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'''Niekerk''' is a city located on the southern coast of [[Nuvania]] close to the border with [[Belmonte]]. With a population of 2.4 million people, it is the fourth largest city in Nuvania, as well as the largest city in [[Litania]], of which it is the administrative capital. Because of its remoteness, Niekerk has functioned as an important economic, financial, and political centre in southern Nuvania, earning the nickname ''The Southern Capital''. In addition, it has also had historical links with a number of countries in southern [[Asteria Inferior]], southern [[Coius]], and [[Sublustria]], earning it the nickname ''Gateway to the East''. | |||
Founded as a trading port by the [[New Asteria Company]] (NAK) in February 1644, Niekerk was originally named Vredenburg after [[Bernard van Vredenburgh]], who provided the funds to establish the original settlement. In addition to trading with the locals, Niekerk also provided the [[Duchy of Flamia]], as well as the growing colony in the south, with trade links to both Iusitan and then Poveglian colonies in southern Asteria Inferior, as well as southern Coius, accelerating the development of the city. Prior to the unification of [[Hennehouwe]], Niekerk became the wealthiest trading port in any of the Flamian colonies, and substantial amounts of precious metals and stones, as well as other goods like spices, passed through the port. Competition from the Poveglian and later, Gaullican port of [[Pinheiros]] in Belmonte. | |||
Niekerk provided one of the few stable ports in the Asterias during the [[Asterian War of Succession]], and benefitted immensely from its use by Euclean colonial powers in their fight to retain their colonial possessions. After the independence of Belmonte, a number of Gaullicans were invited to live in Niekerk by the Duchy of Flamia, and local colonial authorities, establishing the city as a multi-linguistic and multicultural hub. By the time of the Estmerish annexation of Flamian colonies, the city had grown to the extent that it exerted its own influence over local affairs, which was rectified with a strong Estmerish military presence within the city. It would also be the time that Niekerk became the official name of the city, which it would retain. | |||
Prior to the [[Great Collapse]], the city used its significant wealth to invest in infrastructure and in the arts and education, building theatres, galleries, universities, and establishing the first electrified tram system in Nuvania. However, social and political upheaval brought to an end the "golden era" of Niekerk, becoming one of the strongholds of the Volksfront government. The city would come under attack numerous times during the Great War, and was threatened directly by enemy forces during the latter stages of the war, but was never occupied by an enemy force until after Nuvania's surrender. Niekerk became an important centre for trade and manufacturing after the Great War, and was crucial to Nuvania's ties with southern Coius and western Euclea. | |||
Today, Niekerk is a modern and vibrant city with a high standard of living by Nuvanian standards. It also has the country's highest cost of living, but also has one of the lowest crime rates in Nuvania. | |||
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Revision as of 06:16, 27 September 2023
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     Top: skyline of Niekerk from Tonckens Bay; middle left: the Port of Niekerk; middle right: De Marais in central Niekerk; bottom middle: Niekerk Metropolitan Church; bottom: landscape in the Grootduine Provincial Park | |
| Nickname(s): "The Southern Capital" "Gateway to the East" | |
| Country | Nuvania |
| Province | Litania |
| District | Niekerk |
| Municipality | Niekerk |
| Established | August 5, 1547 |
| Legislature | Niekerk City Council |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pieter Cruywagen (SLDP) |
| Population (January 2023) | |
| • Urban | 503,462 |
| • Metro | 2,421,899 |
| Demonym | Niekerker |
| Time zone | UTC -6 |
| Website | www.ncc.nv |
Niekerk is a city located on the southern coast of Nuvania close to the border with Belmonte. With a population of 2.4 million people, it is the fourth largest city in Nuvania, as well as the largest city in Litania, of which it is the administrative capital. Because of its remoteness, Niekerk has functioned as an important economic, financial, and political centre in southern Nuvania, earning the nickname The Southern Capital. In addition, it has also had historical links with a number of countries in southern Asteria Inferior, southern Coius, and Sublustria, earning it the nickname Gateway to the East.
Founded as a trading port by the New Asteria Company (NAK) in February 1644, Niekerk was originally named Vredenburg after Bernard van Vredenburgh, who provided the funds to establish the original settlement. In addition to trading with the locals, Niekerk also provided the Duchy of Flamia, as well as the growing colony in the south, with trade links to both Iusitan and then Poveglian colonies in southern Asteria Inferior, as well as southern Coius, accelerating the development of the city. Prior to the unification of Hennehouwe, Niekerk became the wealthiest trading port in any of the Flamian colonies, and substantial amounts of precious metals and stones, as well as other goods like spices, passed through the port. Competition from the Poveglian and later, Gaullican port of Pinheiros in Belmonte.
Niekerk provided one of the few stable ports in the Asterias during the Asterian War of Succession, and benefitted immensely from its use by Euclean colonial powers in their fight to retain their colonial possessions. After the independence of Belmonte, a number of Gaullicans were invited to live in Niekerk by the Duchy of Flamia, and local colonial authorities, establishing the city as a multi-linguistic and multicultural hub. By the time of the Estmerish annexation of Flamian colonies, the city had grown to the extent that it exerted its own influence over local affairs, which was rectified with a strong Estmerish military presence within the city. It would also be the time that Niekerk became the official name of the city, which it would retain.
Prior to the Great Collapse, the city used its significant wealth to invest in infrastructure and in the arts and education, building theatres, galleries, universities, and establishing the first electrified tram system in Nuvania. However, social and political upheaval brought to an end the "golden era" of Niekerk, becoming one of the strongholds of the Volksfront government. The city would come under attack numerous times during the Great War, and was threatened directly by enemy forces during the latter stages of the war, but was never occupied by an enemy force until after Nuvania's surrender. Niekerk became an important centre for trade and manufacturing after the Great War, and was crucial to Nuvania's ties with southern Coius and western Euclea.
Today, Niekerk is a modern and vibrant city with a high standard of living by Nuvanian standards. It also has the country's highest cost of living, but also has one of the lowest crime rates in Nuvania.