[Saidercray]

@Gnejs: Maybe Hampmouth on Sea is a suitable candidate - it is also a city with a great harbour.

@Everyone. Saidercray is going to participate in this program. Here are short descriptions of the most important cities:

Amshlay
Amshlay is Saidercray's biggest city (7 million inhabitants) and the capital of the country. Amshlay is situated in the west of Saidercray in an extensive valley at the edge of the mountains. The city has been built up around Lake Amshlay, where the old town lifts upon steeply ascending Amshlay Island.
Amshlay is sometimes called "The Onion of Time" due to the structure of the town. Amshlay has developped annularly, so that it is subdivided into the medieval old town on the island, a ring of renaissance and baroque buildings at the shores of the lake, another ring of Gr?nderzeit buildings and a last ring of modern suburbs with their skyscrapers. The structure results out of an old legend due to which the keep of the castle Dragon's Sun has to be the central point of the town (though nowadays the actual center is 1,200 metres away from the keep inside a post office).
Amshlay is the hometown of the Smoking Dragon, a smoke-dried Saidercrayan ham.
Amshlay has an NSwiki article.

Descpriptions of Hampmouth, Dawsingham and Aresgreel will follow.

[Antrium]

GiotiziaSep 1 2006, 02:17 PM Rensselaer and Marinik will be sister cities. [/quote]
And of course, Marinik accepts.

I'm really going to have to make that Marinik article now...

SaidercraySep 2 2006, 09:18 AM@Gnejs: Maybe Hampmouth on Sea is a suitable candidate - it is also a city with a great harbour.

@Everyone. Saidercray is going to participate in this program. Here are short descriptions of the most important cities:

Amshlay
Amshlay is Saidercray's biggest city (7 million inhabitants) and the capital of the country. Amshlay is situated in the west of Saidercray in an extensive valley at the edge of the mountains. The city has been built up around Lake Amshlay, where the old town lifts upon steeply ascending Amshlay Island.
Amshlay is sometimes called "The Onion of Time" due to the structure of the town. Amshlay has developped annularly, so that it is subdivided into the medieval old town on the island, a ring of renaissance and baroque buildings at the shores of the lake, another ring of Gr?nderzeit buildings and a last ring of modern suburbs with their skyscrapers. The structure results out of an old legend due to which the keep of the castle Dragon's Sun has to be the central point of the town (though nowadays the actual center is 1,200 metres away from the keep inside a post office).
Amshlay is the hometown of the Smoking Dragon, a smoke-dried Saidercrayan ham.
Amshlay has an NSwiki article.

Descpriptions of Hampmouth, Dawsingham and Aresgreel will follow. [/quote]
Well, Antrium doesn't have any medieval cities, seeing as our history only goes back to 2005, but as for the population and geography, Sivaris is a pretty good fit.

[Saidercray]

Antrium Well, Antrium doesn't have any medieval cities, seeing as our history only goes back to 2005, but as for the population and geography, Sivaris is a pretty good fit.
[/quote]

Fine.

Here's the description of Hampmouth on Sea:

Hampmouth on Sea
Hampmouth on Sea is the Saidercrayan seaport. With its 1.2 million inhabitants, it has by far more inabitants than Saidercray's second largest seaport, Dabzanime (110,000). Saidercray's fleets (both the naval and the mercantile one) aren't very big, but whatever is necessary for their organization can be found somewhere in the harbour of Hampmouth - the headquarters of the navy, the greatest shipyards...
As the coast of Hampmouth is rather craggy, the harbour reaches far into the interior, because only the flat area very close to the river can be used. For many miles, both banks of the Hamp are hemmed by harbour buildings. The industrial quarters are close to the harbour.
The centre of Hampmouth is possibly the most modern centre of any Saidercrayan town. In 1914, the old town fell a victim of a Saiderish arson attack in order to paralyse Cray's maritime trade. After the end of the war and the foundation of Saidercray, President Nelson Quarret promised not only to rebuild Hampmouth, but to rebuild it as "Saidercray's pearl at the sea". Therefore, Hampmouth has two great boulevards and a huge park close to its centre, but has no real old town. What Hampmouth doesn't have is a huge amount of hotels, as tourists prefer the southern half of Saidercray's coast, where the cliffs have been replaced by beaches.
In consequence of the fact that many people who immigrate to Saidercray arrive at Hampmouth, the city is inhabited by a lot of foreigners. The two largest groups of them have built own quarters in the outskirts.

