Michael lives in a toxic macho world with extreme male hierarchy. When he gets a weird rating that makes his place even more problematic he's forced to choose a fiancée at a Wife School, and he slowly discovers more about the other side of the great divide between the sexes in The Nation. If only the world would stop being so complicated...
On the other side there's Megan, who's more interested in books than in marriage, and the unpredictable Eliza who seems to have a connection with Micheal already.
Will they be able to cross the distance and become friends against all the rules of their own world, or will they just be crushed? Are positive relationships between men and women even possible? And is there a way to change the world or is that just a naive thought of a silly wimp?
'A Nation of Distances' is a slightly dystopian dialogue-heavy drama set in a low sci-fi future setting about the war between the sexes, disconnect and friendship. The genre will fluctuate in between more slice-of-life parts and soft sci-fi drama with possible romantic elements, with alternating lead and switching perspectives once more of the main characters are established.
Content Warning: Certain concepts and scenes might be disturbing and/or triggering to some, even though the story itself won't be extremely heavy most of the time. Sexism as a double-edged sword destructive to both sexes is an important part of the story, but so is friendship.Note that all descriptions of persons and places are purely fictional and made up by the writer, and any resemblance with anything in the real world is a coincidence, since the real world is not supposed to be dystopian anyway!
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A Nation of Distances | 25 | 25 Trouble! | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 24 | 24 The Article | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 23 | 23 The Journalist | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 22 | 22 When Shirley met Robert | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 21 | 21 Slice of Life from Dystopia | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 20 | 20 Project Pen Pal | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 19 | 19 The Good Old Ditch-the-chaperone Trick | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 18 | 18 Too late for warnings | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 18 | 18 Too late for Warnings | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 17 | 17 Old Books and New Friends, plus some forbidden Beer in the Sun | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 16 | 16 Indecent behaviour and what it might lead to... | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 15 | 15 Revolutions of the Past and Present | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 15 | 15 Revolutions in the Past and Present | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 14 | 14 Big Brother is visiting you! | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 13 | 13 How to train up a Boy using Oxytocin | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 13 | 13 How to train up a Boy using Oxytocin | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 12 | 12 A first Date is too early to Start a Revolution? | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 12 | 12 A first Date is too early to Start a Revolution? | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 11 | 11 A First Date with a Feral Chaperone | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 11 | 11 A First Date with a Feral Chaperone | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 10 | 10 Better off as a Robot than as a Human? | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 9 | 9 Two Different Sides of One Schoolday | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 8 | 8 About Fiancés, Wifebots and Stuff like that | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 8 | 8 About Fiancés, Wifebots and Stuff like that | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 7 | 7 A list of Questions to ask on a First Date | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 6 | 6 the Visitation Room | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 5 | 5 How to talk to Girls? | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 5 | 5 How to talk to Girls? | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 4 | 4 Painful Phonecalls | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 3 | 3 The bi-weekly Ceremony of Partner Choice | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 2 | 2 Seventh City Wife Factory | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 2 | 2 Seventh City Wife Factory | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 1 | 1 Michael's Birthday Surprise | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 1 | 1.5 My book won't read itself! | RoyalRoadL | |
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A Nation of Distances | 0 Little Lizzie and Mike All | RoyalRoadL |