Atlas Reach

Atlas, was originally one of the frontier colonies located on the fringe of the boundaries of human civilization. Over generations the planet became increasingly more industrialized with investment from the New York Stock Exchange. Its notoriety as a small agriculture based colony evaporated with this notion, as soon the small time farmers disappeared and large structures reaching the heights of the skyline were being constructed on their soils. Huge companies such as Sony, Toshiba and Microsoft started to move in and exert control over the government, putting themselves at the top of the hierarchy in order to take sway polices in their favor.

As Corporation control over the government grew stronger and stronger, they continued to fight for more and more legal rights for their company. Soon they were granted sovereign territory on Atlas, were allowed to pursue construction of their own personal private armies and effectively curbed the freedom of their employees, ensuring maximum efficiency. The Corporations treated their workers quite well, some opted for a friendlier approach by providing every employee with health-care, good wages, protection from organized criminals as well as safe homes inside giant complexes. However, this was not without a cost, many of the citizens were heavily regulated by their Corporate overlords, dominating every aspect of their life.

Organized crime was evident across Atlas Reach, the high towns, built from high rising buildings being bridged together were relatively safe. Being protected by corporate MilTek enforcement officers gave high town dwellers a sheltered life from the extreme horrors of their inferiors. Those unlucky enough to be born in a lower societal status were subject to criminal coercion and police abuse. Their rights more constricted than their counterparts.

Psionics

Atlas on its founding recorded a strange, purple substance burrowing beneath the surface, bubbling itself upwards beneath the cracks of the surface and erupting out of tipped mountains. As generations passed, this substance started to mutate genes of the inhabitants, allowing them a greater connection to the universe and the nature of their planet. Some have nurtured this new found ability, and spent their lives learning it to find out they have the ability to move objects with their mind, others have started selling this a resource to boost their mental powers by ingesting a large dosage.

[ROSS 614 AB, GOTTA go play Overwatch tell me if more is needed.]