Bounty: A Tropical Story

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Klaus Hartmann Family, June 2056

Klaus Hartmann is the son of Dorthea and Uwe Hartmann, on his mother’s side fourth generation after Greta Navarro. A widow of Italian heritage, who in her 2^nd marriage, became the wife of Sergio Navarro. The man behind the famous monument “Gaia’s birth of Jesus”. Klaus is the cousin of Sergio Hartmann. Klaus Hartmann was born at Banana Road, Mountain Village in February 2024, just a few months before the last of the family's twin daughters died. The family relocated, first to Lumberjack Road and a few years later to an old-style country house at Old Banana Road, at the outskirts of Presidente Jakub District. It was where Klaus would spent is early childhood, until the house was demolished in connection with the construction of the tunnel between Plateau Village and Presidente Jakub District in 2034. At this point the family had become quite wealthy. His father a Power Plant Engineer, his mother jewelry designer at Maria Bird Gold & Jewelry. They moved into a large mansion at the corner of Bay Street and Maria Ruiz Road, sharing the huge building with the Ivanov family. This was where Klaus would live until he left the family in July 2045, 21 years old. Klaus Hartmann rented a small apartment at Plateau Tower and took a job at nearby Stoned Planks. The girl next door was Argentinian immigrant Heike Guttierrez. They started dating, one thing took the other and she became Heike Hartmann, giving birth to their daughter Lena Hartmann, February 2047. Together moving into a larger apartment in the same building. In 2052 Klaus lost his good job at Stoned Planks. At the time unemployment was relatively low, actually quite few uneducated haven’t got a job, but Klaus had to take a dramatic wage cut and that was not his main concern. Working with the tourist boats, often meant several days, sometimes even weekends away from his wife and the little girl. The same year the family relocated to a smaller apartment at Ruiz Tower. Small, but in a much nicer neighborhood, and definitely not cheaper. Since they met, Heike have been working at Jørgen Jensen’s Llama farm in Mountain Village. Klaus Hartmann’s farther Uwe died, 71 years old, in 2048. His mother Dorthea diedm,68 years old, in 2050. 

Klaus and colleague Ángel Navarro at Shark Beach Port

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July 2056

The former Co-Owner of restaurant 豬肉菠蘿 (Zhūròu Bōluó), Min T'ien. Sold her part of the family business, to her sister. To be able to buy a coffee plantation in north district. Where she intends to produce locally grown and processed organic coffee. In competition with imported American factory brands. Currently no processed coffee is manufactured at Bounty Islands. Min’s husband still works at the family restaurant.

Min T'ien Coffe

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August 2056

Another earthquake hit Bounty Islands. This time the epicenter was in Saint Mary's District, Ruiz City. The earthquake devastated a large part the finance ministry, destroyed the Schnider family mansion and parts of Coffee Road. Miraculously nobody died. 

34 years old chemical engineer Giorgia Vincent from the University Research Laboratory, have been working with new pharmaceutical ingredients, based upon plants growing naturally the Jungle, which have been spreading north west of Mountain Village, after the area was declared protected forest. Resulting in a breakthrough in Bounty’s medicine production. A new vaccine has been developed, significantly reducing the high number of miscarriages amongst the pregnant woman, living in densely populated towns and cities on Bounty Island. It seems that the vaccine might even reduce the risk that children born by those vaccinated, can later catch Isabella Drosophila Fever. Although the fever doesn’t kill as many children as it used to do, It is still a very important posivive side effect of getting vaccinated. 

Giorgia Vincent in Mountain Village

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August 2056

Another earthquake hit Bounty Islands. This time the epicenter was in Saint Mary's District, Ruiz City. The earthquake devastated a large part the finance ministry, destroyed the Schnider family mansion and parts of Coffee Road. Miraculously nobody died. 

 

  

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Lol, ya... strange and dangourous   

 

 

 

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September 2056

Last year, Minister of Internal Affairs, Myrthe Sullivan, contacted her cousin oil millionaire Robert Sullivan. Aiming to create a charity. After some meetings, The Sullivan Charitable Foundation is now official. On a yearly basis, 1-3 persons living on Bounty Island, will receive a one-time donation. There is no defined rule, but homelessness and/or unemployment combined with children will likely be important. Robert’s daughter Vera will lead the charity from her office in the Council of the Districts building.  

