[ WP ] Magic is discovered and it 's channeled with music . Modern nations dissolve and new countries rise in their place divided by the preferred music . In the frozen north lie the Metal kingdoms . Far to the south are the countries of Soul etc .

For eons the World's strongest nations were at a stalemate. It was commonly thought that there were no clear masters or subjugates, but that the Nordic Union's Metal Battle Groups were the highest risk factor, and the NU itself was at best an impulsive instigator. This made it difficult to communicate. 
 
 
 
 They had erected themselves a monolithic black pyramid fortress, it's 3 points laying in the territories of what used to be the old European Union, the Middle East, and somewhere in Russia. To everyone else's knowledge and abilities, it was impenetrable, and it could could have contained anything -- unspeakable, mind-shattering horrors, or ancient wisdom and power. The kingdoms that formed the NU lay around it and were not all, strictly speaking,'Nordic'. They were, and still are, a highly varied and adaptable, unruly and unpredictable bunch. 
 
 
 There was always *tension* between the Unions, but no outward, public acts of violence. The Country Union of Neutral Territories has always had some beef to flap at the Latin Union of Bordering Entities for various undeserved and ludicrously minute reasons. The K-Pop Sovereign States did n't really have any problems with anyone, but that's because most nations were too uncomfortable to be in close proximity with anyone from the KPSS, and would have rather avoided the argument. 
 
 
 Everyone feared and respected the NU, and the rest of the world, even the Tribals, with their fire Tornadoes and ghost soups knew they may have to one day join forces against the formidable foe. Everyone was prepared for the worst. 
 
 
 No one, however, could have imagined this. Not even the NU. 
 
 
 The various nations had awoken one morning ( all the world woke and slept at roughly the same time, as the earth stood still and was lit by the nations' powers; this was in part due to the stalemate ) to something no nation before had experienced. Not like this. At precisely the same moment, every single person in the world jolted awake to an unhuman shriek coming from what sounded like just inside their walls. 
 
 
 *Their walls were screaming at them* 
 
 
 The shrieking often morphed into frantic gibberish, and muffled, laborious grunts. These sounds, though technically sounding like they were coming from outside the room, were nonetheless piercing, deeply reverberating. 
 
 
 It did not take long for most of the Earth's denizens to realize that the sounds were coming from *inside their own heads*. Actually, it felt more like it was echoing in their heads, like there was a broadcasting station nearby and their heads were just picking up the signals. 
 
 
 Those who did n't realize this right away, quickly succumbed to the oppressive and intrusive nature of the noise, and began channeling what they were hearing, and chanting the mindless nonsense. Those that were hit the worst were essentially turned into another broadcasting station, to potentially turn the closest by proximity, and most gullible people into more broadcasting stations, and so on. It was a brutal and effective tactic. 
 
 
 No one was ready for the Beliebers, and their hellspawn. Now what remains of the Old World huddles close in the NUs black pyramid fortress, where the evil can not reach us. We are all friends now, brought together by a common cause -- survival. We are safe in here. 
 
 
 *We thought... *
