Editing Paradise City:Urban Geography (section)

===Nirvana===

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Nirvana:  Nirvana is the home of upper management and the independently rich.  Most residents are servants, though the rich mix with them as little as they can.  PCs may not be from Nirvana and it must not be taken as a “Background”.
Checkpoints:  The walls around Nirvana are the most carefully protected walls in Paradise, and internally, Nirvana has far more checkpoints than any other region.

Police:  Northside CityPol has a very high presence here.  Every officer in CityPol wants to work in Nirvana.  These are the police assigned to live among the affluent, and they appreciate their fortunate position.  Of all police in the city, they are the best paid, best-supplied and least often killed in the line of duty.  The police work hard to ensure that the residents are kept safe and happy.  The officers are usually issued with weapons of LR 2 and above, typically submachine guns.  Some residential buildings may be protected by corporate police licensed to carry weapons of LR 2 or above on the premises, typically submachine guns.

Gangs:  The police have a zero tolerance policy regarding gangs and there aren’t many of them around.  Those gangs that do form tend not to last for long before the police decisively take them in hand.  Gangs here try their hardest not to look like gangs.  They do dress alike if they wish to, since the currents of fashion often lead the children of the rich to dress alike, but they dress to look like normal members of society.  None of them openly carry weapons and most of them carry no weapons at all, since being caught with a weapon here is likely to result in prison time.  Any weapons they do have are likely to be improvised and easy to conceal, like knives and razors.  Items of LR 4 or lower are rare and generally only carried if the gang is going to battle.  The gangs are usually not much danger unless they catch you alone and attack you for fun.  A few of the gangers are bored rich kids from this territory, but most of them are children of live-in servants.

Weapons:  If residents see that you are carrying a weapon of any sort, they are liable to conclude that you are a criminal and call the police.  As far as the police are concerned, your right to wear a weapon does not extend to anywhere in the Corpzone.  It does not matter to them if you are actually breaking the law or not – you are clearly up to no good so they will just charge you with something to get you off the street.

Points of Interest:  Paradise is ruled from the vast Arcology One, lying in the heart of Nirvana.  Arcology One is a sealed building containing the richest and most powerful citizens in all Paradise, along with their families.  There are few human servants in Arcology One – robots are more convenient.