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'''Makaska''' is a constituent state in the [[Federal States|Federal States of Archanta]], located in the south central "lakes" region along the southern borader, on a broad isthmus between the two large lakes, Lake "A" and Lake "B". | '''Makaska''' is a constituent state in the [[Federal States|Federal States of Archanta]], located in the south central "lakes" region along the southern borader, on a broad isthmus between the two large lakes, Lake "A" and Lake "B". | ||
Makaska shares its isthmus with [[Oshweken]] to the north. To the south it has international | Makaska shares its isthmus with [[Oshweken]] to the north. To the south it has an international boundary with the [[Ardencia|Ardencian]] province of [[Ooayatais]]. To the west across the narrow Strait of Saint Michael, which is part of Lake "A", lies the state of "X". | ||
= Etymology = | = Etymology = | ||
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=== Parishes === | === Parishes === | ||
Makaska's 2nd order political divisions are called ''parishes'' (equivalent to counties in most of the FS). There are | Makaska's 2nd order political divisions are called ''parishes'' (equivalent to counties in most of the FS). There are 43 parishes. The largest in population is Swift Parish, and the largest in area is Battle Plain Parish. | ||
==== Parish Listing ==== | ==== Parish Listing ==== | ||
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=== Townships, Towns, Villages and Cities === | === Townships, Towns, Villages and Cities === | ||
Originally, Makaska's parishes were subdivided into rural townships based on the regional survey of 1841. There were | Originally, Makaska's parishes were subdivided into rural townships based on the regional survey of 1841. There were 370 townships. | ||
However, these townships are now obsolete, although their boundaries are still visible in the map of the current divisions. Currently, Makaska has a "full coverage" of 3rd order political divisions which go by the terms City, Town and Village. These terms are misleading with respect to size, however, since they refer to forms of government. Cities are any chartered municipality under the state government, but can be any size. Thus the "city" of Ragged Point, for example, has less than 500 inhabitants. Villages are autonomous and incorporated, but not chartered, and are rarely larger than a few thousand inhabitants. Towns are the inheritors of the township governments, which are not autonomous but are typically subsidiary to parish governments, and the concept applies mostly to rural areas. However, there is at least one "town" that has almost 100,000 inhabitants: Lower Uppington, which has seen a lot of suburban growth in recent years but whose inhabitants have so far resisted incorporating. | However, these townships are now obsolete, although their boundaries are still visible in the map of the current divisions. Currently, Makaska has a "full coverage" of 3rd order political divisions which go by the terms City, Town and Village. These terms are misleading with respect to size, however, since they refer to forms of government. Cities are any chartered municipality under the state government, but can be any size. Thus the "city" of Ragged Point, for example, has less than 500 inhabitants. Villages are autonomous and incorporated, but not chartered, and are rarely larger than a few thousand inhabitants. Towns are the inheritors of the township governments, which are not autonomous but are typically subsidiary to parish governments, and the concept applies mostly to rural areas. However, there is at least one "town" that has almost 100,000 inhabitants: Lower Uppington, which has seen a lot of suburban growth in recent years but whose inhabitants have so far resisted incorporating. | ||
==== Township Listing ==== | ==== Township Listing ==== | ||
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== Major cities == | == Major cities == | ||
* [[Ohunkagan|Ohunkagan]] | * [[Ohunkagan, Makaska|Ohunkagan]] | ||
** largest metro | ** largest metro | ||
** major grand lakes port, other industries include food processing, mercantile exchange, manufacturing, emergent biotechnology | ** major grand lakes port, other industries include food processing, mercantile exchange, manufacturing, emergent biotechnology | ||
** pop. ~ | ** regional trains, metro (almost all "elevated"), legacy streetcars | ||
** pop. ~ 2.5 million | |||
* [[Marksville|Marksville]] | * [[Marksville, Makaska|Marksville]] | ||
