Æonara

Æonara is a off the northeastern coast of Crona in Ixnay. Along with its smaller sister island of Snávin, Æonara has been governed by the Kiravian Federacy since the end of the (First or Second?) Ixnay Great/Cold War, and is divided among the Kiravian states of Central Æonara, North Æonara, and Eriada, as well as the Kiravian territories of Snávin, West Æonara, South Æonara, and Liberantia.

Geography


Important cities in Æonara include Portmór, Sar-i-Paul (Saripáuv), Prevarda, Ævodarya, Lurgan, and Ærhorn.



History
Æonara was discovered in 20246. The first Coscivian settlement, a coastal stockade, was built in 20273 near what is now Hùvletsar, Liberantia State. [Confer with Rigo's history to construct framework and dates for settlement]. 1400s AD for second wave of settlement?

In [DATE], the Æonara Territory was split into five separate territories: Central, North, South, East, and West Æonara. Central Æonara became a state in 211XZ, followed by North Æonara in 211XA. South and East Æonara were further divided to create the new territories of Eriada, Liberantia and Snávin. Eriada and Liberantia became states in 211XB.

Politics and Governance
Æonara is divided among six Kiravian federal subjects: Four states (Central Æonara, North Æonara, Eriada, and Liberantia) and two territories (West Æonara and Snávin). A Pan-Æonaran Conference based in Portmór facilitates coōperation among the several federal subjects. The six state/territorial defence forces in Æonara are in the process of organising into an Æonaran Battlegroup with a joint command structure.

Æonara is a hotbed of pro-Cronan sentiment in Kiravia, showing strong support for the Crono-Kiravian Open Commerce Agreement and the Cronan Unified Defence Agreement. School textbooks in the Æonaran states and territories usually present Great Kirav and its adjacent islands as either an extension of the Cronan continent or part of a "Greater Cronan" region. The current Kiravian delegate to CKOCA, Arvandus Ilxarin, is the Æonaran-born former Governor of Eriada.

Society and Culture
The Æonaran Coscivians, who trace their ancestry back to the first and (to a lesser degree) second waves of Coscivian settlers, form the largest ethnic group on the island. They share most of their culture in common with the Amerigan Coscivians. Their language, Æonaran Coscivian, is characterised by many archæic and divergent features that differentiate it from modern Kiravic Coscivian (with which it is not mutually intelligible), as well as by a great many loanwords from the Snávic languages. It is an official language in Central Æonara, North Æonara, and Eriada; and is spoken by a majority of the population in South Æonara.

The Snávian or Sinyolan peoples (Snávic: Sanyao-lako) are the autocthonous inhabitants of Æonara, tracing their ancestry to before Coscivian colonisation. Their ultimate origins are unclear, but linguistic evidence suggests a distant relationship to the Levzeish people or to [some ancient Cronan civilisation]. Homogeneous Snávian communities are mostly found in the mountains and on the island of Snávin, though just under half of the ethnic Snávian population is urbanised and lives in Coscivian cities and towns at lower elevations. Snávians are considered to have been absorbed into Coscivian civilisation centuries ago, having adopted the Coscivian script and adapted their language to Coscivian literary culture by the XXXXXs. Most Snávians living in Æonara consider themselves non-Coscivian and distinguish themselves sharply from the Æonaran Coscivians, Amerigan Coscivians, and "Mainlanders" (more recent immigrants from Great Kirav. However, most Snávians living elsewhere in the Federacy consider themselves Coscivians and are accepted as such. They are classified as a Coscivian people for most purposes by the federal government, but not by the governments of the states and territories that make up Æonara.

The Æonara Migration Act of 211XX gave the Æonaran territorial governors authority to issue 4,000 residency permits annually to skilled Amerigan citizens wishing to settle in Æonara and Snávin, exempting them from normal immigration procedures. The Amerigan population is concentrated in South Æonara, Snávin, and Liberantia, making up 34% of the total population in South Æonara and 19% in Liberantia.



Pauldustllahanis account for the majority of foreign nationals living and working in Æonara. Pauldusllahani is the most widely-spoken foreign language among Æonarans, and is the main foreign language taught in schools, unlike most other parts of the Federacy where Latin or Lebhan are preferred. In Sar-i-Pául, the largest city of West Æonara, some 72% of Coscivian-Kiravian (including Sinyolan) residents reported having a "good command" of Pauldustllahani or better. The total percentage of residents speaking Pauldustllahani is estimated to be around 90-94%, accounting for Pauldustlaahani nationals living in the city and Kiravian citizens of Pauldustllahani origin or ethnicity.

Religion
Coscivian Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Æonara by number of adherents, followed by Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism, Ruricanism, and Reformed Orthodoxy.

Æonara has a large Protestant population, composed mostly of Lutheran Amerigans and Sinyolans of various denominations, including Methodists, Lutherans, [Some Paulreich denomination], and Adventists. The Mormon Church has a long history of missionary activity on the island, and has left a significant Mormon population, especially among the Sinyolans. There is also a visible presence, due to the influence of nearby Cronzcovina, escpecially in North Æonara.

Economy
Nicknamed Nassán Sorolá ("Continental Island of Abundance") since the 207th century, Æonara is one of the Federacy's most productive overseas regions, boasting a diversified economy with strong agriculture, mining, and manufacturing sectors. The island's most important economic asset, however, is its strategic position between Great Kirav and the Cronan mainland, which has made Æonara a major conduit for commerce between Kiravia and its major trading partners on Crona, most importantly Pauldustllah and Umcara. The highly-developed Saripául-Portmór Corridor between the island's two principal ports, also known as the "Whiskey-Cola Road", links the cities of the Kiravian West Coast to [Paulreich city across the strait]. An estimated 32% of direct trade between Pauldustllah and Kiravia travels along this route.

Imperial Cola vending machines are ubiquitous throughout the island, located in nearly all employee breakrooms, waiting rooms, apartment complexes, schools, transit stations, laundromats, and even churches. Snávin has the highest level of Imperial Cola consumption per capita of any Kiravian federal subject at 822 standard eight-ounce cans per person in 211206.