What is the setting of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson?

Snow Crash is set in the relative present (early twenty-first century), although it is an alternate present, with more highly evolved technology and industrial privatization. This approximate time frame is confirmed by the facts that Hiro and Raven's fathers served in World War II and that Uncle Enzo served in the Vietnam War. Near the end of the book, Hiro notes that both he and Raven were born in the 1970s.