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Salisbury is the largest metropolitan area and the capital of [[Gabon]], it is the largest city by area and population within the [[Varkonia|Grand Duchy of Varkonia]]. Salisbury is commonly referred to the Duchy's second city. It was founded as a settlement town in June 2018 and formally became the capital city of the Chancellery of Gabon [Formally the Principality of Gabon] in July 2018.
Located in the fertile temperate forests of Gabon on the western side of the Elizabeth bay, approximately 1.9km (1900m) from the city of Varkonia, Salisbury is considered to be the cultural, social and economic centre of the eastern lands of the Grand Duchy of Varkonia. On the 29th August 2020, Salisbury was named the Economic Capital of Varkonia. Salisbury is encompassed by the Elizabeth bay to the east and Salisbury canal to the south which leads out into the bay of Biscay via the industrial shipping port of Whitehaven.
Salisbury's economy is dominated by the service industry owing much success to tourism from across the globe. The local authority is The Lord's Council, which resides in Salisbury proper and meets in Salisbury's historical town hall or the government-owned palace of Balmoral. The Capital boasts a varied array of builds, from grand to homely.
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From late July to August, Salisbury's leading government ministers and monarchy especially that of Jamietech and BritishWanderer had been playing an instrumental role in drafting the original Charter for the United Northern Congress, which reflected upon the capital of Salisbury with the document being signed by each contracting party at the location of Balmoral Castle. This was displayed at the bottom of the Charter alongside the date. The Gabonese Lord High Chancellor, BritishWanderer served the United Northern Congress for 118 days as the Alliance Spokesperson and was the last serving Spokesperson at the alliance's disbandment on 13th July 2019.
During August the initial productivity slowed down in Salisbury, with much of the Council taking up residence in neighbouring Varkonia to assist in policy due to their appointment as Varkonian Senators representing the Province of Gabon. This left Salisbury somewhat stagnant, with no buildings being constructed during this time. Although Councillor Gobblin was hard at work making blueprints of the suburb of Winchester, continuing on from the construction of the surrounding areas of the concretery.
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After being settled in and becoming an integral part of the Varkonian Senate, BritishWanderer, still Chancellor of Gabon returned home to Salisbury to continue to work on the city alongside Councillor Gobblin. It did not take long for numerous issues to arise, internally Salisbury was suffering deep neglect with royal duties being off-loaded onto the already over-encumbered Council of which half were inactive at the time. The peaceful green flag protests occurred during November, where much of the remaining citizenry held up green banners on their person and blocked roadways and other crucial infrastructure, the protestors demanded an end to the royal tax and an overview of the current system of governance.
Chancellor BritishWanderer put an end to the royal tax by pushing through a successful council vote to abolish the controversial levy. The Queen, Jamietech, was insulted by the fact she had not been consulted over this matter, although Her Majesty did not push it any further than publicly voicing her displeasure.
After the quelling of the citizenry, Gobblin & BritishWanderer set about constructing and renovating current building projects within the centre of Salisbury. The underground portion of the train station was updated to a modern standard and granted the title of `''International''` by the Government of Varkonia. Homes were planned and built up around the central fountain in Salisbury with priority given to house councillors and active citizenry. Councillor Gobblin encouraged excavation of nearby areas in search of minerals, with a focus on diamonds to fund the purchase of resources for Salisbury. Meanwhile Chancellor BritishWanderer sought out those without a home from far and away to come to Salisbury and assist in construction and the start of a new era, most notably of all those who came as a result of this is ChrisFa99, who would play an instrumental role in the foundation of Gabon's culture.
