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| | | native_name = Πετρούπολις (Constancian)<br>پتروپولیس (Babkhi) | ||
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| founder = [[Jaime Augusto Joaquin Primo de Aguilar]] | |||
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: ''Not to be confused with Petropolis (formerly [[Hatrecht]]), a former Constancian settlement in [[Kendall|Kendall Isle]].'' | |||
'''Petropolis''' is the | '''Petropolis''' is the administrative capital of the [[Imperial State of Constancia]], serving as the seat of the [[Imperial Synklētos]] and the primary residence of the [[Autokrator of Constancia]]. Located in central [[Eura]] on an elevated limestone plateau, the city was founded in {{AN|1694}} and has developed into a meticulously planned urban center. The city was named in honour of the then Basileus [[Petros III]]. It is located in, but is not part of the [[Molivadia|Principality of Molivadia]] in central [[Eura]], very near the border with [[Aqabah]]. | ||
It is located in, but is not part of the [[Molivadia|Principality of Molivadia]] in central [[Eura]], very near the border with [[Aqabah]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Long contemplated, the city of Petropolis was notified to the [[Micras Cartography Society]] on 9.VII.{{AN|1694}} as being established at a location on the border of Aqabah and Molivadia provinces. The area selected for the city was effectively a virgin site, without prior habitation, chosen for its proximity to the previously planned route of the [[Pan-Euran Highway]]. Whilst diplomatic issues with the [[Thraci Confederation]] had cast doubt upon the original course of the highway, the decision to relocate the seat of government to the planned city continued regardless as the [[Autokrator of Constancia]] sought to demonstrate his power over the Imperial State. | Long contemplated, the city of Petropolis was notified to the [[Micras Cartography Society]] on 9.VII.{{AN|1694}} as being established at a location on the border of Aqabah and Molivadia provinces. The area selected for the city was effectively a virgin site, without prior habitation, chosen for its proximity to the previously planned route of the [[Pan-Euran Highway]]. Whilst diplomatic issues with the [[Thraci Confederation]] had cast doubt upon the original course of the highway, the decision to relocate the seat of government to the planned city continued regardless as the [[Autokrator of Constancia]] sought to demonstrate his power over the Imperial State. | ||
===Planning=== | ===Planning=== | ||
Petropolis was originally planned to be in [[Kendall|Kendall Isle]] or [[Jaris]], in the territory known as [[Oranje]]. Circumstances resulted however in [[Operation Franciscanian Exit]] and the withdrawal from that territory, although the files and plans remain in careful storage in the offices of the Thema Oranjēsiōn. With the rise of [[Primo de Aguilar]] as eventual [[Autokrator of Constancia]], these plans were superintended by a specialized desk in the [[Primokratía|Imperial Chancellery]]. | Petropolis was originally planned to be in [[Kendall|Kendall Isle]] or [[Jaris]], in the territory known as [[Oranje]]. Circumstances resulted however in [[Operation Franciscanian Exit]] and the withdrawal from that territory, although the files and plans remain in careful storage in the offices of the Thema Oranjēsiōn. With the rise of [[Primo de Aguilar]] as eventual [[Autokrator of Constancia]], these plans were superintended by a specialized desk in the [[Primokratía|Imperial Chancellery]]. | ||
The plan for Petropolis was publicly announced in 1694. | The plan for Petropolis was publicly announced in 1694. | ||
In practice the city is divided into plots obtained at the city's foundation by four distinct groups, these being: | In practice the city is divided into plots obtained at the city's foundation by four distinct groups, these being: | ||
# Officials of the Imperial Chancellery and Officers of the Imperial Guards regiments who had been privy to the plans in their gestation, and acquired plots in proximity to the planned site of the royal palaces and the government district; | # Officials of the Imperial Chancellery and Officers of the Imperial Guards regiments who had been privy to the plans in their gestation, and acquired plots in proximity to the planned site of the royal palaces and the government district; | ||
# Officers of the [[Modan Brigade]], who enjoyed the opportunity to acquire and physically possess plots of land in advantageous positions whilst guarding the Stage One land clearance and site remediation labourers; | # Officers of the [[Modan Brigade]], who enjoyed the opportunity to acquire and physically possess plots of land in advantageous positions whilst guarding the Stage One land clearance and site remediation labourers; | ||
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Although all are supposed to be working to the diktat of the [[Primokratía]] in practice a lively competition developed between the four constituencies for planning permits, property rights, building materials and corvée work crews, which inadvertently resulted in a job rush in these four elite spheres of influence, as well as employment in the offices and projects close to these centers of power and influence. | Although all are supposed to be working to the diktat of the [[Primokratía]] in practice a lively competition developed between the four constituencies for planning permits, property rights, building materials and corvée work crews, which inadvertently resulted in a job rush in these four elite spheres of influence, as well as employment in the offices and projects close to these centers of power and influence. | ||
