Land of Confusion:
Genesis
With the atomic annihilation of 2012 countless great cities across the globe were reduced to irradiated ruins. Their priceless treasure troves either destroyed or left untouchable for centuries from the atomic radiation of Armageddon. Yet the funny thing about radiation is that it subsides over time, no matter how slowly, once again people have begun to explore the irradiated Dead Zones.
With packs of scavengers crawling through the irradiated ruins with Geiger counters and gas masks in tow, searching for the relics of the old world. Everything from raw steel to still functioning pieces of technology proving themselves priceless to the emerging governments, city states and tribal confederations of the post apocalyptic wasteland.
The merchant's responsible for the trade between the bands of the scavenger and the nations of post apocalyptic North America making a solid profit off the exchange. Their caravans traveling across the surviving highways and roads of old America, protected companies of mercenary guards. Delivering the treasures of the Atomic Age to the markets of the interior.