1. Corteguay's government is a socialist dictatorship. Is socialism on the wane?

What are the chances of such a dictatorship existing in the era the events of The Ultimate Escape take place?

2. What role did computers play in the liberation of the Soviet Union? Could they do the same in Corteguay?

3. What nations have banned modern technology during the last fifty or so years?

Did they all have the same reasons for banning modern technology? What was life like in those nations while modern technology was banned?

4. How does an online flight simulation work? Where are such online simulations to be found? What are their rules?

How much do they cost?

5. What is virtual reality? How does it work? Will it become something similar to the way it is depicted in The Ultimate Escape?

6. What advances in technology and software are...