===Phase I Settlement=== | ===Phase I Settlement (1694-1696)=== | ||
To prepare the site for human habitation, and the construction work ahead, the populations of four [[Oikos (Commune)|rural communes]], two from Aqabah Province and two from Molivadia Province, were uprooted from their respective coastal plains and marched under escort by the Home Guard into the interior. The corvée round-up collected 27,640 labourers in this manner, of whom, in spite of the vagaries of the road, 22,153 arrived on the plateau of Petropolis by 21.IX.{{AN|1694}}. The prioritisation of concurrent operational deployments ([[Third Euran War#Operation Green-Lion|Operation Green Lion]] & [[Operation Northern Shield]]) limited the availability of trucks for the movement of the newly conscripted labour force from collection areas to their designated work site. Accordingly journeys to and from the railheads were conducted on foot. Able-bodied petty criminals throughout the Imperial State were likewise granted clemency on condition that they serve as part of the labour force for the remainder of their sentence. Initially Home Guard units also took a turn from their training deployments to take part, either as guard duty or as laborers, as part of their mandating physical training requirements. | To prepare the site for human habitation, and the construction work ahead, the populations of four [[Oikos (Commune)|rural communes]], two from Aqabah Province and two from Molivadia Province, were uprooted from their respective coastal plains and marched under escort by the Home Guard into the interior. The corvée round-up collected 27,640 labourers in this manner, of whom, in spite of the vagaries of the road, 22,153 arrived on the plateau of Petropolis by 21.IX.{{AN|1694}}. The prioritisation of concurrent operational deployments ([[Third Euran War#Operation Green-Lion|Operation Green Lion]] & [[Operation Northern Shield]]) limited the availability of trucks for the movement of the newly conscripted labour force from collection areas to their designated work site. Accordingly journeys to and from the railheads were conducted on foot. Able-bodied petty criminals throughout the Imperial State were likewise granted clemency on condition that they serve as part of the labour force for the remainder of their sentence. Initially Home Guard units also took a turn from their training deployments to take part, either as guard duty or as laborers, as part of their mandating physical training requirements. | ||
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During 1694, officers of the [[Imperial Constancian Armed Forces/Imperial General Staff|Imperial General Staff and the Imperial Guard]] began to arrive at Petropolis to stake out claims to plots of land on the limestone plateau, whether for the construction of their own new residencies or else for the purpose of speculation. They were joined by the ''The Most Serene Regiment of the {{tooltip|Basilikē Touldon|'Imperial Baggage Train'}}'' commanded by ''{{tooltip|Syntagmatarchis|Colonel}}'' [[Alexios Melas]]. | During 1694, officers of the [[Imperial Constancian Armed Forces/Imperial General Staff|Imperial General Staff and the Imperial Guard]] began to arrive at Petropolis to stake out claims to plots of land on the limestone plateau, whether for the construction of their own new residencies or else for the purpose of speculation. They were joined by the ''The Most Serene Regiment of the {{tooltip|Basilikē Touldon|'Imperial Baggage Train'}}'' commanded by ''{{tooltip|Syntagmatarchis|Colonel}}'' [[Alexios Melas]]. | ||
===Phase I Land Preparation=== | ===Phase I Land Preparation (1695-1700)=== | ||
There being a standing directive from the Office of the Autokrator accordingly, the priority projects for 1695 were the following: | There being a standing directive from the Office of the Autokrator accordingly, the priority projects for 1695 were the following: | ||
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* Mandatory rainwater harvesting facilities | * Mandatory rainwater harvesting facilities | ||
* Petropolis outskirts sewerage treatment plants | * Petropolis outskirts sewerage treatment plants | ||
* Cement plants 1 and 2 | * [[Constancian Cement Corporation]] Cement plants 1 and 2 | ||
