The United States of Mouzaia

The United States of Mouzaia is the largest superpower in the world and a active player in The Shadow War. They are allied with The Din Republic.

## Culture and Politics

Nowadays, The United States is the center for the global economy. Mouzaia's national sport is baseball which is popular among citizens and their national sport. They have TV broadcasts, art galleries and museums and a big famous goddess statue that represents the struggles and triumphs of immigrants. They have records and the home of jazz, music halls and have hamburgers as well which are known to be good.

Mouzaia has its own intelligence agency called the JJJ.

## History

The United States did not participate directly in The Great War. Instead, its role had been dedicated to selling weapons and supplies to its allied nations. As the war dragged on, their economy gained a major boost

## Locations

### Mitario

In Mouzaia's west coast, there is a city named Mitario. Mitario was a global metropolis filled with skyscrapers stretching up to the clouds and wealthy pedestrians. The city has sports bars where the baseball relay broadcasts were on TV. And young people would frequently ride the subway to head to music halls and advance screenings of black-and-white films at luxury high-rises more than fifty stories tall. Traffic in Mitario is consistently gridlocked. The roads of Mitario advertised products to the rows or drivers. The government recommended commuters to take the subway.

the Tolfa Economic Conference was held in Mitario. The city was accompanied by a wide array of business-to-business discussions, political fundraising parties, and meetings behind closed doors on issues of military import. All in all, there were probably more than a thousand gatherings of various sizes being held.

mitario was also a major cultural hub and it was home to everything from world-renowned fashion shows to internationally acclaimed film festivals. There was a huge number of people there. You could hardly so much as walk down to street without bumping into someone or having them bump into you.

While Mitario might have been the biggest metropolis in the world, the seediness of its underbelly was world-class as well. Law-abiding citizens did their best to avoid walking down back alleys at night. The only people who went there were those who preferred to operate away from prying eyes.

#### Westport Building

The Westport Building was a skyscraper that sat in the heart of Mitario. It had an observation desk that was a tourist attraction on its forty seventh floor. There's also a rooftop garden on its eighth floor.

#### Underground Bar

Purple Ant's base of operations takes place in this members-only underground bar. It was a quiet little room with diim, indirect lighting and a modest bar counter. Only a fe people in all of Mitario knew about it.

#### West Kopek Plaza

During the events of Volume 4, there was a circus being held there.

#### Mitario University

Mitario university has a School of Medicine and a School of Pharmacy.

#### Mitario hotel

This hotel was an upscale place favored by many of the conference's attendees, and it had a bar on its second floor where you could order spirits and light meals. Not only did all its seating come in the form of private rooms, but the rooms were also soundproofed, making them perfect for patrons who wanted to share meals or have conversations without being overheard. Its clientele ranged from politicians and bureaucrats to captains of industry. Each of the rooms was outfitted with leather sofas, a glass table, and a gorgeous overhead light fixture.

#### Lylat embassy

The embassy sat in the nicest part of the city, and there was a party being held there to celebrate the anniversary of the Lylat Kingdom’s founding.

#### Underground Casino

In an alleyway just outside of Mitario's Business district and just passed a series of cramped looking bars and bordellos was a coffee shop. By all appearances, the coffee shop looked the part of any other you would pass by in Mitario, unless you flashed the manager a coin, and he would lead you through, into the back. From there you head down a staircase leasing underground and arrive at a large door. There you would find people crowded around a series of table featuring cards, roulette, dice games, and slot machines. And you found yourself in Mitario's underground casino. If you can't pay in cash if you manage to lose, losers can pay up with their bodies as the underground casino also offers strip shows, the shows in question being death sentences as the casino has a big guillotine they like to use to dissect the performers.

The Casino has bookies who all wear masks that cover the right halves or their faces. The bookies all belonged to a local gang and not strangers to violence. It was their job to capture the loser.

## Trivia

* There is a lot of evidence that the United States of Mouzaia is based off of The United States of America and that Mitario is based off of New York City.
* For one, both countries share the name 'United States.'
* Just like the USA, Mouzaia was a part of the allies.
* While it has not been confirmed whether Mouzaia invented burgers, burgers are commonly associated with the United States of America from the popularity of fast food.
* The goddess statue on the harbor of Mitario represents liberty and celebrates how immigrants won their independence, just like the statue of liberty.
* Mitario is described as 'a city that never sleeps.' a phrase associated with New York City, though not exclusively as a number of cities share that title, New York is the most prominently recognized.

1. ↑ Vol 4 page 84
2. ↑ vol 4 page 41
3. ↑ vol 4 page 3
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vol 4 page 1
5. ↑ vol 4 pages 54-55
6. ↑ Vol 4 page 119
7. ↑ vol 4 page 5
8. ↑ vol 4 page 11
9. ↑ vol 4 page 61
10. ↑ Vol 4 page 67
11. ↑ Vol 4 pages 68-69
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Vol 4 page 71