Tiji, Latvia

In dire economic times, a nation strapped for cash will occasionally sell an entire town for a relatively small sum of money. The result of /tg/'s population purchasing one of these towns is Tiji, Latvia, a setting overflowing with neckbeardery and grimdark. Facing such threats as old Soviet war machines, severely mutated bears, and BEES, the fa/tg/uys of Tiji construct a mighty fortress, building up and digging down, greedily excavating the unholy ground and thrusting ever deeper into Earth's sweet, moistened crust.

Opening

One Latvian town is on sale for some 323 thousand dollars… You can pay by installments for ten years for a small town with 70 different houses and buildings, among which there are ten residential buildings with 551 apartments, hotel, clinic, hospital, kindergarten, club, post office, boiler house, water tower, garages plus underground bunkers and shelters in case of nuclear war. The authorities of Latvia decided to take this step because of the hard consequences of the global financial crisis.

Threads

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Tiji Features

Size

The fortress's borders extend about 2 miles in every direction from the center. For convenience's sake, it is said to have an area of 16 square miles. Since the original town was built "in the middle of nowhere," 40+ miles from the nearest human dwelling, where the forest is thick and omnipresent, there is little chance of encountering a non-Tiji resident if you wander outside the walls. This is partly due to the fact that you will be captured and skinned by SuperGrues long before you make it to the next town, if you are traveling on foot.

Walls

The walls of Tiji have been under near-continuous construction and maintenance for close to two years. Built at first out of piles of junk and felled trees, the current outer wall is composed almost entirely of stone, 4 stories tall at the highest. A single entrance exists in the Northwest, barred by a raised drawbridge during most of the day. This bridge is rigged with multiple counterweights to bring it down easy, but a quick-release system enables it to smash anything in its path into dust.

Resources

Tiji contains extensive natural (and unnatural) resources, which were left mostly untouched during the town's short history before the collapse of the USSR. Trees are the most obvious and most visible resource, but they are quite a minor feature compared to what exists underground.

Old Soviet Equipment

Since the town was rather quickly abandoned, a great amount of Soviet machinery can be found pretty much everywhere, rusting in piles all over the forest. The items available range from rifles and combat knives to APCs and Tanks, though the latter are understandably more rare. It's highly unlikely for anything found in the forest to be operable, but certain durable, well-built weapons, like land mines, can still be used.

Promethium

Certain areas of ground have been contaminated by experiments the fa/tg/uys dare not fathom. Around these areas nothing grows, and no animal, not even a bee, will cross a contaminated black patch. In these locations, the sticky, pitch-black, tar-like substance Promethium seeps up out of the ground, and can easily be gathered with the application of suction. Promethium is extremely flammable and incredibly hard to remove from skin or clothing. It serves as both fuel and siege weapon, carried by all that venture outside the walls in "napalm cocktail" form, trapped in a small glass bottle that is thrown like a grenade.

The Underground

An enormous system of subterranean tunnels was already present beneath Tiji when the first fa/tg/uy reclamation party arrived. At first they were thought to be of Soviet origin, but further inspection proved that they were not. The engravings were particularly informative. Specifically, the images of violent rape, dismemberment, and living ships that transcend space and time to bring back demons.

Dice Alley

A long, narrow street sandwiched between two rows of dwellings, Dice Alley is a trader's haven for anyone needing a random or not-so-random number generator. Lines of poorly-built shops stand pressed up against the Alley's houses, the neckbeards within presenting their wares to the denizens of the town. All manner of dice can be found there, from the wood or bone-carved d6, to the expensive, shining metal d100.

Population Features

Religion

Some fa/tg/uys have opted to bring their previous religion with them, but for most, the term "Religion" has come to refer to "Cult of Alignment." Every alignment, from the well-known (Neutral Good) to the obscure (Lawful Batman) is guaranteed to have a follower. Though there is no guarantee that a "cultist" will exhibit the qualities of their alignment, it doesn't seem to matter very much to the population at large.

True Neutral

The TN group is the largest, incorporating more than half of the total population of Tiji. TNers are a diverse group, and the most they have in common is that they all consider themselves "easygoing." It is the closest thing Tiji has to a majority party.

Chaotic Good

CGers like to think of themselves as Paladins of Eldrad. They'll try to do good, but they will do so regardless of THE LAW and they'll be dicks about it.

Chaotic Evil

CE is a group nearly exclusive to people who have more in common with /b/ than /tg/. The great majority of the followers of CE are doing it for the lulz.

Jihad

Occasionally, members of one alignment will declare a Jihad on the members of another alignment. This usually results in a skirmish with models or a ridiculous LARPing mock battle. If the two alignments are on reasonably good terms, there may be a Batchall to reduce the amount of force used and increase the glory for the winner, but if they are not, they may default to genuine, physical violence and Herp-a-Derping.

Law and Order

Justice is administered by the Commissariat, roughly styled around a combination of Commissar Fuklaw and Judge Dredd. The symbol of the Commissariat is the Angry Face, the herald of the Angry Marines. Commissars are obliged to swear constantly, greet all citizens with an extended middle finger, and threaten to GIVE the LAW to anyone being anything less than cordial.

Military

Battle Vans (Metal Boxes)

The vehicle of choice in Tiji, the Metal Box, has been adapted into a low-speed, relatively heavily armored type of war machine. Called the Oreo Pattern, the battle van sports layered metal armor (mostly repurposed scrap) and looted weaponry from the discarded tanks and APCs that litter the woods.