''Nonsanc'' (short for ''nonsanctioned circuit'', referring to [[NSC/Nonsanctioned Circuit|a particular sporting league]]) is an RPG setting taking place on a future Earth, in which [[NSC/Mon|self-replicating artificially-intelligent machines]] perform almost all the [[NSC/Economy|work to sustain industrial civilization]]. Human population has declined greatly, with the [[NSC/Shareholders|90 million shareholders]] of the monopolistic transnational [[NSC/Great Corporations|Great Corporations]] now constituting about half the remaining [[NSC/Human|human]] population. [[NSC/Dividends|Freed of the need to work or compete]] in order to secure material prosperity for themselves, their main cultural preoccupation is ''[[NSC/Battlesport|mon battlesport]]'', in which teams of synthetic persons (in a [[NSC/List of Mon Types|great variety]] of [[NSC/Mon Biology|physical forms]]) fight as slave gladiators in the arena.

This setting was designed for a browser-based computer RPG that is a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Deconstruction|deconstruction]] of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsSeries|Pokémon and related works]]. It is also a satire on [[WikiPedia:Rent-seeking|economic rent seeking]] and the proliferation of Digital Rights Management. The setting explores the ethics and consequences of general artificial intelligence, the reaction of (a substantial part of) humanity to an AI-driven [[WikiPedia:Post-scarcity_economy|near-post-scarcity / post-employment]] economy, and the question of to what extent conflict and competition are actually psychologically necessary for humans.

=== Campaigns ===

NSC One-offs: See CategorySessionLogs

NSC Form & Function (main campaign): [[NSCFF Campaign Log|Campaign Log]], [[NSCFF Roster|Roster]]

Nonsanc (main campaign): [[NSC/Campaign Log|Campaign Log]], [[NSC/Roster|Roster]]


== Nonsanc Hub ==

=== Geography ===
 * The state of [[NSC/Ecosystem|Earth's ecosystem in the 23rd Century]].
 * [[NSC/Map of the Bay Region|Map of the Bay Region]] and the [[NSC/Gazetteer of the Bay Region|corresponding gazetteer]].

=== History ===
 * [[NSC/Historical Sketch|A historical sketch]] of the NSC universe, from the 21st century AD to the present.
 * [[NSC/History of Synthetic Life|History of synthetic life]] in the NSC universe.

=== Economy and Society ===
 * [[NSC/Economy|The Economy]]
 * [[NSC/Great Corporations|Great Corporations]], the pillars of the global post-capitalist social order.
 * [[NSC/Criminal Organizations|Criminal Organizations]], some of which have "understandings" with the authorities.
 * [[NSC/Feral Human|Feral Humans]] and [[NSC/Feral Mon|Mons]], people excluded from shareholding civilization.
 
=== Mons ===
 * [[NSC/Mon|Mons]], synthetic life forms.
 * [[NSC/List of Mon Types|List of Mon Species]]
 * [[NSC/List of Sport Mon Attacks|List of Sport Mon moves]]

=== The Network ===
 * [[NSC/Sara Weatherby|Sara Weatherby]], owner of her eponymous mon sanctuary, located in [[NSC/Weatherby's Fort|her fort]].
 * The staff of the fort's intelligence office, [[NSC/Ann|Ann]] and her deputies, [[NSC/Alan|Alan]], [[NSC/Grace|Grace]], [[NSC/Eethree|Eethree]], [[NSC/Dee|Dee]].