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= Queen City = ||<tablestyle="float:right;background-color:white;" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">'''Queen City'''|| ||<colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> ''metropolitan special prefecture'' || ||<colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">{{/queencity.png}}<<BR>>~-''icon: [[https://emojikitchen.dev|Emoji Kitchen]]''-~|| || region || [[Capital Area]] || || founded by || [[Princess Meredith]] || || population || ~2,000,000|| '''Queen City''', officially the '''Queen City Metropolitan Special Prefecture''', is [[Centralia]]'s capital and largest city, and the home of [[Princess Alice]], who resides at the [[Palace of Serenity]] when not boarding at [[Dame Adorabelle's Academy]] in [[Havensborough]]. <<TableOfContents()>> == Geography == Queen City lies roughly at the geographic center of Centralia. The [[Peridot River]] runs through the center of the city. The political region surrounding Queen City is known as the [[Capital Area]]. The [[Palace of Serenity]], the official residence of the [[Princess]] of Centralia, is located at the central point of Queen City. The 13-sided polygonal district surrounding the palace, the [[Serenity Circle]], is notable as the location of several other government buildings, including [[Parliament]] and the [[Supreme Court]]. == Civics == While Queen City is formally classified as a ''special [[PrefecturesAndCounties|prefecture]]'', its local government is organized similarly to that of any Centralian municipality. Public safety agencies serving Queen City include the [[Police|Queen City Metropolitan Police]], a municipal police service, and the Royal Fire Brigade of Queen City, a special prefectural division of the national [[Royal Fire Brigade]]. == Notable locations == * '''[[Bird Union Station]]:''' central transportation hub of Queen City * '''[[Centel]] Tower:''' national headquarters of Centralia Telecommunications * '''[[Cloverleaf Mall]]:''' abandoned shopping mall in the South Harmony neighborhood * '''[[The Galleria at Serenity Circle]]:''' an urban shopping mall * '''[[Hotel for Cows]]:''' self-explanatory * '''Kitty Corner:''' headquarters of [[Capital Area Transit]] * '''[[Palace of Serenity]]:''' [[Princess Alice]]'s residence * '''Pollyanna Plaza:''' national headquarters of the [[Royal Post of Centralia]] * '''[[Princess Jeanette Plaza]]:''' major commercial and office development known for TV and radio studios * '''[[Royal Barn]]:''' home of the [[Royal Cow]] * '''[[Royal Centralia Fairgrounds]]:''' venue hosting the [[Royal Summer Festival]] * '''[[Royal Serenity Theatre]]:''' official theatrical venue of the Princess of Centralia * '''The Star:''' national headquarters of the [[Centralia Guard Forces]] * '''1 Syrup Square:''' corporate headquarters of [[SugarTV]] == Neighborhoods == * '''[[Serenity Circle]]:''' commercial district surrounding the [[Palace of Serenity]] * '''[[Sherbet Shopping District]]:''' commercial district in northwest area of the city, along [[Grand Central Parkway]] * '''[[South Harmony]]:''' located in the southwest area of the city, near the junction of the [[Bubblegum Beltway]] (C-200) and C-2/C-3 == Suburbs == * '''[[Salem]]:''' a small village just across the railroad from South Harmony.