicked Japan out of much of east Asia, whilst its disastourous loss to the Communists in the Phillipines had left its naval power in the region weakened. However, Japan still reigns as the master of the Pacific, and its alliance, being a collection of Japanese vassals, remains powerful, both economically and militarily, with Japan furthering influence beyond the faction. Only time will tell whether or not the sphere will regain its power, but when it does, Japan will be at the center of it.

Who said Communism was dead? Of course it isn't dead. The Fifth Internationale still remains. Whilst the Third Internationale fell due to the machinations of the terrible fascist party, and the Fourth Internationale has been all but forgotten, the Pan-African Liberation Front now leads the Fifth Internationale. A bastion of worker solidarity, the Fifth Internationle continues to find success, with the Bolivarian conquest of Venezuela, as well as its continued support to Asturias and Catalonia. Now, the Fifth Internationale finds itself a power faction, and though it may not compare to the likes of the OFN, the CSTO, or the SCO, it continues to grow more powerful, day by day.

The Second Sadabat Pact was recently formed because Turkey and Italy still had friendly relations, and the Turks wished for middle eastern cooperation. As such, the pact was primarily founded by the Turkish State, the Egyptian Sultanate (which is still largely Italian controlled), the Persian State, the Kingdom of Afghanistan, and the United Arab Republic, as a semi-defensive, semi non-agression pact. However, the pact was, to say, extremely fragile. Immediately the pact nearly faltered due to past Arab-Persian tensions regarding the Iraq-Iran war, that was only patched due to pressure from Italy and Turkey. Italy had also pressured its allies, Yemen and Oman, to join the pact, despite their hostile relations to the United Arab Republic. With these divisions, many believe that its extremely unlikely to be kept, however the Turks and Italians maintain their optimism in this regard.