Vera Sullivan outside Bounty Bank, after setting up the financial details of the charity

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Jessica Fernández October 2056

Jessica Fernández was born in March 1986, the third child of Lucía and Carlos Fernández. Her mother was of German origin, daughter of doctor Jan Schmidt. Her father belonging to an old family living on Bounty Islands for generations. At the time of her birth, both of her parents was in Secret Bounty Military, her father an respected senior officer, 18 years older than her mother. The family living in a nice apartment at Chapel Road, just across the street from the parliament, in what was then Bounty City. Definitely a nice place to grow up. As soon as she left school, Jessica started her training at Harbor District Police. It was quite a cultural shock for her, when she got stationed at the very rural Lucia Village Police Station in 2009. Pedaling from her parent’s home in the city.  

Lucia Village 2009

 

Later the same year she met, what was to become the partner of her life, Haruto Taka. Together, they found a small apartment in Lucia Village. Haruto was a highly educated son of a shellfish fisher, at the time living from unskilled jobs and from time to time unemployed. But you might say, Jessica bet on the right horse, when Bounty Nuclear Plant was finished in 2010, Haruto got a job as Nuclear Safety Engineer. Now the family was very well of and bought a nice home in Miner’s Village. Jessica lost her father in 2011. The family moved to Cepero Town Complex in 2016. Haruto started working with x-ray technology at D'Angelo Clinic, taking the bus over the bridge every day. They got their son Daichi in March 2021. Their daughter Hanako in July 2026. Jessica lost her mother in 2027. In 2031 Jessica got a job at the army camp at D'Angelo Main Road and the family moved to a house at Village Curve, D'Angelo Village. Haruto Taka died just 66 years old in August 2053. After the death of her lifetime parther, Jessica chose to move back to the city. Today living in a nice old apartment in Saint Mary Residential, Pasture Road, Ruiz City. She is now 73 years old, retired from the military in 2052 and the children flew their nest years ago. But she is not lonely, as she has formed a group with other elderly people, mainly from her neighborhood. 72 years old George Harris and his 67 years old wife Martina, 78 years old Adrián García, 71 years old Jessica Gómez and 76 years old Andrea Greco. Together, visiting parks and cultural institutions, all over Bounty Islands.  

Jessica and Adrián García about to take the metro from Ruiz Central Station

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December 2056

Minister of Security Juan Ruiz, asked judge Raquel Benítez from The City Court, for a report on the economy of police and prisons service. The combined cost of running Police and Prison services amount to about 13.790 coins a year, about 56% of this coming from police officer’s salary. On the income side Sánchez & Co. Quality Toys sells toys for about 2.800 coins/year and The City Court collect fines for 415 coins. 

Bounty City Court

 

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January 2057

Short 2056 Report from State Statistics Department:

Top 3 Industrial Export: Firearms 42.061 coins, Electronics 40.416 coins. Rum 35.061 coins

Top 3 Raw Export: Sugar 10.884 coins, Tobacco 9.137 coins, Gold 8.944 coins.

Tourist Industry: Accommodation 51.337 coins, Other Tourist Consumption: 23.948 coins

Yearly balance: 114.417 coins.

Births Rate: 2,27%. Immigration Rate: 0,64%. Death Rate 3,16%. Emigration Rate: 0,00 %. Disappeared: 0,00%

Unemployed: 3,85%, Job Vacancy 0,24%, Homeless: 1,13%

 

This year, it will be 100 years since Cepero Island was split into two districts. The northern part at the time called Cepero Town, with its own Mayer and other local authorities. In the center of the Island, “South District” administrated from Bounty City. 

