Freeman

**Freeman** is a city in southern Maineda located just above the capital of Nayla. The population of the city is 10,039 as of 2021. The city is known as being the *Racist Capital of Nareemia* or even *The Racist Capital of the World*, likely due to past corruptions in the city against other races besides Caucasian, especially Hispanic and Asian. The city is located roughly at the same latitude as directly above Vitena City, likely because it is nearly at the exact same area/region of Nayla, which is just minutes away from Freeman. Just like Nayla, the area is considerably great for growing fruits and vegetables and experiences very warm summers and sunny days with seldom seen rainfall which is rare in southern Maineda. Sugar maples, an attractive tree, introduced and heavily naturalized in Nayla, even as a main symbol for Nayla, has made way into portions of Freeman but not to the extent that it is in Nayla, with the most dominating tree being the Ponderosa pine.

## Geography

Freeman is located directly around ten kilometers north of Nayla, making for up to a ten minute drive on average. Many consider Freeman to be called *Northern Nayla* due to its such close proximity to Nayla. Trees are common in Freeman and trees in Freeman are usually big and shady; common ones to be seen include the ponderosa pine, red alder and douglas fir, small amounts of sugar maples and trembling aspens are seen in the city but are much more prevalent in Nayla. Nayla and Freeman enjoy picturesque views of the autumn season at its highest peak at the last week of October into mid-November thanks to a large abundance and mix of deciduous and coniferous trees in the city, the trees that spark the autumn season include sugar maples and red alders which turn majestically red and orange in the autumntime, many from Desert, Austin, and Hualente drive to the area of Freeman and Nayla during the autumntime to admire the fall colors. Plants found throughout the city include chicories, poison oak, and great mulleins; southern Maineda is also home to some small pockets of cactuses including the iconic saguaro which can occasionally be seen growing in the Nayla and Freeman region thanks to the year-round sunny weather. Animals common throughout the city include southern alligator lizards, jackrabbits, coyotes, common sliders, and bullfrogs; though most wildlife tends to stick around the Nayla region, Freeman accounts for double the amount of coyote, slider, jackrabbit, and skunk sightings compared to Nayla; coyotes are commonly heard at night.

## Demographics

The city is 94.6% Caucasian (9,496 peoples), 1.3% African (130 peoples), 1.2% Indigenous (120 peoples), 0.9% Two or more races (90 peoples), 0.5% Asian (50 peoples), 0.3% Hispanic (30 peoples), and 1.2% other races and ethnic groups, making the city a quite Caucasian city. The city is 77.9% religious with Christianity being the dominating religion at 77.6% and other religions including Buddhism and Aboriginal beliefs being at 0.3%. 22.1% of the population do not adhere to any religion at all, the city is nearly identical to Nayla's religious demographics. Due to its warm weather, the city and Nayla are attracting towards retiring elders which constitute about 25.0% of the city's population being over the age of 60.

## Controversies

The city, next to Henshau in Bayland, is nominated as the most Racist City in Nareemia and possibly the entire world. The reason is unknown but it is believed that something has been taught from generation-to-generation in the city that makes it for people to act this way. 2/3rds (3.6%) of the visible minority population, which is just 5.4%, have reported being attacked due to their race in the city. Compared to Nayla, which has about an average of roughly 3 race-targeted attacks per year, Freeman is 4x higher at an average of 12 attacks per year; luckily the number has cooled down a little with an average of around 9 each year, but many hope the numbers drop to 0 in no time. The city of Nayla and Freeman have had debates and controversies about each other for decades with 40.5% of Freeman having negative opinions towards Nayla and 18.4% vice versa.