Mapleton

Age

• Elderly (60+): 15%
• Middle Aged (40-59): 25%
• Adults (20-39): 35%
• Under 20's: 25%
• Teens (13-19): 20%
• Children (0-12): 5%

Ethnicity

• Natives: 95%
• Other: 5%
• Aksalan
• Willowmooran
• Other

Profession

• Most people do not work toward any other purpose except trying to fill their bellies or maintain their shelter
• In the wealthy district, the guards are the most populous profession by far

Sex

• Female: ≈ 52%
• Male: ≈ 47%
• Nonbinary/Other: <1%

Wealth Class

• Wealthiest: 30%
• Well Off: 0
• Less Fortunate: 70%

Laws

• No going out after nightfall
• No leaving the safety of the walls if you wish to return
• No cross-district travel

Taxation

• The wealthiest district takes a portion of food and goods from the city in exchange for providing services
• This has not been occurring for some time as the social fabric breaks down gradually in Mapleton

• The Great Wall and watchtowers

Industry

• Cattle

Trade

• Imports
• Goods from Willowmoor
• Goods from Aksala
• Goods from the Watari
• Exports
• Jeans (for as long as they have some)
• Beef

• Either broken down or actively breaking down at the start of the story:
• Plumbing
• Communication
• Transportation
• A system of protection still exists in the wealthy district as the residents there make sure the guards are kept happy

• Wealthy District: blocked away from the rest of the city since the wealthy are living better than most
• The Slums: everywhere that hugs the walls outside of the wealthy district
• City Center: the center of the city where people used to shop and mingle; now it's overflowing with beggars

Equipment

• Plenty of leftover stuff from the Before Times, even if they can't get most of it to work

Stores

• Books
• Clothes
• Drugs
• Finery
• Liquor

Valuables

• Cattle
• Jewelry

G&F

Year 0

• 10/31 - The bombs drop, destroying the modern world, erasing borders, and rendering large swathes of land nationless.
• 11/4 - First survivors start to show up from the surrounding area; they will continue to trickle in over the next couple of months

Year 1

• 1/1 - A vote is held to rename the settlement from its Before Times name to Mapleton
• 1/20 - Construction begins on the Great Wall
• 2/11 - A small caravan of survivors from further south arrives with news of how widespread the devastation is
• 6/1 - A vote is held on whether to hold elections for a new mayor; it is decided they'll be put off for a year
• 8/30 - The Willowmoor caravan passes through
• 11/14 - A pandemic is declared

Year 2

• 5/21 - Willowmoor expedition arrives
• 6/1 - Another vote is held on whether to hold elections for a new mayor; it is decided they'll be put off for another year
• 8/22 - A second pandemic is declared
• 10/11 - Construction is completed on the Great Wall

Year 3

• 1/20 - Construction begins on the Mapleton Moat
• 3/28 - Back-up plumbing generators cease to function
• 3/31 - Willowmoorans arrive in Mapleton
• 4/4 - 100+ eager Mapletonians leave to settle down in Willowmoor, getting out just in time
• 6/1 - This time when a vote is held on whether to elect a new mayor, it's decided the time is now and a date is scheduled
• 7/1 - Mapleton's first official election since becoming Mapleton; the old legacy mayor is ousted
• 8/1 - After a month of no contact from the old mayor and no effort made to open the wealthy district, the newly elected mayor begins negotiations with the wealthy
• 11/1 - Three months of negotiations end in the slaughter of citizens who try to bust their way into the wealthy district
• 11/3 - The old mayor regains tentative rule of the city
• 11/4 - The starving populace receives food, clothing, and liquor to quell rebellion

Year 4

• TBD but it's bad

Year 5

• TBD but it's worse
• Month 10 - Here's where Standalone Interlude Novel begins

• The Great Wall
• The Mayor's Mansion
• Any hotel

• Willowmoorans have historically ventured to Mapleton for vacations, always being hosted as guests of honor at the mayor's mansion
• Tourism has stopped in recent months due to the civil unrest, though the reason given is construction

• Much of the city was damaged from errant bomb blasts years ago, so they've done what they can to patch holes and decorate around the devastation
• The wealthy district has maintained its modern Greco style and grand veneer this whole time

• Mapleton is near the coast in the northern area of the western region
• North of Mapleton
• Rolling fields that used to be tilled
• Willowmoor beyond those
• East of Mapleton
• Vast hills dotted with woodlands
• Eventually, signs of civilization (re: pockmarked highways and destroyed cities)
• South of Mapleton
• Gray plains
• Eventually they are interrupted by a wide river
• West of Mapleton
• The cliffs and the ocean

• More on the Temperate than Continental; warm summers with thunderstorms, rainy springs and falls, and cold winters with occasional fierce storms
• Being near the coast causes random pop-up weather systems all year round

• Cattle
• Fields for tilling surround the city
• Ocean nearby offers fishing