Cyrene

Cyrene
City Details
Country	Republic of Paxem
Nickname(s)	"'Rene", "The Capital"
Established	21st June 3021
Head of State	Martin Golez
Government	Constitutional Republic
Population	2,304,203
Demonym	Capitol citizen
Ethnic groups	Doggerland (43%) British (24%), German (12%), Slavic (Northern Russia) (7%), French (6%), Oscdean (6%), Dalkaisk (2%)
Religions	The Pontifical Church, Mormonism, Taeronism

Overview

Cyrene is a large city located on the shores of the Eastern Sea and surrounding the Bay of Cyrene. The capital city of the Republic of Paxem, Cyrene is one of the most populated cities on the Doggerland bank, and currently operates the largest port on the continent. It is famous for its governmental district, vibrant downtown area, large skyline, and electricity-generating seawall.

Inception

Originally, the city was designed by architects Antonin Kaldwin and Julia Meynora as a replacement capital for the Neu Corporate Republik after the planned destruction of Novenæ by Florian Steinbauer. Florian Steinbauer had a significant hand in the project's design as well, especially the federal sector of the city, where the large, imposing buildings reflected his obsession with power and status. In a book published by Julia Meynora after the war, she reported that Steinbauer stated "It needs to intimidate. It needs to show the rest of the universe that we're a force to be reckoned with."

After the end of the war and the defeat of the NCR, the plans for the capital were discovered in two locations - a room adjacent to Florian Steinbauer's office at the Chisel Enterprises regional headquarters in Novenæ, and within Julia Meynora's office in Neu Wiltshire. These plans were quickly requisitioned and studied by the newly formed Paxemese government, who was already preparing to construct a new capital due to the extensive damage and rumblings for independence in Novenæ.

Initial Construction

Work on the city began in August of 3021. A large port was constructed first along the shores of the Eastern Sea, in order to facilitate the transport of building materials. Sedona district, the region of the city surrounding the port, was constructed first. Large amounts of temporary housing for construction workers was erected and moved as the city expanded upward towards the Sedona mountains. Ground was broken on Cyrene International Sky Harbor shortly after, with the airport being completed just a month and a half later. Work continued into late November, when construction began on the two major boulevards extending eastward into the planned Federal District. The tens of thousands of construction workers worked at a blistering pace until a workers strike caused work in Sedona District to falter and stall for around two weeks.

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