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'''Dēvlinsar''' is a city in western [[Étivera]] near the [[Íarthakelva]] border. Once an important industrial centre and railway node, the city did not fare well during the post-Kirosocialist economic transition, and has become an icon of the uneven economic fortunes in contemporary Kiravia. It is widely known across the Mid-Oceanic region and Eastern Highlands for its economic woes, and for its left-wing politics and ostentatious Kirosocialist nostalgia, as well as for its architecture and other physical reminders of its storied history. | '''Dēvlinsar''' is a city in western [[Étivera]] near the [[Íarthakelva]] border. Once an important industrial centre and railway node, the city did not fare well during the post-Kirosocialist economic transition, and has become an icon of the uneven economic fortunes in contemporary Kiravia. It is widely known across the Mid-Oceanic region and Eastern Highlands for its economic woes, and for its left-wing politics and ostentatious Kirosocialist nostalgia, as well as for its architecture and other physical reminders of its storied history. | ||
The population of Dēvlinsar is 52% Coscivian and 43% Celtic (24% | The population of Dēvlinsar is 52% Coscivian and 43% Celtic (24% Pretannic and 19% Gaelic), with most of the remainder being [[Aboriginal Kiravites|Aboriginal]]. The prevailing local speech is based on the Calburian dialect of [[Kiravic Coscivian]], but incorporates a great deal of Pretannic, Antaric Coscivian, and Æran Coscivian vocabulary, and is spoken with a distinctive accent different from that of surrounding rural areas in County Krégar. | ||
Dēvlinsar is a stronghold of left-wing politics. Power on its Municipal Commission is currently held by a People's Front alliance between the Kirosocialist Party, which controls five out of seven seats, and the Communist Party of the Kiravian Federacy, which controls the remaining two. Dēvlinsar is the only municipality with a population of more than 5,000 to have any CPKF commissioners. | Dēvlinsar is a stronghold of left-wing politics. Power on its Municipal Commission is currently held by a People's Front alliance between the Kirosocialist Party, which controls five out of seven seats, and the Communist Party of the Kiravian Federacy, which controls the remaining two. Dēvlinsar is the only municipality with a population of more than 5,000 to have any CPKF commissioners. | ||