Langenthal

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Uptown (left), Commerce (front), Langenthal North (back) and Downtown (right) districts of Langenthal

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Langenthal is the capital city of Ihazon and its subsequent state West-Ihazon, and the largest city in the world by both area and population. It is the main financial and commercial hub of the Thoirazon area.
The current Governor-Mayor of Langenthal and West-Ihazon is Togfan.

During the last population census done by the LGA (Langenthal Graph Agency), Langenthal's population was estimated to be 16,923,212, making it almost 17 times larger than Ihazon's second biggest city, New Summerset.

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District map of Langenthal

Districts

Langenthal is divided into 8 main districts with 7 sub-districts.

Commerce

Commerce District, also known as Commerce and Centre, is the central district of the city. This is where most of the commerce is located. The city hall, Server plaza and Langenthal Nuclear Power Plant are located here, as well as large businesses including Vales Union Bank & Insurance, Femi Plaza and Langenthal Hotel. Commerce experiences heavy commuter traffic from all surrounding districts due to its central location. For a long time, the 6-lane SV2 avenue running through here was the widest road on the Surface.

Downtown

Downtown is the business centre of Ihazon, where almost the entire financial sector of the world is located. This district is primarily comprised of large skyscrapers, either holding offices or apartments. The Parliament and the Server HQ also located here, further consolidating its importance as a district.

Downtown is the most heavily trafficated area in Ihazon, with two tramlines and the southern monorail snaking its way along the wide SV1 through Times Plaza. Car queues are a frequent sight.

The renowned feature of Downtown are its skyscrapers. Langenthal World Financial Center is the tallest building in the world, and a sight easily seen from all over Langenthal. Its first floor is a mall area housing McDolan and Le'dumassé Strip Club. Another major building is the Ampersand Corporation headquarters.

Southern Langenthal

Southern Langenthal is where Central Station and Langenthal International Airport is located, making it primarily an infrastructure district. SV1 and SV3 converge here, and it houses tunnel to Nomansland.

East of Southern Langenthal is Watr Hills, one of two expensive neighbourhoods in Langenthal.

Industrial District

Industrial District, often referred to outside of the city as Langenthal Industrial District, is the district located west for the centre. Housing nothing but industry, it serves as the manufacturing centre of the region, having the highest concentration of industry after Tinville. The largest industry here is Langenthal Steelworks. Its landmark is the WC.

Langenthal North

Langenthal North is a very dense residental area located north-east of the city. Ever since its construction it has been a central and important district of the city, being the most populated district. Its characteristics are densely packed skyscrapers and high-rises. The tallest building in the district is the Rail Tower, with its very distinctive curved look.

Langenthal West

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The facade of The Parliament, with Times Plaza on the right.

Langenthal West is the largest district, and the one with the most sub-districts. A lot of low and medium density buildings can be found here, most of which are residential.

Directly west of Downtown situate many important buildings, such as Langenthal Primary School, Langenthal Church, West Recreational Centre and West Highschool. This is primarily a commercial area, serving both upper and lower parts of Langenthal West, as well as the first residential area houses directly above Central Station, dating back from old times.

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Commerce District contains the City Hall. The Parliament can be seen in the background.

Lower parts of the district consists of Southern Residential and West Rurals, consisting of low-density suburban houses and farm fields, respectively. West Rurals also houses a wine farm.

In the upper part of the district include two newer districts. Japantown is a famous Japan-themed suburban area with narrow streets and tightly packed houses. Due to the distinct architecture, Japantown is a popular tourist destination. Just below it is the mansion of former President Metteliten, still maintained as a monument and tourist trap.

The northernmost part is Straya, an Australian inspired district. Its suburban houses are mostly one floor and tightly packed together, and modern in design. Low demand in the area is the cause for most of Straya being empty.

Eastern District

Eastern District is a mixed district at the outskirts of Langenthal towards Gruvania. A lot of middle and high class families live here, most notably in its subdistrict Grafd, the most expensive place to live in Ihazon.

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Eastern District seen from its rail station in the rain, with Hotel Watr.Wud(tm) and Langenthal Underground Radio tower in the background.

Eastern District is home to Watr.Wud™ Hotel, Watr.Wud(tm), Langenthal Underground Radio and Speech Mark Hospital. The modern SV3 skyway also runs through the district, serving as efficient connections to Southern Langenthal's LIX and Central Station, and Interchange Island.

Uptown

The newest district of the city, Uptown is an ambitious and dense Scandinavian-themed district located north of Commerce. It features large townhouses with street-level stores and wide roads between. The district was built to handle dense traffic and offers a large amount of shopping facilities, office space and apartments. The northern shores of Uptown is the location of Northern Port, Ihazon's currently only harbour.

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Langenthal North seen from Commerce during a winter night

Underground District

Underground District, often called The Underground, is a large underground area originally built as a lowered city district. The area was eventually decommissioned and sealed off. Due to this, the area has over time gained a reputation as a crime-infested hideout for the shadiest people of our time, including a rumoured Mafia.

