Imagine if you will, a world similar to our own. The same nations, the same religions, the same rivalries. However, international disputes are handled rather differently. Whenever any two nations have a dispute, they each choose a representative. This representative is a trained freelance martial artist or hand-to-hand combatant. These two representatives then fight on live pay-per-view television aired internationally, in a one-on-one fight, to the last person standing, with the proceeds going to a mutual international disaster relief fund. We would play these freelance representatives, being offered various rewards by various nations in exchange by winning them the challenges.