Capital of Sanama

Sanama has two capital cities, Fatehpur Sikri hosting the government and president, and Niyi hosting the Lhusan Nasyonal and National Judex.

Background

The capital of Sanama was until 1759 Semisa City. On 1.I.1760, the status of capital was moved to Fatehpur Sikri and Niyi, to better reflect their importance. At that time, the government and presidential offices and relocated to Fatehpur Sikri, while the Lhusan Nasyonal and National Judex moved to Niyi. As a result, the different branches of government would be physically separated for the first time, by 600 kilometers. By 1.I.1761, Semisa City would merge into Harekina, while retaining its own canton.

Niyi served as capital of Sanama from independence in 1671 until 1679, when it was moved to Sanama City, later renamed Semisa City. The goal was to relocate the capital to a more central area of the new nation, as well as removing the capital status of Niyi, after tension arose with the leadership in Fatehpur Sikri. This conflict also had an ethnic identity dimension, with the Ama dominating in Fatehpur Sikri and the Sani in Niyi. Moving the capital city status to a completely different area on the border between the Ama, Sani and Istvanistani was aimed at promoting unity and avoiding unnecessary ethnic tension. With the retrocession of Thanatos and to Shireroth in 1702, the capital no longer was located in the center of the nation, instead lying 50 kilometers from the border with Shireroth. However, the logistics of moving the capital yet again was considered impractial. Decades later around 1750, the goal had more or less been achieved. While the old divisions of Ama and Sani was still evident in the dialects of Sanaman, most people identified more strongly with the Sanaman identity than the dialect they spoke, even though Ama and Sani remained quite divergent. It had also become apparent that a relatively small city close to the border, in an area not densely populated, struggled to compete with the two dominant metropolitan areas, accounting for a third of the nation's population and half its GDP. Fatehpur Sikri had cemented its position as the economic and financial center of Sanama, while Niyi was the undisputed industrial and commercial hub. By 1755, concrete plans had been put into action to split the function of capital city between the two metropolises.