Die Handlung findet in der nahen Zukunft statt, in den finanziell ruinierten und von einer Diktatur beherrschten USA. Das Land führt erneut einen sinnlosen Krieg, dieses Mal in Venezuela.
Set in the near future, the story unfolds against the background of a US that has slid into financial ruin and single-party dictatorship, and that finds itself embroiled in yet another pointless foreign military adventure – this time in Venezuela.