Mizunoekoneko, Sakiland

**Mizunoekoneko** (Japanese: 壬子猫; Hindi: मिज़ुनोएकोनको *mizunoekonako*) is a city located in the prefecture of Aki in Sakiland. The city was founded in 1972 and was completed in 1995 in time for the anime boom of the late 1990s. The city now houses 12,030,000 people. The city resembles Night City.

The city's name comes from the city's starting construction date in Chinese calendar with the last character being randomly chosen.

## Population growth

### 1995 to 1999

The population of Mizunoekoneko grew from 5,170,500 in 1995, to 7,350,000 in 1999, a 4.22% increase in population over four years. It was linked to an anime boom in the late 1990s, as a large number of citizens primarily from Japan, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom decided to move to Mizunoekoneko, Sakiland.

## Districts

There are seven districts in Mizunoekoneko.

### North of Midorineko

#### Akaneko

Akaneko (Japanese: 赤猫; Hindi: अकानेको *akaaneko*) mostly houses the Bangladeshi and Maldivian diasporas. The population of Akaneko is sized around 1,307,000.

#### Daidaineko

Daidaineko (Japanese: 橙猫; Hindi: डेडाइनेको *dedaineko*) mostly houses the Sri Lankan diaspora. Daidaineko's population stands at 2,411,000 as of 2021.

#### Kin'neko

Kin'neko (Japanese: 金猫; Hindi: किन नेको *kin neko*) mainly houses Indonesian and Laotian diaspora but also includes a sizeable American diaspora. The population of Kin'neko stands at 1,280,000 as of 2021.

### Midorineko

Midorineko is Mizunoekoneko's central business district. The district houses 3,530,000 people as of 2021.

### South of Midorineko

#### Seibyo

Seibyo (Japanese: 青猫; Hindi: सीब्यो *seebyo*) is the district that houses American, Australian and European diaspora.

#### Shibyo

Shibyo (Japanese: 紫猫; Hindi: शिब्यो *shibyo*) houses the Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai diaspora. Shibyo's population stands at 874,000.

## Culture

### Mainstream

Mizunoekoneko is filled in with a pot of the native Sakian culture, and its foreign imports of Japanese culture, Australian culture, Indian culture and American culture.

### Popular culture

Mizunoekoneko is filled in with *otaku* culture, hence the city's function as an anime city. It is also filled in with various popular cultures around the world.

This city was promoted as an immigrant city during the late 1990s, when anime boom happened around the world. This contributed to an increase of the population of the city.

## Holidays

The New Year's Day celebration in Mizunoekoneko is celebrated with a drop of a ball, just like in Times Square, New York in the USA. A Dragon Boat Festival is held in Mochikko River. Both the Halloween parade and the Christmas parade run in the city centre named Midorineko. The Carnival parade is held in the district of Midorineko as well and is influenced by the Brazillian Carnival.

## Transportation

Mizunoekoneko is accessible by the Kibōto–Mizunoekoneko Motorway.

Mizunoekoneko has a metro system, which opened in 1998. It has three lines, named Blue Line, Yellow Line and Green Line.

Mizunoekoneko Buses is a bus company that operates bus services in Mizunoekoneko.