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 ===Kingswood===
 [[File:New York City - from the Empire State Building.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A view of northern Kingswood from the air.]]
 Kingswood is the central business district of Urceopolis and serves as the economic heart of [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]]. It is one of the most densely populated places in [[Urcea]] and the world. The [[Levantia|Levantine]] stock exchange, alongside many major corporations, are based in Kingswood, and Urceopolis's status as one of the world's financial centers is primarily due to the impact of Kingswood. The [[Royal Bank of Urcea]] is also located within Kingswood.
+The origin of Kingswood and its legal association with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] is disputed, but historians believe the simplest explanation lay in its proximity to the [[#New City|New City]], and accordingly, the [[Julian Palace]]. The site of Kingswood was marked as a forest reserve of the [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduke of Urceopolis]] as early as around 820 AD. The site's ownership by the [[Julian dynasty]] is highly unusual, as it is the only location south of the Esquiline River that fell under Archducal (and later Royal), rather than [[Pope|Papal]], authority. Regardless of its origin, Kingswood spent most of the medieval period as a {{wp|Royal forest}} mostly kept for the Julians to hunt game. During times of famine, the Julians would often resort to overhunting the Kingswood to feed the people of Urceopolis, and by around 1150 its value as a hunting preserve had largely been exhausted. After that time, the Kings of Urcea began to use the strategic location of Kingswood for political purposes, and a fortified military camp was built in the Kingswood close to the [[Papal State]] around 1200. The camp was subsequently fortified into Castle Esquiline, which would prove to be a valuable piece of leverage against Papal authority for the next century, and the Castle was a valuable place from which raids against the [[Duchy of Transurciana]] could be launched. Castle Esquiline was captured by the [[Papal State]] during the [[Saint's War]] and razed in [[1311]], and following the Saint's War the struggle of political authority between the Apostolic King and Pope largely receded.
+With the throne vacant (and thus Royal prohibitions not in force) and the military value of the area mostly eliminated, Urceopolitans began to build port infrastructure and other mercantile structures in Kingswood, in part due to the silting of the river weakening [[#Ardot|Ardot]]'s value and in part due to its favorable location at the junction of the Esquiline and Urce Rivers. From the beginning of the 14th century, Kingswood began to be a center for Urcean mercantile and commercial activities, and it was incorporated into Urcea in [[1487]]. The new [[Royal Bank of Urcea]] was built in Kingswood in the early 1500s after it was determined that the treasury could be relocated from the [[Julian Palace]] due to a lack of a military threat to the city; it was later captured by forces loyal to [[House de Weluta]] during the [[Great Confessional War]]. Following the end of that conflict and the great growth of Urcea's political and economic power in [[Levantia]], Kingswood became a world mercantile center, remaining so through the tumultuous centuries to come and through today.
 ===Arvan===