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'''Valēka''' is the largest city of the Kiravian Federacy and the largest city of the state of [[Kiygrava]]. Founded in [[1034|20214]] by explorer Kedhur Valēkas as the first Coscivian settlement in [[Great Kirav]], Valēka is the economic and cultural capital of the Kiravian Federacy, and a major centre for the arts, education, manufacturing, research, and international trade.
The Valēka Metropolitan Area, which encompasses southeastern Kiygrava, northern [[Niyaska]], and portions of [[Etivéra]], is home to approximately fifty million people and is the Federacy's most economically productive and prosperous region.
==Geography==
[[File:Valēka Cantons Map.png|thumb|550px|Island cantons in olive drab, New Cantons in grey-green, West Valēka in light green. All other land in light gray.]]
===Cantons & Islands===
Valēka is divided into 10 cantons
====Cantons====
'''The Islands'''
*Ansalon
*Tandhurin
*Strathan
*Sardēmur
*Xamrun
'''New Cantons'''
*[[Canova]]
*[[Aspihar]]
*[[Kerśodan]]
*[[Xarbasar]]
'''West Valēka'''
*[[West Valēka]]
====Minor Islands====
*'''Foster's Island''' (part of Ansalon Canton)
*'''Brékalter Island''' (part of Tandhurin Canton)
*'''Ûskarya Island''' (part of Imyara Canton)
==History==
[[File:Cantanhede.jpg|thumb|Kedhur Valēkas]]
The Coscivian expedition led by [[Kedhur Valēkas]] that discovered [[Great Kirav]] made its first landfall on the island of [[Koskenkorva]], then sailed south-west to discover a second island, [[Ilánova]]. While circumnavigating the island in order to chart its coasts, the explorers sighted a larger landmass, the island continent of Great Kirav proper. Sailing southest toward and around the Iyaspala Peninsula, Valēkas and his crew entered what is now the Valēka Roadstead, which they noted for its sheltered waters and several natural harbours created by the surrounding islands and peninsulae.
After charting the eastern coast of Great Kirav, the expedition returned to the Valēka Roadstead to lay its ships at anchor for the winter. A fortified cantonment dubbed Port Kaleximur after Coscivian Emperor Kaleximur VI was built on the southern tip of Ansalon Island to shelter the explorers until the spring, at which time expedition returned to Éorsa. Valēkas' subsequent expeditions along the Great Kiravian coast and up the Kiygrava and Coïn rivers used Port Caleximur as a base, and a farming community was established to create a more reliable food supply for the growing number of navigators, tradesmen, and fishermen plying the waters of the Western Aquaric.
===Canal Port and the Ice Trade===


===Kilikas Enlightenment and the Republican Revolution===


===Port of Empire===
'''Metzetta''' is a country in East [[Alshar]] comprising the Metzettan Peninsula and the Metzettan Archipelago to the south.


===Kirosocialism===
Metzetta has been inhabited since prehistory, with the earliest pottery fragments dating from around 8000 BC. In the 3rd Century AD the kingdoms of Metzetta were united under an [[Emperor of Metzetta|Emperor]] and imperial court based in [[Hanzeong]], the nation's capital and largest, most populous city. Since then, Metzetta has existed under the guiding hand of its Emperor.


===Valēka as a World City===
Metzetta is a developed country which faces an aging population problem. The populace benefit from a high-speed train network and globally influential music and film sectors. The official language, [[Metzi]], is written using Hangul, and is considered a language isolate.
==Etymology==
The ancient kingdom of [[Meseda-jo|Meseda]] derived its name from "Me" (메) meaning hill or mountain, and "Seda" (섿아) meaning fierce, strong or powerful; altogether the name translated as "Fierce Hill" or "Powerful Mountain" in reference not only to the mountainous terrain of the region, but also specifically to Adamant Hill where the Emperor's castle stood in Hanzeong, and [[Mount Riwa]], an imposing holy mountain in the centre of the country. By the time Meseda had conquered the neighbouring kingdoms, the spelling and pronunciations of the root words had changed to "Mettu" (멛두) and "Zetta" (ㅿ엗다) from which the modern name is drawn.
== History==
Local legends hold that Metzetta and the surrounding lands were created by the gods; archaeological evidence has not yet been found to support this version of events.
===Prehistory===
Tool-making artefacts have been found in Metzetta dating from around 700,000 years ago. Settlements seem to have been concentrated in the central-western portion of the country. Agricultural societies and the most primitive forms of social-political complexities emerged around 1500 BC, developing around both dry-field and paddy-field crops. Beginning in 850 BC, chiefs began to take command over societies, and their (for the time) lavish burials have been excavated across the country. Bronze-production became possible in 700 BC and immediately cemented itself as a cornerstone of civilisation. Long distance trade, increasing levels of local conflict and the development of iron metallurgy signalled the end of this era of history about 300 BC.
===Ancient Kingdoms===
The first Metzettan kingdom, and the one which would come to dominate all others, was Meseda (메세다), supposedly founded by [[Emperor Yang-jo]] (a direct descendant of the gods) in 2333 BC. Written records from 700 BC attest that the kingdom was certainly well-established by this time. Meseda's capital was located in [[Hanzeong]] as it is today. Meseda is sometimes referred to in later accounts as Meseda-jo (메세다조) to differentiate it from modern-day Metzetta, but it was never known by this name at the time.


==Politics and Governance==
To the northeast of Meseda-jo lay [[Hyuntoji]] (휸도지, Hyuntoji translates as "Dark Land" or "Mysterious Land" and was the Metzettan name for the territory). Hyuntoji was smaller and less sophisticated than Meseda and was subjugated around 300 BC as Meseda-jo expanded. The territory to the south of Meseda was known as [[Daekang]] (대강, Great Water/River in Metzi) and was prosperous thanks to its ample coastline and greater proportion of arable land than the mountainous Meseda-jo. Daekang controlled several islands off the coast and resisted takeover attempts from the north for generations until falling in 85 BC. Ankae, the former capital of Daekang, is now the second-largest city in Metzetta. Following this acquisition Meseda-jo became known as Metzetta. Over the coming years the new empire would take to the seas and conquer many islands off the coast and laid claim to as many uninhabited islands as it could find.
[[File:Building of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 2 7 Desember 2003.jpg|thumb|City Hall, Ansalon Island]]
===Feudal Metzetta===
[[File:Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku (9406930363).jpg|thumb|Offices of the Provost and Municipal Administration, Ansalon Island]]
By 300 AD Metzetta's borders had arrived in roughly the configuration seen today.
Valēka is uniquely distinguished among Kiravian cities in that its municipal charter was not issued by its state, but instead by the Coscivian Empire.
===Modern Metzetta ===
Emperors Daeku and Yonzi kept Metzetta neutral during The First Great War. For the first year of The Second Great War, Metzetta remained neutral under Emperor Jan-Hu, however Levantine allies successfully induced Metzetta to join the Allies on March 30th, 1935, the same day [[Jalqolak]] fell to [[Corumm]].
==Geography ==
[[File:MetzettaTerritoryRaw.png|alt=Territory of Metzetta|thumb|The territory of modern-day Metzetta is shown here in red.]]
In the centre of Metzetta stands Mount Riwa, a holy site symbolic of the entire nation. It is part of a mountain range that divides east from west, running about two thirds of the way down the country. Metzetta is surrounded on all sides but north by the sea, with the Ocean of Cathay to the east. Metzetta's many island territories to the south are popular holiday destinations. Metzetta has an area of 281,890 square miles.
===Climate===
Metzetta tends to have a humid continental climate and a humid subtropical climate, and experiences a monsoon season in the summer, which begins end of June through the end of July. Winters can be extremely cold with the minimum temperature dropping below −20 °C in the inland region of the country. Winter temperatures are higher along the southern coast and considerably lower in the mountainous interior. Summer can be uncomfortably hot and humid, with temperatures exceeding 30 °C in most parts of the country. Metzetta has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring usually lasts from late March to early May, summer from mid-May to early September, autumn from mid-September to early November, and winter from mid-November to mid-March.


