United Jacaria used to be the center of the global automotive industry, ranking significantly higher than even the Baxter and Orwell Industries of today. What happened? And how does the Jacarian Realm plan to recover?
The late Lord High Butterfield XIII’s term was notable for its peculiar legislation, most prominently his take on the nation’s historically strong environmental program. While both prior and future Justices have cared for the world with a passion to rival that of the nation’s zoologists, Butterfield took this to a new level previously unseen.
The Environmental Collapse posed a huge problem to the growing tourism sector. With much of the forested land freezing over or rotting away from seemingly anomalous causes, tourists were moving as far as possible from the nation that was once ranked among the most beautiful in the region. This had to change, and change it did.
It was early in Butterfield’s term that he proposed Legislative Bill 83-470 to the Houses, and it was passed with surprisingly little resistance. The proposal was short and sweet, with the quote “closure of all automobile manufacturing centers indefinitely” summing it up fairly well. The industry crashed, and an executive order closed the Copenhagen Commerce Building early, leaving many in a frenzy. Scalpers tried to buy off as much stock as they could, hoping the ban would be lifted soon. The now-unemployed took to the streets in search of jobs. It was chaos, but it worked. Emissions plummeted, and the environment recovered (again, anomalously) quickly.
So, the big question on everyone’s mind: will we revover? The answer? Probably not. Most of the production centers went out-of-country, and without monumental change, it is unlikely they will ever return. So unless you want to bike to work, we’re stuck importing Jacarian-brand cars to line the pockets of the corrupt elites.
