Madripoor

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Madripoor is a fictional comic book island located in the Southeast Asia of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. Based on illustrations, its location is shown to be in the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca, southwest of Singapore.

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General

Madripoor is a fictional island apparently based on Singapore; they are both south Asian island port nations with a single major city. Its official name is the Principality of Madripoor, and its capital and single large city is Madripoor, which is divided between wealthy Hightown and impoverished, crime-ridden Lowtown. This serves to represent the extreme social inequality in Madripoor, described as "A place for the very rich and the very poor".

Madripoor was once a haven for pirates, and that tradition is somewhat continued today with its lawless quality; the Principality does not allow other nations to extradite criminals. However, it is one of the business capitals of the Pacific Rim, with its own Trade Center.^{[citation needed]}

Other locations of note in the Central Business District are the Bank of Hong Kong and the Bank of Malaysia, luxurious Sovereign Hotel, and the Prince's Palace, said to rival Versailles.

Recently, the nation was taken over by HYDRA with Madame Hydra as de facto ruler, using the nation to finance terrorist plots against the world. With Hydra's terrorist operations causing deaths in the thousands, Iron Man and SHIELD took it upon themselves to overthrow the Hydra regime and place the nation in the hands of Tyger Tiger.

Geography

Madripoor is estimated to be 100 miles in diameter. Its coastline is pockmarked with deep water bays and inlets. The center of the island is a large plateau with steep cliffs.

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[edit] Associated residents

Notable current and former residents of Madripoor include:

• Patch, co-owner of the Princess Bar
• Prince Baran - former ruler (deceased)
• former revolutionary and current head of state Tyger Tiger (Jessan Hoan)
• crimelord General Nguyen Ngoc Coy(deceased)
• crimelord Roche (killed by Tyger Tiger)
• Tai, chief of police (deceased)
• Archie Corrigan, owner of South Seas Skyways (deceased)
• O'Donnell, co-owner of the Princess Bar (deceased)
• Jessica Drew, private investigator
• Lindsay McCabe, actress
• Karma, Member of the New Mutants and niece to General Nguyen Ngoc Coy
• Sapphire Styx, psychic vampire
• Roughouse, enforcer to General Coy and Viper
• Bloodscream, enforcer to General Coy and Viper
• Madame Joy
• Viper - (terrorist) recently deposed ruler of Madripoor
• Seraph - former lover and trainer of Wolverine (deceased)
• Chang - Agent of Landau, Luckman & Lake (deceased)