Los Destronades

Herald Palmer's tech company took off in the early 2040s, not unlike hundreds of others. He used the lack of attention to grow his company in the shadows. He lent money to many of the most powerful organizations in the world, and asked for the money back, right in the middle of the global economic collapse of '46. The organizations went into more debt to pay him back, while taking loans from declining banks that had borrowed money from Palmer. Using this vicious cycle of debt, Palmer slowly took over all of the organizations that owed him, including large governments. In 2050, he strengthened his hold on the world by taking over the banks that the US Government owed large sums of money to, and in turn took control of the global superpower that is the USA. By 2055, he had taken over every country in the world with any influence on the global economy. He was just a businessman in name, but with the power he held, he was essentially the king of the world. Every person with any influence over the public did nothing but sing his praises. Anyone that publicly opposed him either disappeared, or was arrested, for committing a crime that had been forged in their records. They were sent to prison for a short time, before being transferred to a mental asylum, privately owned by Herald. No one got out of the torture house that was the Palmer Psychiatric Rehabilitation Facility, until one group of hopeful rebels planned an escape.