No one knows when the Eternal War began, no one remembers the reason for its beginning. Some say it was a minor border conflict between two unimportant countries, then one nation after another joined in on either side until the whole world was divided in two. One side became the United Nation Federation (UNF), the other declared itself the New World Empire (NWE). By now the war has been going on for a century if not more. The old weapons of mass destruction have all already been used, leaving the world a blasted wasteland. Countries no longer exist, Humanity lives as roving tribes divided by their allegiance to the UNF or the NWE. The UNF is led by a tribal council of elders while the NWE is led by the Emperor, a man whose bloodline is hailed as divine.