The Library of Records

"A great part of the information in this tome was collected from [the Library of Records], as it is the central place for the storage of information about statistics. Here, there are vast storage areas containing small books on the tax payments, criminal activity, name, and age of every citizen of The Gratic Empire, as well as a record of every edict, proclamation, law and tax collection that has taken place in the Empire since its very beginning."
~The City of Cities

Purpose / Function

This structure houses the greatest part of the bureaucracy of the Empire, with dozens of scribes desperately copying out old records and writing down new ones. This building allows one - with the right clearance, of course - to view the information on any citizen in the Empire.

Alterations

As one can expect, this building continues to grow as more and more people live, die, pay taxes, and commit crimes in the Empire. The original building was a converted stables, and each generation has slowly built the building into the powerhouse of bureaucracy that it is today.

Architecture

The Library is a squat building, mostly building out rather than up as needed. All the same, it has an impressive height, having three stories above ground and two below. Each level is split up into different kind of records, with the records of citizens held at the top, tax records and edicts/proclamations the level below that, and complaints department and the scribes working on the main level. The lower two levels contain older copies of records, and a large number of the scribes work on copying out these older books.

Type

Government complex

Parent Location

The Grand Castle

Owning Organization

The Gratic Empire

Art Credit: emperorcharlesii (me!)