Prologue
District 23. Used to be the biggest city and crown jewel of the Nova Porta region. There one moment, and the next it's vanished without a trace. 1.3 million sims, just disappeared with no clues left behind nor even a note. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.
District 23 was founded almost 500 years ago as colonists from another region sought a new home. With them, they brought many new ideas and technologies yet untested and ripe for application into a city. From day 1, District 23 was envisioned as a metropolis with a population of at least 1 million focused solely on commercial offices and residential sky rises. Needless to say, District 23 had reached it's goal of 1 million sims and a spill over was imminent. So the city further expanded to the surrounding areas and suburbs like Newport, Wells, and McGath.
But a small problem arose. District 23 had expanded to the point where it simply cannot function as a test bed for new ideas anymore. Enterprising individuals soon crossed the Dividing Range and founded San Raquel to the north of Wolf Pass. The cities had been fierce competitors, challenging each other in everything from prestige and economic might to games of baseball and poker. To ensure that this competition did not go out of hand, Caesar, from his lofty throne of Grand Harbour, carefully monitored the situation but was biased in favour of San Raquel. Some say District 23 had simply gotten too prestigious, others say that the mayor of District 23 had slighted him during a state visit. Whatever the reason, District 23 completely outclassed San Raquel, Grand Harbour, and Vince City even with all 3 of the latter combined.
It was a golden age for District 23. New high speed rail corridors connected it to almost every city and District 23 served as the central hub. The colonized islands to the south were accessible by ferries mainly based in District 23. Many highways linked District 23 to it's suburbs and even to the far off capital of Grand Harbour. In short, everything that moved had to go though District 23 in one way, shape, or form.
And then, it all came to a halt. District 23 is now a memory and a collection of dusty photographs. San Raquel is now the new regional power house and Caesar, along with almost everyone, is happy with it. Almost everyone. Now, new settlers are trying to rebuild the once coveted city and reclaim the glory due to the crown jewel of Nova Porta.
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