Chase grunted, and the cab pulled out into a nearly empty Colorado Avenue with an annoying electric whine. As the city passed on either side of him, Chase was pleased to see most of the old buildings still standing. The Treaty City being what it was, he was always expecting to hear that terrible violence had swept it. Denver was divided up among six governments, the United Canadian and American States, the Confederated American States, Aztlan, and the Sioux, Pueblo, and Ute Nations, each with its own laws and dancing in constant opposition to each other. Being a servant of six masters made it a sure thing that the city of Denver neither slept nor played well.