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- Geography
- Economy
- History
- Military
- Government
- Population
- Communication
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:18 am
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:18 am
New North Islington occupies five large asteroids at the Lagrange 5 Point, 60 degrees behind Earth in it's orbit. Of the three million square kilometres, barely a quater million have been made habitable using large crystal domes. A further hundred and forty thousand square kilometres have been irrigated for food production, a much valued alternative to vat grown food.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:19 am
New North Islington has a working internal economy, mainly based on the production of luxury goods (food, wooden furnature) and Gambling. Energy comes from Helium-3 fusion reactors supplied by the government, and transport is entirely based on the vacumm train system. Cars and other private transport are completely banned.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:19 am
New North Islington was founded in 1993 by the New North Islington Development Company with the intent of mining the asteroids that had collected in the Lagrange 5 point. The first colony ship landed in April 1994, bringing 1.3 million residents to the initial base construced in the Sea of Anticipation. The first city dome was erected in 1995 over the Sea of Anticipation, taking its name. The second city dome was errected only eight months later, followed by the fourth, fifth and sixth in December 1996. The second asteroid was settled in 1998 when the fourth colony ship arrived from Earth.
In November 1999, an explosion in Newport Dome #2 resulted in the death of 2.4 million people. Seperatist groups claimed responsibility and this caused a crackdown on extreme political groups. It also caused the founding of the first national park and the introduction of the first Dirigible Whale into the nations ecosystem. A small civil war followed, killing 8.1 million people.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:20 am
New North Islington has a very small internal security force to suppliment the police force in times of national emercencies. There is also a disproprtionatly large naval force, made mainly of Icarus Tactical Space Weapons Platform units, large uncrewed satellites carrying mainly megawatt lasers and long range missiles, however close support railguns and crew modules are not unknown.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:20 am
New North Islington is a representational democracy, however in times of crisis this is suspended and military order is imposed. This has been done three times, each time democracy was restored quickly after the end of hostilities.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:21 am
New North Islington is a medium sized nation, but it is also growing quite rapidly.
by New North Islington » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:22 am
Being a spacefaring nation, New North Islington does not have a realtime link to the main communication nets down on earth, however, they do have a full connection to them at a 10 minute time delay. Between 8 and 9 minutes for travel time and a further minute to ensure a constant delay.
by New North Islington » Mon May 03, 2010 8:04 am
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