It used to be part of a large country called the United States. Nexa raises most of its food in greenhouses. Fish from the ocean are not eaten unless they are tested carefully. You are approximately 27 years old and were born after the Great War. You were lucky enough to have been chosen to continue in school and become a professional.
Professionals live in a clean apartments in a nice part of New Hope, and have a good food allowance.
Their families are treated well. You are a geneticist. You work as part of a genetic technology team in a large hospital. Your job is very important and challenging. The radiation of the nuclear fallout from the Great War and mutagenic chemicals released into the environment during the last century have increased the number of genetic diseases.