Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-294840-20170719134411/@comment-14138255-20170915005024

Vacuo and Atlas seem to be the ends of the spectrum in many ways.


 * Vacuo is socially informal and disorganized, making for harsh interactions if you're an outsider but friendlier to their own. Atlas I'd much more formal and structured even outside its elite, being at least outwardly friendlier to others but internally more hostile.


 * Vacuo has practically no government and resists any attempts to create any power structure outside Shade Academy. Atlas however has a very central government that has visible power, to the point of being capable of quarantining its borders.


 * Shade's school uniform is nonexistent, being whatever their students want to where, resulting in colorful combinations. Atlas however has pure white/grey uniforms, in essence having no color (though debatably, since it's white it'd be every color).


 * Shade is one of the only major institutions in Vacuo, making it the de-facto government, by popular approval. Atlas, or at least the city around it, became the de-jure ruling institution, moving from de-facto after getting all the economic and governmental power.


 * Vacuo is in a hot and arid desert, Atlas is in a cold and frozen desert (technically).

Such a large difference. Vale leans more toward Vacuo's more liberal end by having many aspects of Atlas (uniforms, bigger cities, etc.) but having more color and freedom about them. Mistral leans more to Atlas' example with colorless uniforms and a larger class divide.