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==Ventarya==
==Ventarya==
===Deneva===
===Deneva===
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Deneva
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| settlement_type        = Free City
| image_skyline          = File:Indy Central Canal.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[File:KiravianFlag.png|25px]] [[Kiravian Federacy]]
| subdivision_type1      = State
| subdivision_name1      = [[File:VentaryaFlag.png|25px]] [[Ventarya]]
| subdivision_type2      = Countyship
| subdivision_name2      = ''none'' (free city)
| population              = 3,606,420
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Deneva's strategic location on the River Tróra, built on undulating hills at the rocky fall line separating the Aterandic Piedmont and Bayland regions of Ventarya, provided a natural nexus for the development of commerce. Over the course of Kiravian history, even as trade patterns have shifted and new modes of transportation have evolved, the city has always been a transport hub, first for riverborne commerce, then for railways that brought Southern produce North and Northern manufactures south, and later for interstate highways, up to the present day.
Law and finance have long been driving forces in the economy. Deneva is home to the Federal Sector Court for Ventarya and the Federal Appellate Court for the Fourth Circuit, which hears federal appeals from Ventarya and [[Trinatria]], as well as the Ventarya Bankruptcy Court and the Deneva branch of the Ventarya High Court. The Reserve Bank of Ventarya, a branch of the [[Reserve Bank of Kirav]] is located in the city.
Before Kirosocialism, Deneva had been a prominent hub for the advertising business, fuelled by the staggering advertising budgests of tobacco and kalir companies. This industry dried up under Kirosocialism after the government declared a state monopoly on smokes, but has seen resurgence post-liberalisation with the re-privatisation of companies and the opening up of foreign markets for kalir.
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===Telmar===
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