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The United States changes in 2196 when eccentric billionaire Michael Matthews manufactures and takes Vitain - a drug used to extend one's lifespan. Matthews is the first person to live to be 200 years old and he sets a new standard of living for Americans from all walks of life. After a short trial period, the drug is marketed to everyone, making the 2% a key investor group in lengthening the lifespans of Americans and benefiting from it.

New social classes emerge as the drug becomes mainstream, thus greatening the wage gap even further. The even more elite upper class is known as the 0.5%, the new middle class (The Middles) shrinks, and the largest growth is seen by the lower class. The 0.5% control airspace and are able to travel to exotic locations to still experience natural greenery, but the Middles and lower classes have been sequestered to dilapidated ghettos within the United States.

One nation, under Vitain is a near distant future when people take a pill to live longer, healthier lives while the United States deteriorates around them. Americans, now dependent on a pill, have plundered all natural resources, as they no longer need them to live long, healthy lives. This has resulted in a loss of all plant and animal life, thus limiting the capacity for trade. Canada and Mexico have considered Vitain a danger and have built walls to keep Americans out of their countries.