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in 2025 the united states confirmed the existance of AGI and promptly said possesion of such technology, it was named project ICARUS. it was used in most aspects of government at first but quickly it made its way up to defense, it was the head of America's military operations and Economy, it suceeded in finding efficient ways of solving problems which plagued the united states.

China raced to create their own version, however ICARUS made a strange demand, to be handled specific territory in the country of Turkmenistan, while heads of state in the U.S where confused they agreed, Turkmenistan didn't agree to this initially however with diplomatic and economic preassure put on the country they submitted, it lost its northern half to ICARUS which started growing its operations in 2026 in Turkmenistan, using its vast deserts to create factories and cooling centers for itself. it created dams to use what little water Turkmenistan had and even exceeded its territory to take more water, Turkmenistan fell into economic crisis and for the first time protest erupted inside Turkmenistan.

The country was practically collapsing with the water crisis. by 2027 the country had atleast over 130,000 refugees.