WARNING - WALL OF TEXT INCOMING!<br/><br/>Gundam Fight - the chosen method by which the world ends war. The world was devastated by endless conflicts over hundreds of years, until the leaders of the world finally decided on a format. Each nation would produce a mech and a pilot every four years, and enter then into the Gundam Fight tournament. The pilots would challenge each other to battle anywhere on the planet Earth, and they would fight until one of them was defeated. Eventually, one pilot would win out over all the others, and be crowned "Gundam of Gundams" for the next four years, their host nation taking control of space for the next four years.<br/><br/>Herein lied an important point - Earth had become ignored. The wealthy had moved into space, living in orbital satellite simulations of their homelands, largely ignoring Earth other than as a method by which to gain control of space. Earth was a mess, and after the introduction of the Gundam Fight, was turned into a total slum. No sector of the Earth escaped this, as the Fighters roamed at will, collateral damage abounding. Eventually, some members of the space colonies became guilt-ridden and tried to create technology to save the Earth. The result was Ultimate Gundam.<br/><br/>The monstrous JDG-00X Devil Gundam that lurked in the shadows of the 13th Gundam Fight was originally intended for a more noble purpose. As designed by the Kasshus, the Ultimate Gundam was supposed to use its nanotechnology to restore the battered Earth to its original condition. However, while Kyoji Kasshu tried to keep it out of the hands of Ulube Ishikawa, a system malfunction caused the Ultimate Gundam to transform into the Devil Gundam. The Devil Gundam seized Kyoji and used him as the core life unit to power its own self-evolution. After arriving on Earth, the Devil Gundam was found by Master Asia, the former King of Hearts and winner of the 12th Gundam Fight. Angered at the damage done to Earth by the Gundam Fight, Master Asia hoped to use the Devil Gundam to destroy humanity and restore the Earth to its original condition. (This paragraph from MAHQ.net)<br/><br/>It was Domon Kasshu, Kyoji's younger brother, that managed to defeat the possessed Kyoji and Devil Gundam, and his ideologically obsessed former Master. Domon inherited the King of Hearts title, and took the name Gundam of Gundams, and gained Japan control of the Earth Sphere for four years. After the events of the 13th Fight, every nation was eager to see what Japan would do with their hard-earned control. Domon, following the spirit of his Master's wishes, immediately began working to reform the Gundam Fight and restore Earth. The battered nations of Earth, after hundreds of years of barely sustaining civilization, readily participated in Domon's plans. The nations of space agreed as well, as after 60+ years of space living, a significant part of the population wanted to return to the planet. And so, reconstruction began.<br/><br/>The first thing to go was the Gundam Fight as it was - it was reorganized into a professional sports league. The nations of space began to reintegrate with their Earthbound counterparts, sharing their wealth and technology. After ten years of coordinated reconstruction, the Earth had been returned to a state comparable to that of its highest point before the endless wars. During this time, a biosphere had been created in Antarctica, taking up most of the continent. Within it was a completely sustainable ecosystem, complete with a city - populated mostly by the employees of the biosphere and season ticket holders - after all, this biosphere is where the Gundam Fights took place. Everyone was evacuated before a fight, except for those that had signed the waiver - these were primarily thrill-seeking spectators. The spectators were allowed full reign within the complex, but there was not a fighter in the league that would sacrifice their performance for the sake of a person that had chosen to be there. Deaths were not unheard of.<br/><br/>Politically, the world now participated in a new UN, but one that was structured similarly to the old United States. It was not a utopia, but it functioned acceptably for most of the population. However, it was Domon Kasshu, Administrator of the Gundam Fight League, that held most of the power in the world, even though he had forsaken most of his official power years before. He held the hearts of the people, and any word he uttered was taken as complete truth by society. Due to this, he became somewhat of a recluse socially and politically, but whenever he did speak, it was followed to the letter.<br/><br/>It is now FC 79, 18 years after the official end of the 13th Gundam Fight. All is seemingly well with the world, and a new GFL season is set to begin.