It's basically about corporations when they have too much power after the fall of the United States. The creator of the table top game says it's a warning of a future that may come. So it's an Autocracy after the fall of a nation where corporations rule. Think of how Facebook and Google censor people now but add a few decades and subtract the government.

I don't know everything about the universe so I would do your own research, but that's what I have gathered. Also the fall of America in this universe was because of people bitching about not having enough privileges if I remember correctly. I could be wrong but I know it was something like that. It's very reminiscent to whats going on right now.