After being declared victorious of battle with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States of Ameria were the world's two leading superpowers, and the Cold War began between the two. In the middle of the Cold War came the Great Colonization War, the war dealing with the colonization of Luna and how it goes against the Selenic religion. The United States and the Soviet Union were on the same side, and the Cold War soon ended, meaning less money would be used to compete to space.