Berlin
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| Population | 6.800.000+
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| Density | 3.716 per people/km² (267.276 per people/km² District Berlin-Mitte) |
| Income (per capita) | 34.000¥/€ |
| Corporate-Affiliated Population | 16% |
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Berlin is a metroplex in the north eastern area of the AGS (Allied German States) and is a Free-City-State that doesn't belong to the to the AGS itself, although it has strong ties. It was once the capital Germany, but now is selfgoverned State under the Berlin Council. Large parts of the City where reigned under Anarchy for over a decade. Even now there are semi regular fight between police forces and people of the anrachist districts. In nearly no metropole in europe the differences between architecture, technical standard, security and lifestyle in the districts is bigger.
History
First years of the new Millennium
After the reunion Berlin was the Capitol of Germany from 1990 to 2023, til the Government and Parliment moved to Hannover to escape the ever growing rampaging riots and daily violent demonstrations. In the Eurowars 2031 tank divisions from the russian invaders, contrary to expectations didn't go against Berlin, but went around the City in the Northand made Brandenburg a battlefield and Berlin remained unscathed. In 2033 islamistic Fanatics decleared the great Dschihad in Berlin as well an new unrests and riots breack out. Kreuzberg gets declared an Emirat, which didn't last long.
The Anarchist Berlin
In the Year 2039 the Night of Rage Meta-Human friendly resistences, anarchist and leftwing groups started City wide riots and destroyed the Berlin section of the Humanis Policlub, which needed years to find anad establish a new location for their anti-metahuman organisation in Berlin. As a result the riots kept going and together with Students of the free University Berlin who revolt against - in their opinion- Unfair Exam Admission Regulations it ended up in a small civil war. In the end a coalition of Neo-Anarchist, Anarchist-Syndicates and Trotzkists gained control over Berlin and declared it " The Greatest Experiment in the Anarchist history". The so called "Last Law" was declared on 7th March 2039, and the Berlin Council was now nothing more then a discusion platform without any legislative or executive powers, and was the only "polotical" Organ which remained in the anarchist Berlin. Paying taxes was completly voluntary, the police got dispersed and all public facilities were privatised. Since the "Last Law" expressly prohibited to enact laws, everybody who felt his rights violated or felt was victim to a crime had to stand in for themselfor hire vigilantes. To be able to provide these services more effectively the jobless policemen formed vigilante troups (Selbstjustiz Trupps SJTs) or became professional bodyguards to hire. Everybody was responsible for their and their Chummers and allies safety, nobody bothered to enforce things like protection of minors, compulsory schooling or principles of equal treatment. For the power structure within anarchy the term "Status F" (Status Fluxus,derivied from flowing, always changing) was coined, since it was particularly important to the anarchists that all mutual relationships were in constant change, no new power structures in the sense of a status quo could be cemented. Anyone who gave the impression of building something like a stable power base was automatically considered as "Bedrohung des Status Fluxus" (BFS eng.Threat to status Fluxes ) and had all other parties against them which nobody survived for long. The always changning mutual relationships from Policlubs, Syndicats, Sects, Cults, Gangs and Corpsworked in chaotic ways, where the services of informants and negotiators where vital for anybody who wanted to be someone within the Status F.
However, since the "absolute freedom" of anarchy also demanded considerable social and personal responsibility from the individual, and quite a few confused the lack of established laws with "everything is allowed", the anarchist paradise Berlin was not so paradisiacal in practice.
End of Status F
The state of anarchy remained in this form in Berlin until 2055. An anarchosyndicate group called "Liberty of Body and Soul" (LBS) made alliances with anti-anarchistic groups and prepared for a fight. Before the conflict stared, however, large corporate groups (with the political backing of the Federal Council) entered the city with a militarily planned and executed operation. The LBS and their allies were almost completely wiped out. The anarchist, who where logistically and militarily inferior to the Coproratetroups fought a fierce defensive battle, but their resistence wasn't coordinated well enonugh and they got driven back into an eastern district of Berlin which they could hold with great difficulty and got walled in.
2060 there was some kind of tense peace- or rather armistice between the anarchist- and corporate Berlin. after the disbandment of the Schadowland Frankfurt the most importantpart moved to the anarchistic east Berlin. A crew of local anarchists from the previous Sysop Tell took over: Antifa, Anne Archiste, Dator and Roter Korsar as well as Corpshark, who together with Konwacht moved from Frankfurt. An Otaku-tribe under the lead of Mnemosynes, who 2061 survived «Operation Erntedank», moved to Berlin.
2061 was the legendary, from MCT-Media together with DeMeKo (German Media and Communication AG) sponsored benefit concert "Ragnarock" for the "Victims of Anarchy" and the reconstruction of Berlin.
Although now "tolerated" border crossings (both to Brandenburg and the western Corp-Berlin) exist, the anarchists in the east couldn't feel safe. This was shown again, for example, in December 2064 in the aftermath of Crash 2.0, when the BIS (federal institute for internal security) - on the pretext of investigating the massacre by Winternight on East Berlin's Otaku - unearthed the Shadowland Hub.
