A wastelander is a term used for anyone living on the US(rather Canadian) territory,
inspired by a post-apocalyptic game series, Fallout.
According to those games, after a
nuclear war current US territory would be a wasted land with no trees or pure water, inhabited by ghouls, mutants and chinks.
—
Why hello there wastelander, whatcha doin in our neck of the... well, what do you want?
—Hello my canuck friend. I was
searching for a tree, a
green one, for my studies. Do you have trees in your lands?
—No, thanks to you and commies! All we have is nuclear snow desert.