Brixivo

Brixivo is the national capital of Mursland, as well as the provincial capital of the province of the same name. The city has both a seaport and airport under the same name, and maintains international connections via these, in both trade and transport. The city of Brixivo has a population of 946.566, which excludes the administrative South Brixivo, with 1.419.849 living across the province. Its metropolitan area extents past the provincial border into Rysech, and is considered to have a population of 1.623.841 by the Mursland government.

History
Brixivo is considered to be founded circa 300 AD with the construction of a fort on the Brin hill by Ancient Native Mursian civilisation, although proof has been found dating back to 1500 BC of permanent settlements on Brin. After the initial fort construction, the city quickly expanded until it was set in ash in 745 by the Brixivo Inferno, destroying everything but 43 houses. Plans were made to redesign the city to accomadate for the predicted population growth, but time restraints in reconstruction of housing ultimately resulted into an almost reconstruction of the city, and of all the plans only the construction of Wall of Itry was completed, which nowadays still can be found as Itry Bulevard.

In 18xx, the city saw major reconstructions in the center and east side, in which many 11th, 12th and 13th century buildings were demolished to make room for two large roads and new higher buildings. Only very few buildings survived this major reconstruction, which would be destroyed later in the century. Nowadays, the oldest buildings are Martin Gate (from 1078) and Tyr House (early 11th century), which both can be found respectively 100 and meters 600 outside of the Sobstuenostta.

Politics
Brixivo houses the national government in a building known as the Sobstuenostta, the former city-palace. Brixivo has long history in national politics, and has housed many assemblies of the Bond of Mursland Countries.

Cityscape and architecture
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Sobstuenostta
The Sobstuenostta is a large former city palace found in the center of the city. With its circa 550 by 360 meters, the impressive building houses the national government, as well as the main office of various governmental organisations.

The building was originally constructed as a luxurious meeting hall between 1620 to 1631. The initial construction was situated just outside the outer wall of Fort Brixivo; the buildings outerwall was reinforced with various fortifications, of which many would be deconstructed in 1722 building improvements. The hall would be expanded with an additional meeting room and an enclosed garden.

In early 19th century, it was already determined that the building might be become too small in the future. In 1827, the Sobstuenostta would see an expansion to the northwest with additional offices, and former offices in the main building would be demolished to allow expansion of the large meeting hall, which would now allow seating for circa 200 people. This limit would be met in 2001, when 201 electives would take seat in government. Therefore, a reconstruction was executed in 1999, to enlarge the the seating up to 240, which would fit the estimated maximum population of Mursland to be hit in 2300.

Born

 * (1967-) Perikles Stephanidis, Representative of Brixivo and leader of the Konfederatsiya Liberalni Duurzhavi (KLD)