The place is a border town and houses the G.W.
The police are corrupt, and all the townspeople appear to be idiots and/or straight-up psychopaths. Crapsack World: No normal person would want to live in Paradise.Black Comedy: While the first game was far more gritty and took itself more seriously, the later games moved into this territory and reveled in it without ever looking back.Badass Longcoat: The Postal Dude's attire of choice, with Cool Shades and, in the third game, Fingerless Gloves.And friendly AI also have problems with pathfinding and following you, making escort missions even more frustrating than they already could be. Enemies won't shoot you even if you're right in front of them or sometimes they will completely ignore your existence even while you're attacking them.
