The Wastelands are an area that used to be the heartland of America, but now in The Divided States of America, they’re an area of barbarism and banditry. Most of the governments have fallen, and now cities are ruled by gangs, and the rural areas are terrorized by brigands trying to steal what little the people have left.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://rpgtrader.com/products/961/the-wastelands-a-divided-states-of-america-rpg-supplement