Omamiri
Omamiri
Fairmaidenton | |
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City | |
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| Motto: Together toward greatness | |
| Country |  Tiwura |
| State | Federal Capital County |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ndidi Belonwu(TDP) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 5,717,203 |
| • Rank | 1st in Tiwura |
| • Urban | 5,040,987 |
| • Metro | 6,230,170 |
| Time zone | Tiwura Central Time |
Omamiri is the capital of Tiwura as well as its largest city. It has a population of over 5 million people making it one of Bahia's largest cities. The city is located along the eastern edge of the Cogoday River Delta.
The city of Omamiri was founded as Fairmaidenton originally by Estmerish colonizers in 1900, and was chosen to replace Port Royal as the colonial capital of the Royal Coast Colony. The RC colony heavily focused on developing Fairmaidenton and it saw significant infrastructure improvements, unlike most other areas of the colony. It also became the center of colonial exports, with the Port of Fairmaidenton becoming one of the most used within the region of Bahia. Estmerish railroads across Tiwura almost always led straight to Fairmaidenton, due to its size and significance. After independence the city of Fairmaidenton was ranamed to Omamiri, and quickly grew to become the political, economic, and cultural hub of the new nation. Tiwura would become the most highly developed part of the nation, and many would move to the city and the population exploded.
Today the city still remains the center of Tiwuran society, and with a population that is still booming.
Etymology
History
Royal Coast Colony
When the colony of the Cogoday Delta was unified with the Royal Coast Colony, the leadership of the colony felt that Port Royal's location was not suitable. The old capital of the Cogoday Delta Colony, Richard's Landing, was deemed to be unsuitable as well because of its low-lying location leading to constant flooding. However, the Cogoday River Delta was incredibly valuable when it came to resources, particularly palm oil and sugar. A team of surveyors went hired to find a location near Richard's Landing that was less susceptable to flooding. This lead to the decision to pick a location north of Richard's Landing known to locals as Oma Osimiri. Here the Estmerish would build Fairmaidenton, named after the Estmerish prime minister. The construction for the city was finished within a year, and the colonial government offices were transferred.
The focus of this new city was to become a center for resource extraction. The colonial government went through great effort to establish railways, roads, and bridges throughout the delta to build upon the resources available. In its early years under Bale, the colonial government allowed for native settlement in the city as long as they were willing to work for one of the companies established within it. The colonial leadership within the city began developing a close relationship with the Mwo who lived around the area. In contrast to the old capital of Port Royal, which was located in the Gundaya regions of the colony. Lucas Bale would enact several policies benefitting the Mwo, even allowing them to take positions within the colonial government offices. A former Mwo Chief, named Chinwedu, would develop a unique relationship with Lucas Bale and the colonial govenrment. Chinwedu was the son of a former Eze within the Obo Empire and was appointed to be Bale's "Advisor on the Natives" because of this ancestry. Chinwedu had significant knowledge of the local native culture, but he was also limited in his knowledge of other ethnic groups throughout Tiwura. Chinwedu's advise is often blamed for many of the laws that Bale would enact that favored Mwo cultural practices and needs while ignoring or even outright rejecting those of others in the colony. By the end of his leadership, the RC's leaders would take advantage of the relationship they had formed with the Mwo and give them economic benefits and elevated status in exchange for loyalty and resources from their land.
Bale would retire from his post and was succeeded by the Ralph Millingstead. Millingstead came to Fairmaidenton seeking to make it more than simply a a place where resources would be extracted and taken to Estmere. The new leadership saught to turn Fairmaidenton into a "Second Morwall", and saught to attract Estmerish settlers. They also desired to resign the city and build amenities such as theaters and parks to upgrade what they saw as a dull and industrial appearance. To do this, thousands of native Bahians would be evicted and relocated to smaller towns outside of the city. The largest of which would become Riverstown, where around 55% of Bahians who lived in Fairmaidenton would be relocated.