Homelander has almost completely seized power in the United States, subjugating the Vought Corporation and a loyal president. He rules the country with the help of his personal army superiors and new allies — Ryan Son and Soldier

Homelander has created Freedom Camps, a center of influence for people objectionable to the Homelander regime. It happened in a concentration camp with elements of re-education. Those who were inconvenienced by Homelanders, ordinary people without abilities, as well as Starlight enthusiasts and emigrants got there.

Hui, one of the Boys, enters a room from the common room where the nurse Homelander is sitting among the corpses. The room has bunk beds, blood, and corpses. Homelander wonders why someone like Hui, a "mediocre guy," would make Starlight and Butcher hang themselves for him.