Petropolis

Petropolis
Nation:	The Imperial State of Constancia
Population:	x,000
Predominant language:	Constancian
Main roads:	xxx
Major districts:	xxx
Current mayor:	unknown
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Petropolis is the imagined planned inland administrative capital city of the Imperial State of Constancia.

It is located in, but is not part of the Principality of Molivadia in central Eura.

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.

Phase I Settlement

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. 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.

Corvée Labourers Assigned to Works at Petropolis (IX.1694 AN), including Dependants and Home Guard Garrison

Commune Designation	Corvée Strength at Draft	Corvée Strength at Arrival	Home Guard Garrison	Commune Tasking
Commune I Aqabah (Myteron)	4,654 Labourers 4,600 Women 7,886 Children	3,286 Labourers 3,634 Women 5,362 Children	14 Officers 61 NCO's 410 Troops	Canal digging Well digging
Commune II Aqabah (Hieraistos)	9,918 Labourers 12,574 Women 21,556 Children	8,982 Labourers 10,310 Women 11,643 Children	40 Officers 168 NCO's 1,122 Troops	Levelling of the plateau Removal of contaminated topsoil Miscellaneous labour for survey teams
Commune III Molivadia (Bardaveh)	5,061 Labourers 6,804 Women 11,664 Children	4,860 Labourers 5,477 Women 8,398 Children	21 Officers 90 NCO's 607 Troops	Cement making Mudbrick baking
Commune IV Molivadia (Aladasht)	8,007 Labourers 7,035 Women 12,060 Children	5,025 Labourers 5,979 Women 9,045 Children	21 Officers 93 NCO's 628 Troops	Road constructions