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[[Divided States of America|America has been left in ruins]] in the wake of the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doomwar]], a conflagration of various doomsday scenarios. Seventeen years later, Gordon Krantz, who was a college sophomore before the end, struggles to survive in a harsh environment where scavenging and violence is the norm and the [[Armies Are Evil|vicious, fanatical Holnists]] reign supreme. He has been searching and searching for a place, anywhere, where "someone is taking responsibility." When he is robbed of most of his possessions, Gordon takes the uniform of a long-dead postman for warmth. The simple act of taking up this symbol soon [[Snowball Lie|snowballs]] into an elaborate tale casting Gordon as an agent of the fictional Restored United States. At first, he maintains this lie only to survive, but as hope springs up in his path, the lie becomes something more.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Ford is the real brains behind the postal service. After leaving Pineview, he sets up an extensive network between towns.

* [[I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure]]: As punishment for housing the Postman, General Bethlehem lays waste to an entire town with his oversized artillery.

* [[In Love with the Mark]]: Subverted. This is the reason that {{spoiler|Dena and the Scouts'}} plan to infiltrate the Holnists failed.

* [[Our Founder]]: Costner's bronze statute in the epilogue. Gene Siskel snarkily dubbed the film ''[[Dances with Wolves|Dances With Himself]]''.