![]() ![]() Casablanca, in the film of the same name.Atomic Blonde takes place in Berlin near the very end of the Cold War when the Wall is about to fall in November 1989, so naturally, the city is full of spies from both the NATO nations (chiefly USA, UK and France) and the Soviet Union.Its vast number of spies might also be because a Decadent Court has set up shop here. ![]() ![]() For when a group consists entirely of people who are meant to be infiltrating it, see Flock of Wolves. See also the Truce Zone, which is very often one of these. If all the world's spies seem to work in the city a Spy Drama is set in, it's a City of Adventure. These locations tend to occur in multi-polar 'verses (that is, with two or more power blocs) and are either neutral locations or the capital cities of the powers themselves. Taken to its logical conclusion, is not unlikely that most of the spies have ended up Going Native to some degree or another, because who else would be around to actually maintain the city and making sure that goods and services are still flowing otherwise? It might even be that the number of posted spies are equivalent to, or even outmatches the numbers of regular citizens, potentially creating a Flock of Wolves situation. ![]()
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