[ WP ] A happy ending that slowly becomes more and more dystopian .

The war was over, the revolution complete. The Empire had been forced out of their territories, back across the ocean over which they had originally came. 
 
 The former Territories celebrated their new-found freedom. 
 
 No more Imperial conscription. No more Imperial taxes. No more Empire, making laws and governing from five thousand miles away. 
 
 United, the Territories swore to never place such unfair burdens on their people. United, they created a charter, writing down their ideals for governing their people. 
 
 For two hundred years the Territories prospered. Their people flourished, growing both in number and in wisdom. They made few enemies and many friends. For two hundred years their territory expanded, eventually stretching from sea to shining sea. 
 
 At first, nothing changed. The Territories encountered new evils, with which they had no experience. Stateless monsters threatened to tear the united nation apart. In their time of need, the government of the territories turned to their charter, looking to their predecessors to guide them. 
 
 But it was n't enough. 
 
 The government elected to change the Charter, a minuscule change in wording, to allow them to deal with the new threats. With the threat defeated, all returned to normal. 
 
 When a new threat appeared, unknown dangers from within, the government of the Territories once again took action. Another minuscule change to the Charter, and the newest threat was defeated. 
 
 This continued for decades. Day to day, little changed. Citizens still enjoyed lives of plenty, growing and prospering under their new government and new charter. 
 
 Now the charter allowed the government to watch all of the territories. Now it allowed for taxation and conscription. Now laws could be made by the Territorial government, on the other end of the continent. 
 
 And when yet another new threat appeared, the Charter changed once more. 
 
 `` The only paradise is paradise lost'' -Marcel Proust
