said by SRFireside:said by Voxxjin:So do you think the one 'country', Wasteland, is actually a country or just a wasteland now that no one claims. Seems like an odd name for a country.
It seems to me wasteland is what it says it is. A wasteland. No electricity means no air conditioning. A lot of that territory I think I would be unbearable in the warmer months. Maybe the northern area is based on the opposite (too cold or rugged?). Anyway that was my theory.
In regards to rail maintenance there is a good chance that train only went from that city to the Monroe Capitol (and any points in between). Maintaining a single rail line may be a lot easier than a whole network.
When I hear wasteland, I think of a nuclear, biological event that prevents people from living there. Or maybe a thermal event like volcanoes.
No electricity isn't a big deal. Lack of water could be a deal breaker for a large population, but as seen in real life, there are people that live and thrive in the deserts regions, as well as in the cold regions.
Would the sudden loss of electrical power prevent a nuke plant from melting down?
Don't nuke plants run off of the energy they produce? Which begs the question: Just what was "the event" that was able to kill all power production.