.: A Tourist's Guide to NationStates :.

[Unibot]

A Tourist's Guide to NationStates

I figured it would be neat to do a archive of all the places-you-do/don't-need-to-see-before-you-die in NationStates for those plucky tourists. I also thought, hey why not, lets do it in true-NationStates-style!

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What Entries You Must Have!

Tourism Categories

Tourism has a lot of different subcategories, therefore I'll be organizing this guide using the following categories. Please pick a category you believe that your tourist site/activity would fit into...

Leisure
Recreational travel with the goal of relaxation in mind.

Geographical
The pursuit of a natural attraction, geographical feature or a particular climate – such as alpine or skiing conditions.

Sporting
Recreational travel for the purpose of participating or observing a sport or recreational activity.

Culinary
The pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences.

Educational
The teaching and learning of knowledge and the enhancing of technical competency outside of the classroom environment.

Dark
Recreational travel to “dark" or medieval sites, such as battlegrounds, scenes of horrific crimes, natural disasters or acts of genocide.

Ecological
Recreational travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale.

Heritage
Recreation travel oriented towards the cultural heritage of the location where tourism is occurring.

Medical
The practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care or other medical benefits.

Nautical
A combination of sailing and boating with vacation and holiday activities.

Crime
Recreational travel to engage in activities that would have otherwise been illegal in their home country such as prostitution, recreational drug use or gambling.

Space
The act of orbital or sub-orbital voyeurism or recreation with Space Shuttles, Stations and Hotels.

Danger
Recreational travel to active war zones or other dangerous environments for purposes of sightseeing and superficial voyeurism.

Other

Service Industries

Because this list is going to be very NationStates-esque, we're going to need something we can rate our industries on - and with all tourism comes the service industry to please those camera carrying, jet-lagged, sunburnt foreigners.

The Service Industry that surrounds the tourist location/event shall be rated on three important aspects...

• Transportation (airlines, cruise ships, monorails and taxis…)

• Hospitality (accommodations, including hotels and resorts…)

• Entertainment (amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, theatre…)

These aspects shall be given ratings like in NationStates, such as ...

• Unheard Of
• Rare
• Some
• Below Average
• Average
• Good
• Excellent
• World Benchmark
• Excessive




Follow !? Ha.

Fancy Dancy Table

So we're going to put together that info into a neat NationStates-like table.

Just copy/paste this code into your post... and fill in the tags with your own info.

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Replace only these tags with your own submissions – anything else will mess up the BB code.

@@CATEGORY@@ = Tourism Category
@@TRANSPORTATION @@ = Transportation Rating
@@HOSPITALITY@@ = Hospitality Rating
@@ENTERTAINMENT@@ = Entertainment Value

Other Infomation

Who am I kidding? Other information .... all of the information, really.

These sections will follow this format....

Location(s):

Site Popularity : Unknown / Lukewarm / Seasonal / Average / Hotdog Vendor Galore / Extremely Popular / GDP Breadwinner

Average tourists/ per year: # of Tourists
Average Yearly Profit:

Description:

Critic’s Opinion:

Star Rating: ***** out of *****

Other Notes (optional):

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Here's an example post > example.

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.:The Tourist's Guide to NationStates:.

Leisure

• The Drusche Kindermuseum

Geographical

Sporting

Culinary

• The Mecian Stomach
• New Gerpan
• Dung Beatle Farms

Educational

• Moranus Vera
• The Drusche Kindermuseum

Dark

• The Battle of Avryania Battlefield
• Leach Islands

Ecological

• The Ruins of Uxmal

Heritage

• The Ruins of Uxmal
• Hill Of Heroes
• Gummadoon Castle

Medical

Nautical

Crime

• The Flaming Heir Casino

Space

Danger

• Gratzo-Augarian Border/Western Gratzovka
• CTF-GhostTown

Other

• Tourism Factbook of Cameroi

[Unibot]

The Battle of Avryania Battlefield

Location : Atomic Landing, Avryania

Category: Dark

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Rare

Entertainment: Unheard Of

Site Popularity : Lukewarm

Average tourists/ per year: 1000 tourists
Average Yearly Profit: 1000 Eduards (1100 USD).

Description: The site of the first infamous war in the Eastern Islands – with the Constitutional Monarchy of Sahm Clubs (a technological more capable empire) annexing its small, peaceful neighbors of Avryania. The battle held many casualties because of the atomic bombing of Avryania. It is still this day highly maintained by the Avryanian Heritage Commission.

Critic’s Opinion: What a boring place to visit – do you know why it is “highly maintained”? It’s because this is where people live! It’s a smelly old field that makes your sperm count lower from all the radiation, the field itself is now a trailerpark for welfare bums. Bloody awful.

Star Rating: * out of ****

[Vault 10]

OOC:

Tourism has a lot of different subcategories, therefore I'll be organizing this guide using the following categories. Please pick a category you believe that your tourist site/activity would fit into...

What if my nation is so batshit that it fits into multiple categories? Use several locations?

