Imaginia is an imaginairy european styled country. It's quite big for SC4 terms, but for real life terms it's a rather small country (It's only about a 1000 km²!).

I've played with this region since I bought SC4 Rush Hour two years ago. And on the 24th December 2007 I wrote a CJ about it. Currently I have most of the updates about Imaginia on SC4D. Therefore, I'll also post the old posts here, with some comments from me watching my old cities. The new updates start from Guilliano, Part IV.

History
Imaginia lies at the Green Sea, at the ends of the rivers Kareel and Schelling. In the South and the East, there are vast plains and forrests. In the north, the Yutan mountains are reaching for the skies.  The first inhabitants of the land were the Ngaska-Indians, who settled down there about 5.000 years ago. The soft climate and the wealthy grounds where the main reasons why they moved to there. Agriculture started at the same time, and the crops where year after year amazingly good. This lead to the development of an civilazation, which had a large impact in the further history of Imaginia.

In the 17th Century, the Dutch arrived at West-Imaginia. They found a lot of resources in the area, like silver and coal. In the year 1629 West-Imaginia became a colony of the Netherlands. East-Imaginia remains the property of the Indians. They didn't like that a part of the land was in the hands of the newcomers. On the other side, the colonists wanted to colonize the East of Imaginia, but their supperior didn't share this thought. Unlike the other colonists, he thinks that a buisness relation with the Indians was the best solution. The Indians should delivered coal and silver in return for technology and products from the West. The Indians agreed with this solution, and so the two parties became friends.

But as time goes by, the colonists feel that their land is to much controlled by the Netherlands, which is thousands of miles away from Imaginia. Besides, with the help of co-operation with the Indians, Imaginia declared independence in 1702. The new country's full name is the Republic of Great-Imaginia, but most people call the country Imaginia.

The country became wealthy, and the two cultures get mixed. But Imaginia suffers one problem: the country is defenceless. Fortunatly, the neighbour country (Bundesrepublik Schellingen), which is a lot bigger, has a friendly relation with Imaginia for a very obvious reason: Imaginia is their biggest trading partner. So Schellingen, Imaginia, and several other small countries in the area signed the Schellinger Treaty in 1873. This official document says that Schellingen will protect the other countries, and the borders between those countries are open for trading routes. As result, the Treaty boosted the economy of all the countries that have signed it.

Imaginia suffers no harm in both World Wars, but during the crisis of the thirties, the Imaginian economy collapsed too. Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs. Fortunatly, the economy is restored today.

In 1987, the Gouvernment decides that the ligua franca (the most important language in the country) is English. This is to remove the language barrier between the regions. Before the decision, the main laguages were Dutch, German and Ngaska. Today, every kid in Imaginia studies English. It will take a few decades before everyone in Imaginia will speak English fluently.

So what will the future bring? Prosper, crisis or something else? Who knows. Only time will give the answer.

Facts & Statistics:
Population: 2,300,000 as on 05/05/2009
Capital: Konrad
Provinces: Brinasken, Jonkerland, Nähe-Andaluh, Nieuwland and Yutan
Surface area: about 800 km²
Political system: democratic republic
Currency: Nikkel ($0,72)
Average income per resident: Nk. 30,000 (±€ 23.000)

Region Views
Here are some region views that have been taken the last 1.5 years (You see that the region has grown considerablely):


25 December 2007


28 May 2008


30 July 2008


12 April 2009

If you have some general questions about the CJ here, please comment here.

Best,
Maarten