===Continuing development=== | ===Continuing development (1700-1706)=== | ||
[[File:Petropolis.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|Housing projects in the [[ESB]] held sector of Petropolis, {{AN|1705}}.]] | |||
In {{AN|1700}} the palace offered the sum of fifty [[imperial staters]] to every resident of the commune if they promised to obtain and keep a cat in their residence, as the city was in a dire need of mousers to combat the rising tide of vermin. The offer was later restricted to families of quality, after it became apparent that some of the labourers were seeking to use the promised bounty to purchase a ticket on the autobus service to [[Aqaba]]. | |||
By {{AN| | By the start of {{AN|1701}} the 10th Imperial Synkletos convened as scheduled in the [[Palace of Imperial Unity]]. Only the plenary chamber was complete, but the broadcasts by [[ESB Media]] made it appear as if the imposing edifice was complete and ready for business. | ||
The political situation of the country during the waning years of the [[Primokratía]] necessitated that much of the mudbrick and cement output of the city were diverted to the creation of a defensive curtain wall, with interior embankment for dugout shelters and eight angle-bastions enclosed by an exterior circuit of anti-tank ditches. | The political situation of the country during the waning years of the [[Primokratía]] necessitated that much of the mudbrick and cement output of the city were diverted to the creation of a defensive curtain wall, with interior embankment for dugout shelters and eight angle-bastions enclosed by an exterior circuit of anti-tank ditches. | ||
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Protests over the quality of bread and millet-beer given out as rations to the labourers marked the rapid approach of the tenth anniversary of the settlement of the peasants recruited to the corvée on the plateau. Many of the artisans employed in the construction of the central palace complexes meanwhile complained of their wages remaining stagnant on account of the influx of [[kul]] slaves taken from [[Mbasana]] following the conclusion of [[Operation Paramount]]. | Protests over the quality of bread and millet-beer given out as rations to the labourers marked the rapid approach of the tenth anniversary of the settlement of the peasants recruited to the corvée on the plateau. Many of the artisans employed in the construction of the central palace complexes meanwhile complained of their wages remaining stagnant on account of the influx of [[kul]] slaves taken from [[Mbasana]] following the conclusion of [[Operation Paramount]]. | ||
[[Category:Cities]][[Category:Constancia]][[Category:Raspur Pact]] | In {{AN|1706}}, the three regiments of the Honour Guard of the Autokráteira entered the precincts of the city following a march from [[Aqaba]]. Upon their arrival the kul population of the city was mobilised to commence the construction of new cantonments for the incoming Imperial Guard, to be 3km west of the Palace of Imperial Unity construction site. | ||
===Consolidation period (1707-1715)=== | |||
===Implementation of the Grand Harmonious Design (1715-1730)=== | |||
[[File:PetropolisRenderingsCON.jpg|200px|thumb|Grand Harmonius Design renderings by [[ESB Construction]] architect and civil engineer [[Demetrios Komnenos]]; {{AN|1715}}.]] | |||
===Administrative maturation (1730-1740)=== | |||
===Modern era (1740-1748)=== | |||
* [[Constancian Uplift]] | |||
==Demographics== | |||
As of {{AN|1748}}, Petropolis has grown to a metropolitan population of 3,847,293, establishing itself as the fourth-largest city in the Imperial State after [[Aqaba]], [[Nivardom]], and [[Raspur]]. | |||
===Population growth=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! Census Year !! Total Population !! Citizens !! [[Kul]]s !! Annual Growth Rate | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1700}} || 178,432 || 89,216 || 89,216 || - | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1710}} || 524,891 || 367,424 || 157,467 || 11.4% | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1720}} || 1,237,445 || 928,084 || 309,361 || 8.9% | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1730}} || 2,146,782 || 1,718,226 || 428,556 || 5.7% | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1740}} || 2,987,123 || 2,539,055 || 448,068 || 3.4% | |||
|- | |||
| {{AN|1748}} || 3,847,293 || 3,347,145 || 500,148 || 3.2% | |||
|} | |||
==Government and politics== | |||
===Administrative structure=== | |||
===Security apparatus=== | |||
====Petropolis Imperial Constabulary==== | |||
==Urban planning and security design== | |||
===Radial boulevard system=== | |||
===District isolation mechanisms=== | |||
===Government quarter fortification=== | |||
==Transportation== | |||
===Internal transport systems=== | |||
===External connections=== | |||
==Economy== | |||
