A translation issue, I am sure, but the only place where this might still apply would be Alaska. In the mainland portion of America, we have designated "Wilderness" areas, protected by the Federal government, from any sort of man-made development. The goal is simple: Protect these places as they have always been ...

It has a small population compared to the vast territory of the United States. Wyoming is larger than the Korean Peninsula, but has only 490,000 people. So I thought that the counties around the Rocky Mountains were all low-population wastelands.

Like your expression, "Wilderness" areas, not wasteland, are correct.
I misrepresented the "Wilderness" areas, as wasteland.

A perception problem, as well as inaccurate. Iowa has over 3 million people and is hardly a wasteland. It is one of the most productive agricultural states in the country.

You are right! I misunderstood Wyoming as Iowa.

It depends on your definition of "wasteland" I suppose. There are certainly many places in the American West, where you can look out a long way and not see much in the way of any population centers. Where you do find them, they are smaller towns, not huge cities. But ...

Your guess is correct. I understood the small towns from the western movies as wasteland.

As far as determining whether the people there are "friends" or "enemies," to "survive" the thought never enters our minds. I think you may have this perception from watching movies about the settling of the American West in the 1800s? Just guessing ...

I've been told that Americans are trained to instinctively determine if the other person has a gun. Haven't you learned how to fight opponents with guns? Since the United States is free to own firearms, I thought it would be trained to distinguish between enemies and friends.

I succeeded because I was good at my job. Company "politics" is always a part of any human enterprise and life, whether here in America, there in Korea, or anywhere else. As long as there are people "in there," we can rest assured there will be problems ...

I agree with you!