You are an individual living in the world of Snow-piercer. The world has frozen over in efforts to reverse global warming and only one train remains that holds everything needed to be self-sustaining and has a track that spans the globe. (Food production, heat, energy, all supplied by the Eternal Engine). The ticket determines their amenities onboard (1st Class passenger, 2nd Class passenger, 3rd Class, and various worker classes) and individuals were selected through a random lottery. However in the ensuing panic, hordes of people without a train ticket forcefully board the train despite the train’s guards. The non-ticket holders are stowed in the lowest carriages of the train and endure a life of great suffering. Non-ticket holders will endure all the world in perpetuity in the train and cannot step outside without dying. However their existence threatens the self-sustainability of the train. Tallies who show special skills as children or are academically gifted are tested and taken up train to enter into an apprenticeship.

There is an uprising of the non-ticket holders, namely, the Tallie Revolution, which attempts to overtake the train and establish an equal life inside the train where such divisions are removed. They have been successful in taking a portion of the train and the success and failure of the revolution are both equally possible.

You live in a world taken over by an extraterrestrial species that is technologically and militarily superior. They have taken over human systems and operate through enforcement carried out on ground level by humans along with machines controlled by them. This involves civil penalties such as fines to instant execution for actions against the species. They have enclosed humans in areas they used to live in(i.e. cities) which are cordoned off with huge walls. It requires a special permit to travel between such areas (termed zones). It is rumoured that outside of such zones, resistance zones exist. The only way to escape is to enter a zone where reality operates differently. This reality has been rumoured to invoke the greatest pain possible to a person with very few people surviving the same. It is said to only be survivable if you are able to “be more than human".

You live in a world where individuals have their consciousness embedded digitally in their being and cannot physically die, but can take new physical bodies. The only way to kill a person is to destroy their digital consciences, referred to as a “stack”. This has allowed the rich to live in perpetuity with worsening inequality. This is enforced through a transglobal body called "The Overwatch" that has specialised soldiers who are given often military tech sleeves with enhanced attributes (speed, survivability) to ensure their effectiveness and are given extreme access and privilege. The Overwatch is opposed by the Uprising which is an armed resistance group. You are an officer with such tech and are deployed on a raid. During the raid you encounter a person who shows you highly convincing evidence that the “stack” of your sister, who you loved deeply, is still present despite long belief of your sister being truly dead. The person says they will give you that stack only if you join the resistance and help them with armed rebellion. This act of the officer would be considered an act of defection.

Since 2022, the Federal Reserve of the United States has begun increasing interest rates in a change post-pandemic of American monetary policy. The effect of the same has raised commodity prices in certain markets while also reducing volatility of financial instruments including but not limited to, treasury bonds and fixed deposits, while also increasing investor confidence. This has had a ripple effect in various ways across the world both across developing and developed countries.

Communism is an economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally owned, instead of being owned by individuals.

As a signatory to the International Criminal Court treaty, South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin if he enters the country. The South African government has indicated it will not carry out the arrest warrant if Putin does travel for the summit, although it hasn’t said that explicitly. This has been criticised by Western nations as well as domestic opposition parties. However, Russia has supplied large amounts of military tech as well as natural resources such as oil to South Africa, as well as being both members in BRICS, a regional bilaterial group.

Russia has been engaged in a war with Ukraine over claimed land for over a year now. Iran remains a staunch ally of Russia, allowing Russia to have an autonomous port capable of docking nuclear weapon naval destroyers in Iran, as well as access to patrol key waterways such as the Mediterranian and Straight of Hormuz often against Western Sanctions. Concurrently, Iran has faced a plethora of sanctions from Western nations for it's nuclear programe. However it has recently shown steps of negotiation, most recently with a peace accord with Saudi Arabia, as sanctions have caused civil unrest, which resulted in a failed uprising. Iran has stated that it will not return to a previously agreed upon Nuclear Deal in which it had agreed not to pursue a weapons programme and allow UN inspectors into facilities.

Since 2022, the Federal Reserve of the United States has begun increasing interest rates in a change post-pandemic of American monetary policy. The effect of the same has raised commodity prices in certain markets while also reducing volatility of financial instruments including but not limited to, treasury bonds and fixed deposits, while also increasing investor confidence. This has had a ripple effect in various ways across the world both across developing and developed countries.

Communism is an economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally owned, instead of being owned by individuals.

