It could be all the games of Civ and SimCity, but I find the real-life construction of dedicated national capitals to be fascinating, from Brasília to Canberra to, oh, yeah, Washington, DC in my neck of the woods.
Well, there’s a new kid on the purpose-built capital block, and its name is Nusantara. After over 70 years of Jakarta being Indonesia’s de facto and then de jure capital, the government made its first concrete steps to move its federal center away from the Big Durian and the island of Java itself.
In fact, Indonesia’s president took the opportunity to inaugurate things this past August during Indonesia’s independence day, though the overall five-phase plan for the capital won’t be completed until 2045, over 20 years from now.
Selamat sukses, I guess? Hey, in our own national capital area, it’s not unheard of for building projects to take a long time.