Seir City

Seir City is a fictional city and the main setting for Fearless in Seir, located in an ambiguous area bisected by two large rivers. The city is home to at least ten million people across twelve sectors and a central zone. It is considered one of the most populated urban centers in the world yet seems sparsely populated due to its immense size.

It is known to be the tallest and most technologically advanced city in the world starting with the creation of the Seir Tower in 2082 and the citys subsequent completion in 2086. Along with its name, it has been referred to as the "Tallest City on Earth", the "Megalopolis of North America", the "City of Black and Blue", and "2109's Center of the World".

Planning and Founding (2053 - 2086)
Seir City is considered to have officially been founded in 2086. While the exact name of the founder of the megalopolis remains unknown, it is generally assumed that the city and its tower were both named for an advisor to President Alexander Moultrie who initiated the project in 2053 as soon as the president approved it.

The schematics and blueprints for this new capitol city had been in planning for thirty-three years before its centerpiece, a glass, titanium, and carbon fiber tower that would become the tallest structure in the world, would be completed. In the meantime, the center of political power in the country remained between Washington, D.C. and what was formerly Philadelphia.

Following the partial destruction of Washington, D.C. during the Second Great War of the West in 2052, a new capitol for the struggling United States was slated to be built in a more ambiguous position. Because of its location, however, the site that would later become Seir City had to be detoxified from the radiation that remained after the war, in which the city that had formerly stood in its place had been razed with nuclear missiles twice, making it so that it required new technology entirely to excise the lingering radiation from this otherwise perfect area.

With this task, an extensive team of theoretical physicists, chemists, and engineers from across the country, took approximately the twelve years since the war to invent something that not only worked around electrical limitations, but might efficiently be able to extract nuclear radiation from out of the ground and create an inhabitable space that was thirty-three miles in diameter in every direction. The technology had been so revolutionary that the team behind the immense project had been awarded so much money for it that would end up going into funding the construction of the entire city. To both create borders that separated the city from the rest of the uninhabitable area and remain within its diameter, a wall was built on its circumference.

The city was built outwards from the center. The first structure in the city, which started construction in 2077 while the rest of the city was also being built, was what had initially been referred to as the "Great Sky Tower" before being renamed the "Seir Tower" in 2082. Because the Great Electromagnetic War left most major populated cities in ruins and forced them to rebuild from the ground up, the tower became the first mile-high skyscraper in history, despite most experts claiming a mile-high would be built sooner by other countries. To accommodate for the large scale construction and technological advancements that would make a city of such size and height possible, engineers utilized several large islands that were exposed in what was formerly a bay to the south which would be the site of at least three separate sectors.

Some subsequently referred to the city as a pinnacle of human achievement due to the technology that went into assembling it.

Military Occupation (2061 - 2080)
Because the country had been in such disarray after the Great Electromagnetic War, the death of President Moultrie in 2059, attributed to an assassin from the Russian Federation, incited its downfall and subsequent falling into the hands of the vice president. However, the vice president almost immediately resigned due to extensive controversy involving espionage for enemy nations, as uncovered by an unnamed whistleblower in the Directorate of Operations (DO) in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The vice president, as a result of any measure of evidence and proof that he worked for the Russian Federation, was tried and hanged for treason in 2061. He was first person since 1862 to have committed treason, the only other being William Bruce Mumford.

With his death, the United States of America had collapsed into a series of three territories that extended from coast to coast, referred to in its entirety as the Divided States of the North American Territories. Despite experiencing some measure of turmoil when there was no figurehead to lead the country, work on building Seir City, as it had been an order of the president, continued.

Since Congress was no longer in session since the war, country leadership was handed to the highest ranking commanders in the military who "temporarily" nullified the Constitution. However, since the government had been dissolved after the vice president was hanged, the military was forced to restructure and take over what was left of the country until a suitable leader was found. This leader would be stationed in Seir City to avoid being found after tensions and fears as a result of the war remained high among both the military and civilians, respectively.

The restructured military, whose highest ranks belonged to a board of high-tiered officials, was referred to as the Federal Elite. Its head of operations, who would be an overseer to the country, would be referred to as a "supreme leader". When the new capitol was founded in 2086, the then current supreme leader of the Federal Elite moved operations from the city of Philadelphia into Seir City.

Because the city was still experiencing finishing touches for its inner and outer sectors, Federal Elite occupation throughout the city was high to deter anyone from committing any crime that might have prevented construction from being hindered. Anyone who was considered a criminal would be sent into underground orifices that would stand as a sort of prison, never to be seen again. This is one of multiple reasons that the citizens of the city began to refer to the military as a dictatorship, eventually leading to a fear that any fault they might have made would cause them to suffer the same fate.

