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Chinatown and slums. Episode 002 of Republica de Malate. In this episode, I layout and build the Chinatown section of the city and the slums.

This is Republica de Malate, a fictional city-state located in Southeast Asia. The island nation is comprised of a mix of Malay, Filipino, Chinese, Indonesian and Spanish ethnicities and has at some point been a Spanish and subsequently an American territory before gaining independence (Note: I'm seriously making this up as I type this...) sometime in 1945. I uploaded the first episode for this series I'm working on in a City Journal but after going through the forums, I realized there's this section as well. Anyway, here is the first episode.

Thanks! I wanted to a realistic 1:1 version of Manila but opted to do something fictional instead. Much easier for someone working on a series for the first time.

I’ve managed to squeeze in 4 hours of footage into two separate, 35-minute episodes building this city-state’s Chinese quarter. Major cities around the world have some sort of Chinatown in their areas and Republica de Malate is no exception. Located in Southeast Asia, Republica de Malate’s citizens are a mix of Malay, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish and Indonesian cultures. It’s architecture is also a cosmopolitan mix of various architectural styles that both contrasts and complements with each other over time. These next two episodes would cover the Chinatown parts of this project. Republica de Malate is run by a strongman by the way, as the Tropico 6 reference suggests in the introduction. More on that on future episodes. (archondigital.com)

In this first episode, we'll focus on introductions and building of the main roundabout and central train station.