Swampers are descended from the poor, rural and uneducated folk that lived near the swamps and bayous that made up the Gulf Coastline of the Southern United States. As they did not live in a strategic area they were not bombed during The Great War. Similar to the rest of the post-war United States chaos and looting affected the proto-Swampers and in an effort for easier survival many retreated to the local swamps and bayous for protection.