** state capital and second largest metro | ** state capital and second largest metro | ||
** site of major horse-racing and auto-racing, and UMM (secondary land-grant campus), some tech | |||
** pop. ~ 200,000 | ** pop. ~ 200,000 | ||
** | * [[Midesapa, Makaska|Midesapa]] | ||
* [[Riverton|Riverton/Apple River/Uppington]] | ** main city in north, port along Midesapa River connecting Lake Wihinapa with Lake Leighton | ||
** paper, steel, rail transport industries, a single legacy streetcar line | |||
** pop. ~ 175,000 | |||
* [[Riverton, Makaska|Riverton/Apple River/Uppington]] | |||
** "tri cites", collectively third-largest metro, lake/river port | ** "tri cites", collectively third-largest metro, lake/river port | ||
** site of most prestigious "land grant" University of Makaska at Uppington (UMU) | ** site of most prestigious "land grant" University of Makaska at Uppington (UMU) | ||
** de-facto integrated to Ohunkagan metro area | |||
** pop. ~ 150,000 | ** pop. ~ 150,000 | ||
== Other important towns == | == Other important towns == | ||
* Kanguisapa - Callister | * [[Kanguisapa, Makaska|Kanguisapa - Callister]] | ||
** site of the renowned Mihm Clinic and other medical industries | ** site of the renowned Mihm Clinic and other medical industries | ||
** pop. ~ 40,000 | ** pop. ~ 40,000 | ||
* | * [[Cottonwood Dunes, Makaska|Cottonwood Dunes - Wakefield - Cathill Mills]] | ||
** pop. ~ 35,000 | ** pop. ~ 35,000 | ||
** tourism, agriculture, motor-home manufacturing | ** suburban / exurban part of Maquadana metro area, across the state line to northwest | ||
* Tatankagui | ** includes a Maquadena commuter rail line as far as Waskuyecha | ||
* [[Queen Rhiannon, Makaska|Queen Rhiannon]] | |||
** pop. ~ 35,000 | |||
** tourism (state fair), agriculture, motor-home manufacturing | |||
** de-facto part of Marksville metro | |||
* [[Tatankagui, Makaska|Tatankagui]] | |||
** pop. ~ 30,000 | ** pop. ~ 30,000 | ||
** Tatankagui State University (teacher's college and agricultural | ** Tatankagui State University (teacher's college and agricultural extension) | ||
* Deal City - Buffalo Danger | * [[Deal City, Makaska|Deal City - Buffalo Danger]] | ||
** pop. ~ 25,000 | ** pop. ~ 25,000 | ||
** food processing and agricultural center, trucking | ** food processing and agricultural center, trucking | ||
* White Earth Agency | * [[White Earth Agency, Makaska|White Earth Agency]] | ||
** pop. ~ 20,000 | ** pop. ~ 20,000 | ||
** center of native Makaska tribes culture (Rakhoda Peoples) | ** center of native Makaska tribes culture (Rakhoda Peoples), "capital" of Federated Tribes | ||
* Roan Stallion | * [[Roan Stallion, Makaska|Roan Stallion]] | ||
** pop. ~ 20,000 | ** pop. ~ 20,000 | ||
** southern lake-lands tourism | ** southern lake-lands tourism | ||
* Normal - Fort Humble | * [[Springfield, Makaska|Springfield]] | ||
** pop. ~ 20,000 | |||
** northeastern agriculture hub | |||
* [[Brighthorse, Makaska|Brighthorse]] | |||
** transport center (trucking, rail) at intersection of important routes | |||
** gambling, outlet shopping and "resort tourism" along the Brighthorse Lakes | |||
** pop. ~ 20,000 | |||
* [[Fort Humble, Makaska|Normal - Fort Humble]] | |||
** pop. ~ 15,000 | ** pop. ~ 15,000 | ||
** Humble State University (teacher's college and agricultural | ** Humble State University (teacher's college and agricultural extension) | ||
== Informal Regions == | == Informal Regions == | ||
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The state does not have a formal division into regions, but there are some fairly well-established regional subdivisions. | The state does not have a formal division into regions, but there are some fairly well-established regional subdivisions. | ||
* "Snowdrift Riviera" - the southwest: Carbon, Cosmos, Starr, and Taylor Parishes | * "Snowdrift Riviera" - the southwest: Carbon, Cosmos, Starr, and Taylor Parishes (so named because of the high snowfalls due to lake-effect snows in the winter). | ||
* " | * "Midstate" - the east coast: La Porte, Swift, Iyotanhaha, Lake, and Many Ghosts Parishes. | ||
* "Bluffland" - the north/northwest: Elizabeth, Xanthippe, Brown Buffalo, and Justice Parishes | * "Bluffland" - the north/northwest: Elizabeth, Xanthippe, Brown Buffalo, and Justice Parishes (so named because of the prominent bluff and plateau topography of the region). | ||
* "Portage Corridor" - the central/west: Churchland, Ouroboros, Vineland, Storey, Mihm, Lac Perdu and Deal Parishes | * "Portage Corridor" - the central/west: Churchland, Ouroboros, Vineland, Storey, Mihm, Lac Perdu and Deal Parishes (so named because of the two rivers (Makaska River and Kanguisapa River) that drain in opposite directions from the area around the state capital). | ||