[Gnejs]

Saidercray: Gnejs would love to have a sister city with your nation. Although I think Finntorp on Ecpatia would be a better match for Hampmouth on Sea. Finntorp is also a big harbour city located around the opening of the river Ecpatia. It is the city located farest north in Gnejs and it's major industries are the growing of ecological and organic food and fishing. The reason I think this would be a better match is that I've read your Wikipage and your newspaper post on Saidercray's view on capitalism. The commune in which Finntorp is located is governed by the Gnejs Green Party in coalition with the Socialist Party of Gnejs, whereas Port Kejm is governed by Neo-liberals. In short I think Saidercray and Finntorp have a closer ideological ground.

What do you think? Could Finntorp be a match?

I have not yet made a wikipage for either Port Kejm or Finntorp, but it's coming when time permits.

EDIT: map of gnejs

[Saidercray]

Finntorp is fine, too.

[Malabra]

Malabrian Government Announces its Intention to Join Sister City Program

The following are cities that have applied with the appropriate authorities and are available to be paired with another city :

Mishba District
Mishba District, home to two million people, is a large metropolis located in the eastern area of Malabra that is its own subdivision and its own city. It is located on the Quicak peninsula and near an as-of-yet unnamed ocean. It is famous for its prestine beaches, coastal wildlife, culture, and national landmarks. It is the Capitol of the Constitutional Monarchy of Malabra and is home to the Supreme Court, National Archives, Royal Family's Palace, and Parliament. The economy is mostly dominated by tourism, but it has a large fishing industry. The city has historical roots, as it was constructed as the Capitol once Malabra recieved its independence. Since it was a planned city, it benefits from the way it is layed out. The city is only almost two years old.

Yoasameaa
Yoasameaa, home to only a half million people, is located in the Yoasae province. It is the capital of the province and enjoys a proximity to Libertad River, which also flows briefly into Sober Thought. The river provides a small portion of the Sober Thought-Malabra border. This city is famous for its forestry industry, but not much else. However, it does have a significant amount of the population being of Sober Thoughtian ancestory. It is said that they traveled up the river from their native lands back when Malabra was under the dictatorships. No one is sure why they'd actually want to go to Malabra, though. Regardless, the citizens of Yasameaa are very intelligent, resourceful, and most of all, very liberal. This city is very old, dating back to when it was just a village in the 1700's.

NSWiki entries are being worked on...

More forthcomming...

[Gnejs]

Said: Great! I will put Hampmouth as Finntorps sister city when I start working on the article.

Malabra: Gnejs would like to have a sister city with your nation. Finntorp on Ecpatia would be a good match for Yoasameaa. rather small, located on a river with a liberal minded populace. As seen above it already has 1 sister city, but its aiming for more :lol:

Could this be something?

[Malabra]

GnejsSep 7 2006, 09:56 AM Malabra: Gnejs would like to have a sister city with your nation. Finntorp on Ecpatia would be a good match for Yoasameaa. rather small, located on a river with a liberal minded populace. As seen above it already has 1 sister city, but its aiming for more :lol:

Could this be something? [/quote]
Sure thing.

[Mikitivity]

I was also thinking Ossendorf would be a good match for Yoasameaa.

[Antrium]

Mishba District sounds like a pretty good match for Corico, perhaps? They're similarly sized, and Corico is Antrium's largest tourist city. And it's by a large bay that could have once been used for fishing.

[Malabra]

MikitivitySep 8 2006, 06:54 PM I was also thinking Ossendorf would be a good match for Yoasameaa. [/quote]
Of course.

Antrium Sep 9 2006 10:08 AM Mishba District sounds like a pretty good match for Corico, perhaps? They're similarly sized, and Corico is Antrium's largest tourist city. And it's by a large bay that could have once been used for fishing. [/quote]
Cool. Sounds like a good match.

I'll get to adding the cities to the NSWiki Sister Cities article, but as we all know, it's very wacky and sometimes won't load, so we'll see when that gets done...Last time it wouldn't work very well.

