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Latest Update: Suburbs and Shopping Malls Rossynth Island Motto: Plunder Makes Profit Anthem: Avast Ye Capital: (and largest city) Port Noir Official languages: English,French, (German,Dutch & Swedish are minority languages) Government: Autonomous Province - Governor: Remy D'Estaing - Premier: Marianne Ericsson Autonomy - Declared 1812 - Recognized 1815 Area 44km2 Population - Jan 2008 census 141,200 Currency: Euro History: Rossynth Island was first claimed by England in 1544. But the small settlement on the island soon became a trading post for french pirates. France officialy seized control of the territory in 1596. It remained in french control until 1640 When Austria/Bavaria in an attempt to drain valuable resources from france during the thirty years war invaded the Island then undefended with a small force. France being caught up in the war in europe supported sweden with funds and troops in exhange for them to keep forces in germany and to send a small force to the Island. Although not of strategic importance at the time it was a matter of prestige. However when the small invasion force reached the island they discovered it had already been abandoned and stripped of anything the could help the war effort. After the peace of westphalia in 1648 The Island remained in swedish hands until the dutch captured it from sweden during the northen wars in 1655. Swedens navy being defeated in the baltic could not send any help. The dutch however returned the Island after the war ended in 1660. In 1804 However the Swedish government broke ties with France and during the napoleonic wars the citizens on the Island grew tired of the european politics and decided to govern themselves. In 1815 Rossynth Island was regognized as an autonomus province of France. Politics/Administration: The Island is governed according to the Act of Autonomy of Rossynth and international treaties. Theese laws guarantee the Islands autonomy from France, wich has ultimate soveregnity over it, as well as a demilitarized status. The Island have it's own national flag, stamps and police force. They also operate their own National Airline, (Noir Air). Economy: The economy is heavily dominated by shipping, trade tourism and high tech industry. Shipping accounts for almost half of the economy, importing oil, gas and exporting medical technology and advanced electronics. Unemployment is extremely low and the citizens enjoy a well funded welfare system with free healthcare and schools among other benefits. Demographics: Most inhabitants have French or English as their first language about 85%, and 10% speak Swedish, The other languages make up about an equal share each. Here we go.. The easiest way to arrive is by air so lets start the journey as we arrive at Rossynth International Airport. We arrive on the last flight just before the airport closes down for a short while during the night.... We flew with Lufthansa and arrive at terminal 3 wich is the largest terminal and handles the largest aircrafts. The place looks deserted!, That was really the last flight tonight, no kidding.

Time for a rather large update! The West Transfer Station. This is the largest and the most important station in the whole mass transit system. This is where you transfer from trains to the city's tram network, the station also serves as a airport tram. Right next to the station new huge office complex have been built to finally satisfy the demand for CO$$. The surrounding streets have suddenly turned into the city's most busy ones. Some new highrises built just next to the station. The area around the station is filled with rich people commuting to and from the airport to that overpayed job that consist of mostly meetings in some international hotel watching powerpoint presentations. On the other side of the street some more affordable housing have been built. Complete with their own pond and the univerity just on the other side of the street. Well wnough of that let's follow the tram from the West Station to the East Station to get the idea of the layout. Just leaving the West Transfer Station. Almost right away we find ourselfs amidst highrises. Oh is that a starbucks I see over there? A little further down we pass the City Hall... Little Paris and the new Stadium. Here's the East Tranfer Station. Not quite as large but it serves the city well. This is where most of the workers going to the industrial area take the train to work. Now for something completely different... Port Noir is growing like crazy and people need someplace to live. Not wanting to keep building more tall highrises the Hill Development Project was launched. It was decided that the area on the hill above scandinavian rowns was the best place to expand the city. A new highway interchange had to be constructed aswell as a tunnel leading up on the hill. The people of Port Noir love their tunnels. Aaah untouched land. Smell that fresh air, hear the birds chirp look at the beautiful trees... Now get yer chainsaw and chop em' down! we are gonna build here! A tunnel leading up to the hill from the Americana Malls were also constructed bringin even more customers to the area. Here you see the main highway tunnel in Port Noir, next to it the railway line that goes outside the city, serving as a goods line only bringing goods from the harbor to the airport and other cities. Main roads completed on the hill... Roundabouts are the latest thing in Port Noir everyone loves them. The first thing to be constructed was a brand new mall. The city's 5th starbucks opened up right away... The people here sure love coffee, a recent study showed coffee being one of the top ten items imported to the island. The most imported item though is frozen pizza...

