Arranda

Arranda, officially the City of Arranda (Urbs Aranda), is a major city in and the capital of the State of Alta Roma in Cartadania and the anchor of Greater Arranda. With a 2024 census population of 491,803, Merced is the second-most populous city in Alta Roma, after Cagliasi. It is the seat of Merced County, situated in the county's heart east of the Merced River.

K-12 education
The city is served by Merced County Schools, which is the second-largest school district in the state. It enrolls 200,712 students in its 193 schools. The district spends approximately €18,041 per student, one of the highest per-pupil expenditures in the country. The county allocated approximately thirty-nine percent of its revenue to education in 2024, accounting for fifty-eight percent of the district's funding, with the remaining forty-two percent coming from a mix of state and federal funding.