Power in Syn City is divided among a handful of major blocs, each wielding influence through technology, money, media or sheer force.
Georgia’s governor and Syn’s mayor retain nominal authority, but corporate wealth overshadows them. Local representatives face constant threats of blackmail and assassination.
The Syn City Police Department evolved from the Atlanta Police Department. War and crime have militarised the force, and SWAT teams wield heavy gear to quell street warfare.
Syn’s megacorporations control elections, hire private armies and treat employees as expendable. Shareholders are the true elite.
A collective term for celebrities and news agencies. Screens and ads saturate every district; fame can grant influence, but privacy is nonexistent.
Criminal organisations, drug dealers and sex workers populate Syn’s shadows. Police rarely interfere in the Underworld, and its gangs avoid attacking corporations directly.
A secretive hacktivist cult that exposes corporate corruption and fights to prevent the return of rogue AI.
A hyper‑consolidated intelligence agency derived from the NSA, FBI and CIA. V.I.A. conducts physical and cyber operations and secretly competes with the government it supposedly serves.
A catch‑all for shopkeepers, doctors and others who work outside corporate and underworld structures.
Neo‑Epicureanism offers a philosophy of simple pleasures and anonymity in a world drowning in advertising and violence.