The City
One city, made from four towns.
In 1872 the Old City, the Six Lanes, Laoxian and Midtown agreed to govern themselves as one. The Grand Peninsula has grown from that agreement.
- Act of Union
- 1872
- Formal name
- The Union Government of Peninsula
- Seat of government
- Grand Peninsula City Hall
- Motto
- Concordia parvae res crescunt
- Affiliated City
- Portsmere
- Area
- About 3,300 square kilometres
- Residents
- About 8.5 million, how the figure is produced
- Median age
- 39
- Parks and protected green land
- About 30% of the peninsula
The Act of Union
In 1872 four towns on the bend of the river signed the Act of Union. Each kept its own character. What they agreed to share was a government.
The four towns
The towns were the Old City, the Six Lanes, Laoxian and Midtown. Midtown is now part of the Affiliated City of Portsmere.
The seal and the motto
The seal shows a red phoenix inside a laurel wreath. The phoenix was chosen for 1872: a new city made from old ones.
The motto on the ribbon, Concordia parvae res crescunt, means that small things grow through harmony. The city's own way of saying it is: Individuals achieve collective.
The Union today
Grand Peninsula City Hall is the Union Government of Peninsula. Both names mean the same government. The Mayor is elected by the public, and the peninsula has a Parliament.
The Grand Peninsula covers about 3,300 square kilometres and has about 8.5 million residents. The centre is dense, with tall buildings close together; further out the city is lower and greener, and about 30% of the peninsula is parks and protected green land.
Portsmere, home to about one in six of the peninsula's residents, is an Affiliated City. It runs its own tax, education and transport, and remains within the Union's jurisdiction.