Updates are a little slow at the moment but a new one will come soon... jacqulina Thanks, not hard making good use of pegasus stuff they are all awesome. edmonton_stinks Thanks alot. oceanmariner Thank you. nottheboss Thanks lucky7 Thanks, That building is a maxis one! All the buildings opposite the Quatre Saisons are Big Vine, Thanks, updates have been a little slow lately but I will update soon. I just demolished the East side of town, just waiting for it to grow again

I cant believe it's even SC4!, It's so beautiful I like rural towns and it doesn get any better than this. It really looks like a paradise. That farm is the best I seen. Everything is so realistic. I would like my regions to look like this, but then I wouldnt ever build anything in fear of destroying the natural beauty of things. Just so amazing, Id like to live there.

Today there will be a small update with some random pictures around the less developed and older parts of Port Noir and a visit to the Americana Malls and the beach. This area found on a small hill above Little Paris consists of rows of smaller medium sized buildings. It holds a large scandinavian/german population. This is one of the more expensive areas in the city. Each row of housing have a small bike and pedestrian road between them. This is the same picture used in the banner. Built in the same style as most of the older areas of Port Noir this area too is in extremly high demand for people with money that want a property in the central parts of Port Noir. The city is mostly designed in a 4x4 grid system with parks and playgrounds nestled in the middle of each square. A typical example of a Port Noir suburb. West Noir contains mostly single homes. A swimmingpool here is more a rule than an exception. West Noir stretches all the way down to the marina and the beach strip. This is where some of the wealthiest people live. You can feel the smell of money here... some people say it's actually the papermill over at the harbour that's smelling but the people living here firmly believe that its actually money... it's all paper anyways. North of West Noir we find Port Noirs no1 shopping place. Nicknamed the Americana Malls after the fact that most companies here are american for some weird reason. Anyways this place adds a little (tasteles)flavor to the city. Everyone in town likes to go on a shopping spree during the weekend at theese malls. Parking is plentyful and theres always 15% off on lawn chairs at the home furnishing store! You can always be trendy for a resonable price...Since the area is easily acessed by bus or even subway, teens and licence suspended losers can still spend more money than they should. After you been shopping all day why not stuff your face with something thats so greasy it makes the paper bag it came in transparent? Police is easy to find if someone steals your shoppingbags... since the unofficial police headquarters is located here.... Why not head down to the beach later to cool off? After all that shopping a cool refreshing swim is just the thing to do.. Port Noir's nature conservation society recommends waiting 30 minutes before taking a swim if you eaten. The sharks are getting too fat. If you dont feel like a swim then maybe take a walk on the pier or maybe even do some fishing. Mr. Olofson once caught a 2lbs man-eating herring here... some people doubt that, they do however admit that the herring in theese waters are unusually ill-tempered. Close to the beachfront you will find theese wonderful condominiums. They were recently constructed and the rush to get an apartement here were record-high. It's about as cheap as you can get if you want to live close to the beach. The contractor have pruposed to build more of theese buildings in a few area

Superb mosaics! I think they would look good framed and hung on the wall. Beautiful

Rural towns are my favorite. I really like the little trail around the houses down by the water on the 1st page. The small commercial areas are just great too!

It looks like a real paradise!. I wouldnt mind having a vacation house there. It just looks so peaceful and beautiful

Great airport! It's fun to see how you build things too. That mosaic is great!. I like the way you put down roads, I think I get a little inspired by this

I love this CJ, Its always fun to read the little comments. I hope you do a little photoshop how-to. Great to see another mac user too!

Your pictures are just stunning!. The city looks so detailed and well planned too. Like there is not a single thing that doesnt look like it got lots of attention. So much details. I especially like your nightshots. Your pictures are perfectly edited just enough photoshopping to bring out the beauty of the pictures and not overdoing it. I so want to know all your photoshop secrets Again awesome just awesome....

