Laconia
| Laconia | |
 Downtown Setra Maria at sunrise | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chimgara |
| Demonym | Setra Marian |
| Activity level | High |
| Alliance |  Ilios Alliance
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| Nation |  Cortesia Del Mar
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| Government | |
| Government | Nationally-Appointed City Council |
• Councillor
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oko |
• Councillor
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CommradePotatoe |
• Councillor
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_s1ice |
| Formation | |
| Foundation date | 4 July 2023 |
| Culture | |
| Links | |
| Discord | qeDMBfr |
Setra Maria is a large city in Cortesia Del Mar, situated in the "Boosk Trenches" claim in the northeast of the planet Chimgara. Setra Maria is the sole major settlement on the planet Chimgara, and is the largest nexus of player activity in the Ilios System (as of December 2024). Setra Maria serves as the political capital of Cortesia Del Mar.
History
Inheritance
The name "Setra Maria" dates to a previous Minecraft server ("CivMC") played by many members of Cortesia Del Mar in 2022-2023; on this server, oko attempted to found a city called "Setra Maria" as a sister city to the then-Cortesian capital Concord. While a significant amount of building was accomplished in creative, the CivMC city of Setra Maria made little progress on the live server before the Butternut-SEC War terminated Cortesia's tenure on CivMC.
The decision was made by the first Cortesian players on Horizon's End in July 2023 to reuse the name "Setra Maria" on the server, as they felt the city deserved a chance to thrive.
Large sections of Setra Maria inherit directly from abortive builds by Cortesia Del Mar on previous servers, that the builders wished to give a more prominent and lasting tenure to.
- The "Downtown" district consists primarily of the section of the city completed for CivMC in 2023
- The "Concord Heights" district is heavily populated with (rearranged) buildings from Cortesia's CivMC capital of Concord in 2023
- The "Crystalis" district consists primarily of a city developed by tidsie and oko for use in 2022 that was never implemented
As a result, the members of Cortesia Del Mar who contribute to Setra Maria (who are also primarily the members of Cortesia Del Mar who played with the nation on servers prior to Horizon's End) tend to view Setra Maria as the actualization of several years of work. As yodabird19 put it:
SM in my view is functionally the quintessential pinnacle of the "verticality is cool" design concept the apotheosis of new sol, phola, em3, aldenfult*
*Previous Cortesian and Cortesian-aligned cities
Politics
The governance of Setra Maria is laid out in the Setra Maria City Act. Setra Maria is administrated by a City Council consisting of several Councillors of equal stature; while the Constitution of Cortesia Del Mar requires that the capital city of the nation be ultimately governed by the Cortesian Cabinet, the City Council acts as a delegation & extension of Cabinet authority, and all Councillors are appointed by and can be dismissed by the Cabinet at will.
Architecture & Geography
Setra Maria is located in a depression on the planet Chimgara, at approximately y=40, surrounded on all sides by cliffs which stretch to approximately y=120. The city's architecture takes advantage of this vertical landscape, employing a dense, winding, and often multi-layered building style. The city's architecture focuses more on close-up detail than on architectural grandiosity, a feature which distinguishes Setra Maria from most cities which preceded it, such as Carthage and Orlandia.
Setra Maria employs a district system, which divides the city up into several well-defined regions that maintain strong style continuity; each district is typically spear-headed by one or two main builders. There is significant stylistic variance between districts.
Setra Maria is located approximately 1 kilometer west of the Woolworths Production Complex, to which it is connected by an iceboat lane and associated long-distance item pipe system.