Nacafi/Cities

This page lists the cities of Nacafi.

Nacafi currently has **21** cities contributing to the *CITS* stat of the Master Nation Statistics Sheet: Bon, Catohaza, Dogobar, Foroguton, Insensen, Kanvarus, Kxentsoi, Lembela, Loiskame, Manasal, Marla Cotsonor, Mullus Kapter, Pfaumusu, Shoihum, Sizon, Tsellopon, Tsirnacaf, Tsunnulara, Unnaka, Vanjemash and Vemon Tashmangar.

**5** of its cities are coastal (RMOB11): Bon, Catohaza, Kanvarus, Lembela and Sizon.

**8** of its cities are fortified: The capital Loiskame, Catohaza, Kanvarus, Lembela, Manasal, Sizon, Shoihum and Unnaka.

## National Capital

The capital of Nacafi is **Loiskame** (/ˈlɔɪ̯s.ka.me/, LF *loise kame* "antelope rock"). It is located on the northern banks of the lower Lengaga River. The city is named after a rock formation protruding from the prairie, which serves as a natural defensive barrier of the inner city. Loiskame has a low population density typical for Ankacau settlements of religious importance, because the inhabited areas are frequently interrupted by tombs and shrines. Whole wards of the city are **Necropolei**. Nearby quarries make it possible for Loiskame to be the city with the highest percentage of stone buildings in Nacafi.

Loiskame is the city with the second-highest population in Nacafi after Pfaumusu. It hosts important governmental institutions such as the **Forbidden Grounds**, the palace complex of the monarch of Nacafi. The **High School** of Loiskame teaches knowledge about culture, religion and politics and prepares merchants and diplomats for their foreign assignments by teaching them secondary languages. An old circular fort has been repurposed to host the **Royal Library**.

## Provincial Capitals

### Bon

Lavashai Bon (/la.va.ˈʃaɪ̯ bon/, LF *lafe shai* "river inlet" and Rakshay *bouon* "port") is the regional capital of the **Racaite** province. It is a port city at the estuary of the Raca river and was built on the remains of an old Rakshay fort. Being simply called Bon by the locals for a long time, an attempt by the Nacafian government to officially rename the city *Lavashai* (which is of Lashe Felse origin instead of Rakshay) failed, so the official naming recommendation is **Lavashai Bon** since. Bon is located in the Raca district. It is not far from the Dtakattoan city Tantilakla, the former Rakshay capital.

### Catohaza

The Free City of Catohaza (/ˈtʃa.to.ˌha.za/, from the Söntji name *Jadoxwasa* /tɕa.to.xʷa.za/ meaning "often swampy" for the island the city was built on) is the capital of Nacafi's **Sunkaitin** colony on the northern coast of Elume. It is a port designated to function as a trade hub and for exporting exotic goods to mainland Nacafi.

### Foroguton

Foroguton (/fo.ˈro.gu.ˌton/, LF *forogus tono* "to trade oil") is the capital of the small **Duistu** province in southwestern Nacafi. It was established at a crossing of Nacafi's coastal trade road with a trade route of the local Toede population.

### Insensen

Insensen, sometimes written In-Sensen (/ˈɪn.sen.sen/, "The Sensen", referring to the local population's name for the hill), is a small hillfort and the provincial capital of the Tsastavar Valley province annexed by Cotsono I. in 91 AT. Insensen is Nacafi's southernmost city and it is located on a river which flows northeastwards to join the Rahetahe river in Femmaule. The population is mostly Combal Nacafians with some Ankacau, Lethennians and Centaurs.

### Kanvarus

Kanvarus (/ˈkan.va.rus, LF *kanva Rus* "thicket of Rud") is the regional capital of the **Ruste-Esh** province and a port city at the Mouth of Rud. The city's ability to build boats and ships profits from the abundance of wood in the region. Kanvarus used to be the capital of the Easterly Rud region prior to Tashmang II.'s local government reform. It is heavily fortified and hosts Nacafi's largest naval base. Kanvarus' Naval Arcademy plays a major role in the development of new war and trade ships.

