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Maojie

贸接市

Màojiē shì
City
Clockwise from top: Maojie skyline, Qifang Sanxiang District, Linjiang National Park
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Maojie is located in Monsilva
Maojie
Maojie
Map of Monsilva with Maojie highlighted
Country Monsilva
StateFlag of Maguan.png Maguan
Settled13th century BCE
Declared city1 April 1417
Maguan state est.3 June 1983
Government
 • BodyMaojie City Council
 • MayorZhang Bai (FDP)
Population
 (July 2022)
 • Total3,461,317
Time zoneAMT+13 (Monsilvan Eastern Time, MET)
ISO 3166 codeMS-MAG-M
Major airportsMaojie City Airport (MCA)
Transit System(s)MRA
Maojie Metro
Police[1]Maojie Metropolitan Police
Ambulance[2]Maguan State Ambulance
Fire[3]Maguan Fire Service

Maojie (Monsilvan: 贸接市; pinyin: Màojiē shì), is a city in Monsilva and the capital of the state of Maguan. It is located on the coast along the Xiaoguan stretch with the Bay of Monsilva being located to the south of city. As well as being situated on the coast, the city also lies alongside the Huanglong River, Monsilva's widest river. Due to its width, there are few bridges connecting both sides of the river. This has lead to difficulty determining whether the west side of the river is a part of the city. According to many residents of the west side in the town of Shuidui, they are part of the city's metropolitan area, while most demographers and residents of the east side agree that, although Shuidui is treated as a suburb of Maojie, which is helped by its connection to the city via transit links such as the Maojie Metro, it is not officially a part of the city's main metropolitan area, but can instead be considered part of the city's greater influence.

Maojie is located towards the west of Maguan along its coast in the south. It is the home of the seat of the Maguan State Government, the Maguan State Office. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,461,317 (July 2022). Maojie is Monsilva's 5th most-populous city, falling just behind Menchi but sitting well ahead of Shangrao. It is also the 18th largest city in Ostlandet. The city holds around 84% of the state of Maguan's population, with the other 16% living either in the city of Xinbin or in the many towns scattered across Maguan. Maojie is Monsilva's oldest city, having history recorded back almost 3000 years. Throughout Monsilvan history, Maojie has served as an important industrial city, with the ceramics and textiles industry ruling over the city during the early centuries of the common era. With the automobile and manufacturing industries taking over after the industrial revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Maojie still serves as an important industrial city, although with factories becoming more automated, many have relocated out of the city into the outskirts and in the countryside of Maguan. However, big manufacturing companies such as Chienrú are still headquartered in the city. Maojie is also home to Yingtai International, Monsilva's largest foreign project finance companies which contributes a large portion of Monsilva's massive foreign investment industry. As well as being industrial, Maojie is also home to well-known man-made and natural landmarks such as the Yingtai Jianshe Twin Towers, Linjiang National Park, Dagonghu Palace, the Maojie Institute of Science and Technology and the Qifang Sanxiang District. In the last few decades, the science and technology industry has become quite important in the city, with the University of Maojie being one of Monsilva's top medical universities, ranked alongside the prestigious Nanguan Medical University in Amking.

The city is well connected, being served by railways, highways, airports and and bus lines which connect Maojie to the rest of the country, and internationally. Maojie is served by Maojie City Airport which lies very close to the city center. The airport is rather small, running mostly domestic flights with any international flights being short-haul to countries such as Baltanla and Akvarelusus. The city is also served by the Monsilvan Railways Administration, which provides services through the city, connecting it to the rest of Maguan as well as to many different parts of the country via both commuter and highspeed railway to places such as Amking, Luhai, Waiping and Zhangye. Serving Maojie and its surrounding area is the Maojie Metro.

Toponymy

The name, Maojie comes directly from the HY Pinyin of the Monsilvan "贸接". The character "贸" means "commerce" or "trade", while the second character, "接" means "to connect" or "to link". Together the name represents the city's historical role as a vital link in the Tang dynasty, and its successors up to the current Monsilvan Republic.

History

Prehistory and early dynasties

Maojie was the principal region of the Tang dynasty until the Qin invasion in 650 CE. After the Qin invasion, Maojie lost its status as capital and the city's population declined, with many people migrating north to Luhai or travelling across the bay to the Shang dynasty. However, Maojie quickly become a home for many of the Qin dynasty's southern industries while the farming and agriculture remained in the northern states.

