Fort Domination

Fort Domination, the capital city of Tyramon, is a true fort. On one side of the city are mountains, and on the other are rocky, rough plains. The environment is dry and sandy, almost desert-like, and slightly toxic and radioactive. However, there is a river that runs through the city from the mountains, by the palace, through certain parts of town, and to the plains. It starts out relatively clean, but by the time it exits the city it is effectively sewage, as what little plumbing systems exist all dump into the river throughout the city, along with industrial and military wastes. In terms of lethality, swimming in it is comparable to being shot, perhaps worse.

The city is surrounded by a wall, a wall that looks sort of like the Great Wall of China except modernized to be stronger, outfitted with machine guns and AA guns, surrounded by a minefield, etc. (There are no mines on the several roads leading into the city.) There are also smaller walls that divide up the city into sections. Another large wall surrounds the palace and government buildings located at the far end of the city. The palace is half built into mountains for safety, along with certain government buildings. It is also known that there is something of a military base built inside the mountain. A fort within a fort.

The city is similar in style to cities in Africa and the Middle East, with slums on the outskirts and some nicer, richer buildings and factories closer to the river and especially by the palace.

The walls have an opening at the river, allowing ships to go through, although it is heavily secured, with all ships being inspected prior to entry. There is a naval station where the wall meets the river, and another, smaller one where the river runs by the palace. The palace one has some smaller naval vessels, but there is an aircraft carrier and some battleships at the wall one.

The Palace
The Palace was a very large building with several courtyards, gardens, and other buildings around it on the grounds, including a mix of luxury services, political and bureaucratic offices, and military installations, the largest of which seemed to be an airbase built into a massive cave in the mountain.

The Palace and grounds were quite nice, clearly managed by a capable maintenance staff. Exotic plants filled the gardens, a sharp contrast to the bland sands of the desert and industrial, slum-like city beyond the noble district. The buildings were large and ornate, and well maintained, unlike the crumbling city and purely utilitarian industrial districts. Thousands of paintings lined the halls and filled the walls of rooms in the Palace, many of which depicted battles, but some of which depicted other themes, from military and cultural expansion across land, to fruitful harvests, to great storms or gorgeous landscapes. There were some portraits of important historical figures, though few were recognizable to a foreigner. There were, of course, quite a few which were depictions of the Royal Emperor, as well as some other major nobility, royalty, and high-ranking military officers. Very few were of women.