Poverty

Poverty is a place where "the poor" live, both physically and in the very depths of their black, black souls.

Geography
Located near Crystal Fountains, Poverty is a fair and bright land, where the sun shines everyday and wind is non-existant, making precipitation in Poverty scarce.

Trickling down the rocks of Poverty's only mountain, the Big Rock Candy Mountain, are alcohol streams which feed the many lemonade springs. These tributaries flow into the numerous whiskey and stew lakes.

Flora and Fauna
This diverse land is home to many species:
 * birds
 * bluebirds
 * bees
 * rubber-teeth bulldogs
 * hens that lay softboiled eggs
 * handout bushes
 * cigarette trees

Economy
Poverty has a railroad-based economy. The majority of povertarians work as breakman or hobos. What makes Poverty's railroad industry unique is that one occupation is reserved for the handicapped: "railroad bulls". Law enforcement also extends employment to the many parapalegic.

Prior to the railroads, Poverty's economy was agricultural-based, with many fruit and hay farmers.

Soon after the railroads began, sock manufacturing was introduced. The close of the sock era came quickly, however, after an emotional and polarizing trial that ended with the hanging of a notorious inventer. Hat-making soon took sock's place.

Tourism
Most people who live in Poverty choose to do so, but within the last 12 years, a tourism industry has boomed.

Guides offer weekend-long excursions allowing visitors the chance to fully experience turn-of-the-century railyards, whose empty boxcars dot the landscape.

These tours come complete with authentic campsites, and tours of the tin jails popular at the time.