[Antrium]

MalabraSep 10 2006, 11:23 AM I'll get to adding the cities to the NSWiki Sister Cities article, but as we all know, it's very wacky and sometimes won't load, so we'll see when that gets done...Last time it wouldn't work very well. [/quote]
(OOC: Yay gravedigging!)

Actually, NSwiki seems to be working a lot better. I've been on it for 15 minutes now with no errors

I'm going to try to get these new connections added. If I miss one, tell me.
(EDIT: Done.)

[Malabra]

AntriumOct 26 2006, 03:29 PM MalabraSep 10 2006, 11:23 AM I'll get to adding the cities to the NSWiki Sister Cities article, but as we all know, it's very wacky and sometimes won't load, so we'll see when that gets done...Last time it wouldn't work very well. [/quote]
(OOC: Yay gravedigging!)

Actually, NSwiki seems to be working a lot better. I've been on it for 15 minutes now with no errors

I'm going to try to get these new connections added. If I miss one, tell me.
(EDIT: Done.) [/quote]
Thanks. I'm glad to hear it's becomming at least semiefficient. :roll:

[Domnonia]

The Domini cities of Ungava and Maedon are currently looking for a sister city, preferably one with a completed, or work-in-progress wiki(our denizens will need to know about yours!)

[Embolalia]

Kennerwyck would like to be a sister city of Ungava, and any other city that is interested.

[The Phillipino Azores]

Puhunan (capital), 30,122,064, Baboy, 15,561,894, Pampasigla, 8,908,988, Palibot, 4,993,629, Damdamin, 3,978,749

I enjoy making up cities, so here's my descriptions (names from an English-Tagalog translator, populations are rank-size, Random.org style)

Puhunan-Puhunan is the largest city of TPA (obviously), is located on the main island of Pulo, and rather like Tokyo in its cultural dominance of the country: there is a belief among "pigs", or residents of Puhunan, that everyone who doesn't live there, wants to: this belief is vindicated by many residents of other cities. Puhunan=Tokyo

Baboy-Baboy is the second city of TPA: always striving to match Puhunan, but never quite making it. Nevertheless, it is the industrial center of the islands and has quite the nightlife for those interested. It is located against the Tilamsik Bay on the southern island of Karagatan. Baboy=Osaka

Pampasigla-Pampasigla is the second-largest city on Pulo and strives to be the little brother of Puhunan. In a sense, it succeeds: Puhunan residents treat Pampasigla like the little brother they don't really want, but are stuck with anyways. Pampasigla=Yokohama (sort of)

Palibot-Located on the mostly agrarian island of Sayaw, Palibot is an industrial and shipping center for TPA, second to Baboy. Palibot (sort of)=Fukuoka

Damdamin-The second-largest city of Karagatan and its financial hub. Damdamin=Nagasaki (vaguely)

[Antrium]

Oh good! I thought that everyone had forgotten about this. Glad to see more cities on the list

If you would like some Antrian matches, here's what I've come up with:

Puhunan would probably fit best with Sivaris, they're both capitals, largest cities, etc. but could also fit Anv?ln, because Anv?ln is more cultural.

Baboy could again fit Sivaris in the way that they're both centers of economy and I'd think Sivaris would at least have a pretty good nightlife. Could also fit Devros if you're thinking of a more factory-based, Detroit-esque city.

I can't think of any for Pampasigla.

Palibot would be perfect Orlesk, I think. They're both industrial and shipping cities, and are both surrounded by agriculture. Marinik and Port Spitz are other port cities that could fit.

Damdamin could fit Sivaris again because of the banking connection. I feel like I'm overusing Sivaris a bit but that's really all I can think of.

So some of these might work out well, others may not, tell me what you think

[The Phillipino Azores]

Those all sound good. I'll have to check back again when I do the various city-pages.

TPA on NSWiki

[Jagera]

I think this could use some resurrecting, as several Jageran municipalities could use sister cities.

Here we go:

Anfang: (Wiki) Capital of Jagera. Relatively small city, mainly based around governance. Long, rich history stretching back 2200 years.

