I just caught up to episode 5 of the NBC show “Revolution,” about a postapocalyptic world without electricity. The show finally got around to acknowledging the existence of steam power, which based on character reactions somehow managed to avoid being rediscovered in the rail hub of the United States (Chicago) in the intervening 15 years.
But another development in the episode was showing the audience the way the United States had broken apart into various factions. Entertainment Weekly got a hold of a mostly-readable map. (Note the lagging existence of certain state borders, and also a “CH” over Lake Michigan that was part of the word “Michigan.” And the Missouri River disappears after Kansas City. But I digress.)
Iowa is part of the Plains Nation, which consists of the country west of the Mississippi River and north of the Arkansas River to indiscriminate points in the Rockies and through Butte MT.
Three Iowa locations are marked on the map: Davenport, Centerville, and Correctionville. (They’re just barely legible but that town in the west has a really long name.) Also there is Preston MN, just north of the state line. We don’t know if there’s a meaningful difference between red and black dots.
This could mean nothing, maybe just locations dear to the production crew. Now that the plot of the show has incorporated a Quest for the Missing Objects, though, the cities may turn up later.