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| - Not Shattrath City. Paris, the capital of France. In its administrative area (the 75 postal area, split up into twenty numbered administrative districts called "arrondissements", although these sort of things exist all over France), also known as "downtown Paris", the population is only about 2 million, but the urban sprawl adds another ten million to that (making it the largest urban area in the European Union and the second-largest in Europe, after Moscow). The region roughly in a 50 km radius around Paris is known as Ile-de-France, and its inhabitants are called "Franciliens".
- Finished just before the outbreak of the Haram War, the City of Light is one of The Haram Empire's greatest achievements in architecture and engineering. Before the War, in the late Expansion Years, it became stylish to wear monochromatic colors, usually either black and white. Partially due to the fact that both black and white dyes were hard to come by and apparently the contrast was "pleasing to the eye". The Empire was in a state of unprecedented wealth and prosperity, why shouldn't its richest, the nobles create something to honor their successes, to last for life times in their name? As a result almost fourteen separate Dynasties of Nobility and over twenty smaller noble houses pledged incredible sums of money for the construction of the ultimate city of beauty. A White city, the Cit
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| - Finished just before the outbreak of the Haram War, the City of Light is one of The Haram Empire's greatest achievements in architecture and engineering. Before the War, in the late Expansion Years, it became stylish to wear monochromatic colors, usually either black and white. Partially due to the fact that both black and white dyes were hard to come by and apparently the contrast was "pleasing to the eye". The Empire was in a state of unprecedented wealth and prosperity, why shouldn't its richest, the nobles create something to honor their successes, to last for life times in their name? As a result almost fourteen separate Dynasties of Nobility and over twenty smaller noble houses pledged incredible sums of money for the construction of the ultimate city of beauty. A White city, the City of Light. Unlike most other large cities and towns, this one was planned. Instead of close, narrow winding streets; great squares and wide paved streets grace the great city. WIP
- Not Shattrath City. Paris, the capital of France. In its administrative area (the 75 postal area, split up into twenty numbered administrative districts called "arrondissements", although these sort of things exist all over France), also known as "downtown Paris", the population is only about 2 million, but the urban sprawl adds another ten million to that (making it the largest urban area in the European Union and the second-largest in Europe, after Moscow). The region roughly in a 50 km radius around Paris is known as Ile-de-France, and its inhabitants are called "Franciliens". It has four ring roads (London Town only has two), the inner most being the division between the main city and the very poor suburbs... Or the very rich: the GDP per capita of the "Hauts de Seine" (the rich suburbs to the North West of Paris) is close to the GDP per capita of the district of Columbia, while the GPD per Capita of some parts of the "Seine Saint Denis" (the poorer eastern suburbs) is closer to that of parts of eastern Europe: you can go from the posher parts of the city to the poorer ones in 40 minutes by the subway. People of a prudish disposition should avoid Pigalle. Paris is most famous for its wide boulevards, copied in several other cities around the world. There's of course the Eiffel Tower, originally intended as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair and holding the "tallest building in the world" title until the Chrysler Building took it in 1930. Other famous buildings include the Louvre art gallery, the Arc de Triomphe and the Moulin Rouge. The city was pretty much untouched by the two world wars- the Germans only got into shelling range of the suburbs in the first, Paris surrendered in 1940 to avoid its destruction, the German commander surrendered it in 1944 against Hitler's orders to destroy it if he couldn't defend it and nobody wanted to bomb the place. Also famous about Paris is its incredible mass transit system, which both includes the iconic Le Metropolitain as well as other lesser known but equally functional networks.
* Genre Savvy: The Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann created the wide boulevards to avoid barricades in case of rebellion (which happened quite often in his nineteenth century).
* According to Urban Legend they had to be large enough to fire cannonballs.
* Shining City: It's often depicted as shining at night, and brightly colored during the day.
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