Okay, imagine Earth. Yes, like the one you're on. Imagine it right now. ... ...... Okay, now imagine if it was funnier.

Welcome to the story of KARMANIA!! It takes place on the same exact planet you're living on, but with a few... important big changes. Like... Gods existing! Or, um... an entirely different political system around the entire world! Yeah, that's pretty important, isn't it? Here, we're gonna address that first thing, though. Political shenanigans can be read about down below~.

That green/blue fella you see on the right is God. Like... The God. They like to go by "River". Now, River has a rule every living species needs to follow: the rule of Karma.

Karma is pretty simple! Every lifetime (about 100 years or so), two living beings are selected. One, gets a life of "bad Karma", and the other gets a life of "good Karma". Basically, the two are each the luckiest and luckiest people on Earth for the next 100 or so years. Pretty simple! Well, until someone fucks it up.

You see, each civilization is supposed to have two protectors watching over it too. Earth's are named Kattison and Dennison. These two "protectors" are also supposed to make sure the good/bad Karma is given to the right person. For millions of years, these two have been doing that job correctly. That was, until the year of X660, when Luther Markov and Taisho Iwata were born.

The job was simple: Kattison would give Luther the good Karma throughout their life, and Dennison would provide Taisho with the bad Karma. This is exactly how it went for two or so years, no problems at all. Then, those two bozos started mixing them up.

After a while of not checking in on either of the Karma holders, Kattison mistakingly started giving Taisho all the good Karma, and Dennison gave Luther all the bad Karma. If only done just a couple times, this wouldn't mean anything. However, Kattison and Dennison never switched it back. Not until it got to the breaking point 30 years later...

I'd tell you about Luther, but even Luther Markov themself has no idea about who they are. They have been on the run for almost four years now, leaving behind memories, love, happiness--just so they can escape who they are and what they've done.

Although they can't give you a clear answer on who they are, but the rest of the world sure can: The Most Wanted Criminal in the World. That's who Luther is. Burgurly, ransom, grand theft auto, terrorism, arsonism, and even homicide are some charges that only scratch the surface of their record.

If you ask Luther though, they'll say they've been set up. Someone out there must be pinning all these horrible things onto them, and they have an idea of who...



NEO LIHAI

Neo Lihai is an extremely industrial and tech-driven country, and because of that, it provides a lot of goods for the other countries to rely on. This is probably the biggest reason Neo Lihai is seen as the most powerful country. Without Neo Lihai, the other countries would have to get a lot of their own resources themselves. The World Leader here is Shogun Fuzhao, aka Fujimaru Iwata. He's been the first leader to overthrow Neo Lihai's strong oligarchy, but some seem to think there's still an oligarchy controlling things behind the scenes....

GREAT MACKINAW

Great Mackinaw is a large country with an influence that keeps growing and growing. This country arecently had a change of authority, where its dictator-like long-time President finally stepped down a couple years ago, giving someone else the opportunity to fill his shoes. While the previous President made it his goal to conquer as much as he could, the new President rather focus on business and consumerism. The World Leader here is President Iwata, aka Taisho Iwata. Although his election win surprised almost everyone alive, he actually runs the country pretty good. Wouuld be nice if he could handle his interpersonal relationships just as well.

ALT 44

Territory 44 is kind of a complicated "country". It used to have a leader a couple of decades ago, but because of how shittily he ran his country, there was an uprising from the people. Specifically the people of his 44th territory, thus the name. No one really wanted to decide who to appoint a new leader, so the country gradually became a light anarchy. There are no rules in this place, but people generally aren't out and about killing people because there are groups that still try to keep a semblance of peace. Recently, the people have appointed Oiticia Reza as their de-facto leader. His speeches across the nation gave hope to people that things could change, and they want to believe in him.

EUROPIA

Europia is a continent that has been ruled over by it's monarchy for many centuries, and the way it has been kept has been unchanged until very recently. In an effort to make a more utopianistic enviroment for everyone, there isn't a lot of places that straight-up take currency, perhaps only grocery stores for basic nessecities, and instead do trades of goods and services. Having a knack for work or creation is very important in Europia, as it is what you will most likely be using to get the things you want. For the times that the people do need currency though, they are given a budget at the beginning of the month by Europia's vast law system handled by the Monarchy. The officers of the law are the people who try to keep the peace and have the country run more attuned to Prince Cillian Lochlainn's vision of purity and peace.

ALKEBULAN

Alkebulan is a bustling economic hub that focuses on all types of growth. Prime Minister Isla Wanyoni is a very statistical person, and she has dedicated her time to making sure her country is able to hold more and more people. A large part of the country is industrial, having many trams that move from city to city, having people constantly moving. That isn't to say there isn't any sign of wildlife. There are still large areas of land that are protected for people and animals alike to enjoy large amounts of nature outside of the cities. However, those lands have been becoming smaller and smaller as Isla treasures economics over nature.

NASSIZTAN

Nassiztan is a country also in transition like a handful of others. It's kind of run by the long-time leader of the country, but he also lets his newly adult daughter Dhalia Nasser make descisions too. He says this is to get her ready to run the country when he passes away, but his daughter doesn't take it seriously at all. Because of this, there are random dips in the countries economics due to the poor descisions she makes, and the fact that her father lets her. Nasssiztan is also currently in a mild war with Neo Lihai because of yet another impusive descision the "princess" wanted to make in regards to a small arguement she had with Neo Lihai's leader. Otherwise though, the country isn't too much of a mess, as the original leader still looks over a majority of things and wants his people to be as okay as they can.

R.I.O.

The Republic of the Islands of Oceania, a.k.a RIO, is a full on stratocracy. The country has always been led this way, but it was very recent that there was a switch in power as the previous lead general disappeared under mysterious circumstance. Now the current general is Raeford Alacantra. RIO is not a poor country, but since they put all their money into their government, their people and economic structure isn't doing so well compared to the other countries. The weird thing though, is that RIO is not currently at war with any other countries, and hasn't been for a while. If anything, it seems they're at war with themself, as a large chunk of RIO's land is used as practice grounds for the army. It kind of seems like the general seems to be training for something...

SIBERVISHT

Sibervisht has been a small, calm country for the longest of times. It's current Czar, Florijan Bortnik, has been running the country for about 36 years. His rule was eeeextremely rocky at first due to being appointed Czar during one of the worst wars in the world, but he was able to get on his feet soon enough. Sibervisht is one of the more poorer countries, but the Czar tries to put all of their money into the people's daily lives instead of things like military power. The country is trying to lead their people into socialism, and is slowly succeeding with it. The Czar grows less in power as years go by, and he's pretty okay with that.