Nepoli

Nepoli, is a city in the Istalian region of Mezzodiurno.

Ancient History
Nepoli was founded in the Gulf of the Shrine around 200 CE as Neapolis by settlers from the selucian colony Barris Castrum in Alaria. The city was founded close to an ancient shrine which was seized by the selucian religion. The city prospered thanks to the pilgrimage of many selucians from the island, believing that the ancient shrines of the previous peoples were actually the mythological lands where many their goods were born. Profiting of the decadence of the Kerronite Kingdom. Southern Mezzodiurno thus became an important area of settlement for the selucian colonies in Alaria.

Modern and Contemporary History
Neapolis followed the fate of the southern territories of the Peninsula, entering in the medieval era in the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Fidelia, a city in the Southern Highlands which Kings almost achieved to unify the mainland before the destruction by part of the forces of the Empire of Quanzar.

Nepoli maintained its status as important port of the peninsula, focusing on the connection and trade with Alaria. However, Nepuli welcomed also the refugees from Fidelia, among them many schoolars and artists, at least the ones who were not captured by the Quanzar Emirs, who founded an important cultural institution, the Fidelian University of Nepuli. Today the city is renowed also for its gastronomical tradition and the shores around the area are among the most renowed in Mezzodiurno for turism due to the beauty of the high cliffs overlooking the sea.

Government
The local form of government of the city follow the model of the mayor–council government system, with a mayor (Istalian: sindaco) elected by voters, and a unicameral council as the legislative branch (Istalian: Consiglio). To the mayor is given almost total administrative authority and a clear, wide range of political independence, with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads and furthermore he prepares and administers the city budget, although most part of the decisions must be approved by the council.