Transcript from the Paradox Nightly News broadcast:
"....and in other news, after much delay, the town of Matar was officially founded today. Viewers may recall that former Governor Bedfellow arranged for a highway interchange to be constructed where the Interstate crossed over the ocelot farm owned by his second cousin's mother-in-law. Soon after the completion of the interchange, Governor Bedfellow was impeached, and the ocelot farm went under as people discovered they didn't make good pets. Ownership of the land has been contested for the past three years and all claimants to the estate recently perished in a freak accident. The land reverted back to the state and today, a new town has been born."
Not much to look at - just a former free-range ocelot farm and a highway interchange. Guess it pays to know the people in charge.
Enticed by the offer of cheap land, a few adventurous souls (and some that were just on the run from the law) set out to make a new start. They cleared away some brush and discovered Governor Bedfellow must have diverted more state money than anyone realized, as a dilapidated coal plant and some water pumping stations were discovered.
And a new restaurant was built by the highway to separate travelers from their money
Will the town be able to attract enough people before their initial funding runs out? We'll see....
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