Fol Adessi

A city located on a river not too far from Fol Atzo, Fol Adessi has significantly less historical gang presence than some of its neighbors, such as Fol Atzo. There have certainly been groups of criminals in Fol Adessi, but crime groups based in Fol Adessi tend to be looked down by other such groups as "weak" for basing themselves in a city where there isn't much "competition". In other words, they wouldn't survive in a city with real gangs, like Fol Atzo, so they have to hide out where no one will bother them and where they can make mistakes to their heart's content.
Instead of violent gang warfare, academia, free thought, and an overwhelming culture of cynicism have flourished in Fol Adessi. The city has been nicknamed Fol Ad Dessi -- literally "City for Doubt" in Nicta-slio. Fol Adessi natives are stereotyped as skeptical, mistrusting, and doubtful of anything that seems too good to be true. White collar crime charges and news surrounding them tend to stem from Fol Adessi -- not because it's more common there than anywhere else, but because everyone is so doubtful of anyone in power that as soon as they're given reason to act on those doubts, the whistle is blown, and the criminality is revealed. As such, Fol Adessi has overall driven down its crime rates in recent years. You can't exactly betray someone's trust when there was no trust to begin with.
Religion, as a result, tends to have trouble taking root in Fol Adessi, even relative to the rest of the non-religious country of Nicta, but many have tried, determined to sway the academic populace to the truth of their beliefs. The abandoned church that the now-famous franchise Union Crossroads hijacked when it started up was probably one of the many faiths driven out by the skeptical locals. Too often, religion would be used as a face for criminal activity or as a means of benefitting the ones at the top of the hierarchy, and so Fol Adessi natives would, naturally, mistrust any religion that tried to set up in their city. Union Crossroads taking over such an abandoned building would thus be a sign of "true enlightenment" to the cynical population... and the recurring motfis of "Don't listen to propaganda" could be taken with a very religious element as well.
Effectively, don't listen to gods or religions. They're just like the government. That is the Fol Adessi perception of religion.
Category:Cities
Category:No Spoilers
Category:Nicta