Year 2048: 3 Decades of Darkness

In 2018, global markets collapsed and caused the worst recession in history, with unemployment rates 3 times as high as in the Great Depression. Many different factors contributed to this, but the most significant was the skyrocketing price of oils after a major shortage. The effects rippled across the entire stock market within less than a day, causing mass lay-offs. In the year 2022, the US, with crippled tax collection, was forced to default on it's debts. This killed any attempt of recovery from the recession and further plunged the global economy into darkness. It is now the year 2048, and the Great Recession is entering it's third decade. Despite the advancement in time, technology has advanced little. Plenty of wars are being fought over the few remaining resources, but no nations can afford an army, so most resort to attacking cities with the nuclear bombs that were sold out to the top bidder when the US and other nuclear powers needed cash. The federal government, without any resources to enforce laws, is completely powerless, and state governments don't fare much better. The only semblance of real governance is in the municipal level. Millions of refugees fled their dying towns to their nearest city, living in SUVs or trailers full of a dozen people, if they were lucky enough to have a place to live in at all.

Introduce your character and his current situation, and I will periodically introduce events into the roleplay, and you should write about your character's response.