Hootch Grabr

Hootch Grabr is a large city, industrial district (ID) and seaport on the eastern edge of Sapphire's Alpha continent. It is the third largest urban center in Jutland province. Its core population is 990.000 people, with an additional 3.7 million living in the Greater Hootch Grabr Zone. 
Hootch Grabr became a municipality in the Sapphirean Year 6762, in the aftermath of a pair of hurricanes that struck Graybar Bay and destroyed the twin cities of Hutch and Graybar that had stood at opposite ends of the bay. In the aftermath, the two cities chose to rebuild as one; Hootch Grabr [the spelling reflected the regional pronunciations of the earlier cities names). 
Hootch Grabr is a key transportation conduit for the exchange of raw materials from Carpentaria continent for the manufacturing output of Jutland and Panrovia provinces. The city includes a large natural harbor on Hootch Bay that facilitates seagoing vessels and transorbital cargo exchange. Hootch Grabr Aerospaceport is a Port of Entry for the planet Sapphire. On an annual basis, it handles 9,000,000 travelers and 20,000,000 tons of cargo. It is also the eastern Nexus for the Southern Transcontinental MagLev System.
The city also has extensive industrial capacity of its own, and is a leading production center for liquor, medicinal pharmaceuticals, recreational pharmaceuticals, fuels, composite materials, and industrial solvents. 
Hootch Grabr's city government is notoriously corrupt. It is one of only two cities on Sapphire (the other being New Halifax) with a City Security Force, the presence of which has done little to stem the culture of bribery and influence peddling in the city government. It is rare that a City Executive is not hounded out of office amid the discovery of official corruptions and, more often than not, offenses against public decency. 
The city includes many institutions in support of the arts as well as higher learning. The Academic University of Hootch Grabr and the Eastern Jutland University are two of the foremost. The city also has major professional sports teams in Groundball (Purple Giants), Rounders (the Octopuses), and Airball (Black Dragons). Purple and black are the the city's colors.
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