Cepero Town, 100 years ago

 

Cepero City, today 

 South District, 100 years ago

 

South District, today

 

 

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February 2057

One of Bounty’s most respected authors Aitana Sánchez died suddenly, 68 years old. The former plantation worker, started her writing and painting quite late, as a 40 years old mother of two. Aitana Sánchez breakthrough came with the popular and critical acclaimed novel “Stephani”, from 2033, about famous actress, film star, and radio host Stephania Potalivo. Notable later works include “Private Guard” (2044) about Cristina Cepero, who led the transitional government in the 1920’s. As well as “Liquid Sunshine” (2049) centered around the workers at the first rum distillery in the 1890’s.

Aitana Sánchez (b. Sullivan) was born in January 1989. In her parent’s apartment on South Cepero Road, Lucia Village. Daughter of Shana and Lucas Sullivan. In 2009 she married Rafael Sánchez, with whom she lived the rest of her live and had three children. Since 2055 Aitana and Rafael was living in a beautiful house, next to Smirnov Park, in Cattle Road Residential Area.

 

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María Sanz family, March 2057

María was born December 1997 at Lucia Clinic. The daughter of Jane and Lucas Sanz. Uneducated, she took a job at Hoebeek Construction just 19 years old, leaving her parents, for a small apartment in Fenna Tower. In 2023 she gave birth to her daughter Mónica. Living as a single mother. Her daughter died in 2026, most likely from Isabella Drosophila Febris. In 2027 María got a job at Cine De Loro, in 2033 she was offered a slightly better position at the Cepero Theater and moved to an apartment just across the street from the cinema. In 2036 she gave birth to Myra Sanz, the farther was John Hallett, but they did not live together. John was aiming to become an artist, but worked as a bus driver. After they also got a son Kanoa in 2040, they moved together in an apartment at South Jungle Tower. In the mid 2040’s, Maria left Cepero Theater and started working at the wool industry. Myra graduated from President Williams School in 2047 and went to university. In 2050 the family rented a house, in Lucia Village South at the Cigar Trail. Kanoa graduated from President Williams School in 2052, he also went to study at the university. John Hallett died in 2053, from a bacterial infection. Due to the loss of income, María was forced to move the family, to an unhealthy and worn-out apartment at South Cepero Road, Miners Village. Last winter she started a relationship with French widower Paul François, who already had two adult children. Waitress at Gastronomy D'Angelo Nora François and Metro Station Manager Ana François. In February María Sanz and her children, moved into Paul’s nice house at the corner of Smirnov Road and Arthur M. Leroy’s Road. It was not the deepest love she felt for Paul, still missing John, but securing her family was her first priority. 

Paul François’ house

 

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April 1^st 2057

At the national holiday celebration of “Cristina Cepero Announcement Day”. Sullivan Charitable Foundation chose to make its first donation to underprivileged members of the Bounty society. A total of 25.000 coins was split between three families. Carmen Greco an unemployed single mother and her 1 years old son, living in a small apartment in New Village. The Walker family, a police cadet and his unemployed wife and son, living at 50 square meter in an old building in plain hamlet. Rubén and Lily Fernández a young homeless couple, living at the streets of South District. 

Fireworks over The Parliament Building

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June 2057

The oldest living person on the Bounty Islands is 85-year-old Ralf Weber. Ralf lives in a large apartment at Plateau Tower. With his 63 years old daughter Petra, a truck driver, who neither married nor got any children. Besides Petra, Ralf had another two children with his beloved wife, whom he lost in 2047. Now 60 years old Mikkel and 55 years old Maria. Maria was always his darling, and the only one who gave him grandchildren. Her daughter 21 years old Carmen, turned out to be lesbian, a huge chock for highly conservative Ralf, who is still not really able to accept the fact. Maria’s 15 years old son Andre, more the grandchild of grandpa Ralf’s liking, good at football and smart in school. In general Ralf is a stubborn old-school man, a longtime member of Nationalist Action. 

Ralf Weber on his way to his quarterly visit at Chapel Clinic.