The supreme leader controlled not just the country with an iron fist but also Seir City which, as its status as the sole capitol of the North American Territories, became a federal district as Washington, D.C. was no longer considered the capitol but remained its own zone outside of the former states of Virginia and Maryland. Because of this, Seir City became its own district. Every order to the country was sent straight from the Seir Tower, and the supreme leader almost never left it, hardly showing his face. Within a few years, he disappeared from the public entirely. There was no fanfare or ceremony after his documented death since most of the public was unaware of his current affairs.

Disorder of the Three Territories (2081 - 2103)
Unlike elections in the United States where a leader is voted upon by the people, a new supreme leader would be chosen strictly by the Federal Elite in a unanimous vote. The new leader was considered more dictatorial than any of the last, but while the state of the country remained in almost utterly dystopic shambles, Seir City seemed like it would become a utopia.

Because it had been created by the most qualified scientists in the country, with some of the most innovative minds in the world, Seir City was intended to be a paragon for how other cities and metropolises in the country should model themselves. For this reason, the supreme leaders focus was solely pinpointed on the federal district in his jurisdiction, which caused it to operate more similarly to a city-state than anything else. As a result, the Federal Elite assigned two lesser leaders to control the two other territories in the Divided States to accommodate, but they would remain controlled by the supreme leader from Seir City.

In 2095, the divided territories suffered a schism as the three leaders warred between themselves who was the sole commander of the country, which caused the Federal Elite to rethink their strategy. However, not a single citizen of Seir City was told of the existence of this schism or that their supreme leader was struggling for control against two others who claimed they held more power. This was a deliberate choice. Anyone who dared to mention otherwise was sent away to a classified location or killed in their home in the middle of the night and taken out in a bodybag in an armored vehicle.

Due to how the citizens of Seir City were being led as though in a dictatorship, vying for freedom, in 2098, a revolt was led by a nameless group of rebellious individuals that aimed to overthrow the sixth supreme leader, but a black ops squadron of four Federal Elite, designated by the codename "Seraphim", tracked and murdered most of them in a black operation over a series of days. Of those that survived, they were taken to a black site and conditioned to work for the Federal Elite through gaslighting in a program similar to Project MKUltra. Within the next few weeks, the rebel group was officially designated as "domestic terrorists" and were to be killed on sight.

In 2103, by the time unrest was seemingly at its greatest, the general public became unaware of anything that happened to their sixth supreme leader, in which the Federal Elite documented him as having died, but a seventh had come out of nowhere and appeared to be the one that the country needed most.

A New Era of Leadership (2103 - 2112)
The seventh Federal Elite supreme leader, who preferred to solely be referred to by the title, "Leader", immediately went to work from the Seir Tower in an attempt to rebuild what was left of the country after both city and nationwide riots and severe unrest came as a result of the schism and the corrupt manner of leadership that preceded him. He stated that the country would "become a republic again as it was in the days of old", promoting democracy as the head of all three territories and being "more transparent" about the inner workings of the Federal Elite. To the people, it was like a dream come true.

Not only did the Leader unite the three warring territories, which his predecessors had been unable to do, but he opened the borders of Seir City to not just the rest of the country but also allowed in immigrants from the rest of the world. Within two years, Seir City was considered to be a landmark that took the place as being the most likely city to think of when someone heard "North American Territories" or "Divided States".

By 2105, a team of scientists from Sector Eight, the technology district, were tasked by the Federal Elite to take on a project that would have them create a technology that interconnects the country in a similar manner to the Internet, which they would eventually refer to as the "NETWORK". If its creation had gone smoothly, the NETWORK would have effectively defeated the use of electricity to power an Internet-like series of networks that could help the world communicate. It would subsequently be installed into every home and both on and in every building in Seir City except for outside of the Seir Tower. Its connection point would be implanted as a chip into everyone who was of at least three years of age, allowing them to access the NETWORK.

However, during September in 2108, only a handful of citizens living in Seir City and millions of others in the rest of the country began to suspect that the NETWORK was somehow gathering private information. Suspicions began with small offenses regarding advertisements tailored to various conversations they had between one another, then to Federal Elite arresting anyone who spoke or even thought ill of them, never having suffered this problem since before it was installed. Several news reporters and journalists from stations in and out of Seir City began asking the Leader for assistance or whether or not he even knew about what was going on, knowing that he should have been able to do something about this overwhelming exercise of power the Federal Elite exerted over them, since he "related more to the little people". They never received a response.

Within a few months, some began to think that the Leader was just a title and an image to instill intimidation in them, an avatar of sorts, rather than an actual human being that lead them. The theory gained traction not only when there was no reply from him for any of their questions regarding the Federal Elite, but how few and sparse his physical appearances were, if at all at any given time.