Originally posted by: s_olah Wonderful Update, I love the Burj Al Arab, (btw, from where did you download that, I've been looking for ages...) Keep up the good work, looking forward to the next update...quote> Thanks, the Burj Al Arab hotel can be found at sc4devotion

This time let's take a look at the latest completed construction projects in Port Noir Down on the artificial island the new hotel is completed. It's simply called the Sail Hotel. View from the east side. You can see part of the marina complex from here. The front of the hotel with it's large fountain. From the observation deck you can see the entire bay of Port Noir. A room here doesnt come cheap. The view is so stunning you can even see the green glow comming from Port Noir's nuclear powerplant. The plant is scheaduled for decomission in the next few years so hurry up before it's gone! The roundabout at the hotels enterance quickly became the city's most popular one. People all over Port Noir come to drive in it...apparently. Weee round and round it goes. The roundabout have become known as pukeadilly circle. Downtown apple unveiled a new apple store. Nobody knew until the opening night what the new store was gonna be. No adverts were put up until the very same day it opened. People stood in line for hours to get the greatest opening night deals. The apple store was built just across the road from Port Noirs latest landmark building. The Vienna Tower a marvle of glass and steel. Ikea also recently opened up a store at the Americana Malls complex. Bringing frustration to the people of Port Noir when they try to assemble their Billy bookcases... The construction down at New Gothia is also finished it turned out to be cheap rental apartements for the less wealthy... (Not quite what I had in mind but oh well) In the effort to be independent of nuclear power the city have constructed a hydroelectric plant in the mountains. We leave this update with a view of one of the oldest skyscrapers in Port Noir, The Grejnes building built in 1932. The workers apparently have waaaaay to much free time and money. 2 people have so far been rushed to the hospital after getting a golfball in the head while walking down main street. Doctors still have no clue....

Wow I just gone thru all the pictures. Absolutely stunning I love it. Your waterfronts and industrial areas are just what I would want. Looks great.

jacqulina Thanks for all the comment, I will do my best to make it even better. CarmineHilton Thank you, The hotel will be up in the next update. Pegasus stuff is great my harbour have been waiting for the new seaport stuff Simtastico Thank you, everyone's welcome to move in, It's a tad bit expensive but I'm sure there's an apartement left on the top floor. pagenotfound Haha sure I assume you mean the highrise next to the stadium. Well I heard there's actually one vacant on that floor. Pack up your stuff and take the next flight in. dabadon5 Thanks alot The Big Z Thank you, construction is finished we are just waiting for the mayor to find a pair of scissors for the ribbon cutting ceremony edmonton_stinks Thank you theres more to come

Today we are gonna look at some current construction work underway in Port Noir. After all theese new project are finished the city population is estimated to grow from 85,000 to 120,000. There are alot of new highrises under construction and business is booming. The harbour have undergone a huge expansion. Industry and commercial demand is skyrocketing and so is the need for homes. A new artificial island is going to solve the city's desperate need for new land. The plan is to develop a stunning new luxury hotel here. Tourism is a important part of business here. Construction have started on the hotel... Seawalls are constructed to keep the land from eroding. Plans are to build some luxury apartements here.. City planners have zoned for some medium density housing... the buildings will be on the very edge to the sea. Seawall under construction at the hotel site. Some contruction underway in the commercial district. Due to extremely high C$$$ demand the city needs more highrises. Over at New Gothia district the city is re-developing a area for highrise apartements. Alot of historical buildings had to give way for this project. One of the new highrises after completion overlooking the new stadium. It was easy to make a sale here since you can see all the games for free from your balcony!. Down at the harbour the city have just invested in new container cranes. Industrial demand have since skyrocketed and city planners are desperately seeking areas for new industrial development. A ship being loaded with all sorts of goods produced by the idustrial might of Port Noir. The new luxury apartements after completion down by the new hotel construction we visited at the beginning. Soon the hotel will be finished everyone awaits the grand opening.

underwearman2007 It reminds me of home.. my hometown is sometimes called little uusr actually, since practically the whole town was bulldozed and re-developed in the 1960 a' la prefab style edmonton_stinks Home is always home I guess, well the ciy have drawn up plans to re-develop the area now. jacqulina Thanks, I think after some work the area will be better planned out though Zarp Thanks, most of the city is made up by a 4x4 grid with exeptions to suburbs and some surrounding areas. Little UUSR is being re-developed though Lordy Lord Thank you, yeah they are all crazy to live here.

This is awesome. I really enjoy the humor in this, all the little comments and details. Great photoshopping too. Truly unique style and storytelling. Love it

This is insanely great, just mindblowing. The amount of work put into this must be incredible. Great work.

I like the choice of buildings, great varierity. Very nice indeed.

Wonderful!, I really really like the landscape its beautiful. The winding roads really look great too! cant wait to see more.

