The Borderlands is a relatively new region. Once a sparsely inhabited stretch of land on the South Dakota-North Dakota border, the Borderlands went from nowhere to nightmare very quickly in 2280 when the Generals' War was declared. The region was inundated with trenches, and the ground became an even more blasted wasteland than before. Now, as the war has gone stale, the Borderlands has become inhabited by more factions than just the American Northern Army and Custer's American Army. Various scavengers and deserters turned raiders known as Border Bandits emerged, as well as an old enemy of the ANA, the Sons of Bismarck. The Borderlands still sits shattered, engulfed by war.