History VideoGame / ExtremisUltimis

A submod, ''VideoGame/FurAndFeathers'', is currently in development.

* ForWantOfANail: The first divergence in the Extremis Ultimis timeline is George Orwell being mortally wounded during the Spanish Civil War, and only being able to sketch out the worldbuilding notes to Literature/NineteenEightyFour before dying. While initially minor, the [[NuclearError near-miss of the USSR launching an ultimately thwarted nuclear strike]] would later lead to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner B. F. Skinner]] forming the basis of the "National Totalitarian" ideology by combining Orwell's notes with his own theories of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_behaviorism Radical Behaviorism]]", which would ultimately lead to some of the most openly dystopian ideologies being theorized, and now set to be enacted in the wake of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica the American Collapse]]...

* BombThrowingAnarchists: Downplayed and Zig-Zagged. The Lion Rebellion and the Lion of Socialism do end up committing questionable acts and are willing to commit to bloody warfare to unite the Former United States, but they can make their dream Anarchist Free Territory free from state oppression with completely worker-owned industries. [[spoiler:That is, if the Military Committee doesn't gain enough influence to sway the Lion of Socialism away from turning the Free Territory into a stateless bandit junta.]]
* CapitalismIsBad: The other main ideas brought up in the mod was how the 2008 Recession ultimately became a 21st century Great Depression, and many of the radical factions have risen to power by drawing in those ruined by the economic downturn, laying the blame at the feet of the corporations who they claim held more power over the state than the supposedly elected government.

* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The "National Totalitarianism" Ideology, which fuses elements of George Orwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour, and several radical political theorists, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner B. F. Skinner]] (who forms the original "Totalitarianism" subideology based on his "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_behaviorism Radical Behaviorism]]" philosophy), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin Curtis Yavin's]] "Neoreaction", and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Land Nick Land's]] "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism Accelerationism]]". The commonalities between the [=NatTot=] Subideologies is having a hyper-authoritarian state to control the masses, ostensibly to prevent humanity from destroying itself through [[DemocracyIsBad "misguided" faith in democratic government]].

** The Annihilationist ideology is broadly this, to varying degrees between its subideologies. Some of those subideologies (such as [[EcoTerrorist "Radical Greenism", "Anarcho-Primitivism", and "Neo-Luddism"]]) [[PopulationControl "just" want to reduce humanity down to "manageable numbers"]], or perhaps [[MedievalStasis impose a upper limit to its technology and industrialization]], to prevent an OverpopulationCrisis-induced [[GaiasLament ecological doomsday]]. Others like "[[ApocalypseCult Rapturism]]" want to bring about a religious doomsday, and "Catastrophism" actively wants to make global warming even worse [[GaiasVengeance so that nature can destroy humanity in 'revenge']].

* AlienSpaceBats: Gleefully employed. Most notably, the SDI program panned out in EU, leading to MAD being replaced with extensive use of tactical nuclear weapons.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: America ends up collapsing into over 30 warlords due to decades of American atrocities and incompetence from the Federal Government. These warlords vie for power by going to war against eachother to unite America or simply attempt to keep their small territory independent.

* OmnicidalManiac: The Nuclearists, a sub-ideology of Annihilationism, have the main goal of developing enough nuclear weapons to eventually launch them and cause the extiction of Humanity. The economic law "The Final War" can only be accessed by either them or another Annihilationist and, contrary to the other economic laws, only says "This is the final war of humanity"

* Ultraterrestrials: In occult mode. They're entities from a parallel dimension that overlaps with our own, and occasionally enter our universe by taking on the form of whatever supernatural beings are in the local culture (such as fairies, angels, or aliens).

* ApocalypseLog: The random events that fire during the American collapse. Showing such lovely things as riots breaking out over food, water treatment facilities failing, and entire neighborhoods freezing to death due to power grid failure.

* PeakOil: Happened in 2018.
* Poe'sLaw: Eric Blair died before finishing 1984, leaving a half-finished manuscript that's more a collection of worldbuilding notes than a narrative. After it was rediscovered in the early 80s, several academics (notably B.F Skinner and James Burnham) began formulating the ideology of National Totalitarianism based on its contents.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Among the many bizarre and horrific warlord rising up around the world, Nazis, such as the Accelerationist terrorist Atomwaffen Division, are few but eclectic.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The very essence of the mod. The world of Extremis Ultimis has is one of decay, disorder, and madness.
* DemocracyIsBad: One of the main ideas brought up in the mod. Many of the tragedies and disasters that occurred throughout the Cold War and after it are attributed to Democratic regimes. Whether they directly caused them or not is unimportant for those who have suffered under crisis after crisis, and thus lead many suffering for their actions. As alternatives against anything that goes against the status-quo of Democracy is embraced by anyone who despises the system ranging Totalitarians to Anarchists.

** In the 80's, the USSR accidentally Lauches a nuclear counter strike which is narrowly prevented from destroying the US by the over-funded and otherwise useless "Star Wars" defense system. This incident results in the Soviet Union losing all credibility on the world stage.

* RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: Used by the Republican Union of America.

%%* RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: Used by the Republican Union of America.

