Great Reset

The Great Reset refers to the period of time in which the people of Earth struggled to rebuild after the War of Annihilation that destroyed much of Earth society. This era of stagnation and recovery lasted for over a century, during which time human civilization in space developed drastically in contrast to Earth.

History
The Great Reset's timeline can be roughly divided into three phases during which significant shifts and progress occurred.

First Phase: Fallout and scavenging
With the collapse of every major Earth government, the groups of survivors were left to their own bidding. Many of the survivors in groups turned on each other due to a severe shortage of supplies, while some better-supplied groups were more likely to focus on collective survival, being forced to ration their supplies. Smaller groups of survivors built villages out of any available resource, in a desperate effort to hold on to the remains of civilization; hardened scavengers often joined these settlements. Other groups resorted to violence against others to survive, ransacking settlements and massacring the inhabitants.

It has been suggested by many historians that the survivors also largely encountered various mutated lifeforms, many of them hostile, a consequence of the radioactive fallout from the war. Some even go as far to claim that the later unity of various settlements was to defend against and exterminate these hostile lifeforms. While it has been deemed possible that various species underwent mutations and that their hostility towards other species including humans increased, the accounts of settlements fighting against swarms of hostile creatures is currently generally regarded as more myth than historical fact, due to the lack of solid evidence.

The space settlements beyond Earth belonging to the former Earth nations had minimal conflict with each other in spite of the war between their nations on Earth, and opted to remain neutral, separating themselves from their former nations. Contact between Earth and the rest of humanity in space was cut off for decades.

Second Phase: Warlords
The surviving groups joined together to strengthen themselves against pillaging as well as to access needed resources the other settlements and clans had.

Major Campaigns in the War of Unification:
 * Australia expedition
 * Burma campaign
 * Arctic War
 * Jehovah's Hand conflict
 * Caribbean War

Third Phase: Unity and the Sol Union
The newly established government over Earth was never given an official name, as it essentially served as an emergency authority. The leadership of this government, the Unitary Council, was charged with the construction of a new Earth society, including the creation of a new economic system and the maintaining of unity to prevent future conflict.