Altenburg

Altenburg (﻿ᚩᛚᛏᛂᚾᛒᚢᛡᚷ), officially the Free City of Altenburg am See (ᚡᛡᛂᚮᛊᛏᚨᛑᛏ ᚩᛚᛏᛂᚾᛒᚢᛡᚷ  ᚨᛘ  ᛋᛂᛂ Freystadt Altenburg am See) is the capital and center of the Imperial Circle of Altenburg in Zusea. The city itself contains 1,870,185 inhabitants; the wider Imperial Circle is the home to more than 2.5 million people. Moreover, Altenburg forms a continuous with the neighboring port of Kaistadt, which forms the urban core of the Imperial Circle.

Altenburg was an independent city state, the Free City of Altenburg, for nearly four centuries from 1444 to 1818 and was one of the most important cities of the Medieval Vordic Empire. The city was often called the "Gateway to the East" as the easternmost nexus of the Golden Road trade network; by the 18th century, nearly all Vordic trade with the rising powers of Chisei and Yamatai flowed through Altenburg. It lost its sovereignty upon the reunification of Zusea in 1818, though it retained many of its old privileges as part of an "Imperial Circle." Today, Altenburg is culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse, with half of its population, and a majority of its young people, having a migrant background. A quarter of the population consists of foreign nationals, including many expatriates. Altenburg is home to one of the largest Escaric communities in Zusea.