For anyone interested in the world-building I did when I couldn't sleep the other night, here's some info about the legislative, economic, and ecologic state of the world in Charge. Infrastructure After energy/environmental crisis, the world essentially ran out of oil and global warming became undeniable. Thankfully the two events helped each other out. No more oil meant less impact on environment. Oil prices skyrocketed due to shrinking supply, and energy companies had to shift to entirely green energy to keep from shutting down and to keep infrastructure going. Few companies survived the change. All cars were refitted to either electric or eco fuel. The URE passed laws regarding the use of green energy for everything. Green energy was soon embraced whole-heartedly and pretty much everywhere had signs of it. Windows were fitted for solar energy, smart-roads with solar collecting power were installed in major cities, massive wind and solar farms sprang up in deserts and plains, some companies looked into ocean currents for power - setting up turbines on the ocean floor, etc. Concurrently, environmental protection laws were passed, turning most of the untouched world into a preserve, limiting/reversing human impact on the parts they'd already settled, and enacting clean-up acts for damage like the Pacific and Atlantic garbage patches. Vouchers for services and goods and fine/bill reductions were used as incentives for people to get involved with either global level cleanup or recycling and cleanup programs at home. Littering carried an incredible fine that could potentially bankrupt someone in a lower class. Economy The URE is filled with lobbyists. Companies out for their own interests bog down the works at a legislative level. Capitalism is alive and well. However. Many companies have a chokehold on their market. Walmart, Google, etc, they've all become essentially monopolies around the world. Smaller companies either were bought out or run down in most instances. Small shops and markets do exist in certain fields and areas, such as for specialized technology or in lower class areas. Basically where the reach of corporations is inhibited for economic reasons. But for the most part, worldwide corporations control the economy and have major influence on the government. Few small shops last, and even fewer are truly successful.
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