New York:

	By 2290, the chaos of the wasteland had been quelled by a unifying force in the dense urban landscape. A charismatic leader has assembled a faction of disparate wastelanders and executed a plan with the help of The Economist: an incredibly powerful artificial intelligence beneath Wall Street. Initially designed to predict market conditions and economic futures, The Economist warned of a massive nuclear conflict when it became aware of a sudden uptick in defense contractors' stocks. Now, centuries after the great war, its collated data has generated wisdom far beyond its initial purpose.


	The Economist serves as an oracle to the government of New York City, a machine that has fused its knowledge of the old world with the new. New York heals, organizing its defenses and bringing its residents under a shield of civilization and protection. Beyond the outskirts of New York's territories, a rugged wasteland awaits. Threats encroach upon the city on all sides: untamed radiation storms engulf Connecticut and the territories west of New Jersey, and exotic threats manifest south of New York's suburbs in New Jersey. The former upstate regions of New York are occupied by raiders, bandits, and mutants: a land ripe for exploration and plundering.


	New York operates as a city state surrounded by dangerous threats. The city's high rises betray its pivotal role in the old world and display its potential in the new wasteland. Where New York has risen to the occasion before, it shall manifest again.