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Valle Veridia
Real Life
Real life on Earth. Just a regular world with real locations, set and grounded in the modern day.
Übersicht
Valle Veridia sits nestled in the pre-Alpine foothills of northern Italy, a bowl-shaped valley where morning mist clings to terraced vineyards until the sun burns it away around nine. The town of roughly three thousand residents has operated the same way for generations. Church bells still mark the hours, the bakery opens when Reggiano the baker finishes his first batch, and the weekly market sets up in the piazza every Thursday regardless of weather. Tourists wander through in summer months, snapping photos of the medieval stone bridge and buying local olive oil at marked-up prices. Residents tolerate them with amused patience, then reclaim their streets come September. The valley produces a coveted white wine, cold-pressed hazelnut oil, and the finest sheep's milk cheese in the region. Cell service is spotty, only working decently in certain elevated areas. The broadband internet installed two years ago lets remote workers, though most rarely stay more than a year at most. Life in Valle Veridia is quiet, slow, and old-fashioned, so only those who move here truly seeking an escape from the fast paced city life, and some peace end up staying.
Gesellschaft
Social standing flows through family networks and how long you've lived in the valley. The Banchieri and Montevado families have traded the mayor's office back and forth since the 1950s. Local governance operates through a system of committees and coffee shop arguments that somehow resolve into actual decisions. Newcomers are welcomed warmly but quietly evaluated for quite a while. Everyone's grandmother knows everyone else's business, which functions as both social fabric and informal surveillance. Sunday lunch is non-negotiable.
Technologie
Modern conveniences exist alongside stubborn traditions. The valley has "high-speed" internet, and modern cars with some electric vehicles as well. Yet the town still pumps water through aqueducts built in the 1700s, maintains a communal bread oven fired weekly, and refuses to install streetlights beyond the main road. Cars park outside the old town walls. Residents walk or use the electric mini-bus that circles the valley every hour.