Because Valēka carries out on a municipal level many public services and functions ordinarily carried out by state governments and governs a population comparable to many states, the Provost of Valēka has acquired an informal status on par with state governors, with a correspondingly similar national profile. A survey of nationwide news networks found that between 21195 and 21202, Valēka provosts have received more television news coverage than the governors of all but twelve states. Two provosts have gone on to become [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Prime Executives of the Kiravian Federacy]] without serving in any other office in the interim, and Valēka provosts are often included in public speculation about future candidates for the office.
Rainfall is concentrated in the summer months of June through September. The southern coast is subject to late summer typhoons that bring strong winds, heavy rains and sometimes floods. The average annual precipitation is around 1400 millimetres.
 
===Biodiversity===
The ''Sarkovar'' or "City Commission" operates under a {{wp|two-party system}} in which power rotates between the [[Azure Civic Union Party]] and the [[Emerald Civic Alliance Party]], which draw their electoral support from the fanbases of the city's two Federated [[Fieldball]] League teams: the Valēka Emperors and Valēka Metropolitans, respectively. ACUP supporters are more concentrated on Ansalon, Tandhurin, and Strathannan Islands and have slightly higher incomes on average; while ECAP supporters tend to live in the mainland cantons and Imyara Island and have slightly lower incomes on average. Both parties are non-ideological and their platforms are nearly identical, comprised mostly of broad, pragmatic, and inoffensive policy statements. The two parties court votes mainly by dispensing patronage and appealing to team loyalty, rather than by promoting comprehensive political programmes. Which party wins a majority of City Commission seats in a given election is largely a matter of {{wp|voter turnout|turnout}}, though long-term trends have shown a correlation with the athletic performance of the two teams, as people who move to the city from outside the Valēka metropolitan area are more likely to become fans of whichever team is doing better on the field at that time and then go on to vote for that team's party.  
Metzetta is home to many diverse species of flora and fauna, some of which are endemic to the country (found nowhere else in the world), particularly in the south-eastern island territories.
 
==Politics==
While Valēkan political culture is diverse, owing to immigration from other parts of the Federacy and abroad, the city's residents are known for having generally pro-business (but also pro-labour) attitudes, positive views about the role and efficacy of the federal government, and a fiercely protective stance towards public institutions and self-expression values. Consumer protection and interstate and international commerce regulations are major issues for Valēkans, and as such the city tends to support the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]] on the federal level. On the state level, Valēkans are more diverse in their partisan leanings, giving substantial support to most Kiygravan state parties but showing a strong preference for (and producing a great many) independent candidates.
Metzettan citizens are very fond of their Emperor.
 
===Government===
===Public Education===
Metzetta has always existed under the direct rule of the Emperor. Historically the High Priest also held much power within the government but their sway has diminished in recent decades.
The Valēka Integrated School District is the largest public school system in the Federacy by expenditure and number of students. Its number of schools is surpassed only by the County Dannen School District covering [[Escarda]]. The VISD struggles with challenges to its mission posed by the unique conditions of the Federacy's largest city. Providing mother-tongue primary education and instruction in Kiravic as a second-language to students from multifarious linguistic backgrounds is costly and often falls short of expected standards. The urban poverty in which many of the VISD's pupils live leads to issues with attendence, discipline, in-school criminal activity, and self-motivation.
====Metzettan Royal Family====
 
The Metzettan Imperial Family represent the pinnacle of the aristocracy in Metzetta, and have marriage links to royal families in [[Urcea]] (through [[Princess Haeki]] in 1965), [[Grajnidar]] and [[Arcerion]]. The Emperor/Empress are the ultimate authority, followed by their spouse who is followed in turn by the heir to the throne. Members often hold additional titles (Dukedoms, Earldoms, Baronies) in addition to their Imperial titles. The current Emperor has been [[Emperor Hachi]] since 2022.
===Law & Order===
===Administrative Divisions===
[[File:Central Government Office Building No. 8.JPG|thumb|Valēka Police Administrative Building, Ansalon Island]]
The major administrative divisions of Metzetta are the 16 provinces, 8 metropolitan cities (cities which are self-governing rather than part of a province) and one special city (the capital of Hanzeong). All administrative divisions are associated with a noble title.
[[File:DayTechnologies2017p1-13.jpg|thumb|Valēka police on a routine patrol, Imyara Island]]
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The main law enforcement and public security agency in Valēka is the Valēka Police Force. With 75,000 uniformed personnel, it is the largest municipal police force in the Kiravian Federacy, and surpasses most federal subject police forces in terms of personnel and operating budget. The VPF is highly experienced in and equipped for mission profiles such as crowd and riot control, counterterrorism, and counternarcotics, and maintains significant aviation and maritime divisions in order to operate effectively across the city's many islands.
|+Administrative Divisions of Metzetta
 
!Name
Other law enforcement agencies in Valēka include the bi-state Kiygrava-Niyaska Port Police (responsible for patrolling port facilities, intercity rail stations, and other infrastructure in and around Valēka Harbour), the Valēka Municipal Investigative Service (responsible for investigating corruption, civil law violations, tax infractions, and other white-collar crimes), and divisions of federal law enforcement agencies such as the Migration Authority, Counternarcotics Agency, Anti-Bioterror Agency, and Federal Police. Valēka is within the jurisdiction of the Kiygrava State Police, but in practice the KSP only perform investigative and highway patrol duties inside the city limits, in accordance with an agreement reached between the city government and upstate legislators in the {{H:title|1870s AD|21060s}}.
!Population
 
!Area (sq. miles)
Crime and public security challenges facing the city include its large number of potential terrorist targets, deeply entrenched organised crime syndicates, ethnic/communal and sporting rivalry violence, gang violence in the city's poorer neighbourhoods, drug and other smuggling activities and black market trade, and the presence of many political extremist groups. Valēka's organised criminal enterprises have a long history of infiltrating the city's labour unions, public services, transport and construction industries, and even political parties, making them praticularly difficult for the city government to combat effectively. The ethnically Paisonic Coscivian ''Íntudóntræ'' ("Seven Families") and the Gaelic Mob have been the dominant organised crime groups since the late {{H:title|1890s AD|21080s}}, but are now facing competition from the Stelanovian Mob, the Hardbass Mafia, the Black 47s, and the ЖЖ-10s. Valēka is a major nexus for the transnational [[Kiravian Mafia]].
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Valēka's main correctional facilities are located on Rikross Island, between Kośridan and Strathannan.
!Population
!Area (sq. miles)
|-
! colspan="3" |Special City
! colspan="3" |Province
|-
|[[Hanzeong]]
|9,500,000
|600
|Wassi
|12,000,000
|33,500
|-
! colspan="3" |Metropolitan City
|Zeolla
|10,000,000
|29,100
|-
|[[Ankae]]
|3,500,000
|430
|Panyonggi
|7,000,000
|28,800
|-
|Jamsu
|2,800,000
|410
|Kitaessi
|6,400,000
|25,000
|-
|Inyang
|2,700,000
|380
|Zeowon
|4,000,000
|24,100
|-
|Dengjo
|1,900,000
|300
|Hansang
|2,500,000
|20,500
|-
|Uchyeo
|1,500,000
|275
|Seocheong
|2,200,000
|20,000
|-
|Hokae
|1,400,000
|260
|Ungsang
|1,700,000
|18,000
|-
|Jaegyu
|1,200,000
|205
|Zeosanggi
|1,300,000
|16,000
|-
|Hitui
|1,100,000
|200
|Yeulla
|1,200,000
|15,500
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="6" |
|Namussi
|900,000
|15,000
|-
|Mwolla
|820,000
|14,000
|-
|Yuwon
|780,000
|12,500
|-
|Neju
|700,000
|12,000
|-
|Kangssi
|600,000
|11,000
|-
|Gomssi
|200,000
|9000
|}
===Law===
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===Foreign Relations===
Historically one of Metzetta's favourite diplomatic tools was the arranged marriage between a high-ranking foreigner and a cadet member of the Imperial Family. Modern-day Metzetta also employs the tactic of twinning its cities with those abroad to foster friendly relations. Metzettan Emperors often bestow [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Metzetta|honours]] upon foreign heads of state as a display of friendship.


