Freeport

Freeport was a small city on Mars' Eastern Hemisphere that was host to the establishment of the Protectorate in SY 132 during the Solar War. 
It was originally established as a joint venture between the Confederacy and the Alliance during the Solar War. It was built on the existing research accomplished by Veragrad, designed to be completely self sufficient, although due to the incredible toll of the war, the city never achieved total self sufficiency. 
It's utilities during the war were managed by the newly created Council of Free Mars and became the public symbol of the Martian Free Trade Zone. The city dramatically improved public relations during the war between the Protectorate and the general public, as self sufficiency was a near-universal spacer value. It existed completely independent from any other Martian city and did not rely on the IPS to support itself. It was the spearhead of a Protectorate propaganda effort to prove that the Main Belt and the Rim did not need to rely on the Consortium or the ITN. The city granted amnesty to anyone fleeing the ravages of the war.
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