Alliance City

Alliance City (abbreviated AC) was founded upon the 1.16 Nether Update and is the headquarters for USUV. It is made up of multiple town-sized districts that are currently under development, hence the name "Alliance". These surround a City Center featuring a mixture of colorful modern designs, and a grid-style city street layout. AC is home to a variety of community projects, as well as a public mine. There is a railway heading east from the city which connects Alliance with Sky Temple City and new spawn.

=Districts=

City Center
The City Center is the main hub of Alliance City and by far its largest area, being the first district to be started after the city was founded. It utilizes an American-style city grid layout, with square blocks of streets with buildings filling the gaps. There are multiple skyscrapers in the area, including Smoke Tower, USUV HQ, Eco Tower, two Hobo Towers, Pipe Tower (including the Stonkmarket), ER Tower and Yin-Yang Tower. There is also a large central park in the middle of the district which includes tennis courts and gardens. Other notable builds include: AC Transport Hub, Alliance Gate Bridge, Ye Olde Alliance Pub, Post Office, Parking Garage, Customs House, Seaside Cafe, Big Ben, Department of Advertisement, Intelligence Agency, USUV Security Force, Roman Embassy, Courthouse, Fire Station, Harbor area, lighthouse, and many many more.

Under construction projects include the Hospital, Police Station, Dwarf Tower, Party Tower, Cyber-Net Cafe High-Rise and the City Hall, plus various building interiors. There are plans for a Terni-themed restaurant, museum and art gallery, large cruise ship and boats, seaside attractions and beach, a mixed-use entertainment block and multiple other projects, mostly as part of a massive northern expansion of the region.

Horde (Nether)
Horde is the Nether dimension gateway of Alliance City, and is counted as a district. It consists of various portals to different city districts, piglin and basalt farms, a Hollow Knight statue and a link to both the roof and lower nether highways. On the nether roof there is a gold farm and a public porkchop/leather farm.

Mercuria Shopping
Mercuria is Alliance's shopping area and lies to the north-east of the City Center, behind forested hills. Its road design is a mixed stone pattern with glowstone lamps. The area was originally the only and most popular new world shopping destination prior to Borealis and is currently undergoing revival and expansion. Its theme is mixed and it does not require a minimum height for all builds like the city center.

Industrial Zone
The Industrial Zone is the the redstone and farming hub of the city, providing produce for its residents. Most of this is centered around the Mega Factory, a huge but incomplete build that contains farms such as gunpower, iron, sugarcane and others. The factory is planned to host many more farms, both underground and surface level. Additionally, decorative builds such as other factories and industrial tech are planned in the area.

Entertainment District
The Entertainment district is a planned district on the east of the northern lagoon. It will be a purple steampunk style and consist of bars, clubs, music venues, a stadium, minigames, and possibly theme park rides. Currently the only project is the large PvP arena, which is currently on hold.

Forestry and Lumber
Just past the Mega Factory lies the forest and logging area. It has tree farms set up in the style of Southern Hollow and will in future feature lumber mills and various other projects to fit the aesthetic.

Agricultural Valley
South of the city in a narrow valley is the agricultural area. It is not yet developed but will feature large open crop fields and farm style builds.

Rarrq's District
Rarrq's as yet unnamed district has is situated on the eastern mountain range overlooking the rest of the city. It uses a unique warped wood, basalt and blackstone design.

WestHaven Resort
The WestHaven Resort is at the northern tip of Urbhattan Island and features a hotel in the style of the town. Possible projects include gardens, docks and other styled areas.

Jovaphobic's District
Jova's district was initially separate to AC, but agreed to join later. It is a walled medieval town lying on the eastern plains.

Seramalen's District
Sera's area is north of Dean's district, in the birch forest. It's a wooded village with apartments and a few houses, plus some farming fields.

Dark Settlement
The Dark Settlement is an underground base below the city center. It is hell and nether themed and is currently only accessible via the AC Metro or its portal. There will be an entrance skyscraper on the surface in the future.

Ender's District
Ender's area is a large circular underwater base off the western shore of the city. It is being drained to allow for future building.

New Player's Area
An area has been set up on the far east of AC on the border with Sky Temple to allow for new players to set up and build bases. It is currently being worked on by several players.

Southern Swamp Area
The Southern Swamp does not yet have a designated style or leader. It lies at the south end of the Alliance Gate Bridge.

=Transport=

Nether
The city is very well connected in the nether. It is the only location to utilize all three levels of nether highway from spawn, making access simple and easy. Almost all districts have their own portal which makes fast travel very efficient.

Western Railway
AC is the western terminus of the Western Railway which connects directly to spawn, Borealis, Sky Temple and AC's Shopping and Industrial Zones. There is an ongoing project to provide boat access to the railway in addition to minecart.

Harbor and Canals
Being a costal city, it is very simple to access the area by boat. Canals through the city allow boats to travel to inland areas also.

AC Metro
AC Metro is a very large project to connect the city by underground ice boat highways. Currently the metro serves the Transport Hub, Dark Settlement, City Hall and Mercuria Shop district. There are plans to expand this greatly to every single area of AC and even beyond to other towns.

=Foreign Relations=

Being the home of USUV, AC gets on very well with almost all other towns. It is currently one of the most popular and active places on the server. HoboNation and Sky Temple are considered its closest allies.

Cara
AC and the Cara Union towns (most significantly Cara Nova) have differing economic systems with some dubbing their relationship as a "Fake Cold War". However, there have been very few incidents between the two and generally a good if not cautious relationship is maintained. AC has a DEFCON system to indicate the likeliness conflict.