In the year 2160, the universe is run by corrupt corporations and governments that will do anything in order to get what they want.
The year is 2350, and corrupt intergalactic corporations are the rule of law, hiring bounty hunters and mercs to do their bidding.
Much of the anger has been directed at Congress, which is seen as corrupt and beholden to Bolivia's elite and multinational corporations.
Many extractive operations are illegal and encouraged by corrupt multi-national corporations in collusion with national governments.
EVAC's vast weapons development facility, an extensive and technologically advanced complex which houses the true heart of the corrupt corporation.
The Federal Reserve is a corrupt corporation steeling wealth from the world.
There are a total of seven criminal gangs in the game: the Zaibatsu, a corrupt corporation, is present in all three areas.
Leaving the power to a jury is the only fair way to really punish corrupt corporations.
That being said, there were corporate raiders such as Andrei Volgin engaged in hostile takeovers of corrupt corporations by the mid-1990s.
After having directed "The Firm," a movie about a corrupt legal corporation, he's now running one here, and he's a treat on this side of the camera.