Meteorological
The pursuit of a particular weather or climate – such as alpine or skiing conditions.
Danger
Recreational travel to active war zones or other dangerous environments for purposes of sightseeing and superficial voyeurism.

None of these quite covers the point of extreme sports. I think it should be a separate category. It's not about danger per se, but about extreme conditions,

The Service Industry that surrounds the tourist location/event shall be rated on three important aspects...
• Transportation (airlines, cruise ships, monorails and taxis…)
• Hospitality (accommodations, including hotels and resorts…)
• Entertainment (amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, theatre…)
These aspects shall be given ratings like in NationStates, such as ...
1. Outlawed
[...]
15. Widely Abused

Huh? I think a 1 to 5 star system would be much better. 15 is too fine. Or, pick 5 out of the 15 gradations as seems fit, but so we know the point.
"Frightening" hospitality or "Outlawed" transportation don't seem to work.

[Avenio]

The Ruins of Uxmal

A view of the central courtyard from one of the pyramids -http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt41/Avenio/Uxmal.jpg

A view of one of the donkey trails leading into the Caldera - http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt41/Avenio/CalderaPath.jpg

Location: Brocéliande Caldera

Category: Heritage/Ecological

Transportation: Few

Hospitality: Good

Entertainment: Rare

Site Popularity: Seasonal
Average tourists/ per year: 860 Tourists
Average Yearly Profit: 800 Pax (4 USD) ((OOC: I know its sad, my money isn't worth much))

Description: The ruins of the ancient capital of the Tikal Empire, abandoned in the 17th century after the French conquest of Canto Island. It contains several tombs of Tikalan royalty, including that of the last known King, K'inich Votan and the remains of several manors and fountains fed by a nearly-intact viaduct, two of which still work. Situated in an extinct volcanic caldera, there is little in the way of transport to the area, the closest being the National Skyrail Line (Mag-lev elevated rail) about 10km out of the caldera, near the town of Beignon. The fastest way into the caldera is along the roughly hewn donkey trails cut into the side of the mountainside, but they can be very perilous in the rainy season. Once in the valley, there is a small native village called Finistère, in which visitors can rest, and for a small fee (around 100 Pax) can stay in one of their visitors huts overnight. However, there isn't much to do other than visit the village and the ruins, and most visitors don't stay long. There is also an Avenio Science Institute compound near the ruins, and is accessible via helicopter for emergencies. The Caldera has a unique ecology, one of the only true rainforests in Avenio, and has over 100 species of birds, 150 species of amphibians, 50 species of insects and 20 species of mammals. There are several habitats unique only to the Caldera, such as the cliffside pools. (pools of water perched in cracks and crevices in the cliffs and colonized by several species of fish and primitive arthropods)

Critic’s Opinion: Okay, aside from the eagle-sized mosquitoes, slippery cliffs and complete isolation, this isn't so bad. I wouldn't recommend trying to go back in one day, as the villagers told us a story about an entire group of tourists blown off the side of the cliff during a freak storm. We stayed in one of the villager's houses, which was a steal at about 4 cents USD, and got dinner and breakfast from the villager's family (consisting of noodles mixed with a local variant of tofu, peanut sauce, wild lime and the meat from a local bird called a Chouelte) The ruins were very interesting, and were in remarkably well condition for their age and isolation. There are birds everywhere, and I could barely sleep because of their chirping and squawking, so bring earplugs. Like I said, all in all, its not bad, and is well worth it for the seasoned traveler or history buff.

Star Rating: *** out of *****

[Unibot]

What if my nation is so batshit that it fits into multiple categories? Use several locations?

As the latest poster just did, you can do a split category if you like.
You can put down as many locations for a tourist attraction as you wish.

None of these quite covers the point of extreme sports. I think it should be a separate category. It's not about danger per se, but about extreme conditions,

Okay, good point. I've created a Geographical section for those that admire natural attractions or climates which left me with a new "Sporting" Category.

Huh? I think a 1 to 5 star system would be much better. 15 is too fine. Or, pick 5 out of the 15 gradations as seems fit, but so we know the point.
"Frightening" hospitality or "Outlawed" transportation don't seem to work.

Another good point, I've gotten rid of quite a few of the ratings on that note.

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[Augarundus]

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Gratzo-Augarian Border/Western Gratzovka

Location : Western half of Gratzovka.

Category: Danger

Transportation: Rare

Hospitality: Unheard Of

Entertainment: Unheard Of

Site Popularity : GDP Breadwinner

Average tourists/ per year: Unknown, estimated as extremely low. Many Gratzovkans, fearing mass-genocide, have fled East toward the capitol of Rivanos. Millions of Augarian troops are moving Eastward with goals of expansionism.
Average Yearly Deficit for Gratzovka: 300,000,000,000 Gratzovkan Pounds (355,710,000,000 USD).
Average Yearly Deficit for Augarundus: 150,000,000,000 Karasdovkas (84,000,000,000 USD)

Description: The highly incendiary site of a currently escalating regional war between Augarundus and Gratzovka. Though most nations in the region have reestablished the Triple Alliance (a historical union between Temeev, Gratzovka, and Haldula used when Augarundus and its colonies have sought out expansionism), this area is the primary combat zone (though the nation Proleshkavya, not part of the Triple Alliance, is also suffering heavily) in the major conflict. Although Gratzovka is a nation generally accepted in world politics and would most likely allow tourism, it is recommended one avoids this area and stays to the East, particularly in Rivanos. However, Rivanos, the capitol of Gratzovka, is doubtlessly a primary target for invasion, so the visit should be temporary if at all.

