The overall saga is going to span multiple stories, each located within a different country of the planet I'm creating in this universe. Each country was thrown into isolation after a world-wide war tore apart the land, literally, and after hundreds of years have passed, the first story begins; Focusing on the man who is essentially the catalyst that will bring the entire world out of isolation.
The first story is going to be centered on the life of this man, how he rose to obtain the power to defy a tyrannical ruling class and was subsequently sentenced to exile, which eventually leads to his discovery of a people not native to his home and his traveling to a new country, setting into motion the events that bring the nations back into contact with one another.
Every subsequent story will then focus on a new character, centered in each of the other countries and during a different time (say, for example, the second story might take place twenty years after the end of the first), and will chronicle the specific way they all rediscover their fellow people and the consequences therein, culminating in a final tale that will document the future of the planet now that the isolation has been ended.
It's going to be soft science-fiction, and each in-universe country takes influences from real countries here on Earth. The first story is lightly steeped in Japanese and Chinese culture, for instance, while one of the other countries is going to be heavily influenced by places like Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, and another is going to be melting pot-esque like the US.
