The setting for the RP is a highly fictionalized version of Chicago. It's only Chicago in name however, as the city has completely changed, expanded, and become even more technologically savvy than it already was. The nation would be America, however, characters can be from anywhere in the world and the setting won't be too important to the narrative at the moment. 

Also, I'll say this while I'm at it. The reason the character sheet seems so sparse is because I feel that most things about characters should be revealed naturally through IC. So secrets, backgrounds, history, and all that should be revealed in some sort of conversation or maybe an introspective post from a player in the IC or whatever the case may be. Organic revelation is the best is what I'm saying lol.