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Alejandro Johnson Family, July 2057

Alejandro was born in his grandmother’s apartment on Cattle Road in November 1995. The son of just 17 years old Carina Johnson. Sadly, his farther was married to another woman. He spent his childhood in the home of his grandmother Yelena Johnson. His mother married Italian Gabriele Moretti and his sister Cristina Moretti was born in December 2001. The family moved to their own home, in an apartment at Miners Village, springtime 2007. In 2016 Alejandro moved into Plateau Tower with his girlfriend Dolores. The couple took different unskilled jobs, traveling to Europe and South East Asia, whenever they could afford it. Both interested in foreign cultures, people and history. In 2030 Alejandro got a good job at Maria Bird Gold & Jewelry and from then the couple settled down. Dolores got hired by Radio North in 2038, broadcasting her weekly travel show. The combined family income had now improved a lot, and they moved to a large modern apartment at Solar City, Saint Mary’s District. Dolores gave birth to their son Pello in August 2039. In 2054 Dolores was promoted to Broadcast Programming Manager at Radio North. Pello Sanz Johnson is now 17 years old. He was very unhappy in school, was a loner not good at connecting with his classmates, dropping out after primary school. Pello spends a lot of time playing shooters on his laptop. The family still lives at the fine adress in Solar City apartment complex. 

Alejandro Johnson after a visit to Faces Of Power

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August 2057

Cristobal Sullivan died 64 years old. Just three months after losing his partner Chiara Benítez to breast cancer. Cristobal and his colleague Gabriel Lambert, who was living in the same building, used to meet outside their homes at D’Angelo Sea Beach every morning, walking the short distance to the D'Angelo Fright Station, together. When Cristobal did not answer the doorbell after several attempts, Gabriel called the police. Cristobal was found in his bed. Postmortem examination showed a fatal cerebral hemorrhage. Cristobal Sullivan was dying in his sleep.

Cristobal Sullivan was born December 1992, at South Cepero Road, Lucia Village. The son of Shana and Lucas Sullivan. Besides work colleague from the fright station and some friends from Pub D'Angelo. His sister, Minister of internal affairs, Myrthe Sullivan attended the funeral. The only member from the Sullivan family, coming to Iglesia Nuestra Señora to pay him the last respect.

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September 2057

Victor Dubois died 73 years old. Victor was the husband of Myrthe Sullivan, the Minister of Internal Affairs and leader of Green Revolution. And the farther of her children, Carl S. Dubois and Luca S. Dubois. He was born in July 1984 in the French town Béthune, close to the Belgian border. His grandfather was a British soldier, staying in France after the world war, marrying into a family of coal miners. 25 years old, Victor came to Bounty to work in the mining industry. He soon met Myrthe Sullivan and moved into her small apartment at Shack Village Road. After 9 years together they married in 2019 and got two sons. Myrthe disliked the risk he took working in the mines and persuaded him for work with her at Bounty Bay Tobacco’s plantation. For a period, Victor got involved with Loyal to Familia, after which the family moved to Cepero Island, where he started to work in Arms Gallery, a gun store at Cepero Department Store. Living in an apartment at Piotrowski Street, Lucia Village. From 2047 to his retirement, he worked at Industrial Zone Wastewater. In 2049 the family moved to an apartment in Cepero Beach Project. 

Coming home after getting some cigars and a few beers in Cepero Convenience Store

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October 2057

The oldest living person on Bounty Islands Ralf Weber passed away. For the first time in her live, his 63 years old daughter Petra Weber, now lives alone. She feels extremely lonely and scared in the large apartment at Plateau Tower, coming close to a nervous breakdown. Too shy to see a doctor or seek help from the family. The oldest person on Bounty Islands is now 84 years old Natlia Morales, living with her husband in Fenna Tower. 

Miss Weber, waiting at the bus stop on Shack Village Road

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Sorry for all the death and missery, but it has been a period with so many of out elderly passing.  

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Álvaro Pérez Family, November 2057.

When his aunt Moria Johnson died in 2052. Álvaro Pérez became the new president of the Robert Johnson Foundation and inherited the majority of the shares in both R Johnson Holdings and HIQUEA Ltd. Becoming one of the richest and most influential people on Bounty Island.

