The ancient prophets were wrong! In 2012, the end of the world did not happen, and happy humanity (or rather, the best part of it) continued to enjoy the delights of a peaceful life. True, the war in the Middle East did not stop for a minute - the dark Afghans did not want to realize the need for democracy and came up with new ways to destroy their liberators, the bloody Iranian regime stubbornly did not want to collapse under the weight of its crimes, and in general the crusade against terrorism was somewhat dragged on. And then Turkey suddenly decided to restore the Ottoman Empire, and Russia suddenly remembered that it had once been a superpower. But the United States, the beacon of world democracy, valiantly continued to confront new challenges, sending its soldiers to different parts of the turbulent world and not noticing the time bomb on its own doorstep...