OK, as there were no new objections or other suggestions,
Grimoire-5's infobox has been edited. Here's the next one that I've gotten into postable form:
Grimoire-1, 2027
Current Affairs
While the world watches the Scramble for Asteroids, and the US Supreme Court considers a case on the rights of free-willed undead, intelligence agencies wonder and worry about the strange spies their mages and spirits have detected, whom they believe are Not Of This Earth.
Divergence Point
Technically unknown, but historical inertia effectively died on September 11, 2001, when a group of magicians saved the World Trade Center with wind magic and machine control.
Major Civilizations
Western (multipolar), Orthodox (empire with rivals), Chinese (empire), Indic (empire).
Great Powers
United States of America (representative democracy, CR2), United Kingdom (representative democracy, CR3), France (representative democracy, CR3), Germany (representative democracy, CR3), Russian Federation (dictatorship, CR4), Peoples Republic of China (oligarchy, CR5),
Brazil (representative democracy, CR3), India (representative democracy, CR4).
Worldline Data
TL: mature TL8^ (space industry at early TL9^); Mana level: mostly low, with variations and ley lines at higher levels (some aspected)
Quantum: 6; Infinity Class: Z2; Centrum Zone: Red
Notes
Scholars investigating the no-longer-secret magical history of this Earth have discovered that while there was a werewolf cult in Scandinavia in the twelfth century, a form of which survives in the modern era on
Grimoire-1,
2, and
4, it was never as large, organized, nor dangerous as the one causing trouble on
Grimoire-5. The free-willed undead, which include some, but not all, local varieties of vampires and mummies, as well as what might be called liches, among others, are of much greater concern on this Earth, as few of them have a form of morality that modern humans find socially acceptable, and most of those are the younger, less powerful undead.
Thoughts?