Current Gratzovkan casualties are estimated at 89,000, most of which are civilians.
Current Augarian casualties are only military, and are estimated at 12,000.

Critic’s Opinion: If you are interested in the Peace Corps, mercenaries or the like, this area would look great on your resume. Otherwise, it is recommended one avoid this zone. It is the bloodiest conflict zone in the region since the War of 1909 held there. And this is only days into it's progression. Avoid whenever possible, and be sure to disassociate yourself from Gratzovka as a whole.

Star Rating: * out of ****

[Unibot]

The Flaming Heir Casino

Location: Port Caudlow, Unibot

Category: Crime

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Excellent

Entertainment: Excessive

Site Popularity: Extremely Popular

Average tourists/ per year: 3,000,000 tourists
Average Yearly Profit: 20,000,000 Eduards (19.8 million USD)

Description: These excellent accommodations in the desert lands of Unibot’s primal wastelands are world benchmarks as much as Unibot’s environmental deregulation. The Casino is named after the infamous leader, diplomat and freemarketist of Unibot that defenestrated and self-immolated himself at the World Assembly Headquarters in civil protest against the repeal of the “World Assembly Economic Union”. The champion of economic freedoms lives on in this luxurious casino of opportunities. With 1,907 rooms, and 3,500 m2 of room for all of life’s pleasures – with hundred of card tables and slot machines to ease ones gambling desires as well as daily performances from the likes of Dr. Paul “Phantom Limbs” Wateredson, the world renowned mystic family psychiatrist, Gordi “Smokey Mirrors” Dix, the man that knows no law of gravity, and the Queens, the only family of deformed singing and dancing elephant performers in Unibot!

Critic’s Verdict: A pleasurable stay if you wish to get wickedly drunk, heckle butt ugly circus freaks, blow a thousand dollars playing blackjack, and yes…enjoy the infamous bordello industry that surrounds the casino’s hospitality venue. The rooms are nice, and they make it easy for you to steal anything you want – I even got so drunk as to throw the television through the window. A fun visit for a weekend if one doesn’t have to worry about financial problems or marriage. However a warning: there’s enough glam and glitter to make you puke without the alcohol.

Star Rating: *** out of *****

[Loria Aesir]

Hill Of Heroes

Category: Heritage

Transportation: Great

Hospitality: Good

Entertainment: Rare

Location: Monroe City

Site Popularity: All year round
Average tourists/ per year: 1500 Per Year
Average Yearly Profit: None

Description: A hilltop monument positioned near the Independence Hall. Two statues stand atop the hill looking down over the capital. The first statue of General Thorpe, the leader of the forces that fought and died for Loria Aesir’s independency stands immortalised in full uniform standing proud. The second is of James Ulrich, leader of the rebellion that helped lead to the military coop and the ‘Freedom War’.

[Gummi Glen and Ursalia]

Gummadoon Castle

Location : Eastern Gummi Glen

Category: Heritage

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Excellent

Entertainment: Good

Site Popularity : Extremely Popular

Average tourists/ per year: 500,000 tourists
Average Yearly Profit: 100 Gummi Crowns (1,000,000 USD).

Description: Gummadoon Castle was once the stronghold of the glorious Knights of Gummadoon under the command of Sir Plucky. However, after the humans annexed the entire region and established the Kingdom of Dunwyn there, most of the Gummi Bears were forced to flee to distant lands across the ocean. Those who remained gathered inside the castle and used great magic to make it disappear, invisible to the greedy humans. After centuries, the Kingdom of Dunwyn finally got a wise monarch who officially recognised the rights of the Gummi Bears and returned half of the land to them, effectively creating the Gummibear Lands of Gummi Glen and Ursalia as an independent state. This meant that the descendants of the Gummi Bears who had fled across the ocean were able to return. Seeing that, the Gummi Bears inside Gummadoon Castle lifted the magical cloak, making the fortress visible again. Today, it is one of the greatest remaining monuments of the ancient Gummi Bears.

Critic’s Opinion: Pure culture at its finest. Most parts of the castle are open to visitors, and you can get guided tours by the Gummadoon Knights themselves. Reasonable entrance fee.

