¶ The Corrav District
Long ago, the Corrav District was a gleaming vision of industry and progress for the Federation. It was the greatest region for employment of non-service sector workers on the moon of Haven, and it quickly built itself to being nearly as prosperous, if not even more, than the Capital District itself. Alas, this grand vision was not to last. In the blind pursuit of growth and constant expansion, the business leaders of the area, growing ever more powerful until they themselves were influencing the local government in a sort of plutocracy, preventing local legislature from passing laws that could have negative outcomes on their forward expansion via their “persuasive” lobbyists.
However, this lack of foresight would be the downfall of the District, as pollution kept ramping up, the environment of the region sat on the precipice of disaster, and eventually, disaster won. Dams burst, filled with the wastes of metal refineries that had been using them as a cheap dumping ground for decades, as suddenly the lower regions of the district were flooded by water filled with heavy metal and industrial contaminants. The damage was beyond comprehension, both to the industry and infrastructure of the region, and its ecology. Many attempts were made at salvaging what had been lost, but in the end only one thing could be done. The entire lower portions of Corrav were abandoned, Corrav became a city among the dense, smoggy clouds which had begun to cover its skies. Industry tried to continue marching on in the District after this tragedy, but with the combined public backlash for the poor business practices that had led to this, and the large scale destruction of inner-city infrastructure from the disaster, most corporations were forced to fold.
What was a corrupt but prosperous District home to industry and jobs aplenty became a stale and decaying rust belt of the Federation, its local government slowly losing the battle with maintaining sovereignty against the rise of gangs that began to dominate the area. This slow burn was the state that Corrav existed in for many years- up until 3284, when the former hotspot of glory would face its greatest destruction at the hands of a foreign menace. The start of the infection in Corrav is still unknown to this day, but the damage that it has caused to the District and its people has been beyond measure. Four million lives were extinguished in the short span of a few months, many having succumbed to the Shifter virus which began setting up a foothold within the degrading towers and sewers of Corrav, and the rest having fallen to the betrayal of Saif Cassio, the Traitor Prince of Haven, who led a Shifter Hive’s ships towards the Federation in an action disguised as a promise of help. In the final hours of the District, the decision was made to save the lives of those who had been evacuated, and the Federation as a whole, through the sacrifice of those who had decided to remain behind. The Corrav District’s urban sector was destroyed in a series of orbital bombardment strikes.
It succeeded in taking out the ships which had descended upon it, but in the process purged the decaying city from the face of Haven itself. Standing there now lies a maze of ruins, a mass graves of the lives that were lost on that day. Although the Senate has officially begun cleanup and reconstruction of the area, the loss from these events will always remain a scarred sore in the heart of any Havenite with passion and love for their home.
Political Information
With Corrav, the wounds of their past still haunt them. The people of Corrav prize their industry and manufacturing economy; legislation involving subsidies on Corravian business and legislation supporting protectionism in trade will be supported by Corrav. The majority of Corrav are also workers, valuing worker protections and safety regulations that weren't always present in the old Corrav. Despite efforts to close it, a heavy class divide still exists in Corrav. The Corrav District as a whole largely despises Shifters and the Atlas Empire.