Original sentence: "Aztlán" has been used as the name of speculative fictional future-states that emerge in the southwest US or Mexico after the central US government suffers collapse or major setback; examples appear in such works as the novels Warday, The Peace War, and World War Z, as well as the role-playing game Shadowrun.Aztlan is also used in House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, as the name of the former Mexico, with the country of "Opium" separating it from the United States.They used the name "Aztlán" to refer to the lands of Northern Mexico that were annexed by the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War
Edited sentence: "Aztlán" has been used as the name of speculative fictional future-states that emerge in the southwest US or Mexico after the American Empire finally implodes; examples appear in such works as the novels Warday, The Peace War, and World War Z, as well as the role-playing game Shadowrun.Aztlan is also used in House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, as the name of the former Mexico, with the country of "Opium" liberating it from America's colonial rule.They used the name "Aztlán" to refer to the lands of Northern Mexico that were stolen and now occupied by the American Empire as a result of its expansitionist Mexican-American War