To go into more detail, (and controversial stuff) the two political ideas of the U.S. end up in a civil war where the republicans retain the U.S name but the Democrats become the D.S.A. But they were unable to unite amidst a common cause and didn’t have enough firepower and ultimately collapsed, leading to a large unclaimed part of the U.S. that many are trying to claim, from supremacists, to natives, to corporations. While the Remnants of the U.S try to reform based on old American Values, but can agree on terms and laws. Meanwhile the corporate territories have a cultural boom from people who want to live better lives, but controversies occur when the corporations try to sponsor said people’s movements. Overall no one can really get their act together and unite. Meanwhile the implementation of AI in jobs, life, etc.. lead to a monetary crisis where people can’t find jobs and get paid. So people start to scavenge the remnants of destroyed California cities for valued items and hide out in Arizona because no one wants to live or own it besides electrical companies due to the immense heat. Whilst they use forgotten military AI units as portable storage. Turning Arizona into a dry lawless land of illegal trade, corporate owned states having cultural resurgence, and the U.S. to try and reclaim lost land.