Natomas

Natomas is a settlement of around 14,000 people located in what was once known as Sacramento. Natomas was founded in 1987 following the great war, originally a communal settlement of survivors who fortified themselves in the Natomas community homes in northwest Sacramento in order to survive without the threat of raiders and bandits as it was everywhere else.
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==Background==
===Formation of Natomas Covenant and Government===
In 1988 when much of the dust in Sacramento settled, the population of Natomas agreed to form a covenant, stating that any and all people who wish to live in Natomas would be allowed to claim a home and property in the settlement for free under the conditions they provide consistent service to the Natomas community. 
This covenant would work for some time, with many people flocking to Natomas in order to escape the harsh post-apocalyptic world, though in 1991, the population of Natomas grew too large for their original covenant to function as it was, and soon established a governing body, in order to oversee Natomas's functionality and police the people, the government functioned as a bureaucracy of sorts, predetermining the heads of each service sector with little input from the residents. 
In 1993 Natomas was in its prime, reaching around 15,000 permanent residents though also saw a large amount of wandering merchant visitors and caravans arrive, cashing in on the car harvesting industry of the rest of Sacramento, causing Natomas to then also establish tariffs for merchants and caravans who would come to Natomas and the rest of Sacramento for the purpose of car harvesting.
===Natomas under EO Annexation===
At this point, Natomas became quite popular around this general area, though also caught the attention of greater factions around it, specifically, EO, who had begun its conquest of the bay area and regions near Sacramento for years now, though Natomas went under EO's radar until now. 
In 1994, EO representatives would arrive at Natomas who then spoke to the leadership of the settlement, and after some talks, eventually came to an agreement where Natomas would become a territory of EO, and face fuel taxes, as well as require the harboring of the EO branch, E3, with EO protection and developmental funding in exchange. 
Shortly after this agreement, the former bureaucrats of Natomas would be either phased out or assimilated into the E3 governing body, the former leader, Xavier Jackson, becoming the E3 administrator of Natomas. Since the EO annexation of Natomas, many residents of Natomas would begin leaving the settlement, for the much larger and more developed New Francisco, especially with the fact that all of the residents of Natomas gained EO citizenship, and therefor free right to reside within New Francisco.
===Decline of Natomas===
Around 1,000 residents of Natomas would leave Natomas by 1996 for other EO settlements and territories. Natomas's old covenant would soon phase out of practice by 1998, with many houses being populated by post-annexation squatters, and therefor kicked out of Natomas or forced to pay for citizenship. 
As all Natomas residents would have to abide by EO citizenship policy and therefor also pay tax, the rest of Natomas services would be taken over by privately owned EO companies and caravans, with the exception of the Bay California Caravan, which was owned and managed by E2 though oversaw all car harvesting in greater Sacramento.
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