Coast Town

Coast Town is a major city in the southwestern corner of Medina. Coast Town and the surrounding metropolitan area are situated north of the Velorian Islands . By population, Coast Town is the largest city in Medina.

Population

Coast Town's explosive population growth in recent years has been driven by internal migration from other parts of the country as well as by immigration. Greater Coast Town is regarded as a cultural melting pot, heavily influenced both by its large population of ethnic El Nidoans and offworlders. Coast Town and the surrounding areas boasts a population of nearly 18 million, and the figure is growing.

Climate

Coast Town has a humid subtropical climate. The city does experience cold fronts from in the winter months, however most of the year is warm and humid, and the summers are reminiscent of a true tropical climate. In addition, the city sees most of its rain in the summer (wet season) and is mainly dry in winter (dry season). The wet season, which is hot and humid, lasts from early spring to late fall, when it gives way to the dry season, which features mild temperatures with some invasions of colder air, which is when the little winter rainfall occurs-with the passing of a front. The hurrican season largely coincides with the wet season.

Economy

Tourism is the most important industry in Coast Town: the beaches draw visitors from across the country and the Web, and the nightclub district in Playa del Sur is widely regarded as one of the most glamourous (and dangerous) on the planet. In addition to these roles, Coast Town is also an industrial center, especially known for stone quarrying and warehousing, as well as a port city, known for its fishing and whaling operations.

The underside of Coast Town is its rampant crime and drug trade. While all manner of drugs pass through Coast Town on their way to the interior of Medina or off-planet for wider distribution, in recent years Pyra has become the city’s chief export, in part because of the drug’s ability to be transported easily as a solid or a liquid.

Transportation

Coast Town is the hub of an active ocean-going ferry service, which runs daily and weekly transit to Guardia, Porre, Chorras, and El Nido. It is one of the largest ocean-going cruise ship ports on the planet, and the busiest cargo port in the republic.

Main highways link Coast Town to Heckran in the north and Medina City in the east, and large bridges also grant the city access to the inhabited portions of the Velorian Islands.

Coast Town is also home to a newly renovated space port, which for a long time was the only spaceport in Medina. Wells Inter-Planetary Spaceport serves millions of passengers a year, and maintains regular transit to the Gate Dimension colonies, as well as the Esper, Mana, and Light Dimensions.