Zed Canal

The Zed Canal was a canal built in North New Zealand by the country's dictator, mpm1122, and constructed by the German company Holzmann Construction. It runs through the upper portion of New Zealand straight South, intersecting around the middle for a branch that goes some way through the continent before turning South again and exiting.

Construction
Construction took a little over 4 hours to complete the whole canal, and no deaths are known to have happened during construction. It uses Prismarine as a scrape-resilient base, Polished Andesite as side walling, and Smooth Stone as an outline and slip resistant walkway.

Design
The Canal has 3 waterways, one West-East, one middle section from North-South that connects the other 2 together, and the third section that starts at the West side of the country and goes approximately half way through before turning South.

The entrances and exits of the canal revolve around 2 gates. Originally it was planned to have these gates open up with a set of sticky pistons and slime blocks, however due to the canal's water level being 2 blocks below sea level, it was not possible to get a boat out of the canal. After a short series of testing, it was decided to use one open gate and one closed gate. Upon entering the first gate, you dock at the second gate and exit. Pick up your boat and place it on the other side, and continue on your way.

When leaving, you do the reverse; Dock on one of the side stations, walk up the stairs, and move your boat into the bed in between the first and second gates. You are now able to leave the canal and resume on your way.

There are 3 canal entrances; Gates A, B, and C. Gate A is the Southern-Most gate, nearest to the Ledger Hut. Gate B is directly North of Gate A, underneath the bridge. Gate C is located on the South-West side of New Zealand, in the L shaped canal wing.

Buildings
The only building that is attached to the canals is the Zed Canal Ledger Hut, which is used for tracking boats and materials that enter and exit the canal. It features a Panama-Style blue and white color pallet, with an extended roof over the skirt of the building, and an internal patio on the East wing nearest to Gate A of the canal.