Beschertal

Beschertal
Municipality
Municipality of Beschertal
Country	Radictistan
County	Eastval
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Statmeister	Piero Marsiglio
Population
• Total	5,257,442
• Rank	8th in Radictistan
	According to national census. Actual population, including all blutstat residents, is likely to be higher.
Demonym	Beschertaler
Area code(s)	159, 181, 183

Beschertal, officially the Municipality of Beschertal, is a city in the Grand Duchy of Radictistan. It is the capital and largest city in the County of Eastval and the eighth largest city in Radictistan overall. The city is considered to be the center of the Radictistani food processing industry, fed by Eastval's numerous farms and ranches. Beschertal is also home to a growing high-tech center fueled by a concentration of biotechnology firms and the presence of the University of Eastval.

Government

The Municipality of Beschertal is governed through the Mayor-council system. A chief executive called a Statmeister is elected by a popular vote of residents for a three-year term. A fifteen-member municipal council is elected from single-member districts for a three-year term concurrent with that of the Statmeister.

The parliamentary constituency of Beschertal is represented by Yasmin Reeter, a Fascist Democratic politician.

Geography

Beschertal is located on the Eastval plain along the Otto River, a tributary of the Eastval. The terrain is largely flat with elevation ranging between 90 and 94 meters.

Economy

Beschertal has an industrial economy anchored on food processing and other agriculture-related industries. Beschertal is known for its numerous breweries including several operated by the Continental Beverage Company, Radictistan's largest brewer. The municipality is also home to many meat-packing plants, sugar refineries, commercial bakeries, and other food processing concerns as well as a number of fertilizer plants. The proximity of the University of Eastval has resulted in a large number of biotechnology firms placing their operations in Beschertal to take advantage of the available skilled labor force. Brenner, Radictistan's largest pharmaceutical company, has its main research and testing facility in Beschertal. Other companies headquartered in Beschertal include Continental Tobacco and Ostbank, one of Radictistan's largest retail and commercial banks.

Bescheral is home to the Beschertal Commodity Exchange, the largest commodities exchange in Radictistan by traded volume of futures contacts.

Transport

Air

The municipality is served by Beschertal Municipal Airport. The airport is the main hub of the Radictistani low-cost carrier Eastval Airlines. It hosts domestic passenger services as well as both domestic and international cargo flights.

Road

Beschertal is connected to Greater Nuxenstat by the A15 motorway. The A18 motorway connects Beschertal, Mosbeck, and other cities in Eastval, Yestingusr, and Hyarpsur, ultimately terminating in Capstat.

Rail

Beschertal Central Station is the eastern terminus of the Nuxenstat-Beschertal Main Line and the Intercity Express high-speed rail service. The municipality is connected to Mosbeck and other eastern cities by the East Coast Main Line. Royal Radictistan Railways runs daily passenger services to all corners of Radictistan as well as significant quantities of rail freight.

Port

While the Otto River is too small to accomodate large ships, a significant amount of barge traffic arrives at Beschertal, mostly carrying agricultural products such as grain.

Public transit

The Beschertal Municipal Transit Authority runs tram, bus, and trolleybus services as well as operating SkyRail, the longest monorail system in Radictistan. All forms of public transit share a common ticketing system called BeschCard based on smart card technology.

Education

Tertiary education

The University of Eastval is a large public research university located within the municipality. The university is best known for its programs in the hard sciences, particularly biology, agricultural science, and geoscience. The university also contains one of the topmost-rated medical schools in Radictistan. The medical school operates the Royal Eastval Hospital, a nationally renowned teaching hospital. Eastern College, a small liberal arts institution, is located just outside the municipality proper.

Primary and secondary education

The Beschertal Municipal Education Authority runs primary and secondary schools within the municipality.

Culture

Media

The Municipality of Brightburg has one daily newspaper, the Beschertaler Zeitung. The city is home to a number of privately-owned television and radio stations including those owned by local broadcast network Eastval Television.

Museums and galleries

Located on the grounds of the University of Eastval's main campus, the Eastval Anthropological Museum houses the largest existing collection of artifacts related to the prehistoric human habitation of Radictistan. The Roschwitz Gallery is located downtown and houses a large collection of contemporary art.

Sport

Beschertal is represented in the Radictistani Football Association by the Beschertal Einheit club. The municipality is also home to the Beschertal Levpards rugby team.

Parks and recreation

The Beschertal Department of Parks maintains the city's nine public parks totaling 1,566 hectares (15.66 km²). The Beschertal Municipal Zoo is the largest public zoological park in Radictistan. It supports over four hundred species on 96 hectares of land.