Paradise Inc. declared this morning that their new Grand Jewel Hotel complex in Williamstown is now open for business, and anyone who is willing to pay the hefty price can now buy a room. The hotel, built and owned by Paradise Inc., is the largest hotel on Mundus. The massive building has 42 floors at its highest point, and a total of 5,420 rooms, which is far more than the second largest hotel in the country, Tranquility Island Resort, owned by Ardian Escape Inc., which has 3,314 rooms. The Grand Jewel Hotel includes multiple indoor waterparks, a casino, a shopping mall, a gym, and a movie theater. Paradise Inc., which is the largest hotel and cruise conglomerate in Zolo, made a significant investment of almost 4 billion dollars in the hotel complex, and are counting on the hotel to be a success. Paradise CEO Rachel Gagbat said, quote, "We fully expect that the Grand Jewel complex will be an incredible success. The tourism industry is thriving in Zolo because it's a wonderful place to be, and the Grand Jewel Hotel is the best place to be in Zolo."; whether she is right or not consumers will soon decide. Ms. Gagbat is definitely right however that the tourism industry in Zolo has been a success lately: the industry was already large and has been doing well consistently for years, but it grew a whopping 10% in the last year. Our experts attribute this rise to increased investment, good weather, and decreasing crime in the country's major coastal cities.


The opening of the Grand Jewel Hotel was met with protests in the streets of Williamstown. Approximately 3,000 people peacefully marched through the streets of the city, beginning at Capitol Square and then marching to the Grand Jewel Hotel, all while banging pots and pans, carrying signs, and chanting things like, "Tourists go home!", and "the people united will never be defeated". Although today marked the defeat of the protest movement that began 2 years ago when the hotel's construction began, the atmosphere of the protest was festive and cheerful. "It gives me hope when the people take to the streets.", one protester said, "We are not defeated, the people are just starting to stand up, and then the government and the tourists will learn whose country this is.". The movement opposed the hotel's construction and opening because they say tourism drives up property values and drives out the mostly indigenous people with lower incomes. Since the hotel is built and open, it seems like many protesters now hope they can discourage some abroad from coming to stay at the hotel. One protester explained, "maybe they won't want to come here when they realize that we don't want them here.". Rachel Gagbat and the press office of Paradise Inc. both declined to comment on the protests.

Hi everyone! My name's Zoe, and I'm from the US. I'm almost 20, and am a non-binary trans woman. I was a member of this region before years ago when I used a different name, and RP'd a country whose name contained my old name (for anyone who might remember who I am, the country was based on the DPRK and started with a 'Z'). I've had the itch to come back for a little bit now, but have been consistently too overwhelmed with other things to put in the work to make a factbook or start RPing. I don't know what changed now to make me decide to really come back now, but I hope I'll manage to stay engaged. I know I had a lot of fun here before and I'm sure I will again. At the moment I'm thinking of creating a sort of post-colonial state, and I'm looking for someone else to volunteer their country to have historically been the brutal capitalist colonizers of mine, so please message me directly if you're willing! And even if you wouldn't want your country to have played that role, I'd love to write in historical and/or present connections between my country and anyone else's. I haven't totally settled on a name or map location yet, but I have top candidates I'm considering. Especially in regards to a map location, I'm looking to place my country next to that of someone else who is active and who I could write-in historical connections with my country. I'd love it if any of you reached out, either in regards to coordinating RP or just to say hi and/or catch up if that's applicable.