Found this map of balkanized America in-game. Considering the lore, which of these fractured territories would you actually want to live in?
I was looking at this map and realized how much environmental storytelling CDPR packed into it. It shows the balkanization of the old USA—with the Pacific Confederation up north, the Western States, an independent Night City, and the Republic of Texas highlighted in red.
A fun lore fact about this map is that it's basically NUSA propaganda meant to gloss over how fragmented the continent really is. For example, the Pacific Confederation is practically a corporate-owned nation that requires work visas to enter, while the Republic of Texas is completely autonomous and regularly fights off NUSA influence to stay independent.
It got me thinking: If you were forced to leave Night City, which of these other territories (NUSA, Republic of Texas, Pacific Confederation, or the Western States) would you take your chances in, and why? Do you think any of them offer a genuinely better life than NC?