* "Spiritland" - the central south: Humble, Maldonado, Freeborn, and Battle Plain Parishes. | * "Spiritland" - the central south: Humble, Maldonado, Freeborn, and Battle Plain Parishes. | ||
* "Lakeland" - the flanks of Lac Perdu: Lac Perdu and Yellowtree Parishes. | * "Lakeland" - the flanks of Lac Perdu: Lac Perdu, and Yellowtree Parishes. | ||
* "Isthmus" - the narrower isthmus between Lake Seneppi and Lake Wihinapa: Warrant, Wihinapa, Tokatawoape, Waskuyecha, Waxwing, and Ohunkagan Parishes. | |||
* "Northstate" - North central part of the state: Wowichakeh, Harmegido, Dog River, Leighton, and Lynn Parishes. | |||
* "Panhandle" - northeasternmost part of the state: Jeroboam, Red Hand, and Maxwell Parishes. | |||
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= Culture = | = Culture = | ||
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* University of Makaska at Uppington, Uppington (UMU, flagship campus of UM system) | * University of Makaska at Uppington, Uppington (UMU, flagship campus of UM system) | ||
* University of Makaska at Marksville, Marksville (UMM, secondary campus of UM system) | * University of Makaska at Marksville, Marksville (UMM, secondary campus of UM system) | ||
* University of Northern Makaska, East Lee (UNM, tertiary campus, only former state normal school promoted into the UM system) | |||
* University of Makaska at Ohunkagan, Ohunkagan (UMO, recent addition to system, includes new business school) | * University of Makaska at Ohunkagan, Ohunkagan (UMO, recent addition to system, includes new business school) | ||
* University of Makaska at Kanguisapa, Kanguisapa (UMK, primary medical school of UM system, proximate to renowed Mihm Clinic) | * University of Makaska at Kanguisapa, Kanguisapa (UMK, primary medical school of UM system, proximate to renowed Mihm Clinic) | ||
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* Tatankagui State University, Tatantagui (TSU, flagship campus of MSU system) | * Tatankagui State University, Tatantagui (TSU, flagship campus of MSU system) | ||
* Humble State University, Normal (HSU, secondary campus of MSU system) | * Humble State University, Normal (HSU, secondary campus of MSU system) | ||
* Makaska State University at | * Makaska State University at Kanguisapa, Witchakawoka (MSUK, tertiary campus of MSU system) | ||
* Makaska State University at Lac Perdu, East Oliphant (MSULP, upgrade of community college) | * Makaska State University at Lac Perdu, East Oliphant (MSULP, upgrade of community college) | ||
* Makaska State University at Suburbia, Suburbia (MSUS, upgrade of community college) | * Makaska State University at Suburbia, Suburbia (MSUS, upgrade of community college) | ||
* Makaska State University at Grand Crossing, Grand Crossing (MSUGC, upgrade of community college) | * Makaska State University at Grand Crossing, Grand Crossing (MSUGC, upgrade of community college) | ||
* Makaska State University at Waskuyecha, Waskuyecha (MSUW, upgrade of community college) | |||
* Maxwell State University, Springfield (MSU, upgrade of community college) | |||
=== Private Universities === | === Private Universities === | ||
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* Southern Lakes University, Alexandretta (endowment, founded by Freecyclopedians, Commonian Rite) | * Southern Lakes University, Alexandretta (endowment, founded by Freecyclopedians, Commonian Rite) | ||
* Saint Clothilde College, Sainte-Clothilde (religious but mainline) | * Saint Clothilde College, Sainte-Clothilde (religious but mainline) | ||
* Babel College, Saint Magnus (religious but mainline) | |||
* Tulport Christic College, Tulpanen (religious) | |||
* Ashbery College, Ashbery (endowment, high quality liberal arts) | * Ashbery College, Ashbery (endowment, high quality liberal arts) | ||
* Slain College, Waxwing Slain (endowment, high quality liberal arts) | |||
* MacBeth College, Roan Stallion (endowment, tribal affiliate) | * MacBeth College, Roan Stallion (endowment, tribal affiliate) | ||
* Three-Foot College, Taspanchang (endowment, tribal affiliate) | |||
* Throckmorton College, Edgemere (endowment, formerly religious) | * Throckmorton College, Edgemere (endowment, formerly religious) | ||
* Vermeule College, Midesapa (endowment, formerly religious) | |||
== Native Makaskans == | == Native Makaskans == | ||
