New Covenant

New Covenant is a sprawling urban conglomeration located at the mouth of the Applewine River on Orchard Harbor. It has held a position of importance since the early colonial days, serving as the colonial capital of the Colony of New Middlesex and briefly the national capital during the War of Independence. While the state capital moved north to be more centralized during the mid-nineteenth century, the importance of the city exponentially increased during the industrial revolution.
The city is made up of three dozen islands, though most all small with only minor populations. The main seven islands serve as the boroughs of the city, each named after a virtue by the original colonial proprietor. Despite their heavy interconnectedness, each borough has its own flavor. The Borough of Dilligence is the most centrally located and serves as the seat of city government.
The Borough of Charity is located east of Diligence and serves as the financial hub of the city in the south of the borough and large parks and upscale homes in the north. Many of the richest and most famous live in the Victorian-inspired rowhouses.
The Borough of Temperance sits southwest of Diligence and is the largest island in the chain. Temperance has served as the industrial center for the city for the last 150 years and hosts both New Covenant International Airport and Port Orchard Harbor making it a hub for imports coming into the country.
The Borough of Humility sits north of Temperance and west of Diligence and hosts the bohemian population. Littered with theaters and opera houses interspersed with oddity shops and dance schools, this borough tends to be on the leading edge of the fashion and live performance world. This borough has both the New Covenant Museum of Art and the Williamson Museum of Science and Nature in addition to the Expo Grounds which has hosted two World's Faires.
The Borough of Chastity lies north of Diligence just south of the mainland. Chastity had been the residential district during the eighteenth century but became known for its high crime and murder rate during the industrial revolution. Projects and row houses have done little to improve the looks of Chastity which remains one of the most dangerous areas of the country in addition to being a center for human trafficking and prostitution often fronted as warehouses, motels or strip clubs.
The Borough pf Patience lies south of Charity and Diligence and east of Temperance. Originally the site of Fort Patience, the military still operates the Patience Gateway Military Complex which houses both military and FBI paranomral research division. Much more of a sanddune than the other islands, large construction has often met with failure on this island in particular. Since this island can offer large land spaces, it houses most of the city's universities along with the professional sports teams.
The Borough of Kindness sts at the eastern edge of the city and is commonly viewed as suburbia with sprawling develo0pments filled with small lawns and one of the few places where residents have driveways. This is the smallest island annd the only one not directly connected to Diligence.
==History==
While native American people have lived in the area of Orchard Harbor since they arrived on the east coast of America.
European occupation only goes back a millennium. The harbor and islands which make up the city were first discovered by Viking sailors raiding the eastern coast in the early eleventh century. They found the natural harbor to be so perfect, they established a settlement, small wharf, and trading post. However, changing political allegiances and happenings in Europe caused the small but thriving colony to be all but abandoned in under three generations.
After the success of Spanish colonies in the Carribean, Latin, and South America in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, a group of scholars working on behalf of the King of Denmark-Norway found an old series of Viking myths which they used as a basis for their land claim. Still a highly competent naval civilization, the Norse claim was quickly acted upon found the Colony of Syvøyer. While the Norse did use the colony as a trading post and a source of resources, the lack of precious metals combined with the long transatlantic travel time meant very few actually settled the large claim.
===English Colnoialism===
Establishing colonies both north and south of Syvøyer meant constant run-ins between the two naval powers, often arguing over fishing rights across the north Atlantic. This confrontation came to a head when the King of Denmark-Norway invaded a group of islands off the coast of Scotland which had been transferred to the Kingdom of England and Scotland as part of a dowry. Neither side wished escalation to war, so in the historic Treaty of Aberdeen, 1660 signed in the city in northern Scotland, the small islands in the North Sea were transferred back to Denmark-Norway while England would absorb the North American colony. Other provisions included opening fishing rights across the northern Atlantic between the two countries.
Once under English control, the territory was reorganized into three new colonies used to pay off the debts of the kingdom. New Covenant and the central strip would become part of the new Colony of New Middlesex established in 1666, with the Colony of New Essex acquiring the southern portion of land south of the Bay Colony and the Colony of New Wessex given the peninsula east of the Colony of Penn's Forest.
===Revolution and Early Republic===
===Early Nineteenth Century===
===Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrial Revolution===
===Rise of Political Bosses and Organized Crime===
===Industrial Growth of the Early Twentieth Century===
===Decline in the 1950s: the Suburban Exodus===
===The Great Exodus of the 1960s and the Race Riots===
===Urban Decay===
===Urban Revitalization===
==Government and Politics==
==Geography==
===Climate===
===Arcvhetecture===
===City Scape===
==Demographics==
==Economy==
==Infrastructure==
===New Covenant International===
===Port Orchard Bay===
===Dilligence General Terminal===
===New Covenant Subway System===
===Mass Transit via Roadways===
===Orchard Harbor Ferry System===
==Education==
===Gibson University===
===City College of New Covenant===
===State University at New Coveant===
===Techincal and Vocational System===
===Public School System===
===Private Education in New Covenant===
==Health==
==Culture==
===Sports===
====New Covenant Angels====
====Orchard Harbor Pirates====
====Other Professional Teams====
====Minor League Teams====
===Theater District===
===City Park System===
===Harbor Tours===
==Media==
===Newspapaers and Periodicals===
====New Covenant Reporter====
====Daily Commandment====
===Local Television===
===City Radio===
==Notable Residents==