<Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> The wars were so long ago nobody even remembers . Darkness and fear ruled until the time of the barons, seven men and women who forged order out of chaos . People flocked to them for protection . That protection became servitude . They banished guns and trained armies of lethal fighters they called Clippers . This world is built on blood . Nobody is innocent here . Welcome to the Badlands . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world approximately 500 years after a war that left civilization in ruins . Many elements of technology, such as electricity and ground vehicles, have survived the apocalypse but society now shuns guns, leading to a reliance on melee weaponry . </P> <P> In a territory known as the Badlands, the former state of Oklahoma, a feudal society has developed to fill the power vacuum left by the war . Barons control land and monopolies over commodities like opium and fuel, trading amongst themselves to maintain the peace . Each baron is served by a massive workforce of slaves called cogs, as well as a prostitute class called dolls . A baron maintains power through a corps of young men and women called clippers: highly trained and loyal warriors . clippers are forbidden from marrying and having children lest their loyalties be divided . Each clipper force is captained by a regent . </P> <P> Several groups exist outside the strict hierarchy of the barons . Nomads are the most common, mostly lawless homicidal bandits who subsist on stealing from trade convoys between the baronies but some live in organized clans . The River King and his men control water trade in the Badlands and beyond, and is considered a neutral party in the barons' power struggles . An ascetic religious movement called the Totemists is also shown to exist on the fringes of society, living in isolated communities and practicing a form of idol worship . The Widow leads a revolutionary group of anti-feudal fighters from her late husband's barony; although nominally recognized as a baron by her peers, they do not respect her, and the contempt is mutual . </P>

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