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==== Period of Internal Recovery ====
The end of the Civil War in Gabon brought about a much-needed period of growth to the nation. The Government was reformed into the entirely democratic as the ''Grand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace''. The Head of State from this point onwards was the Lord High Chancellor, BritishWanderer accompanied by his Vice Chancellor of Gobblin. The elected Council during this time was made up of the Chancellors, and Councillors Tvman999 & ChrisFa99. [[File:DecemberMa.png|thumb|This picture was taken of an overhead view of the Capital city, Salisbury. The Suburb of Winchester is located just east of Balmoral with Melbourne to the north. Also pictured is a faint outline of the wall which would eventually encompass the Capital. '''Circa December 2018'''|alt=|left|335x335px]]The construction industry was given the go ahead once again with Vice Chancellor Gobblin leading the efforts on constructing new suburbs and setting up new resource trade routes with foreign countries and individuals. The impoverished housing suburb of Melbourne was built to house those left homeless by the Civil war, the messy-style apartment buildings were built in a close knit fashion to allow as many citizens to inhabit as humanly possible. The apartments were snug and purely funded by the Gabonese treasury allowing residents to forego any worry about housing payments. Foreign labourers were brought in from the neighbouring [[Bloom|Republic of Bloom]] to construct the buildings at a low cost as much of Salisbury's citizenry were busy cleaning up damages dealt by the civil war. Those in Melbourne tend to live an impoverished lifestyle with the only available work at the butchers or the local bed & breakfast.
Grants were also provided to the suburb of Winchester to provide more environmental benefits to the local housing and businesses. In the early period of Salisbury, Winchester was widely regarded as one of the prettier parts of Salisbury, earning the name as the jewel of Salisbury mainly thanks to the additions of the BnB and the Gloriana Cafe, both constructions overseen by the Vice Chancellor, Gobblin.
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In late December, the Council came together to formalise and negotiate the funding and construction of a sturdy wall, 12 metres in height and 6 metres in width, surrounding Salisbury. The negotiations took 13 hours and ended with a fully funded wall, slight changes were made to the design which made it overall more defensible. The wall had the main goal of outlining the city boundary of Salisbury while providing a defensive benefit to all of Salisbury's citizenry. Around the same time, plans were drawn up by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart to further increase the security of Salisbury alongside the wall and as such, 30% of the Sovereign was used to fund snitch and bastion coverage across the entire capital borough of Salisbury. [[File:JanuarySalisbury.png|thumb|400x400px|This picture was taken by the Vice-Chancellor of the Capital, displaying Balmoral under construction in the distance with the neighbouring Winchester and Melbourne suburbs and the central portion of Salisbury prior to the filling in of the hole. '''Circa January 9th 2019''']]During this period, the council of Gabon was approached by Cincius wishing to construction Venice in the northern territory of Gabon, after some intense discussions among the Councillors it was decided that Salisbury would cede a portion of the Salisbury borough to create a new Venice borough under the overseeing view of Councillor Cincius. Although Cincius mainly kept to himself, he was able to construct a vast town in a short period of time and handily dug rails to Salisbury's International Station and Varkonia. Cincius became an integral part of the Council from this point forward, contributing to automated rail systems while continuing to build up Venice.
Throughout December post civil war, Books and art were heavily encouraged by the Chancellor, of which such works of 'Tender Night in Gabon' & 'Gabon in Spring' were written by ChrisFa99 during this time. 'Tender Night In Gabon' especially proved as a popular book internationally and was sold out twice during the height of publication. ChrisFa99 would continue to author many pieces of Gabonese literature, many of which are still held in high regard and form an integral part of Gabonese culture.
=== 2019 ===
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==== Period of Peaceful Hibernation ====
While construction projects were well underway with the near completion of both the Winchester and Melbourne suburbs, Vice Chancellor Gobblin commissioned a nature walk lined with natural flora and fauna to lead north from Salisbury towards to the international with the Republic of Bloom, this culminated in the construction of the friendship bridge by both nations. Encouraging visitors and diplomatic ties was an important direction taken by the Chancellor BritishWanderer, aiding in Vice Chancellor Gobblin's vision of a strong economical city. The Military Camp of Willywhacker was also built during this time, a military complex tasked with the goal of training, equipping and housing those who would defend Salisbury and the country of Varkonia. [[File:Boroughs.png|left|thumb|416x416px|The Boroughs of the Chancellery of Gabon.
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'''Created January 2019''']]On the 10th of January, the Government of Gabon reformed away from the "G''rand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace"'' into "T''he Chancellery of Gabon"'' while not having any major consequences for the day to day of Salisbury, it did make the position of Lord High Chancellor and Vice Chancellor permanent only being open for election upon death or retirement. This change would cement BritishWanderer and Gobblin as permanent figures to represent Gabon for the foreseeable future. This change also came with a shift in the Council which was made up of {''BritishWanderer, Gobblin, Tvman999, ChrisFa99 and Cincius''}.