Metzettan embassies can be found in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis,]] Ninao, Minvras, Cape Town, [[Alstin (City)|Alstin]], [[Kartika]] and [[Mirzak]].
===Military===
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==Demographics==
==Demographics==
[[File:Lam Tin Sceneway Garden.jpg|thumb|Residential high-rises on Strathannan. Strathannan and Ansalon are the highest-density census tracts in the Federacy.]]
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===Population===
[[File:E60s buildings atop FDR Drive from QBB jeh.jpg|thumb|Tandhurin Island]]
Metzetta has a population of roughly 77,000,000.
The city proper is home to some seventeen million people. The population of Valēka has shown growth on every census taken in the past century, and continues to grow from natural births (mostly in the mainland cantons, Imyara Island, and Strathannan), domestic migration (mostly to Canova, Ansalon Island, Strathannan, and Sardēmur), and immigration from outside the Federacy, even as many middle-income families have resettled in the city's suburbs and exurbs. Roughly 45% of Valēkans were born in the city, and an additional 12% were born elsewhere in the Valēka Metro area. 26% were born elsewhere in the Kiravian Federacy and 17% were born abroad or at sea.
===Education===
Metzetta boasts several ancient universities and its citizens place a high value on educating themselves and their children. Education is free and compulsory until the age of 16 (homeschooling is also an option). Students may elect to stay on for 2 further years of education, which most do. University education is heavily subsidised for citizens, but remains expensive for foreign students.
===Ethnicity===
===Language===
Valēka is the most ethnically diverse city in the Federacy and among the most ethnically diverse in the world, being home to members of virtually all Coscivian ethnosocial groups, most other Cosco-Adratic peoples, and representatives of all other singificant groups in the Federacy, such as Celts, Kiravite Aboriginals, Azikorians, Kópistonians, Érhuans, Aınarovans, Echoese, and Levantines. The largest ethnosocial groups in the city are those that undertook large-scale migration to the city during Valēka's industrial boom, namely the Æran Coscivians, Paisonic Coscivians and their various subgroups, Kaśuvan Coscivians, and East Iatic Coscivians. The human geography of Valēka is a patchwork of ethnic neighbourhoods centred around ethnically specific houses of worship, punctuated by smaller areas of mixed-use development with higher-income, ethnically-mixed populations.  
The language of Metzetta is [[Metzi]], a language isolate. It is written using the Hangul alphabet. Most students study [[Julian Ænglish|English]] as part of their education, with some optionally taking on [[Corummese]] or [[Caphiric Latin|Latin]] as well.
 
Because of its commercial importance, Valēka is home to a large number of expatriates from nations with which the Federacy has strong economic ties. At the 21205 census, the nations with the largest number of expatriates residing in Valēka were [[Caphiria]], [[Urcea]], [[Faneria]], [[Fiannria]], [[Burgundie]], [[Paulastra]], [[the Cape]], and [[Cartadania]].
 
===Religion===
===Religion===
Valēka's religious diversity mirrors its ethnic diversity. [[Roman Catholicism|Catholicism]] is the largest religion in the city, with Jesuit and Franciscan missions in Valēka having been the Catholic Church's first inroads into Kiravia as a whole. Catholicism is the traditional religion of the Levantine, Tryhstian, Stelanovian, Cervonian, Alòxinan, Serradan, Beryllian, and Limoncellese ethnic groups, and has a minority following among many other groups. It is the largest religion among the ''Rurivem'' or ethnically undifferentiated Kiravic-speaking Coscivian population. Catholicism continues to attract many converts in Valēka through the influence of numerous schools, colleges, and charities operated by religious orders and the Archdiocese of Valēka. The Archdiocese, which covers the city itself, neighbouring County Astorin, and Holden Island, is the oldest Great Kiravian diocese in continuous operation outside the [[Tryhstian Littoral]]. The Archbishop of Valēka is nearly always named a Cardinal and is regarded as the most senior Catholic leader in the Federacy. The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Tandhurin Island is the {{wp|national shrine}} of the Kiravian Federacy.    
The indigenous account of the origin of the universe in Metzetta is known as [[Chulcheo]], which is explored briefly below. For most of recorded history Chulcheo was regarded as plain fact, and despite all scientific evidence pointing to the contrary, many locals still retain their beliefs in the old gods. Other religions such as Buddhism exist only as a minority, and among the younger generations abandoning religion entirely is becoming the norm.
====Metzettan Cosmology (Chulcheo)====
Metzetta's (almost certainly apocryphal) first Emperor was said to be descended directly from the gods. The country's mythical early history was compiled in the [[Iyagi-seda]], one of the earliest history books developed in the region. A High Priest has been installed as long as Metzetta has had an Emperor and their lineage is similarly well-documented.


Coscivian Orthodoxy, the traditional faith of many of the city's largest ethnic groups, such as Paisonic and Kaśuvan Coscivians, is the second-largest religion in the city. Most Coscivian Orthodox parishes in the city minister to one particular ethnic group, usually the dominant ethnic group of the neighbourhood where they are located. Valēka is divided into six Coscivian Orthodox dioceses: Valēka (Ansalon Island and Tandhurin Island), Canova, Imyara, Sardēmur (Sardēmur Island, Inverígan, and Cadexa), Kośridan (Kośridan and Strathannan), and North Valēka (North Valēka, West Valēka, Linthika, and Hāvika).  
The progenitor of all things in Chulcheo is Nalag, the primordial force of chaos. From Nalag came Sim-yeon, the god of the sea, an enormous red whale whose tail causes the waves, and Haneul, goddess of the sky, a gigantic bird whose wings cause the wind. Sim-yeon and Haneul's child was Hwasan, a great bear who raised the land from the sea and raised the mountains above the land. Hwasan created Ip, who placed the plants upon the land, Uloe who caused thunder and lightning, and Ugi, the rain god. Before retreating to the Moon, Nalag also created Majimag, the god of death, a skeleton who puffs a pipe until the smoke forms demons, and Taeyang, the sun. Majimag in turn created Ssaum, the god of war. Taeyang had 3 daughters: Hwajae, the goddess of love and fire; Jihye, the goddess of knowledge; and Won-in, the goddess of fertility. Jihye became the mother of the demigods, while Won-in gave birth to all the beasts and animals of the land.
 
Other religions with a visible presence in Valēka include Islam (mainly Rumeli, Alawite, and Ibadhi, but with other sects represented as well), [[Ethnic groups in Kiravia#Kulukusi|Kulukusi]] selenolatry, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith, Melian Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, {{wp|Mandaeanism}}, {{wp|Manichaeanism}}, Welsh nationalism, and [[Church of Dodd|Pribyterianism]].


