Ambrosia

Ambrosia (Tipsprek: 𐌰𐌼𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌶𐌹𐌾𐌽, tr. Ambroziyn) is the capital and most populous city of Tiperyn. It is also the capital city of Grand Duchy of Tipslan and headquarters of the First Apostolic Church. Ambrosia is considered the cultural capital of the Tipsprek-speaking population of Tiperyn. The city is located in southeastern Tiperyn, situated on the northern coast of Ambrosia Bay.

The city's namesake is usually applied to an of 2,475 km2 composed of the city center—considered the financial and tourist capital of Tiperyn—the government district, and 32 suburbs. As of 2019, approximately 30.3 million people lived in this area, with its inhabitants referred to as "Ambrosians". The term Ambrosia is also sometimes applied to the Ambrosia Statistical Zone, which also includes the surrounding Ambrosia and the cities of Oervakt 150 km east and St-Danijelaparokie 100 km southwest of the city.

Ambrosia is believed to be Tiperyn's oldest city still standing, although this has been disputed by the city of Rostrenenn where Celtic towns have continued to exist since before the Goetic expansion of the mid 12th century to the early 14th century. The city has been the traditional home of the House Highal, Tiperyn's ruling family. The bayside city was crowned as the nation's capital in 1345 following the end of the House Wars and the unification of Tiperyn under House Highal.

The North-South Concordant's (NSC) Ambrosia Office is considered to be the northern headquarters of the alliance, with the primary headquarters located in the Kaya capital of Sudo. The Tiperyn capital is also the location of the Concordant Cosmological Mission's headquarters and control center, although launches themselves occur from the Agrana y Griegro's islandic territory of San Luis in Western Kesh.

The Ambrosia Aerodrome in the city's western fringe is the largest and most active airport in Tiperyn, having served 61 million passengers in 2018. The city and inner suburbs are connected via the country's largest public transport network of trains and trams. Additionally, the Grand Duchy of Tipslan operates a high-speed rail network that also services cities within the Idlerein, Vitenlan and Steinsen. However, there is very little connection between the country's cities and its regional townships and communities outside of freight rail and a small number of bus services on public motorways. There are no public transport services between Ambrosia and the majority Celt duchies and principalities of Rosraig, Darimh and Poc'her in the west.

Geography
Ambrosia is in the southeastern part of Tiperyn within the Grand Duchy of Tipslan overlooking the Ambrosia Bay, itself pouring out into the Holy Channel. The city's government and financial centers are located at the mouth of the Valentina River where it empties into the Ambrosia Bay. The city center and government district were built on the west and southern banks of the Valentina, which now separates most of the interior of the city from outlying industrial areas.

Of Ambrosia's beaches, only the Bay Beach on the south edge of the city center and government district is open to the public. All other beaches are either included in industrial charters or otherwise closed to public leisure.

Regions
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]]The regions of Ambrosia include the City of Ambrosia proper (including the City Center, Government District, and 5 inner city suburbs), Northeastern Burroughs, Southeast Ambrosia, and West Ambrosia. The regions are divided into 24 burroughs, although some are individually referred to as, cities or. Burroughs are further subdivided into suburbs which are under the administration of the burrough and do not have their own governance structures, although there are several exceptions.

For example, military bases, although technically situated in burroughs, do not come under the administration of the burrough councils and are not subject to burrough-specific laws. The capital's two airports—Ambrosia Aerodrome in Nijlan and Aletaparokie Metropolitan Aerodrome in Aletaparokie—are administered by the Civil Aviation Office of the Air Council. This is due to the integration of Realm Aero Service facilities and runways into the aerodromes, as well as the Aero Service's traditional role in the regulation of civil aviation. The Capitol Business Park, while situated in parts of north Easterein and south Vylchikte, is considered to be a federal commercial district and is administered directly by the Ministry of Commerce. Rail terminals enjoy a similar status. Port Ambrosia is also administered by the Ministry of Commerce, but is classified as commercial burrough and is considered to be one of the city's 24 burroughs. Lastly, the Government District of the City of Ambrosia does not come under the administration of the Ambrosia City Council. Rather, the Government District is owned by House Highal, the royal family reigning over Tiperyn and the Grand Duchy of Tipslan, and is administered by the First Apostolic Church through the Ministry of Values.

