A terrible plague killed about 97% of the world’s population in 2009. Now, almost 20 years later, Boston Massachusetts has become a major metropolis populated by survivors. The control of the government and their propaganda are impossible to escape. Travel to and from the other few populated areas of the United States is dangerous and deadly.

The Reformed Republic now mainly consists of three rebuilt cities; New Boston, New Providence and New Hartford. Within the game setting, most people crowd in the center city, New Boston, and enjoy the comforts of technology and the protection of the military. The less fortunate must scrape a living in the outskirts, living without electrical power or the benefits of law enforcement. The contrast is sharp, but nothing is ever in black and white.