Royal City (Chisei)

The Royal City is a walled complex of about a hundred buildings and facilities in Eito, that are used by the Monarchy and Royal government of Chisei. The buildings and grounds within the complex are managed and supervised by the Bureau of the Royal Capital, while security and policing is provided by the Capital Guard, a department of the Royal Guard Office.

Layout
The central feature of the City is the White Palace, residence of the Daiō and headquarters of both the Ministry of the Royal Household and Ministry of Rites, located in the center of the northern half of the City and overlooking the Aso river. Other parts of the complex include the:


 * Grand Assembly Building - Seat of the Heavenly Assembly and the Great Council of State
 * Assembly Office Buildings
 * Royal Archives
 * Kurowashi complex - Residence of the Chancellor of Chisei and headquarters of the Ministry of War.
 * Palace of Harmony - Former royal manor; now holds the Ministry of Nations and Ministry of Languages.
 * Judiciary buildings
 * Shihōin capital office
 * Supreme Constitutional Court Building
 * Palatial Courts
 * Ministry of Justice building
 * Tosatsuin buildings
 * Tosatsuin Building
 * Ministry of Audit Building
 * Palace Equerries Office (on White Palace grounds)
 * Kōshīn buildings
 * Palatial Exam Hall
 * Inspector's Office
 * Daigaku-ryō building
 * Old Kyūgakkō buildings - Formerly the campus of the Eito Kyūgakkō, destroyed in the war. Parts were restored as museums and memorial buildings.
 * Eito Royal War Museum
 * Royal Archives Museum
 * National Museum of Shirakawa
 * Royal City Memorial Museum
 * Eito Kyūgakkō Museum
 * Parks & gardens
 * White Palace Gardens
 * Royal City Botanical Garden
 * National Freedom Park
 * Hamada Park
 * Royal City Station
 * Royal City Power Plant
 * Royal City Visitor Center

History
While Eito had been the Shirakawan capital since the Gejō dynasty, the old Royal residences had been destroyed under the Yashiman empire, and the main Imperial residence on the mainland was at Ginsagi palace in Wanshu. With the fall of the Empire and the restoration of Shirakawan independence, a new royal palace was completed in 1598, on the site of modern Hamada park, but this burnt down in 1628. The Suzaku Palace was built as a replacement, and served as the Royal residence until 1670, when the White Palace was constructed.

Tenshō era
Anticipating a breakthrough at Enokaji, the Council of Elders ordered a secret evacuation of Eito in 1939, with most of the government relocating to Arasuraji. Being the most defensible sector of the capital, the City formed part of the Royal Army's main line of defence when the Imperial Army arrived at the capital in 1940, with the railway line and the Royal boulevard forming key funnels for supply shipments from Uraan. The Royal City itself was heavily damaged; the entirety of the embassy quarter was wiped out, along with the northern and western gates and much of the campus of the Eito Daigaku, while both the Suzaku and White Palaces caught fire during Imperial assaults, but were saved before the fires spread.