Ssaum and Hwajae had a daughter; Dalrae, the first woman. This is the mythical origin of the human race. Dalrae and the demigod of the stars, Byeol, had many children, the first of whom was Yang, the founder of Meseda-jo and one of the most important figures in Metzettan legend. From these few figures all the men and women of the world are said to be descended. While it is not true in reality than the human race originated in Metzetta, this origin tale indicates that the people of other lands went forth from Metzetta to found their respective countries.
===Health===
Metzetta offers its citizens free healthcare, and boasts high life expectancy rates. With birth rates falling, the population is aging rapidly. Advanced medical facilities such as MRI scanners are readily available. Tourists must pay to access Metzettan medical care. Smoking is common in Metzetta, causing concern amongst the country's medical experts.
==Economy==
==Economy==
[[File:ValēkaStockExchange.png|thumb|Valēka Stock Exchange, Ansalon Island]]
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===Currency===
Valēka is the foremost city in the Kiravian economy and a prominent city in the regional economy of [[Ixnay]]. Forty-two of the 100 largest Kiravian corporations by market capitalisation are based in Valēka, and the city houses the corporate offices and flagship operations of numerous major multinationals. Valēka is regarded as the leading city of the Kiravian financial, international shipping, telecommunications, publishing, advertising, and insurance industries. Although Valēka was the first city in the Coscivian world to industrialise and retains a strong industrial heritage, most manufacturing operations have long since relocated to its satellite cities and suburbs, leaving an economy based primarily on services and commerce. Nonetheless, high-technology and specialty manufacturing enterprises have proliferated in the city since the 21180s economic reforms under [[Andrus Candrin|Governor Candrin]], with many taking root in the borough of [[Canova]].  
The [[Metzettan Won]] is the nation's currency, minted by the Bank of Metzetta. The word "won" means "round" in reference to the shape of the coins, which were originally minted with square holes. Many variations have been produced and coin collecting is a popular hobby. Currently coins are minted in values of ₩1, ₩5, ₩10, ₩50, ₩100 and ₩500, though ₩1 and ₩5 coins are becoming increasingly rare as inflation renders them obsolete. Banknotes are currently minted in denominations of ₩1000, ₩5000, ₩10,000, ₩50,000 and ₩100,000. Coins and banknotes in other denominations have been produced in the past and unusual denominations are sometimes minted for commemorative purposes. Common subjects depicted on coins and banknotes include Emperors, flowers, birds and architecture.
 
===Agriculture===
Valēka dominates the Kiravian financial sector, and is home to its three largest stock exchanges, most major banks, and nationwide credit unions, mutual funds, and other financial institutions. Kiravia's {{wp|central bank}}, the [[Reserve Bank of Kirav]], has its ''de facto'' headquarters in West Valēka, although its deposits are (at least notionally) held and managed at the RBK offices in [[Kartika]], which remains the Bank's formal address for postal and legal purposes.
With a relatively small amount of arable land for a country of its size, most Metzettan crops are sold domestically, with very little produced for the export market. Metzettan farmers are very proud of the unique cultivars of fruits, vegetables and other plants they maintain, some of which have been the family business for generations. Most homes include a small food garden.
 
===Industry===
More written material is published in Valēka than any other Kiravian city, with it being home to over one thousand publishing houses of varying sizes, several university presses, and five major national newspapers: The ''[[Valēka Post]]'' (considered Kiravia's {{wp|newspaper of record}}), the ''Kiravian Times'', the ''Economic Post'', the ''Financial Post'', the ''Republican Messenger'', and the ''City Isles Report''. Despite the emergence of [[Pontevedra]] as an entertainment industry hub during the 21190s, Valēka remains the leading city in Kiravian music publishing and film distribution (especially film imports), and web content development.
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====Automotive Industry====
Valēka Harbour is the Federacy's busiest port for both imports and exports, and the second-largest domestic cargo port by volume (following [[Saar-Silverda]]). It comprises port facilities and supporting infrastructure in all of the city's cantons except for Hāvika and landlocked North Valēka, as well as the cities of Śervinaxt, Cantrasar, Saar-Niyaska, and Kartaret in northern Niyaska. It is the main port of departure for goods manufactured in Valēka itself, Niyaska, [[Róvidrea]], and major industrial cities further up the Kiygrava River such as [[Trár]] and [[Evira]], as well as northeastern [[Etivéra]]. Goods produced in the central Eastern Highlands, [[Kastera]], [[Hiterna]], and Central Kirav bound for South [[Levantia]] or [[Heku]] are usually shipped out from Valēka as well.
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===Tourism===
In 2024, 18 million foreign tourists visited Metzetta. With rising tourism prospects, especially from outside of Alshar, the Metzettan government has set a target of attracting 20 million visitors a year by 2030.
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==Infrastructure==
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===Transportation===
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====Rail====
Metzetta uses the somewhat unusual rail gauge of 1600mm (5ft 3in), meaning its trains are incompatible with tracks of most other nations of the world, necessitating a change of trains when leaving the country's rail network. This rail gauge is also used by [[Kiravia]]. The slightly wider tracks allow for larger cylinders, useful for pulling trains up the hilly terrain of the countryside. Rail transport and freight is a public enterprise in Metzetta. Several cities offer a subway system and a vestigial narrow-gauge network operates in tandem with the main network.
====Road====
The Metzettan Highway System mostly runs North-South routes due to the mountain range running down the middle of the country, though there are several East-West crossings including several tunnels.
====Air====
Metzettair is the government-owned flag-carrier for the country, operating both domestic and international flights. A small number of private airlines have appeared in the past few decades to provide budget vacations. Hanzeong International Airport is the largest airport in the country.
====Sea====
Metzetta has a strong seafaring tradition given its ample coastline and many island territories.
===Energy ===
Historically Metzetta was a coal-powered nation but this system has been supplanted by nuclear energy, and to a lesser extent, other renewable sources such as wind, geothermal, solar, tidal and hydroelectric power. Nearly 75% of Metzetta's energy is produced in Nuclear power plants, with plans to retire the few remaining coal plants well underway. It is not uncommon for private citizens to generate some of their own electricity through the use of a small wind turbine or bank of solar panels. Energy is not a private industry in Metzetta and all power plants are controlled by Energy For Metzetta, a government agency.
=== Internet & Telecommunications===
Metzetta's capital of Hanzeong has offered free city-wide public Wi-Fi since 2024, with plans for similar services in Ankae, Jamsu and Inyang to open before 2030. The country's top-level domain code is .[[.mz|mz]].
=== Postal Service===
The Imperial Postal Service operates in Metzetta under the control of the government. They often issue commemorative stamps and collecting them was once a popular hobby. Metzetta's postal codes are written in the format LLNN-NNNL, where L is a letter and N is a number; for example Hanzeong City Hall's postal code is YG01-355A. The first two digits represent Yang District in Hanzeong; there are over 50 of these two-letter abbreviations.
==Culture==
==Culture==
 
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Valēkans regard their city as the spiritual successor to Era, the capital of the Coscivian Empire, and Rovisa, the capital of the Akuvaric Empire. As such, they see Valēka as not only the foremost city of Kiravia, but of the entire civilised world. Valēkans are known for their élitist attitude towards the wider world beyond their city limits. In the words of the Kiravian travel author and humourist Lavran Katin:
===Art===
 
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{{Cquote|If you get a bunch of Valēkans drunk together on any given day, eventually one will brag that he's never left the city in his life. Then another will brag that he's never been to Imyara or further inland than Canova, and another will brag that he's never left Ansalon Island. This continues until you find someone who stands in the middle of the pub with a straight face and claims to have never left his 3rd Street condo. He knows he's lying as much as anyone else, but deep inside him is a sincere belief that the five-acre plot of dirt his building stands on at the southern tip of Ansalon is the best damn five acres on the planet and he himself is a better man simply by virtue of sleeping thirty stories atop it.  
===Architecture===
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===Cuisine===
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Metzettan cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Ingredients and dishes vary by province. There are many significant regional dishes that have proliferated in different variations across the country in the present day. Metzettan cuisine is largely based on rice, noodles, tofu, vegetables, fish and meats. Traditional Metzettan meals are noted for the number of side dishes, ''banchan'' (반찬), which accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Every meal is accompanied by numerous banchan. Metzetta is unique among Alshari countries in its use of metal chopsticks rather than wooden or bamboo ones.
 
