u/AdInfamous6290

Here’s my thought process, anything I’m wrong on here?

1. Gambling can be extremely addictive and destructive, it is the throwing away of money in exchange for an adrenaline high, it is inherently degenerate
2. Degenerate desires are not going anywhere, and will always be sated by legal or illegal means
3. It is better to legalize degenerate behavior so as not to create a criminal revenue stream, but to create a legal “friction” for degenerate activities, to dissuade the activity, and the most effective friction (aside from potential danger) is geographic restriction
4. Casinos and the associated services are incredibly lucrative and (aside from one extremely notable exception) are basically impossible run into the ground
5. A near guaranteed cash flow from outside communities, on a basis that creates jobs and entrepreneurship, aided by a government monopoly, is the most realistic form of reparations our current society could actually achieve for American Indians

* The casinos should be owned by, and its profits distributed to, the recognized tribal governments rather individuals or private groups. There is still the risk of avarice and corruption, but it is more likely that the funds will actually go towards developing the community rather than benefitting a few well connected members and diluted by outside investors, banks, etc.

First time playing this game, is there no option to make roads or anything similar to either let the drones go foster or even just for the aesthetic? I looked through the tech tree, even the steam workshop and I cant find anything. My sponsor is America, I have to pave Mars into an enormous parking lot for my Mega Walmarts.

Unlike some, it’s not that it’s post apocalyptic or set in North America. My biggest worry is that they will play it entirely too safe and will neither make illusions to real world religions and cultures, nor create unique post apocalyptic societies. I love After the End, and I’m not expecting that lever of granularity or diversity, but if every society is a flavor of Mad Max/techno punk/neocowboys/fascist it’s just going to get stale fast.

I want to see native societies, mormons, Amish, Latinos, Canadians, Chinese, Italians, Cajun etc etc. Show us what nuclear radiation and 150 years did to the québécois or cascadians. I don’t want every settlement to be called “Hopeville“ or “Skull Town,” I want to see linguistic diversity AND divergence, like imagine how the deep Appalachian dialect morphs given 150 years of total isolation. I just really hope they don’t lean too far into the post apocalyptic tropes that we all already know, some of that of course but I’d like to see some unique and interesting takes as well.