Anthem
Anthem, Illuminatia
Population:
- 6,812,356 (250 AI Census)
- 9,000,000 (300 AI estimate)
Rank: 4
Demonym: Anthemite
Primary trading partners: Adamopolis, Overture, Harmony, Julie Ann, Greensleeves
Anthem is the largest city on the north coast of Randall Bay and is the continent's fourth-most populous city. Anthem is a principal port city on the bay's northern coast and is the largest city strictly located on the Timmons Peninsula.
A primary settlement city, Anthem is one of the three dominant cities anchoring the Randall Bay Megalopolitan Complex, the other two cities being Adamopolis and Overture.
As of the 250 AI Census, Anthem had a population of 6,812,356 residents. The city has experienced stable growth since then and it is estimated the city will have a population over 9,000,000 by the 300 AI Census, or an increase of approximately 140% over 50 AU.
Anthem is a dense urban city and is Illuminatia's predominant industrial and manufacturing center. The city is home to numerous fabrication, engineering, and shipping operations. The Anthem Banner is the city's primary daily newspaper; Anthem United is the city's most popular non-profit newspaper. Université La Marseillaise is a major public institution of higher education here. Third Peninsula University is a private university which also attracts students to Anthem.
The Anthem Depository is the largest financial institution in the city. Anthem Stuff Store is a historical retail purveyor of merchandise in the city's center. Anthem is represented in the National Sportsball League by the Daft Cows.
Anthem enjoys a climate somewhat moderated by its coastal location, but the region still enjoys multiple seasons and a variety of precipitation.
Anthem was settled by a the First Multiversal Duplication of survivors from the Lucidus II spacecraft. These are many of the same people whose alternative multiversal duplications settled the cities of Harmony and Symphony. Anthem and Harmony are separated by the smallest geographic distance of any two cities settled by multiversal duplications of the same population, making these two cities very important to Illuminatia's history of discovering the nature of the multiverse and the duplication of the Lucidus population that occurred during The Anomaly. Expedition forces from these two cities were among the first people to make contact with previously undiscovered Illuminatians of a different multiversal duplication, which was the first interaction to spark Illuminatians' understanding of this phenomenon. This discovery may not have happened as expeditiously had these two populations been more distant from each other than they were.
Anthem's strong population base began with the original discovery of Illuminatia. The Anthem area was the location of densely-spaced landings of a majority of the modules from the Lucidus II ship. The settlements from these multiple landings unified into the city of Anthem as we see it today.
Anthem finds the origin of its name in musical terminology.