A Rubbish Solution (part 1)
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Firstly big thanks to everyone who has commented on the CJ. It's the first time I've managed to get a number 1 place on the BTT!
Let's hope it's not the last!
And now for the usual comments:
Roman_Samudra: Thanks lol, I'm glad you like it, though city might be a bit grand for a town of 2,250 people lol.
. I hope you enjoy this entry lol.
jmsepe: Thanks and I never thought I'd be called a Paeng apprentice lol, but given that I really like his work I'll go with it
Tonraq: Thanks though it's more of a river than a stream
Kisa Atsuko: Thanks, the river seems to be a big hit! As for the maxis building I'm trying to not plop anything that can grow so I'm going to ignore it for a little bit despite how the parking textures don't match. Hope this doesn't put you off too much though!
feeroz123: Thanks, I'm glad you can see the images now. No idea why you couldn't before hand.Glad you like the the nature.
sarthaknight: Thank's and of course you can come live in Marinko, we have room for everyone.
NielsC007: Thanks! Let's hope I can keep it up.
DonVitoCorleone: Thanks I never thought that I'd be compared to paeng, let alone be called an inspiration for the future SC4'ers
Huston: Thanks, I'm glad I your liking the town.
slickbg56: Thanks, though I've reworked the transition to look a lot nicer.
SimRico: I'm not entirely sure what you mean sorry but I'm glad you liked the entry.
Leszcyk: Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
LastTrueChamp: Thanks. I've found the trick is to place them one click at a time to get the texture consistent.
rewright: Thanks, I'm glad you think of my images as photographic quality. The details take a while to implement but they seem to be worth it.
burnzie_16: Thanks though the roads might have to wait. At the moment we have a rather rubbish situation to deal with.
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Fact File 3:
Languages of the State
Fact File Entry 3:
Languages of the State.
National Language:
Now, given the fact that the small state is attached by land and is mostly populated by Russian's you'd be forgiven for thinking that the national language of Marinko is Russian but no. Given the large amount of other nationalities that populate the state, the national language is actually English.
This was chosen to be the national language after it was decided that a brand new language would have been unwieldy and not practical for such a small nation, especially when most of the nations occupants communicated with eachother in the English tongue anyway due to their second language educational backgrounds.
Regional Differences:
However, despite the English language being the one taught via the educational system, a number of different dialects can be heard used, depending on the area of Marinko your in. In the fishing port of Romanovik, and other predominantly Russian populated settlement's, you'd still be more likely to hear Russian being spoken than the nationally chosen language, as opposed to the small settlements of Nomyto and Atsuka where you'll hear mainly Japanese.
There's even a developing form of Marinko Mandarin which is being spoken by a group of Chinese citizens mainly in the village of Chayling, where the different regional Mandarin dialects are merging into one.
Aside from this there is also a number of languages spoken by the smaller minorities of other nations that make up the population of the State of Marinko as you'd expect to find in most countries who have received immigrant's.
Loss of National Uniqueness?
Although question's has been raised by a number of citizens revolving around the loss of cultural and national uniqueness at the use of English as a national language, the argument is not supported by the majority of the populace who feel that the choice is soundly made.
The individual languages of the citizens are still being taught in both after school classes and the homes and the use of English allows the nation to easily communicate with most of the world, hopefully paving the way for easy integration of future trade partners and diplomatic relations.
The fact that there is no need to spend the government's budget on developing the new language and printing popular works and texts in this new language also means that a large amount of funds are saved for other areas so overall, the majority of the population feel that the cultural loss is far less than the cultural gain.
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Entry 6: A rubbish solution (part 1)
Well I know I told you all we would be remaining in Romanovik last entry but a problem has arisen since then that we needed to sort out. This problem goes by the name of 'Trash' and it's recently reared it's dirty head.
You see, up until now the state had been handling it's rubbish by either shipping it out on any available space on the barges, or burning it in place of wood in the many wood burning energy production plants used by the state.
This however could only account for so much of the trash, and with a steadily growing population count, recently it's started to get out of hand. This combined with the increased educational level's of the population (due to said population being mostly concetrated in the town's of Marinko and Romanovik, both of which have good access to education) which has led to a higher demand for job's other than farm labouring or fishing, has led to growth in Uskopoit Gavan and a new town being settled called Sepelostov. This is where we are for today's entry.
A very fast growing industrial town, this settlement has grown around one of two garbage docks, recently built in the state (the other one is in Uskopoit Gavan, which we will hopefully take a look at in the next entry) with this one being built to serve the growing Russian facing side of the peninsula (mainly Romanovik and a few other villages).
As your about to see, this settlement has around 3,000 Marinkoans currently living in it, despite the pollution levels and lack of healthcare and education, currently making it the second largest town in the state (after Marinko town itself). It's also the second largest harbour in the state, which is why, due to this and being close to the recreational facilities in Romanovik, it's so popular regardless of the drawbacks.
Now let's take a look at this town.
Firstly we arrive in the harbour area, where you'll find a large number of factory and dockyard work available. You can also see the large garbage dock in the centre as well as a smaller port, similar to the one in Uskopoit Gavan, but served only by coastal barges (usually taking freight to Uskopoit Gavan to be distributed from there).
Here's a closer image of some of the factories providing the growth of the town.
Moving out of the harbour area we can see the use of cheap retaining walls and a small commercial centre tot he town. It also has a church which is more than Uskopoit Gavan can claim.
Here we see some of the nicer housing in the area, hugging the uneven ground at the rear of the town.
Now let's take a look at an overview of the town. As you can see it's fairly compact and centred around the harbour but there's plenty of room being eyed for future growth inland.
Finally I have a mosaic of the area leading from the centre of Sepelostov to the tower at Romanovik point (accessible from both towns by a dirt path).
(OOC: Basically this is a cross border thankyou mosaic for everyone's continued amazing support of this little project of mine. You may also notice that the cliff has changed from last entry. This is due to a slight mishap with reconciliation of the tile.)
Well that's all for now. Join me next time when we take a look at where the rubbish is shipped too and why.
Till then
James
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