Emileville

Emileville (originally La Vistaianique) is a major metropolis situated in northern Rupertland in the Emileland. Emileville is the third largest metropolis in New Rupertland, behind Rupertland and Ruberta. The region is one of the educational hubs of the world, with two of the most prestigious universities in the world: Royal University Apollo and McJanister University. Emileville is situated on the Harbour of Hermes, which is the confluence of the three divine rivers of the north onto La Vistaianique: River Apollo (the third most sacred in Rupertism, besides the Wye and the Vistaianique), River Fluid (the sixth most sacred, after New Trent, and the Ips), River Ares (the eighth most sacred after the Crawley), and River Vista. The Harbour of Hermes flows into the Queen's Harbour, which flows into the Emile Harbour, which is the mouth of the Vistaianique River. The Vistaianique River is the largest river in Rupertland, flowing from the far north to the mouth of the Emile Harbour. The Emile Harbour is one of the world's largest harbours, extending from Emileville to Ruberta, and La Vistaianique River is it's primary source (~75% of its water comes from La Vistaianique).

La Vistaianique was the capital of Emileland (then called the Harbourlands) until 841 when Ruberta was made capital of the nation by King Alfred III. King Buster forced the city to rename itself after a Wyeland-figure in 1408, so they decided to re-name the city Emileville. King Buster then made the Harbourlands entirely called Emileland (to the dismay of Ruberta, then called Alfredton), and renamed the Vistaianique Harbour to be Emile Harbour.

At its peak in 1702, the city held 4,500,000 people with approximately 8 million people in the metropolitan region. The city has had a massive decline in population, especially with the demise of its French community. As such, the city's extended metropolitan area has a massive amount of empty and abandoned housing. It is one of the most valuable archeological sites in the PDRD from the Rupertland Empire. It was the third largest metropolitan area, after Rupertland. Emileville has a long, cosmopolitan history comprising of French, English, Latin, and Greek people.

Citylife
The Emileville metropolis is divided into three parts: the City of Emileville-- a tremendously dense, lower-middle-class, ancient city full of dozens of languages; the City of Apollo-- the most advanced educational hub of Delongo situated in an equally ancient city; the Exterior-- variably dense cities of varying ages. Some exterior cities are industrial and working-class like Dionysus and Janus. Other Exterior cities are very wealthy (Zeus, Bonus, London). Between these settlements are the Ares Defences protected parklands.

Boroughs
There are four boroughs in Emileville: Apoldon, Aresdon, Fluidston, and Vistaianique. They have remained the same since the establishment of the City of Emileville in 1408 by order of King Buster--although there have been several royal attempts to change the borough names, none have succeeded.

Inter-city
Emileville is served by the Express rail service at the Emileville-Ricosa station in Central Emileville and Russia station in East Emileville. The metropolis is served at Apollo station, Janus-Airport station, London station, and Elijah station.

The only highway connections between the Rupertland archipelago and the Emileville metropolis are Motorway 2 (to Ruberta, Rupertland, and Northingham via 109) and Motorway 14 (to Westingham via Elijah). Motorway 14 ends in Central Emileville at Parc de la Révolution, and Motorway 2 transverses the Exterior cities, with a brief crossing of East Emileville.

Inner-city/metropolis
Emileville metropolis is served by the Emileville Metropolitan in Emileville, Apollo, Coeus, Hera, Chronus, Dionysus, Janus, Bonus, and London. In all cities the Emileville Regional Transportation Bureau (ERTB) offers bus services.

Two ferries are operated by the ERTB across the Harbour of Hermes to Elijah. One is a car ferry between Elijah and Janus, one is a pedestrian ferry between Elijah and Central Emileville. The ERTB also operates a pedestrian ferry service between East and West Emileville on the River Fluid.

Composition
The metropolis is composed of several smaller and larger-sized cities

Demographics
While La Vistaianique (the downtown core) is historically and remains quite French, the majority of the Emileville city is comprised of former Greek towns. At it's peak, Emileville had nearly 2 million Greek people, with 2.5 million Greek speakers. Latin was spoken in Apollo (named after the Roman God, who was also a Greek God). English was the linga franca of the region, as it remains.

Emileville is home to the fourth highest urban Indigenous population per capita of any Delongonian city (after Blix, West New London, and South Matewood).

Today the region's languages remain diverse: English remains the most common language with 2.1 million speakers. Greek is often the second language of residents, with over 800,000 Greek speakers. Mandarin has 500,000 speakers. Arabic has 409,000 speakers. French has 349,000 speakers.