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=== Native Lands === | === Native Lands === | ||
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==== Football (Soccer) ==== | ==== Football (Soccer) ==== | ||
Makaska has one professional soccer team, who play at | Makaska has one professional soccer team, who play at [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/144738 University Stadium] in Marksville. They are known as FC Marksville Southstars. | ||
==== Football (Gridiron) ==== | ==== Football (Gridiron) ==== | ||
Makaska has one professional gridiron team, who play at the | Makaska has one professional gridiron team, who play at the venerable [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/143988 Veterans Stadium] in the Northeast area of Ohunkagan. They are known as the Ohunkagan Lakers. | ||
==== Basketball ==== | ==== Basketball ==== | ||
Makaska has one professional basketball team, who play at the | Makaska has one professional basketball team, who play at the newly built [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/143851 Lakesbank Center] in Ohunkagan. They are known as the Ohunkagan Lumberjacks. | ||
==== Ice Hockey ==== | ==== Ice Hockey ==== | ||
Makaska has one professional ice hockey team, who play at the | Makaska has one professional ice hockey team, who play at the newly built [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/143841 Gorram Arena] in Iyotanhaha. They are known as the Makaska Warriors. | ||
==== Baseball ==== | ==== Baseball ==== | ||
Makaska has one professional baseball team, who play at the | Makaska has one professional baseball team, who play at the venerable baseball venue, [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/143853 Strawberry Field], on Ohunkagan's South Side. They are known as the Makaska Saints. | ||
=== Collegiate Sports Teams === | === Collegiate Sports Teams === | ||
=== Other Notable Sports Venues === | |||
==== Horseracing ==== | |||
The famous [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/144737 Twombly Downs] are located just south of Marksville. They host the Meredith Cup. | |||
== Economy and Business == | == Economy and Business == | ||
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==== Leading Daily Newspapers ==== | ==== Leading Daily Newspapers ==== | ||
Ohunkagan Signal Drum | *[[Ohunkagan Signal Drum]] | ||
*[[Marksville Vanguard]] | |||
*[[Ohunkagan Pantagraph]] | |||
*[[Riverton Reflector]] | |||
==== Major Shopping Malls ==== | |||
Ohunkagan | *[[The Glitch at Prairie Forge]] - Praire Forge (far north suburbs Ohunkagan) - combined with major music/entertainment/convention center | ||
*[[Mall of Makaska]] - Ohunkagan (Ackermann neighborhood, southwest) | |||
Riverton | *[[Ming Plaza Galleria]] - Iyotanhaha (downtown) | ||
*[[Penning Cross Mall]] - Wowashakay (north suburbs Ohunkagan) | |||
*[[Southerly Park Mall]] - De Telling (south suburbs Ohunkagan) | |||
*[[Shoppingdale Paragon]] - Paragon (south suburbs Ohunkagan) | |||
*[[Shoppingdale Acorn Springs]] - Radio Park (south suburbs Ohunkagan) | |||
*[[Shoppingdale Du Lhut]] - Du Lhut (north suburbs Ohunkagan) | |||
*[[Shoppingdale Escaflowne]] - Lower Uppington (south suburbs Riverton) | |||
*[[Shoppingdale Mythic]] - Mythic (western enclave city, Ohunkagan) | |||
==== Banks and Financial Companies ==== | ==== Banks and Financial Companies ==== | ||
Grants Mongo Financial | *[[Grants Mongo Financial]] | ||
*[[Southern States Bank]] | |||
*[[Lakesbank]] | |||
==== Restaurant Chains ==== | |||
*[[Moosejuice]] - beverage and snack chain | |||
*[[Glass Coffee]] - beverage and snack chain | |||
==== "Silicon Shore" ==== | |||
The '''[[Silicon Shore (Makaska, FS)|Silicon Shore]]''' is the popular name for a string of suburbs south of Ohunkagan, mostly lining the shore of Lake X, where there is a high concentration of technology companies, research labs, and corporate campuses. The suburbs generally included are (from north to south): [[Paisley Gardens, Makaska|Paisley Gardens]], [[Blooming Shore, Makaska|Blooming Shore]], [[Cherry Grove, Makaska|Cherry Grove]], [[Petachona, Makaska|Petachona]], [[Land, Makaska|Land]], and [[Rhodesylvania, Makaska|Rhodesylvania]]. The largest in population and most important, by far, is the city of Blooming Shore, with the corporate headquarters of XTech Inc., including their main chip design and manufacturing facilities. Marginal members of the Silicon Shore category are the cities of [[Craig, Makaska|Craig]], [[Elphinstone, Makaska|Elphinstone]], [[De Telling, Makaska|De Telling]], and [[Radio Park, Makaska|Radio Park]], which lie farther south, and the cities of [[Paragon, Makaska|Paragon]] and [[Halesburg, Makaska|Halesburg]], which lie inland. The exclusive lakeshore residential community of [[Cape Torment, Makaska|Cape Torment]], to the east of De Telling, is not typically included, but many of the newly wealthy tech executives have homes there. ([https://opengeofiction.net/relation/144836 map]) | |||
