"2040s (The 21st Century)"@en . "In the 2040s, the oil crisis worsened as more nations began to switch from oil. Tensions also rose between Nato and the EU (Eurasian Union). In that same decade, nuclear proliferation continued in the middle east, much to America's dismay. In fact, the bulletin of atomic scientists set the doomsday clock to 11:59 (by comparison, the clock's closest time was 11:58 previously in 1952); World war III was right around the corner. Coincidentally, a century ago marked World war II."@en . "In the 2040s, the oil crisis worsened as more nations began to switch from oil. Tensions also rose between Nato and the EU (Eurasian Union). In that same decade, nuclear proliferation continued in the middle east, much to America's dismay. In fact, the bulletin of atomic scientists set the doomsday clock to 11:59 (by comparison, the clock's closest time was 11:58 previously in 1952); World war III was right around the corner. Coincidentally, a century ago marked World war II."@en . .