Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

Setting Ace Combat 3 is set in the series' fictional universe of Strangereal , where Earth has entirely different nations, geography, and history. Specifically, Ace Combat 3 is set in a partially-noncanonical cyberpunk near future rendition of Strangereal, in which the world's governments have been effectively superseded by multinational megacorporations that wield massive political, economic, and military strength, the two effective " superpowers " being General Resource Limited and Neucom Incorporated ("Neuwork" in the international versions). Both megacorporations, locked into a fierce power struggle in the continent of Usea, eventually declare direct corporate warfare against each other in 2040, prompting the Universal Peace Enforcement Organization (UPEO), an international peacekeeping force with dwindling influence, to respond to stop the Intercorporate War from worsening. A major part of the 2040 rendition of Strangereal is the "Electrosphere", a fictional version of the Internet ; in the 2030s, advancements in technology made uploading one's consciousness to the Electrosphere possible, causing a rise in transhumanism as well as Ouroboros, a transhumanist terrorist group based out of the airship Sphyrna that believes humanity can ascend to a new plane of existence by uploading their consciousness to the Electrosphere.