The Federation of Badalian Chaebols(FBC)

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The Federation of Badalian Chaebols(FBC)

Dr. Song Freidman

Diplomacy 2
Military 2
Economy 5
Faith 3
Intrigue 5

Georgraphy

Neo Guleum, Metrohell in the sky, a city of over 10 million people crammed on massive balloons. This balloon network is tied together, supported by the imperial aerostat granted to the Chaebols eons ago. On these balloons are dozens of skyscrapers packed to cram as many people as possible in the limited space provided. Badal's lower gravity and Neo Guleum's stability have also encouraged reckless growth. To the point where the average building is twenty stories tall. Above the acid clouds the climate is cool all day. Winds of bitter cold tear through the massive wind tunnels created by the maze of spires and precipitation is largely unheard of.

Neo Guleum can be divided into five districts via a series of byzantine zoning regulations designed to inflate property values. Finance Central lies at the city's heart pumping beloved capital into the rest of Neo Guleum's veins. On the north edge of the city lies the Chaebol Headquarters. Overlooking the scenic vistas of swirling acidic nimbus clouds Chaebol Headquarters is the city's administrative brain. Connecting these districts is the Spire Spine, a street consisting of the city' s tallest skyscraper devoted to controlling propaganda and the praxis of PSYCHO-CAPITALISM. Opposite the Headquarters is the Gut, the largest district by area and the one most packed with residences. The final district is The Wall, a large ring of factories on the city's southern edge, creating a wall of chemical plants, chip factories, and electronics assembly between residents of The Gut and the vast Badalian cloudscape. Most people get around the city via massive elevators, sky bridges, and elevated rail. Due to space concerns, atmospheric control, and city density, personal automobiles are rarely seen on the streets of Neo Guleum.

People

The residents of Neo Guleum are unashamedly human. To the point where many of the elite families can trace their family line back to old Sanasr. All of the Chaebol families have the remains of the supposed original Imperial Writ of Commerce gilded and framed like immaculate museum pieces. 

Physically citizens range from pale to olive-toned skin with black hair. What is most notable about the citizens of Neo Guleum is their embrace of cybernetics. The first cybernetics were given to workers to enhance sensory inputs and minimize the need for sleep. This enabled workers from the manufacturing and service industries to work longer hours at higher productivity. Brain implants are also seen as key tools to maintain labor discipline. With them Citizens can access information webs at will where all crucial services can be paid for with naught but a thought. Those who act against the Chaebols can be effectively isolated from accessing vital services or flooded with advertisements until the malcontent senses are overwhelmed. Gut enchantments with miniature lithium reactors compensate for the increased energy load while decreasing the need for extraneous greenery in city limits. Outside of Utilitarian cybernetics, there is a thriving market for limb enhancements, face reshapers, and spinal augments.

Culturally, Neo Guleum revolves around the consumption of imported goods from beyond city limits and from the invention of new services. VR-Gatcha games dominate the market home market. Procedurally generated films are the talk of the watercooler while manufactured pop music "borrowed" from other Badalian Aeristats blares in most public places. Family is a fundamental value to most Guleumites. Filial piety and sky-high land prices mean most homes are multigenerational. Individualism and a cutthroat labor market have atrophied any true sense of community. Because of this family feuds run rampant, settled via televised duels.

Faith (Pyscho-Capitalism) majority

While aethism runs rampant within Neo Guleum there is a belief in the power of Markets. Markets bring happiness. Markets bring fufilmant. Markets Bring prosperity that trickles down eventually. Reading the markets with mathematical certainty can bring all of these things, perhaps even determine the future. But those who cannot read the Markets will suffer its ups and downs. PSYCHO-CAPITALISM promises that with the perfect mathematical model, one can predict the market so far in advance that one can ensure infinite portfolio growth.

Resource: Loans

The main export of Neo Guleum is credit (Loans). In an economy built on finance every business and tycoon needs credit. Credit makes Badal go round whether people realize it or not. Resource Catagory: Information and Data

[SPOILER=required resource] The thriving cybernetics industry requires a myriad of [B]electronics[/B] to meet constant demand. [/SPOILER]

Starting tech: Algorithmic Imagination

Edited February 21 by Lleban (see edit history)