Rimlight City

About
Rimlight City is an autonomous urban region run by Matsumoto-Kaeba Inc. The city's population consists of 17 million inhabitants and covers about 550 miles, with only 146 miles of it developed. The remaining land is known as The Queue, a non-governed area not officially considered a part of Rimlight. The primary region of financial activity happens in The Shard. Lower Salack is the low-income residential housing and manufacturing sector, while Upper Salack houses the middle-class.

Rimlight City is the 2nd most populous metropolis on Earth. It maintains a strict immigration policy, with visitors allowed only two weeks of stay. Most of the citizens are naturalized, with only 14 percent of the population being immigrants. The primary language spoken in the city is English, with some speaking a second language.

Working conditions are generally seen as inhumane, with many workers used for labor in crumbling factories. Despite this, many seek entry into the city for work due to the promise of financial security and rumors of lavish lifestyles. The more privileged are employed to various office and management jobs in The Shard and Upper Salack.

History
Rimlight City was originally founded in the former territory of Kansas during the Kansas Gubernatorial of 2022, in which Pearrye Corp successfully elected a pseudo-candidate into the Governor's office. Due to extensive deregulation of production sectors, manufacturing corporations began settling in the area, causing a sudden boom in economic activity at the cost of the middle and lower class.

Police & Security
The city has an uneven distribution of peacekeepers, with the majority of them being found around government/corporate property, Upper Salack and The Shard. Crime is rampant in the poorest areas, while the higher class areas are given the best security the metropolis offers. Police departments (typically owned by Matsumoto-Kaeba) employ the use of microchips implanted in nearly all of the population to identify and target troublemakers or potential criminals.

The accused are given brief trials, but typically end up with a guilty verdict in 93.6% of cases. Once determined guilty, the petty criminals are sent to correctional facilities within the city walls, while more severe offenders are sent to an unknown location outside of the region. Nobody has determined the location of the latter.

Kansas Governor Election of 2022
The Kansas Governor Election of 2022 was an event that caused the founding of Rimlight City. The election installed a puppet governor controlled by Pearrye Corp. Deregulation began over the course of the puppet's term. This coincided with the overall corporatization of the United States of America in the 2030's and 2040's.

The Byte of '87
The 2087 Collapse of the Internet, or known to many as "The Byte of '87," was a catastrophic event in which the iPv6 address pool was exhausted without an alternative for years, temporarily ceasing growth of the internet and subsequently, economic growth.

Districts
Lower Salack

Upper Salack

The Shard

The Queue