Rolltown

Rolltown: a meritocracy. The United States has a huge database for every individual and jobs are given based on IQ scores, etc. The most intelligent people get to vote. However, because of the meritocracy all racial tension has virtually disappeared since everyone is judged on their own merits. Those that are not intelligent and thus cannot find jobs (in part because of the mechanization of most production and service industries) are given a government dole, the NIT (negative income tax). This rigorously structured system does not sit well with all members of society many of whom wish to escape from the confines of urban life. These hordes of dissidents join roving communities which trek across North and South America.