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Earth is under invasion. 22 days ago, the Void Armada invaded Earth without warning. Now, NATO and the entire world is desperately fighting for the sovereignty and possibly even survival of the human race. They landed in Africa, and now Africa and the Middle East are gone. the Pacific Asias are on their back legs, Europe is holding strong, and the Americas are doing well, with the South American cartels doing something useful for once and being the main thing holding back the machine hordes, whereas the machines have made zero gaining of ground in North America or Canada.