"Reunited" Berlin 2072
After anarchist terrorist attack against the Corpsector and escalating punitive expeditions in the anarchozone 2072 lead to negotiations between Corp representatives and moderate representatives of the anarchozone. Mediated by AGS diplomats, the Berlin agreement was resolved and fixed in the Berlin contract.Since then Corps and the most important alternative groups involved in government and administration. Corps and alternatives have extensive rights to govern themself, the individual terretories were mutually recognized and the border facilities around the zone were mostly removed. Despite significant improvements of quality of life and a million Euro Propaganda campaign the reunited Berlin stays a forced compromise out of fear of a new civil war– it is especially for corporations and neo-anarchists an endured evil, no common vision of the future.
Geography
The Berlin Metroplex is divided in several districts including everything from AAA Corp-arcologies to Z-zone anarchy the districts are as follow,
City East : The Alexanderplatz with the Berlin television tower and the mega-mall “Alexandria”, reminiscent of a bunker, was the figurehead of corporate Berlin during the division and is now preparing itselt to become the towncenter of the metropole – so far without any particular success. Origanally designed with aspects of defence and as proof of power, the huge Alexanderplatz with its elevatable tank barriers and the office giants framing it in brutalism style seems cold and unsympathic. Signs of change are the light flower tower of the "The Orchid" club, which shines in a thousand colors at night, and the nucleus of the scene culture who are hiding in the streets beyond the high-rise office bunker at Hackeschen Markt, the central puplic transporthub of the (soon) seven-million metropole.
City-West (Chawi): Berlin's heart beats at the Memorial Church. The Kurfürstendamm, which is built over with a glass roof and relief road, is Europe's longest mall and, together with the New Europe Center inaugurated in 2070 and the luxury department store KaDeWe, forms one of the largest, fully climate-protected shopping and adventure worlds outside of Asia.
Banking district (Mitte): Potsdamer Platz, controlled by FBV and Berliner Bankenverein, with the imposing stock exchange tower, which was once built for Daimler-Benz, is the geographic center of the city and is therefore considered the secret (third) city center. Here bank towers and representative buildings of the large corporations stand close togethert. The district is known as the safest but furthermore most expensive part outside of Coprorate sectors.
Klein-Chiba (Renrakusan): The district of Renraku was mostly reconstructed in the last 60 years in the Neo.Tokyo Style: From the old Prenzlauer Berg, the course of some streets can only be guessed at. Glas and Steel in black and gold are in a competition with the noisy, flashing tangle of pachinko strips, small shops, karaoke bars and interactive video walls everywhere along the partially rolling sidewalks. Beside the main road bihnd high walls there are hidden gardens, tea- and bathhouses, hidden Bunraku-brothels as well as severall temples. The constant presence of armed forces show that Renraku is far from trusting the Berlin peace.
The Emirate (FKB): Delimited by white walls and green steel gates, the self-sufficient emirate Kreuzberg extends north of the Landwehr Canal almost to the banking district in the north and the "Kreuzbasar"-Kiez at the Moritzplatz in the east. Within the emirate the Sharia-law is practised, a local guide is a must have, to avoid conflicts with the religious police. Nearly all roads in the emirate are coverd by tarpaulins and canopies against the sky and "surveillance by infidels".
The Machinesprawl (AGC-Siemensstadt): Das von Altberlinern „Jewühl“ genannte Industriegebiet Siemensstadt ist ein einziges Labyrinth ineinander verwachsener Fabriken, über die Straßenzüge gelegter Rohre, lärmender Förderbänder, dröhnender Truckdrohnen und pneumatischer Transportröhren. Von der andernorts spürbaren Entspannung ist hier nichts zu merken: Immer wieder auf�ammende Arbeiterproteste, Sabotageakte und Anschläge lassen die Null-Toleranz-Politik der Fabrikfestungsbetreiber auch in Zukunft ohne Alternative.
The Siemensstadt industrial area, called "Jewühl" by old Berliners, is a closed labyrinth of intermeshed factories, of pipes grossing over the streets, noisy conveyor belts, booming truck drones and pneumatic transport tubes. Nothing of the relaxation elsewhere can be noticed here: Workers' protests, acts of sabotage and riots that keep flaring up will leave the zero-tolerance policy of factory fortress operators with no choice for an alternative in the future.
Crime
Interest Groups
Berlin districts and Arcologies
Berlin Hosts following Arcologies:
- The Hoard (Saeder-Krupp): Fortress-like, gold-black truncated pyramid arcology with hidden turrets and missile defense systems right next to the Airport Tempelhof. It has its own Trainstation with accessto the puplic Mega-Mall (sepperated from the rest of the Arcology throughSecurity gates and armored walls).
