Centralized Union of Neutral Territories

The Centralized Union of Neutral Territories (usually shortened to C.U.N.T.) is an organization formed from an alliance between the United States government and a private company. It includes a variety of nations in its roster, originally cooperating to deal with international conflict and the rise of superpowered individuals.

The organization was founded at the bequest of Bobby Sherb, an influential businessman, who had lobbied the government for it since the 1960s. Following the agency's legitimization in 1984, Sherb was almost immediately assassinated under unknown circumstances.

At the peak of their influence, C.U.N.T. employed thousands of scientists, soldiers, and international partners in order to study, document, and regulate superpowers globally. They established the C.U.N.T. headquarters in an undisclosed location in Eurasia during this time.

As public interest in C.U.N.T. waned, the agency slowly became functionally defunct. Programs and initiatives lost most of their funding, though they retained some government patronage. There were only a few dozen individuals under continued employment by 2017, among them a certain raving superhero fanatic.

In 2017, Delishitor, an artificially enhanced soldier who worked for C.U.N.T., massacred all of the remaining employees when he returned to their headquarters. The only survivor of the incident was Jimph, who would go on to anonymously activate one of the company's old projects -- the Thotvengers Initiative.

Though the organization was now officially defunct, the headquarters was used as the staging grounds for a final conflict between the newly formed Thotvengers and Delishitor. The former headquarters continues to be used as a base of operations for the remaining Thotvengers.