The economy of Petropolis operates as a command economy oriented around government administration and security functions. Unlike commercial centers such as [[Aqaba]] or [[Nivardom]], economic activity in the capital is tightly regulated and primarily serves to support the administrative apparatus of the Imperial State. | |||
===Government sector=== | |||
===Defense and security sector=== | |||
===Finance and banking sector=== | |||
===Energy and utilities sector=== | |||
===Construction and infrastructure=== | |||
===Service economy=== | |||
===Labor market=== | |||
==Architecture== | |||
===Construction standards=== | |||
===Notable structures=== | |||
* [[Palace of Imperial Unity]] | |||
* [[Imperial Obelisk]] | |||
* [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]] ([[Alexandrian Nazarene]]) | |||
==City districts== | |||
Petropolis is administratively divided into 24 districts, each designated by number and bearing official names honoring figures from Constancian history or reflecting their primary function. The districts are organized within the radial boulevard system and serve as semi-autonomous security zones. | |||
===Central districts=== | |||
* Government Quarter (''Dioikitikí Périochi Prótē'' / ''Manteqe-ye Edâri-ye Avval'') - The administrative center spanning 12 square kilometers around the [[Palace of Imperial Unity]], containing all principal ministry buildings and the [[Imperial Synklētos]]. | |||
* District 2 - Metaxas (''Metaxás'' / ''Metâksâs'') - Houses the Petropolis Imperial Constabulary headquarters and central administrative offices. | |||
* District 3 - Kerularios (''Keroulários'' / ''Kerulârios'') - Location of the [[Basileusan Bank]] as well as the fortified complex of several government financial institutions and agencies. | |||
===Commercial and financial districts=== | |||
* District 5 - [[Primo de Aguilar]] Economic District (''Oikonomikí Périochi Prímo de Agkilár'' / ''Manteqe-ye Eqtesâdi-ye Primo de Aguilar'') - Primary financial quarter housing banks, the [[Constancian Commercial Exchange Corporation]], and corporate headquarters | |||
* District 7 - Diplomatic Quarter (''Diplomatikí Synοikía'' / ''Mahalle-ye Diplomâtik'') - Foreign embassies, consulates, and international organizations | |||
* Bardaveh District (''Bardavéh'' / ''Bardâveh'') - Named after one of the original corvée communes; now the primary entertainment and nightlife quarter | |||
===Residential districts=== | |||
* District 9 - Museum Quarter (''Mouseiaká Tétarta'' / ''Mahalle-ye Muze-hâ'') - Cultural institutions and upper-class residences | |||
** [[Petropolis Imperial Gardens]] | |||
*** [[Petropolis Imperial Gardens|Petropolis International Hotel]] | |||
* District 11 - Academic Quarter (''Akadēmaïkí Synοikía'' / ''Mahalle-ye Dâneshgâhi'') - Home to the [[Imperial Institute for Civil Administration and State Authority]] and other educational institutions | |||
* District 19 - Training Grounds (''Ekpaideftikó Pedío'' / ''Meydân-e Âmuzeshi'') - Petropolis Imperial Constabulary Academy and military training facilities | |||
* Hieraistos (''Ieraistós'' / ''Hierâstos'') - Named after one of the founding corvée communes; mixed residential and light industrial | |||
* Myteron (''Mýteron'' / ''Miteron'') - Named after another founding commune; primarily working-class housing | |||
* Aladasht (''Aladást'' / ''Alâdasht'') - Eastern residential district with government employee housing | |||
===Industrial and infrastructure districts=== | |||
* Peripheral Industrial Zone (''Perifereiakí Viomēchanikí Zónē'' / ''Manteqe-ye San'ati-ye Pirâmuni'') - [[Constancian Cement Corporation]] facilities and heavy industry | |||
* District 16 - Logistics Hub (''Kentro Logistikís'' / ''Markaz-e Lojestik'') - Railway depot and cargo handling facilities | |||
* Northern Kul Quarters (''Vóreia Katálymata Koul'' / ''Mahalle-ye Shomâli-ye Kul'') - Dormitory complexes for servile laborers | |||
* Southern Kul Quarters (''Nótia Katálymata Koul'' / ''Mahalle-ye Jonubi-ye Kul'') - Additional kul housing and work camps | |||
===Security and military districts=== | |||
* Imperial Guard Cantonment (''Stratopedarchia Aftokratorikís Frourás'' / ''Pâdgân-e Gârd-e Shâhanshâhi'') - Located 3km west of the Palace, housing the three regiments of the Honour Guard | |||
* District 14 - Fortress Quarter (''Ochyró Tétarto'' / ''Mahalle-ye Qal'e'') - Home Guard garrison from the [[506th (Molivadia) Army]] and the [[Imperial War College of Constancia]] | |||
* Capital Security Zone (''Zónē Asfáleias Protevoúsēs'' / ''Manteqe-ye Amniyat-e Pâytakht'') - Restricted area housing intelligence and security facilities | |||
===Other districts=== | |||
The remaining districts (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20-24) bear numerical designations with unofficial local names derived from historical figures or geographical features, serving primarily as mixed residential and commercial zones with varying levels of security clearance requirements. | |||
==Education== | |||
* [[Primo de Aguilar Institute of the Humanities]] | |||
* [[Imperial Institute for Civil Administration and State Authority]] | |||
* [[Imperial War College of Constancia]] | |||
* [[Euran University]] | |||
* [[House of the Learned]] | |||
* [[Imperial University of Alexandria]] (Petropolis) | |||
==Culture== | |||
===State-directed cultural activities=== | |||
===Nightlife=== | |||
====Bardaveh District==== | |||
[[File:1720 Iteran dancers Petropolis nightclub.png|200px|right|thumb|[[Iteru|Iteran]] dancers at the ''Salon Salome'', a burlesque club in the Bardaveh district of the city.]] | |||
* ''Salon Salome'' - burlesque club featuring [[Iteru|Iteran]] dancers and variety performances. | |||
* ''The Basileus's Crown'' - upscale cocktail lounge catering to government officials and foreign business reps. | |||
* ''The Euran Garden'' - multi-level entertainment complex combining a restaurant, dance floor, and private karaoke rooms. | |||
===Regulated leisure activities=== | |||
==Security== | |||
The Capital Security Command, established in {{AN|1705}}, serves as the coordinating body for all security operations within Petropolis. Headquartered in a fortified complex adjacent in the government quarter, the Command maintains real-time surveillance of the city through an integrated network of over 47,000 cameras, motion sensors, and automated tracking systems. The Command operates under the joint authority of the [[State Protection Authority]], the Ministry of the Interior, and the [[Imperial Constancian Armed Forces/Imperial General Staff|Imperial General Staff]], with the Capital Administrator serving as civilian liaison. | |||
Daily security operations involve approximately 157,000 personnel across various agencies, including the Petropolis Imperial Constabulary (45,000), [[State Protection Authority]] agents (12,000), Home Guard units from the [[506th (Molivadia) Army]] (35,000), private security contractors (40,000), and various auxiliary forces (25,000). These forces maintain a visible presence throughout the city, with security checkpoints at all district boundaries and random inspection points established according to daily threat assessments. | |||
===Petropolis Imperial Constabulary=== | |||
===Emergency protocols=== | |||
===Intelligence operations=== | |||
==Infrastructure== | |||
===Utilities=== | |||
===Communications=== | |||
===Emergency services=== | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Imperial State of Constancia]] | |||
* [[Autokrator of Constancia]] | |||
* [[Imperial Synklētos]] | |||
* [[Imperial Constancian Armed Forces]] | |||
* [[State Protection Authority]] | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Cities]][[Category:Constancia]][[Category:Raspur Pact]][[Category:Cities of Constancia]] | |||
[[Category:Petropolis]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:11, 21 November 2025
| Petropolis Πετρούπολις (Constancian) پتروپولیس (Babkhi) |
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| Administrative Capital | |
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| Nickname(s): "The Fortress City" | |
| Motto: "Order Through Design" | |
| Country |  Constancia |
| Status | Administrative Capital |
| Province | Imperial Capital Territory |
| Founded | 1694 AN |
| Founder | Jaime Augusto Joaquin Primo de Aguilar |
| Government | |
| • Capital Administrator | Konstantinos Metaxas |
| Area | |
| • Administrative Capital | 1,847 km2 (713 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,795 km2 (693 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 524 km2 (202 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,316 km2 (894 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,142 m (3,747 ft) |
| Population (1748 AN) | |
| • Administrative Capital | 3,847,293 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Petropolitan |
| Area code(s) | 01 |
- Not to be confused with Petropolis (formerly Hatrecht), a former Constancian settlement in Kendall Isle.
Petropolis is the administrative capital of the Imperial State of Constancia, serving as the seat of the Imperial Synklētos and the primary residence of the Autokrator of Constancia. Located in central Eura on an elevated limestone plateau, the city was founded in 1694 AN and has developed into a meticulously planned urban center. The city was named in honour of the then Basileus Petros III. It is located in, but is not part of the Principality of Molivadia in central Eura, very near the border with Aqabah.
History
Long contemplated, the city of Petropolis was notified to the Micras Cartography Society on 9.VII.1694 AN as being established at a location on the border of Aqabah and Molivadia provinces. The area selected for the city was effectively a virgin site, without prior habitation, chosen for its proximity to the previously planned route of the Pan-Euran Highway. Whilst diplomatic issues with the Thraci Confederation had cast doubt upon the original course of the highway, the decision to relocate the seat of government to the planned city continued regardless as the Autokrator of Constancia sought to demonstrate his power over the Imperial State.
Planning
Petropolis was originally planned to be in Kendall Isle or Jaris, in the territory known as Oranje. Circumstances resulted however in Operation Franciscanian Exit and the withdrawal from that territory, although the files and plans remain in careful storage in the offices of the Thema Oranjēsiōn. With the rise of Primo de Aguilar as eventual Autokrator of Constancia, these plans were superintended by a specialized desk in the Imperial Chancellery.
The plan for Petropolis was publicly announced in 1694. In practice the city is divided into plots obtained at the city's foundation by four distinct groups, these being:
- Officials of the Imperial Chancellery and Officers of the Imperial Guards regiments who had been privy to the plans in their gestation, and acquired plots in proximity to the planned site of the royal palaces and the government district;
- Officers of the Modan Brigade, who enjoyed the opportunity to acquire and physically possess plots of land in advantageous positions whilst guarding the Stage One land clearance and site remediation labourers;
- The Honourable Company and the more well connected of its senior officials;
- Felipe Gonzalez and the Petropolis Development Corporation who had received the coveted formal construction and development contracts for the laying down of key infrastructure and the building of the palatial and administrative quarter of the city.
Although all are supposed to be working to the diktat of the Primokratía in practice a lively competition developed between the four constituencies for planning permits, property rights, building materials and corvée work crews, which inadvertently resulted in a job rush in these four elite spheres of influence, as well as employment in the offices and projects close to these centers of power and influence.
Phase I Settlement (1694-1696)
To prepare the site for human habitation, and the construction work ahead, the populations of four rural communes, two from Aqabah Province and two from Molivadia Province, were uprooted from their respective coastal plains and marched under escort by the Home Guard into the interior. The corvée round-up collected 27,640 labourers in this manner, of whom, in spite of the vagaries of the road, 22,153 arrived on the plateau of Petropolis by 21.IX.1694 AN. The prioritisation of concurrent operational deployments (Operation Green Lion & Operation Northern Shield) limited the availability of trucks for the movement of the newly conscripted labour force from collection areas to their designated work site. Accordingly journeys to and from the railheads were conducted on foot. Able-bodied petty criminals throughout the Imperial State were likewise granted clemency on condition that they serve as part of the labour force for the remainder of their sentence. Initially Home Guard units also took a turn from their training deployments to take part, either as guard duty or as laborers, as part of their mandating physical training requirements.
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Unless otherwise indicated, the womenfolk who accompanied the corvée labourers onto the plateau were set to work making the kilns in which were to be baked the loaves of bread produced from government furnished wheat. Such children as arrived on the preliminary construction sites were sorted into cohorts by age and set to fetching and carrying, foraging in the countryside, and where appropriate providing such services as the garrison troops might require.
Arrangements involving the Home Guard were improved and superseded on 11.IX.1694 AN by the deployment of the 1st Demi-Brigade of the 1662nd Modan Brigade. The organization and conscription of labor battalions from the lawful poor, petty criminals serving their sentence with a chance for conditional pardon, as well as the unskilled unemployed (who joined up for the skillset, favorable references, a chance to learn a trade, as well as an opportunity for social advancement via the Imperial Government, the ESB Group, or such other similar institutions of the Constancian elite.
During 1694, officers of the Imperial General Staff and the Imperial Guard began to arrive at Petropolis to stake out claims to plots of land on the limestone plateau, whether for the construction of their own new residencies or else for the purpose of speculation. They were joined by the The Most Serene Regiment of the Basilikē Touldon commanded by Syntagmatarchis Alexios Melas.
Phase I Land Preparation (1695-1700)
There being a standing directive from the Office of the Autokrator accordingly, the priority projects for 1695 were the following:
- "Beacons 1 and 2" Oil-powered Power Plants
- Separate railway station for personnel and materiel delivery, astride the Aqaba - Nivardom rail line
- Residences for officials, barracks for construction personnel and warehouses for materials
- Excavation for integrated water and sewer system
- Excavation for mandatory household bomb shelters
- Excavation for integrated underground shelter city
- Petropolis integrated water delivery system
- Mandatory rainwater harvesting facilities
- Petropolis outskirts sewerage treatment plants
- Constancian Cement Corporation Cement plants 1 and 2
Continuing development (1700-1706)
In 1700 AN the palace offered the sum of fifty imperial staters to every resident of the commune if they promised to obtain and keep a cat in their residence, as the city was in a dire need of mousers to combat the rising tide of vermin. The offer was later restricted to families of quality, after it became apparent that some of the labourers were seeking to use the promised bounty to purchase a ticket on the autobus service to Aqaba.
By the start of 1701 AN the 10th Imperial Synkletos convened as scheduled in the Palace of Imperial Unity. Only the plenary chamber was complete, but the broadcasts by ESB Media made it appear as if the imposing edifice was complete and ready for business.
The political situation of the country during the waning years of the Primokratía necessitated that much of the mudbrick and cement output of the city were diverted to the creation of a defensive curtain wall, with interior embankment for dugout shelters and eight angle-bastions enclosed by an exterior circuit of anti-tank ditches.
A forge was established on the site of the planned central maidan square to rework requisitioned items of scrap metal into caltrops to be scattered by the home guard on the roads approaching the city in the event of an emergency.
In spite of efforts to direct the labours of the communes towards the preparation of external defences, within the city the rival consortia continued to enclose with a mixture of mudbrick walls, concrete blast barriers, and barbed wire, the plots of land which they had purchased or else otherwise annexed. It was by the strenuous insistence of the civic authorities that the main thoroughfares of the city remained unimpeded by this competitive process.
Protests over the quality of bread and millet-beer given out as rations to the labourers marked the rapid approach of the tenth anniversary of the settlement of the peasants recruited to the corvée on the plateau. Many of the artisans employed in the construction of the central palace complexes meanwhile complained of their wages remaining stagnant on account of the influx of kul slaves taken from Mbasana following the conclusion of Operation Paramount.
In 1706 AN, the three regiments of the Honour Guard of the Autokráteira entered the precincts of the city following a march from Aqaba. Upon their arrival the kul population of the city was mobilised to commence the construction of new cantonments for the incoming Imperial Guard, to be 3km west of the Palace of Imperial Unity construction site.
Consolidation period (1707-1715)
Implementation of the Grand Harmonious Design (1715-1730)
Administrative maturation (1730-1740)
Modern era (1740-1748)
Demographics
As of 1748 AN, Petropolis has grown to a metropolitan population of 3,847,293, establishing itself as the fourth-largest city in the Imperial State after Aqaba, Nivardom, and Raspur.
Population growth
| Census Year | Total Population | Citizens | Kuls | Annual Growth Rate |
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| 1700 AN | 178,432 | 89,216 | 89,216 | - |
| 1710 AN | 524,891 | 367,424 | 157,467 | 11.4% |
| 1720 AN | 1,237,445 | 928,084 | 309,361 | 8.9% |
| 1730 AN | 2,146,782 | 1,718,226 | 428,556 | 5.7% |
| 1740 AN | 2,987,123 | 2,539,055 | 448,068 | 3.4% |
| 1748 AN | 3,847,293 | 3,347,145 | 500,148 | 3.2% |
Government and politics
Administrative structure
Security apparatus
Petropolis Imperial Constabulary
Urban planning and security design
Radial boulevard system
District isolation mechanisms
Government quarter fortification
Transportation
Internal transport systems
External connections
Economy
The economy of Petropolis operates as a command economy oriented around government administration and security functions. Unlike commercial centers such as Aqaba or Nivardom, economic activity in the capital is tightly regulated and primarily serves to support the administrative apparatus of the Imperial State.
Government sector
Defense and security sector
Finance and banking sector
Energy and utilities sector
Construction and infrastructure
Service economy
Labor market
Architecture
Construction standards
Notable structures
- Palace of Imperial Unity
- Imperial Obelisk
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Alexandrian Nazarene)
City districts
Petropolis is administratively divided into 24 districts, each designated by number and bearing official names honoring figures from Constancian history or reflecting their primary function. The districts are organized within the radial boulevard system and serve as semi-autonomous security zones.
Central districts
- Government Quarter (Dioikitikí Périochi Prótē / Manteqe-ye Edâri-ye Avval) - The administrative center spanning 12 square kilometers around the Palace of Imperial Unity, containing all principal ministry buildings and the Imperial Synklētos.
- District 2 - Metaxas (Metaxás / Metâksâs) - Houses the Petropolis Imperial Constabulary headquarters and central administrative offices.
- District 3 - Kerularios (Keroulários / Kerulârios) - Location of the Basileusan Bank as well as the fortified complex of several government financial institutions and agencies.
