Humble Beginnings (Introduction)
Welcome to the Nation of Baden!
For those who might remember, I experimented with this city journal almost six years ago now. With the new year and some renewed interest in SC4, I thought I might try to kick it off again. There is a twist - though. I plan on starting from scratch and showing the development along the way. I also plan to develop this into an interactive city journal, a concept I've never tried before.
For some background: I am using the map called "Isle of Ree" from the STEX. I have also downloaded and will be using the most current NAM (as of this posting). It's really neat to see what has been done with the NAM considering I was previously using a version from 2009.
To start things off, here is the pre-development regional view of the northwest corner.
Founded in the 1970's, Baden is an island that remained largely uninhabited until recently. Not much is known about the history of the Baden Island prior to its founding. During the 1800's and early 1900's, the region was considered protected due to an endangered species of wild goats occupying the region. It was later discovered in the late 1960's that the wild goat population has widely vanished, from thousands to a lone herd of twelve. Wildlife activists rescued the remaining goats and confined them in a reserve on the eastern part of the island. Geologists studied the land and later discovered that the island was rich in crude oil. With the discovery, a group of people from the Santos Oil Company (ran by billionaire Guanchez Santos) decided to develop roots on the island in 1971.
Early settlers are arriving to the island by a cargo ship filled with supplies. Development has already begun on Baden.
A ferry/ port station was built to unload supplies to the newly built village. Early settlers are awaiting their friends and family to join them after the ship docks.
Overview of first settlement.
Although there are other reasons why the settlers have picked this spot to build their village, their first successful business is growing food. Here is a view of the first farm to set up shop on the island.
With development still being new, early settlers have to battle with local wildlife to claim their territory. In this photo, you can see a group of farmers trying to fight off some deer that are eating their plants.
(More to come
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