Suspicions of espionage in their own homes continued and threats of violence all over the country escalated for the next few years, but anyone who showed dissension against the Federal Elite were either killed or abducted. This not only sparked murmurs of an uprising amongst the people to try and finally depose the government system after a series of promises that were never truly fulfilled, but also among a very small group of Federal Elite that believed this treatment of the people was highly unethical.

The Incident (October, 2112 - May, 2115)
During a sting operation by the Federal Elite that would ultimately span years, while even more citizens of Seir City and rest of the country caused an uprising to remove the government and replace it with a democracy that tailored more to their unalienable rights, the Leader exacted judgment on anyone who stood against the Federal Elite. It would be referred to in the higher ranks of the Federal Elite by a sole codename, "Operation: Angel of Death".

Because there was division in the ranks in the Federal Elite by their standing against each other, the Leader quietly initiated the sting operation in the early hours of October 8th, 2112 to exterminate the soldiers who exhibited empathy and error in their supposed "undying loyalty". For this, he smoked out any of the Federal Elite showing such attributes and would seek to make sure that no one else followed their example.

Of only some soldiers who defected during what became colloquially referred to as the vague title, the "Incident", they were either sent to a maximum security prison or to a mental asylum to "recondition" them into a Leader-sanctioned experimental program that would craft them into Federal Elite of absolutely undying loyalty. Most of the others were killed without the knowledge that Operation: Angel of Death existed. Seth Ausir was one of the Federal Elite sent to both the Seir City Penitentiary in the Appalachian Mountains and the Zehn Asylum due to his desires for reform after seeing for himself just how the Leader leads, despite believing himself to be one of the most trusted soldiers among the Federal Elite.

As unrest rose like a fever, the Federal Elite, to the sole command of the Leader, effortlessly crushed any opposing forces and exterminated many who had ever thought about or had spoken of the Incident. This also subsequently removed those from the public who questioned the purpose of the NETWORK. The result of this incident was that, because almost everyone who knew about it had "inexplicably disappeared", were framed and taken out of the public eye, or forced to remain in silence because the Federal Elite would know if they said anything, no one claims to remember it.

Any and all of the Federal Elite that still supported the Leader were conditioned to a point that their memories were wiped clean, replaced with memories of their time in the military, and remolded into unempathetic figurative machines that would never disobey him. This program was a tuned version of the same used in the Zehn Asylum as an experiment.

The program lasted three years until every Federal Elite had been reconditioned to absolute loyalty to the Leader.

The Age of Acquiescence (2115 - August, 2120)
Because the Leader solely remained within the Seir Tower as he sent out orders to the Federal Elite to conduct the operation, he became more and more of an enigmatic icon who sustained total control in the background. His title became a point of fear and trepidation among the ranks of Federal Elite who, at the very mention of his title, could make cadets quake in their boots, and an object of reverence among the people of Seir City and the North American Territories.

With there being no one who would dare stand against him, there was a five year period of peace where the citizens of Seir City remained in a blissful ignorance of the truth to the world around them. Much of the crime, which took place in the outer sectors, was crushed by the Federal Elite, while anyone who dared commit some form of misconduct were either sent to the penitentiary where they would be reconditioned or forced to live in the deep underground sectors for the rest of their days. Afterwards, many were left afraid to break the law and very few have been able to evade the Federal Elite.

Geography
Seir City is an advanced technological megalopolis strictly shaped into a circle thirty-three miles in diameter in every direction from the Seir Tower. It is bisected by two large rivers that empty out into the Atlantic Ocean, and is mostly surrounded by nuclear wasteland that was created in the aftermath of the Great Electromagnetic War.

The city is divided into thirteen total sectors, or districts, with a central sector containing the Seir Tower, four inner sectors, and eight outer sectors. Because of this division, the societal classes are also divided. The inner sectors are referred to as the "Inner Ring", while the outer sectors are referred to as the "Outer Ring". The open wasteland outside of Seir City is named the "Outer Rim", but has also been titled "Radiation Rim" due to its high level of lingering radiation from a previous war.

Beneath the city is the Seir City Underground, which is a series of districts below ground and are not counted toward the total number of sectors in the city. These sectors are usually referred to as "Negatives", usually utilized as a derogatory term in reference to those who live there. The Seir City Underground is home to the impoverished that are either unable to afford living in the city or are criminals that are forced to live underground by Federal Elite mandate.

Zero Sector
The Zero Sector is a pseudo-district that contains the Seir Tower at the center and the surrounding park. The sector also extends underground and is mostly built up of a rootwork that keeps the Tower in place. It is not legally referred to as a district because its only building is the Seir Tower.