Star Rating: **** out of ****

[Third Spanish States]

CTF-GhostTown

Location: 12 km south of Hampshire Haven

Category: Danger

Transportation: Excellent

Hospitality: Fair

Entertainment: Superb

Site Popularity: Extremely Popular, because people liek violence and sex

Average tourists/ per year: 1,800,000 tourists

Average deaths per year: 150 headshots, 70 suicides and 1,000 overall "frags" per year

Description: The town once was part of a now failed anarcho-capitalist Ayn Rand model society, which dispersed after rampant crime rates, heavy unionization and factory take-overs by those who failed to climb the social ladder over the heads of most, making its ideals of unrestricted "progress of the individual" impossible without the government pigs to force people to bow down to a few wealthy ones, or without people willing to concede to the exploitation of others. Thus, combined with the lack of economical purpose at such location, the town which at its heights had fifty thousand inhabitants became a deserted husk. A few years later, to avoid the issues of the ghost town being used as a hideout, DethCoop, a "hardcore team-based entertainment cooperative" specialized in the construction or organization of Arenas for Real Life team-based violent multiplayer games with live ammunition, settled the old town as an epic Capture the Flag, drawing legions of voluntary daredevils, losers, emos and no-lives for "one last try" for the shared annual prize of $300 million credits or for a more awesome way of ending their lives than simply listening to My Chemical Romance and cutting their wrists. The arena has countless cameras for the spectators and simulates nearly perfectly the environment of a real urban warfare scenario, except that participants are not allowed to bring in land mines, white-phosphorous, napalm or NBC weaponry, for undisclosed reasons.

Critic's Opinion: Unless you think like the people of the Confederacy does, this place is obviously not family-safe, neither it is suitable for the faint of heart, for the easily impressed, for peaceniks, or for those who have families and care about their lives, in the case of wanting to participate rather than only watch. But for those who appreciate such places, who are not a small number, not only the accommodations are excellent, the place always tidy despite the constant bloodshed, the restaurants are superb, and there is even bordellos with some of the hottest and best whores of the entire Confederacy, but also CTF-GhostTown is essentially the transposition of a quite good multiplayer First Person Shooter Capture the Flag map's experience into real life, and one of many similar "bloodsport arenas" across the Confederacy. If you are willing to join the fragfest, you are advised to remember here there are no respawns, when you get shot you won't see a health bar dropping, but feel some serious pain, and that the meaning of Game Over is more absolute than ever. The only issue is that sometimes the participants change their mind and run away, and as it would be inhuman and tyrannical to hold them, therefore teams of the National Deathmatch Tournament might win by W.O. occasionally, but it is impossible, statistically, for every matches of an entire month to end with such result.

Star Rating: **** out of *****

[Cameroi]

Leisure
cameroi's lananaran culture is not greatly entertainment oriented. creating and exploring are however enthusiastically encouraged with much enhanced facilitation (see hospitality however for further explanation)

Geographical
cameroi is a landlocked nation with one air/space port. its borders are however contiguously permiable at surface level and visitors are welcomed, but treated identically with citizens and expected to behaive themselves as such.
cameroi is a mountainous country that is almost entirely and densely forested.

Sporting
sport is something of an almost alien concept from a cameroi perspective. people do however like to relax, enjoy themselves and have a good time. cross country hiking and campic is a popular recreational activity. hunting and fishing are considered strictly for sustanence, but everyone is encouraged to participate if so inclined. the law does require any life form killed to be consumed as nurishment by whome ever killed it

travel itself, simply for the sake of travel and the enjoyment of seeing unfamiliar places is also quite popular.

Culinary
cameroi is noted for its unusual and diverse cuisine. signature popular dishes include pasta ambrosia and lubintau elixer.

Educational
cameroi's educational system is world class. all the basics of tecnology, science and art are tought in the first nine years of lower school. this is fallowed by a two year sabatical before begining hands on skill and ability training upper school, which typically lasts for another five years, but in a sense never ends, because classes and campuses are open and free to all from then on

Dark
while unfortunate historical events and their vicutums are respected, and modest memorials exist to mark the locations of their occurance, beyond maintaing them in a clean and respectable condition, in no way is dwelling on past errors, except to research means of preventing their reoccurance, encouraged

Ecological
cameroi's prolific transportation infrastucture places primary importance on harmony with nature and its cycles of renewal. cameroi beliefs tend to reguard all places as inhierently sacred and the diversity of life forms in them as well.

Heritage
again cameroi's focus in not on the past, though history's contributions are honored and respected.

Medical
we do not claim to have a supperior health care system, other then as to its universal availability and accessability.

Nautical
being landlocked there are only lakes and a few rivers suitable for navigation.

Crime
in a culture that honors creativity and ostracizes aggressiveness, criminal activity is rare.

Space
cameroi is not the richest nor most technically advanced of nations, yet vessles from other worlds do call at its air and space port.

Danger
creatures of every species wander freely throughout the region. one is well advised to avoid antagonizing them and carry nonlethal means of, if necessary, fending them off.

there are of course also the geophysical hazards to be avoided in any open wild countryside which cameroi also is. cameroi learn to exercise good sense when travailing on foot in open country.

