Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Capital city and federal district of the United States
Description	Move millions of bureaucrats between marble monuments and sprawling suburbs.
Map history	Added to game	9 October 2025
Population	2,298,265

Washington, D.C. - known for its neo-classical public monuments, museums, and government offices, as well as diverse and thriving neighborhoods such as Georgetown, Adams Morgan, H Street, and Anacostia - is the capital city of the United States, located in a special Federal District between Maryland and Virginia. Though the city proper has less than one million in population, the sprawling Maryland and Virginia suburbs house millions of people.

The map area also includes much of Baltimore , though no POPs or workplaces are simulated.

Map

The Washington, D.C. map covers much of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, stretching from Laurel, MD in the north to Quantico, VA in the south, and from US Route 301 in the east to Leesburg, VA in the west. This covers most of the major population centers of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties in Maryland, as well as the rapidly-growing counties of Northern Virginia.

Greater Washington is a pluricentric metro region, with multiple downtown areas. Most jobs are clustered in downtown DC and Northern Virginia, such as Federal Triangle, the United States Capitol Building, L'Enfant Plaza, Rosslyn in Arlington County, VA, and the Pentagon (the second-largest office building in the world). Other major employment centers further out include Silver Spring in Maryland, and Tysons Corner, Springfield, and Alexandria in Virginia. There are two major airports: National Airport (DCA), near downtown DC, and Dulles International (IAD), located further out in Loudoun County. Washington DC has numerous major universities represented in-game, such as Howard University (Northeast DC), American University (Northeast DC), NVCC Annandale and George Mason University (Northern Virginia), and UMD College Park (Prince George's County, MD).

A good starting route that will have high ridership starts in Ballston, traveling east under Fairfax Drive, paralleling the real-life Metro Orange Line, crossing under the Potomac River. There are numerous job centers near and along K Street, and terminate the line at Union Station. This line can easily be expanded to link up with the Pentagon, National Airport, or by following the real-life Silver Line route, Dulles Airport.

Points of Interest (future research)

Washington, D.C. is a major tourist city, being the seventh-most visited American city by tourists in 2022-2023. Major points of interest include the National Mall, home to almost all of the major Smithsonian museums, Nationals Park baseball stadium, Capital One Arena, the National Zoo in Woodley Park Northwest, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Rock Creek Park. Outside of DC there are also numerous other points of interest, such as Arlington National Cemetery, Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts, and FedEx football stadium.