* OmnicidalManiac: The Nuclearists, a sub-ideology of Annihilationism, have the main goal of developing enough nuclear weapons to eventually launch them and cause the extiction of Humanity. The economic law "The Final War" can only be accessed by either them or another Annihilationist and, contrary to the other economic laws, only says "This is the final war of humanity"
* EvilVersusOblivion: Quite literally anyone who follows ''any'' authoritarian ideology up to and including National Totalitarianism when faced against the Annihilationists. One seeks to take power, the other (in most cases) seeks ''the extinction of humanity''.

* OmnicidalManiac: The Nuclearists, a sub-ideology of Annihilationism, have the main goal of developing enough nuclear weapons to eventually launch them and cause the extiction of Humanity. The economic law "The Final War" can only be accessed by either them or another Annihilationist and, contrary to the other economic laws, only says "This is the final war of "humanity""

* GodIsDead: Well, not dead but per [[Word Of God]] God Himself not only exists in this mod, he has also abandonned Mankind.
* EvilVersusOblivion: Quite literally anyone who follows **any** authoritarian ideology up to and including National Totalitarianism when faced against the Annihilationits. One seeks to take power, the other (In most cases) seeks **the extiction of humanity**
* BigBrotherIsWatching: Under Haddock's Republican Union of America, he establishes a "Republican" order by establishing a [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]] style regime as an absolute dictatorship where nothing escapes his watch.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Downplayed and Zig-Zagged, The Lion Rebellion and the Lion of Socialism do end up committing questionable acts and are willing to commit to bloody warfare to unite the Former United States. But they can form their dreamed Anarchist Free Territory free from state oppression and complete worker-owned industries. [[spoiler:That is if the Military Committee doesn't gain enough influence to sway the Lion of Socialism from turning the Free Territory into a stateless bandit junta.]]

** Eventually United States will break apart into warlords vying for control and start to go to war with eachother.
** Russia, China and Ukraine, will all break apart after giant individual disasters that turn their countries upside down.

** China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Laos all still are ruled under Marxist-Leninist type of regimes as in OTL. But also Kampuchea stays under Communist rule instead of turning back into a Constitutional Monarchy.
** Slovakia as Soviet Order collapsed had a Hardline Stalinist coup similar to what happened in 1991 Soviet Coup which ended in failure seemingly succeeded in this timeline in Slovakia.
** Colombia is under a Bolivarian Republic instead of Venezuela.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The very essence of the mod. The world of Extremis Ultimis has is one of decay, disorder, and madness. Word of God confirms that building a uniquely dark world often take precedent over writing serious alternate history.
* DemocracyIsBad: One of the main ideas brought up in the mod. Many of the tragedies and disasters occurred throughout the Cold War and on has largely been attributed to Democratic regimes. Whether they directly caused them or not is unimportant for those who have suffered under crisis after crisis, and thus lead many suffering for their actions. As alternatives against anything that goes against the status-quo of Democracy is embraced by anyone who despises the system ranging Totalitarians to Anarchists.

* RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: Used by the Republican Union of America.

* EvilVersusOblivion: Quite literally anyone who follows *any* authoritarian ideology up to and including National Totalitarianism when faced against the Annihilationits. One seeks to take power, the other (In most cases) seeks *the extiction of humanity*

* GodIsDead: Well, not dead but per [Word Of God] God Himself not only exists in this mod, he has also abandonned Mankind.

* DividedStatesofAmerica: America ends up collapsing into over 30 warlords due to decades of American atrocities and incompetence from the Federal Government. These warlords vie for power by going to war against eachother to unite America or simply attempt to keep their small territory independent.

* GodIsAbsent: Per [Word Of God] God Himself not only exists in this mod, he has also abandonned Mankind.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The very essence of the mod. The world of Extremis Ultimis has is one of decay, disorder, and madness.
** Word of God confirms that building a uniquely dark world often take precedent over writing serious alternate history.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The very essence of the mod. Building a uniquely dark world often take precedent over writing serious alternate history.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Followers of Neo-Darwinism, a subideology of Annihilationism, believe in enforcing social and physical Darwinism to destroy or radically alter society.

* TheSocialDarwinist: One warlord state led by Scientists in Russia "The Baikal Preservation Authority" is a Siberian wasteland that makes its inhabitants work themselves to death just to see its own inhabitants struggle to survive to live and eventually have all of them die out.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The Atomwaffen Division, they support Accelerationist Neo-Nazi terrorism to establish their Nazi regime and rebel simultaneously as the Klan against the Confederate States.

* DarkerAndEdgier:

** In the 80's, the Soviet Union accidentally Lauches a nuclear counter strike against the US which is narrowly prevented from destroying the US by the over-funded and otherwise useless "Star Wars" defense system.

The mod is still currently a demo where you can find their subreddit page and discord server from these links here. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ExtremisUltimis/ Reddit Page ]] and [[https://discord.gg/2FY6K4XGk39Q Discord Server]].

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Under Haddock's Republican Union of America, he establishes a "Republican" order by establishing a 1984-style regime to save America.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Downplayed and Zig-Zagged, The Lion Rebellion and the Lion of Socialism do end up committing questionable acts and are willing to commit to bloody warfare to unite the Former United States. But they can form their dreamed Anarchist Free Territory free from state oppression and complete worker-owned means of production. [[spoiler: That is if the Military Committee doesn't gain enough power to sway the Lion of Socialism from becoming a stateless bandit junta.]]

* DividedStatesofAmerica: America ends up collapsing into over 30 warlords due to decades of American atrocities and incompetence from the Federal Government. These warlords vie for power by going to war against eachother to unite America or simply attempt to keep their small territory independent.