As evidenced by the crowd watching The King enter the arena, the racial demographic of the L3C universe is entirely different than our own Wild West. There’s three major reasons for this...

1. In 219 B.C., ancient Chinese explorer Xu Fu searching for the fabled elixir of life went looking for the mythological Fusang. His massive 60 ship expedition landed on the Northwestern coast of our North America continent. He and his crew quickly aligned with local Indian tribes forming what would become the Fusang Empire that dominates the L3C western coast.

2. The presence of the Fusang empire means the concept of Manifest Destiny never takes hold in European based settlers. The breakneck political desire for westward expansion muted, relationships with Native American tribes over land develops more organically.

3. The Atlantic Slave Triangle never takes hold in the late 16th century. Revolts in the Caribbean start earlier and geopolitical developments in West Africa change quickly. European traders abandon the route quickly.

In the L3C universe, At the Philadelphia Convention, Congress not only prohibited the importation of slaves starting by 1808 but the abolishment of the practice. What little resistance there was to the legislation was handled gracefully during the Jefferson presidency.