Salisbury: Difference between revisions
→June 2018
mNo edit summary |
|||
Line 49:
=== '''Founding of Salisbury''' ===
==== June - August 2018 ====
By Queen GetSkinny's [https://balmoral.ga/announcement/lp_1_10_6_18 letters patent]of 2018 announced the foundation of the land claims of Gabon and thus the settlement of Salisbury. Within it's first period, Salisbury had excavated a large area in the centre of the forest, this set off the beginning of the quarry industry with reasonable sized mineral deposits located under the topsoil. This quarry, one dug to it's final level was then turned into the eastern most defensive structure of Gabon, and the Grand Duchy of Varkonia, aiding fighters and allied citizenry who passed through.
Line 70:
As of March 12th, Gabonese High Lord Chancellor, BritishWanderer, is currently the Alliance Spokesperson for the United Northern Congress.
=== Period of Stagnation & Devastation ===
====
The frenzy of construction that had taken place to accommodate the influx citizens slowly ground to a halt in late September due to varying factors. The most pressing being that the capital government was currently in debt and was implementing measures to cut all unnecessary expenditure, all construction projects were halted, with the builders being out of the work this had a profound affect on the capital and its local service economy. In order to remedy the situation, some of the council concluded that while cutting taxes and increasing the debt may be the most radical solution, it might be enough to jump start the economy, the royal tax being the most controversial of these.
The royal tax was used to fund projects such as Balmoral Castle and the surrounding area, it was also spent on foreign trips and large food & material imports for the royal family. The royal family, whose usual place of residence was in Salisbury, were not seen since mid august and the citizenry were beginning to be discontent with the royal family and their apathy towards the potentially disastrous situation which could befall Salisbury. This reached a boiling point with the peaceful '''Green Flag Protests''' which occurred in Mckinley park and the surrounding streets, the Council's response to this was to officially cancel the royal tax and set the path out to jump start Salisbury's economy again. This act by the council of Salisbury would be the first domino in which would eventually result in the '''Gabonese Civil War'''.
In early November, tensions between her majesty and her councillors had reached it's boiling point and civil war was declared. With Her Majesty allowing the military forces of Gabon to commit what they must for a victory, they quickly attempted to stamp out rebel sympathisers within the capital with small skirmishes taking place in alleyways and parks. Many sympathisers tried to hide from the loyalists however most were found, arrested or murdered in cold blood. Rebel forces led by BritishWanderer entered the capital from the south alongside the bombing raid ordered by Mickale of Varkonia. This act devastated the centre of the city, with many buildings such as the train station and church being obliterated beyond recognition. The devastation and the horrific scenes that they witnessed was said to have put the rebel forces into a shock upon their entrance to the city.
==== January - March 2019 ====▼
With the capital being seized by the rebels and the royal family surrendering, peace was officially announced by BritishWanderer on November 14th. The citizenry, although disgusted in the actions that the rebel forces and BritishWanderer took to achieve victory, mostly accepted the new government, with others emigrating to neighbouring nations. The abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of an executive lord's council freed up a lot of wealth that was held by the royal family, which the council swiftly used for the betterment of Salisbury.
The end of the Civil War in Gabon bought about a much-needed period of growth to the nation. The construction industry was given the go ahead once again with Vice Chancellor Gobblin leading the efforts. One of the larger projects took place on the grounds of Salisbury's ruined church which was reconstructed into St Varkanos Cathedral, currently standing as the tallest building in Gabon. While the rebuilding efforts were continuing, Chancellor BritishWanderer took it upon himself to revisit the policies of Salisbury and restructure them from the ground up, cutting taxes and establishing the Sovereign Fund which would be used as a safety net for the capital government and it's citizenry.
The impoverished housing district 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 humanely possible. The apartments are homely and are purely funded by the Gabonese treasury allowing residents to forego any worry about housing payments. Grants were also provided to the district of '''Winchester''' to provide more environmental benefits to the local housing and businesses. Winchester is widely regarded as one of the prettier parts of Salisbury thanks to the additions of the BnB and the Gloriana Cafe, both constructions overseen by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart.
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, in line with the policy set out by the government. As of early May, the wall is completed around all of the districts, with the erection of flags and their poles being the last remaining tasks. The wall outlines the city boundary of Salisbury while providing a defensive benefit to all of Salisbury's citizenry.
Under Chancellery decree in January, the quarry was safely and securely filled in with large amounts of stone. sand and topsoil, aiding in the construction of what would become Salisbury Square with the infamous Great Oak as the centrepiece of the square. The underground section would later become the newer Salisbury International Station.▼
▲Under Chancellery decree in January, the quarry was safely
| |||