Since its founding, Union City has been the embodiment of the fears that drove families in to the suburbs – those gentle retreats from the urban battleground. Union City has always been a dark place, full of crime, violence, and the unseen things that dart in the corner of your eye. It is a city of graveyards, alleys, and asylums. It is a paranoid nightmare of an urban jungle filled with poverty, predators and principalities.

Citizens - those who tuck their children into bed - own Union City during the day but once the sun begins its descent into the western horizon they flee the island to the comfortable track homes and brownstones that guard against the enemy. They abandon the highrises and neon clubs to the nocturnal overlords who command unseen powers. The night is ruled with gunshots, baseball bats, and bloodletting. The civil rules of the citizens do not apply.

• SIZE: 299 square miles
• CITY POPULATION: 7,120,000
• METRO POPULATION: 16,795,000 (Empire County)
• DENSITY: 23,813 sq mile

• ALTITUDE: 42 feet

• WEATHER: Use Chicago 1985

City Nicknames: The Crimson City, Beirut on the Lake, Queen of the Lakes, The Magic City, Freight City, City of Beers, Empire City

• Atlas Towers (5 clustered buildings of 1,250 ft)
• The Spire (1,985 feet and the tallest building in the world)
• The Union Sentry (Harbor Monolith)
• The Hall of Faces (memorial of the Zero Point Event)

• Bus: Metro Transit including Coventry and Haven.
• Elevated Rail: RTA Redline, a.k.a Red Rita along the waterfront.
• Subway: RTA Blue and RTA Green serving the city and the county.
• Driving: Driving the congested streets of Union City is not recommended. Parking is akin to winning the lottery.

• Working: 17 million in the city
• Unemployed: 5.2 million (Empire County)

• Baseball: Union City Saints & Coventry Lightening
• Basketball: The Kings, Haven Ravens, Union City Jacks
• Football: Union City Marauders, The Sharks