Author's Note: And so begins the first chapter of this sequel to 'Fabulous Fifties'. It will be a slow start and the structure of this one will be a lot different. Unlike with the previous story, I'll try my best to keep the chapters in chronological order.

I've referenced a few historical events below, so see if you can pick them all up.


A hundred or so nations took their seats in the conference room and a head count soon demonstrated how substantially they had all grown in number since the previous year.

The first subject of that meeting in 1960 concerned the newest members of the United Nations, whom were each made to officially introduce themselves before giving short speeches to unenthusiastic applause.

France in particular, eyed Cameroon wistfully as the latter spoke of his recently acquired independence. An offhand comment about the Congo was made, which made Belgium grow unusually frigid.

After that formality was over and done with, it became time for selected nations to take turns speaking about important issues.

America, like the eager youngster he was, insisted on going first until the others couldn't stand it any longer and allowed him to have his way. He excitedly began by spouting out news about his local football teams, before England exasperatedly urged him to jump to the relevant parts.

Switzerland's speech about a particle accelerator sounded oddly like a threat to many and by the time he was back in his seat, his neighbours were afraid to look him in the eyes.

Egypt spoke quietly about constructing a Dam near the Nile, of which only a few paid full attention.

As the meeting wore on, most of the nations' thoughts drifted to other places and it was evident that they were no longer listening to everything being said.

The former Allies soon realized this and decided to announce a break, which had the odd effect of instantly raising everybody's alertness.