Terminus Metropolitan Zone

Terminus is the largest city and capital of the Terran Congressional Federation. It has an area of 60,638 sq. km.

History
Terminus is the first human settlement on the world of New Terra and the Home Galaxy; it is also the first known permanent human settlement on any world outside the solar system. It was settled shortly after sending humans through the Exodus wormhole. Terminus is actually 5 km away from the actual Exodus Terminus Site. It was settled as the actual site had very little open terrain.

Initially Terminus was referred to as "the Terminus Settlement". Eventually "the" and "Settlement" would be dropped. The location of the original Terminus Settlement has become the center of the Terran Congressional Federation's government. It is now a district called the Congressional Promenade. The site of the Old Settlement's administrative building is now the Assembly Rotunda.

The Exodus Wormhole Site is now the TCF Military High Command Building. Many believe the site was chosen as it already formed some sort of symbolic rallying point. The truth is the entire complex was built to hide the existence of the Terminus Artifact discovered in 2223 buried under the EWS.

Terminus has been referred to as the single point from which humanity flourished in the Home galaxy.

In the beginning of the 26th century, the TCF permitted the Shefu to live on New Terra without necessarily requiring a diplomatic visa; it was a good-will gesture to convince the Protectorate to sign the Terminus Accords. Terminus has two embassies: the Shalfai Protectorate and the Galactic Commonwealth.

Design
The expression "all roads lead to Terminus" is more than just a play on the Old Earth expression "all roads lead to Rome" but also perfectly describes how Terran settlements are planned and how Terminus itself essentially radiated out from the center.

A vactrain subway system runs throughout most of the Metropolitan Zone with over 200 different lines.

Many districts are named after cities and locations on Old Earth. The Manhattan District (initially populated by anglophones) is the main commercial district, the London District (also anglophone) is the main financial district, Tokyo District (still majority Japanese) is sometimes referred to as the "Technohood" due to the large number of tech companies located there; these are but a few of the Districts in the are called "Terminus Proper", which itself makes up only 5% of the Terminus Metropolitan Zone's area.

Demographics
99.5% of the over 220 million listed residents of Terminus are Human. The rest are Shefu and a tiny handful (under 100) Galactic Commonwealth representatives of the varied GC races. Shefu with proper documentation are able to live anywhere on New Terra, however most will live in the Blackdome neighborhood of Terminus. The GC individuals are not permitted to leave the GC diplomatic enclave and embassy.