To avoid world war, countries around the globe united into a single world government called the Genesis Order. Now under one banner, the planet was renamed from "Earth" to "New Genesis". The new world is run by 4 main politicians who act as "world leaders". Every large city has a hand picked council responsible for enforcing the Genesis Orders rules on a regional basis. Secret Big Brothers and Big Sisters act as "sleeper agents" to monitor citizens and report any dissidents against the Order.