Jack of Harts

The Great Families of New England weathered the Second Great Depression and the Cybernetic Wars well. Some families did collapse, or were absorbed into others, but that simply meant that they were not great. From necessities like food and fuel, to far more optional luxuries, Great Family corporations had stockpiled enough to survive the fall of civilization in style. Those that survived and thrived did so by sharing their expertise and supplies with the towns and businesses around them. They helped keep the systems that maintained their life style operating, provided jobs for those who wanted them, and paid in far more valuable resources than the American dollar that collapsed during the depths of the economic crisis. The Great Families saved civilization in New England, and helped form the New England Federation that maintained it in the decades and centuries to come.