Chapter I: The Life in Downtown
It's a beautiful fall day, the city thrives, the streets of downtown busy, bells of the churches ring, people walk sidewalks talking on their phones, cars blow their horn, the air smells somewhat delightful. You are in Downtown Canderia, the heart of the city-state. The highrises and historic buildings create the everlasting image for you as you appear around the city, looking at storefronts, and the beauty that sits before you inside such a deep city, with it you visit the museums and get into the history of such a odd place. How could such a small city-state, survive being surrounded by the United States and Canada? Why has it never tried to join Canada, which acts diplomatically like it's sibling, it's brother? This place is rather strange, it shouldn't exist but, yet it does.
The national flag of Canderia, which has been in use since 1833, but Canderia itself has been a British colony since 1598, older then Jamestown and other colonies in what would become the United States, it was a hugely important city for the British to keep especially during the Revolution, as it was a firmly British loyal city, defending itself from the Continental Army, it was given the best treatment from Parliament before, during and after the revolution, as it was not considered part of the 13 Colonies but instead as its own separate entity separated from the 13 Colonies.
Though the flag itself, represents the War of 1812, when 2,000 American soldiers tried to siege the city from the British, the city only with 150 men, fended off the American forces with help of its heavily not passable Canderia Mountains, it is more of a feat when you realized only 95 of the 150 soldiers, had guns.
The historic Canderia Summer Palace, today a museum and no longer used by the Windsor family, but remains a very popular tourist spot for those visiting the Commonwealth.
Those this is where today, and since 1887 the Commonwealth has gathered with independence in 1925 it became Parliament Hall, before hand it was the Colonial Palace.
It sits on the iconic downtown surrounded by modern and classical highrises, historical buildings, and many parks of the city.
The historic Canderia First Bank Building, still in use by CFB today.
The historic Customs House & Market Hall near the waterfront
This is the historic Royal Hotel, where many world leaders stay at. It is 50% owned by the government, and the other 50% is owned by Canderia Royal Lodging Corporation.
The National Hall of Canderia, home to the National Museum and Library, built in 1933, and is a major spot for tourists as it includes war pieces, as well as the stories of those who served in the world wars and old WW1/WW2 Equipment on display in the museum.
Then on the opposite end, those who are Anglican can not threat with Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Canderia, in the historic core area of the city.
Here is the city's Catholic cathedral, Roman Cathedral of Nativity of Our Lord, built in 1901.
Here in downtown, the first picture sits the Debenhams Department store, built in the 1960s, and continues to remain open in downtown as a very high tourist and popular department store.
The second photo is the old Staudenmaier Department Store, though the department store itself closed in 1997, the building remains standing flying a Canadian flag as at one time the top floors was used as the Canadian embassy and the flag remains today as a reminder of Canderia's closest ally, Canada.
Though today, the largest retailer in Canderia is Kmart. You're thinking "What but Kmart is dying." Yes, in America. In 1993, Kmart's Canderia subsidiary broke off from the company to form the Kmart Corporation (Canderia), and it remains the largest retailer in the country. This is the Kresge Building (the blue building), the headquarters for the Kmart Corporation built for them in 1975, today Kmart Corporation remains far ahead of Walmart who struggles with outdated stores with high pricing, as well as struggling to win over customers with their reputation in America heavily known, Walmart entered Canderia in 1988 and has heavily struggled with it and other retailers in the country.
The logo for the Kmart Corporation
Debenham's Department store located across the Canderia National Police Headquarters
Of course while you're in town why not catch a ballgame at Kmart Field? It's home to the best, and only MLB team in the country! One of two outside of the USA with the Toronto Bluejays!
The Canderia Ducks!
There is also near it is the famous CCBC (Canderia Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation) Stadium, home of many events and concerts & FC Canderia.
Of course near it, is one of the most important and historic universities in the Commonwealth, McPherson Methodist University named after Edward Genes McPherson who in 1798, brought Methodism to the colony, and when the Methodist college was established in 1833, it was named in his honor.
Though, those who do not have the desire to learn the Wesleyan way, will often attend National University of Canderia. A much smaller scale university but still a very efficient and highly ranked among universities across North America.
The conclusion but not forever, as we will travel out downtown and see suburbia and the great stoutness that this city-state holds outside the downtown.
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