[quote=Chromane]
I'm a little confused on something. You said that the various have divided and have claimed their own territories. However you mentioned "bluebacks" as the defacto currency. is this true for all the factions? Does the Vanguard have its own currency, or just use the blue backs anyway?Are the factions completely separate, like their own nation states, or aligned cities under the control of a single faction, or are they more like political parties, having representatives in each area?
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Things are not nearly that structured. A very sheltered society was crippled less than 20 years ago, so chaos lingers heavily still.

Immediately after the Hail, the DERB was the only thing resembling a structured government, and they had a lot of supplies to start with. For a short while they "owned" all the territory and thus a lot more supplies. However, many groups grew out of military safe zones and became their own factions. For the sake of story cohesion and my sanity, the story mostly focuses on the LISTED factions in the STARTING area. The ration tickets became something akin to "bottle caps" in the Fallout franchise because they became so widespread. Currently, they are becoming more of a fiat currency than one that has physical worth: They are used by most people because most people accept them.

The way territory works--at least to start with--is that we're all in DERB territory technically. This is a post-apocalyptic RP, so we're not really going to have pretty cardboard-cutout borders for every group. Avant Garde is an anti-DERB movement growing [i]within[/i] Derb territories. The Unburdened are growing into something more akin to a cult. 

I hope that was a satisfactory explanation. If not, shoot me a PM and we'll discuss it further. As a human being, I tend to radically overthink some things but overlook very simple stuff. It happens.