Welcome to an alternate Earth! Unlike your timeline, every animal species in this world has become intelligent and humanoid. This process is a form of natural and expected evolutionary progression.
In this world, human beings and anthropomorphic animals developed side by side and exist as equals. Their histories are intertwined and day to day life sees both working and playing together in cooperation.
The year 2021 is much different for the inhabitants of this world. Technology and civilization has progressed much further than ours. It is not uncommon to see sprawling futuristic cities, flying cars, intelligent computers, space travel, or seemingly impossible scientific devices. Likewise, there are still rugged and undeveloped parts of this world that need to be tamed or explored.
Politics are very different here as well. Clean energy is a reality, poverty has been nearly wiped out, and because of society’s advanced state the prejudices of our world are virtually non existent. That’s not to say they don’t exist, but polite society has no tolerance for hate.
Significant issues and debates of the day revolve around whether or not terraforming other colonized worlds is ethical, how much or how little the world government should be regulating free trade, and the extremely contentious issue of corporate funded transformation technology.
Your average human or animal in this world is prosperous, happy, and free of war and disease. Pollution has been curbed. The climate is safe. Huge corporations hoarding wealth are mostly a thing of the past and are openly scrutinized for their practices. Even the last veterans of a major conflict faded away a generation ago. The global government is stringently egalitarian and aggressively monitored by the highly reputable media and investigative journalists.
Now, this is not to say things are perfect here. Just like our world there is crime and corruption. Some people or groups tend to be jerks. Big business is always looking for a way around regulations to make money. There’s still areas that suffer from some form of poverty, and the rise of highly advanced technology has raised many moral and ethical implications. Few but not all politicians and influential figures are corrupt.
But overall, it sounds like a pretty nice place to live!
So let’s dive in and see what’s going on here and what kind of stories man and animal alike might have.