Chapter 1923: In a Difficult Position
The entire W World had been pushed to the brink of another war not long after peace had returned, all because Trieze, a man who stood for the greater good, had stepped forward. Leading New Government forces that encompassed nearly all of the Earth Sphere's combat power, he appeared before the world and gained the support of countless regions and corporations.
It was a fact that, under the threat of such overwhelming Military Strength, the New Federation government had no power to resist the New Government Army—especially now, when the New Federation itself had practically fallen apart. But the greater fact was that the New Federation government now existed in name only.
It had no Military Strength, no actual control over its remaining regions, no supplies, and no money. Other than its title, it had almost nothing. It was like a mascot—or rather, a broken mascot—with no practical use beyond its symbolic significance.
The New Federation's leaders truly had been remarkably capable in their own way. They had turned a government with real authority, a collective of military power, into a mascot. Even Xiao Ran could not understand how the New Federation government had managed to ruin itself so thoroughly in only a year and a half.
Fortunately, it had at least retained its name. Even so, the world's current situation gave Xiao Ran a terrible headache, because its severity far exceeded what he had imagined.
The New Government forces had many supporters. More than half of Earth's regions had chosen to support the New Government, and those regions accounted for over two-thirds of the planet's developed and prosperous areas. What remained for the New Federation were all remote and impoverished places, regional powers that simply could not support the government's continued existence.
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