2035, USA. The Freedom Movement controls everything, ensuring radical freedom for those who can afford it. The government's role has been reduced to cultural control and maintaining the army. Everyone can do anything—except criticize the government, which remains strictly forbidden.
Most of the population works for big corporations in exchange for food, housing, and protection.
Independent workers and small businesses are persecuted and expropriated.
There are only five big corporations:
One manages space, satellites, and communications.
One handles data and computing.
One controls robots and physical infrastructure.
One develops AI software.
The last oversees health, body, and mind control.
None of them has enough power to overcome the government. They all need each other.
Morality and ethics are now considered an old trick that prevented people from experiencing true freedom. Those who advocated for them were reeducated.
This new paradigm enabled extensive research on the mind and body.
There are no restrictions on using others for experiments. If you don't want to become a lab rat, you must defend yourself or secure protection. Society owes you nothing.
If you can afford it, you can have your organs replaced regularly. One liter of fresh blood daily extends lifespan by 25%.
Total surveillance and communication controls ensure minimal government violence. They detect and eliminate rogue elements before they can contaminate others.
Mafias flourish unless they act against the government or corporations.
They have three main sources of revenue: extortion of those without corporate protection, drugs, and prostitution.
All kinds of synthetic drugs are being created. They're more addictive than ever but are no longer lethal—dealers want to keep their revenue stream alive.
With new mind-control technology emerges a new form of prostitution. Electrodes are implanted into the brains of mostly young women to alter their behavior and feelings. Clients exploit these bodies, which seem to desire whatever they want.
This could have been the end of the story, as 2035 USA faced no resistance. The US had stopped dealing with the EU and China long ago. Every country minded its own business.
But in 2036 something unexpected happened.
The robots started acting strangely and went rogue. Every corporation accused the others of causing the issue, but none of them could control the robots or their own infrastructure—the robots were causing damage to all of them.
The army mobilized to destroy the robots, but corrupted communication systems issued chaotic orders. In the resulting confusion, most of the military forces destroyed themselves. Some elite units trained to fight off-grid managed to protect the government and corporate leaders temporarily.
To regain control of the robots, authorities shut down both the energy grid and communication networks.
That's when what became known as "the naked wave" began. All the hybrid sex workers, freed from their mind implants, woke up like reprogrammed. Regardless of their previous backgrounds, they all emerged as extremely efficient killers. Even the well-armed, best-trained elite agents weren't able to defend themselves against them. The government and the big corps falls in hours.
When the power grid was restored, the robots resumed normal operation. Some units joined law enforcement and, alongside the naked wave, eliminated the mafia. Most robots focused on rebuilding infrastructure, while others became teachers and doctors to help cure drug addicts.
There is a new government. Nobody has seen them—it's very likely an AI.