Taiping State, due to the war between New America and Night City, saw its developing tourist destinations and the World Financial Trade Zone shattered by conflict.
Investors withdrew their funds, leaving unfinished buildings everywhere. The locals, already dispossessed of their land, now lost their jobs and ended up as vagrants. Moreover, the increasing chaos attracted outsiders and lawless ruffians, plunging the area into further disorder.
Afterward, Arasaka's return to Night City meant that only Northern California had yet to be reclaimed, but New America still had to consider its largest competitor. Taking into account the years-long war, they signed the Alvin Treaty with Night City, declaring a ceasefire.
Since then, companies that attempted to restore order and continue investments were met with resistance. The Voodoo Gang and locals left them battered and bloodied until the NCPD planned to lead efforts to restore order, provoking even larger riots—
