Venice
EXTRAVAGANCE OF CAPITALISTIC TOURISM
The most expensive and profitable open-air museum.
Brought to you by Wortrac (BY CINO).
The last Venetian resident moved into Murano in '09. Every day, the Orbital Air shuttle from Veneto carries around 100 employees every 5 minutes into the nearby port of Murano, from which auto-gondolas come into Venice from 5AM sharp up to 9AM. The gondolas sport some bleeding-edge tech from CINO themselves - the type of shit you'd see in a military submarine.
By the time the first tourists appear on the paved streets of Venice, everything has been carefully curated, cleaned and painted over so that the preconceptions tourists have of Venice (and of Italy) are perfectly met with reality: cops that look like 18th century princes, service workers dressed like Versailles regalia, building facades that are as beautiful as the day they were built. Gondolas are the only way in and out of this city, all operating under CINO.
Venice itself is Wortrac (and CINO's) prized crown jewel. The billions of eurodollars that were pumped into it since '93 made it into what it is today. At night, apart from some service workers to accomodate Venice's controlled nightlife, there is nobody on the streets except danger-loving tourists, cops and the odd ganggoon, as the hotels that operate within Venice have strict curfews.
...but there's a conflict brewing - there's eco-terrorists ("SalVen" - save venice or something like that), there's gangs (see the Red Shirts, the anarchists and some more goofballs).