Today let's head down to a late 1950 early 1960's development, Located close to the harbour most of the population here works at the local industries. The area was built in just 2 years providing much needed housing for the boomin population. Many say it's the eyesoar of Port Noir but if you ask the people living in what is nicknamed "Little USSR" they love it. The community spirit is high here and they feel like a little town of their own. Everything they need is close by. The only thing missing is good shopping but they only have to take the highway and soon they will arrive at the Americana Malls where they can shop until they drop. This was stage1 of the development completed in 1958. A few older smaller houses are still around making the little community more diverse. The area is full of greenery and parking is plentyfull. The railroad leading down to the harbour runs straight thru here. There are no stops there for passengers but freight goes thry here daily. Theese highrises make up the most of the apartements here. They need much repairs as not much have been done since they were built. Theese buildings were completed in 1959. Some have voiced that they should be demolished and replaced with something that fits into the rest of the city. But the people here wont have any of it. Any plands for re-development here is quickly met with protests for the residents of the area. This were the last of the highrises to be built in this area. They were completed in 1960. Renovations have started in this area. The buildings are in desperate need of new plumbing/heating etc. However no changes will be made to the exteriors. Ironical that older buildings in Port Noir that been around for little or more than 100years have stood the test of time better. They just took quality into consideration in the old days... Well thats it for today. Lets end it with a nice nightshot of the newest highrises built in Port Noir. Theese buildings surround the commercial district and have added a huge population increase. They were met with lots of protest though. Many people think tall buildings ruin the city skyline and the small town feeling. However the demand for housing is far too high to countinue to expand the city outwards.

Ok this is a rather long update, hope not too many pictures for you all. I also updated the first teaser pictures since I got the nightlights to work now, Thanks for pointing that out I was beginning to think the stuff I downloaded just didnt have any!. Now Port Noir looks beautiful at night! It's morning!, lets head into town now. It was hard getting any sleep though I think they built the hotel too close to the airport! There was a low flying 747 passing overhead I think. Let's head out on the main road leading out of the airport. Right away we come across some farm fields... McDonalds were strategic and built a restaurant close to farms so that meat and vegetables dont have to go very far... They claim to have the most fresh ingredients of any other McD restaurants... We take a right and drive onto RH-1 Its the only highway on the island. Aircity Ave leads into a small community built close to the airport. It used to be a small rural community but during the economical boom in the early 1960 it's now a small commercial district. This is what we are not driving into... You dont wanna go there anyway, it's a silly place. Leaving the area getting a last view of some housing an another hotel. To the right we see some more farmfields tucked away behind the trees On our way to Port Noir we meet some freight trains heading to the airport with all kinds of weird gadgets for export that you dont really need. There must be a REALLY strong wind blowing the trains steam forward.. either that or it's reversing.... Yes the locomotives on this island are old except for the new high speed passenger trains We see the first houses of Eastern Port Noir!, It's a extremely wealthy city even realestate this close to a noisy railway and highway are expensive and in high demand. A short distance later we drive past the new golf and country club. No it's not Tiger mispelled it's really named after the Liger. Napoleon Dynamite can explain... Ah yes more rich people.. is this a snooty posh town!? The highway entrance to the central parts of town... we see the first signs of civilization.... Fast food!!!! A usually very busy intersection, We see some medium density housing now... This tunnel leads into the city's core... And yes more rich people homes... what the... We arrive on the other side of the tunnel. Above is the residental part of the town called "Scandinavian Rows" We come to the city's most busy intersection, Ok it's not rush hour!. Here you can see part of the city's tallest building housing some of the biggest tycoons in the city We also see the city's tram that hauls people going East,West and South. Lets take a left down Main St.

Thanks everyone! Twenty20 It must have something to do with the pirate history... TRNSTN The entire region is currently just above 100,000. Port Noir boasts a population of about 80,000. It cant grow much more unless I start cutting into the mountain. It does however sport some skyscrapers that have grown. nihonkaranws Thanks I will check the new Airport Team releases out. gabry85 Thanks, Yes nightlihts are not working correctly. I have no idea why the updates dont install correctly they worked on my old computer.. I'm gonna try to move my region to another installation on another computer see if I will have more luck with it. Nemesis666 Thanks, yes I seem to have some issues with the nightlights. Updates refuse to install I'll have to try and fix that later. See answer above I will update tomorrow with some daytime shots and travel into town...