Metropolis (Earth-125)

"The story? How many times do I have to tell you? There's only one story, Lois. Metropolis. She's the story."

- - Perry White to Lois Lane

Metropolis is a large city, and one of the biggest in the United States, after Gotham City and New York City. Known for its optimistic architecture, Metropolis gained the name of "City of Tomorrow".

Founding
The region that would become Metropolis was initially occupied by Algonquin people, and later discovered in 1542 by Italian explorer and navigator Vincenzo Gnanatti during a business trip for the Dutch. The city was properly founded in 1634 by the Dutch politician Paul De Vries, which he named "De Vries Village", and soon became a prosperous town duo to its shipping routes, as well as a strategic location for General George Washington through the Revolutionary War.

In 1775, multiple newspaper publishing companies were established through the city, with the most famous being the Daily Planet. The First Metropolitan Bank was also founded during this time.

Black Zero Event
During the Black Zero Event, much of the center of Metropolis was destroyed thanks to General Zod and his forces, the Sword of Rao, and later on in Zod's duel against Superman, which saw the death of the rogue general, but also 600 civilian casualties.

Entire buildings, such as the Wayne Financial Building and the LexCorp Tower were destroyed, and debris from locations and the Black Zero were left scattered in the area, which was later cleaned, a process which took six months. For Superman's heroism, a statue was build in the center of the city in a place baptized Heroes Park.