Maojie was home to most of the dynasty's ceramics and textile industries which were vital to the dynasty's trading and economy. The outskirts of Maojie would have been filled with more agricultural industry, producing bread and meat. The city was also home to a large fishing industry which can still be seen today in Maojie's popular fish markets.

Zhou dynasty and the Empire of Baltanla

When the Monsilvan Kingdoms were unified in 1201 to form the Zhou dynasty, Maojie became a common outpost for land travellers coming from Amking and other cities in the south to Luhai, causing the region to develop a sizeable population. Throughout the 13th to 16th centuries, Maguan's population gradually grew, and it retained its agricultural industry. In the 16th century, the Zhou dynasty's economic turmoil caused by the Beining Heavenly Kingdom put a lot of pressure on the Maojie industries which desperately tried to produce resources for a rapidly growing population. When the Zhou dynasty ceded itself to the Empire of Baltanla in 1568, many of Maojie's industries had fallen from high worker fatalities and protests. It took many years, but they managed to recover by the beginning of the 17th century.

During the Empire, Maojie's industry began advancing, with focus being on textiles and ceramics, while the agricultural industry began shrinking near the city as it expanded in size. By the end of the empire in 1730, Maojie had doubled in size and its economy was fully reliant on factory based industry.

Kingdom of Great Shan and the Civil War

A painting of Maojie at the beginning of the Monsilvan Civil War.

After Monsilva left the Baltanla Empire in 1730, Maojie was producing many different exotic and expensive products that were a prize for merchants in the Kingdom of Great Shan who came from across the continent and even from Ecros. As many merchants began focusing on Luhai and Amking rather than Maojie, the region began to shift back towards a semi-agricultural economy, producing bread, meat, fish, textiles, ceramics, and later metal and concrete.

During the civil war, Maojie was one of the first cities to be fought over between the Liberate Monsilva Movement and the Imperial Shan Army. It suffered greatly from these battles, with the population sinking significantly and much of the city being destroyed. However, by the middle of 1825, a year after the start of the Monsilvan Civil War, Maojie had been captured by the Liberate Monsilva Movement, who began moving south towards Xiaogu and Bazhong.

Kingdom of Monsilva and the Republic

Protesters attacking police in Maojie in the late 1970s.

Maojie's industries were restored during the early years of the Kingdom of Monsilva and its growing economy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries allowed Maojie to become one of Monsilva's most important cities. By the 1950s, Maojie had Monsilva's largest manufacturing industry, rivalling with Amking and Luhai.

During Martial law in Monsilva, Maojie was relatively unaffected until the early 1970s, when the protests began to become more frequent. This led to increased police presence and brutality against people who broke the strict laws. Maojie was one of the many cities that took part in the 1978 Monsilvan protests, leading to the eventual dissolution of the Kingdom of Monsilva government and the establishment of the Republic by the Monsilvan Revolutionary Army.

After the Monsilvan Republic was established in 1978, Maojie became the capital of Maguan state, which immediately became a state after devolved powers were granted in 1983. The Maguan State Government was established, being based in Maojie.

Government

Local government

Maojie has its own city council, the head of which is the Mayor of Maojie. The council serves as a de-facto upper house to the several county councils within the city council's jurisdiction. The council is currently lead by the Freedom and Democracy Party.

State government

Maojie, as the capital of Maguan, is home to the Maguan State Government in the State Office. The Maguan State Parliament, also in the State Office, is a 90-seat unicameral legislature which serves the entire state of Maguan, including the city. The seats correspond to each muncicipality of the state, many of which are Maojie's urban municipalities.

Geography

Linjiang National Park is one of Maguan's many national parks. Linjiang is one of very few national parks located within urban areas.

Maojie is situated on the coast, alongside the Huanglong River, the widest river in Monsilva. Maojie's city center sits upon the Lingdao Island, which has been artificially created by the canals that make up the Maojie Harbor. Maojie's land is mostly flat, with hills being formed in the city's outskirts. Thanks to the width of the river, it rarely floods, especially since flood prevention technology has become more advanced.

Maojie is home to one of Monsilva's very few urban national parks, Linjiang National Park. Linjiang is home to many mangrove trees and is famous for its water tunnels and the Linjiang sandbar. Maojie is very susceptible to earthquakes, having one of the most efficient Earthquake Early Warning System's in the country. The earthquakes can be very serious, but since the 2011 Maojie earthquake, which was a 7.3 ML earthquake that resulted in 1,800 deaths and around 10,000 injuries as well as ₵150 million in damages, earthquake prevention has massively improved and has become one of the most important topics that is discussed in the state and national governments.

