High-Universe

Description
In the High-Universe, everything was kept to a very high standard of cleanliness and professionalism. Moreover, everyone was incredibly happy and often using the drug Soma. The Blue Dwarf encountered this universe when experimenting with a dimension portal creator.

The universe diverged, at least for the people of Earth and Ffion, at the 2000 US presidential elections. George W. Bush was elected president, and his first act was to spend the entire wealth of the western world on an orbital laser gun to defend against possible Russian aggression. However, the weapon contractor hired to build the weapon was Russian. I would prove to be irrelevant, however, when an experiment in the US accidentally created a hyperspace wormhole. The wormhole teleported the weapon to the planet Ffion.

The weapon was kept a secret of the peaceful planet of Ffion until the Hive arrived, as it did in Universe 1. However, unlike in Universe 1, the people of Ffion now had access to a weapon to defend themselves with. They fought off the Hive and established themselves as a major galactic power. With a large space fleet, they set out to send a message of peace and love across space, and destroyed anyone who disagreed.

The galaxy by the time the Dwarfers encounter this universe is ruled by The High Emperor of Equal Citizens. His title refers to the fact that rank and privilege is outlawed except for those who need it, such as ship captains and the Emperor. Under his rule, loud music, violent movies, alcohol and glucose drinks are outlawed. The penalty for partaking in these crimes is sterilisation to the point of obliteration.

Soma was a popular and potent happiness drug, described as several times more powerful than a Happy Bomb. It was used extensively by people who worshipped the Great Recycler and that using the drug brought you into the light of Eternal Happiness. Worshippers believed that upon death, their brains would be extracted, ground up, and fed to monkeys to make them smarter. There seemed to be evidence that this was actually carried out and not just a belief in an afterlife.