Álvaro Pérez is son of Aleto Johnson & Carmen Pérez, grandchild of Yelena and José Johnson. Álvaro was born in his mother’s hippie shed in “Fungue Town”, April 1999. Álvaro graduated from university in 2023, at this point already living with María Romero. The daughter of a wealthy Bounty City family, her mother a doctor, the father a lawyer. In the winter 2025/2026 María got pregnant and the couple married in May, María took her husband’s surname. Their daughter was born in August 2026, baptized Léa Pérez at the Spiritual Baptist Church. In 2039 Álvaro got a position at Bounty University, dramatically improving the families social and economical status. Their 2^nd child Daniel was born in June 2040. Today the family lives in a modern mansion, next to Faces Of Power, at the eastern edge of Saint Mary's District.

Léa Pérez took a late 2^nd level degree and got job at Bounty State Medication in 2051, whereafter she left the family and bought a small country style house in Plain Hamlet. In April 2056 she got a daughter Sophia. Only the closest family know who she believes to be the father. The rumors say it may be a donor conceived child, others think she had it with a worker from her father’s logging camp in South Jungle.   

Álvaro Pérez, Ruiz City 2057

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December 2057

López Construction has now cleaned up after the Chinatown earthquake back in August 2056. The finance ministry building could not be saved neither could the Schnider family mansion. The finance ministry is for the time being, relocated to the parliament building at Cepero Island. As the old coffee road was destroyed, a new road connection was established, from Fujian Fish, around Faces of Power Sculpture Park, to Coconut Road.

 

 

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January 2058

Professor in economy Olga Ferrara from Financial Science Center, commented on the current situation: “Overall it is clear that 2057 was a fine year for Bounty Islands, notably the new Interior Design sector fronted by Robinson Design Studio have made an incredible entry into Bounty Islands Export Sector. But if you dig a bit deeper, it is worrying that the population is declining, at a rate where you may fear the industry will have no hands left to keep up the production. Either we need more babies or we have to evaluate the strict immigration rules. Luckily, we are not there yet, we still got a “balanced” unemployment rate and few vacant jobs, but for how long?”        

Short 2057 Report from State Statistics Department:

Top 3 Industrial Export: Electronics 58.219 coins, Interior Design 43.505 coins, Cigars 35.061 coins

Top 3 Raw Export: Meat 18.419 coins, Tobacco 12.267 coins, Sugar 11.289 coins.

Tourist Industry: Accommodation 39.055 coins, Other Tourist Consumption: 9.900 coins

Yearly balance: 50.195 coins.

Births Rate: 2,80%. Immigration Rate: 0,25%. Death Rate 4,24%. Emigration Rate: 0,00 %. Disappeared: 0,00%

Unemployed: 3,18%, Job Vacancy 0,23%, Homeless: 0,79%

This year, it will be 100 years since the earlies existing residential building in Mountain Village was constructed. Several apartment building at the junction of Banana Road and Jungle Passage. At the time these working-class homes were rather unhealthy, but that has since improved a lot, with improved sanitation and electrification.

 Mountain Village 1958

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February 2058

The authorities in South District, want to expand Plain Hamlet. They have bought HIQUEA Wood saw mill. Aiming to build some new homes at its current location in Plain Hamlet. HIQUEA will open a new saw mill at D’Angelo Road, across the street from M. Leroy Firearms.

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Carl S. Dubois family April 2058

Carl was born August 2020 on Sugar Square in Saint Mary’s District. The first of Myrthe Sullivan and Victor Dubois two sons. After his little brother was born in 2022, they moved to a larger apartment in Fenna Tower. In the 2030s the family moved to Cepero Island, living in a classic style apartment at Piotrowski Street, Lucia Village. Carl and his brother both graduates from President Williams School. In 2040 Carl started dating Ana, the daughter of famous Dutch TV chef Tess Koning. In 2041 the couple moved together in a small very simple apartment at Plantation Route, D'Angelo Island. At the time Carl was unemployed, Ana was religious sister, taking care of the gardens and interior at Iglesia Nuestra Señora. For a period, Carl was driving busses, but from 2046 he got a better paid job at South Cepero Fire Station. The couple moved to a classic style apartment at South Cepero Road, Miner’s Village. In 2054 Carl was offered a new job at M. Leroy Steel. In a way, not as exciting as working at the fire station, but his wages were increased with 15%. The following year the couple bought a fine mansion in Upper Residential Area, D’Angelo Town. Moving close to Ann workplace in the church. Later they rented out the lower parts to Lucía Wagner, a professor from University Research Laboratory. Carl lost his father Victor Dubois in September last year. Ana is now 36 years old, Carl 37, they still haven’t got children. 

