In Seis Manos' universe, the ROC (present day Taiwan) won the Chinese Civil War instead of the PRC.
To reflect the Kung-Fu movie aesthetic, a China with a government and society with more in common with its pre-1950s character would make a lot of sense, hence this guess.- Given that Brister is a veteran of the Vietnam war and the Vietnamese communists relied heavily on PRC support, this seems unlikely, but isn't outright jossed.
