The Resource Wars (Red's World)

The Resource Wars (sometimes refered to as the Second Age of Imperialism) was an economic and political struggle between the world's two largest economies, the United States and China and their allies. In this conflict, both sides fought for control of the world's economy through direct or indirect control of the Earths remaining strategic resources. Across the globe both side fough each other indirectly through the use of proxies, covert operations, economic sanctions, and cyber attacks for comple economic domination of the Earth. In 2051, the Resource Wars would end with the collapse of the Chinese economy and the U.S. gaining control of a large portion of the world economy leading to their control of large scale space colonization efforts.