Konggei

Konggei (Juponese: 龍京), officially Konggei Metropolitan City (Juponese: 龍京市; Konggei-shi) is the capital and largest city of Jupon. It was settled in the year 341 BC under the name of Aramito during the Kamirakagei States Period. Konggei has historically been a large and agricultural city. Konggei derives its name from the honju characters "龍京" which loosely mean "dragon capital".

In the present, Konggei is the largest city within the entire country, as well as serving as Jupon's capital city, it has a population of ten million, thusmaking it one of the most heavily populated cities in all of Bangju. Konggei receives approximately fourty-four thousand tourists annually, thus placing the city as nineteenth in the top 25 most visited cities in the world. Konggei is run by the Konggei City Council. Konggei's mayor is Nakao Sutsong, she is the city's first multi-ethnic Juponese mayor.

=Etymology=

Konggei's name is written using the honju characters "龍京", which mean "dragon capital". The meaning behind Konggei's name originates from an ancient Juponese myth in which it was commonly believed that dragons lived within the Tenmong mountains, Konggei is fairly close the mountain range.

The first documentation of early Konggei was in a painting depicting a group of women working in a rice field, on said painting were the words "Women in rice fields" (Old Juponese: や稻田いま人 てここくろ; Yashoukdhraui-ma-ren Tekokokuro; Modern Juponese: 稻田 女性人; Yiouzaikku Hanfuo-rin). During the Shodai era, the village was referred to as "Honkyung", it wouldn't be known as "Konggei" until 1946 when the Republic of Jupon was founded.

=History=

Prehistory
Jupon was first populated by nomadic tribes of homo-erectus approximately thirteen-million years ago, during which humans first arrived in west Bangju in Shojin and quickly spread throughout the region. Small settlements in and around the Konggei area did exist, though a majority of nomads lived within the nearby Tenmong mountains.

The first nomads within the Konggei area are believed to have been either of proto-Basanreserian or proto-Aynu descent, unlike the rest of Jupon which can trace its ancestry back to Jeongmi and Fusen.

Aramito Village
The Aramito village was a small settlement in present-day Konggei's Hanasogi district. Aramito is believed to have been settled some time during the autumn of 341 BC during the Kamirakagei era. Aramito served as an independent city-state, and even has its own Kamirakagun, though the village was later absorbed into the Sujin state.

After the end of the Kamirakage era, Aramito was transformed into a military camp within the Sujin Kingdom, it was a vital area for Sujin armies, due to a Cheonje protectorate lying beyond the Tenmong mountains. Through a number of swift and decisive battles Sujin was able to conquer and subjugate the protectorate, thus incorporating in into the kingdom. Rebels and anyone causing general political dissidence was sent to be held prisoner in an Aramito military prison camp.

Shodai Period Gyongkheig
In 1078 the kingdom of Shodai was founded and the capital was moved to Konggei, as the tine called Honkyung, as the capital city, much work was done to make Honkyung suitable for elites, and the city's residents. It was during the dynasty that not only Jupon, but mainly Konggei experienced a flourishing of cultural and language. the Juponese language quickly evolved, and the kingdom entered a sort of renaissance, many poems, songs and paintings were created, which today stand as shining examples of the height of medieval Juponese culture. During the seventeenth century foreign imports to Shodai were at an all-time-high, most imports were results of Lionggong trade with Shodai, and Basanreserian merchants opening small shops within Gyongkheig.

As Shodai's economy flourished, classism began to become an increasing problem, aristocrats known as Défudànshiyo often strolled through the streets wearing high-quality silk fabrics. Défudànshiyo set the standard for Juponese fashion for centuries, even in the present, Konggei fashion still has défudànshiyo influence.

Wartime Konggei
Though Jupon had low involvement in the Eulhae War, Konggei received thousands of refugees from Sinju, Yoju and Miju. During this time the Burad plicies were still in place, which heavily restricted refugees and minorities from obtaining certain rights. Anger from the unjust treatment of minority groups sparked protests in Konggei.

During the occupation period Basanreserian slaves were forced to work in textile factories.