Arkadia

Arkadia, formerly known as  Camp Jaha, is the home-base of the Sky People. The camp is built around the crashed Alpha Station after it was brought down to Earth along with the other stations of The Ark. Arkadia is called home to the remaining Sky People who came to Earth in Alpha Station, Mecha Station, Factory Station, Farm Station, and the Delinquents' drop ship.

Overall
Arkadia is located on the east coast of North America in the former United States of America. Despite its latitude, the region experiences a cooler climate than it did pre-Apocalypse, likely due to nuclear winter, a long term effect of nuclear disaster. The local area displays flora and fauna that are commonly found in the northern United States and southern Canada, with the exception of seemingly out of place gorillas and panthers, likely descendants of zoo animals. The settlement is situated near a lake in a mountainous, heavily wooded area that is part of Trikru territory. Centered around the crashed Alpha Station, the settlement is the largest and currently only one of the Sky People as the former colony in Mount Weather was destroyed and the first colony, Delinquent's Camp was abandoned following the battle that took place there.

Economic and Social Features
The settlement of Arkadia like its predecessor The Ark seems to operate under a form of necessitated socialism. With resources so scare in space, a government controlled labor force and a planned economy was essential to survival, and the tough conditions on the ground has sustained the system. The people of Arkadia are assigned jobs based upon their skills and intelligence, their survival is so precarious that there is little room for personal preference in jobs. All citizens work, and instead of receiving monetary payment they receive food, clothing, security, and other necessities. There is evidence that this may be changing, as the Sky People were seeking trade agreements with the Grounders. Such trade would benefit both parties greatly: Grounders would benefits from advanced technology, particularly medicine while the Sky People could continue to build up an industrial base with scrap metal and scavenged technology.

Arkadia, small as it is, is the most technologically and industrially advanced settlement currently known. It has ample electricity (with the prospect of utilizing the still intact Philpot Hydroelectric Dam), a rough but serviceable medical facility, a bar with numerous alcoholic drinks for leisure and access to multiple vehicles. The settlement has at least a limited capacity to manufacture advanced products, as they have recovered the crashed Mecha station.

Season One
In "We Are Grounders (Part 1)", Jaha comes up with the idea to use The Ark as a dropship. He authorizes the launch. Alpha Station crashed on Earth less than half a day walk from the Delinquents' camp.

The camp was initially named after Thelonious Jaha, the last Chancellor of The Ark, who stayed behind to launch the other stations toward Earth. The idea came from Sinclair, who even made a sign to put at the front of the camp's gates, and was approved by Kane, the first Chancellor of the camp.

Season Two


Camp Jaha was built out of the wreckage of Alpha station and where the survivors of both Mecha and Alpha station settled as they searched for other Ark survivors and tried to arrange an alliance with the Grounders. In "Human Trials", Raven Reyes and Kyle Wick deactivate a section of the electrified fence surrounding Camp Jaha to allow the Delinquents to leave the camp when needed. In "Long Into an Abyss", Bellamy Blake tells Clarke Griffin to meet him at Raven's gate so he can take her back to the drop ship. The same gate is used twice in "Spacewalker", the first time to sneak Finn Collins out of Camp Jaha and the last time it is used is when Clarke leaves to mercy-kill Finn. In "Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2)" the amount of residents in Camp Jaha increased with the return of the remainder of the 48 captured Delinquents from Mount Weather.

Season Three
After three months have passed, Camp Jaha has been renamed to Arkadia and has undergone significant change. Ark survivors have constructed multiple large buildings, cleaned up most loose wreckage, and have made significant improvements to living conditions using supplies taken from the now-abandoned Mount Weather. It also appears that camp defenses have been built up in light of a shaky peace treaty with the Commander. Known facilities are a bar and a medical facility (which is notably under-equipped). The settlement has electricity (presumably from solar arrays) and appears to have some mechanical capability (judging by the vehicle that was rebuilt there). It is unknown how the camp produces food and other critical materials. There is a lake nearby that provided clean water until it was poisoned by the Grounders in retaliation for the attack on a Trikru village by the Sky People.

Location
Arkadia is located near a woodland area, in an open clearing. It is situated 22km S/SW from the dropship, and less than a day's walk from Tondc.

Notes and Trivia

 * Arkadia is similarly spelled to Arcadia, which is the name of one of the Colony's stations. (The Colony is the book series equivalent of the Ark.)
 * Arcadia is a term commonly used to portray an ideal "utopia."
 * The Exodus Charter was created on board the Ark as part of Project Exodus with new laws for when they return to earth.
 * Arkadia is the second camp made by the Sky People, the first being The Delinquents' Camp.
 * Prior to his death in Stealing Fire, Lincoln was the only Grounder to ever reside in Arkadia.

Camp Jaha