Project X's story echoes some geopolitical themes of the late 1960s, such as overpopulation, emerging genetic engineering, biological warfare, and fear of Asian dominance.
Project X berkisah tentang beberapa kecenderungan isu geopolitik pada akhir dasawarsa 1960-an, kepadatan penduduk, rekayasa genetika yang baru muncul, senjata biologis, dan ketakutan atas dominasi Asia.