Jamesville

Jamesville is often seen as Patrium's problem city. It was originally founded as a mining penal colony by the British, and housed criminals from Ireland, however it was also used as the main penal colony for prisoners of the British Raj and from British Malaya. Jamesville was constantly at war, with the Spanish capturing it during the Seven Years' War, and constant pirate raids. In 1921, a prison riot at one of the region's copper mines led to a wider rebellion that swept through the prisoners and workers all through the city. The Copper Mine Riots drove the British Garrison from the city and whipped the entire continent into the spirit of rebellion, becoming the first action of the Jaziran War of Independence. The British nearly bombed the city to rubble in an attempt to put down the rebellion, however international condemnation after this event finally brought them to the negotiating table with rebel forces. Jamesville rebuilt itself only to be nearly destroyed again in 1940 from a Japanese naval bombardment. As of today, Jamesville has never fully recovered from its near destruction, with infrastructure damage that still has not been repaired, faltering economic development, and constant civil unrest. It is also a hub for the illegal weapons trade, the drug trade, and human trafficking.