Prologue to Exilium Rex, Book 3: Circus of Minds As retrieved online from an open-sourced website: “The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture assuming certain demographic and economic trends persist. The belief in a future Asian Century parallels the characterization of the 20th-century American Century, and the 19th century as the British Century. “It warned, however, that the Asian Century is not preordained.” * Corollary to this, the New United Nations (N.U.N.) of 2025 issued a Statement of Challenge for the realization of the Asian Century hoping that this will be a major boost to the entire global economy. The Vatican, under the stewardship of the Papal Council, also formalized a positive response to the projection as a significant