Other
cameroi's twin institutions, that generally replace the need and usage of a monetary economy are worth a look, and more. these are the craftufacturing center and the mathom house and are the center of village and often personal life.

the craftufacturing center is in many ways like a library. it is a place where anyone may borrow tools and workspace and make things to their hearts content. the mathom house is a place to deposite serviceable items no longer useful or desired by their current possessor, in exchange for any other item there, or a mathom chit, which is kind of a rain check for picking up something else later, whenever desired.

other primary institutions are of course, predominantly the transportation, energy and data infrastructures, agriculture, institutes of (so called) "impure" science. (think of it as just a name, who's historical basis is somewhat esoteric).

"heavy" industry, such as there is, primarily concerns itself with producing the necessary 'nuts and bolts' of infrastructure, and some, mostly universal, household implements.

cameroi houses and other buildings, though of diverse construction design and technology are most often roofed with solar panels, and many backyards and ridgetops are adorned with working, energy producing windmills. nearly all are tied into the grid to share their surplus. small dams up in the hills and many other noncombustion forms of energy production all feed into the grid besides.

industry and population tend to be located close to such sources of energy as those small dams up in the hills and geothermal wells, thus freeing fertile valley and meadow land for natural habitat, sacred sites, and food production.

• Transportation
is one of cameroi's primary focus. aside from the well being of the natural environment which takes precedence over all else, guideway based mobility comes next. small form factor rail and other guideway based systems completely penetrate virtually all parts of the country.

nearly all are completely free. built and maintained, like all of cameroi's physical infrastructure, by enthusiastic volunteer hobbiests. where environmentally sensitive areas are to be traversed, small form factor monorails and simular systems are employed and considered worth their additional cost over that of equally small scale surface rail and other guideways.

some form of public transportation can be found and boarded/deboarded withing walking distance (a half mile or less) of 70% of cameroi's geography.

while there are few, in almost all places none, paved vehicular roads, there are, many, often paved, two lane pedestrian and human powered, read bicycle, paths. some places these are seperate and some places there are also separate equestrian rights of way.

in truly remote rural areas, construction and agricultural implements are used as forms of transportation. these most often consist of small, but ridable, autonomous robotic machines called masterbots, which are also the primary means by which infrastructure construction, mining and agriculture are carried out.

sometimes they pull trailers, like a hay ride.


• Hospitality (accommodations, including hotels and resorts…)
every village has some sort of place to stay these may be little more then basic shelter in some instances. they are however completely free and include sanitary facilities and places to cook.

many also have free communal dining halls, or semi-free in the sense that the cost of eating there is participation in the food preparation, serving, and or clean up.

some of the larger villages have what are called untaverns. the "un" part being that they are not about consumption of recreational substances. more like a combination of restaurant and video arcade, sometimes with partitioned areas for more personal and intimate activities.

menus there tend to be electronic and built into the table that is also able to act as display for multi-player video games. food is delivered to these tables, usually by a sustem underneath them and served up through the middle of them.

every village's newcommers and visitor's orientation center provides a bag of groceries that may be prepared in the fire pit in each room of the free public shelter. in addition mathom chits may be provided that in some ways take the place of money.

• Entertainment (amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, theatre…)

out door live music performances are not uncommon and most often participatory. parks and strolling gardens are common. most villages surround a sacred grove which is a place for quiet meditaion. sculptural and construction art is prevalent and everyone is encouraged to participate in creating same.

galleries and museums of course also abound, and every upper school is likely to be found to have several, as well as nearly every village. upper schools in addition tend to have excellent engineering libraries, which are always open to everyone.

village public libraries often serve coffee and doughnuts, as well as Internet and media access.

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owing to cameroi's cashless nature, casinos and shopping malls are improbable, though live theatre is not unheard of. and personal wagering for tangible objects on games of chance sometimes takes place in public areas.

appologies for deviating somewhat from format, but felt it was neccessary to explain our somewhat unique situation hopefully better then would have fit.

[Meciene]

The Mecian Stomach

Category: Culinary

Transportation: Average

Hospitality: Average

Entertainment: Below Average

Location: Astechesr (uz-TUH-kuh-zAr) Waterfall Pier, Rivrea
Site Popularity:Seasonal
Average tourists per year: 940 tourists
Average Yearly Profit: 4800 Learings (1200 USD)
Description:
This now-bustling gastronomical outlet had once been a humble seaside fishing village, consisting of a few houses and one small cafeteria. After a few months, the cafeteria had attracted an extreme amount of patrons, desperately looking for fresh seafood. After a major overhaul by the owners, it came to the place we come to know as The Mecian Stomach, both crowded with fish and human populations. Decorated neon lights attract the patrons, and its location directly near the sea had won the hearts of critics, saying "just like you've caught the meal yourself minutes ago". Visitors can opt for the 'Fish@Sea' Sea Cruise, where people can eat while seeing the beautiful Mecian Sea. Accomodation is nearby, with mostly four-star hotels lining the street. Sometimes, famous bands play their hit songs on the stage located directly in the centre of the Stomach, providing entertainment for hungry visitors.

