Vuacester

**Vuacester** is the capital city of the Urocyan Empire. It is located on one of the northeastern islands of the Urocyan Archipelago and is the general headquarters of the Urocyan Armed Forces.

The city itself is a major metropolitan area, and is generally considered a futuristic city by current day standards. It is home to millions of Urocyan government officials, military personnel, and civilians. And throughout its long history, it's been the target of many military operations, including during the Urocyan Civil Wars, as well as the current Urocyan Empire's war with the United States.

## Etymology

No one quite knows where Vuacester got its name, but the "cester" part of the name is derived from the Latin word ‘castrum’ meaning ‘fortified place’. It is based on many English names that has its roots within the Roman invasion of the country. It is unlikely that the Romans have ever been to Urocyia, but the name of the city itself likely takes inspiration from many English cities.

## Description

Vuacester is a large metropolitan city which is divided into several administrative districts, including a government district, municipal district, and the major residential areas. The city is home to the Imperial Palace, the newly constructed place of residents for its emperor, and a major penitentiary, Vaucester Imperial Prison. A large river also traverces the city, with several bridges crossing over it to reach each side, and that river goes on to empty out into the ocean.

## History

### Early History

According to many documents, Vuacester was established at some point between the 1600-1700s at the earliest, though it could be as late as the early 1800s. Back then, the city was already fairly large, the largest in the country, and was considered to be the capital of the emerging Urocyia, then known as the Kingdom of Urocyia.

Much of the history between the establishment of the city and the mid 20th century is scarce. What is known is that Vuacester was continually expanded and modernized to fit the times, even having some futuristic enhancements despite Urocyia's isolationist policies at the time. By the late 1930s, when Urocyia opened its borders to all other nations, trade blossomed, and the city continue to grow rapidly. At some point, the Urocyan military officially established its headquarters within the city. And when the monarchy was overthrown, and Urocyia became a republic, Vuacester was still maintained as the nation's capital.

### Urocyan Civil Wars

The capital city itself almost witnessed first hand much of the fighting that began within Urocyia following an economic depression that hit the country in the late 1980s. Various coup attempts were made by military officials that felt the government wasn't handling the economic crisis well. One such group, the Urocyan Dynasty, managed to take control of the government for a short time, and set up a stronghold in downtown Vuacester. Despite numerous attempts to quell insurrections that kept popping up, the Urocyan Dynasty lost control of the country, plunging it further into chaos. Despite all the fighting that was happening in the city, Vuacester itself remained largely intact, surprisingly.

Fighting continued long into the 1990s, with a newly formed federal government not being able to take control and end the fighting until 1995. The country was reeling from a long time of fighting, though much of the capital city itself was spared from too much damage. Fortunately, under the control of the new government, they mandated changes that allowed Urocyia to prosper once more. As for Vuacester, the city began to bloom again, with many coming in to help repair damage that was done to the city, and an economic boom allowed the city to continue where it left off as far as continuing to grow and accommodate a pretty sizable population. However, surviving leaders of the Urocyan Dynasty were not happy with certain things the government was doing, and attempted another coup attempt, leading to another skirmish between the Urocyan Dynasty, and the federal government, which called upon the military to deal with the issue. However, this new government had the backing of the United States, as well as the rest of the United Nations. An American-led UN task force was sent in to help the Urocyan government fend off attacks from the Dynasty, and ultimately, the coup attempt failed, with the surviving members of the Dynasty spreading out, and for a while, the UN task force set up a base in Vaucester, and promptly left as soon as the government was secure.

### Reformation to the Imperial Capital

By the 2010s, Urocyia was officially back in the prominence it had before all the civil wars began, and was openly trading with a lot of other countries, be it food, material, and various other supplies for the general population, as well as the military. Then, the Urocyan Dynasty reemerged, this time under the direction of a grey fox who had nothing to lose, Arian Torres. Arian, who'd served in the Urocyan Army for a number of years, gave his directions, and the Dynasty attempted one last coup attempt to overthrow the federal government. Because Arian was an unrecognized genius, and thanks to his army experience (likely having to have dealt with a number of the insurrections during his time in the Army), this coup attempt was amazingly successful, and quite clean. And this time, he did have the backing of a number of military leaders who either knew him or was unsatisfied with how the country was currently. Once Arian had control, he addressed the Urocyan people, saying that the time of the old republic was done, and a new Urocyia would be born under him, that no one would dare mess with their country.

Through all this, Arian had set up his new home in Vuacester, and from here, it would see the reformation of Urocyia from a republic to an empire, with Arian declaring himself Emperor. Under Arian's direction, much of Vuacester continued to be improved upon, and the new Imperial capital was shaped up to how Arian felt the capital of a grand empire should be. Throughout all this, the rest of the world took notice, and given that Arian began building a powerful military in preparation for his goal of changing the world to his image of what it should be, and that many of the problems would be fixed if it were all under one rule; his rule. As part of the military buildup, Arian had Vuacester heavily reinforced and set up a number of defenses in the event the capital were to ever be attacked, the defending forces included some of the best soldiers in the Urocyan military.

### Urocyan War

War finally did break out, as Urocyia launched a series of annexations that took over a number of foreign lands, and after a number of skirmishes with the American military, Arian, with Prime Minister Kenneth "Kenny" Hunter as his second in command, launched Operation Tidal Wave, which struck a number of American naval assets to weaken the most powerful military on the planet. The US military did attempt some retaliatory strikes, with one carrier group attempting to attack Vuacester. During the subsequent battle, the carrier's aircraft shot down some of Urocyia's fighters which crashed into Vuacesters's residential areas. Both Arian and Kenny openly blamed America for the loss of civilian life. The carrier launched another attack two weeks later as part of an operation labeled as Operation Spear Tip. This time, Urocyan aircraft managed to sink much of the carrier fleey, forcing the US to cease operations in the Urocyan Archipelago for some time.