Aotagari

Aotagari is the capital city of the kingdom of Naka, one of the two great kingdoms of Kohatu. It is the cultural and political capital for a vast majority of the Nakakana species, and is the second largest city on the planet, with a population approaching three million. The city was originally built into the side of a mountain, but has grown beyond its borders to the point where it now sprawls over an entire island some fifty miles across. The city is now broadly divided between the old city and new city, the old being those portions still built within the mountain.

The old city is generally where the highest concentrations of wealth can be found, including the primary offices of government, the military, and the national bank. The old city is composed primarily of the volcanic stone that originally comprised the island, and is decorated in traditional style with coral harvested from across Kohatu's oceans.

The new city is home to the thousands of lower and middle class inhabitants, as well as tens of thousands of servants. Mortal servants actually make up the vast majority of Aotagari's population, though they are not considered citizens and lack any political rights. This city is largely built from imported stone, including large amounts of marble imported from nearby islands. This has resulted in the city often being referred to as "The City of Black and White"

However, its most common nickname is one that the inhabitants quite despise "The city of gilded corpses." Coined by a certain Raikana, the nickname refers to the large numbers of tombs that populate the city. There are so many of them at this point that half the businesses in the city double as family tombs. The gilded portion refers to the Nakakana tradition of embalming their bodies in gold, and setting the resulting corpse-statue in a place of honor where it may be seen by all. This is most extravagantly seen in the Old City's "Avenue of Heroes", a street lined both with government buildings, and the gilded remains of two hundred different Nakakana who all played some crucial part in the establishment of the kingdom of Naka.