Big Dipper City

Big Dipper City is one of the major cities in Fortuna, and birthplace of Hugo Wandschneider.
Big Dipper is a peculiar mix of big sky country and industrial metropolis that somehow coexists harmoniously together. Located over 1,200 miles from Andromeda, Fortuna’s sprawling capital city, it's as far southeast as one can go before crossing the border into some pretty rough places like the police state of Frenzy or the lawless region of Pandemonium.
Framed by the mighty Milky Way Mountains to the north and rolling into the great Oberon Star Plains to the south, it's oddly isolated compared to other cities in Fortuna, adding to its quirky personality.
Thousands of miles of gigantic pipeline carry vital karmic energy underground in a spiderweb pattern from Big Dipper’s giant torus fields (the "Ring Fields" as referred to by locals) to all parts of Fortuna—right into the heart of Andromeda. Some segments even stretch into neighboring countries.
Many—especially pretentious politicians in the country’s capital—are quick to dismiss Big Dipper as a remote, backwater town. However, the risk of someone in Big Dipper flipping a switch and plunging half the country into darkness has made them reconsider overbearing political rule of the region. 
Let sleeping dogs lie, as they say.
==History==
===Founding===
Big Dipper City was founded in the year 1838 A.C. upon discovery of karma reserves in southeastern Fortuna.
Over 130 years ago, wildcatters made a risky bet coming out to this remote stretch of the country, hoping to strike the mother lode during Fortuna’s legendary Karma Rush of 1850. It was a time when anyone could get rich if they were ballsy enough to wrangle raw karma, bottle it, and sell it. 
Fortuna’s culture of national exceptionalism made many millionaires and dead men alike during this time.
Here the city’s founders struck oil — err, karma — and Big Dipper was born, and so was its fiercely independent reputation. Because of its vast reservoirs of natural, positive karma, Big Dipper quickly became a chief supplier of Fortuna’s energy needs. Its citizens are well aware of this fact, and they take great pride in it. 
===Modern Day===
Big Dipper is a relatively young city in a country that would be celebrating its 300th birthday in only a few decades. It's a spunky town; Fortuna’s rebellious teen you could say.
==Description==
Basics
===Government===
Who runs the town?
===Economy===
The Big Dipper region supplies nearly 40% of Fortuna's karmic energy.
===Entertainment===
What do people do for fun?
===Customs===
Any town specific holidays?
==Residents, Businesses, and Other Locations==
===Residents===
* Owen Wandschneider
* Heidi Wandschneider
* Felix Wandschneider
* Hugo Wandschneider
* Gretchen Wandschneider
* Algiers Mendoza
* Maria Mendoza
* Sophia Mendoza
* Marco Mendoza
===Businesses===
* Graywyler Industrial Karma Corp.
* The Cheshire Rabbit Tattoo Parlor
* Lucky 888 Noodle Shop (several franchise locations)
* Real McCoy Custom Homes
===Locations and Fixtures===
* Wandschneider home 
* Mendoza home
* Stardust Terrace
* Quentin Questly High School
==Trivia==
* Big Dipper is loosely based on Beaumont, Texas, hometown of Flux Destiny author Chris Moujaes.