===Literature & Philosophy===
===Language===
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Over eight thousand languages are spoken in the city<sup>[yes this is canon, get fucked]</sup>, reflecting its incredibly diverse Kiravian population and large numbers of immigrants and expatriates. [[Kiravic Coscivian]] is the most widely spoken language in the city, spoken fluently by 46% of the population, competently by an additional 28% of the population, and poorly or not at all by the remaining 26%. Life in such a multilingual city has caused the majority of Valēkans to be accomplished polyglots: Most can speak at least their native or ethnic language and Kiravic, while others speak multiple ethnic languages common in their parts of the city along with Kiravic and their own language. Still others are natively trilingual as a result of interethnic marriage. Monolingual Kiravic-speakers (speaking "radio Kiravic" or a more polished  register of the Valēka dialect) are a rather small minority in the city, and tend to live in higher-income, multi-ethnic, mixed-use neighbourhoods on the home islands.
===Music===
 
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Living in a major city for international business, Valēkans far surpass their countrymen in their proficiency with foreign languages. Among the native-born Coscivian population, Valēka boasts more English and Latin speakers in absolute numbers than any other Kiravian city (though immigrant-heavy [[Béyasar]] exceeds it in both by percentage). Sorrentian and Hekuvian Latin are both widely understood, and most secondary school graduates have at least a rudimentary command of them.
===Media===
 
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Road signs in Valēka are mostly printed in Kiravic and Kiravic only. However, individual ethnic neighbourhoods have successfully petitioned to have supplemental street signs posted in their vernacular or have added such signs unilaterally. Other public informational signage is usually multilingual, with the most common languages being Paisonic Coscivian, Antaric Coscivian, Melote, Vilaman Coscivian, Isparan Coscivian, Latin, and [[Lebhan language|Lebhan]].
====Television====
 
Baeyang National Broadcasting is a government-owned business which distributes several TV and radio stations. The first television channels to be broadcast in Metzetta were BNB1, BNB2 and BNB3. These channels have continued to operate into the digital era alongside several more modern offerings from BNB and other, private broadcasting houses.
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Valēka is home to a distinctive dialect of Kiravic Coscivian. Like the other dialects spoken in the Kiygrava, Valēka Kiravic belongs to the Northern Kiravic dialect group. The foundations of the dialect owe more to the Kiravic varieties spoken upriver in [City], County X, and County Y, from whence the first settlers of the city came, than to the traditional rural dialect of the lower Iyaspala Peninsula, which is now extinct.
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The modern Valēkan dialect developed during the 21XXXs as the native speech of the city absorbed influences brought by mass migration from elsewhere, including other dialects of Kiravic, other Coscivian languages, minority languages, and from foreign contact. Today, the characteristic phonological and lexical features of the dialect are most pronounced among working- and middle-class people of Coscivian descent living on the outer islands and the mainland boroughs of the city. A few long-established aristocratic Valēkan families and a handful of exurban communities far outside the city proper continue to speak in a manner resembling the earlier, pre-mass migration Valēka dialect, which is of great interest to historical linguists.
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====Video Games====
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===Holidays===
The two most famous Metzettan festivals are Chusu (the harvest festival) and Saehae (celebrating the New Year). Gaehwa (the blossom festival) is also very popular within the country.
===Fashion===
The traditional dress of Metzetta is known as Mettubok. Modern Metzettan fashion brands which are popular include NoSecrets, ZVibe and Gwihan.
===Sports===
===Sports===
Valēka is the only city that is home to two teams competing in the Federal Fieldball League, the Valēka Emperors and Valēka Metropolitans. [[Intracity Sporting Rivalry in Valēka|Team allegiance is a strongly-held social identifier and a deeply divisive issue among Valēkans]], with pubs and other facilities having adopted a policy of segregation to prevent fighting between fans of opposing teams.
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===Symbols ===
The city is also home to the Valēka Cutlasses of the transnational [[Levantian Hockey League]] and the Valēka Ospreys of the [[Kiravian Gridiron Football League]].
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===Folklore ===
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The Port of Valēka is the Federacy's largest passenger port, largest international port by volume, and second-largest port by overall cargo volume following the Port of [[Saar-Silverda]]. More foreign goods enter Kiravia at Valēka than anywhere else.
===Gardens===
 
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The Valēka is served by four international airports. Two, Valēka International and Maðurin Memorial, lie within the city limits, located on Engram's Bars and in West Valēka, respectively. Ĥarova-Paison International Airport is located in nearby County Paison, Kiygrava, while [[Iselin International Airport|Iselin Ærodrome]] is located in Iselin, Niyasca.
===Galleries, Museums & Libraries===
 
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Federal Route I, which traverses the Eastern Seaboard from Silmarin, Mariava to Dróvedra, [[Trinatria]], crosses into Valēka through [island 2], and provides access to the city via a number of exits and service roads located in x, y, z, and northern Niyasca. Federal Route IV, which runs east-to-west across Great Kirav, has its eastern terminus at Exit 1 on [island 3]. Because of the city's age and inundated geography, it is the only major Kiravian city lacking a full or partial {{wp|beltway}}.
 
The city has a robust, efficient public transit system including the ValTram bus service, the Valēka Subway, and a monorail route that serves the Home Islands and is slated for expansion to other parts of the city. Unlike its counterparts centred in [[Escarda]] and [[Kartika]], the Valēka transit system does not extend into the city's wider metro area, and instead provides transfer points for interchange with the Niyasca Transit Authority and private- or semiprivate- bus and streetcar lines serving the commuter suburbs. Valēka has the second-lowest car ownership rate among major Kiravian cities (behind Saar-Silverda) and is home to more taxicabs than anywhere else in the country.
 
==Points of Interest==
===Governmental===
*'''Valēka Municipal Towers''' - Houses the office of the Provost and the central offices of the city's executive agencies.
*'''City Hall and Council Chambers''' - Houses the Valēka City Council assembly hall and offices, open to the public on all business days.
*'''State Chronometric Observatory''' - Houses one of the two {{wp|strontium-87}} {{wp|Atomic clock#Optical_clocks|optical lattice clocks}} that keep the nation's official time, the other being held at the Federal Mathematical & Astronomical Institute in [[Kartika]] .
*'''Immigration Processing Centre - Foster Island''' - Federal facility occupying an island in Valēka Harbour, which has been used to acommodate (primarily Coscivian) immigrants seeking entry into the Kiravian Federacy since 21053. Despite falling into relative disuse during the period of decreased immigration under Kirosocialism, Foster Island has taken on a new purpose as a processing facility for temporary economic and refugee/asylee migrants arriving through Valēka area airports, as a detention center for persons appearing in migration court or awaiting deportation, and a quarantine facility for travellers presenting with serious infectious diseases.
*'''Arsenal Island and Armoury Island''' - Two islands in Valēka Harbour fortified since the 1420s and jointly garrisoned by the Federal Army and the Kiygrava Republican Army. Tactically, the islands were (and still are) meant to serve as artillery batteries to defend the harbour from attack, but are mainly used to house troops, surplus matériel, and administrative offices supporting Federal Army and Naval operations in the Gateway Region.
*'''Municipal Parking Authority Headquarters'''- Reviled as the home of the most hated city agency (after the Revenue Directorate, of course) and used by Valēkans as a byword for bureaucratic inefficiency and ineptitude, this building on Y-island is where residents must go to apply for and pick up street parking permits, track down towed cars, and contest parking citations. According to a Valēka Audit Court report, the MPA headquarters was closed for almost half of the city government's working days in 21204, has a daily average staff absence rate of 28%, and is working through 10- and 15-year backlogs for certain filings. Initiatives to digitise and streamline the Authority's operations have been thwarted year after year by public sector unions, much to the ire of Valēkan motorists.
*'''Wintergen House''' - Rowhouse on Tandhurin Island from which the [[Stewardship of Wintergen (government-in-exile)|government-in-exile of Wintergen]] has operated since the island was occupied by [[Burgundie]]. The building and its grounds are {{wp|etxtraterritorial}} to Kiygrava and exempt from state and city laws and taxes.
 
