Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone, Illuminatia
Population:
- 193,864 (250 AI Census)
- 710,000 (300 AI estimate)
Rank: 39
Demonym: Stoned
Primary trading partners: Requiem, Voyage a Deux, Béla Fleck, Miles Davis, Clapton
Rolling Stone a significant city located near, but not upon, Illuminatia's southwestern coast. Rolling Stone maintains its own identity as a city independent of ties to the Southwestern Megalopolitan Complex, although it lies just outside of the traditional boundaries of the conurbation.
The economy in Rolling Stone is propelled by the publication and journalism industry, with a specific concentration of business in the magazine publishing sector.
Rolling Stone is notable in its unusual geographic position as a large city within the vicinity of a coast not actually located on such a coast. In Illuminatia, settlement patterns usually result in an area's dominant city being located on the coast at the mouth of a river of some sort, given the available coincidence of a coast and river outlet. Rolling Stone is different in that it is some distance upriver on the banks of the River Stone. Nobody is quite sure why the populace of the settlement of Rolling Stone was so much more successful at enlarging its city than the towns elsewhere on the river, despite Rolling Stone's predating other nearby settlements by a few AU.
As of the 250 AI Census, Rolling Stone had a population of 193,864 residents, making it Illuminatia's 39th-largest city. Rolling Stone has experienced impressive growth since then and it is estimated the city will have a population more than 710,000 by the 300 AI Census, an increase of almost 370% over 50 AU.
Rolling Stone was settled by expedition forces originating from Requiem, to the south, and Voyage a Deux, to the north. Rolling Stone, at its location vaguely equidistant between the two primary settlement cities, was viewed to be a logical place to establish the first settlement that they seeded. Settlers of Rolling Stone were members of the Second Multiversal Duplication of the Lucidus II ship, much like most cities in the vicinity of Illuminatia's southwestern coast.
Rolling Stone was named in honor of the Earthly music-oriented publication.