The Prison State

When the Dragon made the Sixth Great Lake of Warpath, more was torn apart in the landscape than just the ground of northern Indiana and Ohio. The horrendous tearing of the land also shifted the whole Lower Peninsula of Michigan into its own plane of existence trapped between the real world and the astral plane. Suspended in this way, Michigan has become an island onto its own, isolated in every single way from the rest of the worlds both spiritual and tangible. Those who venture out deep into the waters of the Great Lakes seeking an escape vanish into horrific unnatural storms, never to be seen or heard from again. With this, Michigan has had to adapt and become completely self-sufficient. Only the smallest number of highly-controlled imports (and new prisoners) entering from Ontario and the Upper Peninsula using the remaining bridges still connecting Michigan to the real world.