Greenlake

Greenlake is a mediocre-size bustling town located in Nye State, but quite close to the borders of Jefferson and Idaho. The name of the city comes from a large lake of which the city is built around, but also is joked about due to it's mostly remote location.

Flag
Greenlake's flag was adopted in March 2001. The flag consists of two ellipses, one of which separating and covering the other, and a stripe. The first and larger ellipse is blue and represents the "lake" in Greenlake, while the green represents you know what. The silver stripe and inner ellipse is due to the fact it hails from Nye State, the "Silver State" (normally Nevada), and the eight-pointed star inside it is meant to represent the hundred-year number it was generally founded in (1800).

History
Greenlake's history before 1875 is unclear, but it is known that it was formed in 1882 during the conquests of the West by the United States due to it's Manifest Destiny policy. The city itself was initially named Lago Verde, but was renamed in 1901 after the rise of anti-immigrant (including Spanish) feelings due to the nativist movement.

During WW2, Greenlake became one of the cities seemingly exempt from most drafts; the reason being unclear, but likely due to it's remote location in the country and a combination of poor feelings for World War II at the time.

Over the years after 1950, Greenlake was the home of numerous businesses and is seen as the home of most of the robotics industry, with many known companies having been formed around the city center. It was also home to Halcyon Labs during it's workings as an alcohol (and later medical) company and today most robotics factories, including those of the former Halcyon Labs, are headed in Greenlake.

In 2021, Greenlake suffered a nuclear power plant collapse which nearly brought most of the city to an uninhabitable state; however, as no radiation leaked, all they could do was just relocate some people farther out and start cleaning operations.

Culture
Greenlake's culture is shaped mostly by the desert, the lake, and a combination of the two. The citizens and city itself pride in being called the "Oasis of the Sierra Nevada" and cherish the waters, preventing fishing companies from making their home and etcetera etcetera.

Greenlake's status in the West is often seen as a rival the likes of Long Island City and Argonaut, though in population they both vastly overpower the city.