Jack of Harts

The Socialist Republic of Juneau sent their Zero Balance celebrities to the world to show everybody the opportunities to be had in Juneau. And they broadcast the lives of those with low Life Debts to show how even the everyday man and woman on the street could live. What they did not tell the world was how the vast majority of those with Life Debts lived. Those had to tell the story of Juneau on their own, which they did. They were small in number at first, running away from their new Socialist paradise as control tightened, but far more would follow them in time. People who desperately wanted to be free of the Life Debt that controlled their futures purchased or built illegal boats and ran for freedom in Canada or other American States. They told a completely different tale of the living conditions most people “enjoyed” in Juneau, and gave the nation a public black eye that could not be ignored. Or allowed to continue.