Solasuta
The capital city of Isanto. The city grew from a small settlement dating back to the time of the Silence to a robust city that is the manufacturing and diplomatic hub of the nation of Isanto.
Multiple boroughs
The city grew out of the central island and lake docks, and developed further once the fledgling country accepted the Cirtearian refugees and allowed their failing generation ship to land. The ship was scuttled and the surrounding borough build from its remnants. The other boroughs grew from that surge in population, a mixture of humans and Cirtearians. The names of boroughs come from Zähtyyian and Id̄ïtil̆eq̄aɕïian Language and Elivera Traditional or Üooaføv̱ian as all three are the main languages of the Isanto Nation.Ouz
Siteakin and government buildings. Decorative bridges span the lake to reach the central island of the city. The depots at the ends of the bridges mark the edges of the walking district, as the island does not allow any vehicles. All pathways are walkable, and there are a moving segment on the edges of all sidewalks for the mobility-impaired. Gardens of violet and rainbow-colored mushrooms and trees are interspersed among the pathways and buildings.Sutaron
Mostly residential but also holds several entertainment centers, train depot, and parks. The design of the neighborhoods cluster around the edges of Sozun borough like the clusters of flowers on fruit trees.Esäzáq
Where most of the manufacturing takes place - it lies on the western side of the Lake. Tall spires of tree-like growth from metal grown into buildings. The thinnest portion of the spires serve as radio and communication towers. Silos serve as warehouses of manufactured seeds, metals, or food granaries. All buildings have deep geothermal wells that power the buildings. A solar farm lays south-west of the city that provides for the rest of the power needs.Qïüttektí
Where the trading district is located along Lake Loi's shores. Many a Cirtearian lives here, and the remnants of their generation ship serves as the south docking system for the Lake Loi, spaceport, and the river trade. From that outgrowth of old tech, the rest of the trading district was built using similar geometrical designs such as hexagons, spheroids, or rectangular shapes.Röi
Where lower income people live on the edges of the city and the farm fields. Informal trading and repair kiosks litter the area by the train depots. A lot of parks and depots for loading farm produce are in this borough. Intricate community structures made of wood and sod decorate the edges of the district, walkways atop each of the buildings connect them all in a web of wood. The structures in the center of the webs of sod and wood have deep underground chambers made of stone, where the communities supplies and fellowship chambers are located and stored.Infrastructure
Transportation
- light rail circles the city and crisscrosses it like the Sanii̊ko̊ian rune for .
- Bridges cross the two rivers (Sunitasa and Milisa) that meet in the center of the city. The rivers meet in a lake (Loi) that has a large island in the center. Bridges cross the lake to the island in a straight line from the west to east side.
- There are freight train stations located on the north-west side of town, where most of the larger trains are housed and where trains are filled with goods before leaving for another part of the continent. Signal crossings adorn the route through the west side of town from the railyards to the manufacturing district located on the west side of town; these signal crossings mark where pedestrians and vehicles can safely cross the tracks.
- There are a network of walkways that mark a grid of 37 squares and 16 hexagons -- the 16 hexagons are located in a circle around the lake at the center of the city, and on the outer edges of the hexagonal grid is the 37 squares that make up the rest of the districts in the city. The outer edges of these squares and hexagons are marked by walkways for pedestrians and speed-ways for 1 to 2 people vehicles (these vehicles are city-only and cannot go faster than 40 kilometers per hour).
- Bicycle paths criss cross the network of walkway/speed-way grids like .
- A canal was built from the central lake that goes straight north to the agricultural region north of the city. The canal is seven kilometers long and goes straight north three kilometers then turns east toward the more desert-like region. The two rivers that meet in the central lake all come from either due west or the mountainous hills to the north-west.
- There is a spaceport located on the island in the center of the lake. This spacesport covers most of the island, and there is a landing area for atmospheric aircraft from other cities or continents.
Energy
Solasuta is a modernized city that sits on the relics of ancient ruins, many of them dating to the time of the @Silence. Some of the main energy production plants are:- Tidal power from the dams on the western river.
- Wind farms to the south-east in the plains region.
- Geothermal plants are located under the spaceport and many of the manufacturing plants in the eastern districts of the city.
- Solar panels exist on nearly every roof, and the walkways are transparent material that cover massive solar arrays that soak in the sunlight during the day. These solar arrays embedded under the transparent walkways and speed-ways of the city make up almost 73% of the city's power. Substations with massive battery packs are embedded half underground in the corners of the grids that mark each block of the city. Cables from these substations are then rigged either underground, where the buildings are wired from ground up (in the newer districts), or they are linked from above in the older districts, atop large poles.
