Las Vegas, Nevada, Republic

Las Vegas is the military city where June and Day arrive at the beginning of the novel. June describes it as dry, industrial, and “dominated by towering skyscrapers and enormous pyramid-shaped landing docks” (8). Several of the landing docks are adapted from casinos that exist in Las Vegas in the real world. June and Day join the Patriots here, and June is arrested by Thomas’s patrol in one of the city’s landing docks.

Denver, Colorado, Republic

Denver is the capital of the Republic. It is a large military city that June describes as intimidating, forbidding, and “shrouded in a permanent sea of smog and haze” (332). It is surrounded by a large cement wall called the Armor. The bulk of the narrative takes place here – June meets the Elector and warns him of the false assassination attempt here. After returning from the Colonies, Day addresses...