Demographics

well you know tthere's all buncha people livin here

avg household population is 2 and occupancy rate is around 80%

then a paragraph about how langenthälers are whiny and entitled but ultimately hard working and kind at heart (although you wonder how kind a people who constantly walk around armed can be)

Infrastructure

Energy sources

As the largest city in the nation, Langenthal draws an enormous amount of energy, spawning an endless debate as to what energy source the city should use.
From 2011, a large portion of Langenthal's power came from Langenthal Nuclear Power Plant until its shutdown in 2018. The power plant, whose goal was to lessen the city's reliance on coal power from Slouthceister Power's Northern Site, was less than popular among its residents. Because the power plant was situated in Downtown Langenthal, neghbouring commerce, in particular Femi Plaza, has lobbied against its presence before it was built. Owner of Tawg Nuclear Energy, Tawg, made no comments however mentioning the power plant's opposition when announcing the plant's decommission.
The quote from his press conference reads as follow: “Langenthal Nuclear Power Plant did not possess any risk of meltdown or leakage, and breach of safety was never a concern for our decision to replace it. As a Gen II reactor, it was simply less efficient than the newer generation of reactors. Our new power plant’s increased economic efficiency will ensure our energy prices be even lower than before, and for safe power to be delivered for the next ten, twenty years.”

While Tawg has made plans to build a new plant outside the capital, its final location is still undecided, and the city will have to rely on coal power for the forseeable future. Experts have pointed to this being a major factor for why the Greens won the most of Langenthal's votes in the 2020 Ihazon Elections and almost the entire election itself.

Tallest buildings

The world's largest building, Langenthal World Financial Center (LWFC) is located in Downtown Langenthal. Its height of 186 metres makes it visible from almost every corner of the city and subsequently a prominent landmark. However, Langenthal has a multitude of other sksycrapers that, while not as high as LWFC, still make for a staggering sight when viewed from the ground.

Transportation

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Map of Langenthal's roads and rails

With its staggering population of almost 17 million as of 2020, it is no wonder why Langenthal's transportation network is as diverse as it is.

Rail

Historically, the importance of the railway for Langenthal cannot be understated.
From its opening in 1910, the industrial freight line connecting Langenthal with Slouthceister has provided the city with a reliable transportation network for goods and materials. From 1916, when Langenthal Steelworks opened, the railway has been used to transport ore from Gruvania, fuelling the city with much needed steel. In fact, the line's success was so great that IRATE was exclusively a freight company until it opened for passenger traffic in 1946, and only then after The Parliament issued a passenger rail subsidy bill.
The freight traffic going through Langenthal on rail is very much still active, especially after the West-Ihazonan line opened, connecting Serland Aluminium and Landesgarten's port together with Seaport Slouthceister, allowing container traffic from one end of the country to the other. However, most people may think of the railway today as primarily a passenger commuting service.

Central Station, built in 1946 for the opening of IRATE's first passenger service, has been a central hub in the city since its conception. At the time critics found the massive station overkill, but time would show the station was built for the future. In fact, after the millenium change in 2020, the explosive population growth of Ihazon and Langenthal in particular would show the station to be dramatically underequipped for the modern commuter volume.
In 2017 the station got a massive overhaul, and it is now the reconisable landmark it is today. Part of this overhaul also applied to the rail line itself; the station was opened together with the newly constructed high speed line from Langenthal to New Summerset.

Apart from conventional rail, Langenthal also has an extensive tram network and houses the national monorail that spans to Trondheim.

Air

Langenthal International Airport, shortened LIX, is the world's largest international airport. Together with Central Station, it forms a transport hub that connects Langenthal's many bus and tram routes together with Ihazon's various passenger rail lines to the rest of the world.

Road

Perhaps infamously so, Langenthal's reputation is one linked more often than not to roads. In the 1960s and onwards, Ihazon would undergo a large surge in growth, especially concerning infrastructure. After the founding of Tinville in the 1970s, large motorways started popping up around the metropolitean area of Langenthal. At the beginning of 1980, Ihazon already had five major arteries throughout the country named Serveways, that would after the 2000s only continue to be reworked and expanded as population boomed.

Perhaps there is no better testament to Langenthal's near-obsession wtih roads than Interchange Island, an interchange that was built in 1979 but rehauled multiple times until its current incarnation (which is still currently under construction as of 2021).

Notable Residents

All important people in Ihazon own a residence in the capital. Important citizens include Togfan, the mayor of the city; Dr. John Who, the city's vice mayor; Metteliten, former President; the deceased Borisdotpercy and the vigorous businesshorse HyperDuck. The city has no restrictions for how many residents one person may own, and so many notable residents have several houses and flats around the city.

The capital hosts many vacation houses, but not as many as other cities. There's a clear trend for people who live in the large city to build or buy houses in other major cities.

• Dylan from West Langenthal

rewrite this section pls

Ancient History (adapted from ancient tapestries in Langenthal church)

Langenthal was once a small village, overshadowed by greater cities, like Trondheim and Summerset. Though undeveloped, The village was much more densely populated than that of the larger cities. The reason for this was that Langenthal was home to a ferocious beast: a slime. Many had tried to destroy the race of slimes, though their efforts were in vain, for the slimes re-popluated by breaking apart. All but one slime were killed, by the year 1485. This slime was ordered to be locked up for life by the supreme ruler, Notch. Just 1 year after being locked up, the slime was sentenced to a public execution in the city of Trondheim. However, the slime broke free and devoured the whole city. Notch and others fled to Tekkea, where they were safe, as the slime reduced all the cities to rubble. Notch did never retun. In the year of 1903, Langenthal was rediscovered by a group of explorers. Led by Togfan, the group managed to find and overpower the slime. Togfan's race moved to the country of Ihazon and set out rebuilding the cities. Togfan named herself mayor of Langenthal and made it the new capital of Ihazon. Langenthal is now the most developed city in Ihazon.