The border of Zero Sector is the Central Beltway, which divides the central district from the twelve urban districts. Of the four ways to get into Zero Sector, the gates are usually heavily guarded.

Sectors I - IV | Inner Ring
The Inner Ring is comprised of the wealthiest sectors. Crime in these sectors remains low due to the high concentration of Federal Elite in each district because of their proximity to the Tower.

First Sector: Finance

 * Sector I is the Finance district and contains most of the citys banks and luxury products. The most famous jewelry chain from out of the North American Territories, Bellatrix Jewelers, has its headquarters in this district.

Second Sector: Luxury Residential

 * Sector II is the Luxury Residential district and contains the citys high-ranking officials' private homes. The sector is largely filled with trees. Crown Heights, Italia Poca (Little Italy), and Zhōnghuá Xiao (Little China) are three of a handful of neighborhoods that are rooted in this district.

Third Sector: Medical

 * Sector III is the Medical district and contains hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies, and laboratories for testing new products, selling pharmaceuticals and other types of medicine that are distributed all over the world.

Fourth Sector: Military

 * Sector IV is the Military district and contains most of the Federal Elite housing and barracks. Syndra and Lansyne are located here and has the most Federal Elite on duty at any given time. There is a rumor that the Leader is housed in this sector, but the rumor is unfounded.

Sectors V - XII | The Outer Ring
The Outer Ring is comprised of sectors belonging to the middle class and are largely more quiet and residential compared to the high octane nature of the inner sectors.

Fifth Sector: Culinary

 * Sector V is the Culinary district and contains a wealth of restaurants from not just Seir City but different cultures from all over, foreign outdoor and indoor markets, and buildings that contain plants for packaging food. The Lucky Cat Chinese Cafe and Villa Romana are two of many restaurants in this district.

Sixth Sector: Radio

 * Sector VI is the Radio district and contains most of the news stations and radio stations based in Seir City. Despite being headquartered within the Seir Tower, the Seir City News Station also has a location in this sector for news that is not directly from the government.

Seventh Sector: Security

 * Sector VII is the Security district and contains the surveillance towers that stand as a base of operations for most of the Federal Elite Military Police within the city. The Surveillance and Security Tower, which is controlled by the Director of Security, Director Oyne, and the Minimum Security Detention Center, can be found in this sector.

Eighth Sector: Technology

 * Sector VIII is the Technology district and contains engineering institutions and testing laboratories in the city. This district is particularly home to many of the scientists and inventors that make a substantial advancement of technology in the city possible. The Seir City Institute of Engineering and Technology is based in this sector.

Ninth Sector: Civic

 * Sector IX is the Civic district and contains most of the immigration centers that control the in- and out-flow of citizens in Seir City. This sector is one of the most heavily influenced by multiple cultural diasporas as a result. It is also home to a federal courthouse that, by extension, is operated by a magistrate who recieves direct orders from the Federal Elite.

Tenth Sector: Port

 * Sector X is the Port district and contains the majority of the citys fisheries and trading ports. Because of how often fugitives of the law attempt to evade the Federal Elite or police forces in other locations by hiding on the boats that come in and out of the city, the security in this district is one of the highest in Seir City.

Eleventh Sector: Historical / Union Square

 * Sector XI is the Historical district, referred to colloquially as "Union Square", and contains major historical centers such as history and science museums. The central square contains busts of all of the United States presidents from George Washington in 1789 to Alexander Moultrie in 2052.

Twelfth Sector: Fashion

 * Sector XII is the Fashion district and contains textile factories, art studios, and residential sectors for seamsters, seamstresses, and artists. Because fashion and garments come from this sector and the demand is high, the average payment for a resident in this sector is amongst the highest in Seir City. This district is home to the Starwalk Fashion Runway, where the Seir Fashion Week takes place annually, and the Amaryllis Design Studio, an art studio that makes animation in film and television.

Negative Sectors | The Seir City Underground
The Seir City Underground is a collection of subterranean sectors where crime is most rampant and overlooked by the Federal Elite. Drug trafficking, gang rings, and human trafficking are just a fraction of the crimes that are committed in these sectors. The Underground is filled with streets that have been overgrown through years of being overlooked and, because of the waste from the surface of the city, the Underground is the most polluted out of all sectors. It is interconnected through abandoned subway lines.

Gangs and Organized Crime Groups
A number of organized crime groups exist in the Seir City Underground because the Federal Elite never police it. This has led to violent territorial wars between several organized crime groups for entire sectors in the Underground, including the Italian mafia, the Japanese yakuza, and the Chinese Triad, among multiple other organized crime families or gangs.

Because of these gang wars, multiple zones within the Negative Sectors are controlled by certain families and anyone who is from outside of the family in control of that zone can be shot on sight or "inexplicably disappear".