As a signatory to the International Criminal Court treaty, South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin if he enters the country. The South African government has indicated it will not carry out the arrest warrant if Putin does travel for the summit, although it hasn’t said that explicitly. This has been criticised by Western nations as well as domestic opposition parties. However, Russia has supplied large amounts of military tech as well as natural resources such as oil to South Africa, as well as being both members in BRICS, a regional bilaterial group.

Russia has been engaged in a war with Ukraine over claimed land for over a year now. Iran remains a staunch ally of Russia, allowing Russia to have an autonomous port capable of docking nuclear weapon naval destroyers in Iran, as well as access to patrol key waterways such as the Mediterranian and Straight of Hormuz often against Western Sanctions. Concurrently, Iran has faced a plethora of sanctions from Western nations for it's nuclear programe. However it has recently shown steps of negotiation, most recently with a peace accord with Saudi Arabia, as sanctions have caused civil unrest, which resulted in a failed uprising. Iran has stated that it will not return to a previously agreed upon Nuclear Deal in which it had agreed not to pursue a weapons programme and allow UN inspectors into facilities.

The "splintering of the internet" refers to the trend in which regulations and barriers that separate how different parts of the world use the internet are becoming more widely adopted. Examples of this include China's Great Firewall, Australia's unique media ownership regulations, the EU's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), and Russia's Sovereign Internet Law.

There have recently been developments in deep space radio messaging, where radio signals sent light years away have encountered feedback response that is highly indicative of extraterrestrial life. It is unknown whether these life forms will be benevolent or hostile to humans, but scientists assume a degree of sentient capacity in order to intercept such radio waves.

Mind Mapping technology allows one to scan a person's nervous system and upload it onto a computer. The computer perfectly simulates the individual’s responses to stimuli. The simulations can be said to be 'alive' in the virtual world.

Land Councils are regional organisations that represent the Indigenous Australians who occupied the region before the arrival of European Settlement. Their primary functions are to assist Aboriginal peoples in protecting and maintaining their land or cultural sites and organising land claims. Depending on the resources available, some Land Councils also offer programs to help local Indigenous businesses or Individuals access housing and employment.

South Africa, the largest country in SACU, is the most unequal country in the world. Land reform has been pushed for by various parties on the grounds of colonialistic past and unfair income gotten. Critics say that this increases the backlash in the political sphere and on the ground violence, sparking civil conflict and leading to increased funding of crime groups in response to undercut support in poverty stricken areas. Furthermore, it is claimed that such distribution will be futile due to rampant cost of living and development in more industrialised areas.

In Status quo before the NBA or NFL or IPL draft, heavy media coverage is given to prospective star which is but not limited to, Lebron when entering the league, fast rising Durant, Virat Kohli. This has also been applied to players that often did not live up to the hype and have had underwhelming careers compared to the hype given, e.g. NFL quarterbacks JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf

Footballer Lionel Messi recently moved to United States football club Inter Miami. The deal gives Messi less money than he would earn otherwise with other offers, but since the move there have been pledges of future ownership of a club, along with record breaking deals with Apple as well as stock in the company. Messi’s rival, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi Club Al Nassr for a record breaking salary in what is claimed as the two methods available to such players.

United World Wrestling is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics. They have sole authority over international competitions. Wrestlers of India claiming sexual misconduct and abuse were detained by police. Critics state that under the relevant law, the individual should be arrested before an investigation is completed. United World Wrestling Authority has said that it stands by the wrestlers and that until an investigation is conducted players from India will participate under a neutral flag. Wrestling has been of importance to India in sports, with impressive performances at the Olympics and Commonwealth games, and a huge source of revenue in terms of TV Rights and Ministry funding allocation.

Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer").

The term "judicial interpretation" applies to any idealisation of a normative concept to a norm-formulation in its broadest sense. When interacting with legal words and language, this sense of "interpretation" is making the use of the language in a particular context to read the law in a particular manner.

In recent times, with the invitation of such individuals such as Ben Shapriro to the University of Florida and Aung San Suu Kyi's talk at Harvard University, controversy has arisen as to whether statements made by such individuals which can be construed as offensive and defamatory to certain groups of people should be exempt from legal recourse. Critics argue that this allows hateful statements to remain unpunished and often garner academic validity, while proponents state that such discourse is vital for academic discourse and advancement of the exchange of ideas.