Stevensburg
Stevensburg is the capital city of the country of Xevenia. Located in the state of Capistallan, the city has a current population of 4.3 million, and acts as the home to the government. Stevensburg was founded in 1711 under the name of Tellaaskullum, and started to grow exponentially as well as changed its name around 1918. The largest building in the city is The Transrapath Tower, measured at around 211 meters.
History
Founding
The city was founded in 1711, in an area of land that would one day become Xevenia. The settlers were people that had lived in the area for a while, and came together to protect from attacks by Rapathic pirates as well as local raiders. The small village, called Tellaaskullum, was able to protect itself against Rapathic attacks, and soon thrived with a navy to defend coastal resources, such as fish and crabs. The village also got into marine trading with other villages in the area, and brought in profits that increased the wealth of the country.
In the 1800's, Tellaaskullum became a part of an alliance between different villages and appointed a chieftain, the first one being Daiikumat Redni'ik. Redni'ik forged a strong friendship between the villages in the alliance, and made several trade deals that made Tellaaskullum the largest and most prominent of the villages in the pact. In the late part of the century, the alliance of villages made a deal with Rapathion to help the Rapathic pirates capture trading vessels from the Asper continent, including ones from The United States of Quentin, The Protectorates of Allia, and The United Villages of Southia. Being a coastal city, Tellaaskullum benefited greatly from this deal, until The Great Venturian War broke out, and the Asperian vessels stopped coming.
1900's
Around 1921, settlers from the USQ, belonging to a group called The Quentinian Expeditionary Corps, landed in Xevenia, and settled two cities east of Tellaaskullum, called Jeffersontown and Long Beach. The whole nation was angered by this settlement, and in 1923 a man named Peter Orotro gained endorsement by several village chieftains, including Tellaaskullum's, and gathered an army to defeat the Quentinian settlements. However the Quentinian settlers there were well equipped, and repelled the forces, which continued to try and break through. Tellaaskullum's chieftain sent invitations for a meeting between the chieftains of the alliance to the USQ forces, and they secretly negotiated The Xevenian-Quentinian Sovereignty Agreement in 1924, which made the Quentinians leave in exchange for an end to pirate attacks and the deposing of Orotro.
After the agreement, the country bound together stronger than ever before, and the newly renamed Stevensburg was recognized as the capital for the new nation. After that, the population grew exponentially, as well as trading and shipping to and from the city. The government moved in, and Stevensburg was a crucial part of the modernization of the country. In 1942, when the nation decided to create a constitution, the convention was held in Stevensburg, with representatives hashing out the details and eventually ratifying The Constitution of Xevenia. In the late 50's through 80's, the country became home to many new embassies, as contact with other countries increased.