== Transport == | == Transport == | ||
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=== Historical Makaskans === | === Historical Makaskans === | ||
Marvin MacBeth (AKA Chief Roan Stallion) - mid 20th c Native (Yellowtree Band Rakhoda) who became a philanthropist late in life | *[[Leonora Grants]] - 19th c. lumber and rail baroness and philanthropist | ||
*[[H. Abner Humble]] - first territorial governor, 1816-?? | |||
*[[Benoit Le Becq]] (AKA The Beast Priest) - early 18th c. Franquese priest who ran a private slavery operation | |||
*[[Philostratus Lynggaard]] - 19th c. rail baron | |||
*[[Absolom Ignatius Carr]] - early 20th industrialist, took over Carnelian Carriage Works and created the Carr Motorcar Company | |||
*[[Timothy Daladier]] - late 19th mayor of Ohunkagan during World's Fair, later Makaska governor | |||
*[[Marvin MacBeth]] (AKA Chief Roan Stallion) - early to mid 20th c. Native (Yellowtree Band Rakhoda) who became a philanthropist late in life | |||
*[[Balthazar Ming]] - early 20th c. entrepreneur and politician | |||
*[[Ezekiel Mongo]] - 19th c. frontier merchant and entrepreneur, leveraged early investment from Leonora Grants to found Makaska's most successful bank, Grants-Mongo. | |||
*[[Mathieu Jonnequiel]] - late 18th c. Franquese explorer and mercenary working for Effessian independence | |||
*[[John J. Hogarth]] - 19th c. land baron in Ohunkagan area | |||
*[[Solomon Swift]] - early 19th c. territorial governor, went on to Senator, and Federal political career (wanted to be president) | |||
*[[Abishai Brown]] - Colonel, FS Army, 19th c. military commander in wars against the natives, notably the Battle at Thrift Ridge. | |||
*[[Not-a-Wolf]] - chieftain, Rakhoda Tribe, Hotanka-Petachona Band, commanded the natives during several of the last major battles of resistance, notably the Battle at Thrift Ridge. | |||
*[[Josiah Marks]] - early explorer of Makaska (late 18th c. / early 19th c.) | |||
*[[Raymond Deal]] - frontiersman and last territorial governor (mid 19th c.) before statehood. | |||
==Cartographic and Cyclopedic Lodges== | |||
The Cartographic and Cyclopedic fraternal organizations had a strong role in 19th century Makaska. Their "loggia" (Lodges or Rites Halls) are scattered throughout the state. | |||
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= Physical Geography & Hydrology = | = Physical Geography & Hydrology = | ||
== Lakes == | == Lakes == | ||
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=== "Major" Lakes (relations) === | === "Major" Lakes (relations) === | ||
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=== "Minor" Lakes (closed ways) === | === "Minor" Lakes (closed ways) === | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 13 March 2024
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| State of Makaska Makobashpe Maka Ska | |||||
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| Motto: "Au sein des eaux claires et neiges blanches, prospérité." Amidst clear waters and white snows, prosperity. | |||||
| Capital | Marksville | ||||
| Largest city | Ohunkagan | ||||
| Official languages | Ingerish, Rakhoda | ||||
| • Regional languages | Franquese | ||||
| Demonym | Makaskan | ||||
| Government | |||||
| • Governor | Jared J. Lucian | ||||
| • Lieutenant Governor | Michelle Perrault | ||||
| Legislature | Legislature of the State of Makaska | ||||
| • Upper house | State Senate | ||||
| • Lower house | State Assembly | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Total | 17831.67 km2 6884.85 sq mi | ||||
| Population | |||||
| • Estimate (2017) | 4132580 | ||||
| Currency | FS Dollar (Template:Code) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | ||||
Makaska is a constituent state in the Federal States of Archanta, located in the south central "lakes" region along the southern borader, on a broad isthmus between the two large lakes, Lake "A" and Lake "B".
Makaska shares its isthmus with Oshweken to the north. To the south it has an international boundary with the Ardencian province of Ooayatais. To the west across the narrow Strait of Saint Michael, which is part of Lake "A", lies the state of "X".