### Kxentsoi

Kxentsoi (XXX) is the regional capital of the **Tilia** province.

### Lembela

Lembela (/ˈlem.be.la/, LF *len bela* "southern waters") is the regional capital of the **Inner Rud** province. It is a coastal city at the Mouth of Rud, although much smaller than Nacafis other seaports. The city is influenced by Rudsaxenian culture and architecture, being not far from the ancient Rudsaxen capital Rudisd in modern Tapiria. Lembela is Nacafi's westernmost city and experiences, due to it's location at the southern tip of the Bay of Rhahle, a remarkable tidal range. It was built close to the ruins of the ancient Rudsaxenian city **Enned** that got destroyed by a flood centuries ago.

### Manasal

Manasal (/ma.na.ˈsal/, from Lethennian XXX) is the regional capital of the **Pfallima** province. Once a Lethennian fort, the city was seized during the Nacafi-Ujozan war.

### Marla Cotsonor

Marla Cotsonor (XXX, literally "Cotsono's fortress") is the capital of the **Ujus Loko** or Mountain Ujoza province. The city used to be an Ujozan stronghold and was besieged and captured during the Nacafi-Ujozan war.

### Mullus Kapter

Mullus Kapter (/ˈmul.lus ˈkap.ter/, from Kxopa *kmullous* "hillfort" and LF *kapte-r* "woman-GEN"), formerly Mullus Lagun, is the regional capital of the **Kxopo-Kelaste** province. It belongs to the Mullus District and used to be the capital of the Kxopa people prior to its siege by Nacafi troops during the Umu-Kxopa conflict. The city has been rebuilt and renamed after the high percentage of women surviving the siege (men were mostly forced to fight Nacafi's troops). The city sits on a hill, has a rather circular shape and is surrounded by a thick stone wall. The nearby surface copper mines gave rise to the nickname "Forge of the East". Prior to King Tashmang II.'s local government reform, Mullus Kapter was the capital of the Great Northeast region.

### Pfaumusu

Pfaumusu (/ˈ͜pfaʊ̯.mu.zu/, LF *pfau musu* "buffalo ford") is the regional capital of the homonymous **Pfaumusu Province**. It was built at a shallow crossing over the River Esh and historically belongs to the Shobela woodlands. The city is known for its olive oil production and has grown to be Nacafi's most populous city under the reign of King Tashmang II.. It is the cultural center of Southern Nacafi.

### Shoihum

Shoihum (/ˈ͜ʃɔɪ̯.hum/, from Toede expression /ʂœym ᵐpai/, "nursery where the tall ones lay their spawn", referring to a human settlement) is the provincial capital of the **Loshui Upland** province and known for its Toede minority. It is a trading hub along a route to the southern sea. Psychoactive Parotoid Oil is sold on Shoihum's markets and commonly used recreationally and by shamans.

### Sizon

Sizon (/si.ˈzon/, LF ???) is the provincial capital of the **Sessefi Coast** province. The city is a seaport at the mouth of the Esh river. It is a very old city founded by the Sefensefi tribe which was later assimilated by the Ankacau.

### Tsellopon

Tsellopon (/t͜sel.lo.ˈpon/, LF *tsello pon* "walled city") is the provincial capital of the **Outer Rud** province, a region influenced by Ujozan culture.

### Tsunnulara

Tsunnulara (/ˈt͜sun.nu.la.ra/, from Ujozan XXX) is the provincial capital of the **Ujus San** or Maritime Ujoza province. It used to be the national capital of Ujoza before its annexion by Nacafi. An obsolete name of the city is **Jomoza**.

