User blog:GrandMethuselah67/Lore Sheet: The Democratic Imperium of Neohumanity

Preface: Over the course of millennia, the Human Race has transcended the human condition. Human experience has expanded from the small blue cradle called Earth, reaching the stars. In the year 2090, the United Government was established, its rule democratic. Under the United Government's rule, humanity managed to colonize the moon, Mars, and Venus. In the year 2250, Humanity becomes a type I civilization on the Kardashev scale, their power source being the very core of their planet itself, and all of the resources the planets follow. By this time, large scale colonization of Venus and Mars is already underway, and the moon is already safely colonized. In the year 3100 AD, humanity has colonized the whole solar system and is working on colonizing other star systems. The Metro Sphere, dubbed "Humanity's Greatest Invention", is a series of satellites and superstructures orbiting the inner solar system and getting power directly from the sun. The Meto Sphere also has engineered cities and artificial climates where various creatures dwell. In the year 3500, computer science has become advanced enough to simulate the birth of the universe, enlightening disciples of all fields of science. In the 40th Century, computer science reached its ultimate potential. Suddenly, nothing was impossible for the United Republic of humankind. It was by the 41st Century that humanity had control over a third of the galaxy, with smaller alien civilizations under their rule. The United Republic's expansion has come to a halt, however, by bitter rivalries with older and more powerful civilizations.

Transhumanism
The earliest forms of Mind Uploading appeared in late 2059. It had been an idea for a while before that, but until the first human was uploaded into a computer, it had only been an idea. Mind Uploading originally had been a clunky and inconvenient process only available to the military. It wasn't until the year 2120 that Mind Uploading actually became available in mainstream society. Though still highly inconvienient, it was available to an increasingly shrinking upper class at the time, which was due to climate change and other global problems. The rich used mind uploading for a variety of purposes, which birthed an elite and beautiful upper class that widened the divide between the rich and poor even more. It was only in the year 2220 that transhumanism actually became available cheap on a multitude of platforms. This created a "Transhuman Revolution" with people uploading themselves into younger, stronger, and all around better bodies.

Before mind uploading came genetic engineering. Perfected in 2048, genetic engineering was yet another thing only really available to the rich. The use of genetic engineering in the upper class yet again widened the divide between lower and upper class.

In the year 2300 after years of improvement, transhumanism was perfected. The idea of what was "human" had drastically changed over the years. Humans now use transhumanism to take on their own personal ideal form, which might include animal forms, half-animal forms, or other forms such as ones from mythology or something of that nature. Not only that, but superpowers have become available to common citezenry due to the integration of femtotechnology and quantum engineering into transhuman bodies. Now, humanity is able to be whatever they want to be and more. Most humans at this point are nomadic, being free from the need to eat or sleep.

Religion and Philosophy
[[File:Al_Kai_Doru.jpg|frame|left|"Here, in this modern world, we have perfection available to us. And so, I firmly believe our duty as humans is to achieve our own personal ideal of perfection."

-Al Kai Doru, the Teacher]]Religion, at least in the traditional sense, is completely absent from human culture by the 41st Century. Though some cultures do hold on to some form of theology, most humans are athiest or agnostic at this time. Instead, most follow a Philosophy called "Doru", named after the famed philosopher, Al Kai Doru, the Teacher. The Philosophy is simple: achieve your own personal idea of perfection. Doru never teaches what perfection actually is, and leaves it up to whoever follows it to decide. As such, humans at this time are obsessed with becoming everything they've ever wanted to be. With the technology available, that is now possible if not easy. The Doru has split into many branches since its introduction in 2340.

Of course, many other cultures do cling onto theological beliefs, but they'd be unrecognizable to anyone from the 21st Century. Some humans have made themselves Panthiests, while others make up pantheons of gods that they believe fit the universe. Some worship themselves, believing that humankind has become indistinguishable from the gods of old. Some practice entirely different beliefs that cannot be described in modern terms.

Social Structure and factions
Social classes in the 41st Century essentially do not exist. With technology being as advanced as it is, resources are practically unlimited, making money practically obsolete. Every human being now lives what a person from the 21st Century would consider a "highly privileged lifestyle", with mobile 3D printers being perfectly able to print anything they need from clothes to food. In the disappearance of the social class and the appearance of the Doru philosophy, the social structure of the human race has been replaced with factions. Factions are the result of groups of humans having different ideas of perfection, and thus looking and acting different ways. The result is humanity separating into different "races", which appear different ways, act different ways, and believe different things. For example, the Sylva are synonymous with elves. They're tall, slender, and beautiful humanoids with pointed ears that live in the many woodsy areas that the United Republic have engineered in various territories. The Sylva are solitary and believe in some kind of cosmic nature religion, and often look down upon those of other factions or "races".

It isn't uncommon for factions to get into disputes. Whole wars have been fought all over the United Republic's over different ideas of perfection. However, these wars are often short lived and devolve into bitter rivalries due to the rule of the United Council.

Technology and Virtual Reality
(Coming soon!)

Recent events and contemporary history of the United Republic
(Coming soon!)