Republic of British Normandy

[Craig91 12]

Table of Contents:

Page 1:    

        Introduction and Halicarnassus

        Video Update 1 - Normandy 2008

        Update 1 - Staunton Island

        Update 2 - Maps of British Normandy

Page 2:

        Update 3 - Mal Zeth

        Video Update 2 - Visit British Normandy

       Update 4 - Election 2007

       Update 5 - Riva

Introduction

The Republic of British Normandy is a tiny, safe, Western European nation, renowned for unrivaled standard of living. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality. It was once a British colony (independant since early 20th century) and lies next to the Northern French province of Normandy. After it's independence in 1902 the country struggled economically for some years. In World War II Pixodarus was on the side of the Allies and it's small 15,000 man army was cut in half fighting Nazis in France as they were poorly equipped due to lack of funding. There were some attempts at stimulating the economy, like building two of the world's tallest buildings in the 1930s, but these had little effect, with the economy remaining steady until a boom in the 1950s.  Troughout the late 50's and early 60's, as the economy was beginning to grow rapidly, the country started to grow in population as there was high immigration and people could afford larger families. Much of the immigration came from France, England and Ireland with 35% of the population today having Irish roots. On 1st January 1973 Normandy joined the EU, of which it's citizens have always been firm supporters of. As of 2007 Normandy remains the financial centre of Europe and is home to the European Central Bank.

Here are some statistics about the country:

Capital - Largest City	Halicarnassus Staunton Island
Official Languages	English, French
Government - Prime Minister - President	Parliamentary Democracy Patrick Smith, MP Isabell St. Clare
Independence - Declared - Recognised - Consitution	from the United Kingdom October 15th 1902 January 3rd 1903 June 11th 1903

[Smarty218 2]

Wow! Beautifully realistic! The detail is fantastic. The government buildings are spectacular!

[Craig91 12]

Thanks Smarty218, I didn't expect a first reply quite like that :-)

[Za 164]

Very nice start. I always like it when people describe what the pictures are of. Good luck on your first cj

[Craig91 12]

Thanks a lot Za

[2nerdy4u 1]

Very, very nice start. That is a wonderful city you've built.

[bbfan02 23]

Great start to this cj! The pictures look great! The flag looks good too.

-bbfan02-

[willg 0]

is it west of normandy becouse if it is it's by guernsey which is where i live

[Cleaner475 150]

those are some beautiful nightpics there my friend, and some very weird BATs too

keep it up its going very well,good start

Richard

[Craig91 12]

Originally posted by: willg is it west of normandy becouse if it is it's by guernsey which is where i livequote>

I had imagined it would be somewhere around here

P.s Sorry if I covered your house. I've never been here, I just decided I'd stick my CJ here

[Smarty218 2]

Are you going to have the islands in there too?

[suplado! 23]

great start!! and the background info is really nice!!

anyway -- the nightpics looks nice...looking forward for more cool pictures!!

[Craig91 12]

Smarty 218: There are a couple of Islands in the area, the capital and the largest city are on islands

Suplado: Thanks, that means a lot coming from you

[mayor of the manor 0]

I like the background and the pics look great! Can't wait for more!

[jacqulina 162]

very nice start and intro my friend allready looking fantastic

[Craig91 12]

Video Update 1: Normandy 2008

CLICK HERE

 

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Not sure when I'd like to bid, but definately at some point.

[willg 0]

thanks for the map

[Smarty218 2]

Great video, nice mini update!

[2nerdy4u 1]

Great video. Love it. A good video update is always nice.

[Craig91 12]

 

Update 1:Staunton Island

 

Staunton Island has with a population of about two million, the highest population of any Norman district and is also the most densely populated. For obvious reasons it is sometimes known as 'Skyscraper City'

 

First up is Staunton Island City Hall. This building angered a lot of people when first proposed as the style was so unlike anything else in the city.

Next is the Staunton World Financial Centre, which is currently home to two of the world's top ten tallest buildings. The third, smaller building has won many architectural awards for it's creative design.

Home to one of the world's largest communications companies Norcom Tower is a stunning supertall, built in the 1990's.

The Royal Bank of British Normandy (est. 1870) is the country's third largest bank and in the 1950's moved it's headquarters to Staunton at the John Frederick Complex.

Citigroup's European HQ are located just North-East of the Financial Centre and sits next door to the home of RTBN (Radio Television British Normandy), Normandy's oldest media company.

Home of sport in Staunton is the Westside Sports Complex. This facilitates the 60,000 seater Redgar Stadium (Football, Athletics etc.) and Murphy Field (baseball) which sits 50,000.

One of the newest completed supertalls in Staunton is the TrumpInternational Hotel and Tower Staunton Island

Of the west coast on a small, artificial island is one of the world's tallest and most expensive hotels, the Clarion Grand Hotel (forgot to turn off grid, sorry)

Finally, a little old style, 1930's buildings that were both at one time the world's tallest buildings, Gordon Tower and the Smith Building Society Building.

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First off let me say this isn't my best work, it was the first city I built in this region and is the only megacity (sort of). I still want to keep it because I think it makes my region more dynamic.

Well that will probably be my update for this week. I more than likely won't be back on until

[suplado! 23]

cool skyscrappers...but some of them are turning black! anyway -- i like the stadium location...cool walkway and parks around those buildings!!

[Craig91 12]

Thanks suplado :-) Good news (I think), I'll be able to do another update or 2 this weekend but I won't be able to do one again after that until next weekend

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice work. You have the makings of a great region here.

Vive la Normandie Britannique!

[Za 164]

Great work.......I like how you used the Guangzhou (sp?) Twin Towers

[bbfan02 23]

Excellent, excellent work. The buildings are great! The custom content is very good and it shows.

-bbfan02-

[Craig91 12]

Update 2: Maps of Normandy

A small update, two maps of the British Normandy Region

I don't know why these uploaded so poorly, but...sorry 

The first map is of the cities in Normandy. I thought it should make the CJ easier to understand

The second map I just made for fun. It shows the motorway system as I have it so far, any tunnels I have and expansion plans for the motorways.

[penguin007 27]

Lovely start to the cj cant wait for more

Will

[Za 164]

Nice maps. It does help me picture where everything takes place....

[Smarty218 2]

Missed an update. Yeah so anyways, great diversity of buildings! And like I said on the transit map thread, great maps.

[bbfan02 23]

Good maps. They are detailed. Well, I can't do anything that good.

-bbfan02-