The End of the World Empire

In the late 19th century, as all of the available territories remaining in the world were carved up after the Berlin conference it was understood that there would be no more massive imperial ventures. The assumption being look you guys aren't going to get to run the world, but you'll be taking care of in a greater world empire. World War one had that it was birth by the global communist movement. It was the end of the battle of Armageddon that you could argue began with the first 30 years war in Europe.