This is a game of Apocalypse World, using the Apocalypse World ruleset. PCs are members of a community in some godforsaken cold, wet hole. Is this just a single place that’s cold and wet? Is the whole world frozen over? What happened to everything? I don’t know -- if you want to find out, play the game. If you want to build an army, play the game. If you want to make a pain cult, play the game. If you want to build a war rig, play the game.
If you want to survive. Play. The. Game.