Anastasius

Purpose
Exposition on Anastasius - The Ophion Empire's capital.

Publication Status
The Royal Planetic Society of Bildung of Letters - Class: Preliminary and Sensitive


 * Alternative Name(s)
 * Anastasia


 * Designation Type
 * Capital


 * Population
 * One Million +


 * Inhabitant Demonym
 * Anastasians

Type - Study, Scientific
 * Owner/Ruler
 * Empress-Queen Hortensia Thales

Location - Tiber

Authors - Sir Bartholomew Belton Barlow

Demographics
Given Anastasius' inhabits hold cosmopolitan values, members of other nations in the Ophion Empire and off-worlders settle and visit often. Nonetheless, a majority of its citizens is the common raccoon demihuman.

Government
Emperor-King or Empress-Queen.

Architecture
Throughout its history, dynastic families patronized large complexes and dramatic urban plans focusing on natural settings intended to enhance view and create stunning civic, judicial, and market spaces different than the orthogonal living spaces, which are above or under ground, surrounding them.

A portico with a double colonnade and often found around Anastasius' agorae, a stoa defines public space. It is used to bind walkways and house rows of rooms. Whereupon turning civic, administrative, and market bodies into a grandiose space



Known for it being the steepest theater on Tiber, Anastasia host an amphitheater looking outward to an ocean and is used for entertainment,civic, and religious purposes. One may find lesser amphitheater dotting the capital's hills dedicated to one function, such as sport.

Altars to gods are U-shaped built on a high platform with central steps leading to its top. Each alter has frieze showing stories of the the altar's god.

Economy
A source of pride among locals, Anastasia's made its mark in interstellar commerce with hover bikes. Companies Racati and Rhonda are the biggest competitors among many. One will see raccoons in tuxedos to soccer moms hauling kits in bike sidecars to blue jean, bandanna wearing raccoons with faux hawks navigating the capitals streets in a collection of hover bikes. Other notable industries include nautical, aerospace, engineering, and tech.

Religio-Arcanaform
Chief Diety: Hyperion -The Eldest of Her Litter