{
  "id": "near-future",
  "name": "Near Future",
  "year": 2035,
  "eraDescription": "A near-future world: autonomous fleets, orbital assets, and climate-hamstrung coastlines. Old alliances strain under new technologies and old grievances as the great powers reach for the next horizon.",
  "suggestedPowers": [
    { "name": "North American Union", "region": "USA", "note": "The industrial-technological core of the West." },
    { "name": "Chinese Federation", "region": "CHN", "note": "The integrated superpower of the Pacific." },
    { "name": "European Confederation", "region": "FRA", "note": "The united European bloc." },
    { "name": "Russian Union", "region": "RUS", "note": "The resource frontier state." }
  ],
  "tensions": [
    "Autonomous weapons and the new arms race",
    "Climate migration and resource wars",
    "The contest for space and orbital dominance"
  ]
}