Critic's Opinion: This might just be the tightest place I have ever been in. Queueing up for the food took only minutes, but finding an empty table was like finding a four-leaf clover in a clover patch. The endless jibber-jabber of people ruined the ambience, although the fresh sea air was quite relaxing. On a positive note, eating at night made it seem a bit better, as the temperature was lower than eating at noon, allowing you to relax and really enjoy your food. I opted for the 'Fish@Sea' Sea Cruise, and I didn't vomit at any time as the ride was so well-driven. The food, on the other hand, was extremely fresh and superb! The shrimps were very juicy, though I would recommend that you avoid the so-called 'MeciSauce'. The hotels nearby are also a place you want to check. If you love seaside locations, that might just be paradise. The band playing was quite ear-shattering, though many Mecians flocked to the stars. Hmm.. Mecians like horrible bands.

Overall, if you like stuffing yourself with ocean-fresh meats, this is the place for you. Be wary though, the place is very crowded and the people are quite chatty. The band might make your ear bleed so I'd recommend you sitting down on the cruise, or bring earplugs.

Star Rating: *** out of *****

[Unibot]

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[Cornland and Asura]

Dung Beatle Farms

Category: Culinary

Transportation: Below Average

Hospitality: Good

Entertainment: Some

Location: Central Cornland.
Site Popularity: Seasonal
Average tourists per year: 1500
Average Yearly Profits: 0.00 Corn (0.00 USD) FREE.
Description:
A small collection of farms in the Center of Cornland. These farms grow everything from plants like the Neptune Flytrap ( the alien version of the venus flytrap ), the Corncado ( corn avocado mix ), and some other boring veggies and fruits. But the real reason tourists come to these farms are because of their dung beatles. Every Summer - Fall the farms' dung beatles give off a strong scent of corn across the land, farmers then know that it is the dung beatle eating season. Eating dung beatles? people may think its obsurd but during this season if the dung beatles are eaten now have different flavors, flavors include corn ( of course ), coconut, eggplant, beef, chicken, jalapeno, coffee, and the most rare and delicious Sweet Asparagus. All tourists have to do to eat one of these delicious beatles is to capture one from the farms and the farmer gives it to them for free but tourists must cook it themselves.


Critics Opinion: This place at first when I came looked like a borefest, it just looked like a regular old farm like I could see in my own country, but I can tell you it was oh so different. The farmers were so hospitable and welcome to me and even let me stay in their homes and it was all free. But the only thing was... there was NO entertainment whatsoever, the farmers didnt even have T.V.'s. So I thought oh boy this trip will suck. But the next day when I woke up the heavy scent of corn filled the air. The farmers then told me that we could go and catch the dung beatles, and I was like oh great now I have to eat a dung beatle blech! It was relatively easy to catch one I mean... they were everywhere! So I finally cooked mine and it was the best dung beatle I would ever taste EVER, i tried so many flavors like chicken and beef and jalapeno they were all good buy trust me try the Sweet Asparagus Beatle THE BEST. So after that I decided to come here every year to eat these delicious beatles.


Star Rating: **** out of *****

[New Gerpan]

Shinchi Beach

Category: ecological

Transportation: good

Hospitality: Great

Entertainment: superb

Location: Southwest of New Gerpan
Site Popularity: medium
Average tourists per year: 100000 people
Average Yearly Profits: 10000.00 Dishkins ($20000.00)
Description:
this is the main beach of New Gerpan. Its one of the most highly toured landmarks in the country. many people come to see New Gerpan's giant shores but there is also a large boardwalk, amusement park, and a few museums. If you have to go anywhere when visiting New Gerpan, visit Shinchi Beach

Critic's opinion:

***** out of *****
-New Gerpan Times

[Leach Islands]

Category:Tourist

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Very Good

Entertainment: World Benchmark

Description: The Capital City Of Leach Islands Is Leachtopia, Founded in 1808 By A British Explorer By The Name Of John Leach, Instead Of Reporting his findings he Built His Own Personal Utopia. As Leach Islands Expanded The Capital Became A World Benchmark For Science And Space Discoveries As The Leach Island Government Became Greedy, The Leach Island Monarch Took Controll As A Dictator.

Visit Leachtopia And See The Word Famous Leach-Corp Tower, The Many Research Centres, And Space Programs.

Critics Opinion: Leachtopia is a fantastic place to be for a while, but as you start to spend more time here you get bored of the same sights, The Royal Palace, The Old Goverment Building And Leach-Corp Tower. Unless You Live Here Only Stay For A While

[Moranus Vera]

Location: Moranus Vera

Category: Educational

Transportation: Average

Hospitality: Excellent

Entertainment: Very Good

Site Popularity: Extremely popular
Average Tourists/ per year: 50,000,000
Average Yearly Profit: 11,000,000 Yuka (9,350,000 Euro)

Description:
Moranus Vera is an old country discovered in the region of Renatia accidentally. Moranus Vera is cloaked in forest and surrounded by lots of lakes, mountains and rivers. Many believed the area was too dangerous until proper machinery was developed to venture through.
Moranus Vera had been hidden from the world for 700 years-so the eras like the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and even the Age of Technology (called the New age by Morani people) have never taken place. It is basically a land from the Medieval Times in the modern world.
Theories about the Middle Ages have been confirmed because of Moranus Vera and modern people have begun to learn ancient crafts like candle-making, carving in stones etc.

