Carapace, Acostia

Carapace is the capital and largest city of Acostia.

History
One of the oldest known cities in the world, Carapace has many buildings within its walls that have been standing for hundreds of years. The city tends toward prosperity, as it has become a rather significant trading hub for the entire west coast of Exalta. It is the only city in Exalta to house an embassy from every other nation.

The western parts of the city lies on the coast, enjoying good weather for more most of the year. Carapace is the only western city which borders waters that can be fruitfully fished year round. Southwestern Carapace tends to be wealthier along some of the city's tourist beaches, where northwestern Carapace tends to be lower-class fishermen and other ports and port-workers. Central Carapace is the largest and wealthiest porn of the city.

Eastern Carapace also tends toward wealth, contaning many shops, trading houses, and merchants residences. Much of the traffic into the city comes through here.

The southern portion of the city is the poorest area, bordering farmland that yields some of the city's main exports -- food. This area is poverty-ridden but is not necessarily high in crime.

Carapace's largest exports are food and lumber. Several sizeable lumber yards move wagons to the sea where they are brought northward to lumber yards in the city and turned into furniture and building materials. The farmlands ship thousands of bushels of food northward to the other Acostian cities, and non-perishable foodstuffs often go through Kinnedell to Unetenie.