The start of the Fourth Global War goes back centuries through multiple alliances and wars fought between states allied to the Byzantine Empire and states like Russia, Italy and Austria, which have always defied its power. The Byzantium Pact was now a worldwide organization, consisting of the United States and Aztec Empire in North America, Brazil in South America, the Byzantine Empire, Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania in Europe, and Japan in Asia. Their enemy organization was the Central Pact, consisting of the Inca Empire, Russia, Finland, Poland, Austria-Hungary, China, and Persia. But the members of those alliances and their enemies go back for years, even if their organization doesn't.