Critic's Opinion: "Ok, first of all, who cares about a place where technology doesn't exist? It's crazy in my opinion. Moranus Vera is a land trapped in the past-only historians will be interested in a place like this.
On the other hand, it teaches kids a lot about history. In fact, surveys in Renatia show that children who visit Moranus Vera gain a greater understanding of the Middle Ages, and it is becoming a great school trip destination for history students."
-extract from Natural Gazette, Elebeneese Paper

Star Rating: *** out of *****

[Unibot]

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[Rutianas]

The Drusche Kindermuseum

Location: Rutia, Rutia Prime, The Republic of Rutianas

Category: Educational/Leisure

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Some

Entertainment: Average

Site Popularity: Extremely Popular

Average tourists/ per year: 1,000,000
Average Yearly Profit: None (No money system)

Description: Set in Rutia's historic district, the Drusche Kindermuseum is located in a three story building that was erected in 1745 I.D. The museum used to specialize in children's education, but thirty years ago, it began to change to include exhibits for adults as well. With Rutianas having discovered psionics, many exhibits are psionic in nature, though tourists without psionic ability are catered to as well with science, nature, and historical exhibits.

Critic's Opinion: The Kindermuseum isn't just for kids. It's beautifully designed with a relaxing atmosphere. Even on days when schools have field trips, the atmosphere doesn't change. It's actually fun to watch the kids tinker with the psionic puzzles. The exhibits for non-psions are wonderfully done and shed much light on the history and science of the Republic.

Star Rating: **** out of *****

[Gewinny]

Puffspiel Square

Location: Diskutieren Zentrum, Gewinny

Category: Sporting

Transportation: Some

Hospitality: Average

Entertainment: Excessive

Site Popularity: Hotdog Vendor Galore

Average Tourists per Year: Last estimated by the Gewinny Board of Tourism at 6000/year.
Average Yearly Profit: Last estimated by the Gewinny board of tourism at over 9000 Gewinnian Spiel/year, equal to 800 Bigtopian bigtops.

Description: Puffspiel Square is the largest and most well-known of Gewinny's gaming meccas. Prominent features include the many chess tables throughout the grassy area and a bowling alley built into a copse of fir trees, but by far the most popular attraction is the enormous backgammon board in the very center of the park. Large enough that even Bigtopians can fit as pieces, in the height of the backgammon season tourists have been known to wait in line to use the board for as long as three days without food or water, so bring a comfy chair and pack a snack!

Critics Opinion: Although a must-see for the true game enthusiast, Puffspiel Square holds little interest for those uninterested in such things as even the pastries sold by the vendors there come in the shapes of little chess pawns and rooks. If you're in the area, though, be sure to stop by, and if you are a fan of competitive backgammon it's definitely worth the trip. I certainly enjoyed my time there, despite being parched and slightly emaciated by the time I reached the front of the line.

Star Rating: 3.8 stars out of 5

[Fictions]

GhostCity Espias and Exclusion Zone

Location : Inside the Exclusion zone, Espias Peninsula

Category: Dark/Danger

Transportation: Rare

Hospitality: Unheard Of

Entertainment: Unheard Of

Site Popularity : Varies

Average tourists/ per year: Varies
Average Yearly Profit: Varies
Average Cost to visit: Varies but in general it is 50 Ankhs starting fee plus an extra 5 for every hour spent inside the actual city

Description: What remain of what was once the second largest city in the country but now is completely abandoned because of a nuclear strike the site is popular for those with a macabre mind, amateur filmmakers and photographers.
it is actually illegal to enter the exclusion zone because of the very real danger from radiation and the population believe it to be haunted but this has not stopped some people trying to make some money out of it. If you manage to avoid the scams and find someone actually willing to give tours of the area (generally arranged over the internet- monitoring is a lot less vigilant now the country is a democracy) because of the fact visiting the place is illegal there are no official tours and the visit can be centred around what you want to do be it just seeing the place, making “post-apocalyptic” photographs or movies or trying to expose yourself to enough radiation that you mutate into some sort of super-hero (NOTE: the possibility of this actually happening are none, exposing yourself to radiation carries the risk of cancer)
The fact that visiting the place is illegal makes it rather complicated to arrange a tour, and if you are caught you could face a severe fine and deportation (NOTE: you would be kept in custody until it can be arranged for you to be deported)
It should also be noted that transportation is very rarely provided for you and you have to make your own way to a pre-arranged meeting spot, the actual tour will be on foot.
Remember to bring water.

