Veshemituaa

Veshemituaa ( Amintili pronunciation: [vɪɕɪmiːtʊa]; Mehesen pronunciation: [beːʃeːmitʰʊa]), formerly known as Vasmade, is the legislative and executive capital of the Shimbori Islands, as well as the seat of government. It is also the most populous city of the country, with a population of 1,593,201 as of 2022. Veshemituaa is the political and economic center of the Shimbori Islands, and has the largest Shimboric population in the world, with over 83% of the city's population identifying as such. It is located in the southeastern coast of the Belenge Himxma island in the northern part of the country. It is one of the two capitals of the Shimbori Islands with Lambandda.

Veshemituaa has served as the capital of the Tawlic-influenced Veshemituaa Kingdom, adjacent to the Lambandda Kingdom in the south. The kingdom itself was named after the city, which has been established by the Tawlic-influenced Shimboric peoples in approximately 1st century BC as a trading city. Veshemituaa has been the trading center of the Shimbori archipelago, and was also considered to be one of the richest in the Nesionytan Islands. It was also the Nesionytan center of fur trade, which was the main export of the city. Much of the city was destroyed during the Shimbori War, and was left abandoned after all of the people either moved to rural areas or outright fled for safety. The city was later repopulated and rebuilt in the early 900s, and the capital of the Kingdom of Shimbori Islands was shifted here in 962 AD. It became the industrial center of the country in the 1910s.

On January 25, 1973, after the first constitution of the Shimbori Islands was written, Veshemituaa became the legislative and executive capital and the seat of government of the Shimbori Islands, meanwhile Lambandda became the executive capital. The city was destroyed again mostly due to the Shimbori civil war and several cyclones. Despite this, it became one of the fastest growing cities in Nesionyta during the 1990s and 2000s. It was hit badly by the, resulting in a quarter of the city being destroyed. The government later raised charities to rebuild the effected areas in the Shimbori Islands, including Veshemituaa, in February 2005, and was subsequently rebuilt.

Veshemituaa is the cultural, ecomonic, and political center of the Shimbori Islands, and being the country's most populous city, it holds around 8% of the entire economy. However, it suffers from many challenges, including constant flooding due to cyclones and tsunamis, pollution, and traffic congestion. To ease the overpopulation of the city, the government built eight cities in 2010 and moved much of the people into those cities, which are already part of the larger Veshemituaa metropolitan area.

Etymology
The name of the city likely originated from the Shimboric root, Š-M-T, whose meaning had something to do with huts. Several huts were built around the southern coast of Belenge Himxma, leading to the adoption of the "Be-shemitu" name, meaning "City of huts", to refer to the community of people living in those huts. The name later transitioned tinto "Veshemituaa" due to several pronunciation changes occurred in Amintili, with "b" becoming pronounced as "v", and an "aa" sound added at the end of 'u'. Mehesen, on the other hand, retained the original pronunciation.