Bee Haven
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Population: | ~2,968 |
Predominant language: | Common tongue, East Moorland Dialect |
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Main roads: | Paddock Highway |
Major districts: | Chandler, Whalebone |
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Current mayor: | Fitzroy Glamorgan |
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Bee Haven, is the capital city of Beelandia (the Moorland Antarctic Territory) within the Kingdom of Moorland. The city was founded around 1460 as the capital of the Kingdom of Beebland, but due to the extreme weather did not grow like other cities across Micras. At one point the city dwindled to a low point of around one-hundred inhabitants, but in recent years has seen an uptick in growth thanks to ongoing research and increased tourism. Bee Haven featured prominently in the ill-fated Misfit War which saw the island invaded by Babkha and Menelmacar. Much of the defense works from the war are still evident on the island, and have become a point-of-interest for tourists. The city's economy is largely dependent on revenues generated by tourism, fishing, and the export of honey from the Hypernostrian Honeybee.
The discovery of the Kaspar Particle Accelerator in 1731 prompted renewed interest in Hypernostria and the development of the Kaspar Particle Accelerator Laboratory (KPAL) a year later. The construction and staffing of the lab, as well as the need to import materials and provisions through Bee Haven, has greatly enhanced the economy of the town and Beelandia as a whole. It has also seen an influx of new residents as many staff and their families have come to live here as part of the ongoing longterm research at the lab. Following the East Keltian Collapse and Southern Scurvy, the town saw an influx of refugees who were invited to settle in the region. Most of those who accepted were South Sea Islanders. By 1741 the population of the town had increased by a thousand residents.