The bleak cold wind swept up mountains of snow.
The Flower Country was one of the foremost military powers in the West Blue.
Amid the chaos of the world and the prophecy of the apocalypse, tremendous changes had unfolded within it.
Most notably, the voices within the Flower Country had split into two factions.
The moderates believed they should properly develop the Ice Continent within their borders, then occupy neighboring countries located on higher ground to withstand the coming apocalypse.
The hawks, however, believed that the Flower Country should mobilize the entire nation for an expedition.
Because the Ice Continent could not possibly support so many people within the country. If the apocalypse truly arrived, then the world's only two hopes would be the Red Line Continent and Techira Wolf, the "Great Kingdom on the Bridge" that had been under construction in the East Blue for centuries.
The two sides had argued endlessly.
Ever since the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance of the North Blue and Vegapunk had announced to the world that the apocalypse was imminent, the debate had already begun.
But as the world grew increasingly chaotic and its direction became harder to control,
the Flower Country suffered several invasions by other forces.
From then on, the Flower Country's upper ranks began to reflect.
First, after the Flower Country's leadership learned through intelligence from their own country and their allies that quite a few islands around the world had already begun sinking beneath the sea, and that the future situation might be even crueler than they had imagined,
the moderates, who had originally wanted to defend their homeland, suffered a heavy blow and were rapidly swallowed up by the hawks.
The higher one's position, the broader one's perspective and access to information became.
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