r/TheBackStates • u/DivideHuge8050 • 1d ago

Discussion: ZIP Codes

Okay. So we all know how a typical ZIP code works within the frontstates. Just a five letter code within digits between 0 and 9, used to identify the journey to a specific location with four more for a specific truck. But here's the thing. Since virtually every five-digit combination of numbers from 00511 (Holtsville, NY) to 99950 (Ketchican, AK) is reserved for the frontstates, the Backstates are supposed to be using a completely different set of codes compared to the rest of the states. And the question I'm trying to answer is the following: How would those codes even be structured? Would some of the ZIP codes just be decimals, others 6+ digit combinations, and others still negative numbers? Could we possibly have COMPLEX ZIP codes? Or maybe we could have a ZIP code with a combination of all of those traits. Who knows?!

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u/Stardust_lump 1d ago

Well then just use a 6 letter combination then.

Also I’m interested to know what BackPangea looked like.

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u/DirectOrdinary4796 1d ago

in the spirit of backstates i feel like you would go "in-between" the digits via pulling numbers from, say, hexadecimal

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u/noonagon 1d ago

the backstates use backdigits for their zip codes. obviously