The Brabazon Workworld

"The sky smells of smog and furnace-fires. You near the workworld - where debtors, the poor, and the sick are put to use."

The Brabazon Workworld is a massive factory complex in Albion that employs the less fortunate, who might otherwise go to debtors' prison.

Work Them to Death

Its main purpose is the processing of hours, which as one might imagine, messes with how time works in the area. It is notorious for exhausting the lives of its employees - both due to its abysmal working conditions and because the depths of the workworld run on a faster clock than the outside; workers literally leave their shift years older than when they entered.

The People

The workworld is neighbored by a pleasant residential district called Little Nice, after the city in France; this is where its overseers and governor live. The Governor holds near-absolute power here, especially since the workworld is rather far from New London's authority.

Meanwhile, a revolution is brewing within, and many disgruntled workers are determined to unionize and reform the workworld's appalling conditions. They can't do it alone, however; they'll need help and supplies from an outside benefactor...