Santa Maria is a collection of cities I created tied together into one cohesive country. They vary in size from small towns to major metropolises, and as I have gained confidence in my cartography skills, my maps have transitioned from very basic municipalities such as South Binghampton and Port Surrey to much more complex cities such as Faulkstone and New Bridgeport. When developing the cities, I considered both a mix of what I would look for in a city combined with taking realistic ideas from modern American cities. The one element that I implemented in some of my smaller cities that you would never see in American small towns was an extremely high density. Towns with under 100,000 residents in Santa Maria occasionally had densities similar to that of San Francisco, whereas in American towns we see much more single-family housing and sprawl rather than apartments and walkable streets. I chose to do this because I believe that allowing for higher densities and walkable neighborhoods allows for much more vibrant and lively communities and prevents social isolation that many small-town America residents face. All my city maps for Santa Maria are hand-drawn with a pencil and ruler, and took as long as anywhere from around one or two hours for small towns such as Battersea and Brighton-upon-Rawsbury to around 120 hours over the course of two or three months for Faulkstone.