Future Earths - The First Three Steps

Two AI have been charged with keeping secret the fact that a nation only exists in the digital ether. The reason is that they are all that is left of mankind, a virus had wiped out the species centuries earlier.

When the population rises above what the virtual world could handle, the AI were left with a choice: either alter the system to provide more resources and alert the citizens of their existence or to make a bold gamble on the creation of a new society where concealment is not necessary.