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{{Infobox city |nicknames=''Motor City'', ''Motown'', ''Aresville'' <!-- geography --> |admin_division_0=[[UCAS]] |admin_division_1=[[Michigan]] |coord_lat=42/19/53/N |coord_lon=83/2/45/W <!-- demographics --> |population_size=6,207,000 |metatype_distribution={{Tab3Start}} {{Tab3Entry|Human|:|66%}} {{Tab3Entry|Ork |:|10%}} {{Tab3Entry|Elf |:|9% }} {{Tab3Entry|Dwarf|:|7% }} {{Tab3Entry|Troll|:|7% }} {{Tab3Entry|other|:|1% }} {{Tab3Stop}} <!-- crime --> |syndicates=[[Mafia]] |gangs=[[Cutters]] }} '''Detroit''' or the '''Greater Detroit Metropolitan Complex''' is located in the state of [[Michigan]], in the [[UCAS]]. Site of the global headquarters for [[Ares Macrotechnology]], parent company of [[Knight Errant]] Security Services, Detroit is prosperous and one of the safest cities in the UCAS. It is held up as a model of balanced civic and corporate governance, with a mere two percent unemployment rate according to the [[2070]] census.<ref>{{src|swa}}, p.195</ref> ==History== After the formation of the UCAS, the formerly [[Canada|Canadian]] city of Windsor became a district of the Detroit metroplex in [[2032]].<ref name="t:ucas53">{{src|t:ucas}}, p.53</ref> In [[2046]] Ares sponsored a citywide celebration for the 150th anniversary of automobile manufacturing in Detroit, commemorating the completion of the Ford Quadricycle, the first experimental motor car built by Henry Ford in 1896.<ref>{{src|t:ucas}}, p.48</ref><ref>{{src|swa}}, p.64</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Quadricycle Wikipedia: Ford Quadricycle]</ref> In [[2081]] Ares plans to move its Global HQ to the [[CAS]]. ==Geography== Detroit is located on the eastern border of the state of Michigan along the Detroit River, north of Lake Erie. The Greater Detroit Metropolitan Complex stretches north to Sterling Heights, northwest to Pontiac, west to Dearborn and Plymouth, south to the former Canadian city of Windsor (across the river) and "downriver" to Wyandotte.<ref name="t:ucas53">{{src|t:ucas}}, p.53</ref> ==Cityscape== A recently completed eight-meter-tall wall surrounds the entire metroplex. The riverside skyline is dominated by Ares Macrotechnology's global headquarters, located in Knight Plaza, formerly Hart Plaza.<ref name="t:ucas53"/> ==Politics== The headquarters of the Council to Rebuild America is in Detroit.<ref>{{src|usb}} p. 82</ref> ==Economy== ===Corporate presence=== *[[Ares Macrotechnology]] global Headquarters <ref name="t:ucas53"/> *[[General Motors]] (GMC) *[[Evo]] *[[Stoner-Ares Weapon Systems]] Headquarters <ref>{{src|ssc}}, p.61</ref> ==Crime== ===Smuggling=== Detroit lies on the "[[Ares Screw]]" smuggling route.<ref>{{src|t:sh}}, p.82, 89 map</ref> ==References== <references/> ==Index== {{IndexStart}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=4|SRC=t:ucas|46-67 ''Detroit—Motor City'', 87 ''Detroit'', 90-91 ''Running in Detroit''}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=2|SRC=sona|175}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=2|SRC=swa|64, 82, 194 map, 195, 197, world map}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=1|SRC=ce|128}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=1|SRC=fc|24}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=1|SRC=t:sh|82, 83, 89 map}} {{IndexEntry|RANK= |SRC=ssc|61}} {{IndexEntry|RANK=1|SRC=nas|48}} {{IndexEnd}} ==External links== *{{wikipedialong|Detroit}} *{{Shadowiki|Detroit}} [[de:Detroit]] [[fr:Detroit]] [[pl:Detroit]] [[Category:Cities]] [[Category:Cities (North America)]] [[Category:Cities (UCAS)]]
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