The Western World…
To a westerner's ears, no string of words could have jived better. The West is the World, and so was the other way around.
Ever since the sixteen century, the west swept across the world with their gun boats, touting their religion and settlers. They quickly expanded their sphere of influence to the entire world.
Even then, Europe was still the center of the world's political landscape.
Three out of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were from this continent.
Six of the G8 countries were from Europe.
The European Union represented half of the world's economic power.
With their close ally America on their side, Europe could keep both Russia and the newly rising China in check. The USSR border used to stretch all the way from Europe to Asia, but Russia in recent days was a ghost of its former self. Ever since the fall of the USSR, no nation had been able to challenge the supremacy of the West.
Until this fated day.
