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Origin Pre-War Post-War What Outsiders Know The Reality Population Territory and Locations Organization Government, National and Local Justice, Social Control, Punishment Political Factions, Dissent Famous/Infamous Persons Relationships with Other Groups Culture Ethnic Groups, Immigration and Emigration Social Divisions and Castes Religion, Beliefs and Superstition Morality and Values Progress and Failure Family, Age, Sexuality and Gender Education and Language Environment and Agriculture Food Art and Entertainment, Music, Literature, Recreation Fashion and Appearance Urban and Rural Areas, Architecture Equipment and Resources Economy Science, Medicine and Technology Weapons and Military Equipment Communications Transportation Vehicles Aircraft Watercraft

 

     This region has been struggling with civil wars and other dangerous conditions for several decades.

Origin

 

Pre-War

    

     About five million persons lived in Virginia east of the Appalachian mountains in 1989.

 

Post-War

    

     56 nuclear weapons detonated within the borders of the state of Virginia in November of 1989; dozens more struck nearby in adjacent states or the District of Columbia. The destruction of the Surry and the North Anna nuclear generating stations caused severe radioactive contamination for decades.

     Within a few months of the Atomic War, almost nobody was living east of Interstate Highway 95. The areas around Washington and Norfolk were among the most heavily attacked in North America, outside of missile silo fields in the West.

 

What Outsiders Know

 

     For many years, this area has been the scene of battles, massacres, epidemics, and other frightful losses of human life. East Broad Top has been selling goods -- including arms -- to various factions and communities in the area.

 

The Reality

 

     There are no groups larger than town-sized factions any more. The "Federal Zone" was a region of several towns that coalesced into a nation for a generation or so, but fell apart again before the end of the 21st Century.

 

Population

    

     A few hundred thousand.

 

Territory and Locations

 

     The rise of sea levels in the 21st Century inundated many former coastal cities.

 

Organization

 

     There is no central authority. Treaties, alliances, and various short-term arrangements are all that tie the communities together.

 

Government, National and Local

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Justice, Social Control, Punishment

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Political Factions, Dissent

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Famous/Infamous Persons

 

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Relationships with Other Groups

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Culture

 

Ethnic Groups, Immigration and Emigration

 

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Social Divisions and Castes

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Religion, Beliefs and Superstition

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Morality and Values

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Progress and Failure

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Family, Age, Sexuality and Gender

     About 4% of female embryos spontaneously miscarry at about 5 to 7 weeks after conception.

 

Education and Language

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Environment and Agriculture

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Food

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Art and Entertainment, Music, Literature, Recreation

     Blah blah ...

 

Fashion and Appearance

     Blah blah ...

 

Urban and Rural Areas, Architecture

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Equipment and Resources

 

Economy

     The area is rated as Poor, Non-Industrial at Technology Level ... .

 

Science, Medicine and Technology

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Weapons and Military Equipment

 

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Communications

 

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Transportation

 

 

Vehicles

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Aircraft

     None.

 

Watercraft

 

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