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* The mobile Skyranger in ''VideoGame/XCom2'' is all that remains of the original X-Com project after their base is overrun by the aliens and Earth is taken over by ADVENT. It is from here that the eventual liberation of Earth is waged over the course of the game.

* The Valais Air Base in ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' is the last Allied stronghold that has not fallen to the Belkans yet. Naturally, your job is to bring the Allies BackFromTheBrink.

* The inhabitants of the DomedHometown in ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' aren't sure if there are any humans left outside the city.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}''. Naturally.
** In an interesting subversion, the game remains mostly light throughout. There is no active threat or advancing army,[[spoiler: for a while, anyway,]] and you're free to take your time and explore, even just before the final area.

* ''VideoGame/RedAlert2'': [[MeaningfulName Point Hope, Alaska]][[note]]It exists in RealLife, though according to Website/ThatOtherWiki it is named after Vice Admiral William Johnstone Hope of the Royal Navy[[/note]] is the location of the last Allied base after the rest of the world is taken over by the Soviets, containing a Chronosphere which allows them to strike anywhere in the world. In a PerspectiveFlip, though, this is the last mission of the ''Soviet'' campaign - the player's mission is to wipe it out to ensure final victory.
* The first battle of the Allied campaign in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' sees Europe on the verge of being completely overrun by the Soviets, with only Britain still free when the player commander is put in charge of the Allied defense at Brighton to repel the Soviets' attempt to land.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': in Dark Crusade and Soulstorm, every campaign begins with you controlling only your stronghold, and attacking from there to eventually defeat the other factions, in the name of the Emperor/Dark Gods/Greater Good/Craftworld/Waaagh!/C'tan/Kabal.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt:'' In the supplementary materials, it's implied that the country where the [[MegaCorp Sumeragi Group]] resides and controls (implied to be Japan) is the only functioning civilization left on Earth after the conflicts between [[PsychicChildren Adepts]] had turned the rest of the planet into chaotic wastelands. An Adept supremacist group called Eden is trying to assault this country in order to KillAllHumans, and frequently clashes with Sumeragi.

* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill invoked this in his speeches for Britain following the fall of France in June 1940 and during the Battle of Britain in the subsequent months, as at that point the United Kingdom was the only belligerent left in Europe against Nazi Germany -- they did have their overseas Empire to back them up but that too was coming under pressure (e.g., Japan capturing Singapore which Churchill considered one of the most devastating defeats Britain would suffer in the war). Long-term, though, Churchill and most of the British leadership figured that all they had to do was [[MyDefenseNeedNotHoldForever wait for the Axis to make a strategic mistake and let the German economy collapse in on itself under wartime strain like it did in World War I]]. The Axis did take over the rest of the Balkans (with some difficulty) in 1940 and into the next year, but it wasn't until June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa that another major European power (the Soviet Union) was brought into the fight.

* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill invoked this in his speeches for Britain in the months following the fall of France in June 1940 and during the Battle of Britain in the subsequent months, as at that point the United Kingdom was the only belligerent left in Europe against Nazi Germany. The Axis took over the rest of the Balkans (with some difficulty) in 1940 and into 1941, but it wasn't until June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa that another major European power (the Soviet Union) was brought into the fight.

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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert2'': [[MeaningfulName Point Hope, Alaska]][[note]]It exists in RealLife, though according to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki it is named after Vice Admiral William Johnstone Hope of the Royal Navy[[/note]] is the location of the last Allied base after the rest of the world is taken over by the Soviets, containing a Chronosphere which allows them to strike anywhere in the world. In a PerspectiveFlip, though, this is the last mission of the ''Soviet'' campaign - the player's mission is to wipe it out to ensure final victory.

%%* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Soul Reaver: The Human Citadel.

* In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu]]'', the Foreteress of Darna was this to the original Liberation Army, until the gods appeared to them and gave immense powers to the 12 Crusaders, allowing them to fight back and win against [[TheEmpire the Lopto Empire]].

