Glacia
Demographics
Composed of human like aliens
Government
Monarchy, currently ruled by King Rano
Defences
as of 1947, bitter cold and being underground. Formally harpoons and relatively low tech and energy based weapons
Industry & Trade
Uses their technological and scientific knowledge as the basis for their industries in Canada.
Infrastructure
machinists, construction, programmers, mechanics and other necessary for building a new civilization.
Assets
Alien technologies that include Solar panels that can pick up distant starlight and powers everything, technologies to preserve themselves, gliders and liquid air guns
Guilds and Factions
King Rano, leader of the settlement,
Vultor the villainous, evil dissenter.
History
Founded by King Rano before humanity ever became a thing. The colony was intended to be the founding to a new civilization and extension to the home planet. When Nelvana found it (1942), there was tension that was inflated by Vultor. In the following years this was resolved. It is known that the origin of this tension came from irritation from space colonization.In 1951 the decision was made to reveal Glacia to Canada out of a believed need. In the following years, Glacians bred with humans and sometime in the future they were folded into humanity. At that future point they will in a sense die but they will be survived by Humanity.
Architecture
Torpedo shaped towers with platforms encircling them. Roadways and pathways fill the sky connecting each building. The pathways incorporate a comb weave design and a special kind of glass that is strong enough to hold up a moving crowd. The city's style is aesthetically 1940's modernism and it's construction had the philosophy of surviving for as long as possible.The average height of a tower is about 150-200 meters.
Geography
Currently buried under ice, rock and snow. This lost civilization used to be in a comfortable sweet spot that became the Canadian Arctic and can see the star Polaris from its location. Even though they could've chosen a better place they chose a colder area because they could survive in an area that could protect them. What was suppose to contain the country includes Vultor's settlement, the main city and a city fortress for space travel and defense.
Natural Resources
unknown
Their main resource is their high technological knowledge
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING HEADDRESS.
All Glacians wear this piece of technology. It is a hard plastic headband with a band that goes over the hair area that holds an antenna. Glacia has a central heating system and this device tells them when they can come out and go into of a cryogenic state. The cryogenic state actually comes from their healing nanites that the modified. The nanites bring them into and out of the state while protecting their bodies from damages that can be caused by the environment. There is also a triangle on the front lights up when the temperature drops or rises.
BIRTH DATES
To the adult population, their birth dates are largely unrecorded and have only been recorded from the memory of the populations along with other details of their lives. Alot of these specifics were left on the home planet. The plan for Glacia was to start recording births with the first born on the planet and have a interstellar route between planets.
POPULATION NOTE
The skill diversity of the population is pretty high. There's a skill that covers what's needed and an average Glacian would have a rounded and flexible skillset. There is also a highly skilled, but small by 1940's Earth standards, army that act as security. The population is composed by people who are looking for a second chance at life; this includes the poor, low level criminals, misfits and others.
ABOUT IT'S REAPPEARANCES
As stated elsewhere, Glacia is set in a frigid part of the world. I consider them lost due to being frozen for 5 millions and their view of the outside world is that there's still Mammoths. If they were sought out by their species, it would've been after the cryogenic state that lasted them to the 20th century.
The freezing and warming is a phase that came about by adapting to the climate.
On the alternate history side, there are timelines where Glacia appeared before 40's. This includes several where the pre-columbian population profited from this reappearance.
RUINED SETTLEMENT
none, they've been under the ice for 5 million years
Alternative Name(s)
Colony of Glacia
Type
Underground / Vault
Population
roughly 2000-3000
Inhabitant Demonym
Glacian
Owner/Ruler
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