It is the year 2063, a few decades after the financial dissolution of the government of the United States of America. Most North American cities or states, desiring to reorganize and remain free, have been aided by the worldwide society for freedom, the Free People of Earth. There is also a group competing to unify bewildered, separated local American governments, as well as other national governments, under a one-world overriding authority, the Sanction.

Both parties are assisted by policing forces. The International Marshals are a military-like organization that provides protection for all individuals, territories, or organizations wishing to remain free. These independent and dedicated men and women, whose command center is in Lucerne, Switzerland, are from all walks of life and nationalities. The Sanction has its own armed enforcement officers, called marauders. These drafted soldiers are mostly from France, where the Sanction is headquartered.

Francesca Castaneda Mu