Rihsport
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Rihsport | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s): The Western Gate | |
| Motto(s): To the Sea! | |
| Country | Faneria |
| Province | Gleathan |
| County Relationship | Multi-County City (2) |
| Dúnnan | none |
| River | river name |
| Chartered as Royal Capital | 1634 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Body | Municipal Council |
| • Méara | (CRP/F) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 353 sq mi (910 km2) |
| • Land | 353 sq mi (910 km2) |
| • Water | 1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| Population (2025) | |
| • Total | 8,295,500 |
| • Density | 24,000/sq mi (9,100/km2) |
The old city of Rihsport was a minor Fenni hamlet during the conquest of the area by gaelic tribes, and remained so until increased Coscivian shipping traffic, seeking to circumvent their competitors, grew the town and its surrounds enough to first feature as a listed city on maps in the twelfth century under the name Ryeport. The city was annexed by the Kingdom of the Fhainn at an unclear time prior to 1471 (when it first appeared in extant Royal records) and became a prominent forward outpost for conflicts such as the War of the Foot and the broader integration of modern Penthebhra and its surrounds into the Kingdom. In 1634, Rih Rethys II Suthar-Màrtainn moved his seat of power to Rihsport, using the move to establish the administrative dialect which would become modern Fhasen and banning other languages from the city by 1640. The largest alteration alongside the more than quintupling of the city's population and tripling of its size was the dredging and artificial deepening of Rih's Bay to allow for deep-hulled vessels to port there, which consumed Rethys II's entire lifetime and a staggeringly large proportion of the Crown's wealth at the time. While the capital would return to Oirthidún in 1715 after the conclusion of the poorly-managed Tundra Wars, the near-century of acting as the capital transformed Rihsport into a major commercial center and manufacturing hub for warships and the construction industry.