City of Ambrosia
The City of Ambrosia is relatively new when compared to the rest of the capital, having first been incorporated in 1873. Prior to incorporation, the term Ambrosia could be applied to what is now known as the Government District as well as the surrounding suburbs. With incorporation, several suburbs in the south of Rkypaad, the oldest suburb in Ambrosia, were redistributed into the new city. These included Kaya Town (Tipsprek: Sted—Kayansk), Anglic Town (Tipsprek: Sted-Angelsk), Richburne, Ljouwert and Flevosted. The urbanization of the area involved the displacement of some of the area's poorer communities, as well as any Celts living in the area, to the industrial Northwestern Burroughs. The five inner suburbs are now fully integrated into the City of Ambrosia with the relatively new City Center to form one continuous skyline of skyscrapers. Ambrosia is one of the most affluent burroughs of Greater Ambrosia, only being beaten out in median household income measures by some suburbs in Vylchbergje, which hosts the area's only low-density residential neighborhoods just off of the Vylchbergje Reserve.

The City Center, which is seen as the heart of Ambrosia. The City Center is a 2 by 2 kilometer grid of streets built from 1926 to 1939. The project was conceived in 1918 by Cardinal of Commerce Alef Barwegan as a means to modernize the capital and strengthen Tiperyn's position as a hub of international commerce and finance. The south bank of the Valentina River to the west of the Government District was chosen due to the preservation that had been done to the river's natural flow and the aesthetically pleasing harbor it supported, greenland that could be integrated into the city, its proximity to Bay Beach and key government offices, and a pre-existing rail line to the Ambrosia Aerodrome. Today, the Ambrosia City Center is the financial and business capital of Tiperyn, home to among the largest multinational mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing companies in the North-South Concordant and the world. It is also considered to be the cultural capital of the ethnically Tiperyner population, home to the Ambrosia Opera House, Tiperyn Realm Academy of Language and Her Empresses' Own Museum of Ambrosia. All of these structures were constructed during the 1930s and 1940s, although the Tiperyn Realm Academy of Language was originally founded in what is now Easterein in the 15th century.

Meanwhile, the adjacent Government District is home to the majority of the federal government's executive buildings, representative offices to the Noble Congress from Tiperyn's various duchies and principalities, embassies and consulates, and iconic monuments. The Government District now has some of the country's oldest surviving buildings—some dating back to the 14th century—and the highest proportion of green space in the city. The primary reason for the lack of any of the Valentina River and the preservation of the area's indigenous vegetation is because of the district's traditional role as the homestead of the monarch and House Highal. Tiperyn's monarch, the Empress of the Holy Tiperyn Realm (also the Grand Duchess of Tipslan and Supreme Government of the First Apostolic Church) resides in the Palace of Cardinals in the northern part of the district. The Cabinet of Cardinals—Tiperyn's executive cabinet—also convenes in the palace. This area of Ambrosia had not seen major industrialization or development prior to the 20th century, with Valentina River and Valentina Harbor seeing little if any industrial ship traffic. Port Ambrosia to the east and the areas that now encompass the Northeastern Burroughs were, and still are, the industrial center of the city downwind from the City of Ambrosia.

The inner suburbs bordering the Government District and City Center on the west side are the most populated area of the City of Ambrosia. After the incorporation of Ambrosia and the redistribution of several Rykpaad suburbs, this area underwent significant and. The City of Ambrosia implemented strict income controls for residents of the inner suburbs and barred Celtic nationals from residency. Kaya Town, having existed as an in Rkypaad since the late 18th century, had much of its land seized by the government and largely sold to Kayan landlords and autocrats. It is a common tourist destination, particularly for its food district. The suburb is generally noted as having a lower level of than surrounding areas, although there is concern over the growing influence of Kaya-based  using Kaya Town as a base. Anglic Town is a similar ethnic enclave, but for south Tiperyn's population. It is considered to be a second cultural capital for this group, after Hawkreath—the capital of Tiperyn's largest Anglic-speaking duchy—and Alahaven—Tiperyn's second largest city with the most Anglic-speakers of any administrative division.

All of the city is integrated into the Ambrosia Trolley System, which is one of the most modern. This tram network extends throughout Ambrosia and into commercial suburbs of Easterein, Rykpaad, and Vylchikte. It is not the world's most extensive tram system, however, as it does not extend into the less affluent and industrial areas of the city. Northeastern and West Ambrosia are only connected to the city via bus service, with the exception of the Ambrosia Aerodrome in West Ambrosia which is connected to the City Center via passenger train service.

