The City
"Here, let me tell you a few things about this corporation and the City. In the Backstreets, the likes of Sweepers and Fixers live out their lives tangled in vomit and waste, unraveling their sickening tales. Those who live in the Outskirts are still crying out to break into the City. Meanwhile, people in the City throw away their lives trying to belong to a Nest. And we're going to change that."
- Benjamin to Angela
The City (도시, Dosi) is an urban complex that serves as the main setting of Library of Ruina and the Project Moon universe. It is close to the size of a small country, as according to a map given in Limbus Company previews, and is ruled by The Head. It is the last known remaining bastion of humanity in said universe.
Description
The City is a large, densely populated urban sprawl divided in 26 Districts; District 26 is not visible on any maps of the city. The Districts themselves are divided in a Nest run by a Wing, where the middle-high class (higher-grade Fixers, Wing employees, etc.) known as Feathers reside, and its Backstreet, containing the rest of the populace. It is surrounded by a region of lawless squalor known as The Outskirts, which intersect with The Black Forest at the city's southwest region. Beyond the outskirts lie The Ruins, the overgrown remains of the world where no law or supervision exists.
Districts
District 12/Lobotomy Corporation
Lobotomy Corporation is a parapsychology research group which advertises itself as an "eco-friendly" energy company. Most of its advancements are completely hidden from the public, except for enkephalin, an addictive substance/power source used as the main source of profit. Lobotomy Corporation collapsed both literally and figuratively once its original goals were nearly fulfilled, but appears to be making a comeback.
District 16/P-Corporation
P-Corporation's main function is still uncertain, but several of their products came into custody of Lobotomy Corporation for both their dangerous and supernatural properties.
District 18/R-Corporation
R-Corporation serves as a private military contractor to other Wings. It possesses enough wealth and influence to be unhampered by the City's gun control laws, and uses large amounts of exotic corrosive, mental, and life force evaporating ammunition. Their most notable team is the Rabbit Team, but they also have other teams such as the Reindeer Team and the Rhino Team, which are more destructive than the Rabbit Team. The Rabbit Team kills every person and abnormality they come across in their mission, not distinguishing friendly fire except for fellow teammates. The Reindeer Team uses psychic means to fuel their weapons, but this affects their own mental health the more they fight. The Rhino Team will obliterate absolutely everything in their area of operation.
District 23/Warp Corporation
District 23 is one of the largest districts in the city and located near the outskirts, and is known for having a severe issue with widespread cannibalism among its residents in the backstreets. Warp Corporation itself is a very important company as it fills the transportation niche, its warp trains move from any station to another station in ten seconds. With a continent sized cityscape this is very useful to move around the districts.
Trivia
- The unit of currency used in the City is Ahn (Korean: 안). The value of the currency and the etymology of its name are unknown, though Ahn is written as 眼 in Japanese, referring to one's 'pupil' or 'eye' in general.
- According to the Limbus Company trailer, the City's population is around 7 billion.
Gallery
Ezra's map of the City (The Distortion Detective chapter 4)
