Provinstadt
Provinstadt | |
|---|---|
Capital City of New Pulaskia | |
 Part-time presidential residence and seat of government building in Provinstadt. | |
| Nickname: "Flower City" | |
| Mottoes: "Ambulare cum Deo" (Latin: "Walk with God") | |
| City | Pulaskian Capital Territory |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | None (Regularly administered by the president) |
| • Police Chief | K. Higgins |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 3 |
| • Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CDT |
Provinstadt is the capital city of the Democratic Union of New Pulaskia and its president's seat of power and residence. It is the historical and religious capital of the Union, with it being the site of the appointment of the first President, Treasurer, and Vice President. It is the site of the specially created Capital Territory.
Etymology
The name of Provinstadt comes from the German language and means “provincial city”. This came from the fact that this was the first “provincial city” or capital to be created. It may have also simply come from the city being the provincial capital during its time as the capital of Pulaski Province. The word province itself descends from the Latin word “provincia” and city from the Latin "civitatem".
History
Provinstadt’s history dates back to mound-building people who lived in the region before colonization. After European settlement, the town was originally named "Argenta", currently applied to downtown North Little Rock. In 1890, Little Rock annexed the unincorporated Argenta community as its Eighth Ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate Argenta. A neighboring area was incorporated as the Town of North Little Rock in 1901 as part of a plan to reclaim the Eighth Ward from Little Rock. By 1904, the Arkansas Supreme Court allowed the town to annex the Eighth Ward; the modern City of North Little Rock considers this its founding date. The combined city adopted the Argenta name by 1906 but reverted to North Little Rock in October 1917. A remnant of the city's earliest years can be found in North Little Rock City Hall (constructed in 1914), which still contains plaques referring to "Argenta", and contains "C of A" (City of Argenta) ornamental designs.
The City of Provinstadt was officially created in January 2022 when it was declared the capital of New Pulaskia. In the beginning, it was the only claimed land within New Pulaskia. However, this soon changed with the annexation of Alexander Town and Bryant Town, both would be added to New Pulaskia as territories.
The City grew as the capital but did not hold the same importance as the rising city of Bryant. It still serves as the part-time residence of the president and Vice President. The city took over the Provinstadt Park and Nature Reserve in March 2022 to the consent of the people. The city is now the 2nd largest city in the country, with the first being Bryant.
Climate and Geography
Provinstadt houses the Provinstadt Park and Nature Reserve, a part of the city stretching down to a creek. It houses a multitude of trees, plants, and rocks. The seat of the government building in the city is two stories high, with 4 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, a good-sized kitchen/dining room, a living room, and an office. It also houses a garden in the front, filled with flowers and plants. This is the portion of the city officially owned by New Pulaskia, the rest of the area is owned by the United States. Provinstant has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cold winters. Rainfall and snowfall are evenly divided among the months of the year, and yearly sunshine hours average a whopping 5,232. Summer is hot and humid in Provinstadt, with average highs of 93 °F (34 °C). Winters are generally mild to cool, with average temperatures of 55 °F (13 °C). Early spring (March) is cool-ish and mid and late spring (April/May) is warm to hot.
| Climate data for Provinstadt City (Based on information from 2021/22) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11 (52) |
11 (52) |
16 (61) |
19 (66) |
27 (81) |
30 (86) |
36 (97) |
33 (91) |
31 (88) |
25 (77) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
22.42 (72.36) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6 (43) |
7 (45) |
12 (54) |
15 (59) |
21 (70) |
25 (77) |
30 (86) |
28 (82) |
25 (77) |
18 (64) |
10 (50) |
13 (55) |
17.50 (63.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1 (34) |
3 (37) |
7 (45) |
11 (52) |
15 (59) |
20 (68) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
18 (64) |
11 (52) |
6 (43) |
9 (48) |
12.33 (54.19) |
| Average Rainfall mm (inches) | 83.82 (3.3) |
86.36 (3.4) |
107.95 (4.25) |
121.29 (4.7752) |
112.40 (4.4252) |
78.74 (3.1) |
66.04 (2.6) |
60.96 (2.4) |
71.12 (2.8) |
95.25 (3.75) |
114.30 (4.5) |
111.13 (4.3752) |
1,109.48 (43.6803) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 82) | 8.1 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 157.9 |
| Average snowy days | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||
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Culture
Provinstadt has a very American-European culture, celebrating various holidays (Christmas, Halloween, 4th of July), and cooking very “American” foods (Apple Pie, Chicken Wings, Fried Fish).
Transportation
One car and a truck are owned by former VP Stephanie J and former Representative of Saline Province (now Capital Territory) Travis T. They are regularly used to transport the citizens of Provinstadt where needed.