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Ghost in the Shell

The anime and manga series Ghost in the Shell takes place in a cyberpunk version of Earth in the near future. The series focuses on Japan but several other nations figure prominently in some stories. The world of Ghost in the Shell features significant advances in technology, the most significant of which is the cyberbrain, a mechanical casing for the human brain that allows mental interface with the Internet and other networks.

I, somehow, had no idea that present day United States was split up like this in GitS. I figured the American Empire was all, or at least most, of present day U.S. I didn’t realize there was still a body that was recognized as the United States of America in the show. I’ll have to go back and watch the series. How weird.