- The remnants of trash incinerators still exist on the north-east side of town, but most have been converted into recycling plants to limit the excess of harmful gases.
- biofuels are used in much of the vehicles and railways.
- bioluminescent fungi lines pathways to light up the walkways at night. Bioluminescent fungi also is grown in spheres that are hung in buildings to light the buildings in a more natural way. This also avoids putting too much stress on the energy system.
Water management
Due to the confluence of two rivers into a central lake where one of the rivers exits to the south-west, water treatment plants are situated along the rivers and edges of the lake spaced out with about a kilometer between each plant. Each facility was recently updated (in E 890) with state-of-the-art machines to replace some of the archaic designs. Abandoned wells still dot the city from the ancient ruins in the older districts on the west sides of the city. These wells are covered with durable transparent walkways, many filled in with soil and stone to avoid erosion and sinkholes. A few working wells still exist in the north-east side of town where the edges of the forest and plains meet. The last bits of the Raliok roots pierce the north-east side of town, but the actual tree is several kilometers to the north-east. There is a large aquifer under these roots, which the wells on the north-east side of town tap into during the manufacturing age of the city's history. All the rivers have flood control systems with massive dikes, levees, and pump stations. The levees also circle the lake with pump stations situated every half kilometer. This limits the extent of flooding during heavy storm surges from the mountains that ring the city to the north, west, and east, and from the coastal region located directly south of the city. Sewage systems interlace the city with a web of pipes underground, and all sewage is taken to two main sewage treatment plants on the eastern side of the central lake. These plants are on the edges of the manufacturing district. The western side of the city still have large sewers from the ancient ruins that have been modified to carry more modern pipes. It is still possible to walk the sewers, and sometimes water flows through those sewers during flash floods. The water in these ancient sewers flow out into the main lake through a tightly woven mesh that filters out particles. This mesh was replaced annually, according to the lunar cycles in ancient times. In modern times, the mesh is self-cleaning and the debris it catches goes out through small pipes into the main sewage system.Communications
- Telegram networks
- Postal Service (distribution of mail, transport of mail, ect.)
- Sefir networks
- Radio transmitters and networks
- Internet (server farms, routers, buildings with accessible networks)
- Communication satellites (which help with video and sound transmissions, UPS, and so forth)
Solid Waste
Disposal of waste include:- incinerators for plant-based products.
- transportation to hazardous waste disposal facilities for underground storage
- Recycling and waste recovery facilities (including reuse of metals in devices)
Architecture
The stone in the region was used for a lot of the older portions of the city. The stones were carefully carved, and a chemical reaction used to cause the edges of the stone to flow into each other and seal the cracks between them. This allowed for different shaped stones to be used to create the walls of the city, the ancient portions of the town. Many of these ruins still exist and were restored through local initiatives to preserve this history.
Newer bulidings are made of wood, stone, and metal. Instead of square or rectangle buildings, the shapes became more diversified utilizing the tenets of Architecture of Elivera such as hexagons, half-ovals, spheres, and even pyramids. A rainbow of colors painted on the outsides of the buildings -- murals of the land and myths of the people and/or different colored stones to give a vibrant color scheme to the cityscape.
Bioluminescent fungi is used to line pathways to light them at night. Sometimes bioluminescent fungi are grown in spheres to augment the lighting in buildings; these may need maintenance to feed the fungi and contain their growth, but it avoids the energy grid from being too stressed during times of high need.
All architecture is grown from seeds and shaped by specialists with an Ability related to energy, matter, or chemical bonds. Somtimes pre-made frames made from metals like steel or titanium or Tiyaniht to help shape the growth and have a strong frame to keep the building supported.
Geography
The Sunitasa flows from the west into the central lake (Loi). The Milisa river flows from the north west and converges on the western edge of Loi. The Masun - forest - covers the area between the city and the Ikarosian mountain ranges to the west and north. The Talami - desert - is located due east about fifty kilometers from the city, and there is the Uiazun plains located to the south-east. The Sunitasa flows out of the southern edge of the Loi, and heads south-east toward the port city of Kiadan. The lone Raliok grows approximately twelve kilometers to the north-west near the center of the Masun forest. The roots of this massive tree stretches all the way to the northern borders of the city.
Natural Resources
- Wood from forests
- Tiyaniht from foothills and mountains
- various types of stone from foothills and mountains
- bioluminescent fungi
- geothermal activity
- wind music from the five canyons that open up into the valley
- strong winds
- wetlands to southeast - a lot of fungi and marsh-growing crops
- domesticated creatures used for pets or farm animals
- crystals from foothills and mountains
- ancient tech from nearby ruins
Founding Date
E 263
Type
City
Population
6,125,589
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