City Block (Judge Dredd) - Overview

Overview

Also known as "starscrapers" or "stratoscrapers" (compare skyscraper), they are the most common form of mass-housing in Mega-City One, averaging a population of 60,000. Most city blocks are between four to seven hundred stories in height, though the very tallest ascend into the thousands. The larger city blocks are like a small nation unto themselves, almost completely self-reliant like arcologies. Most are named after celebrities of past and present, reality and fiction, e.g. Marlon Brando Block. Other blocks are 'in-jokes', named after people known to the creators, such as editorial staff or other creators.

All modern city blocks have their own defense force, Citi-Def, reserves recruited from the residents supposedly to assist the Judges in times of citywide emergency. More and more Citi-Def units are seeing active service as Auxiliary Judges, to help make up for the lack of manpower available to the Justice Department.