Shortly after North Korea launched a failed nuclear strike on Washington D.C the United states countered them by oblitering the small nation,
soon enough China joined in against the US as did russia and many middle eastern nations, World War III had began in the year 2013. however Night Tech, (A former US military wing) launched stolen nukes on the middle east destroying them all within weeks, China betrayed the Russians and invaded Siberia, the US was invaded by Russia, but NightTech manipulated everything to their advantage, soon the US having just barely defeated the Russians pulled out of the war.NightTech nuked both China and Russia, and eventually large tracts of Europe and North America.
Night Tech then went into hiding in the american desert.
A side effect of the following nuclear fallout changed the world for the worse, while some of the countries survived the few-month long war most did not, all that remains are mostly terrorist cells, rebel groups and independent armies.
The League of Neutral Powers was founded on March 7th of 2014 by Mark Michaels a former US soldier, various survivors have shown their prowess and have come together to forge a new alliance.