Skwanta
Skwanta was no ordinary place. Here you were either a farmer bereft of wealth or an ordinary factory worker working in the harsh conditions that the factories gave in return to soul destroying labour.
Skwanta was split into four different states which were West Skwanta, a place where factories dominated turning West Skwanta into the most industrial state known to humanity. Smoke and smog filled the sky as a result of factory pollution which contaminated West Skwanta’s little crop supply. West Skwanta was a democracy under the 3rd emrty (A law from any state of Skwanta) but in reality, the Yako (President of a state in Skwanta) paid no heed to this and became a rapacious pig as most people put it.
West Bango, the capital of West Skwanta was a place only the affluent men went, as it was surrounded by the Bango wall and you had to prove that you had over 1,000,000 teros (the currency of all Skwanta) to live there. Many of the buildings in West Skwanta were built from sandstone that came out of the mine in the north west Skwanta, however some were built out of the stone that was imported into West Skwanta. These supplies came in through Port Flang, West Skwanta’s only port.
One of the only military bases in west Skwanta was the WSMB which was made to protect the citizens of West Skwanta in case of attack. All these places were connected by roads that spanned for dozens of miles on end, but the most important one was the great road, connecting Port Flang to West Bango.
You would think that East and West Skwanta would be similar in many ways but that was a fantasy far beyond reality. In East Skwanta the soil was much more fertile which was the reason why East Skwanta focused much more on agriculture than factories and buildings. Around 30% of land in the east was used for farming which produced mammoth amounts of produce for East Skwanta. A mere 10% was used for factories which produced a minute amount of steel and other things that were used in East Skwanta. The capital of East Skwanta was East Bango where all were welcome. It’s democratic parliament sat in the oldest surviving building in all of Skwanta, working tirelessly to make East Skwanta a better place. Due to the fact that East Skwanta believed in peace it only had one military base: The East Defence Area. Here hundreds of soldiers trained and slept, ready for an attack at any moment. East Skwanta had two ports, Port Rang and Port Linse. Here most of the building supplies used in East Skwanta were imported and sent to where it needed to be. The little amount of stone and steel that East Skwanta produced came from the stone quarry and mine at the top of East Skwanta. This was where the Skwanta gold rush occurred, hundred and fifty years ago. Ancient trade routes wound through East Skwanta, the oldest was the Great Easten Road, Connecting the farms and the East Defence Area to East Bango.
Skwanta was an island with a river flowing through it, called the Dividing River. This separated East Skwanta from West Skwanta, and South Skwanta from East and West skwanta. South Skwanta was a land full of opportunity. It had what both and East and West Skwanta lacked. Fertile land for the West and natural building materials For the East. 75 years ago both sides had their eyes set on the bountiful land. When both sent soldiers to claim South Skwanta they soon clashed, and a full blown war followed. Fighting continued until it became a stalemate. Both sides tried attacking with artillery but they failed. Eventually the two sides came to an agreement, where South Skwanta was split in half by the dividing wall, Creating South East Skwanta and South West Skwanta. South West Skwanta connected to port Flang and was used for farming fields. South East Skwanta was used to produce steel and stone and was then packed onto ships which then went to either Port Rang or Port Linse. At the very top of Skwanta was the uniting bridge. The only Bridge connecting East Skwanta To West Skwanta. No side was allowed to block the bridge and it was the only thing connecting the mysteries land of Skwanta.