Great Plains

Great Plains States is region of USA. This region notable for event Bush Fire.

Overview
The Great Plains States were, by and large, spared from the worst ravages of the past couple of decades. Of course, they didn't come through those dark years smelling like a rose-no one did. But the Great Plains states didn't have the volume of problems that others bore.

In the mid-to late-1990's the Great Plains region was hit with several years of drought, which made life very hard for everyone in the area. Water was strictly rationed and food was scarce, yet most of the residents continued to be able to scrape out a living.

When the Collapse hit, the region was still parched. For that reason, most of the nomads and aimless wanderers avoided the area. No one particularly wanted to cross endless miles of dry, flat plains with no hope of water or a city where jobs might be found. They headed instead to the metropoli, and to places with better weather. This couldn't have pleased the residents more. They were happy to struggle on their own and let the rest of the nation deal with its problems elsewhere.

There were a few migrants passing through, o f course; generally the residents turned a cold shoulder to them, knowing that with towns so few and so small, the migrants would be unlikely to find help elsewhere, either. It is said that even today, abandoned cars can be found on back roads, some with the remains of Nomads still nearby.

During this time, agribusiness corporations began buying up the land of these states, which was being sold at pennies to the dollar. While it was not yet feasible or economic to farm the area on the scale they were envisioning, the agricorps were strengthening their position for the future. Some new agribusiness communities began construction around this time, scheduled to begin full-scale farming around the tum of the millennium. By that time it was projected that the lingering effects of the drought of '98 would be gone and there would be enough water to go around.

Modern Times
Since then, the Great Plains has rebuilt, and with the warming global climate, it had become the new breadbasket of the United States. Most of the area is dominated by gigantic agribusiness cooperatives, which farm vast open areas from their new city bases.

Of course, just because the countryside looks pastoral doesn't mean there's no fighting going on. The agricorps regularly field small hit teams for select sabotage, although each is careful not to ignite any fires. They also try to harvest each other's fields whenever possible. Similarly, there is constant friction between the agricorps who try to dominate the area and the small farms and city folk (i.e., the natives of the area}. Finally, all along the northern border of the U.S., the agricorps have fields planted several miles inside Canada. Although they have no legal right to do this, and no recourse if some Canadians come and try to harvest, the amount of land they get to use and abuse for free is remarkable. Needless to say, the Canadians aren't too keen about this, and there has been some border friction in the area.