Backwardia Island

Backwardia Island is a large island located in the West Pacific Ocean, about 200km away from Guam. The capital city of Backwardia City is located on the West Coast on the Latipac Bay, a bay fundamental for the fishing industry, which makes up one fifth of Backwardia Island's economy.The population of 720,000 people mainly live in the area of the capital, where the President Dante Santiago-Armández lives and works.

Backwardia City

Backwardia City is a city of comparable size to Reykjavik, and about 400,000 people live there. The city is a popular tourist destination due to its theme parks, tourist sights, nightlife, restaurant scene, wildlife parks and beaches. An approximate of about 1,750,000 tourists access the city in a year.

Transportation

The country drives on the right, and uses the metric system for roads. Highway speed limits are 145km/h, 95km/h on dual lane roads, 65km/h on single lane roads in countryside, 50km/h on single lane roads in suburbs and 40km/h on all roads in the cities. Some would say that the country is far too vast to drive, especially as it would take about 6 hours to get from Backwardia City on the West Coast to Alacla City on the East Coast, therefore air and rail links were constructed throughout the country. The air links provided people with safe, quick and efficient routes to cities across the island in as little as 45 minutes to 1hr 30, and the rail links provided people with scenic journeys for cheaper prices than to fly, but not as efficient and delays can be prominent during bad weather. There are many airports across the island positioned where major cities are, however only Backwardia Santiago International Airport near Backwardia City is able to cope with international traffic. The airport is located to the north of the city and has two parallel North/South runways and one East/West runway. The airport has two terminals to cope with the heavy traffic, as well as areas for cargo, private and general aviation. The airport links to the network by the IM-1 highway and specifically to Backwardia City by the IM-101 highway. The rail stations are located in city centres which usually only have two tracks, with trains circumnavigating Backwardia Island following a mainly coastal route, which makes flying more attractive as train journeys to Alacla could take 4hrs 30mins.