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Liquid City was an anomaly in the Union Provincial Zones. Being geographically isolated off in the southwest desert allowed for typical governance systems to grow wild. Over decades the state and local corporations became so entwined they blended together into one monstrous entity of contractually obligated co-dependence. One of the major benefactors in this capitalist takeover was Rodeo Jr., the sole surviving fast food restaurant.
Rodeo Jr. was the only legal place to eat for most of the population, besides the dispensaries, but those were a last resort.