Sarolasta

Sarolasta (Saxon: "Moonlight") is a theme of the Kiravian Federacy comprising a large island of the same name in the Polynesian Sea, south of Crona, as well as minor outlying islands.

History
[Austronesian inhabitants] [Coscivian colonisation] [During KFR exile] [Post-Restoration]

Politics & Governance
Sarolasta is one of five themes of the Kiravian Federacy, the alongside the Kiravian Federal Republic, Lesser Kirav, Sydona, the Melian Isles, and the Overseas.

Society & Culture
The majority of the Sarolastan population is of indigenous stock with some degree of Éorsan Coscivian admixture. 25-32% are fully or primarily of Éorsan Coscivian ancestry. There are many specific mestiśuv ethnicities formed by intermarriage between one Coscivian subgroup and one indigenous people. The largest of these are the Paisonic-Aymang and Paisonic-Ailmao. The Éorsan Coscivian contribution to the Sarolastan cultural mélange is provided mainly by Paisonic, Lusan, Kastrovan, Eskean, Tebnan, Kerēgulan, Vèuskan, [the usual seafaring groups], Æonaran/Umcaran, and Westcoastmarine/Serradan Coscivians.

There is a significant minority of Corummese and mixed Corummese-Polynesian descent.

During the exile period, the Federalist government implemented major reforms on Sarolasta to prevent rebellion. This included recognising all native and mestiśuv communities practicing monotheism, monogamy, tuva, and [other key Coscivian hallmarks] as Coscivians and inviting their customary kings and chieftains to pledge fealty to the Basswood Emperor.

[Leftover minorities from other nations’ colonisation attempts?]

[Languages] [Creole languages]

76% of Sarolastans adhere to the Catholic Church, overwhelmingly to the Coscivian Rite. Minority Christian sects include the Coscivian Orthodox and Independent Orthodox churches, Æglasta-i-Xristul, and Mormonism. Some Kastrovans and Kastrovan-Mestizos are Insular Apostolic. Among the Éorsan Coscivian population there are minorities adhering to Ruricanism, Iduanism, and Komarism.

Sarolasta has a Muslim community.