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Set in the year 2099, the series depicts the Earth as very different from today.

Following a number of environmental disasters, such as " the Withering " – which resulted in the loss of a great deal of human knowledge including the vacuum cleaner and fire ( although the latter came back fairly quickly ) – and a " Cattle-clasm " that killed off most of the livestock, the Earth has been reduced to a wasteland separated between " Withered Zones " and the remaining inhabitable areas.

The Withering shifted the Earth into a new orbit, resulting in disruption to the seasons and a reformed calendar.

Every day of the week is now 25-hours long except for Thursday ( which, due to time anomalies, has not occurred in over a decade ), while the change in the length of the year led to the creation of new months such as Janril, Febtober, and Marchuary.

In addition, the dreary season of Hamble was created, which is permanently dark, cold and drizzly.

The Withering resulted in vegetarians, pigeons and gays becoming endangered species, and completely wiped out tarts.