===Religious===
[[File:Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption - Trenton 02.JPG|thumb|The Maritime Sailors' Cathedral]]
*'''Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help''' - Roman Catholic {{wp|National shrine|national shrine}} of the Kiravian Federacy and seat of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Valēka. Located in Tandhurin, it is the largest Catholic church in the city. It was built in 211XX in an Urcean-inspired Neo-Byzantine and Neo-Romanesque style, and is known for its elaborate mosaīcs, statuary, and impedimenta. Coscivian Rite, Latin Rite, and Greek Rite services are all held regularly in the Basilica and its numerous side chapels, and its breathtaking Vespers service draws attendees from all religious backgrounds.
*'''Maritime Sailors' Cathedral''' - An interdenominational, multilingual Christian church in the Seaport West district, serving sailors and travellers of diverse nationalities. Services are offered in Kiravic, High Coscivian, [[Sorrentian Latin|Latin]], [[Lebhan language|Lebhan]], [[Burgundian language|Burgundine]], English, Gaelic, Portuguese, Lornish, Gothic, Italian, Slavonic, Punic, Welsh, and Greek.
*'''Cathedral of St. Adomnán''' - Seat of the [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Apostolic]] Archbishop of Valēka, located in the Perlitren district.
 
===Economic===
*'''Valēka Stock Exchange''' - The nation's largest stock exchange, based in the Financial District.
*'''National Securities Market''' - The nation's second-largest stock exchange, also located in the Financial District.
*'''SNOWPEC Towers''' - Headquarters of the SNOWPEC economic alliance, the SNOWPEC Towers complex houses over 400,000 square metres of office, accommodation, and commercial space, as well as an indoor ski slope.
*'''[[IFMS|Interbank Financial Messaging System]] Central Nexus''' - Interbank transfer system, network infrastructure located in West Valēka.
*'''Kevretin & Company''' - High-end department store located in Uptown.
*'''Port of Valēka''' - A vast network of port facilities dominating the Valēka shoreline and extending into neighbouring cities in Kiygrava and Niyasca, the Port of Valēka is the second-largest cargo port in the Federacy by volume (after the Port of [[Saar-Silverda]], and its largest international passenger port. The port is regulated by the Port Authority of Valēka and North Niyasca, an interstate organisation accountable to both the Kiygravan and Niyascan state governments.
*'''Empire Brewery''' - Flagship brewery of Empire Brewing SAK, the largest independent brewery in Kiravia, most notable for its stouts and porters. The brewery offers tours and tastings to visitors, and ranks among the city's top tourist attractions.
*'''Global Business Park''' - Office complex constructed in the early 21190s as a joint Federal-Kiygravan-Valēkan project to attract foreign trade and capital to the city. Today the complex's tenants include a wide variety of Kiravian and foreign (particularly Levantine and Hekuvian) firms, most of which are involved in international commerce and high finance.
*'''Stólvikēkivon''' - (English: "Antennapolis") District of Sandēmur home to numerous broadcasting companies and transmission facilities, including KDŌ-KBS, Vísomer Cable, CBC, [[KT (news outlet)|Kiravia Today]], and the [[Federal Public Radio Consortium]].
 
===Universities===
*'''University of Valēka''' - The second-oldest university in Kiravia and one of the most prestigious in the country. UV's main campus is located on the north end of Ansalon, but the university owns sattelite campuses, freestanding buildings, and rental properties throughout the city.
*'''Agnālion University''' - Nonsectarian private university located on Tandhurin Island.
*'''Fāstervon Ignatian University''' - Roman Catholic university operated by the Jesuit Order located in North Valēka.
*'''Universitas Codicis''' - (Kiravic: ''Wordforuniversity Wordforcodex'') Literary and scientific academy established by the [[Burgundie#Oligarchiam_grammaticorum|Oligarchia Grammaticorum]] (Kiravic: ''Lektriguv Saxdarurskya''), with links to similarly affiliated institutions in Burgundie, Heku, and Paulastra. Located on Tandhurin Island.
*'''Kirav Wesleyan University''' - The oldest and best-known Protestant university in Kiravia, located in West Valēka.
*'''Valēka Economic Institute''' - Graduate institution dedicated to high-level economics research and instruction, located in the Vansaten district of Ansalon.
*'''St. Anselm University''' - Roman Catholic university located in southern Linþika.
*'''St. Serapion University''' - Coscivian Orthodox university located in Canova.
*'''First National University''' - Formed as an abortive effort at founding a national university under the X administration, the college was later privatised and is now operated by an ecumenical Christian trust.
*'''New Retua University''' - Closely adhering to the educational models of the earliest Coscivian universities, NRU serves a primarily Paisonic Coscivian student body and uses a traditional register of High Coscivian as its medium of instruction. It is noted for its large collection of ancient Coscivian texts, art, and artifacts.
*'''Ûverna Pedagogical Formatory''' - One of the nation's leading {{wp|normal schools}} and centres of education research.
*'''Kiygrava State University''' - Operates two campuses in the city, one in Canova, and another in North Valēka.
*'''Valēka State University''' - Located on Sardēmur Island
*'''Valēka City College System''' - Operates the city's network of {{wp|community colleges}}, with one campus in each canton.
 
===Cultural===
*'''Metropolitan Museum of Coscivian Art''' - The largest single art museum in the Coscivian World by collection size and annual attendence, the MMCA curates and showcases over 20,000 years of Coscivian and Cosco-Adratic art, from Ancient ʔptovi funerary urns to 21170s Synæsthetic Realist tryptychs. In addition to a few items of extreme significance on permanent display, the MMCA has standing exhbitions dedicated to the First Imperial, Inter-Imperial, Second Imperial, Third Imperial, and early Post-Imperial artistic periods with a regularly rotating inventory. Temporary and visiting exhibitions draw on the collections of other institutions across the Coscivian world, documenting more recent and regionally- or ethnically-specific contributions to Coscivian art.
*'''St. Aidan Museum & Scriptorium''' - A museum dedicated to illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy, rare books, antique maps and woodcuts, and other beautiful manifestations of the written word. While the bulk of the collection if of early Coscivian Christian (mianly Apostolic, owing to the museum's affiliation) origin, the institution has taken care to diversify its collection to include the products of Coscivian Monotheist monasteries, articles from the Second Imperial and later periods, as well as some Celtic, Levantine, and other writings from non-Coscivian cultures. The museum is owned and operated by a community of Ĥeldican Apostolic monks, who also operate and active scriptorium on the premises and offer calligraphy lessons to seminarians and the public.
*'''Æran Open Theatrical Garden''' - Membership society that hosts theatrical productions selected trimonthly from some 200 submissions. Admission to the theatrical performances is generally free, and the society finances itself through the sale of balcony seats, admission fees for musical, dance, and lecture events, and rental of the space for events. The IOTG tends to attract the best new and independent playwrights, and is regarded as being a major portal for underground writers and actors entering the mainstream.  Because of its comparatively limited backstage infrastructure and 360-degree stage setup, the Garden hosted many works by pioneers of dramatic monologue and one-man theatre, subgenres which have since become a distinctive presence in Kiravian theatre.
*'''Great Library of Valēka''' - The largest extant library in the Coscivian world, containing over 540,000,000 physical items, including books, periodicals, film, sound recordings, and other materials in an estimated 970 languages. Though it is neither a {{wp|legal deposit}} library nor a {{wp|national library}} (both titles belong to the Federal Library in Kartika), it is the Federacy's leading research library and is used extensively by historians, philologists, jurists, linguists, and other scholars from across the Federacy and beyond.
*'''Institute for the Cultivation of Classical Adraïan''' - A linguistic, philological, and epigraphic institution devoted to the study of the Classical Adraïan language, the oldest language of [[Coscivian civilisation]]. The institute houses a corpus of some eight-thousand documents, epigraphs, inscriptions, engravings, and pottery shards, and publishes the Authoritative Dictionary of Classical Adraïan and the Journal of Adratic Philology.
*'''Valēkas Statue at Kilometre Zero''' - A cast bronze statue of [[Keður Valēkas|Kedhur Valēkas]], erected upon a rocky islet in Valēka Harbour. Considered to mark the centre of the Kiygrava Estuary, early Coscivian explorers used the islet as a navigational reference point when charting the coast of Great Kirav. It was used as the nation's official ''{{wp|kilometre zero}}'' from which all other distances in the country were measured until the end of the Confederate Republics period when the federal government began using the Calśinsar Monument in Kartika as its kilometre zero. Valēkas Rock continues to be used as a control point (especially within the estuary itself) and as a customary kilometre zero by residents of the Valēka Metro Area.


