[3] The story is set in 2074, 43 years after a mysterious global technological failure caused nations to slip into anomie and fracture into dystopian warring tribal microstates.

[8] American historical researcher and writer Donald Niebyl criticized the "exotification and orientalization of Yugoslav architecture" and warned about "sensitive memorial spaces being employed and decontextualized in the process of creating art and film".

[8] In her article "Tribes of New Fascism", Bojana Videkanić from the University of Waterloo described her "strong disgust" towards the usage of the monument as "a playground for the sadistic imagination" as well as due to "broader political issues that this kind of representation opens up".

[9] On 21 December 2021, Dubravka Ugrešić critiqued the use of Vojin Bakić's monument by the "cheap Netflix series Tribes of Europa" in her New Year article for Novosti.

[10] Večernji list's Denis Derk asked the Croatian public, "Are we ashamed that Bakić's monument is the backdrop for the European apocalypse?