- The Factory (Messerschmitt-Kawasaki): Area wise Europe's biggest Arcology with the worldwide biggest factories. Manufacturing of airships, suborbitalshuttles and since S-K has overtaken, drones and Armaments. Location near the Mainairport BSI.
- The Miyako-Arkology (Renraku): Black-gold pyramid arcology, which merges smoothly with into Prenzlauer Berg ("Renrakusan"), which has been extensively redesigned in neo-Tokyo style.
- The Metropolis (DeMeKo): 280m high tower arcology, in Style of the movie Metropolis. Numerous bars, production and broadcasting studios and elite-decadent entertainment sector Yoshi wara.
- The Kowloon-Berlin: After Fuchi was gone the octahedron stump shaped mini-arcology was sold to an investor group and was remoddeled into cheap mass dwelling but remained unfinished. After the inverstor group went bankrupt and years of deterioration it is now ocupied by gangs and squatterst. Location Steglitz-West (Zdorf).
- The Zehlendorfer Platte (Proteus): Unfinished arcology in shape of a wide area truncated pyramid, since 2063 completed with four unequally high corner towers.
- The Sky: Unfinished, on pillars resting mini-arcology of the Draco Foundation near Pankow, for a logtime occupied by squatters, addicts and a Cram Cartel.
- The Network (Müller-Schlüter Infotech): Sustainable mini-arkology made of nested, solar cell-coated round blocks, which together form a tapered cuboid. This provides many viewing platforms with small Cafés and roofgardens. Smooth transition into the neighboring MSI-Park and MSI-Campus.
- Aztech-Arcology: Small step pyramid-arcology with a spacious outdoor area, which has laboratory complexes and breeding stations for guard- and cybercritters (Stadtforst Spandau).
- The Block (EMC): Squaty factory fortress on the former airfield Johannisthal (Köpenick). Since EMC's withdrawal from Berlin 2072 mostly empty and deteriorating.
| District | Corp / Dominant Group | District representative | Security Level |
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| Corporate Districts (CD) | |||
| Aztech-Schönwalde (Aztwalde) | Aztechnology | Ferdinand Cezares | B-D |
| AGC Siemensstadt (Jewühl) | AG Chemie | Dr. Robert Schlüter jr. | C-E |
| Renrakusan (Klein-Chiba) | Renraku | Takshi Ozu (3. BM) | AA-A |
| Z-IC Tegel | Zeta-ImpChem | Nathan Thompson | A-B |
| S-K Tempelhof (Drakenberg) | Saeder Krupp | Dr. Franziska Landolt | AAA |
| Norm Districts (ND) | |||
| Charlottenburg-Wilhelmsdorf (Chawi) | varying | Milena Kilic | AA-B |
| Mitte | Berliner Bankenverein | Dr. Paul R. Zöller (1.BM) | AAA |
| Potsdamm | Preußenstiftung, Draco Foundation | Fabian von Wittich | AA-B |
| Reinickendorf (Rdorf) | Zeta-ImpChem | Sofia Nordin | B-E |
| Schönefeld (Sfeld) | Messerschmitt-Kawasaki (S-K) | Gregor Thielke | AA |
| Zehlendorf (Zdorf) | Proteus, Evo | Izabella Buzek | AAA-A |
| Strausberg-Fredersdorf (STFD) | Vory | Doreen Katschmarek | D-E |
| Alternative Districts (AD) | |||
| Oranienburg (Oburg) | Bundesgrenzschutz | Ralph Faber | AA |
| Gropiusstadt (Grope) | Neo-A, Gangs, Vory | Aleksandr Sukrow | E-Z |
| Falkensee (Fsee) | Gangs, Graue Wölfe | Aslan Özdemir | Z |
| Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (FKB) | Nizam Islami | Mitra Özgün | A-C |
| Köpenick (Kiffnick) | Communist, EMC, Shiawase | Lena Rabeja | D-E |
| Lichtenberg (Lberg) | Neo-A | Morek Pflügler (2. BM) | Z |
| Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Höllendorf) | Vory, Neo-A | Jaromir Kotov | Z |
| Pankow (Punkau) | Vory, Neo-A, Communists | Wladimir I. Bronstein | E-Z |
| Spandau | Neo-A | Fletscher | C-E |
Services
| Service | Provider |
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| GridGuide | Ætherlink, MSI (Vision Berlin) |
| Traffic Management | ALI (Renraku) |
| Puplic Transport | BERVAG-Transportservices (BVB, ESUS) |
| Matrix Services | Network Berlin (BERVAG) |
| Power | Ruhr-Nuklear (Saeder Krupp) |
| Police Normdistrict | Main Police Department Berlin (HPDB, Sternschutz) |
| Police Alternativedistrict | registered alternative policeservice (APDB, Kiezwehr) |
| Prisons | Sternschutz |
| Water/Canalisation | Berlin Waterworks (Proteus) |
| Sanitation | Berlin City Cleaning (BSR, Shiawase) |