Northeastern Burroughs
The Northeastern Burroughs are home to two major seaport on its southern coast—Port Ambrosia—and northwest side—Port Broek. Port Broek is on the heavily industrialized Lake Broek which is connected to Ambrosia Bay via a deep water channel that was developed from a channelized river in the late 18th century. These ports sees a large amount of outbound primarily coal, iron, agricultural products, timber and natural gas pass through them, as well as imports. The burroughs of Blaustiendal, Wirdum, Blauwald and Broek are the centers of heavy industry in the Grand Duchy of Tipslan, including several landfills, recycling centers, natural gas processing plants and two large brown coal-fired power stations. These facilities are a significant source of pollution—particularly sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and oxides of nitrogen. Although downwind relative to the City Center and Government District, it has been observed that air pollution and odours from these sites heavily impact several disadvantaged public housing suburbs—particularly Blaustiendal's Legested and Rykdelte suburbs—in Ambrosia's northeast side.

Legested and Rkydelte are essentially public housing suburbs, with almost their entire area covered by the Blaustiendal Residence Park. This area was designated residences for the nearby industry's workers in the early 19th century. Following heavy development and investment from 1927 to 1945, most of the old public housing was demolished and replaced with residential high rises. All housing and commerce in public housing districts are government owned. There is very little public transport in these areas, with the exception of company buses that ferry employees from the public housing blocks to their employment. Additionally, tree cover in these areas is below 3 per cent of total land use, as opposed to the 10 per cent of the City Center and 19 per cent of the Government District. Residents of the Northeastern Burroughs are among the most disadvantaged in Greater Ambrosia, ranking low on national income, education and health indexes. There is no private housing in Legested and Rkydelte. Elsewhere in the Northeastern Burroughs and West Ambrosia, public housing blocks are interspersed between industrial zones, with some private housing on the fringes of the commercial districts.

The southern burroughs of the Northeast Burroughs—Nije Flakte, Vylchikte, and Easterein—are primarily commercial developments and business parks. These burroughs are also relatively new, built in coordination with the City of Ambrosia through the early to mid-1900s on top of a mix of urban area, industry and worker residences. In most instances, workers displaced by the new developments were relocated to Blaustiendal or company-owned housing on private property.

Southeast Ambrosia
Southeast Ambrosia is the least developed of Ambrosia's regions. It is home home to Vylchbergje (with primarily low- and medium-density residential and retail zones in close proximity to the preserved Vylchbergje Reserve), St-Danijelaparokie (primarily mixed public housing, light assembly plants, and warehouses) and Aletaparockie (sparsely populated, home to a Marine barracks and Aletaparockie Metropolitan Aerodrome). The Southeast has been a candidate for major development following the turn of the 21st century. In 2012, the 17.5 km Ambrosia Bay Tunnel was complete, connecting the westbay and eastbay portions of Motorway 1 and bypassing the city proper. This preceded planned developments in Aletaparockie, including private high density residential suburbs, an office park and a new university, that are to commence in 2025.

The scenic burrough of Vylchbergje, so named because of the willow tree laden reserve to its northeast, is considered to be the affluent retirement home of Ambrosia. Composed primarily of low-density residences, with some medium-density terrace homes in the burrough's downtown commercial and retail-heavy areas, Vylchbergje is the only area outside of the city proper where public housing high rises are not the norm and population density is accordingly the lowest of any burrough except for Aletaparockie where fewer than 5,000 people live. Although the coastline of Vylchbergje is dominated by a liquid petroleum gas terminal and the docks of Port Ambrosia, these areas are separated from the residential areas of the suburb by Motorway 1 and a 4 kilometer band of warehouses. The residents of Vylchbergje are among the country's most affluent, with the Highal royal family, leading members of the First Apostolic Church and all of the sitting members of the Cabinet of Cardinals owning property there. The burrough has its own trolley network independent of the city proper's, which is then connected to the city via a passenger train service. Due to its proximity, relatively low traffic in Aletaparockie, and relatively low inbound flights to Aletaparockie Aerodrome (a regional airport that also acts as a backup for Ambrosia Aerodrome), the smaller metropolitan airport is the de facto private jet hub of for those living in Vylchbergje.

