Ballarat

Ballarat was founded thousands of years ago and was primarily a trading post. The great tower is one of the oldest buildings in Bil Jacksonia. As the tiny trading town grew, the wall on the land was added to protect against the hostile mobs that besieged the town. When the Contact Apocalypse happened, the mayor of the town decided that everyone would be safer if they cut themselves off from the outside world. Any entrances were boarded up, and an extension of the wall was created to completely surround the country on water as well as land. The mayorship turned to monarchy, and the mercenaries still in the country became the new military. The military zone is completely off limits to regular citizens.

Ballarat was a desert zone, but not to the extent it is today. The only place where Ballarat can grow crops is on the outlying islands, but even this land is turning to desert. To supplement this, a dam was built, creating a new area for the livestock.