Perplex City

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Perplex City is a soveign city state. The city has a strong tradition of placing importance on intellect and intelligence over physical strength; Perplexians are thrilled to play games and puzzles of all sorts, and their culture and lifestyle reflects this.

Language	English
Council Leader	Camryn Scott
Perimeter	120 miles, 193 km
Area	(assumed) 900 miles², 2,330 km²
Percent Water	roughly 1%
Population Estimate	5 million
Currency	Leck
Major Religion	Cubism

Calendar

Especially unusual about Perplex City is it's entirely unique calendar, which is important to establish. The year 1737 AD is marked being the start of a new calendar for Perplexian Society. Everything after that time is referred to as AC, and everything before is referred to as BC. It is unclear what exactly prompted the shift, however it is quite important to take into consideration when dealing with the full scope of history involved in a lengthy study. By many appearances, the perplexian calendar is especially used in relious and historical contexts. The common belief is that it has something to do with The Cube. However, because to the Cube was discovered in the year 7 AC, this alone seems unlikely. Some have pointed out: in 1737 there was indeed a syzygy, wherein Mercury crossed Venus' path, as observed by John Bevis. It is the only such event in recorded history.

History

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According to popular speculation, nomadic groups first settled in the Mazy River area in 1763BC (3500BC). The earliest settlers called the area "Pur Leks", because of the rich silver in the area ("Lek" being the ancient word for silver). In the coming centuries, The Pur Leks area become one of the most advanced and rapidly emerging societies in the region. It was at this time large structures were built, including the Hausam Theatre. An early ruling council took shape, made up of the wealthiest 5% of society, and took control of about a 500 square mile area around the evolving city.

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Education

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• Education

Government

Perplex City is governed by an elected Council of nine members, one of which is elected City Council Leader, who holds strong executive sway but appears by all accounts to cast exactly the same weight of vote as any other member of the council. In political votes and issues before the council, the council leader shall cast the deciding vote.

• Perplex City Council

Geography

Perplex City is 120 miles about its perimeter. While the internal area remains somewhat unclear, it can estimated as (120/4)^2, or about 900 square miles.

Perplex City sits on the edge of the ocean, at the mouth of the Mazy River. Early settlers first moved into the area to the south of the river; Development has been slowly causing urban sprawl to creep ever northward. On a grand scale, the city is crawling north as older areas are abandoned, to be discovered centuries later in archaelogical digs. (See Catbite and Newguard Ruins)

Perplex City is flanked by the ocean to the East, the Catbite Region to the South, and the Northside Nature Preserve.

The City seems to be mostly even and level; no significant hills or valleys exist inside the City, tho terrain outside the city is another matter entirely.

The sea floor contains an elaborate network of faults, but it is rare for earthquake activity to register more than 180 Brigham-Horne units.

Economy

Perplex City bears a prosperous and stable modern market economy with its own currency, the Leck. The Leck is based on the value of silver, due to early silver mines along the Mazy River which essentially funded the blossoming city.

Publicly traded companies operate within the Perplex City Exchange (PCX), a healthy market moderator.

The City prides itself on being entirely self sufficient, containing farms and food producers enough to feed the entire population of the city. It is reasonable to assume, then, a significant portion of the land surrounding the city is used for agricultural purposes. 2005 is the first year in the modern age the City is considering bringing in outside food sources, due to crop damage done by flooding (reference). The Perplex City Farm and Agricultural Consortium publicly represents the interests of farmers throughout the region.

Given the size and colourful history of the city, there exists a substantive tourism trade. While it does not account for a massive part of the gross annual product, tourism is a booming industry. Indeed, entertainment as a whole accounts for an almost immeasurable amount of the city's income. Financially speaking, historical societies, as well as less organized farm and art markets, do very well on their bottom line each year. Thisis because the city has such a rich history, and perplexians are fascianted by the mysteries of the world around them. Quite simply, anyone is willing to pay to see something interesting from the city's past.

• List of Perplexian Businesses

Estimated monetary conversion

Location	Perplex City	England	Europe	United Staes	Japan
Currency	Leck	Pound (£)	Euro (€)	Dollar ($)	Yen (¥)
Value	PCL 1	£ .05	€ .075	$ .10	¥ 10
PCL 1	equals	£ 20	€ 13.33	$ 10	¥ .10

Culture

The Perplexians are noted for a great interest in puzzles. This interest sinks deep into the culture, bordering on utter fascination. Even the most casual of activities may involve some sort of game or puzzle. The most highly watched and anticipated of public sporting events involves mental tests of prowess and ability. The Perplex City Academy Games (PCAG) are the perhaps the best known of these.

Perplexians have a fascination with Earth culture as well, which is at once foreign, and yet quite familiar. Several stores sell "genuine" Earth replicas of popular objects; especially those not found in Perplex City at all, such as paper books.

Music plays a large part in society. Tastes seem to range from Classical to Pop. Like on Earth, Perplexians are prone to being fascinated with popular culture. Musicians seem to be especially susceptible to this fascination.

• Musicians

• http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/tourguide/

Transportation

Ground

Roads extend all throughout the city, suggesting heavy use of automobiles of some variety. It is reasonable to assume a fair amount of this traffic is mass transit oriented, such as taxis and busses.

Air

There appears to be no significant air travel available. Perplexians are somewhat intrigued by Earth's use of airplanes, which is a foreign concept.

Mass Transit

A healthy, well used, well maintained Subway System flows throughout the city, having 29 Central Stations. A Light Rail System is in use, Perplex City Rail, which connects to the subway at certain points. Also, running on the Mazy River is the Perplex City Riverboat Service, which also connects to the Subway and light rail systems at certain points.

Architecture

Many interesting features can be seen throughout the city. The tallest building in Perplex City is the Ascendancy Point, which stands a mighty 1,300 meters tall. The Mobius Strip is a sea-born platform of commercial, retail, and light residential areas (built in the shape of a mobius strip, vaguely).

The city boasts an extensive Subway System (see transportation, above).

True to perplexian form, it is not uncommon for structures to have a puzzle built into their construction. For example, The Buttered Bridge's support walls were designed to contain pictograms, which unfold into a puzzle of their own.

Below the City -- below even the subway system -- there exists a set of catacombs, which were originally constructed as silver mines in the early days of The City. The ceilings are covered in unusal mosaics with ancient obscure puzzles. Their original intent is somewhat unknown. (Violet Kiteway discusses the catacombs here: link.

Communications

• Keys
• Sentinel

External links

http://www.ascendancypoint.com	The Ascendancy Point's Home page
http://www.mindcandydesign.com	Mind Candy, Perplex City's Earth Contact (aka: The PMs)
http://www.opendesignagency.com	Open Design Agency, webdesigners for many of the sites in Perplex City
http://www.perplexcity.com	Main homepage for the City (aka: The Rabbithole)
http://www.perplexcityacademy.com	The Perplex City Academy
http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com	The Perplex City Sentinel
http://www.perplexcitysubway.com	The Perplex City Subway (with references to the London Underground system)
http://www.quirkyacuity.com	Violet Kiteway's blog
http://www.salkfamily.com	Homepage of Sylvia Salk; Memorial to Pietro Salk
http://www.thescarlettkite.com	Scarlett Kiteway's blog
http://www.whipsmartice.com	Perplex City's best Ice Cream Shoppe. (Warning: infectious music!)

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