Oakden Island

> "Welcome to Oakden Island, a South Carolinian city with traditional and modern Southern values and lots to do. We welcome everyone with open arms." -Corecia Manning, mayor of Oakden Island.
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> ### Location
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> Oakden Island is a location in the ZC Productions universe. According to Zachary Cribb, Oakden Island is inspiried by his (Zachary's) version of Wumpa Island (Crash Bandicoot's home), Charleston (SC), The Isle of Palms (SC), Pawley's Island (SC), New Bordeaux (LA) (from Mafia 3), Liberty City (from the GTA games), Vice City (FL) (from GTA Vice City), Jersey City (NJ), and New York City along with it's burrows (communities).
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## Overview

Oakden Island is a large-ish island part of Crestone County (fictional), South Carolina, located right off the state's coast. It's comprised of 14 different communities, which are as follows:

* Dale Island
* Yankee Island
* West Beach
* West Beach Pan Handel
* Greenworth
* South Bend
* Shoreline
* Redwood
* China Town
* Los Harandes
* Stanley Park
* New Harlem
* North Point
* New Brooklyn

### Dale Island

Dale Island serves as the midway point for the mainland connector bridges. Mostly rich people live there.

### Yankee Island

Yankee Island was named after Union Soldiers that hid there during the Civil War. Lots of Yankees (North Eastern Americans) visit that area.

### West Beach

West Beach is a famous beach community amoung the locals. Many simply call it "A rich people version of Myrtle Beach, SC."

### West Beach Pan Handel

Simply called "The Pan Handel" by the locals. A conartist/car salesman named "Slick Sam" used to live here. He sold good cars at what he called "good prices." Somebody exposed him and his schemes in 1989 and was arrested by the FBI not long after being exposed. (He served 5 years at the Williamsburg Federal Corrections Facility in Salters, SC. It's unknown what happened to him after that).

### Greenworth

It's one of the largest communities on the Island. Mostly middle class folks reside there.

### South Bend

Large community known for it's "Southern Charm."

### Shoreline

Shoreline is a well known beach community with lots of boat owners and surfers.

### Redwood

Redwood used to be a nice neighborhood. However, it's now become a war zone. In the 1980's the Blood's gang raided Redwood and took over the area in what was known as "The Great Redwood Seige." There's lots of drugs and gang activity there, and it's recommended you don't visit there. The people over there are very hostile, even towards the mayor, who's black/hispanic.

### China Town

Self explanatory area. There's little to no crime here in China Town. You'll find lots of restraunts and shops here. Unlike lots of Chinese buffets, the ones here always make an A grade on the health inspection.

### Los Harandes

Los Harandes is a mostly hispanic community. They're very friendly and welcoming to anyone. Like in China Town, you'll find a lot of restraunts and shops here. This area was dangerous during the late 90's and early 2000's when the Mexican Mafia started human trafficking operations in this area. The FBI and OIPD put an end to it in 2007.

### Stanley Park

Stanley Park hosts a government protected forest. Teenagers are known to sneak out here at night and smoke marijuania. Because of this, the OIPD has a nightwatch crew observing this area every night.

### New Harlem

New Harlem is a mostly black community known for it's immerse black culture and friendly people. However, some parts are rough. We recommend you visit Bubba's African Cafe, Bubba's usually got some good stuff cooking when he's open. You should try his famous Chicken Kebabs.

### North Point

North Point is known as Oakden Island's Shopping District because of it's vast amount of shops and malls and such.

### New Brooklyn

New Brooklyn is a mostly Italian/American community. There's a good number of black and hispanic people there. New Brooklyn was the site of an assasination attempt gone wrong in 1961 when the Italian Mafia tried to kill former president John F. Kennedy when he visited Oakden Island that year. It was said that one of the secret service agents went insane and nearly killed all the gangsters present. Witnesses said he broke the jaw of one, and cracked another's skull.

## Law Enforcment

Oakden Island is protected by the Crestone County Sheriff's Department (CCSD), Oakden Island Police Department (OIPD), South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

Javier Fernán is the current OIPD Chief.

Oakden Island is home to Oakden Island Federal Penitentiary, which is where Pinocchio Joe served time for lying about his so he could join the Army during Vietnam, and for a "war crime" charge. He served 3 years out of a 5 year sentence.

## Transportation

### Rail

Oakden Island is served by the Wumpa Island Transit Authority (Oakden Island Branch Only), the Oakden Island Railway (formerly known as the Oakden Island Transit Authority Rail System), and the New York, Carolina, & Texas Central Railroad. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (formerly Seaboard Railway) used to have a line that ran to Oakden Island, but when Seaboard and Chessie System combined, forming CSX, the line was abandoned, and ownership was handed over to the New York, Carolina, & Texas Central Railroad and Oakden Island Railway. Amtrak used to have 3 daily passenger trains that ran to Oakden Island, but they were discontinued in April of 2021 because of Tropical Storm Zulu. Tropical Storm Zulu caused severe damage to the Oakden Island Bridges, which carry both walk ways, train tracks, and highways to and from the mainland. However, nearly a year later, in March of 2022, Amtrak announced that it would be restoring service to Oakden Island, and that a new express train would be introduced between New York Penn Station (New York) and South Bend Central Station (Oakden Island). This new service would be named, "The Oakden Islander."

### Road

Aside from rail transport, Oakden Island's communities are served by the Oakden Island Transportation Authority (OITA). OITA used to own the Oakden Island Railway, but they then became seperate companies/agencies in 2002. Uber and Lyft also provide services to and from Oakden island.

## Politics

Oakden Island is politically diverse, however, there's very little political conflict. Current mayor Corecia Manning says she's a democrat with some republican values. For some reason, Democrats and Republicans get along on Oakden Island while everywhere else, they're in a full blow "nuclear cat fight."