So, it's been a while since I've written anything dystopian, but here is my idea:
It's basically set far in the future after the world has been utterly ravaged by nuclear war. England, one of the only functional countries left, is where this novel is set.
However, things are very different to how they used to be. Though functional, England does not have unlimited resources. They can't support everyone indefinitely.
The essence is this: at twelve years old, people are subjected to lengthy tests that compare all of their aspects, from intelligence to fertility, to estimate how much use they will be in terms of sustaining the nation. From this, they are given a Life Expectancy - an age that the government allows them to live to.
Until they are deemed more trouble than they are worth, and they come for them. And kill them.
Anyway, that's the basic idea. It may or may not need more explanation. I have a whole red carpet of separate character-orientated plot that will serve in the story, but I just want to know what people think of the foundation world that it's set in.
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