Novi Nigrad
Novi Nigrad (Yardistan; Nigrad Nehix ['ni.ʀad 'nɛ.ʔɪks]), situated on north coast of the island of Yardistan, is the capital of Sathrati. Situated in the north of the isle between the two northern peninsulas, the city was formed around what used to be a military base and port. While the palace of the Count Palatine of Mirioth and Amity is in the city of Vjemajnstaan, situated in the mountains to the south, most important functions of the emirati government are administered by the Council of Sathrati from Novi Nigrad.
'Nigrad' was the name of an city in Novi Dalmacija, a former barony in the Duchy of Kildare ruled by Stjepan Aracic, one of the progenitors of all Yardistan.
In the year 1650, the Ward of Nigrad Nehix was granted to Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh for his role as Master of the Jaysh al-Sathrati. He did not survive his appointment, but the Jaysh maintained their cantonments in that ward.
Between 1730 and 1732 the city saw its access to the sea blockaded by the Imperial Navy. Occasionally the city was bombarded and eventually invaded and 'liberated' by the Shirerithian Forces during the Sathrati Emergency.
In 1734 AN, in the midst of the war between Shireroth and the Benacian Union, Novi Nigrad was elevated to the status of temporary capital of the Imperial Republic. It housed the administration of the Imperial Government, and remnants of the Landsraad, Folksraad and Adelsraad.
