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Beringia

A City Journal by PlanetOfHats

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The Dominion of Beringia is a Northeast Pacific nation and former constituent of the British Empire. Stretching from the Amur River to the northern pole, from the western Yakutian tundra to the easternmost tip of Chukotka, Beringia is a nation where English, Slavic and East Asian cultures and architectural styles come together.

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PlanetOfHats
The city of Victoria is Beringia's second city and has been so for a long time, since shovels entered the ground in 1859. As Beringia's southernmost major metropolis and largest seaport, it was a candidate for capital for some time, and indeed remains the second-largest city in the nation. The community sits atop a rugged peninsula straddling Golden Horn Bay, jutting into the northern edge of the Sea of Japan. It's easy to lose the skyline beneath the shadow of modernity. The immense tower that is One...
PlanetOfHats
Wayman Chom International Airport is the main airport servicing Bolliton and its metropolitan area. Named for the first Prime Minister of Beringia to come from Asian background, the airport lies in the northeastern part of the city, north of the borough of Hasikta. Chom International is a four-runway airport: It features two heavy east-west runways and a couple of narrower ones running NE/SW. These flight paths impose height and massing restrictions on nearby city boroughs, most keenly felt in the...
PlanetOfHats
The Dominion of Beringia has gone through a few capital cities over the years, ever since the capture of the Far East and Outer Manchuria following the Crimean War. Once a sparsely-peopled region disputed between Russia and China, the area steadily expanded - and the capital moved with it. From September 1854 to mid-1859, the capital of the so-called Far East Territory - later the Colony of Beringia - was situated at Petropavlovsk itself. The old Russian settlement has steadily been subsumed into the...
PlanetOfHats
The city of Bolliton is divided into administrative boroughs. The city centre is far from the only hub of activity; the central business district is ringed by a bustling network of dense boroughs and unique neighbourhoods, connected by roads, rails and subways. The southern part of Gates Park borough, on the southeast corner of downtown. Boroughs like Gates Park are generally of medium density, with a lot of brownstone development that's cropped up over the years. That said, there's still infill going on...
PlanetOfHats
The city of Bolliton grew up on the shore of the Amur River. It sits at the head of a series of anabranches in the river, flowing in from the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers westward from the city proper. The river continues on north-northeast to flow into the Pacific, hundreds of kilometres downstream. While the largest port city in Beringia is no longer on the river - it's southward, on Golden Horn Bay - the river is still a vital waterway and a gateway to some of the best growing land in the...
PlanetOfHats
Downtown Bolliton's planning in the early days fell on the shoulders of British-educated elites and Russian and Ukrainian expatriates fleeing rule from Moscow and Vienna. This has begun to change as Beringia has grown more cosmopolitan and comfortable with its local roots. The region was once part of the Manchurian sphere, and in the modern age, Manchu architects are leaving their mark on the cityscape. PNE Place is the tallest building in not just Bolliton, but Beringia. Commissioned by Pacific...
PlanetOfHats
Beringia's capital has stood since the 1880s at the city of Bolliton. The city, home to in the ballpark of five-ish million people (on top of a more populous metro area), grew over the years from a railway hub and shipment centre for agricultural goods to become the most important city in the nation. Downtown Bolliiton grew up as a city of brick and stone masonry and concrete, sitting astride the Amur River near where the waterway forks around Big Ussuri Island - land that might be known as Khabarovsk in...
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