Duragrad

Duragrad is a historic town located in central Sparwood, it was founded as a mining town on the mighty river Zios. Duragrad was a major city in Sparwood, formerly Burgamere's cultural center. Duragrad received countless tourists. and was considered an important economic, scientific, and tourism center of Burgamere. Recently, the city was home to notable federal government bodies and contained the capital building, in the historic pit district. It was the historic capital city of the United Burgamerian Socialist Republic.

History
Duragrad was formed by the survivors of the Great Cataclysm, an event that destroyed the old Burgamerian mining town. The early days of the settlement were filled with issues, including sub-zero temperatures and icy winds; these issues led the townsfolk, using their salvaged mining equipment, to dig a massive hole into the soil of the icy wasteland and form a town there. When this was finished, this hole provided enough shelter for the survivors to build a city with a thriving industry that provided enough heat to keep the city warm. The city was promptly named Duragrad after the tested durability of its inhabitants. After some time, as the city grew, the 1st UBSR was formed and Duragrad was named the capital of the nation, even in the ECP. The city held many important events and became one of the most important cities in all of Sparwood. After the ECP was dissolved the city was made capital of 2nd USBR and thrived.

Architecture
The architecture of Duragrad was a combination of retrofuturism and Victorianism. Notable landmarks included: The Public Works building, which held the conference room and the People's Brewing Center; The People's Mining Center, The UBSR Immigration Center, and The Three Pits. After the dissolution of the second USBR the architecture changed consisted more of a Georgian-brutalist style.

Duragrad During the UBSR
During the UBSR, Duragrad was still the most important city in all of Sparwood, but had lost many people. Duragrad had 2 mayors in the month. The first was Nesspine, who was made mayor of Duragrad by the government in July, 1st, 2021. She was later impeached due to inactivity. The second mayor who was elected was Rust (ItsMeRust) on the 18th July, he planned on making many reforms for the province (As he was the magistrate of Burgamere) and the city, he and the head builder of Duragrad came up with city plans and attempted to create reforms in the city and province with plans such as the Bugamerian Revival Plan. On the same day he was elected the Sparwood Summit took place in Duragrad and it delved into topics about Sparwood.

Duragrad during the Frosterium
The battle sealing the fate of the UBSR occurred in Duragrad, with rebels preventing the Frosterium from forming meeting their end inside the city. After this, the ex-leader of the UBSR, Figurative, was impeached by Kathy Skinhub (IGN Underscoregrog) who renamed the town to Grogtown_1 while it was under her ownership. After some delay brought on by paperwork issues, the city was handed back to Rust.

Duragrad during Tovarisha
For the start of Tovarisha, the capital was Duragrad. After the now debunked city of Cinnaburg in the south gained more people, the capital was moved there before finally being moved to Voskovy. During this time Duragrad was seeing a major decline in active population and a shift to the southern towns. The mayor for the majority of this time was Anonymous001.

Duragrad during Ecclesian rule
After the dissolution of Tovarisha, the state of Burgamere was given to Ecclesia. The leader of Ecclesia, Kasper, appointed Gurt (poopyballfart) to be Governor General of Burgamere. The Ecclesian Leadership only had power on paper, everything was controlled by the Burgmerian Government. There were 4 governments during the Ecclesian rule in Burgamere, First was the transitional government of Anonymous, Second was the elected government of Cennard Cogaidh, and third was the Imperial government under Unic0rnb0i, and, after a few weeks in office, he resigned to deal with Bardonian internal politics, leaving Lox in charge of Burgamere. Sherman created a government based with three roles. During the last few days of Ecclesian control, Sherman convinced Kasper to remove Gurt from office of Governor-General and replace him with himself. During this time period, the former Vice Mayor, ConDud, would replace Anonymous001 as mayor, although his popularity would slowly decline as time went on. ConDud's health would also decline, and, shortly before his death, he instated popular worker General_ich as mayor before dying of a stroke.

Duragrad during the Burgmerian War of Indpendence
Since the beginning when Ecclesia took over Burgamere, there was a strong resentment for them having control over them. Then Governor General Sherman announced without the permission of or knowledge of the Government that Burgamere was a free nation. A week before the Burgamere government signed a deal with the Kingdom of Councils to Vassalize them so they could have support from DUTY to fight their war of Independence.

Duragrad During The Burgamerian Civil War
During the Burgamerian Civil War, the Luscovy pushed deep into Burgamerian Territory and Encircled Duragrad. This was the Siege of Duragrad, which started on April 1st, 2023 and lasted until May 7th, 2023. This siege was broken during the 1st and 2nd Battles Of Duragrad, ending with Luscovy victories and Burgamerian defeats. Over the course of the war, Duragrad was utterly destroyed, due to constant attacks and defences being built. After Luscovy took the city, it was renamed to Lilygrad, and made it the capital of the now independent Luscovy for a while until its capital city was changed to Voskovy. The loss of Duragrad directly led to the total collapse of Burgamere as a governmental entity.