Generals takes place in the near future, with players given a choice of three factions to play... the [US] and... China are the world's two superpowers, and are the targets of the Global Liberation Army (GLA), an omnipresent borderless terrorist organization, fighting as a fanatical irregular force. The [US] and China are depicted as allies in the series who occasionally co-operate against the GLA, whose goal is the elimination of the military forces of China and the [US]. (wikipedia.org)