Mesa

Sector 33N-111W

This sector covers many of the eastern suburbs of the Phoenix sprawl, including Mesa proper, Chandler, Gilbert, and Tempe, as well as vast areas of the Arizona wilderness. In the prime universe, the East Valley Sprawl has swallowed much of the flatlands (as of 2010, Mesa proper was the center of Arizona's population), and the Salt River Canyon is largely drowned by massive reservoirs, but the Superstition Wilderness remains nearly as unspoiled as its primeval analogue.

The original indigenous people, the canal-building Hohokam (Huhu-kam) remain in the area in the prime in the form of their descendants, the Pima (Akimel O'odham) people, who, along with the Maricopa (Piipaash), maintain a sizable presence in reservations along the Salt and Gila River floodplains, where they run several sizable casinos to supplement their traditional agrarian lifestyle. Also present in force are significant elements of the Western Apache people, at Fort McDowell.

Locations

 * L1 - Arizona State University, East Valley Sprawl
 * L2 - Salt River Canyon, Superstition Mountain Wilderness
 * L3 - Fort McDowell Nation, Gila River Nation, Mesa LDS Temple, Salt River Nation

Spawns

 * C - mule deer
 * B - American mammoth, dire javelina, dire rattlesnake, giant ground sloth
 * A - dire chuckwalla

Items

 * prickly pear candy

Political Control

 * indigenous American tribes (Maricopa, Pima, Western Apache) ?-1840
 * Mexico (United Mexican States - Centralist and Second Federal Republics) - 1840-1848
 * United States of America - 1848-1861
 * Confederate States of America - 1861-1862
 * United States of America - 1862-present

Adjacent Zones

 * North - Sector 34N-111W Payson (Arizona)
 * East - Sector 33N-110W Globe
 * South - Sector 32N-111W Casa Grande
 * West - Sector 33N-112W Phoenix