Lantara
Build

87 plans, one small island

Every plan shows its price before you buy, and every building rises on the map over months. Here is everything you can approve over forty years.

National projects

The biggest builds of all

Late in the game, national projects close the gap on one meter for good. They take years, and they change the skyline.

Transshipment Hub

A crane line where the region swaps cargo.

Lagoon Barrage

A dam that makes the lagoon a reservoir.

Total Defence

All of us ready, every shore on watch.

Garden City

Trees on every road, parks in every district.

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Build

Homes, water, jobs and the port.

Housing Trust

A public builder with one job: safe flats, fast.

Builds in 4 months

Emergency Flats

Plain concrete blocks, kampong families first.

Builds in 4 months

New Town Blocks

Whole new towns with markets and schools built in.

Builds in 12 months

Second-Generation Towns

Bigger flats, lifts on every floor, a park each.

Builds in 12 months

Housing Estate

Another cluster of flat blocks, with shops downstairs.

Builds in 8 months

Home Ownership Scheme

Let tenants buy their flats. Owners stay and care.

Works at once

Kampong Upgrading

Pipes, drains and paved lanes for kampongs as they are.

Builds in 4 months

Storm-proof Building Code

Tied-down roofs, raised floors. Typhoons hit far softer.

Builds in 3 months

Westmoor Industrial Estate

Drain the western swamp and fill it with factories.

You choose the siteBuilds in 9 months

Harbour Cranes

New cranes on the Old Harbour wharves.

Builds in 6 months

Container Port

Deep berths for the new box ships.

You choose the siteBuilds in 18 months

Container Berth

Another berth and gantry crane. Build up to three.

Builds in 8 months

Deep-water Terminal

A quay on reclaimed land for the biggest ships.

Builds in 26 months

Transshipment Hub

National project: a crane line where the region swaps cargo.

National projectBuilds in 30 months

Lagoon Shipyards

Ship repair where the Selari built boats. Their families first.

Builds in 12 months

Tourism Board

Sell Lantern Night and hawker food to the world.

Works at once

Ember Catchment

Tanks and channels to catch the rain on Mount Ember.

Builds in 8 months

Rooftop Rain Tanks

A water tank on every roof. Small, cheap, ours.

Builds in 4 months

Lagoon Reservoir Dam

Dam the lagoon for fresh water. Selari lose their fishing.

Builds in 18 months

Water Recycling

Clean used water until it beats the rain.

Builds in 12 months

Desalination

Water from the sea. Costly, but nobody can cut it.

Builds in 18 months

Lagoon Barrage

National project: a dam that makes the lagoon a reservoir.

National projectBuilds in 24 months

Lagoon Reclamation I

Fill lagoon shallows for new land, over Selari fishing grounds.

Builds in 24 months

Lagoon Reclamation II

Push the seawall further. The last stilt houses go dry.

Builds in 30 months

Island Ring Road

One road round the island. Progress travels on it.

Builds in 6 months

The Metro

Trains under the city, Causeway End to Port Sel.

Builds in 24 months

Metro Line

One more line, and one more town an hour closer.

Builds in 14 months

The Skyport

An airport on North Cape for the whole region.

You choose the siteBuilds in 24 months

Investment Board Missions

Young officers sell the island to firms abroad.

Works at once

Finance Hub

Banks and insurers in towers on the new shore.

Builds in 12 months

Hawker Centres

Street stalls under one roof, everyone's food in one place.

Builds in 6 months

Garment and Electronics Workshops

Small factories in old warehouses, hiring thousands.

Builds in 6 months

Flatted Factories

Workshops stacked six floors high, a lift ride from home.

Builds in 9 months

Factory Block

Another stack of factory floors, let before the paint dries.

Builds in 8 months

Offshore Refinery Island

Join three reef islets and fill them with refineries.

Builds in 24 months

Island Bus Company

One fare, and a bus every ten minutes.

Builds in 3 months

Causeway Railway Upgrade

Double track from Causeway End to Port Sel.

Builds in 12 months

Estate Upgrading Programme

New lifts, roofs and covered walkways for old blocks.

