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I realize that I asked you if you wanted to hear about Caldera's politics, and then I fed you a bunch of stuff about Caldera's government. I know the difference. I just forgot what I was supposed to be writing ( Read more... )

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Caldera was not a planned city. Its roads wind around the small cone and the bumpiest terrain inside the crater. Still, there are some key geographic features obvious to anyone who studies the city.


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The city of Caldera is an enormous, "stacked" city built around a small, secondary cone of an enormous, dormant volcano crater. Before history, a volcano exploded violently, blowing off the top three-fourths of the mountain. Much of it collapsed in on itself, leaving a fairly flat plain inside the crater. Over time, a smaller volcanic cone grew ( Read more... )

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I have started writing short articles about Caldera, my enormous fantasy city in the crater of a six-mile-wide, dormant volcano. Yesterday I added an article about one of the castes. I want to know what you want to know.

Poll Learn about Caldera

The politics of Caldera are complex, seedy, and corrupt. Gather two million people together in a cramped city and people will seize power over other people. Politics concerns itself rights, privileges, and benefits. These are the commodities that are traded by people or groups in power. To understand Caldera's politics, you need first to understand ( Read more... )