Wacovia

Wacovia is the name of a small town in southern Daawinaki province of the Orbin Federation and the subject of much of the As the Orb Turns canon.

The Town
Wacovia is small town, with about 15,000 people living in it. It features a high school (grades 6-12), an elementary school (grades K-5), a grocery store, a movie theatre, a video store, a bakery, and a (mostly abandoned) industrial sector.

Wacovia is rather gritty; indeed, many of its residents are working or lower-middle class. However, the town does have  a middle and upper-middle class population as well, most prominantly the Rolands, the Finches and the Clemmonses. In this way, Wacovia could be thought of as an unpolished stone: rough-looking at first glance, but with a hidden beauty for they who know how to see it.

History
During its heyday, Wacovia was a prominant industrial town. By 1990, however, two thirds of these industries had migrated elsewhere or simply folded and the factories were abandoned. This is discussed further in the story Field of Death (also called The Field).

Though its exact age is presently unrevealed, it can be assumed that Wacovia was probably established around the beginning of the 20th century.

While we get a very clear picture of the town from in the late 1980s and early 1990s, from about the year 2000 onward, the town is no longer shown; though most likely it has not changed a great deal.

Residents
People shown to live in Wacovia include Chrome Bumper and his family, Christine and her dad, Vivian and her family, Clarence and his mother and brother, Rusty and his mom, Gilbert and his family, and Lorelei and her family.

Susie's family live outside of Wacovia in the countryside, and Rusty's dad is presently in jail for posession, while Marie Herzeleid and her family live in Westminster several miles to the south.

Herr Grausamkeit is shown in Christine and Vivian Care for a Cat to live in Wacovia as well. Christine's mother lives in Little Cardiff, about an hour's drive to the west.

Meta-info
Wacovia predates As The Orb Turns, dating back to Aluminum Siding's creation. It was named after Wachovia Bank, which, in 2009, was bought up by Wells-Fargo, so the town was named as a sort of tribute. Wacovia was originally a misspelling, but later made canon. The unique spelling also helps differenciate it from the defunct bank.

Overall, Wacovia has appeared, been set in and/or mentioned in the following: Wacovia, in some ways, is modeled after Port Huron and Fort Gratiot, Michigan, USA. Although Wacovia, unlike the latter two places, is landlocked; Port Huron sits partly on the shore of Lake Huron and along the St. Clair River, while Fort Gratiot sits along the lakeshore. Port Huron is also about twice as large as Wacovia.
 * Aluminum Siding (31 episodes, directly named in many of them)
 * That's The Spirit
 * A Day Without Vivian
 * A Hard Night's Day
 * Stories in the City
 * The Election
 * Teacher's Pet
 * Christine & Vivian Care for a Cat
 * Field of Death
 * Lorelei's First Date
 * Masquerade and Dance
 * A Squatching We Will Go
 * Two Secrets
 * Heaven Over Wacovia