==See Also==
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Empire of Metzetta

멛Δ에따 (Metzi)
Flag of Metzetta
Motto: MOTTO
("ENGMOTTO")
     
Capital
and largest city
Hanzeong
Official languagesMetzi
Religion
Chulcheo
Demonym(s)Metzettan
Government
Emperor Hachi
PPP
Establishment
• Founded (Legendary)
2333 BC
• Modern border established
300 AD
Population
• Estimate
77,000,000
GDP (nominal)estimate
• Total
$2,989,473,410,000
• Per capita
$38,824.33
CurrencyMetzettan Won (₩)
Mains electricity230V 50Hz
Driving sideleft
Internet TLD.mz


Metzetta is a country in East Alshar comprising the Metzettan Peninsula and the Metzettan Archipelago to the south.

Metzetta has been inhabited since prehistory, with the earliest pottery fragments dating from around 8000 BC. In the 3rd Century AD the kingdoms of Metzetta were united under an Emperor and imperial court based in Hanzeong, the nation's capital and largest, most populous city. Since then, Metzetta has existed under the guiding hand of its Emperor.

Metzetta is a developed country which faces an aging population problem. The populace benefit from a high-speed train network and globally influential music and film sectors. The official language, Metzi, is written using Hangul, and is considered a language isolate.

Etymology

The ancient kingdom of Meseda derived its name from "Me" (메) meaning hill or mountain, and "Seda" (섿아) meaning fierce, strong or powerful; altogether the name translated as "Fierce Hill" or "Powerful Mountain" in reference not only to the mountainous terrain of the region, but also specifically to Adamant Hill where the Emperor's castle stood in Hanzeong, and Mount Riwa, an imposing holy mountain in the centre of the country. By the time Meseda had conquered the neighbouring kingdoms, the spelling and pronunciations of the root words had changed to "Mettu" (멛두) and "Zetta" (ㅿ엗다) from which the modern name is drawn.

History

Local legends hold that Metzetta and the surrounding lands were created by the gods; archaeological evidence has not yet been found to support this version of events.

Prehistory

Tool-making artefacts have been found in Metzetta dating from around 700,000 years ago. Settlements seem to have been concentrated in the central-western portion of the country. Agricultural societies and the most primitive forms of social-political complexities emerged around 1500 BC, developing around both dry-field and paddy-field crops. Beginning in 850 BC, chiefs began to take command over societies, and their (for the time) lavish burials have been excavated across the country. Bronze-production became possible in 700 BC and immediately cemented itself as a cornerstone of civilisation. Long distance trade, increasing levels of local conflict and the development of iron metallurgy signalled the end of this era of history about 300 BC.

Ancient Kingdoms

The first Metzettan kingdom, and the one which would come to dominate all others, was Meseda (메세다), supposedly founded by Emperor Yang-jo (a direct descendant of the gods) in 2333 BC. Written records from 700 BC attest that the kingdom was certainly well-established by this time. Meseda's capital was located in Hanzeong as it is today. Meseda is sometimes referred to in later accounts as Meseda-jo (메세다조) to differentiate it from modern-day Metzetta, but it was never known by this name at the time.

To the northeast of Meseda-jo lay Hyuntoji (휸도지, Hyuntoji translates as "Dark Land" or "Mysterious Land" and was the Metzettan name for the territory). Hyuntoji was smaller and less sophisticated than Meseda and was subjugated around 300 BC as Meseda-jo expanded. The territory to the south of Meseda was known as Daekang (대강, Great Water/River in Metzi) and was prosperous thanks to its ample coastline and greater proportion of arable land than the mountainous Meseda-jo. Daekang controlled several islands off the coast and resisted takeover attempts from the north for generations until falling in 85 BC. Ankae, the former capital of Daekang, is now the second-largest city in Metzetta. Following this acquisition Meseda-jo became known as Metzetta. Over the coming years the new empire would take to the seas and conquer many islands off the coast and laid claim to as many uninhabited islands as it could find.

Feudal Metzetta

By 300 AD Metzetta's borders had arrived in roughly the configuration seen today.

Modern Metzetta

Emperors Daeku and Yonzi kept Metzetta neutral during The First Great War. For the first year of The Second Great War, Metzetta remained neutral under Emperor Jan-Hu, however Levantine allies successfully induced Metzetta to join the Allies on March 30th, 1935, the same day Jalqolak fell to Corumm.

Geography

Territory of Metzetta
The territory of modern-day Metzetta is shown here in red.

In the centre of Metzetta stands Mount Riwa, a holy site symbolic of the entire nation. It is part of a mountain range that divides east from west, running about two thirds of the way down the country. Metzetta is surrounded on all sides but north by the sea, with the Ocean of Cathay to the east. Metzetta's many island territories to the south are popular holiday destinations. Metzetta has an area of 281,890 square miles.

Climate

Metzetta tends to have a humid continental climate and a humid subtropical climate, and experiences a monsoon season in the summer, which begins end of June through the end of July. Winters can be extremely cold with the minimum temperature dropping below −20 °C in the inland region of the country. Winter temperatures are higher along the southern coast and considerably lower in the mountainous interior. Summer can be uncomfortably hot and humid, with temperatures exceeding 30 °C in most parts of the country. Metzetta has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring usually lasts from late March to early May, summer from mid-May to early September, autumn from mid-September to early November, and winter from mid-November to mid-March.

Rainfall is concentrated in the summer months of June through September. The southern coast is subject to late summer typhoons that bring strong winds, heavy rains and sometimes floods. The average annual precipitation is around 1400 millimetres.

Biodiversity

Metzetta is home to many diverse species of flora and fauna, some of which are endemic to the country (found nowhere else in the world), particularly in the south-eastern island territories.

Politics

Metzettan citizens are very fond of their Emperor.

Government

Metzetta has always existed under the direct rule of the Emperor. Historically the High Priest also held much power within the government but their sway has diminished in recent decades.

Metzettan Royal Family

The Metzettan Imperial Family represent the pinnacle of the aristocracy in Metzetta, and have marriage links to royal families in Urcea (through Princess Haeki in 1965), Grajnidar and Arcerion. The Emperor/Empress are the ultimate authority, followed by their spouse who is followed in turn by the heir to the throne. Members often hold additional titles (Dukedoms, Earldoms, Baronies) in addition to their Imperial titles. The current Emperor has been Emperor Hachi since 2022.

Administrative Divisions

The major administrative divisions of Metzetta are the 16 provinces, 8 metropolitan cities (cities which are self-governing rather than part of a province) and one special city (the capital of Hanzeong). All administrative divisions are associated with a noble title.

Administrative Divisions of Metzetta
Name Population Area (sq. miles) Name Population Area (sq. miles)
Special City Province
Hanzeong 9,500,000 600 Wassi 12,000,000 33,500
Metropolitan City Zeolla 10,000,000 29,100
Ankae 3,500,000 430 Panyonggi 7,000,000 28,800
Jamsu 2,800,000 410 Kitaessi 6,400,000 25,000
Inyang 2,700,000 380 Zeowon 4,000,000 24,100
Dengjo 1,900,000 300 Hansang 2,500,000 20,500
Uchyeo 1,500,000 275 Seocheong 2,200,000 20,000
Hokae 1,400,000 260 Ungsang 1,700,000 18,000
Jaegyu 1,200,000 205 Zeosanggi 1,300,000 16,000
Hitui 1,100,000 200 Yeulla 1,200,000 15,500
Namussi 900,000 15,000
Mwolla 820,000 14,000
Yuwon 780,000 12,500
Neju 700,000 12,000
Kangssi 600,000 11,000
Gomssi 200,000 9000

Law

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Foreign Relations

Historically one of Metzetta's favourite diplomatic tools was the arranged marriage between a high-ranking foreigner and a cadet member of the Imperial Family. Modern-day Metzetta also employs the tactic of twinning its cities with those abroad to foster friendly relations. Metzettan Emperors often bestow honours upon foreign heads of state as a display of friendship.

