But they mostly flourished in the 1940s. Nukes were flying not just in the Middle East, but also in Western Europe. Black plague in Asia and food riots in Europe.
Banking system melts down, just like many nuclear power plants.
Islamic uprisings in places where you wouldn't even think there was Islam. So the U.S. government, along with the executive boards of most major corporations, moves to Mars. Now, it's 2031. He is assisted by a talking cat named Raul and the fact that he's one of the few characters in sight with anything resembling a conscience. Howard Chaykin, the creator of Iron Wolf, Cody Starbuck and others, created, wrote and drew American Flagg.