Pope Leo is on an American lead crusade.

What would happen if a country (I’m in the US but it could be anywhere) passed a law assigning a set value to all land that cannot change based on demand? Maybe it could just be tied to the rate of inflation. You could still build buildings on that land that could have varying value and could appreciate or depreciate over time but the land itself could not appreciate. So land could no longer be traded as a commodity. An empty lot in Manhattan costs the same as an empty lot in Dubuque. An acre of farmland is the same as an acre of forest. What if a house was just a house? Not a financial asset that you hope to get a return on later in your life. I know that it would destroy a large portion of the economy, but would anything arise from those ashes? Would it make housing more equitable and attainable in the long run? Would it change the way population was distributed? Would it discourage hoarding of high-value real estate in the hands of the elite? Would it slow inflation? Or would it backfire somehow, or not make much difference?

What if we get medicine and treatment which helps us prolong our biological life indefinitely, with the following in mind;

1. It is fully up to your choice whether you partake, and you can stop taking the medicine any time

2. Everyone has equal access to it

3. You get to live in your current body (+other tech upgrades)

I am talking about a future where all of this achieved through real medicine advancments and technology, not genie wish type situations.

Due to the economy, and backlash of the Iran War, the Pretty/Good deaths, and Ice.

Abbreviated, the permanent security council members including India will be known as P6.

Apparently extensive DNA testing during the USSR immunized everyone from Russian made bioweapons.

She takes power in January 1, 2027.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivonne_Baki

I haven't read too much science fiction, but I'm sure this has been covered plenty, just putting real names on the faces.

I would pick a Costa Rican Jewish woman for UN Secretary General, but if an Ecuadorian woman (out of two potential Ecuadorian female candidates) is chosen, it would be super cool to advocate building a space elevator off the coast of Ecuador by 2049, the CCP 100th year anniversary.

Artemis Accords signatories by Jungian archetype

All 76 current signatories (per NASA, last updated Oct 7, 2026) are sorted into 11 Jungian archetypes by what each country actually brings to lunar exploration; the Everyman is the largest group at 13, and only two nations, Thailand and Senegal, fit the Outlaw.

At a glance

The Jester has no clear fit, so it is left empty.

Ruler (5)

These nations set rules and steer money and program direction.

Hero (6)

These nations have flown crews, landed on the Moon or built the launchers to try.

Creator (6)

These nations build flight hardware and industrial supply chains.

Explorer (8)

These nations offer frontier geography: spaceports, remote terrain and dark skies.

Sage (6)

These nations contribute research institutions, instruments and data.

Magician (6)

These nations punch above their size through small satellites, software and digital government.

Everyman (13)

These nations are the dependable core: modest national programs, strong commitment to shared norms, and mostly ministry-level signings. Their value is the headcount and the norms they back, not flight hardware.

Caregiver (8)

These are mostly emerging space nations in Africa and Asia whose programs lean toward Earth observation, disaster response and development, a natural match for the Accords' emergency-assistance principle.

Lover (7)

These nations join through relationship and alliance, and several now carry the Accords' diplomacy.

Innocent (9)

These are microstates and nascent programs signing on principle, with little flight hardware yet. NASA says at least half of all signatories have committed some lunar payload or technology demonstration, so some may graduate.

Outlaw (2)

Thailand and Senegal sit in both camps: each has also joined China's International Lunar Research Station.

TL;DR discord and Reddit but for making ideas come to life and building a better humanity and society in an easier and more convenient and less stressful fashion essentially exponentially increasing the speed and ease of growth

By 2098, the United States is no more, reduced to a lawless band of marauders fighting against various new countries that formed in the wake of the USA’s collapse.

How might the rest of the world fare now that the United States effectively no longer exists?

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6148910-musk-clarifies-starshield-restrictions/

Right now, the blame for Starshield's connectivity slowdown is on Trump. But what if Russia did it and the Pentagon needed to spin it so the narrative doesn't come under the Kremlin's control?

In 2048, Mexico collapses following years of sociopolitical unrest. How might this affect the rest of the world?

In 2028, a Democrat (IDK if it's going to be Kamala Harris, AOC, Mike Kelly, or someone else that might surprise the Dems) wins the US Presidential Election, and they immediately spend their first 100 days undoing EVERYTHING Trump did. Examples include, but aren't limited to:

• Trump closes the border? The new President reopens it for EVERYONE (They even put SCOTUS judges who interpret the 14th amendment as being applicable to children born to undocumented immigrants once they are born on US soil). They also get blanket immunity from ICE.
• Trump launched ICE operations? The New President says, "ICE has no power here," and works to abolish it.
• You want to apply for asylum in the USA? The New President pledges to institute a system that expedites the entire process, effectively creating a way to "Fast-track" someone's path to US citizenship.

What do the years 2029-2032 look like now?

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/south-korea-completes-arctic-europe-commercial-voyage-eyes-regular-service-2026-10-11/

SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A South Korean container ship completed the country's first commercial round trip to Europe via ​the Arctic on Sunday, as authorities bank on ‌the route helping turn the port of Busan into a global maritime hub.

The PanStar Acro docked in the southeastern port 50 days ​after setting sail on August 22. Authorities say the ​Arctic route could cut typical voyage times by ⁠around a third.

More on the North Sea passage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Sea_Route

Hopefully Turkey, Pakistan, and the USA lend a hand.

Russia's Kaliningrad garrison is truly a thorn in the side of Europe.

Avoiding middle East chokepoints, East Asia exports reach Europe through the melting Arctic.

US Space Force disables even more Chinese spy satellites.

China may be trying to follow Kim Jong Un's daughter as Supreme Leader of the DPRK.