Farmandie

Kingdom of the Isle of Farmandie (Burgoignesc: Le Royaume de l'Ile de Fiærmandie, Coscivian: Xūrokuv Ion Fyærmandiv) or Farmandie is an independent post-colonial island country in the southeastern Ocean of Cathay. It consists of the main landmass - the Isle of Farmandie - and smaller islands. Farmandie's capital and largest city is Kæn. The Isle of Farmandie is ????km (?,???mi) north of Australis, ????km (?,???mi) northwest of ????, ????km (?,???mi) south of Jinju, ????km (?,???mi) southwest of (Stenza island) and ????km (?,???mi) west of Freda Island across the Bay of Diamav.

Etymology
The origin of the islands name is not completely clear but it is known to be of very old origin and is believed to come from old seaman saying "Further than a man has sailed to die." referring to the remoteness of the island and its disconnection from the rest of the world.

Pre-history (before the 17th century)
The northern coast of the Isle of Farmandie was known as a interim trading post, resting point and shipyard by Corummese, Kiravian and Burgoignac sailors since before the islands first charting in 1616.

Early colonisation (1700-1742)
In 1707 Kiravian goverment gave an order to establish a permanent colony at the mouth of River Vænd on the northern coast of the island. After the Burgoignac goverment found out about the Kiravian colony it gave an order to establish a competing colony on the island. The Burgoignac fleet got ashore on the northern coast of Isle of Farmandie on summer of 1712. The captain in charge of the Burgoignesc fleet decided to make a bold move and ordered the settlement to be built on the opposing side of the river from the Kiravian colony that stood on the western bank of the River Vænd. Altho peaceful at first the relations between the two colonies soon fell to disarray. Disagreements and distrust led to freguent and deadly skirmishes and ruthless competition of the islands scarce resources between the two colonies.

Neglect and self goverment (1743-1788)
The extremely long sea voyages in often unpredictably harsh and cold weather conditions resulted in that both colonies got deemed a waste of time and resources by their colonial overlords and the colonies got sent fewer and fewer resupply shipments until they were completely forgotten and neglected. This led the two colonies to get almost completely isolated from the rest of the world by 1745. The colonies realised their neglegted state on winter of 1748 after not receiving any shipments for 3 years straight the two colonies agreed to settle their differences and merge together as one larger settlement in favour of working together to survive on the island. This is often referred as the establisment of the capital Kæn, the first town on the Isle of Farmandie. In the beginning the former hostilities still fresh in memory complemented with language barrier, food shortage and the punishing conditions led to settlers developing heavy drinking habits and grudges between the two ethnic groups. Disagreement especially between individuals of different ethnicities often led to violent escalations on a major scale after a heavy night of drinking. These drunken group fights were often referred as the small civil wars.

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