Commercial and financial districts
- District 5 - Primo de Aguilar Economic District (Oikonomikí Périochi Prímo de Agkilár / Manteqe-ye Eqtesâdi-ye Primo de Aguilar) - Primary financial quarter housing banks, the Constancian Commercial Exchange Corporation, and corporate headquarters
- District 7 - Diplomatic Quarter (Diplomatikí Synοikía / Mahalle-ye Diplomâtik) - Foreign embassies, consulates, and international organizations
- Bardaveh District (Bardavéh / Bardâveh) - Named after one of the original corvée communes; now the primary entertainment and nightlife quarter
Residential districts
- District 9 - Museum Quarter (Mouseiaká Tétarta / Mahalle-ye Muze-hâ) - Cultural institutions and upper-class residences
- District 11 - Academic Quarter (Akadēmaïkí Synοikía / Mahalle-ye Dâneshgâhi) - Home to the Imperial Institute for Civil Administration and State Authority and other educational institutions
- District 19 - Training Grounds (Ekpaideftikó Pedío / Meydân-e Âmuzeshi) - Petropolis Imperial Constabulary Academy and military training facilities
- Hieraistos (Ieraistós / Hierâstos) - Named after one of the founding corvée communes; mixed residential and light industrial
- Myteron (Mýteron / Miteron) - Named after another founding commune; primarily working-class housing
- Aladasht (Aladást / Alâdasht) - Eastern residential district with government employee housing
Industrial and infrastructure districts
- Peripheral Industrial Zone (Perifereiakí Viomēchanikí Zónē / Manteqe-ye San'ati-ye Pirâmuni) - Constancian Cement Corporation facilities and heavy industry
- District 16 - Logistics Hub (Kentro Logistikís / Markaz-e Lojestik) - Railway depot and cargo handling facilities
- Northern Kul Quarters (Vóreia Katálymata Koul / Mahalle-ye Shomâli-ye Kul) - Dormitory complexes for servile laborers
- Southern Kul Quarters (Nótia Katálymata Koul / Mahalle-ye Jonubi-ye Kul) - Additional kul housing and work camps
Security and military districts
- Imperial Guard Cantonment (Stratopedarchia Aftokratorikís Frourás / Pâdgân-e Gârd-e Shâhanshâhi) - Located 3km west of the Palace, housing the three regiments of the Honour Guard
- District 14 - Fortress Quarter (Ochyró Tétarto / Mahalle-ye Qal'e) - Home Guard garrison from the 506th (Molivadia) Army and the Imperial War College of Constancia
- Capital Security Zone (Zónē Asfáleias Protevoúsēs / Manteqe-ye Amniyat-e Pâytakht) - Restricted area housing intelligence and security facilities
Other districts
The remaining districts (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20-24) bear numerical designations with unofficial local names derived from historical figures or geographical features, serving primarily as mixed residential and commercial zones with varying levels of security clearance requirements.
Education
- Primo de Aguilar Institute of the Humanities
- Imperial Institute for Civil Administration and State Authority
- Imperial War College of Constancia
- Euran University
- House of the Learned
- Imperial University of Alexandria (Petropolis)
Culture
State-directed cultural activities
Nightlife
Bardaveh District
- Salon Salome - burlesque club featuring Iteran dancers and variety performances.
- The Basileus's Crown - upscale cocktail lounge catering to government officials and foreign business reps.
- The Euran Garden - multi-level entertainment complex combining a restaurant, dance floor, and private karaoke rooms.
Regulated leisure activities
Security
The Capital Security Command, established in 1705 AN, serves as the coordinating body for all security operations within Petropolis. Headquartered in a fortified complex adjacent in the government quarter, the Command maintains real-time surveillance of the city through an integrated network of over 47,000 cameras, motion sensors, and automated tracking systems. The Command operates under the joint authority of the State Protection Authority, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Imperial General Staff, with the Capital Administrator serving as civilian liaison.
Daily security operations involve approximately 157,000 personnel across various agencies, including the Petropolis Imperial Constabulary (45,000), State Protection Authority agents (12,000), Home Guard units from the 506th (Molivadia) Army (35,000), private security contractors (40,000), and various auxiliary forces (25,000). These forces maintain a visible presence throughout the city, with security checkpoints at all district boundaries and random inspection points established according to daily threat assessments.
Petropolis Imperial Constabulary
Emergency protocols
Intelligence operations
Infrastructure
Utilities
Communications
Emergency services
See also
- Imperial State of Constancia
- Autokrator of Constancia
- Imperial Synklētos
- Imperial Constancian Armed Forces
- State Protection Authority