### Unnaka

Unnaka (/ˈun.na.ka/, LF ???) is the capital of the **Protectorate of Femmaule**, Nacafi's largest province. (tbc)

### Vanjemash

Vanjemash (/ˈvan.je.maʃ/, LF *vanju mash* "deep shaft") is the provincial capital of the populous **Hommon Province**. It was built in the Firelands District (*Gever Liratsoi*) as a market for farmers and has evolved into a trade hub as part of the route between Loiskame and Mullus Kapter. Vanjemash used to be the capital of the Northern Nacafi region prior to King Tashmang II.'s local government reform.

## Other Cities

### Ailomon

Ailomon (/ˈaɪ̯.lo.mon/, LF *ailu hommon* "knee/bend of the Hommon river" is a city in the upper Hommon valley. (tbc)

### Cainemar

Cainemar (/ˈtʃaɪ̯.ne.ˌmar/, LF XXX) is a town in Loshui Upland close to the border to Ujus San. Vetregetheist archbishop of Shoihum, Mene Havapong, was assassinated by Ujozan separatists in Cainemar during a ceremony, starting the Nacafi-Ujozan War.

### Dogobar

Dogobar (/do.go.ˈbar/, prossibly from *loko parne* "white mountain") is a city in southeastern Loshui Upland. It grew substantially during the Nacafi-Ujozan war because of many warriors stationed there who would later bring their families with them. Dogobar serves as the center of operations of the Mountain Sentries. It is known for its thermal springs, a luxurious spa that temporarily served as a residence of Cotsono I. during the Nacafi-Ujozan war, a casino, and several sewing facilities. Located at a north-facing slope, it functions as a wine-growing area.

### Koiri

Koiri (/ˈkoɪ̯.ri/ or /ˈkø.ri/ in the Loshui Dialect) or Köri in the Toede romanisation (pronounced /ˈkœ.ɻi/ or /ˈkɻœ.ɻi/ due to Toede phonotactics), sometimes written Curry, is a town at the western shore of the Great Bitter Lake in the Loshui Upland. It is influenced by its close proximity to many Toede settlements, and home of famous ambassador and translator Gungu of Curry.

### Laina

Laina (/ˈlaɪ̯.na/, possibly connected to *len* "water") is a rather small port city at the mouth of the Lengaga River. During the late dry season, when the Lengaga River's low water level makes traveling dangerous, Laina functions as an extended port of Loiskame.

### Marzapoga

Marzapoga (/marzaˈpoga/, LF *marza Poga* "shrine for Poga") is the cultural capital of the Umu people. It is located at the Hommon River in the Umu Strip Province.

### Nepta

Nepta (/ˈnep.ta/) is a city in the Outer Rud province best known for the Wonder of Nepta which fueled a conversion of Ujoza-Nacafians to Cafian culture.

### Nerra

Nerra (/ˈner.ra/), also called Ngeera by the Combali people, is the largest permanent settlement at the shore of Lake Combal in the Protectorate of Femmaule.

### Tsirnacaf

Tsirnacaf (/ˈt͜sir.na.t͜ʃaf/, LF *tsirna cafus* "red coast") is an important seaport at the mouth of the River Hommon and used to be the capital of the Central Nacafi region prior to the reform. The city is homonymous with the District it's located in, whose name comes from reddish algal blooms off the shore which occur after a rare event of rainfall.

### Vemon Tashmangar

Vemon Tashmangar (/veˈmon taʃˈmaŋgar/, "King Tashmang's resting place") is a planned city in the Upper Esh Province. It hosts a pompous hunting lodge that serves as the summer residence of Nacafi's monarchs, originally being built for King Tashmang I. Birmanka Minapalsa. Located in one of the forested regions of Nacafi, the city has many fruit orchards (mostly olive and apricot trees) and was part of an alternative trade route southwards towards Tapiria and Woz̧dz̧ã, circumventing the increasingly unstable Rudsaȼen region before it was annexed by Tapiria in the First Peninsular War.