HESLAND

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Welcome to the Grand Republic of Hesland. A small nation located in Europe on the Baltic sea bordering Poland to the east and south and Germany to the west. The nation's primary industries is petroleum refining, dirty industries, manufacturing, ship-building (a competitor for Germany), and tourism.

Capital (and largest) city: Rollance

Population: 14, 770, 000

Government: United Republic

Political Party: Conservative

President: Jacques Girard

Monarch: Queen Julie

Official Language: French

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Update 1: Rollance

In this picture we see the average row buildings. Although the country speaks French, a lot of it's influence is from the Netherlands, as you can see by the architecture. The old landmark there is called La Tour de Rollance, or Rollance Tower:

A modern high-rise rising out of the smaller buildings:

The Duprée Roman Catholic Church:

The Rollance Port Tower is a modern landmark built by the Port of Rollance company:

Another church amidst the row-homes in Rollance:

Rollance has some nice open feels near the port, they were developed in the 1980's:

And for the last pic, just a another view of the city:

Please comment! Next update, : Port of Rollance!

[kylelies 0]

i like this. the only problem i have is the placement of the old houses, they seem to not match eachother.

well, some at least.

try to put buildings that match in height next to eachother.

i love the modern right next to the historic, its very helsinki!

[roboo1 1]

I like your city a lot! It's nice how you combined the houses and the churches. The only thing I dislike is the location: you have made my contry (Poland) smaller, but that's OK with me - it's just a CJ Good luck with Hesland and I am waiting to see the port!

[jacqulina 162]

very nice start and intro my friend,wonderfull city very nicely done.

[Gozer_Jep 0]

nice city, but i see 1 problem: a country with that size and with a population of 14 million would be very, very crowded: the country on the map is about 10.000 square kilometer, so that's 1400 people/sq km.

@kylelies: the old, not matching, houses are the charm of dutch cities.

[fabsies55 5]

awesome dutch setting.

those buildings are pretty kool and you can tell its recently done because of that blue building that has only come out recently.

well done.

[petertrom 0]

i liked your last older hesland too but this is looking even better! well done my friend!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Yay HESLAND is back! Awesome work, even better than old Hesland. I like the French theme too, keep it up!

[Liluca25 0]

Thats a beautiful city- but why are they talking french? polnish or german maybe, but french =)??

[Schulmanator 5,787]

An excellent start on an attractive town.

[flyinbird93 2]

it looks good to me, is there supposed to be that square gap in the middle of the row houses? never been anywhere with row houses so i dont know how that works. could give me some ideas for city beautification in my towns if thats how they work. anywho good start, should be interesting to see this 14mil people in that little country

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kylelies: Thank you! well, that's what Amsterdam is like, it is a generic mix. Thanks for commenting!

roboo1: Thank you! , well I had to put it somewhere, sorry 'bout that.

Jacky: Thanks!

Gozer_Jep: That's the idea. it will be crowded. Thanks for commenting!

fabsies55: Thank you! i love ills buildings

petertrom: Thanks man

Nihon: Thank you, great bats my friend

Liluca25: Thanks. Well, I thought it would be influenced by France and Amsterdam, I just felt like something a little different...

Schulmanator: Thank you!

flyinbird93: Thanks! When i look at Amsterdam in google earth, i see those gaps with trees, but I can't be sure, its just what I chose

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I will update about the port in update 2 but for now here is a quick mosaic starting from a modern highrise to the canal lookout:

[nihonkaranws 88]

Great mosaic, I love that lookout tower with the clock. Awesome work!

[feliwi 4]

very nice, love this mixture of european architctures!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Now THAT is Dutch. You've got a great European feel to this thing!

[panthersimcity4 162]

Great work! I love the style, very dutch, but it also looks alot like Gdansk.

[lindsay-akihita-aomori 1]

Great work! very dutch, I love the French idea. i will be back for more!

[Hawkeye9 0]

Very nice start!!!!

looking forward to more!!!!

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nihon: Thanks

feliwi: Thank you!

edmonton_stinks: Thanks, love ur bats!

panthersimcity4: Thank you, great work in San Pedro

lindsay-akihita-aomori: Thank you!

Hawkeye9: Thanks!

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Here is the Port of Rollance update that I promised!

In this pic we see the Pond de St. Jacques, or St. Jacques Bridge, a modern landmark giving the idea of a mix of old and new in the city:

The Port of Rollance control tower:

A mill on one of the manmade islands in the harbour:

Some docks for grains and minerals:

The cargo docks:

A manmade peninsula for smaller ships docking:

An overview of part of the port area:

And lastly, a Navy destroyer watching over the harbour by the breakwater protecting from large waves from the Baltic Sea:

Once again, please comment, thank you!

[s_olah 87]

that first picture with the bridge is breathtaking...to bad there's no traffic...great Cj, keep the great work

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work and pics my friend,excellent seawalls fantastic port

[Maraus 0]

Why did You cut piece of Poland? ;(

[disturbman 0]

Magnifique, exactly what I had in mind for one of my cities... I just wonder, what on earth french people are doing over there? Settlement from the Grande Arm

[Rictiovarus 1]

Looks great, reminds me of Amsterdam. Perhaps a GLR to really finish it?

[roboo1 1]

That's a big port as for such small city (and country) but it looks good! I like your bridge a lot

[art128 4,618]

wow very good CJ and nice port !!

[simcityplyr100 2]

Amazing work with this City Journal, it has a quaint dutch feel to it that make it one of the more eye appealing City Journals I have read. In the first update, I really like the placement of Spinnaker Tower, and the Rollance Tower looks beautiful. In the second update, Ill Tonkso's City Tower looks amazing, and when paired with that lighthouse, it makes for an eye catching picture. In the third and final update, I like your use of Somy's, Fukuda's, and maybe Peg's seaport stuff. Really nice City Journal, I will look for further updates.

[flyinbird93 2]

again your city looks very good, i like the little ship stream idea. 2 thumbs up!

[petertrom 0]

amazing work kee pit up!