Ana Koning outside the mansion at Cane Pathway

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June 2058

Besides the 5 Islands belonging to the nation of Bounty Islands, geographically there is another Island, in the Bounty Island Group, currently belonging to the Republic of Venezuela. The Venezuelan island is located west of D'Angelo Island. It is quite poor and has a rather slim population.

President Carla Bruno and representatives from Nvidia have flown to Caracas meeting Venezuelan president Josefa Antonia del Toro in an attempt to purchase the Island. This is part of Carla Bruno’s ambitious “Make Bounty Greater” strategy, expanding territory and improving production output. Some critics claim, she is getting to close with Nvidia leadership and the economy needs more and better jobs, not more land.

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July 2058, Old sheep ranch

It now 11 years since the preservation committee last met declaring The Cattle Road Clinic national treasure back in July 2047. The committee is still led by now 56 years old Council member Thomas Thomas representing the tourist industry. This month, the committee proclaimed, as new national treasure, the old sheep ranch at Mountain Road, today owned and run by Danish company Jørgen Jensen A/S. The ranch is without contest the oldest still existing building, that was part of the original textile industry. Founded between 1906 and 1908 near what is now Mountain Village. Back then, the ranch was owned by King Alfonso XIII’s governor, or one of his trusted men, but of course run by the hard work of simple peasant. The building is also the only one that has survived, since the early years of the 1900’s, of what was to become North District. At the time two sugar plantations and another sheep ranch was constructed in the area. The last, a plantation, was demolished in 2008, with the construction of Pablo Romero’s The Experiential Agricultural Institute, growing sugar in a controlled glass-house environment .

The ranch today     

   

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Cristina Schulz Family, August 2058

Cristina Schulz (born Moretti) is the daughter of Carina Moretti. She was born in December 2001. Living with her parents and brother in her grandmother Yelena Johnson’s home at Cattle Road. The family left her grandmother’s home in 2007 moving to Miner’s Village. Cristina never attempted to get a 2nd level education. Starting to get small low-paid jobs from the age of 16. Soon she began dating more than 8 years older Michael Schulz, born at Immermannstraße 4 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Moving into his apartment at New Village Tower in 2021. Both working various unskilled jobs, living in smaller apartments in South District. Cristina got pregnant and gave birth to their son Rafael Schulz, born in July 2037. They married and Cristina took her husband’s surname. The family moved to Corpus Christi Street, next to the Baptist Church in the northern part Bounty City. Michael working at Cocktail Bar Beijing, Cristina at Saint Mary Metro Station. In the 2040’s the family moved to Chinatown and Cristina got a job at Santoro Golf Resort. Today Cristina and Michael lives, in a small but cozy apartment, at Shark Beach. Cristina still at Santoro Golf Resort. Michael commuting to R. Johnson SunWear at Cepero Industrial Zone.

Just like his parents, Rafael Schulz never got an education and started working right after primary school. He moved to his own apartment in 2056, living alone in one small room, in Mountain Village. The following year his girlfriend Lily moved in, a student at President Smirnov’s School. The young couple very poor, just able to survive.