Builds in 9 months

Typhoon Seawall

A lowland seawall built for the worst storm.

Builds in 6 months

Ember Deep Wells

Drill under Mount Ember for ancient water. The hills object.

Builds in 6 months

Stormwater Ponds

A pond in every town to catch the monsoon.

Builds in 9 months
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Unite

Hold four peoples together, and guard the coast.

Bilingual Schools

Every child learns the common tongue and their own.

Builds in 6 months

Neighbourhood School

A school a short walk from every new estate.

Builds in 8 months

Mixed Block Quotas

Every block houses all four communities, side by side.

Works at once

Shared Festivals

A holiday for each group, and one Lantern Night.

Works at once

The National Pledge

Forty words, said in every school each morning.

Works at once

Community Centres

A hall in every block for weddings, classes and games.

Builds in 6 months

Selari Boatyards Fund

Pay Selari boat-builders to build for the new port.

Builds in 3 months

Heritage Districts

Keep a stilt village and a shophouse row untouched.

Builds in 6 months

Interfaith Council

Every faith at one table, every month.

Works at once

Reef Guard Service

Every eighteen-year-old serves two years on coast and storm watch.

Builds in 6 months

Air Wing

Twelve planes and the pilots to fly them.

Builds in 12 months

Foreign Advisors

Experts from abroad who train the first officers.

Works at once

Coastal Forts

Refit the old gun forts on the reef channel.

Builds in 9 months

Total Defence

National project: all of us ready, every shore on watch.

National projectBuilds in 24 months

Five-Power Defence Pact

Four friendly navies promise to help. Nobody tests it.

Works at once

Regional Diplomacy

Friends in every capital. We never stand alone.

Works at once

Water Treaty Renewal

Pay Sundara fairly for a new, public pipe deal.

Works at once

Polytechnic

Fitters, welders and draughtsmen for the factories.

Builds in 12 months

National University

Engineers, doctors, and students who argue back.

Builds in 18 months

Civil Defence Corps

Neighbours with sirens and sandbags on every street.

Works at once

Reef Patrol Boats

Fast boats on the reef channel, day and night.

Builds in 6 months

Skills Development Fund

Night classes, paid for by every employer.

Works at once

Polyclinics

A doctor a short walk from every block.

Builds in 9 months

Town Clinic

A doctor and a nurse downstairs from the flats.

Builds in 8 months

Mother-Tongue Radio

Four stations, four languages, one news bulletin.

Builds in 3 months

National Stadium

Sixty thousand seats for the whole island.

Builds in 18 months

Garden City

National project: trees on every road, parks in every district.

National projectBuilds in 24 months

Town Councils

Residents run their own estates, and argue with neighbours.

Works at once
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Govern

Run the state. Its fast tools cost Liberty.

Anti-Graft Bureau

A small office that fears nobody but the PM.

Works at once

Civil Service Pay Reform

Pay officials well so they never need a bribe.

Works at once

Open Debate

Let the People's Front on the radio. Answer them there.

Works at once

Ombudsman

Anyone can complain, and someone must answer.

Works at once

Press Licensing

Papers renew licences yearly. They learn what not to print.

Works at once

Detention without Trial

Lock up rivals without trial. Fast, never forgotten.

Works at once

Security Patrols

Police on every corner of the tense districts.

Works at once

National Wage Council

Unions, bosses and government agree pay at one table.

Works at once

Union Law

No strikes in key trades. The docks go quiet, unhappily.

Works at once

Kampong Clearance

Clear lowland kampongs for blocks. Not every family agrees.

Builds in 6 months

Pioneer Tax Breaks

Five tax-free years for any new factory.

Works at once

National Reserves

Save in good years. Spend only in a real crisis.

Works at once

Auditor-General

An outside checker shows where every dollar goes.

Works at once

Island Census Office

Count every home. Ghost workers vanish; services fit real needs.

Works at once

National Savings Fund

Every pay packet saves a little, like it or not.

Works at once

Land Acquisition Act

The state may buy any land, willing seller or not.

Works at once

Emergency Regulations

Old colonial powers nobody ever repealed.

Works at once

Grassroots Committees

A committee in every block that knows everyone.

Works at once