Critic’s Opinion: Espias is a homage to a very sensitive area in the nations history, the psychological effects of the event are still felt in the country and you have be to tactful when arranging the visit. Espias has a similar appeal as places like Chernobyl and various other ghost towns however the fact that visiting the place is illegal would put many people off.
Arranging the visit is a difficult and at times frustrating game of spot the scam one wrong move and you get cheated out of your money, however if you can find someone who is truly willing to give the tour (you can get these peoples contact details from people who have taken the tour or if you are lucky find one yourself) the tour guide will often base the tour around what you want to get out of it.
This tour is not for people who want hotels, restaurants and entertainment, there are no kiosks or postcards to purchase. No-one lives in the city anymore and it remains as a bleak reminder of what nuclear war can do, you will see the remains of buildings, everything left the way they were at the time of the attack, it is an emotional place especially the remains of houses, schools and hospitals all left the way they were on the day of the event.
It is not a place for the faint of heart, it is the remains of a real and recent nuclear attack that claimed the lives of millions of people.

Star Rating: *** out of ****

[I Eldalante]

Musée de l'Histoire Elfique

Location: 21 Place des Elfes, Cité des Etoiles (2e arrondissement)

Category:Educational/Heritage

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: World Benchmark

Entertainment: Excessive

Site Popularity : Extremely Popular

Average tourists per year: 7.5 Million

Cost of Entry: 10 Malta for Adults, 8 Malta for Children, 5 Malta for Students (of any level), Children 10 and under Free

Average Yearly Profit: Approximately 19 Million Malta

Description: The Musée de l'Histoire Elfique (Eng: Museum of Elvish History) is centrally located in the heart of the Eldalantean capital Cité des Etoiles (Eng: City of the Stars) just blocks from Place de la Cité, the seat of power in the country. Adequate, though costly, accomdations are available in the vicinity and the city's nightlife bustles throughout the entire district. The museum itself is a popular destination for anyone interested in the history of the world, and the elves, especially the Caliquendi. The museum's collection is extensive with approximately 40,000 pieces of which approximately 25,000 are on permanent display with the remainder part of various rotating exhibits. The museum is currently hosting a massive rotating exhibit called "The Glory of Valinor" which contains almost 8,000 pieces of Elvish artifacts that are said to be from the fabled blessed realm from the time before the destruction of the Two Trees.

Critic’s Opinion: Well worth a visit and the admission price. It is a little disappointing that a museum of history would choose to present history as it is given down in mythology rather than pure science (though to be fair, many pieces from "The Glory of Valinor" are more than 10,000 years old and far outside of known history and much too complex and exquisite for what science says should have been possible). However, the pieces are all in exquisite condition and show off the fine craftmanship and proud heritage of the Elvish people. People of all ages are sure to find parts of the museum that seem specifically catered to them, and all signs and exhibit information have been printed with information for adults, as well as information for younger children conviently placed at their eye level to enhance everyone's experience. Unfortunately, the museum itself is always extremely crowded. Unless one is part of a tour group with a reservation or a scholar with proper credentials, wait times to enter the museum are well over 2 hours by the time it opens in the morning, and peaks to roughly 4 hours by midday when the queue is closed.

Star Rating: **** out of *****

[Flammable Ice]

The Starship Lucidity

Location : Lucidity, capital of Flammable Ice

Category: Heritage/Educational

Transportation: Good

Hospitality: Good

Entertainment: Rare

Site Popularity : High

Average tourists/ per year: 70 000
Average Yearly Profit: N/A

Description: The Lucidity was where the nation of Flammable Ice began. After crash landing, the surviving members of the crew discovered that they were stuck on the planet. They decided to begin a new civilisation there. The capital city, Lucidity was built around the starship and shares its name.

Critic’s Opinion: An essential site for any FI citizen wishing to learn of their heritage and marvel and the technologies that carried us to this world. So sophisticated, that after centuries, we have yet to completely reverse-engineer them.

Star Rating: ***** out of *****

[Iglesian Archipelago]

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Los Vientos Historic Centre

Location: Los Vientos, capital of the Iglesian Archipelago

Category: Heritage

Transportation: Excessive

Hospitality: Excessive

Entertainment: Excessive

Site popularity: Extremely popular.
Average tourists/per year: 3 500 000
Average Yearly Profit: around 2000 SLF (3540 USD)

Description: The Los Vientos Historic Centre is a place built about 3000 years ago. However, the historic centre we see has just about 200 years old. Despite this, this historic centre is still one of the most beautiful in all the Iglesian Archipelago. Many attractions, such as the Cathedral (first image) and the Castle (last image), are attracted by many tourists, which makes a great yearly profit.

Critic’s Opinion: One of the best places ever seen, well-preserved and very elegant. This is one of the most beautiful places in the World.

Star Rating: ***** out of *****

Other Notes: Despite its luxury, the historic centre is very attractive for those who are poorer people, normally those who come to the Iglesian Archipelago for a better life.

[Swilatia]

And after the Fair and Balanced not really review from Iglesian Archipelago...

Vilvek Old City

Location: Vilvek, Swilatia

Category: TBA

Transportation: World Benchmark

Hospitality: Very Good

Entertainment: Excessive

Site Popularity : Popular
Cost of Visiting: Expensive
Description: TBA
Critic’s Opinion: TBA
Star Rating: TBA