 Society adopts a stark and primitive socialism, erasing "terrestrial instincts", making people into "mutes and idiots".A dictatorial President Pi (in typically fascist regalia), imposes eugenics and the communal rearing of children, banning economic competition and all ethnic affiliation.Faced with such a drastic social experiment, and stunned by its arrest once the President dies, humans are faced with complete annihilation, as the cold wave progresses down toward the ocean floor.