A Medium Sized City That Walks Hand In Hand With Umbrella

Raccoon City is an industrialized city located in the midwestern United States of America. To the north, beyond the vast Raccoon Forest, is the Arklay Mountain Range. Within the Arklay Mountains is the Raccoon Dam, the source of the city's water supply. There's also Victory Lake, a well-known tourist attraction; Circular River, which runs through the city; and Marble River. Around the mountainous region, three species of herbs known for their healing properties thrive and all sorts of plants and animals call the forest their home. On holidays, the forest and lakes are a popular destination for many families and tourists, giving the city a close bond with the nature that surrounds it.

Raccoon City boasts a population of about 100,000 people, classifying it as a midsized metropolis. Once nothing more than a tiny town, the large-scale international Umbrella Corporation made the city's development possible. The outwardly clean pharmaceutical company began to create factory after factory. This brought about the rapid growth of the city and about 3 out of every 10 citizens were employed by Umbrella.

After his inauguration in 1987, Mayor Michael Warren, who served in office for 11 years and was held in high esteem, was honored with a commemorative bronze statue in city hall. He was formerly an expert on electricity and in 1963, he visited the city as an engineer to promote electrification. In 1968, he assisted in the completion of an electric trolley car in Europe and planned the city's transportation system as well. He developed an interest in administration and was praised for his distinguished service. Enabled by his acknowledgements, he became mayor in 1987.

Warren and Umbrella had an extremely close relationship and the city received much financial support for the corporation. Welfare, public service, the construction of medical facilities, public orders of maintenance... Umbrella invested in everything. The corporation gained even more influence in the city's politics and Raccoon City thrived under it. Umbrella even built a research facility underneath the center of the city, unbeknowst to the public and continued its top-secret viral research. Even then, Umbrella was the main sponsor of the tremendous city project, the Bright Raccoon 21st Plan, which was intended to fight crime and protect the environment. This established Umbrella's positive corporate image in the city. The S.T.A.R.S. Special Forces unit was established, further linking Umbrella with Raccoon City. Having provided 50% of the funds for the project, Umbrella waited for all doubt about their company to fade away. However, on the day in May 1998 when a deformed body was discovered on Cedar Ward's Marble River Shore, the gears began to turn...