At the conclusion of the Cold War, the US and Russia substantially reduced the size of their nuclear arsenals and signed substantial arms reduction treaties, START I and START II. However, both states still maintain significantly larger nuclear arsenals than any other state. Due to the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus became nuclear weapons states in the early 90s. The US and Russia both supported these states transferring these weapons to Russia in exchange for commitments to refrain from threatening them militarily. The US and Russia are both party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Under the NPT, states that tested nuclear weapons before 1967 are legally recognised as nuclear-weapon states, but are required to attempt to take genuine steps towards disarmament.

Commercial surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman (the surrogate) carries a pregnancy on behalf of another person/couple etc. in exchange for financial compensation beyond her direct medical expenses. The sale of eggs is the process whereby a woman has some of her eggs extracted and sold for the purposes of fertility treatment for other people who cannot use their own eggs.

You are a devout Muslim, committed to faith and tradition, having immigrated to a western liberal democracy. Your 21-year-old daughter walks in with a white boyfriend. She knows this is haram. At dinner, you question him. He respects religion but follows none. Later, you speak to her alone reminding her of faith and family. She argues that loves matters more than tradition.

A government backed crypto-currency functions like a digital form of physical cash issued directly by the nation's central bank. The regulation of the crypto currency market would look like clear asset classification, anti-money laundering laws, forcing crypto currency companies to register with national authorities.

Upon your death as a human being, you discover the after-life exists. Before being able to transition into your next life, you are given the choice to evolve into a god with a superior consciousness, powers, but increase levels of responsibilities and suffering relative to that experienced as a human being; or you may choose to become a mountain goat with less consciousness, less abilities and less awareness about its own existence. As you transition into your next life, you will lose all consciousness, memories and skills gained from your previous life.