Hello everyone, I’m relatively new to this thing here and would like to introduce my little project :) I claimed UL020 after experimenting in the community area for a few days first, and am currently building the capital of my country. (I don’t have any names yet, and I’m still undecided on the cultural background such as language etc.) My city’s shape is heavily influenced by Paris, as in that I 1) Designed the “historic” core with a street layout inspired by Paris 2) Intend on having the CBD a bit seperated (in the south) 3) don’t have one main train station, but instead the Far Distance/High Speed Rail System starts from 3 seperate stations situated around the inner city 4) The inner city is embedded in a périphérique like city highway and so it goes on. I obviously don’t want to simply make a copy of Paris, but these considerations are kind of the mainfame of the whole project for now. I hope that I will soon be able to lay out the basics for the country’s culture and society, so I can also eventually start naming things properly xD Any advice is welcomed~ Cheers Leo
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Comment from Logan230 on 28 February 2015 at 23:31
Welcome!
Comment from BelpheniaProject on 1 March 2015 at 22:30
Welcome to OpenGeofiction! Enjoy your stay!
Comment from UnSoiDisantOracle on 3 March 2015 at 20:44
Welcome neighbor!
I am owner of Ataraxia to your southwest. Please let me know if you would like to collaborate on anything: our border, rail/highway (sea?) links, shared history on the wiki.
What is the language (and name?) of your country? I see you have called your beltway a “Périphérique”. Interesting that you chose Paris as your base, that’s my current city! The Ataraxian language is ‘closely related’ to real world French. This could serve as a basis for further collaboration.
Happy mapping!
Comment from Leowezy on 3 March 2015 at 20:56
Wow I didn’t even choose the territory for that reason xD That’s awesome :) I didn’t plan on using French culture or language as a base for my country, but I’m sure that there can be heaps of other (cultural/historical) connections between our two nations :) I think for now I will name all places in English, and when I figured out how, I will add second names in my country’s native language; probably an artifical language, written in Latin Alphabet for easier reading. I will write you a PM tomorrow so we can talk about some possible connections between the countries, but it’s too late here right now xD Talk to you soon!