* ''Videogame/MegaManZero'': In the backstory, when [[GreatOffscreenWar the Elf Wars]] were still raging, Mega Man X created an organization named Neo Arcadia that served as shelter for the refugees and victims of the wars. Eventually, it grew big enough to be a whole city, and as of Elf Wars' end, it became the only large city left standing. X later became the city's ruler.
* ''Videogame/AzureStrikerGunvolt:'' In the supplementary materials, it's implied that the country where the [[MegaCorp Sumeragi Group]] resides and controls (implied to be Japan) is the only functioning civilization left on Earth after the conflicts between [[PsychicChildren Adepts]] had turned the rest of the planet into chaotic wastelands. An Adept supremacist group called Eden is trying to assault this country in order to KillAllHumans, and frequently clashes with Sumeragi.

* ''Videogame/AIWarFleetCommand:'' Whichever planet you start out in is the last bastion of humanity worth mentioning, the very last few that the AI is too busy to finish off. From there, you must start taking important planets and hardware, build your strength, and perhaps build enough for a final, surgical strike -- without raising too much hell, lest the AI actually start making an effort.

* ''VideoGame/{{Primordia}}'' is set in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic future]] where humanity is extinct and only the robots they left behind inhabit the ruined world. The only real city left is Metropol, a sprawling MegaCity that holds the vast, growing desert it rests in at bay. There are a few other settlements, but only tiny ones with small populations [[ScavengerWorld clinging on by scavenging from ruins]]. The protagonists are two such robots living in a crashed airship, and the plot is kicked off when they're forced to trek to Metropol after losing their power supply. [[spoiler:Metropol quickly [[UnsafeHaven turns out to be vastly worse than the wastelands]]; its controlled by [[AIIsACrapshoot an insane AI]] that murdered the city leadership to rule over it with an iron fist. [[MultipleEndings Depending on you choices]], this bastion either falls into ruin (and takes everyone with it) or gets abandoned by its freed inhabitants to start a new bastion elsewhere that can properly rebuild civilization.]]

* ''Dark Astral'', an offshoot of TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay, was heavily influenced by TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 but things are even worse for humanity. Humanity had taken to the stars only to lose their place against the coming alien legions (the Other). The surviving humans had to make an exodus back to Eden (Earth). Succesfully arriving, they are only able to establish a single city Outremer as the hinterlands of Eden have become warped beyond recognition and human forces including their [[SuperSoldier superhuman Astrotemplar]] stem the tide of mutants outside while the Abyssal forces from beyond are making their way to Eden through the use of Wytchstone.

* ''Dark Astral'', an offshoot of TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay, was heavily influenced by TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 but things are even worse for humanity. Humanity had taken to the stars only to lose their place against the coming alien legions (the Other). The surviving humans had to make an exodus back to Eden (Earth). Succesfully arriving, they are only able to establish a single city Outremer as the hinterlands of Eden have become warped beyond recognition and human forces including their [[SuperSoldier superhuman Astrotemplar]] stem the tide of mutants outside while the Other are making their way to Eden.

* In Apophis Consortium's ''Obsidian: Age of Judgement'', the Zone is the massive FortressCity of what remains of the United States against the LegionsOfHell. The Zone is the only major settlement of humans who aren't servants or slaves of the demons and houses a whopping 80 million in its cannon-studded walls. Outside of America, the other continents fared a lot better.

* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the Germans had a massive stronghold called the Alpine Fortress, which was constructed in the mountainous areas of southern Germany. It was built with the idea that if Germany were overrun, top Nazi officials, their staffs, and a large number of crack troops could retreat there and, with a stockpile of supplies and some limited production facilities, continue to harass the Allies for many years to come. However, the Fortress was far from impregnable by the time it became needed and it was taken easily shortly before the Berlin occupation. Even so, reports of its staggering defensive strength were partially responsible for the Allies' broad front strategy to take the southern regions and the Fortress before moving onto Berlin, rather than the narrow charge advocated by General Patton.

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' has what is literally called "the Last City" built beneath the Traveler, serving as the last surviving bastion of humanity after the Collapse destroyed its space-faring civilization, and the forces of [[BigBad the Darkness]] moved in to try and put a permanent end to the human race.

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' FlashForward episode "The End", Dean meets Future!Dean, who leads a small group of rebels based in a camp in the woods.