Johanssen Suns
City: Johanssen, Captial District, South Georgia
Population: 66,000
Home Field: South Georgia National Stadium (capacity: 14,000)
South Georgia's capital,
Johanssen. (Port Charles is to the top-right of this image)
There is one thing about South Georgia... it's bleep'in windy!
Thankfully, not everywhere! When the island became independent in 1989, a referendum was held to choose the island's capital city. It was between the original settlement in Port Charles, or Johanssen... a town next door on the shore of the Iris Bay, sheltered from much of the wind and harsh weather.
The citizens chose Johanssen thanks to it's lack of wind.
Despite not having a port (relying on Port Charles for it's resources), Johanssen thrived as a government town. It grew rapidly and became the hub of central South Georgia. In 1999, in order to compensate for the lack of a port, the city built the biggest airport in South Georgia.
Thanks to these factors, the city has become a bit of a white-collar town, concentrating on business and education. The town has further grown thanks to the relatively peaceful weather there. It sounds silly to win a captial city referendum thanks to wind..... but try to tell that to the airplane pilots who have to land their plane on the other side of the island in
*bleep'in* Salvesen!
The white-collar culture means Johanssen is home to the largest University on the island: South Georgia University, home of the "Greencaps".... perhaps the most under-performing of the 4 schools playing in the SGUA (SG University Athletics) Baseball league.
Still, ever the city to think big, after building the biggest airport on the island, they then built the biggest baseball park, too. The "South Georgia National Stadium" holds 14,000 people, and is the home of the SGBL's Johanssen Suns!
Hmm.... a South Georgia National Baseball Team... let's get back to that at some point 