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Žrat Zaram
City
The Zaram skyline.
Incorporated by Royal Charter	1499 CE
Government
• Type	Strong mayor-council
• Body	City Council
• Mayor	Navi Anžri Ronakat (Socialist Party for Democracy)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,904,617
Demonym(s)	Zaramašt, Zarammer
Time zone	UTC-8:00 (East Acronis Time)
Postal code	1AX-XXX
Telephone area code	501 - 505
Website	cityofzaram.ac

The city of Žrat Zaram (Tavari-Acronian: blood of Zaram), typically referred to as just Zaram, is the capital and largest city of the Acronian Empire. As of 2020 census estimates, the Zaram metropolitan area has a population of 6.1 million people. Of these, approximately 3.8 million live in the city of Zaram proper. Prior to the Tavari Civil War, the city served as the first capital of the Kingdom of Tavaris, beginning in 1300 CE.

History

The current city was incorporated by Acronian royal charter issued in 1499, but settlement in the area dates back at least two thousand years. The island on which Zaram sits, King's Island, is believed to have been the first of the Acronian home islands to have been inhabited by the Tavari, who arrived in northwest Gondwana at the turn of the first century CE. Earlier settlements were on the western and northern coasts of King's Island, and later Tavari would cross the Strait of Kings and expand onto the island known as Avnatra.

Previous names for Zaram include Nuvomi and Nuvrenon. (The latter would later be re-used by the Tavari as the name for their new capital on mainland Gondwana.) It was the Chief of the Nuvo Clan who would eventually unite the disparate Tavari chiefdoms under the single banner of the Kingdom of Tavaris in the year 1300, at which time he made the city, where the clan had been based for some centuries, the national capital. Historical sources either use the name Nuvrenon for the city or call it by the name "New Royal Castle," which appears to have been used in at least some official government texts at the time. The city was almost completely reconstructed during the 14th century, and very little archaeological evidence of what the settlement looked like prior remains.

The city was the last of the major cities in what is now Acronis to fall in the Tavari Civil War, as the Akronists moved from their initial base of power in the northwest (at Crystal Coast) to the capital city. The city saw almost no actual combat, and in comparison to many other southern Acronian cities, much of its 14th century architecture remains intact, including the Royal Palace. Rather than conduct an expensive construction project to build new government buildings, the Acronians simply moved into and used the pre-existing Tavari buildings, including the palace, which are still in active use today.

Etymology

The city's name, which means "the blood of Zaram," is in honor of the last Tavari King who held the territory of what is today called Acronis, King Zaram. In the final battle of the Tavari Civil War (called the "War of Foundation" by most Acronians), Zaram elected to surrender to the Akronists rather than subject the people of the city to an extended siege. The Akronists allowed the Tavari loyalists to leave the city unharmed and killed only King Zaram. That the King "sacrificed himself" to protect his people was apparently personally touching to the leader of the Akronists, King Davras, who named the city in honor of the sacrifice. It is commonly said that "the only blood spilled to take the capital was Zaram's."

In the modern day, it is increasingly rare to see the city's full name used. Most maps list it simply as "Zaram," even those issued by the government. The city is capital of Zaram Province, whose full name is in fact simply "Zaram" Province. However, the full name is still used in such places as the Žrat Zaram Stock Exchange.