Etymology
The name "Makaska" derives from the Rakhoda language phrase "maka ska," which means "white land" or "white earth." It is not clear whether this references an area of white and light-colored stone along the shores of Lake Ohunkagan, or whether this is simply a reference to the extensive and long-lasting snow covers of a typical Makaskan winter.
Human Geography
Political Divisions
Parishes
Makaska's 2nd order political divisions are called parishes (equivalent to counties in most of the FS). There are 43 parishes. The largest in population is Swift Parish, and the largest in area is Battle Plain Parish.
Parish Listing
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Townships, Towns, Villages and Cities
Originally, Makaska's parishes were subdivided into rural townships based on the regional survey of 1841. There were 370 townships.
However, these townships are now obsolete, although their boundaries are still visible in the map of the current divisions. Currently, Makaska has a "full coverage" of 3rd order political divisions which go by the terms City, Town and Village. These terms are misleading with respect to size, however, since they refer to forms of government. Cities are any chartered municipality under the state government, but can be any size. Thus the "city" of Ragged Point, for example, has less than 500 inhabitants. Villages are autonomous and incorporated, but not chartered, and are rarely larger than a few thousand inhabitants. Towns are the inheritors of the township governments, which are not autonomous but are typically subsidiary to parish governments, and the concept applies mostly to rural areas. However, there is at least one "town" that has almost 100,000 inhabitants: Lower Uppington, which has seen a lot of suburban growth in recent years but whose inhabitants have so far resisted incorporating.
Township Listing
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Major cities
- Ohunkagan
- largest metro
- major grand lakes port, other industries include food processing, mercantile exchange, manufacturing, emergent biotechnology
- regional trains, metro (almost all "elevated"), legacy streetcars
- pop. ~ 2.5 million
- Marksville
- state capital and second largest metro
- site of major horse-racing and auto-racing, and UMM (secondary land-grant campus), some tech
- pop. ~ 200,000
- Midesapa
- main city in north, port along Midesapa River connecting Lake Wihinapa with Lake Leighton
- paper, steel, rail transport industries, a single legacy streetcar line
- pop. ~ 175,000
- Riverton/Apple River/Uppington
- "tri cites", collectively third-largest metro, lake/river port
- site of most prestigious "land grant" University of Makaska at Uppington (UMU)
- de-facto integrated to Ohunkagan metro area
- pop. ~ 150,000
Other important towns
- Kanguisapa - Callister
- site of the renowned Mihm Clinic and other medical industries
- pop. ~ 40,000
- Cottonwood Dunes - Wakefield - Cathill Mills
- pop. ~ 35,000
- suburban / exurban part of Maquadana metro area, across the state line to northwest
- includes a Maquadena commuter rail line as far as Waskuyecha
- Queen Rhiannon
- pop. ~ 35,000
- tourism (state fair), agriculture, motor-home manufacturing
- de-facto part of Marksville metro
- Tatankagui
- pop. ~ 30,000
- Tatankagui State University (teacher's college and agricultural extension)
- Deal City - Buffalo Danger
- pop. ~ 25,000
- food processing and agricultural center, trucking
- White Earth Agency
- pop. ~ 20,000
- center of native Makaska tribes culture (Rakhoda Peoples), "capital" of Federated Tribes
- Roan Stallion
- pop. ~ 20,000
- southern lake-lands tourism
- Springfield
- pop. ~ 20,000
- northeastern agriculture hub
- Brighthorse
- transport center (trucking, rail) at intersection of important routes
- gambling, outlet shopping and "resort tourism" along the Brighthorse Lakes
- pop. ~ 20,000
- Normal - Fort Humble
- pop. ~ 15,000
- Humble State University (teacher's college and agricultural extension)
Informal Regions
The state does not have a formal division into regions, but there are some fairly well-established regional subdivisions.
- "Snowdrift Riviera" - the southwest: Carbon, Cosmos, Starr, and Taylor Parishes (so named because of the high snowfalls due to lake-effect snows in the winter).
- "Midstate" - the east coast: La Porte, Swift, Iyotanhaha, Lake, and Many Ghosts Parishes.
- "Bluffland" - the north/northwest: Elizabeth, Xanthippe, Brown Buffalo, and Justice Parishes (so named because of the prominent bluff and plateau topography of the region).
- "Portage Corridor" - the central/west: Churchland, Ouroboros, Vineland, Storey, Mihm, Lac Perdu and Deal Parishes (so named because of the two rivers (Makaska River and Kanguisapa River) that drain in opposite directions from the area around the state capital).
