Mariah City

(Formerly Empire Bay)

Mariah City (Outskirts of Staunton Island) in 2032

## History

Mariah City was first founded in the year of 1547 by the Italian explorer Giulio Contadino and named Porto Romano after the founder's home town of Rome. Mariah served as a simple trading post on the mouth of the Culver River until the start of the 17th century when it came under Dutch rule. Under the rule of the Dutch, the city rapidly grew to be a major colonist metropolis on the East Coast of the Colonies. It would remain under Dutch rule until 1694 when the British came to take over the city. The British governor Sir John Stanmore, who began his rule in 1694, was the one who named the city Empire Bay.

Stanmore governed Empire Bay until 1739. The city remained under British rule until after the American Revolutionary War, during which the British used the city as a place to keep American prisoners of war. Throughout the 19th century, during the immigration booms, many of the city's districts were formed around the waves of immigration. Examples are Kingston, built around the Irish immigration wave, and Chinatown, built after the large Chinese immigration boom.

It was during the 19th century and the start of the 20th century that the city really grew to be a modern, American big city with the construction of the Culver Dam and the famous Empire Arms Hotel, which would burn to the ground in 1942 before it was rebuilt. The rebuilding process was completed sometime between 1945 and 1950.

Im 1960, Empire Bay would have the worse Earthquake in Eastern United States history. Hurricane Louise ravaged the Western Half of the city and wiped out three of the districts: Greenfield, Hunter's Point and Sand Island. The remains of buildings only remained under the water that came shortly after the ground cracked apart from the Hurricane. An estimated 10,000 people died, 200 were injured and 34 went missing. The city's government issued a giant search of the flooded area and mostly found bodies and barely any living people. several historic buildings and documents were destroyed in the Earthquake/flood. Citizens in the Eastern Portion of the city were terrified that they would be wiped away also and were barricading doors and windows even without warning of another Earthquake. The city government would have to rebuild almost 56 Million ($57,279,672 Dollars in current dollar). The mayor's daughter, ***Mariah Schult***, suggested building an airport to help the economy so they can rebuild, it was cheaper than rebuilding the 3 districts they lost; As they were desperate, they would begin building Francis International Airport (Named after the mayor of Empire Bay at the time.), they would finish building in 1963 and as Mariah predicted, the tourist economy boosted and helped pay for damages.

In 1964, Empire Bay began building Horton Dam near the Airport to block water that came from damaged cliffsides from the earthquake. The city would be nearly healed. Mariah became head designer of the city sortly after the Dam being built. The former Irish and Armenian ghettos would become striving Manor Homes or Suburbs, the Western Half district of Empire Bay was named 'Shoreside Vale'. The Bridge of Empire Bay would be rebuilt in 1965 and would be more reinforced for water or shake damage. The Eastern District would be repaired and polished, Mariah gave orders to extend this district to be even longer for more population due to the growing tourism population, it was renamed into 'Staunton Island' after the rebuilding and the extension was finished in 1967. The city wouls remain the same until 1973 when Mariah ran for mayor. She would win and become the first female mayor of Empire Bay. In 1975 she would open a bill to make a new district East of Staunton Island, It was voted on and would be accepted. Building commenced on Liberty State Soil to the east of Staunton. The new district would be finished in 1979 and named 'Portland'. In 1980 Mariah would be voted into Empire Bay mayor position for a second term until she was assassinated in her home at Shoreside Vale in 1982 by a Sindacco Hitman; The Motives for the attack were due to the new district haulting the Crime Family's underground Hotel Business.

Shortly after her death she would be regarded as a hero in Empire Bay for helping rebuild and making it a prosperous city once again. The city would be voted on to be renamed to 'Mariah City' and the bill would pass, Empire Bay would be replaced by Mariah City on all maps.

The final additions to Mariah city were accepted in 1986 when the new mayor ***Janston F Toole*** proposed projects in Portland and Shoreside Vale, the project would be voted and accepted. In 2032 the first building in 46 years was accepted, it would become a skyscraper meant for business.

## Inhabitants

* Sindacco Crime Family (Very few as of 2023):
* Falcone Crime Family
* Triads
* Irish Mafias: