Thanks to World War IV, 95 percent of Sydia can’t afford food. Our land was destroyed, toxic, so that nothing would grow. As part of the treaty, the Ancients cultivate our land, but they can’t—or won’t—sustain the entire planet. So our genius Chemists created food supplements. A single pill provides all the nutrition of an entire meal. The problem is that manufacturing them is expensive. Their solution? Charge ridiculous amounts for real food and use that money to cover the costs. So while no one starves now, the majority can’t afford to even buy an apple, while the rest can have anything we wish.