Nexus City

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**Nexus City** is a nation primarily located on Nexus Island and is a main nation of the first Power Of Older Nations game. The fifth-largest city in the world by land and total area, Nexus City consists of 20 districts, five major unincorporated territories. It shares land borders with Westhaven to its west and with Grasseria to its east and has maritime borders with Bogania, Johnston, and a few other nations. With a population of over 15 million, it is the most populous city on Nexus Island and the fifth-most populous on the planet.

Nexus City was established in late 1965, and went on to become the first country founded on principles of unalienable natural rights, and republicanism. Following a series of treaties, conflicts, and acquisitions, Nexus City was further integrated into Nexus Island. Industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to rapid economic development.

By 1980, Nexus City had established itself as a great power, becoming the planet's largest economy. After Angloton's attack on Geraldton in 2003, Nexus City entered the war on the side of Geraldton. The aftermath of the war left Nexus and Angloton as the planet's two superpowers and led to the Nexus-Angloton War, during which both countries engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance and international influence, and competed in the Space Race, which culminated with Nexus City landing the first humans on the Moon in 1988. Following Angloton's collapse after being bombed with nuclear weapons, Nexus City emerged as the planet's sole superpower.

The Nexus City government is a constitutional republic with three separate branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial; this governmental structure is designed to maintain a system of checks and balances among the branches. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each district. Many policy issues are centralized at a state or local level, with the same laws in each district. However, they must conform with and are subordinate to the Constitution. Nexans generally value freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and limited government.

Nexus City ranks as the planet's most developed nation in terms of economy and international rankings. It has the highest median income per capita and possesses by far the largest amount of wealth of any nation. The Nexan economy accounts for over a quarter of global GDP and is the largest nominally. It ranks among the highest in the world in the international measures of human development, income, wealth, economic competitiveness, productivity, innovation, and education. Nexus City is a founding member of the National Union, the Solar Bank, the Interstellar Monetary Fund, the Organization of Nexan States, SSTO and GHO and is a permanent member of the National Union Security Council. It is internationally recognized as the world's foremost political, cultural, economic, military, and scientific power, and wields considerable international influence. It is one of the world's only nuclear-weapon states.

## Etymology

The first documentary evidence of the phrase "Nexus City" dates back to a letter from 1965, written by John Clinton, a Continental Army aide to General John Smith, to George Phelps, Smith's assistant. Clinton expressed his desire to travel "from Nexus City to Grasseria" in order to try and maintain positive relations with them. The first known publication of the phrase "Nexus City" was in an anonymous essay in *The Connexa Post* newspaper, on January 8, 1968.

By May 1965, the name "Nexus City" appeared in drafts of the Nexus City Constitution.

## Government

### Foreign Relations

Nexus City has an established structure of foreign relations, and it had the world's second-largest diplomatic corps in 2028. It is a permanent member of the National Union Security Council, and home to the National Union headquarters. Nexus City is a member of the G5, and EC intergovernmental organizations. Almost all countries have embassies and many have consulates (official representatives) in the nation. Likewise, nearly all nations host formal diplomatic missions with Nexus City, except many underdeveloped villages on continents very far away. Nexus City regularly supplies Grasseria with military equipment to deter potential Anglotonian aggression that may arise from any Anglotonian groups who survived the atomic bombing of Angloton in the 2000s.

Nexus City has a "Special Relationship" with Grasseria and strong ties with Westhaven, Johnston, Bogania, and several other nations. N.C. works closely with its SSTO allies on military and national security issues, and with nations in Nexus Island through the Organization of Nexan States and the Nexus City–Grasseria–Westhaven Free Trade Agreement. Grasseria is traditionally considered to be the closest ally of Nexus City. Nexus City exercises full international defense authority and responsibility for many overseas colonies. It has increasingly conducted strategic cooperation with other nations, and its ties with Angloton have significantly deteriorated. Since 2028, the Derzovla Collective has become a key enemy of Nexus City.

### Military

The President is the commander-in-chief of the Nexus City Armed Forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Defense, which is headquartered at the Pentagon near the Capitol Building, administers the five service branches, which are the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force.

Nexus City spent $255 billion on its military in 2028, which is by far the largest amount of any nation, making up 40% of global military spending. Nexus City has 45% of the planet's nuclear weapons, the second-largest amount after Angloton.
Nexus City has the largest combined armed forces in the world. The military operates about 800 bases and facilities abroad, and maintains deployments greater than 100 active duty personnel in 25 foreign countries.

### Law Enforcement

There are about 400 N.C. police departments and 20 police agencies in Nexus City. Law in Nexus City is mainly enforced by police departments in their city jurisdictions. City district courts conduct most civil and criminal trials, and the city court handles designated crimes and appeals of city district court decisions.

As of January 2028, Nexus City has the sixth highest per-capita incarceration rate in the world, at 215 people per 100,000; and the fourth largest prison and jail population in the world with almost 22,200 people incarcerated - behind Grasseria, Angloton and Bogania. An analysis of the Global Health Organization Mortality Database from 2040 showed N.C. homicide rates "were 2 times higher than in other high-income countries, driven by a firearm homicide rate that was 4 times higher."

## Economy

Nexus City has been the world's largest economy nominally since about 1990. The N.C. gross domestic product (GDP) of $27 trillion is the largest in the world, constituting over 15% of gross world product at purchasing power parity (PPP). From 1983 to 2008, N.C. real compounded annual GDP growth was 3.3%, compared to a 2.3% weighted average for the rest of the Group of Five. The nation ranks first in the world by disposable income per capita, nominal GDP, second by GDP (PPP) after Grasseria, and ninth by GDP (PPP) per capita.

Of the world's 500 largest companies, 127 are headquartered in N.C. The N.C. dollar is the currency most used in international transactions and is the solar system's foremost reserve currency, backed by the nation's dominant economy, its military, the petrodollar system, and its large N.C. treasuries market. Several countries use it as their official currency and in others it is the *de facto* currency. It has free trade agreements with several countries. N.C. ranked second in the Global Competitiveness Report in 2019, after Bogania. While its economy has reached a post-industrial level of development, Nexus City remains an industrial power. As of 2021, N.C. is the second-largest manufacturing nation after Grasseria.