New Angeles

New Angeles is a megacity on Earth controlled by the Velconum Empire. It is considered one of the most architecturally appealing cities in the Americas and overall one of the best places to live within the Empire. Much like its predecessor, New Angeles is known as the centre of Velconi media productions and is home to the headquarters of the Velconi Propaganda Ministry.
== History ==
Despite its name, New Angeles is not built on the site of Los Angeles, rather it is over 300 kilometres north of the old Earth city. During the People's Reform Faction (PRF) uprisings, the aqueduct system that fed into Los Angeles was destroyed and Hoover Dam was rendered nonoperational, cutting off two forms of what was essentially the city's lifeblood. Because of this, Los Angeles was eventually abandoned and many refugees resettled north, where they were less of a target and had easier access to freshwater.
The foundations of New Angeles were formed in the region between the towns of Lone Pine and Bishop, which remains the most developed portion of the megacity. The urban sprawl eventually spread further and further outwards, and under the control of the Velconi, much of the forests to the west of New Angeles were cut down and entire mountains were leveled to make room for the city.
New Angeles' more elegant architecture is the result of a Velconi experiment. Taking advantage of the inhabitants' desire to live up to the reputation of the city's predecessor, Dahak allowed the architects responsible for expanding New Angeles to utilize more artistic designs under one condition: their designs had to be based on or inspired by the ruins of Atlantis. What resulted was Earth's first city built in the Atlantean architectural style since the fall of Atlantis. Though archaeologists debate the finer details of how Atlantean New Angeles really is, all admit that the Velconi megacity is likely the closest one can come to a genuine, Atlantis-feeling environment in the modern world.
== Trivia ==
* The out-of-universe reason for New Angeles' more aesthetically appealing design is because the developer responsible for the city forgot that all territory in the Americas belonged to the Velconi and built the city in the fashion of an Irini metropolis. Many of the assets used for background buildings in the city were also ripped from The Original Game's Atlantis section, which led to the explanation of the Velconi experimenting with Atlantean architectural styles.
Category:Cities