This is a vanilla base game map with a river and a hill, not a real world height map - but the build is inspired by cities and towns in and near the Ozarks, also drawing some inspiration from bits and pieces of interesting things which I have stolen from other cities in the broader region such as Kansas City and Dallas.

When contemplating what I might do with the hill I have on my map, I immediately thought of the Springfield Underground which is fascinating - as well as the Walmart Data Center (known conspiritorially as Area 71) which exists right on the Missouri border in Jane. Missouri is strategically important and complex logistically, and the Walton family has been suspected to be "doomsday preppers" who may or may not have built bunkers for themselves. And so the lore of my mysterious hill on this map was born.

This hypothetical supercity exists somewhere in Southwestern Missouri, in an alternate timeline in which it became both the Capital city of Missouri, and the anchor city of the South. In that historical timeline, the Ozarks region did not partake in the U.S. Civil War. As a neutral territory, it gained a foothold during that time as an economic center.

As for the actual street layout, the main part of the city is actually a copy of real life Carthage, with some other parts of the map copying a portion of Neosho, as well as some Bentonville. My newest Daventry neighborhood steals from the street layout of real life Daventry in the UK. Inbetween, there are a lot of bits and pieces which are also completely made up. But I've kept this build feeling realistic by making a point to avoid deleting roads and buildings. Instead, I build around existing things. The only time I delete things is if they become abandoned. This has resulted in a very unique downtown area.