Metzettan embassies can be found in Urceopolis, Ninao, Minvras, Cape Town, Alstin, Kartika and Mirzak.

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Demographics

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Population

Metzetta has a population of roughly 77,000,000.

Education

Metzetta boasts several ancient universities and its citizens place a high value on educating themselves and their children. Education is free and compulsory until the age of 16 (homeschooling is also an option). Students may elect to stay on for 2 further years of education, which most do. University education is heavily subsidised for citizens, but remains expensive for foreign students.

Language

The language of Metzetta is Metzi, a language isolate. It is written using the Hangul alphabet. Most students study English as part of their education, with some optionally taking on Corummese or Latin as well.

Religion

The indigenous account of the origin of the universe in Metzetta is known as Chulcheo, which is explored briefly below. For most of recorded history Chulcheo was regarded as plain fact, and despite all scientific evidence pointing to the contrary, many locals still retain their beliefs in the old gods. Other religions such as Buddhism exist only as a minority, and among the younger generations abandoning religion entirely is becoming the norm.

Metzettan Cosmology (Chulcheo)

Metzetta's (almost certainly apocryphal) first Emperor was said to be descended directly from the gods. The country's mythical early history was compiled in the Iyagi-seda, one of the earliest history books developed in the region. A High Priest has been installed as long as Metzetta has had an Emperor and their lineage is similarly well-documented.

The progenitor of all things in Chulcheo is Nalag, the primordial force of chaos. From Nalag came Sim-yeon, the god of the sea, an enormous red whale whose tail causes the waves, and Haneul, goddess of the sky, a gigantic bird whose wings cause the wind. Sim-yeon and Haneul's child was Hwasan, a great bear who raised the land from the sea and raised the mountains above the land. Hwasan created Ip, who placed the plants upon the land, Uloe who caused thunder and lightning, and Ugi, the rain god. Before retreating to the Moon, Nalag also created Majimag, the god of death, a skeleton who puffs a pipe until the smoke forms demons, and Taeyang, the sun. Majimag in turn created Ssaum, the god of war. Taeyang had 3 daughters: Hwajae, the goddess of love and fire; Jihye, the goddess of knowledge; and Won-in, the goddess of fertility. Jihye became the mother of the demigods, while Won-in gave birth to all the beasts and animals of the land.

Ssaum and Hwajae had a daughter; Dalrae, the first woman. This is the mythical origin of the human race. Dalrae and the demigod of the stars, Byeol, had many children, the first of whom was Yang, the founder of Meseda-jo and one of the most important figures in Metzettan legend. From these few figures all the men and women of the world are said to be descended. While it is not true in reality than the human race originated in Metzetta, this origin tale indicates that the people of other lands went forth from Metzetta to found their respective countries.

Health

Metzetta offers its citizens free healthcare, and boasts high life expectancy rates. With birth rates falling, the population is aging rapidly. Advanced medical facilities such as MRI scanners are readily available. Tourists must pay to access Metzettan medical care. Smoking is common in Metzetta, causing concern amongst the country's medical experts.

Economy

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Currency

The Metzettan Won is the nation's currency, minted by the Bank of Metzetta. The word "won" means "round" in reference to the shape of the coins, which were originally minted with square holes. Many variations have been produced and coin collecting is a popular hobby. Currently coins are minted in values of ₩1, ₩5, ₩10, ₩50, ₩100 and ₩500, though ₩1 and ₩5 coins are becoming increasingly rare as inflation renders them obsolete. Banknotes are currently minted in denominations of ₩1000, ₩5000, ₩10,000, ₩50,000 and ₩100,000. Coins and banknotes in other denominations have been produced in the past and unusual denominations are sometimes minted for commemorative purposes. Common subjects depicted on coins and banknotes include Emperors, flowers, birds and architecture.

Agriculture

With a relatively small amount of arable land for a country of its size, most Metzettan crops are sold domestically, with very little produced for the export market. Metzettan farmers are very proud of the unique cultivars of fruits, vegetables and other plants they maintain, some of which have been the family business for generations. Most homes include a small food garden.

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Automotive Industry

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Tourism

In 2024, 18 million foreign tourists visited Metzetta. With rising tourism prospects, especially from outside of Alshar, the Metzettan government has set a target of attracting 20 million visitors a year by 2030.

Science & Technology

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Infrastructure

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Transportation

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Rail

Metzetta uses the somewhat unusual rail gauge of 1600mm (5ft 3in), meaning its trains are incompatible with tracks of most other nations of the world, necessitating a change of trains when leaving the country's rail network. This rail gauge is also used by Kiravia. The slightly wider tracks allow for larger cylinders, useful for pulling trains up the hilly terrain of the countryside. Rail transport and freight is a public enterprise in Metzetta. Several cities offer a subway system and a vestigial narrow-gauge network operates in tandem with the main network.

Road

The Metzettan Highway System mostly runs North-South routes due to the mountain range running down the middle of the country, though there are several East-West crossings including several tunnels.

Air

Metzettair is the government-owned flag-carrier for the country, operating both domestic and international flights. A small number of private airlines have appeared in the past few decades to provide budget vacations. Hanzeong International Airport is the largest airport in the country.

Sea

Metzetta has a strong seafaring tradition given its ample coastline and many island territories.

Energy

Historically Metzetta was a coal-powered nation but this system has been supplanted by nuclear energy, and to a lesser extent, other renewable sources such as wind, geothermal, solar, tidal and hydroelectric power. Nearly 75% of Metzetta's energy is produced in Nuclear power plants, with plans to retire the few remaining coal plants well underway. It is not uncommon for private citizens to generate some of their own electricity through the use of a small wind turbine or bank of solar panels. Energy is not a private industry in Metzetta and all power plants are controlled by Energy For Metzetta, a government agency.

Internet & Telecommunications

Metzetta's capital of Hanzeong has offered free city-wide public Wi-Fi since 2024, with plans for similar services in Ankae, Jamsu and Inyang to open before 2030. The country's top-level domain code is .mz.

Postal Service

The Imperial Postal Service operates in Metzetta under the control of the government. They often issue commemorative stamps and collecting them was once a popular hobby. Metzetta's postal codes are written in the format LLNN-NNNL, where L is a letter and N is a number; for example Hanzeong City Hall's postal code is YG01-355A. The first two digits represent Yang District in Hanzeong; there are over 50 of these two-letter abbreviations.

Culture

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Art

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Architecture

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Cuisine

Metzettan cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Ingredients and dishes vary by province. There are many significant regional dishes that have proliferated in different variations across the country in the present day. Metzettan cuisine is largely based on rice, noodles, tofu, vegetables, fish and meats. Traditional Metzettan meals are noted for the number of side dishes, banchan (반찬), which accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Every meal is accompanied by numerous banchan. Metzetta is unique among Alshari countries in its use of metal chopsticks rather than wooden or bamboo ones.

Literature & Philosophy

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Music

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Media

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Television

Baeyang National Broadcasting is a government-owned business which distributes several TV and radio stations. The first television channels to be broadcast in Metzetta were BNB1, BNB2 and BNB3. These channels have continued to operate into the digital era alongside several more modern offerings from BNB and other, private broadcasting houses.

Film

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Video Games

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Theatre

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Holidays

The two most famous Metzettan festivals are Chusu (the harvest festival) and Saehae (celebrating the New Year). Gaehwa (the blossom festival) is also very popular within the country.

Fashion

The traditional dress of Metzetta is known as Mettubok. Modern Metzettan fashion brands which are popular include NoSecrets, ZVibe and Gwihan.

Sports

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Symbols

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Folklore

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Gardens

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Galleries, Museums & Libraries

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