Yimal: Jagera's economic hub. Also known for its cultural exhibitions and landmarks, especially the iconic Greater Pillar of Yimal. (More information to come when I get to Wikifying it)

Stormdale: (Wiki) The former Ceoranan capital. An emerging economic force in Jagera. Centred around manufacturing and external trade. Large population of people ethnically different than the rest of Jagera.

Minal: Jagera's largest city. At the southern end of Jagera's major farmland, but also a major manufacturing city, sort of an agriculture meets heavy industry feel. Features a very large entertainment district (for those of better social standing) and a large "entertainment" district (for the miners, farmers, and others with cash to "blow").

Kalak: Centre of Jagera's technology industries. Kind of a Jageran Silicon Valley. Is also in constant contests with Minal, due to historical dislike more than 2000 years old.

Nor?ri: Jagera's coldest, northernmost city. Has a heavy agricultural basis, and is also the centre of Jagera's fishing industry. Conservative and even imperialistic in nature, with a history of going to war with the other lands that make up Jagera (before the Commonwealth was formed). Cultural and linguistic capital of Jagera's minority ethnicity.

Colisin: (Wiki) Home of Jagera's largest airport and seaport, it is the centre of trade on the West Coast. Tends to be more liberal than the rest of the country, with the most post secondary institutions per capita of Jagera. It is also the military hub of Western Jagera.

That's all I'm going to list here, but there are some other cities mentioned on the Jagera Wiki page under Political Geography if people want to look further.

[Antrium]

Thank you for resurrecting this. I was hoping that by adding the Sister City page to the IDUWiki, I could subtly get some new cities involved...it must have worked

Here's what I came up with for Antrian cities: (I should add more of them...)

Anfang: Antrian cities are, in general, not very old, and our capital is a relatively large city, so I don't think it matches well. (Although I was expecting less than 2 million when I read "small city" )

Yimal: Depending on which you feel is more important: culture or economy. Sivaris is the clear choice for a business center, but Anv?ln is our cultural mecca.

Stormdale: Ethnic differences could make it a pair for primarily French Marime or primarily Alv?sin Marnezjalis. Marime is bigger and older, so it's probably better, but again it is up to you.

Minal: Again, this has two possibilities. If it's more industrial: Devros is for you. If it's more of a kind of tourist trap, Corico might be a better choice. Corico is more Las Vegas-y, if you Canadian types have heard of Las Vegas unglasses:
(edit: I've just added a New Orleans-esque city called M?n? which also has a tourist-based economy.)
(p.s. nice subtlety there)

Kalak: Err...well, if you pick Corico for Minal, Devros would fit Kalak.

Nor?ri: Pretty good fit for Orlesk. They both have strong agriculture and fishing industries, and a specific ethnicity. (Orlesk's is Keeslandic, which is actually probably not our minority ethnicity, but maybe it is.)

Colisin: Anv?ln is our college town. Our largest port is at Marinik. This one might be sort of a stretch, but that's up to you.

I went back and added two more cities to my original post, to anyone who is interested.

(boo whoever came up with the "too many emoticons" rule)

[Jagera]

(Note: with Anfang's size, it would be small in comparison to other major Jageran cities, but maybe not in terms of city size.)

Here are my thoughts on pairings:

Sivaris-Yimal (playing up commerce)
Marime-Stormdale
M?n?-Minal (Minal's entertainment seems more New Orleansish than Vegasy to me)
Kalak-Devros
Nor?ri-Orlesk
Colisin-Anv?ln

[Antrium]

JageraJul 1 2008, 01:04 PM (Note: with Anfang's size, it would be small in comparison to other major Jageran cities, but maybe not in terms of city size.)

Here are my thoughts on pairings:

Sivaris-Yimal (playing up commerce)
Marime-Stormdale
M?n?-Minal (Minal's entertainment seems more New Orleansish than Vegasy to me)
Kalak-Devros
Nor?ro-Orlesk
Colisin-Anv?ln [/quote]
I'm happy with these if you are. You may either wikify them yourself, or I'll get to it later

[Bears Armed]

Anybody here interested in reviving this concept?

:Bear:

[Sanctaria]

Definitely. I think this is something that would be easy and interesting to continue.

[The Dark Star Republic]

Ok, well, that sounds like it might be in my wheelhouse, so perhaps we should start a new listing - most of these nations are no longer with us and we can start making some pairings?