West Ambrosia
West Ambrosia is the second newest region of the city after the city proper and the second least developed after Southeast Ambrosia. The area is a key part of the capital's freight and transportation networks. All freight and passenger train lines from the west and southward, as well as all motorways from the same directions, pass through West Ambrosia on their way to the city and Port Ambrosia. Additionally, the Ambrosia Aerdrome—the country's busiest international airport—is located in Nijlan, meaning all of the airport's city-bound visitors pass through the region.

Due to its nature, West Ambrosia is likely the most diverse region in Ambrosia in terms of zoning. In areas of Rkypaad, Flevolan and Nijland, the hospitality industry is sizeable, with most of the "big city" hotels being located in these burroughs. Rkypaad and Flevolan in particular are the only other suburbs outside of the city proper that are integrated into Ambrosia's trolley network, primarily to connect the city to either's large hotel districts. Both burroughs are also home to large business and office parks, which form a commercial ring around the city in conjunction with Nije Flakte, Vylchikte and Easterein separating the city proper from Greater Ambrosia's industrial sectors.

The burrough of Gelderlan in the region's northwest has been developed in pockets, primarily to serve the large Realm Guard Depot next to the Ambrosia Aerodrome and the 8,000 military personnel and their families that live on or around it.

Rjindersdoarp south of Nijlan is considered to be the skilled manufacturing center of Ambrosia and Tipslan as a whole. It has been part of the Tiperyn government's initiative to create a burgeoning middle class with varying levels of success. As such, the majority of Rjindersdoarp's residences are privately-owned high rise flats, and the burrough is home to several aircraft and auto manufacturers, technology firms, arms manufacturers, retail offices, and light industry. Although there has been some headway in producing a middle class—among the initiative's policies being funnelling university graduates into jobs and the Rjindersdoarp apartments—it has mostly failed between its first implementation in 2015 and 2019. This is because of the program's pre-requisite of university education, which is largely inaccessible to anyone but Tiperyn's affluent families. Thus, there is very little economic mobilization occurring and few if any families being uplifted from the poorer neighborhoods in the Northeastern Burroughs to Rjindersdoarp.

The southern burroughs of Efterlan, Kaptenenlan and Fedeparokie more closely resemble the industrial burroughs of the northeast, but with different structures. Unlike the Northeastern Burroughs where public housing blocks are mixed in with industry to house the workers at specific sites, all of the area's public housing is centralized in Kaptenenlan which is connected to industry via train routes and company-run bus services. Fedeparokie and Efterlan are home to a variety of heavy industries, including steel mills, manufacturing plants, an LPG refinery, and a gas turbine power station.

Architecture
The architecture of Ambrosia is highly diverse, the result of relatively frequent redevelopment of areas originally settled in the 800s and waves of expansion—particularly in the 14th, 19th, 20th centuries. As the eastern and northern outskirts of Ambrosia were largely dominated by quarries prior to mass urbanization—and there are still a large number of basalt quarries throughout Tipslan and Idlerein—most walkways, foundations and some structures in the Government District and City Center are constructed from bluestone. In the case of the Government District, most of this stone was sourced from now gone Ambrosian quarries, while the newer City Center's basalt come from regional Tipslan quarries. Here, bluestone was mostly used for nostalgic reasons. The City Center has a higher number of newer buildings constructed from bluestone than the Government District, where most buildings are made from with sandstone or bluestone trim.

The Government District is the oldest surviving area of Ambrosia, its roads and significantly more irregular than the grids of the City Center and newer surrounding business parks. This is because the Government District was not planned, and its roads have evolved from horse trails that date back to the 14th and 15th centuries. The oldest surviving structure in the Government District is the Ambrosia Cathedral, constructed from 1347 to 1430 following the end of the House Wars, is the most prevalent example of in the city. Several government and the residences of House Highal are also examples of Gothic architecture. is fairly common throughout Greater Ambrosia, introduced in the form of cathedrals by the First Apostolic Church influenced by churches in Agrana y Griegro during the industrial expansion of the 18th century. Due to the gap in the development of the city's districts, there is a harsh transition between the predominantly and  of the Government District and the sleeker Art Deco and new millennium-style skyscrapers of the City Center. Kaya Town is distinctive in the City of Ambrosia for its Kayan facades that cover many of its Art Deco-style buildings.

Both the Government District and City Center overlook the Ambrosia Bay to the south, which itself is lined by an underground motorway (Motorway 1) and train line. Bay Beach is one of the site of the most developed waterfront residential districts and most popular public beach in the country. The Government District and City Center are surrounded by business and office parks, which are then again surrounded by a ring of industrial zoning and low-income public housing.

