At the end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps, dedicated to maintaining the nation's mental hygiene by any means necessary. Soldiers returning from Vietnam have their battlefield traumas "enfolded," - wiped from their memories through drugs and therapy. Any veterans too damaged to be enfolded roam at will, evading the Psych Corps and re-enacting atrocities on civilians. Hystopia highlights the crazy reality of trauma, both national and personal.