The Second Republic is a world where, from birth, everyone is assigned a life purpose based on their abilities and the needs of society.

Protectorate states are regions that govern themselves internally but rely on a more powerful nation for protection and foreign affairs. They often seek protection due to military weakness, political instability, or economic dependence. In many cases, protectorates emerged during colonial times when empires offered defense in exchange for influence.

President Donald Trump organized an official meeting between U.S. and Russian delegates to explore a potential peace agreement that could end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Notably, this meeting took place without Ukraine’s involvement. Similarly, the Kenyan government hosted talks with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group engaged in a conflict with the Sudanese army for control of the country as a means to advance peace negotiations. These talks proceeded without the Sudanese government.

"Social Media Godmothers" refers to a growing online community of women who position themselves as mentors, offering guidance to young women on relationships, financial gain from men, and strategic influence. Their advice ranges from romantic manipulation to financial independence

For the purpose of this debate, a cultural christian is a nominal believer who views christianity as a sociological project. They do not believe in the truth of the spirituality or in concepts like heaven, hell, the resurrection instead they believe that christianity makes people more moral and allows them to contribute to society, enjoy christian music and art and find it to be emotionally lifting. Prominent examples of cultural christians include Richard Dawkins, Jordan Peterson

Management buyout refers to financial transactions where someone from corporate management or a team in the company purchases the business from the owners while management buyin refers to the purchase of a company by an external manager or management team that replaces the company's existing management.

For the purpose of this debate, reproductive surveillance is the use of biohacking technology to select embryos based on perceived desirable traits such as high IQ, physical and mental illnesses, gender, etc. 

Nick is a financially stable man in his thirties with a successful career and a history of casual relationships. earning him a reputation as a playboy. He meets Didi, an inexperienced and intellectually driven woman who is new to romantic and sexual relationships. While Nick is drawn to her, he only wants something casual. Didi, who has always valued emotional commitment, is conflicted—she likes Nick but struggles with the idea of a no-strings-attached arrangement

The Enhanced Games is a proposed international athletic competition, similar to the Olympic Games, but with one major difference: they explicitly do not test for Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). This is not to say that athletes are forced to dope, but rather, doping is perfectly permissible in the eyes of the organisers. 

With the recent backing of PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel and other tech businessmen, it looks like the controversial Enhanced Games has the financial backing to take place in 2025.