I come from 2045, so I guess I'm use to a bit more stuff, like indoor plumbing and cellphones.

Triads are Chinese mob, yakuza is Japanese mob. Basically a kind of family structured group of criminals drawn together by national pride and stubbornness.

It probably could bomb the shit outta of us, but half of the closest armies use us to clean up their money problems. If they bomb us out, their funds would take a beating. We're just not worth the effort unless we decide to start robbing them, which is just bad business.