Interspersed between the industrial districts on the city's fringes are public housing districts that are populated mostly by low-income and low-skill employees of the nearby industry. The prevailing structures of these areas are high-rises, often grouped into multi-building complexes. The majority of the public housing suburbs were built in the 1950s and 1960s through the destruction of outlying suburbs and mostly low-income townships.

Housing
There is a high level of socio-economic stratification and segregation in Ambrosia. Low-income residents are concentrated in high-density public housing suburbs mostly in the Northeastern Burroughs and West Ambrosia. Meanwhile, the upper class and small middle class primarily live in high-density apartment blocks in the City of Ambrosia, new private flats and older medium-density in Rjindersdoarp, and low-density houses and apartments in Vylchbergje.

Unlike many cities in Tiperyn, there are no build height limits in or around the capital city. The majority of Ambrosia's traditional buildings outside of the Government District were demolished throughout the 18th and 19th centuries as industrialization took hold of the region and again in the 20th century during the modernization and expansion of Ambrosia's urban area. Following a large population spike and push for modernization in the early 20th century, significant infrastructure projects were initiated. The most significant was the creation of a new City Center adjacent to the Government District organized into a street grid and composed almost entirely of commercial and residential skyscrapers. Meanwhile, the majority of the outlying low- and medium-density residences of Ambrosia's suburbs were for the most part seized and replaced with public housing. The last remnants of Tiperyn's traditional residences exist in the Government District, where many of the medium-density still exist. These areas are inhabited mostly by nobility, foreign diplomats, and the country's business elite.

Low-density residential housing is very uncommon outside of regional Tipslan, and the majority of Ambrosians live in public housing high rises and residential skyscrapers. The exception is in the burrough of Vylchbergje where there are several affluent low-density and medium-density neighborhoods. The city's relatively small middle class—primarily employees in the Capitol Business Park and enterprise managers in the Northeastern Burroughs and West Ambrosia—mostly live in Vylchbergje in Southeast Ambrosia and Rjindersdoarp in West Ambrosia. Rjindersdoarp is a mix of older residences that weren't subject to eminent domain in the 20th century and upscale public housing flats, while Vylchbergje's residences are mostly low- and medium-density. The monarch, Empress Aletta I, House Highal and several high ranking members of the First Apostolic Church own several blocks of property bordering the Vylchbergje Reserve as summer homes.

The majority of Ambrosia's higher income population lives in the City Center. Affluent high-density housing is concentrated in the City Center's southern blocks overlooking Ambrosia Bay and directly adjacent to both the financial and Government District. This area has the highest density of public transport in Tiperyn, mostly composed of segregated trolleys and underground train tunnels that connect the City Center directly to the airport and the business parks between it and industrial zones.

Meanwhile, the socio-economically disadvantaged and working class are concentrated in large public housing blocks in the Northeastern Burroughs and West Ambrosia. This public housing was constructed during the early- to mid-20th century to house workers of adjacent heavy industry. This housing is owned by the government, with entire high rises often being leased to companies that then extract rent from their tenants by withholding pay. The exception is in mixed blocks that house multiple company's workers, where the government leases directly to the tenants. The Northeastern Burroughs' housing is located in close proximity to heavy industry by design. This includes the dockyards at Port Ambrosia, oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, major rail terminals, brown coal-fired power stations and landfills. These areas have only very limited, and at times prohibitively expensive, public transport access to the interior of the city. The public housing residences are noted as being among the least walkable areas in an Artemian city, due to its inadequate public transportation, poor air quality, comparatively little infrastructural investment and few attractions.

The segregation of poorer communities into disadvantaged public housing districts has drawn criticism internationally, particularly from fellow NSC member state Kaya which has critiqued Tiperyn's treatment of its working class and socialists in the past. This was one of the pressures put on Tiperyn that led to an initiative to create a middle class. Part of this initiative was to allow for the development of private apartment blocks in close proximity to white collar industry in Rjindersdoarp.

Sister cities
Ambrosia currently has nine official sister cities under the Ambrosia Sister City Program:
 * Sudo, Kaya (1945)
 * Iri, Kaya (1948)
 * Monte Real, Agrana y Griegro (1945)
 * Glikaero, Tilenno (1965)
 * Wujin, Kodeshia (1965)
 * Thorn, Austrasia (1969)
 * Alvastadt, Alvakalia (1973)
 * Willkapampa, SiWallqanqa (1982)