Southland

Southland Tierra del Sur
City
Nickname:  "A City within a City"
Country	Slokais Islands
Special Metro Region	New Liverpool
Founded	1927
Government
• Mayor	Nadeem el-Mussa (Kaijan Unity Party)
Elevation	1,278 ft (390 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	760,389

Southland is an independent city in New Liverpool. The city is known as the poorest and most crime-ridden part of any major city.

History

The city of Southland was originally a region of farms known as San Isidro founded in 1690. Even as New Liverpool was created the area remained mostly sugarcane farms using peasant labor. In 1924, the Southland Iron Company built a factory site along the Silverado River. In 1926, Richard Livingstone personally called on developers to create a master plan as a "worker's city". Livingstone owned a stake in the Southland Irom Company and profited from the expanded local workforce. In 1927, the city was officially founded at a public ceremony by President Livingstone himself. Southland quickly attracted mostly Costeno workers from rural areas due to cheap housing. By 1950, 50,000 people lived in Southland however quality of life decreased as the cheaply made housing began to show signs of age. During the Juan Costa area, political dissidents would often find refuge in the densely packed projects. In 1958, the government took notice and began to mass bulldoze buildings. In total 15,000 people were left homeless, often these people fled and set up tent cities in the surrounding hills. During the Great War, the conflict between the Coalition of Democratic Forces and the National Reform Party militia destroyed much of the city.