Farbai

Farbai (ᚡᚨᛡᛒᚨᛁ), officially the Grand City of Farbai (ᚸᛡᚬᛄᛊᛏᚨᛑᛏ ᚡᚨᛡᛒᚨᛁ Großstadt Farbai), is the largest city in Zusea, the second-largest in the world by  and one of the two cores of the Faskala Megalopolis, the second-largest  in the world. With a population of 14,892,417 people as of 2020, it is Amphia's largest and the most densely-populated city on the continent. Located on the eastern tip of the Kingdom of Zoria, Farbai straddles the Hatzer Bay, with its iconic urban core located on the island of Hatza. Farbai has been described as the financial, cultural, and media capital of Amphia, significantly influencing commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The skyline of Lesser Hatza (Kleinerhatza) is one the most recognizable in the world, and the city hosts several of the most popular news publications in the world, including Die Punkt, the Farbaier Post, and Das Tempo. The city is also an important center for international, acting as one of the three seats of the Amphian Compact.

The city constitutes the premier gateway for immigrants into the Zusian Empire. As many as 400 languages are spoken in Farbai, making it one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the world. As of 2020, Farbai was home to more than four million residents born outside Zusea, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. Farbai is also home to more billionaires than any other city. Lesser Hatza is a global node of creativity, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability, and serves as a potent symbol of freedom and cultural diversity, especially within Zusea.

For most of Zusian history, Farbai was a small fishing village, only growing into a small trade port in the Medieval period during the emergence of the Kingdom of Zoria. Nonetheless, the city became one of the most important ports in the world during the Zorian Golden Age of the 18th century, though it still lagged behind Skalagard until the and the rise of a unified Zusian nation-state. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned and built. By the time of the Endwar, Farbai had already become the leading center for finance and trade in Amphia and the largest urban center on the continent; the city came to be known as the "Heart of the Orient" (Zusian: Herz des Morgenlandes). Many districts and monuments in Farbai are major landmarks, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2015. A record 55 million tourists visited the city in 2020. The Nixenplatz, the brightly-illuminated hub of the Vollbahn Theater District, is one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections and a major center of the global entertainment industry. Farbai is often considered second only to Emborn as a Zusian cultural capital. Many of the city's skyscrapers and parks are known around the world, and Hatza's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. With continuous 24/7 service, the Farbai K-Bahn is the largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 544 rail stations. The city hosts more than a hundred colleges and universities, including the Castaldis Academy, the Varmach Crown Academy, and Eisenbaum University. Anchored by Sea Street in the Financial District of Lesser Hatza, Farbai is often considered the world's leading financial center and the most financially powerful city in the world, and is home to the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization, the Hansabörsa.