- "Spiritland" - the central south: Humble, Maldonado, Freeborn, and Battle Plain Parishes.
- "Lakeland" - the flanks of Lac Perdu: Lac Perdu, and Yellowtree Parishes.
- "Isthmus" - the narrower isthmus between Lake Seneppi and Lake Wihinapa: Warrant, Wihinapa, Tokatawoape, Waskuyecha, Waxwing, and Ohunkagan Parishes.
- "Northstate" - North central part of the state: Wowichakeh, Harmegido, Dog River, Leighton, and Lynn Parishes.
- "Panhandle" - northeasternmost part of the state: Jeroboam, Red Hand, and Maxwell Parishes.
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Culture
Education
High quality universities drive development, so the placement of the best universities has a lot to do with which cities and towns are most successful and fastest-growing.
Public Universities
- University of Makaska at Uppington, Uppington (UMU, flagship campus of UM system)
- University of Makaska at Marksville, Marksville (UMM, secondary campus of UM system)
- University of Northern Makaska, East Lee (UNM, tertiary campus, only former state normal school promoted into the UM system)
- University of Makaska at Ohunkagan, Ohunkagan (UMO, recent addition to system, includes new business school)
- University of Makaska at Kanguisapa, Kanguisapa (UMK, primary medical school of UM system, proximate to renowed Mihm Clinic)
- Tatankagui State University, Tatantagui (TSU, flagship campus of MSU system)
- Humble State University, Normal (HSU, secondary campus of MSU system)
- Makaska State University at Kanguisapa, Witchakawoka (MSUK, tertiary campus of MSU system)
- Makaska State University at Lac Perdu, East Oliphant (MSULP, upgrade of community college)
- Makaska State University at Suburbia, Suburbia (MSUS, upgrade of community college)
- Makaska State University at Grand Crossing, Grand Crossing (MSUGC, upgrade of community college)
- Makaska State University at Waskuyecha, Waskuyecha (MSUW, upgrade of community college)
- Maxwell State University, Springfield (MSU, upgrade of community college)
Private Universities
- Isthmic University, Ohunkagan (endowment, formerally religious but no longer)
- Grants-Hogarth University, University Village (endowment, founded by wealthy magnates 19th c., best private university in Makaska)
- Southern Lakes University, Alexandretta (endowment, founded by Freecyclopedians, Commonian Rite)
- Saint Clothilde College, Sainte-Clothilde (religious but mainline)
- Babel College, Saint Magnus (religious but mainline)
- Tulport Christic College, Tulpanen (religious)
- Ashbery College, Ashbery (endowment, high quality liberal arts)
- Slain College, Waxwing Slain (endowment, high quality liberal arts)
- MacBeth College, Roan Stallion (endowment, tribal affiliate)
- Three-Foot College, Taspanchang (endowment, tribal affiliate)
- Throckmorton College, Edgemere (endowment, formerly religious)
- Vermeule College, Midesapa (endowment, formerly religious)
Native Makaskans
A substantial portion of the state is given over to "Native Lands." The history of the "tribes and bands" is fraught and these groups were once quite marginalized and even the victims of genocide, but currently these groups are becoming increasingly prosperous and well-integrated, thanks to the legalization of casino gambling only on tribal lands in the 1980's (giving them a reliable monopoly source of revenue), as well as some well-placed social services programs and a state-level reparations settlement that created an endowed fund in 1992.
Native Lands
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Sports
Professional Sports Teams
Football (Soccer)
Makaska has one professional soccer team, who play at University Stadium in Marksville. They are known as FC Marksville Southstars.
Football (Gridiron)
Makaska has one professional gridiron team, who play at the venerable Veterans Stadium in the Northeast area of Ohunkagan. They are known as the Ohunkagan Lakers.
Basketball
Makaska has one professional basketball team, who play at the newly built Lakesbank Center in Ohunkagan. They are known as the Ohunkagan Lumberjacks.
Ice Hockey
Makaska has one professional ice hockey team, who play at the newly built Gorram Arena in Iyotanhaha. They are known as the Makaska Warriors.
Baseball
Makaska has one professional baseball team, who play at the venerable baseball venue, Strawberry Field, on Ohunkagan's South Side. They are known as the Makaska Saints.
Collegiate Sports Teams
Other Notable Sports Venues
Horseracing
The famous Twombly Downs are located just south of Marksville. They host the Meredith Cup.
