Okavango
Okavango of the ESE is the only Terranovan city-state not built on solid ground. Instead, the city is a jumbled mess of giant raft-like structures, each one deeply anchored in the shifting ooze of the swamp beneath them. These artificial islands are linked together by hundreds of flexible polymer bridges. Okavangans commute from island to island using hovercraft and flat-bottomed barges.
Unfortunately for the city’s residents, the Okavango swamp is home to many predatory species, some of which occasionally intrude into the city’s poorer areas to hunt unwary travelers. The most notorious swamp predator, the swamp shark, is also a source of tourist revenue for Okavango. In late Autumn of every cycle, the city is the host to a five-week-long hunting season. Hundreds of wealthy game hunters gleefully descend upon the city for a chance to bag a swamp shark. Although named after a great aquatic predator of ancient Earth, the swamp shark has very little in common with it apart from its ferocity and great hunting ability. Two and a half meters of razor-sharp teeth, hard muscles and leathery skin awaits those who would hunt the hunter.
Okavango’s wetlands make it a major rice and jhong growing region. While Okavango is primarily an agricultural city-state, many light industries, such as hovercraft manufacturing, bolster the local economy. The city also draws extra revenue from the soldiers stationed at Camp Blackwater, a large Southern MILICIA training facility located nearby. It is here that the MILICIA teaches its troops in wetlands fighting and survival techniques. At least one full battaillon is present at the base at all times, even though the present facilities can barely handle half that number of troops.