Cristina Schulz with a co-worker at Santoro Golf Resort

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September 2058

Aleto Johnson died just weeks before his 80th birthday. Aleto Johnson was born on New Village Road, Cepero Town, the son of Yelena and José Johnson. Aleto was educated at President Williams School and Bounty City University. In 2000, he moved to Fungus Town to live with Carmen Pérez. With whom he already had their son Álvaro Pérez. The family left the hippie community in 2012. Their granddaughter Léa Pérez was born in August 2026. In the late 2030s, Aleto and Carmen got an apartment in the Bounty Bay Residential Complex, where the couple spend the rest of their time together. In 2040 they got their 2^nd grandchild Daniel. Carmen died in 2049, aged 71. After the death of his lifelong partner, Aleto spent his remaining years living alone in China Tower at China Town Street. In 2056 he got his great-grandchild Sophia, the daughter of Léa. Aleto was admitted to Cepero North Hospital with a lung infection in June 2058, he did not recover and died at the hospital.

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October 2058

Seismic activity under Bounty City continues, another small earthquake in the southeastern part of Cattle Road district, resulted in the complete destruction of Gaia Road. Isolating Shark Beach Suburb from the City. Ramos construction company had to demolish the bus depot of line 5L and connect Shark Beach Road directly to Plantation Road.

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Farooq Al Najjar Family, December 2058

Farooq Al Najjar was born in an apartment at Cepero Main Waterfront December 2012, the son of Naasir and Yasmin Al Najjar. Great-grandson of Sister Birgitta, a legendary leader of “The Order of Fen”. When Farooq was a toddler the family moved to New Village Residential area, where the family got an apartment in New Village Tower, where he spent most of his childhood. Later his father got stationed at a military outpost in Saint Mary’s District and the family moved to the large tower block at Sugar Road Residential Area. Farooq passed the 2nd level exam, in 2029. The family moved again in 2032. Soon after Farooq Al Najjar moved alone to Cepero Islands, living in various small apartments, working with different unskilled jobs. In 2038 he was offered a skilled job, in United Food’s sugar greenhouses, at Shark Beach Road. Significantly improving his living standard.  Later the same years his girlfriend María Vázquez moved in with him at a small apartment he had rented in Cattel Road Residential Area. They both disliked city life. Their opportunity to move came in 2043, when Farooq was offered the job with Jørgen Jensen A/S, as technician on one of their fish tanks. The couple relocated, first to Miners Village and later Lucia Village. María quit her job and got a position at M.Leroy JV’s nickel mine. Farooq’s farther Naasir died in 2048. The couple married in 2051, María taking Al Najjar as surname. None of them are religious and choose a wedding at the parlement building, María originally belonging to the Jordanian Eastern Orthodox Church and Farooq from a mixed but mostly Islamic background. They traveled to Jordan on the honeymoon, visiting the Jordanian part of María’s family. Farooq lost his mother in 2052. In August 2055 María gave birth to their daughter Ariana. After the pregnancy, Farooq was able to get María a job with his employer Jørgen Jensen A/S, to avoid the risk of the mine. Now she is working with sugar cultivation, at one of the companies greenhouses. 

María Al Najjar taking her child to the vaccine center at Miner Village Hospital.

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January 2059

As Professor in economy Olga Ferrara mentioned last year, the population continues to fall, after another year with a very high death rate. This combined with a relative low export, resulted in negative figures.  

Short 2058 Report from State Statistics Department:

Top 3 Industrial Export: Firearms 31.292 coins, Cigars 18.347 coins, Rum 17.864 coins

Top 3 Raw Export: Meat 17.406 coins, Coffee 14.800 coins, Fish 11.326 coins.

Tourist Industry: Accommodation 32.958 coins, Other Tourist Consumption: 8.357 coins

Yearly balance: -68.115 coins.

Births Rate: 2,72%. Immigration Rate: 0,40%. Death Rate 4,08%. Emigration Rate: 0,05 %. Disappeared: 0,00%

Unemployed: 4,19%, Job Vacancy 1,07%, Homeless: 1,59%

This year, it will be 100 years since Foreign Minister Jakub Piotrowski introduced The Immigrant Department, back then aiming to get a larger and better educated workforce. Over the resent years it main function have been keeping the immigration low, but it seems like political winds is slowly changing again. Today the department is led by 44 years old Valeria Sans. Educated from Bounty University. The Daughter of Russian immigrant family Svetlana and Sergei Sokolov.

The Immigrant Department early 1960’s

 

The Immigrant Department today