Kardakouk

Due to the lack of real atmosphere most of Kardakouks inhabitants and introduced life live below the surface in vast underground oceans, including the Founding species of The Concord of Mutual Disdain, the Tar'et, the Queltl and humanity.

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Vigasz - the Jellyfish City
Whilst most of the cities in the oceans of Kardakouk are as stationary as is commonly expected of cities Vigasz is the notable exception. Constructed within a huge and constantly moving jellyfish the city of Vigasz is one of the few outdoor places on Kardakouk with enough naturally occurring oxygen to allow humans to walk around unassisted by breathing apparatus. As such the city serves as a major tourist attraction now that the Concord has grown more accustomed to off-world visitors.

Situated within the mesoglea of the mighty medusae the population of the city is carefully controlled to ensure that the oxygen the living city creates doesn’t run out. It has long been debated whether the ability of the enormous jellyfish to create oxygen is an entirely natural phenomenon or if it was an ability implanted in the ginormous creature by the jailors. Whatever the origin of this ability, it is central to the city's continued survival. With a maximum liveable population of around a million inhabitants most of the time the city maintains a level of 700,000 permanent inhabitants for a few reasons. Firstly in times of peace it allows for a large tourist population to generate funds for the Concord. Then in times of war the 300,000 population gap allows for a large number of military assets to be stationed inside the city.

The city itself is composed of a few distinct components. At the base of the hood of the jellyfish on opposite sides are the main ports of the city and one of the few places that needed to be directly carved out of the enormous creature. They are maintained with a vigorous security checkpoint as any dramatic issues at the ports could potentially flood the city with ocean water. As such the temperature, pressure and speed of all ships and goods are carefully monitored to prevent such a situation. The ports themselves then open into the main thoroughfare of the city, where each port mirrors the other in opening out into two of the three major areas of the city. With the gastrovascular cavity of the jellyfish serving as the natural centre the area built on top of the gastrodermis of the cavity is known as the upper city and the areas tucked in below the cavity as the lower city.

The upper city is the main tourist hub of the city and the least populated to allow for space for the tourists to enjoy the local delicacies. The lower amount of local homes, natural oxygen and controlled population mean that the upper city has a host of open spaces to enjoy compared to many of the other cities on Kardakouk. Lavish and ornate the upper city is host to a wide variety of artisanal crafts, many constructed out of corrallite. Some of the work commissioned by the Lacuvia and Mobu’nacar, the most prominent of which is a depiction of the Peace Garden ship, in a public park of the same name. It stands as a monument in front of the Con’cordat palace where the royals of the concord reside. Lavish and beautiful it serves as another grand tourist attraction with several enormous telescopes emerging from its many rooves to provide the inhabitants with a spectacular view of the oceans and wildlife outside the jellyfish.

The lower city has another split in its purposes but both sections are commonly known as the lower city. The upper section of the lower city is situated underneath the gastrovascular cavity and hangs between the central structure, the gonads and the outer section of the cavity. Known as the Underhang this is where the majority of the local inhabitants live. The hanging homes of the inhabitants are made out of very light materials to prevent undue stress on the jellyfish despite how many people live there. There are quite a few regulations specific to the Underhang including the collection of waste materials in specific locations where it can be collected and sent to the city dump to prevent any waste being dumped onto the buildings below.

Below the Underhang lies the industrial heart of the city. Also known as the Dregs the majority of the city’s less artisanal and more mechanical industry takes place here. Equipped with advanced adaptations to raise and lower in accordance to the movements of the jellyfish the factories rise and fall while maintaining a level workspace inside. As such work can continue barring only the most extreme of movement from the host city, Also located within the Dregs are the entrances to the third major area of the city.

Well guarded at all hours of the day are entrances to the high speed lifts to the vaults of Vigasz. Located within the tentacles of the jellyfish the vaults make use of the natural stingers of the beast to provide security to the buildings as a whole. The only entrances are the lifts extending down through the interior of the tentacles making the vaults the most well guarded locations on Kardakouk and the stored of much of the wealth of the Concord both in the form of the riches of the Lacuvia and Mobu’nacar and in the private earnings of the citizens.

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