Economy and Business
Regional Businesses
Leading Daily Newspapers
Major Shopping Malls
- The Glitch at Prairie Forge - Praire Forge (far north suburbs Ohunkagan) - combined with major music/entertainment/convention center
- Mall of Makaska - Ohunkagan (Ackermann neighborhood, southwest)
- Ming Plaza Galleria - Iyotanhaha (downtown)
- Penning Cross Mall - Wowashakay (north suburbs Ohunkagan)
- Southerly Park Mall - De Telling (south suburbs Ohunkagan)
- Shoppingdale Paragon - Paragon (south suburbs Ohunkagan)
- Shoppingdale Acorn Springs - Radio Park (south suburbs Ohunkagan)
- Shoppingdale Du Lhut - Du Lhut (north suburbs Ohunkagan)
- Shoppingdale Escaflowne - Lower Uppington (south suburbs Riverton)
- Shoppingdale Mythic - Mythic (western enclave city, Ohunkagan)
Banks and Financial Companies
Restaurant Chains
- Moosejuice - beverage and snack chain
- Glass Coffee - beverage and snack chain
"Silicon Shore"
The Silicon Shore is the popular name for a string of suburbs south of Ohunkagan, mostly lining the shore of Lake X, where there is a high concentration of technology companies, research labs, and corporate campuses. The suburbs generally included are (from north to south): Paisley Gardens, Blooming Shore, Cherry Grove, Petachona, Land, and Rhodesylvania. The largest in population and most important, by far, is the city of Blooming Shore, with the corporate headquarters of XTech Inc., including their main chip design and manufacturing facilities. Marginal members of the Silicon Shore category are the cities of Craig, Elphinstone, De Telling, and Radio Park, which lie farther south, and the cities of Paragon and Halesburg, which lie inland. The exclusive lakeshore residential community of Cape Torment, to the east of De Telling, is not typically included, but many of the newly wealthy tech executives have homes there. (map)
Transport
State Highway System
Notable People
Historical Makaskans
- Leonora Grants - 19th c. lumber and rail baroness and philanthropist
- H. Abner Humble - first territorial governor, 1816-??
- Benoit Le Becq (AKA The Beast Priest) - early 18th c. Franquese priest who ran a private slavery operation
- Philostratus Lynggaard - 19th c. rail baron
- Absolom Ignatius Carr - early 20th industrialist, took over Carnelian Carriage Works and created the Carr Motorcar Company
- Timothy Daladier - late 19th mayor of Ohunkagan during World's Fair, later Makaska governor
- Marvin MacBeth (AKA Chief Roan Stallion) - early to mid 20th c. Native (Yellowtree Band Rakhoda) who became a philanthropist late in life
- Balthazar Ming - early 20th c. entrepreneur and politician
- Ezekiel Mongo - 19th c. frontier merchant and entrepreneur, leveraged early investment from Leonora Grants to found Makaska's most successful bank, Grants-Mongo.
- Mathieu Jonnequiel - late 18th c. Franquese explorer and mercenary working for Effessian independence
- John J. Hogarth - 19th c. land baron in Ohunkagan area
- Solomon Swift - early 19th c. territorial governor, went on to Senator, and Federal political career (wanted to be president)
- Abishai Brown - Colonel, FS Army, 19th c. military commander in wars against the natives, notably the Battle at Thrift Ridge.
- Not-a-Wolf - chieftain, Rakhoda Tribe, Hotanka-Petachona Band, commanded the natives during several of the last major battles of resistance, notably the Battle at Thrift Ridge.
- Josiah Marks - early explorer of Makaska (late 18th c. / early 19th c.)
- Raymond Deal - frontiersman and last territorial governor (mid 19th c.) before statehood.
Cartographic and Cyclopedic Lodges
The Cartographic and Cyclopedic fraternal organizations had a strong role in 19th century Makaska. Their "loggia" (Lodges or Rites Halls) are scattered throughout the state.
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Physical Geography & Hydrology
Lakes
"Major" Lakes (relations)
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"Minor" Lakes (closed ways)
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"Meta"
Contour Work
Organized by "degree square" files for eventual upload
- S44E146_S43E147_Ragged Point contour - about 95%
- S44E145_S43E146_North Savage contour - about 90%
- S44E144_S43E145_Lac Perdu contour - about 90%
- S43E146_S42E147_Ohunkagan contour - about 95%
- S43E145_S42E146_Uppington contour - about 90%
- S43E144_S42E145_Marksville contour - about 90%
- S43E143_S42E144_Saint Michael contour - about 95%
- S42E146_S41E147_Lake Valor contour - about 95%
- S42E145_S41E146_Prairie Forge contour - about 95%
