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===Hyper-Urbanization===

Since the establishment of permanent Latinic city-states in [[Burgundie (Electorate)|Ipar]] in the 3rd century BC, urbanization has been a part of the [[Bergendii|Burgundian]] mythos. It originally was a symbolic differentiation between the Latinics and the {{wpl|Picts|Impaxi}} and {{wpl|Basque|Levzeish}} tribes who were {{wpl|transhumance}} and only mildly sedentary, respectively. [[Burgundie]]'s population has always been concentrated in urban centers, due in large part to the creation of a protectionist society, build up around {{wpl|Oppidum|oppida}} to protect against attacks and raids from outsiders. This concept was originally expressed in the development of cities surrounded by large {{wpl|Latifundium|latifundia}} where each day the workers and their landlords would return to the safety of the security {{wpl|Oppidum|oppidum}} walls before returning to the fields each morning. This lead to a strong sense of connection between those in power and those simply working the land, a sense of {{wpl|commonwealth}} that remains to this day. This style of city and community building became crucial to the defense of [[Burgundie]] and its [[Bergendii|people]]in the [[History_of_Burgundie#Post-classical_Burgundie|middle ages]] by thwarting [[Fiannria]]' efforts to dominate [[Burgundie]] for over 300 years.