Board Thread:Fanmade/@comment-37578130-20181121090556/@comment-36852367-20181201061809

You know what? Ditch the American part. Make this thing take place in a small 3rd world country (maybe somewhere in Eastern Europe, since there is quite a bit of political unrest in those parts).

That way, the whole "oppressive government" angle could make more sense. Perhaps, the oppression could come as a result of a civil war/rebellion/coup attempt.

Just throwing a few possibilities out there.