Climate

Maojie has a warm, subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild winters. Humidity in the city is at its highest during the summer, but it can get very dry during the winters. Typhoons ocasionally reach the city, the latest being the 2017 Monsilvan typhoon, which resulted in no deaths or serious injuries but resulted in over a million yupian in damages.

Cityscape

View of central Maojie from across the Huanglong River.

Demography

As of 2022, there are over 3.4 million people living within Maojie's metropolitan area, which is more than the entire population of Monsilva's seventh most populous state, Donguan. Maojie is Monsilva's fourth-largest city by population, being just beaten by Menchi, but with around half a million more people than the next largest city, Shangrao. Maojie is a fairly spread out city, with large residential areas sprawling outwards from the city centre.

As most urban areas in Monsilva, Maojie has a diverse population. Although most residents are Monsilvan, there are still noticeable diasporas of other nationalities from across Ostlandet and Terraconserva.

Religion

Although Maojie is mostly secular, Buddhism and Monsilvan folk religion have an important influence on culture and history in the city. The city was home to hundreds of temples, but many have been destroyed during tough times in the city over history, such as the Monsilvan Civil War and the Monsilvan Revolution. However, some temples can still be found, with many still in tact or repaired.

The Qifang Sanxiang District, which has been preserved for hundreds of years, is home to the oldest, still-standing temples in Maojie.

Transport

Maojie Harbor

As one of the most important harbors in the Bay of Monsilva, Maojie's Harbor hosts thousands of boats every year, and is home to Monsilva's largest fish markets. Ferries also run across the Huanglong River, although with improved bridge and tunnel infrastructure in recent years, these ferries have become less popular. Whale-watching tours and other tourist-friendly boat tours run out of the harbor everyday.

Maojie City Airport

Maojie City Airport, which sits close to the city's center, serves mostly domestic flights to cities such as Haimao, Luhai and Amking. However, during peak tourist months, international flights to neighboring countries can be found running out of the airport.

Rail

Maojie is served by the extensive national railway network, the MRA. The MRA runs highspeed and commuter services through Maojie to the rest of Maguan and the country. Highspeed services run from Maojie to cities such as Menchi, Luhai, Amking and Zhangye.

Maojie is also served by the Maojie Metro which is made up of multiple railway lines both overground and underground connecting the many districts and towns that make up the city, as well as connecting to smaller towns on the city's outskirts.

Education

University of Maojie

Maojie has many educational institutions across the city, from elementary schools to universities. The city is home to the University of Maojie, a highly regarded medical university which has alumni which have ended up in major scientific positions. The current premier of Maguan, Zhang Guanyu has a doctorate of medical biology from UMJ. UMJ is often considered Monsilva's best medical university, ranked first alongside Nanguan Medical University in Amking.

Unlike most states where it is up to 16, education in the state of Maguan is mandatory up to the age of 18.

Culture

Sport

Football and yuchio are popular sports in Maojie. Football is the most popular by far and is a major part of modern Maojie culture. The largest professional team in Maojie is Maojie F.C. which is in the Monsilvan Super League. The team has large rivalries with its fellow Maguan-based football teams, such as Xinbin City F.C..

Yuchio is also played often in Maojie, and there are many yuchio courts across the city, although most of its popularity is found in the rural areas of Maguan, many players come to the city for big matches.

Tourism

Yingtai Jianshe Twin Towers, the tallest twin towers in Terraconserva. Home of Yingtai International Headquarters.

Maojie is a well known cultural destination for tourists, housing many historical sites which can be over 2000 years old. Famous tourist destinations in Maojie include the Yingtai Jianshe Twin Towers, Linjiang National Park, Dagonghu Palace, the Maojie Institute of Science and Technology and Qifang Sanxiang District.

Qifang Sanxiang is one of the most popular tourist destinations thanks to its uniqueness. Most parts of the district is around 400 years old and is considered an architectural museum and "portal through time" to the Empire of Baltanla and Great Shan era of Monsilvan history. However, some sections are over 700 years old, and are being maintained efficiently to preserve their history. Most of the original 700 year old district was lost after the 2011 earthquake.

Twinned Cities

Maojie is twinned with the following cities:

See also

Notes

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