Hurstville

The skyline of Knemphis in Central Hurstville, viewed from Tower’s Court

Hurstville is the capital and most-populous city of Fortuse. It was established by escaped convicts from Leviran in 1759.

## History

In 1758, 5 convicts escaped an unidentified prison in Leviran. They stole a ship at Gwindlan on the South Coast and sailed away. They arrived at the undiscovered Isle of Leviran in 1759 and established a settlement on a river in the centre of the island.

In 1766, Leviranese explorers landed on the banks of what they named the Strateene River, only to find a small village of outlaws. This sparked the Strateene War, which the explorers lost. They retreated to Leviran on 1768. Several other deployments to the island occurred in 1769 and 1771, but were largely unsuccessful.

By 1790, the population of the village had reached 200. They named their village Hurstville, and fortified it in case of another attack. This came two years later in 1792. By then, they had fortified the tower and built several watchtowers, so the deployed army battalion were almost entirely wiped out, with only approximately and eight of them returning.

By 1810, Orl Village and Asp Village were established in the northern deserts. The population of Hurstville had rocketed to almost 1000, due to a large number of immigrants from other islands and Leviran itself.

In 1811, Fortuse declared itself a country. This was met with much conflict from Leviran, but was widely accepted.

Between 1810 and 1850, Fortuse experienced an extreme growth period and reached a population of 1 million. Many citizens of Leviran were unhappy with its new leader and a cycle of poverty it was in, so migrated to Fortuse.

In 1859, Fortuse celebrated its centenary of settlement. It was renamed Settlement Day and became a public holiday.

In 1866, a memorial service was held in Hurstville to commemorate the deaths in the Strateene War. Leviran sent a warship past the northern coast of Fortuse and fired three shots of a cannon as a warning to the new nation.

In 1882, Glasshouse Station opened in Hurstville and a railway route was unveiled by Transport Strateene, a privately owned company.

In 1926, Leviran sent three warships down the Strateene Stream, but retreated after a military response from Fortuse.

By 1950, the population of Hurstville had reached almost 8 million and the population of Fortuse over 15 million.

In 1967, the tallest structure in the world, the Space Needle, was completed in Hurstville.

In 2011, for the bicentenary of the Declaration of State, Leviran officially accepted Fortuse as a country and proposed an alliance between the two countries.

In 2016, Quartz Tower in Hurstville collapsed, killing 47 people and destroying two buildings. It was rebuilt and the second building was completed in September 2019.

## Geography

Hurstville is located South of and around State Harbour. The area was originally very rocky and hilly, but little evidence of this remains today.

The Centre of the city is located at Knemphis, roughly in the centre of the harbour and set back from the water about 1 kilometre. The area has 2 skyscrapers over 100m and the most high-rise buildings of any city in the world.

the Greater Hurstville Region originally comprised of Hurstville, Orl, N.C., Asp, N.C. and the Northern Townships, but this was decreased to just the Central areas in 1912.

## Transportation

Hurstville has some of the best transportation systems in the world. Transport is mainly supplied by Transport Strateené, a private company, since the late 19-th century. Services include buses, high-speed trains and ferries.