Europolis
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| Flag of Europolis | |
| Motto: Luctor et emergo | |
| Federal Sisgarian Fiefdoms | |
| Region | Sisgardia |
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| Capital | Europolis |
| Official Language(s) | Native Taraskovyan, Russian (official) and Dutch (native language) |
| Leader | Josef van der Voort, Lord of the Municipality of Europolis |
| Population | approx. 2 million |
| Currency | Taraskovyan Frank |
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The name of Europolis refers to the following geographic locations:
- The Europolis Isles in the northernmost tip of the Sisgardia region belonging to the Taraskovyan Federation.
- The Knootian military base on the islands
- The city of Europolis which services said base and serves as the major population centre for the isles.
Overview of the Europolis Isles
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| Map of the Europolis Isles (click to enlarge). |
The overwhelming majority of the islands’ inhabitants lives in the city of Europolis which sprawled over years to occupy the entire southern tip of the island of Groot Europolis. The other most populated spot on the islands is the town of Nieuwhuizen on the island of Klein Europolis, the rest of the population scattered irregularly throughout the islands. The two islands are mainly devoted to agrarian use with tall white windmills dotting the landscape, towering above fields of various grain cultures. Little canals for draining the land and large farmhouses by the waterside remind the visitor of some parts of rural Knootoss as it used to be. A tourist industry is being set up, such as using empty nuclear missile silos as sites for hotels. The quasi-entirety of the population consists of Dutch-speaking Knootian immigrants that came to islands while they still were counted as part of the Knootian Federation. Today the two isles form the Municipality of Europolis that is part of the Northern Fiefdom of the Taraskovyan Federation.
The Knootian Defence Force detachment on the islands is commanded byMajor-General Couzy. The extensive military complex, divided into two installations, has an airbase, a naval facility and barracks capable of handling strategic deployments of the KDF.
A short history
Europolis was established on the (unpopulated and until then unnamed) islands after the so-called “Dutch Roleplay Army”, an international force of nations from Nederland which was dispatched to Sisgardia in order to defend the allied Vortex Corporation from an impending attack by Ardan forces. The attack never came and the troops were assigned to command a permanent military structure in Sisgardia that became Europolis military base. Hans Couzy was made civilian governor-general of the island in addition to being the commander of the military base and after other Dutch nations withdrew the islands were incorporated into the Knootian Federation.
As part of the agreement resolving the Shadow War Knootoss was not allowed to have nuclear weapons in Knootoss proper for 100 RL days. In order to keep the military capacity up ICBM silos were built in Europolis (amongst other locations).
The islands were later sold to Tarasovka as part of the Taraskovyan-Knootian Frame Convention on Cooperation but the base itself was allowed to remain and is now in Taraskovyan territory. The nuclear weapons have been removed from the island but the emptied silos remain as hotels for tourists. Most of the original inhabitants of Knootian origins remain and now have both the Knootian and Taraskovyan citizenships.
