Venera City

Venera City – Venus’ main settlement.

Landing site of the first manned expedition in 2093, the city was established in 2094. Named by Josef Golgov of United Earth as Venera City, honoring the first Human probes launched by the Soviet Union in 1961.

Because no real Terraforming efforts have been made, Venera City is a Domed City (8.5% of area) with the rest underground. It had a 278 million population and 1.93 million daily commuters in 5050. The City is home to the NeugruberZoological Institute, Neugruber Bio Sciences Institute and the Venera City Zoo (or simply Venus Zoo) which is the largest, most elaborate zoological facility in the known Universe with a unrivalled collection of life specimen of nonsentient life forms. More than 1,500,000 Zoo keepers 55,000 Zoologists and 1,200,000 Janitors, Specialists and Technicians take care of nearly 20 Million specimens and over 50 Million live visitors annually (In addition to countless virtual tours). The Zoo grew out of the Collection of the Neugruber Zoological Institute that is still on Venus.