State of Anacostia

-note that government land inside this is under direct control of congressional law

Statistics

Name - State of Anacostia (English)

Country - United States of America

Capital - Washington

Administration

Head of state and government - Governor --------

Legislature - State Assembly

Speaker of the State Assembly - --------

Judiciary - Court of Appeals

Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals - --------

Form of government - Constituent state of the United States of America under a democratic presidential triramic constitution

Form of law - Brougham Code

Demonym - Anacostian

Geography

Area - 259 km^2

Largest city - Washington

Time zone -

Demography

Language - None; English (unofficial)

Population - 3,532,000

Density - 13,637.07 /km^2

Symbols

Anthem -

Motto - Deeds, not Words

Population


City Population
Washington 1,643,000
Georgetown 251,000
Alexandria 323,000
Websterville 255,000
Arlington 119,000
Ross Lynn 181,000
Little Falls 125,000
Green Valley 179,000
Junctionville 207,000
Fort Union 139,000
Falls Church 110,000
Total 3,532,000

-technically, Anacostia is one big city which shares its legislature with the state

-but this is simply a legal fiction to avoid a city and state sharing same legislature

-and in practice municipal powers devolved onto regional boroughs which are the same city

Smithsonian Institution

-center of the National University of the United States of America

-mostly made (as with most post-liberty war architecture) of concrete but some spectacular buildings

Smithsonian Castle

-building on National Mall, center of the Smithsonian

-rest of Smithsonian south of it

Tomb of James Smithson

-body retrieved postwar

-modelled on Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, on National Mall (but much smaller)

-underneath, made of reinforced concrete

National Gallery of History and Art

-source and source2

-made in 1880s

-in what is in OTL the location of the Old Naval Observatory

-truly colossal and opulent neoclassicalism

-but made of concrete painted white to prevent the price tag from being too big

-district that looks like various world landmarks

-and ransacked the world's artifacts for replicas

-entrance with two towers topped with ziggurats

-with it having been made at the peak of "Mesopotamania"

-then pool

-then gate, to steps up, to other gate

-gate 1, to Washington, Jefferson, and Webster

-gate 2, to Bancroft, Winter Davis, and Wentworth

-at steps, terraces, within which is stuff

-then opens to roman-style buildings

-buildings center at what looks like heap of rock

-on top of it is Parthenon replica and two buildings on sides of it

-Parthenon replica is a hall devoted to the the presidents

-with statues to all the presidents except American Presidents > 1865-1868 George Washington Woodward (People's) [impeached, removed from office]

-who gets damnatio memoriae in form of empty pedestal w/ plaque saying "This is the spot of George Wash. Woodward, hung for crimes"

-divided all into sectors containing replicas of world monuments all in their own Courts

-akin to a year-round World Expo

-a special emphasis on Mesopotamian monuments

-but also Chinese, Indian, Turkish, Moorish, Roman, and German monuments replicated

-all so that American visitors can see the world here, without having to travel abroad

State Pavilions

-serves as sort of a permanent national World Expo

-and a remnant of the World Expo > 1887 Constitution Festival (Washington) for which it was originally established

-each state has a pavilion and they can put what they want there

-additional National Pavilion

Landmarks

-source

President's House

-original "White House" turned to rubble during Liberty and Union War (1868-76)

-new President's House built at Meridian Hill to provide new space

-within large parkland

Cabinet Houses

-built postwar near Meridian Hill

-for easy access to President's House

-includes assortment of other houses (in typical Reconstruction era style) for cabinet secretaries

-literally just regular large-sized townhouses from the late 19th century

White House

-used as the national museum

-reconstructed, but because Aquia sandstone largely used up instead they use red sandstone from Seneca Creek and then whitewashed

-following old design of destroyed house but with more grandeur to fill stuff

Capitol

-only somewhat destroyed during Liberty and Union War, some cannons fallen in

-rebuilt with original materials soon afterwards

-with Statue of Freedom at top constructed with Phrygian cap as refutation to slavery


-note: make black and white and reduce quality


National Mall

-great garden strip with vast Centennial Avenue constructed through it

Bancroft-Wentworth Memorial Bridge

-erected in memory of war effort and assassinated presidents

-crosses directly into Centennial Avenue

-on both sides, huge neo-Gothic tower gates

-each topped with statues of George Bancroft and John Wentworth, respectively in memorial

National Pantheon

-designed after the Roman Pantheon

-to various personalities

-but largely to Washington, Jefferson, Webster, and Winter Davis who get massive statues in center

-and each state has right to send a statue of a great personality into it

Monument to the Declaration of Independence

Washington Monument

-constructed in 1840s

-triumphal arch with equestrian statue in the center

-grand and sweeping, on the National Mall

Webster Memorial

-large-sized marble replica of Puritan town house, with colossal statue of Webster inside

-and stuff from his speeches on display

Emmett Monument

-in honor of American Presidents > 1879-1887 Curran Emmet (Justice)

-an Irish-style round tower made of marble with statue at the base

National Soldiers', Sailors', and Aeronauts' Monument

-on National Mall

-colossal 850 feet obelisk devoted to war

-constructed in 1914

-with memorials to Liberty and Union War (1868-76), Antillean War (1880-4), and International Interventions > Intervention in Grao-Para (1897-8) inside and at its base

National Colosseum

-colossal colosseum built on model of Roman one

-except large enough to hold 180,000 people

-and made of concrete

-statues placed on colosseum of national heroes

-in total 388

-is "America's front lawn"

-hosts:

-political rallies

-presidential inauguration

-held outside since American Presidents > 1869-1870 George Bancroft (Justice) † in 1869

-fairs

-voting

-Sports > National Cricket League final match

-with seats placed at the bottom

Zanzibar Column

-a vast column made from cannons, other scrap metal seized from intervention in Zanzibar

-in honor of the great victory

-decorated with great plaques to war in fashion of old column

-centers Zanzibar Park in Arlington

Union Station

Arlington House

-built by step-grandson of George Washington

-later owned by Robert E. Lee, a general who allied with Richmond Government during Liberty and Union War (1868-76) but died early on in war

-postwar nationalized and turned into war and George Washington monument

Cities

Washington

-stages of rapid growth

1. 1840s - grew from a set of villages to a real town with Union Canal, and monumentalism followed

2. 1880s and 90s - rapid growth in wartime, and government being in debt means made with cheap concrete

3. early 20th century - better financial situation sees non-concrete buildings

-booming city with massive national infrastructure

-as well as National University of the United States of America > Smithsonian Institution, the anchor of the American university system and has turned it into the center of a Crystal City

-a lot of mid-rises, with concrete buildings dating from post-Liberty War Period

Georgetown

Websterville

-Anacostia coast

-incorporated as a town in the Webster era

-largely residential

Alexandria

-extends to Pentagon City

-broadly is Anacostia's second downtown core

Arlington

-around Arlington House

Falls Church

Ross Lynn

-bridge means development crosses this soon, first city (aside from Alexandria) to be incorporated on south side of Potomac

-incorporated in 1880s

-broadly extension of Washington due to early bridge

Green Valley

Junctionville

-Bluemont

-named after rail junction

Fort Union

-Williamsburg

-named after an installation during the Liberty War

Little Falls

-across from Chain Bridge