The Hegemon, it turns out, is a world government that is just barely keeping different nations in the world from killing each other. Lovely.
"So what does the setting really look like?" is the question I've been asking myself over and over. Especially since most of the books took place in outer space and only mentioned Earth, my curiosity was piqued. What does Earth really look like if people are living out here in space?
It's a little sad that after fifteen minutes of searching, this picture is the best thing I could find to describe the state Earth is in in this book series:
One quote on page 51 says, "There wasn't a thing he could say to change this situation. If Greece were fighting a war, they'd set Bean and Nikolai to work, making plans, charting strategies" (Card 51). Bean and Nikolai are kids, not even teenagers yet. The world has to be in a really awful situation to send kids to war. Wow. That just isn't something you do! Can you imagine our society doing that? I'm amazed. I picture a broken planet, nations just barely holding onto a shred of peace before it all goes down the figurative drain. And the fact that the war with aliens has ended only makes things worse, since the same kids who fought in the war are back on Earth. To summarize, the planet has no more reason for international cooperation, and each country is now armed with children that are military geniuses.
FLLUUSSH.
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