The Americans

III: Europe After the Anglo-French War

Mentioned as a rising economic power and a source of financial influence, but not a cultural leader in this context.

II: Europe's Downfall

The aggressors whose fleet was destroyed, leading to their collective guilt and moral decline.

I: Europe and America

Depicted as a race of bright but arrested adolescents, whose global influence corrupts culture and leads to war.

III: Europe Murdered

The victors who commit genocide against Europe and are subsequently plagued by collective guilt and paranoia.

America and China

The Americans are portrayed as restless, zealous, and driven by activity for its own sake, with a culture merging Behaviourism and Fundamentalism.

The Rivals

The American spirit is described as restless, zealous, religious, and materialistic, with a faith in activity and wealth as divine.

The Conflict

The Americans, driven by economic interests and a sense of moral guardianship, initiate the conflict over Antarctic fuel and child labor in India, and later use biological weapons against China.

I: The Foundation of the First World State

The Americans are central to the founding, with the American President leading the Financial Directorate and the public reacting to his scandal.

IV: The Culture of the First World State

Their culture dominated the planet, and their historical guilt over slavery led to the sacred caste of Negroes.

V: Downfall

The American government's use of microbes leads to the 'American Madness' plague, which devastates the continent and later spreads globally.

VII: The Rise of the Second Men

Referenced as one of the ancient cultures whose errors the Second Men avoided in their industrial development.