Yep - here's what I originally proposed, with Leif and Gator's additions and a closing paragraph:
After millenia of backwards living, in the year [what year?] an Indian [what unit?] wandered into the deserted streets of Oslo. He defiantly declared that the proud city belonged to the so-called Indian Empire. To his surprise, further exploration uncovered a vast repository of Scandiavian knowledge!
In a matter of seconds, the Indians went from knowing nothing of education to mastering the secrets of flying to the stars!
Unaccustomed to such amazing feats of technology, the Indians spent several more centuries building some of the new military units they now could construct. The Americans kindly provided some nice soft metal in exchange for Indian knowledge.
Once military production was running smoothly, the Indians devoted a city to a great project, the Apollo Program, which would enable them to build a spaceship.
The former Scandinavian capital completed this project in [what date?]
Distracted by their ageless war with the mighty Scandinavians, however, the Indian people felt that it was better to wreck revenge on their forever-enemies than actually build their ship.
With sufficient military might, why go to the stars when you might rule the world?
In their thirst for vengence, they lost sight of all the good and wonderful things the Scandinavians had taught them. They razed and destroyed beautiful cities filled with the latest technological marvels in order to live in the manner they had been accustomed to for millenia. The only tech they used were the techs of destruction and conquest. The ingrates!!
But the Scandinavians were wise enough to withhold the glowing rocks from the entire world, thus creating a world without nukes.
After centuries of trying to get the Indians to flee the planet, XTeam's fearless leader Leif took the helm one last time. As the end of time approached, the Scandanavians wiped out the last of all competing tribes, occupied more than 2/3 of the planet's surface, and sent a settling expedition to the stars. Ten hands of kulture kilos might have been attainable as well, but what does XTeam care about kulture?
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) on monarch. The step from Noble to Prince was easy. Prince to Monarch was a lot harder.
