Gonece

Gonece Gëinen (Dahemian) Geinen (Notgerman) Gonéce (Notfrench)
Capital city and municipality
Castle Square with the Royal Palace Bendlerberg Chamber of Deputies (Old Castle) New Opera Zeughausbau UC headquarters Messeturm Saint Peter's Cathedral Skyline of Georgsstadt
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Via et veritas et vita" (Cambran)
Country	Dahemia
Municipality	City of Gonece
Government
• First Mayor	Ferdinand Gruyber-Petit (Social Union)
Area
• Total	228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi)
Elevation	112.0 m (367.4 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	626,915
• Density	2,747.2/km2 (7,115/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CCT)
Postal code	2100-2900
Area code	01
Vehicle registration	G

Gonece (Dahemian: Gëinen [ˈgəiːnen]; Notgerman: Geinen [ˈgaɪnɛn̩]; Notfrench: Gonéce [ʒɑ̃nes]) is the capital city and most populous settlement of Dahemia with 626,915 inhabitants in 2021, straddling the shores of the river Lonane. Comprising approximately a quarter of the country's entire population, Gonece is Dahemia's primate city and the sixth-largest city in the Notgerman-speaking world, after X. Generally considered to lie at the cultural, geographic and economic crossroads of Calesia, it is situated X km (X mi) by road from X, X km (X mi) from X, and X km (X mi) from X.

While previously having been settled by the Goneitii tribe, Gonece proper was founded by the Cambrans in the 1st century BC as Castrum Goneitiacum Domecanum. During the Middle Ages, the fledging settlement flourished as a regional trade hub and became an influential free imperial city and citadel fortress. Gonece served as the capital of the Duchy, and later the Kingdom of Dahemia in the 18th and 19th centuries, and both its growing importance as a center of power and the Industrial Revolution brought about a profound demographic boom; by 1900, it was the third-largest Notgerman-speaking city in the world. Much of the historic city center was bombed and destroyed during the Great War.

Since 1940, the global city has been a major center for international politics and diplomacy. Gonece is the de facto main seat of the United Congress (alongside X) as well as several other intergovernmental organizations, such as the Central Commission for the Lonane, the International Human Rights Council, and X, most of these located in the modern Zollhafen district.

Gonece is a major continental hub for commerce and transportation. Gonece Airport is the busiest airport in the country, and one of the busiest in the world. The city's central railway station, Geinen Hauptbahnhof, is the second-largest railway station in Calesia measured by floor area. As a financial center, it hosts a number of corporate headquarters and subsidiaries, is home to the Gonece Stock Exchange, and the Messe Geinen is one of the world's most influential trade fairs. The University of Gonece is one of Calesia's oldest and largest universities; other significant educational institutions include the Academy of the Arts and the Technical University.

Major attractions of the city include the Bendlerberg (main square), Old Castle, Royal Palace on Castle Square, the Georgsstadt central business district skyline, the Weserath Gate, the Victory Column, and the Kaiserallee main boulevard. The urban landscape is shaped in part by extensive parks and green areas, including the Hofgarten, Wallanlagen, the Zitadellenpark surrounding the Donnerberg hill and the Gonece Citadel, the Volkspark, the Zoologischer Garten, and two botanical gardens (the Old Botanical Garden and the Palmengarten). Gonece's internationally renowned cultural institutions and venues include the New Opera, the Komödie in the Zeughausbau, the House of Cultures, the Historical Museum, the Borsigbau, the Donnerberg Archaeological Museum, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in the Lobrechtbau, the Gregor Minsky Museum, and the Royal Library, one of the largest public libraries in the world.