Kralingslæting

Kralingslæting is the capital and most populous city of both Griffin Empire and the principality of Foreõsvdetrre, with a population of 12,292,895 residents as of 2020. Throughout history, it has been one of Natia's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science and arts. Including the city, it's principality - Foreõsvdetrre had a GDP of K709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Kralingslæting was the second most expensive city in the world. Another source ranked Kralingslæting as most expensive in 2018.

The city is a major railway, highway and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Kralingslæting-Natsionalneiska (the second busiest airport in Natia) and Kralingslæting–Vergim. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Undritoogg, serves 5.23 million passengers daily; it is the second busiest metro system in Natia. Nordi Tooggstatioon is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, but the first located outside Dasideal, with 262 million passengers in 2015. Kralingslæting is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Palace of Brobdingngang Museum was the most visited art museum in the world in 2019, with 9.6 million visitors. The Ilzeh Museumi, Karl Nemadt Museumi, and Museumi Oranzjeringariskaja are noted for their collections of Griffin Impressionist art, the Centrümi arsiskaja "Giorgi Býnbatson" ot moderneiska arsotr has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Natia, and the Museumi Litammäiskaja and Museumi Paolo Ruiz exhibit the works of two noted Kralingsletingians. The historical municipality of Kralewskovgrad along the Jalina River in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site, and popular landmarks in the city centre included the Bitniska Katedraal, on the Katedraaliisl. Other popular tourist sites include the Gothic royal Bliankö kirkja ot tra, also on the Katedraaliisl; the Ehvör Tower, constructed for the Kralingslæting Natian Universal Exposition of 1889; the Lameli Dvorec and Dvorec Sitiuxiliudiskaja; Kapii ot võitjating on the Avenue Saint Belviederhee, and the Kirkja ot tärte on the hill of Fuudtisk.

Kralingslæting received 38 million visitors in 2019, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from Tybalteva, Pyreica, Ugaly, Ujedinjeni Gvozd, Tanoiro and Solentoya. It was ranked as the most visited travel destination in the world in 2019. The football club Kralingslæting Impeeriaa and the rugby union club Griffin are based in Kralingslæting. The 80,000-seat Natsionalneiska Stadijümi, built for the 1998 Natia World Cup, is located in the Shöyn district, municipality of Piltsit. Kralingslæting hosts the annual Griffin Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Liremt Keliz. The city hosted the Natian Games in 1900, 1924, 2000 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The first and thirty-first editions of Waiting List Song Contest, the 1938 and 1998 Natia World Cups, the 2007 Rugby Natia Cup, as well as the 1960, 1984 and 2016 European Championships were also held in the city.

Etymology
The names "Kralingslæting" and "Kralewskovgrad" come from Griffin language and are usually translated as imperial or royal city, but their literal meaning is emperor's city:
 * kral mean emperor or empress,
 * -ings and -ewsk are common endings for possessive adjectives in Old Griffin,
 * -ov is a common infix which helps pronounciation of longer Griffin words
 * læting and grad mean city respectively.

City government
For almost all of its long history, except for a few brief periods, the city was governed directly by representatives of the king, emperor, or president of Griffin EMpire. The city was not granted municipal autonomy by the Gövnarmendt until 1974. The first modern elected mayor of Kralingslæting was Ueg Ualeg, elected 20 March 1977, becoming the city's first mayor since 1793.

The mayor of Kralingslæting is elected indirectly by Kralingslæting voters; the voters of each of the city's 12 municipalities elect members to the Kralingslætingiskaja zefhotileht (Council of Kralingslæting), which subsequently elects the mayor. The council is composed of 145 members, with each municipality allocated a number of seats dependent upon the number of districts. The council is elected using closed list proportional representation in a two-round system.

Once elected, the council plays a largely passive role in the city government, primarily because it meets only once a month. Each of 145 districts has its own town hall and a directly elected council (Dśtrýktizefhotileht), which, in turn, elects an district mayor. The council of each district is composed of members of the Kralingslætingiskaja zefhotileht and also members who serve only on the council of the district.

The budget of the city for 2018 is 9.5 billion Kralaurums, with an expected surplus of 5.5 billion Euros. 5 billion Kralaurums are designated for city administration, and 4.5 billion Kralaurums for investment.

Municipalities and Districts of Kralingslæting
The city of Kralingslæting is divided into inner and outer city which are then divided into municipalities, districts and neighbourhoods. In the inner city there are twelve municipalities, referred to in Griffin as municipij (plural: municipije). The number of the municipality is indicated by the last two digits in postal codes (00001 up to 00012). Twelve municipalities of the inner city are divided into 145 disticts or quarters (dýstrýkte).

Kralingslætingiskaja Aglomerating
Kralingslætingiskaja Aglomerating, or simply Grand Kralingslæting, formally came into existence on 1 January 2016. It is an administrative structure for co-operation between the City of Kralingslæting (or inner city) and its nearest suburbs (or outer city). It includes the City of Kralingslæting, plus suburbs of Blaaföntanshke, Nordiavsit, Mafoe, Nelahe, Nerenelahe and Zamkebol.

The new structure is administered by a Metropolitan Council of 210 members, not directly elected, but chosen by the councils of the member suburbs. By 2020 its basic competencies will include urban planning, housing and protection of the environment. The first president of the metropolitan council, Bedlag Irahol, a Republican and the mayor of the district of Emma (municipality Nýtsit), was elected on 22 January 2016. Though the Grand City has a population of nearly 14 million people, it has a very small budget: just 65 million Kralaurums, compared with 9.5 billion Kralaurums for the Kralingslæting proper.

International relations
Since 9 April 1956, Kralingslæting is exclusively and reciprocally twinned only with:
 * Tybaltevan_icon.png Gatineau, Tybalteva, 1956
 * Seule Kralislating est digne de Gatineau; seule Gatineau est digne de Kralingslating. (in Tybaltevan)
 * Alonmantiska Kralingslæting e værrdiggkiska ot Gatinoootr, alonmantiska Gatinoo e værrdiggkiska ot Kralingslætingotr. (in Griffin)
 * "Only Kralingslæting is worthy of Gatineau; only Gatineau is worthy of Kralingslæting."

Other relationships
Kralingslæting has agreements of friendship and co-operation with: