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'''Alba Concordia''' is a city in eastern [[Levantia]], and serves as the | '''Alba Concordia''' is a city in eastern [[Levantia]], and serves as the headquarters of the [[League of Nations]]. A city-state in international territory, Alba Concordia is governed by a council of commissioners appointed by [[League of Nations]] officials. Most of the residents of the city are of non-[[Lapody|Lapodian]] descent, either being transient diplomatic staff or the descendants of former diplomatic staff. The city, once a village on the outskirts of the [[Lapody|Lapodian]] city of Rufus Concordia, was chosen by the [[League of Nations]] as its headquarters after the League was established following the [[Second Great War]]. | ||
Alba Concordia is not a member of | Alba Concordia is not a member of the [[Levantine Union]], but is covered under the free trade and free travel provisions of that organization. While having its own defense force, the city-state is mostly dependent upon the Levantine Union for its military defense. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The two villages, separated by a river, remained relatively obscure until the 1200s, when the Dukes of Loreseia constructed their castle in Rufus Concordia due to its hilly central prominence and potential for a port city. Alba Concordia, south of the river, was soon dwarfed by its neighbor, though the need for food and agricultural products gave the rural community increased economic activity. | The two villages, separated by a river, remained relatively obscure until the 1200s, when the Dukes of Loreseia constructed their castle in Rufus Concordia due to its hilly central prominence and potential for a port city. Alba Concordia, south of the river, was soon dwarfed by its neighbor, though the need for food and agricultural products gave the rural community increased economic activity. | ||
The industrialization of [[Dericania]] that followed the [[Third Caroline War]] elevated Rufus Concordia to the status of an industrial center, making Alba Concordia something of a proto-suburb during the late 1800s and early 1900s. During this period, it became a proving ground for would-be urban planners, as small residential areas and pastures were crossed by sweeping boulevards. A small functioning port was also constructed in Alba Concordia during this period, and it reached its pre-League population height - approximately 15,000. Spared during the [[Great War]], Rufus Concordia was sacked during the [[Third Fratricide]] in 1940, causing mass disruption and chaos in what was once the Duchy of Loreseia. Consequently, Alba Concordia became largely depopulated during the 1940s. | The industrialization of [[Dericania]] that followed the [[Third Caroline War]] elevated Rufus Concordia to the status of an industrial center, making Alba Concordia something of a proto-suburb during the late 1800s and early 1900s. During this period, it became a proving ground for would-be urban planners, as small residential areas and pastures were crossed by sweeping boulevards. A small functioning port was also constructed in Alba Concordia during this period, and it reached its pre-League population height - approximately 15,000. Spared during the [[Second Great War]], Rufus Concordia was sacked during the [[Third Fratricide]] in 1940, causing mass disruption and chaos in what was once the Duchy of Loreseia. Consequently, Alba Concordia became largely depopulated during the 1940s. | ||
The newly formed [[League of Nations]] began the search for a permanent home upon its foundation in 1955, and it quickly identified former [[Dericania]] as the potential place for its headquarters, given the lack of a central power that could threaten the organization combined with the relative availability of land in the war torn country. Alba Concordia was quickly identified as a potential home given its preexisting urban grid and port infrastructure. Primarily paid for using bonds from [[Urcea]], the League purchased the village and its environs south of the river for five hundred million dollars. Subsequently, the League began to organize and rebuild the city. By 1960, the population of the city reached 10,000 as most of the world’s embassies were firmly established, building a new, nascent economy. Until 1963, the territory was directly governed by the organs of the League of Nations, a relatively bureaucratic and ineffective system. The Alba Concordia Commission government was formally chartered by the [[League of Nations General Assembly]] that year after having adopted an appropriate part of the [[Code of the League of Nations]] in 1956. International observers considered the reconstruction of Alba Concordia complete by 1964; the improved fortunes of Alba Concordia also lead to a recovery for Rufus Concordia, and the two cities continue to share a symbiotic relationship. By 1980, the city reached a population of 45,000, and by the 2030s the rapidly growing city reached nearly 100,000 people. | The newly formed [[League of Nations]] began the search for a permanent home upon its foundation in 1955, and it quickly identified former [[Dericania]] as the potential place for its headquarters, given the lack of a central power that could threaten the organization combined with the relative availability of land in the war torn country. Alba Concordia was quickly identified as a potential home given its preexisting urban grid and port infrastructure. Primarily paid for using bonds from [[Urcea]], the League purchased the village and its environs south of the river for five hundred million dollars. Subsequently, the League began to organize and rebuild the city. By 1960, the population of the city reached 10,000 as most of the world’s embassies were firmly established, building a new, nascent economy. Until 1963, the territory was directly governed by the organs of the League of Nations, a relatively bureaucratic and ineffective system. The Alba Concordia Commission government was formally chartered by the [[League of Nations General Assembly]] that year after having adopted an appropriate part of the [[Code of the League of Nations]] in 1956. International observers considered the reconstruction of Alba Concordia complete by 1964; the improved fortunes of Alba Concordia also lead to a recovery for Rufus Concordia, and the two cities continue to share a symbiotic relationship. By 1980, the city reached a population of 45,000, and by the 2030s the rapidly growing city reached nearly 100,000 people. | ||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
As much of Alba Concordia's population is composed of career diplomats and their staff, the city-state has an unusual age profile. Whereas most developed countries have around 35-40% of their population either younger than 16 or older than 65, in Alba Concordia nearly 90% of the population are aged 16-65. This is because few children are born in the city, except to the native Lapodian minority who form the backbone of the local economy, and relatively few diplomatic personnel or attachés opt to retire as Concordians either. All told, children constitute barely 5,000 of the city's 96,000 residents, with retirees making up a similar number; there are consequently only around 20 schools in the city at primary and secondary level combined, not counting mini-schools in diplomatic compounds, simply because no more are required. | |||
As noted above, Lapodians only form around 35% of the city-state's population, with the other 65% a potpourri of nationalities on account of the many diplomatic missions located in Alba Concordia. One further demographic quirk resulting from this international presence is that Alba Concordia has the highest number of chefs per capita of any country in the world, due to different missions' craving for the varied flavours of their homelands and their relatively high levels of disposable income. Approximately 2.5% of the city's population listed their occupation as "chef", "cook" or equivalent terminology in the 2021 Alba Concordia census, against a wider Levantine average of 0.2-0.5%. | |||
The most widely-spoken languages in Alba Concordia are [[Julian Ænglish|Junglish]] and [[Lapody#Linguistic_Demographics|Lapodard]], with Junglish spoken almost exclusively as a second-language ''lingua franca'' and Lapodard as the most common mother tongue. Many diplomatic missions run either voluntary or compulsory Lapodard courses for long-term resident staff, but the preponderance of Junglish in Concordian daily life remains a source of resentment to many locals. Petitions to make Lapodard the sole official language of Alba Concordia were a common feature of Concordian domestic politics throughout the 1990s in particular, but were consistently vetoed by the Commission on the heavily criticized rationale of "internationalism". | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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