Downtown Bolliton, the Heart of Beringia

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Entry posted by PlanetOfHats · December 18, 2022

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Beringia's capital has stood since the 1880s at the city of Bolliton. The city, home to in the ballpark of five-ish million people (on top of a more populous metro area), grew over the years from a railway hub and shipment centre for agricultural goods to become the most important city in the nation.

Downtown Bolliiton grew up as a city of brick and stone masonry and concrete, sitting astride the Amur River near where the waterway forks around Big Ussuri Island - land that might be known as Khabarovsk in another time. These days, the city has begun to grow up. Her skyline is dominated now by glass towers more akin to those you'd see in places like Tokyo or Hong Kong.

The downtown core by night.

Downtown grew up around the Cathedral of St. Alban the Martyr, the largest Anglican church in Bolliton. While developers have occasionally lobbied to grow in closer to the old 1890s building, city councils have resolved over the years to protect the church grounds, leaving it as an island of heritage church architecture among the girders, lights and concrete of downtown. The church itself is more heritage site than anything else these days, given the growing prevalence of Orthodox Christianity and Buddhism and the relative decline of Protestant denominations as the country grows more diverse.

Beringia is governed by a bicameral Parliament, which meets on the southern edge of downtown at Parliament Centre. The neighbouring cube is home to the Supreme Court of Beringia.