Ghoulag
One of Hell's oblasts half-way between Hell City and Empthy.
Ghoulag has an extraordinarily cold climate. Though it is only a small
area in the middle of the balmy, temperate Ouiskie plains, Ghoulag is
frozen and covered in snow all year. Because of this unfortunate climate
it is sparsely populated, mostly by dissidents who have been banished from
the rest of County Hell. Ghoulag's tiny capital is named Frosthy.
The reason for the climatic oddity is the second greatest ecological catastrophe
in Fredonia's history (second only to the
immigration of the balrogs). Here, about fifty years ago, Hell's biggest
refrigerator factory exploded due to general misplanning and overwork.
Tons of coolant fluids were sprayed over a wide area and lowered the
temperature.
For a while, the Helluvan government tried to build wintersport facilities
in Ghoulag and advertize it as holiday resort with the slogan "Hell's
Hell", but success was very limited. One reason for the failure are the
nearby Ashlands, another oblast shaped by reckless
industrialization, where skiing on fine powdery ash and grime is also
possible all year round, in a much more appealing climate.
It is of mild anecdotic interest that Hell's refrigerator models are named
after pop stars. The explosion initiated in a hall stacked with luxury
models of the series Cher Noble.