Giondo City

Giondo

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Location
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Country	Nestor
Region	Giondo
Foundation	~3500
Founded by	sample_personality
Government
Type	Giondo Tribal Council
Body	City Council
Mayor	none
Physical
Elevation	36 meters (average) m
Total area	100 km2
Urban area	800 km2
Metro area	1200 km2
Time zone	UTC-5
Population
Total	725.200
Rank	12th place
Density	7500/km2
Demonym	Gions

Giondo (city), is the capital city of Nestor in the state with the same name Giondo. With a population of 725 thousand people making it (only) the 12th biggest city in the nation. When someone mentions "Giondo" they refer to the city not the state. Mulcator is the biggest city of the state but Giondo hold the Royal Corps and the Nestorian Government.

Etymology

The name Giondo comes from the Nestorian word for guild "Giod". The region was historically the place with a lot of craftsman due to the city being a place of innovation in the medieval times. "Giondo" means city of the guild refering to old crafters of the city.

History

Giondo was founded in around 3500 RH but the city stayed rather small for a long time. The city traded wood crafts and they are early creators of glass jewelry. In thr 6200s Giondo was conconqured by the Erinic Empire and the glassblowers of Giondo adapted by creating soulstones for the Erecund religion. Giondo was one of the few cities that kept some of its autonomy during the Erinic occupation causing old Nestoric traditions to be perserved. King Baragozo IV of Giondo revolted againt the the Erinic Empire in 4139 RH starting the complete destruction of the Erinic Empire.

After the fall of the Erinc Empire, Giondo was caught between the crossfire of many wars. The city had been captured by lords from Rinnar and Nider but it has never lasted for long. Giondo started construction on the great Giondo Wall 6600s RH. After the wall was build, the city was never taken by another lords giving the city the nickname "the city peace" even though the city was involved in many wars. This stabilty within the walls attracted scholars from all over the island including diplomats. Local lords started using the city as a place to discuss peace treaties and alliances which helped the city to become a mayor diplomatic center of the region. Over time, Giondo used its diplomatic power to start uniting the region and this really started to take off in 6809 RH with the first unification, in 7367 the Kingdom of Giondo split into two states with Rinnar and Giondo gaining extra autonomy in order to perserve order. Giondo stayed the capital of this new state because the diplomatic sector had grown a lot in power by this point.

During the Wolgos and Häverist wars, Giondo worked a lot to start the United Herdom Alliance to protect the island from outside invaders. It worked againt the Wolgos but not the Häverist, the Häverist took over the entire island removing the king and lords from power, and killing off many lords. The grand Giondo wall stood no chance againt the modern weapons of the Häverists invaders. The population was cut off from vital foods in order to produce food more effectively according to the Häverists. This caused a famine in Giondo 7524 RH killing many thousands and weakened thousands more in a manner of months. The Häverist allowed the production of a minimal amount of these foods, mostly in the from of berries and special eggs. The population was no longer in famine but still weakend lowering the rate of resistance however the resistance starting growing the berries in secret anyway bringing the soldiers of the resistance to their former glory and they liberated the first sections of the city in 7535 RH. Berry production took off in this part of the city creating the Garden of Resistance. Häverist also tried using the berries for their own soldiers in order to improve their own soldiers but it had no effect on them. The city was fully liberated in 7356 RH and the king was restored who commanded the resistance himself together with his resistance veterans.

After the Häverist revolution, the king, the diplomates and surviving lords came together to talk about uniting the island for defense and diplomacy in order to prevent another island wide war. The Giondo dilpmatic district was reorgenized into the Royal District but due to the Häverist, many lords were killed and many other lord-based functions got destroyed. This led the Royal District to declare a minimal government and return the power to the people in its truest form. Tribes and tribal communities started to take over government roles on a local level. This caused the city to be more chaotic than before but stability, unity and the economy improved. Today the city has a distinct three times layout, the historic sector, the ordered Häverist sector and the bordline anarchy which has started to consume the Häverist sector. The declaration of minimal government was also to counter the Häverist/Orderism influence, a return to the root and out of spite of Häverists.