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Chasm City is the largest settlement on Yellowstone. When the Amerikanos originally settled the system by robot, the location of Chasm City (a huge crater spewing unusual gases) was spotted. The crater and gases help to provide a breathable atmosphere for the city that is contained underneath 18 huge biodomes known collectively as "The Mosquito Net". Chasm City became one of humanity's greatest achievements as the Demarchists presided over a golden age known as the Belle Epoque. During this time, the city itself and the planet's orbiting habitat system (the Glitter Band) became a humanity-wide byword for opulence, luxury and success. This all changed, however, with the onset of the Melding Plague. As the buildings, implants and technology that ran Chasm City were disrupted and ran amok, the city in its current state was effectively destroyed along with its golden age. Humanity survived though, falling back onto long abandoned technology such as steam power, and the city stratified itself into two layers: The Mulch, and The Canopy. The Mulch is a shanty town at street level where the melding plague remained rife (possibly still existent), and The Canopy being a relatively modern retreat in the topmost stratum, where the rich cling to their technologically-enabled lifestyle with the remnants of their nanotechnology.

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