With the expansion of Salisbury, surrounding towns and the ceded borough territory to Venice, local governance slowly ceased to exist as the Capital was no longer the only settlement on the mainland and the Councillors of Salisbury merged into the same position of Councillors of Gabon. The borough of Salisbury would remain the largest and most populated borough, with the neighbouring boroughs of Bakerswood [2] {Southeast}, Venice [4] {North} and Highgrove [3] {South}.
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As the city became sizable yet compact with tight streets, confusing alleyways and a myriad of houses in a unorganised fashion, it was decreed by the Chancellery to set up a rigorous street naming scheme, with each alleyway and street named and every house given a number and the resident names printed on all doors. This scheme aided greatly in keeping organisation inside of the suburb of Melbourne which was becoming a complex maze of apartments haphazardly built on top of one another in different shapes and sizes.
[[File:SalisburyStVarkanosCathedral.png|thumb|434x434px|This picture was taken on the northern road to Bloom of St Varkanos Cathedral peering over the Capital walls. '''Circa January 15th 2019''']]
Under official Chancellery decree in mid January, one of the larger envisioned projects was allowed to go ahead which involved promptly filling in Salisbury's defensive structure and the surrounding hole with incredible amounts of stone, sand and topsoil. This refill of the hole paved the way for a grand square to be set up in the centre of the Capital, with the now
After the fervent display of unprecedented growth, with the Capital expanding to nearly three times its size than in November 2018, most of the Council decided that a break was in their best interests, with Chancellor BritishWanderer heading off to Varkonia to carry out duties as Spokesperson of the UNC and Vice Chancellor Gobblin heading to Highgrove to continue construction of the St Marcus Headquarters. Unfortunately it was at this time that ChrisFa99 penned his resignation from the Lord's Council, deciding that his time serving Salisbury had run its course. Councillor Cincius also went missing around this time and lost his position in the Council due to the unsure whereabouts of his persons.
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==== Period of Growth ====
Fortunately the period of hibernation was not lengthy and with the return of The Vice Chancellor, it was decided to reboot the government and continue to build on previous progress, OstenVonStolz, a model citizen who had been hard at work constructing the Capital walls was promptly appointed to the position of Lord's Councillor in place of the late ChrisFa99. The government wasted no time and immediately set itself three enormous tasks, namely the Capital Depository, the shoreline district of Portsmouth, with a heavy focus on shopping in the harbour. and a renovation of Salisbury International Station, these projects were chosen due to a chancellery decree to expand the diplomatic outreach of Salisbury via rail connections and economical growth.
The Capital Depository was the first project to be attempted, a behemoth of a building with the intent of storing all of Salisbury's building materials and supplies. It was not only the construction of the building itself that was time consuming but transporting almost 30 double chests of resources into the depository itself, reportedly three fully-loaded donkeys died in the transportation process. The Capital Depository would become a vital part of every future building project planned from then on, making the distribution of building supplies much more efficient throughout the entire borough.[[File:AprilMap.png|thumb|434x434px|This picture was taken of an overhead view of the Capital city, Salisbury. Pictured is the new suburbs of Portsmouth, the beginnings of Hackney in the south and Central Salisbury. '''Circa April 2019''']][[File:SalisburyStationGabon.png|left|thumb|289x289px|This picture was taken of Salisbury International prior to the vital renovations that took place. '''Circa March 2019'''[[File:SalisburyInternationalStation.png|left|thumb|281x281px|This picture was taken of Salisbury International Station after the extensive renovation efforts put in by Gobblin, OstenVonStolz and BritishWanderer. '''Circa 13th April 2019''']]<br />]]
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[[File:Victoryarchcompletedsalisbury.png|left|thumb|330x330px|This picture was taken at the completion of the Victory Arch and the Patriotic Row behind it. '''Circa June 1st 2019''']]On June 5th 2019, when tending flowers in Nox Square, Chancellor BritishWanderer was struck in the head by an arrow. Security forces led by the Vice Chancellor quickly secured the area and the Lord High Chancellor was taken to an improvised medical facility set up in the basement of the town hall. Luckily the Chancellor did not suffer any serious injuries and after bed rest would be able to attend the festivities later in the week.
