Lamtsu Capital City
| Locale | Central Sorano |
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Lamtsu, historically Misato City and officially Lamtsu Capital City, is the capital and most populous city in the Lamtsu Region. The city became the capital in 1942, when the Empire of Japan invaded Sorano. The decision was made to move the capital of the region from Ngo Tin to Lamtsu Capital City, to facilitate future military conquests in the southern regions.
History
Lamtsu Capital City was formed from the conglomeration of 5 different cities that were once part of the Kingdom of Misato. Misato, Yamate, Lamtsu Port, Otaki and Fukaaura. Meguro would come to become part of the city in 1954. As a part of the efforts to assimilate the citizens of the newly conquered Sorano, the city would be renamed to Lamtsu Capital City, after the geographical region rather than the city. As a result, despite the Lamtsu City being the official capital, Misato City is by far the economic hub. Due to the vastly different social backgrounds of the citizens of the 5 merged cities, the decision was made to continue to allow each city to continue to enjoy city-level administrative status, while still being one of the wards of Lamtsu Capital City. This eventually grew to the 13 wards and 3 towns that constitute the Capital today.
In 1947, Misato New City Railway was established, providing the first transport connections within the city. The following mass immigrations to Lamtsu due to the new public transport infrastructure caused the population to skyrocket, increasing it's population from 5 million in 1947 to 6 million in 1953. The resulting economic boom and following railway expansion led to the First Great Lamtsu Railway Expansion from 1954 to 1978, where more than 4 lines were opened.
Lamtsu Capital City contributes 62% of Sorano's GDP, which is very much the highest proportion of all the cities in the region excluding the former city-state of Fuka, which would later be absorbed into Joestu and later Joban.
The entire area was sold by Sorano to Joban in 2022.
As of 2022, the population of Lamtsu Capital City is 7 million, but the surrounding urban areas including Yokohama and Hayakawa total 12 million, and including the surrounding Iwate and Ome prefectures raises the population to 17 million, considering the huge number of commuter towns that feed the capital city.
The wards are: