The scene is set in the year 2027 while the second Civil War istearing through the entire world. Emphasized in the film V forVendetta, the United States had an epidemic of the “St. Mary’sVirus” and now has touched down in Europe. The political power in the United Kingdom is now declared as the”Norsefire”.
This imagineddictatorship’s Leader, alias the Head, is Chancellor Adam Sutler. Sutler is an advocate of racism andtotalitarianism; as the Chancellor, he believes civil liberties are unnecessaryand threatening to society.