The One Year Anniversary Festival was held on the 10th of June 2019 as planned and was attended by many notable individuals such as; Mickale, Red Duke of Varkonia. Varkanos, King of Varkonia. MrLlamma, Leader of Coventhia. BennyX, Commissar of Nyasaland and Slushhi, Prime Minister of Bloom. The night was deemed a success, with a race around the city walls, city tours and the now
As a pet project in late June, the Vice Chancellor decided to enact land reclaiming policies in the eastern sea, by dredging the seabed and piling up sturdy materials to form islands off the coast. These three islands would be the start of an east coast archipelago project, with the islands varying in size and height. The Lord's Council would name the three islands, Christmas island, Nauru and Zealand respectively.
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The new developments around the suburb of Whitehaven would take shape in late November, with a shipyard accompanied by multiple long piers being constructed. Whitehaven was aptly named by the Lord's Council as the industrial & shipbuilding port of Salisbury, in contrast to the suburb of Portsmouth which was regarded as a commercial port and canal thoroughfare. This suburb would mark the new direction that future construction would go in the borough of Salisbury, as the inner city walls began to fill up, more and more buildings would begin to spread out from the gates.
[[File:NovemberElectionGabon2019.png|left|thumb|305x305px|This picture was taken of voters at the voting booth inside St Varkanos Cathedral on 27th November 2019. Turnout was high for this location, with 75% of voters using this voting booth. '''Circa 27th November 2019''']]
In November, former Queen of Gabon, Jamie would go on to found the Salisbury Gazette. The Salisbury Gazette would report on all notable on-goings inside of Gabon and international political stories. The Gazette was seen as a real hit with both citizens and the government of Gabon, the latter of which would encourage further publications and celebrate the growing of Gabonese culture, art and news.
November would also be the month where the Chancellery would revisit some of its policies, rewriting the structure of government and opening up the positions of Lord's Council for election by the citizenry. The first ever Gabonese election was a popular endeavour with 5 candidates running for 3 seats, only one candidate, Tvman999, was an incumbent of the Lord's Council prior to the election. There was intense campaigning around prominent issues, mainly that of Gabon's position under Varkonia and the expansion of rail connections. The council elections were not without controversy as Tvman999 would go on to constantly accuse candidate IcyPenguin of being a foreign infiltrator on behalf of [[Icenia]]. These elections would result in Jamie, Zyra_Bot and Tvman999 being elected to serve as the Lord's Council, with Jamie impressively receiving 100% of the vote, meaning that every voter had Jamie as one of their three choices. ▼
▲November would also be the month where the Chancellery would revisit some of its policies, rewriting the structure of government and opening up the positions of Lord's Council for election by the citizenry. The first ever Gabonese election was a popular endeavour with 5 candidates running for 3 seats, only one candidate, Tvman999, was an incumbent of the Lord's Council prior to the election. There was intense campaigning around prominent issues, mainly that of Gabon's position under Varkonia and the expansion of rail connections. The council elections were not without controversy as Tvman999 would go on to constantly accuse candidate IcyPenguin of being a foreign infiltrator on behalf of [[Icenia]]. These elections would result in Jamie, Zyra_Bot and Tvman999 being elected to serve as the Lord's Council, with Jamie impressively receiving 100% of the vote, meaning that every registered voter had Jamie as one of their three choices.
The new Lord's Council would go onto implement the Corporations Act, allowing corporations to be founded in Gabon and their approved structure culminating in the founding of the Gabon Trading Company, headed up by Councillor Zyra_Bot. This trading company would set up numerous shops in Salisbury selling an array of goods from the overflow of the Salisbury depository.
However construction and election activity would be mired by the on-going [[NATO-Mir War]] and activity would slowly grind to a halt over the christmas period. The GOR would see progress stalled until it's completion in late December but other projects would unfortunately remain unfinished for the rest of
=== 2020 ===
= Administrative Districts =
''Districts, Suburbs and Divisions are used interchangeably when referring to the Capital boundaries between neighbouring areas.''
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