Atrassica

Atrassica is an overseas province of the Kiravian Federacy occupying a in the North Atrassic Ocean (as it is known in the Coscivian world, and from whence the colony's name is derived) at the boundary of the Albion Sea, off the western coast of the Alpachnia in northeastern Crona.

The native population of the island is made up of two tribal groups, the Massapíkva and Minnéola.

Geography
Atrassica is a large island and one of the largest Kiravian provinces, having a land area of approximately 120,375 square kilometres.

History
Humans first migrated to Atrassica, presumably from mainland North Crona, during the. At the time of the island's discovery by Coscivians, it was inhabited by two tribal groups, the Massapíkva and Minnéola, with close linguistic and genetic relationships to the peoples of what in modern times would become Alpachnia and the former Nanseetucket (now Mid-Atrassic Crona).

Although it is unclear who from Hesperic Ixnay was the first to discover Atrassica, it began appearing on maps in the 1580s AD. Kiravian merchants, seasonal fishermen, and missionaries visited the island from 1594 onward, and the island was formally claimed for the newly-reorganised Kiravian Federacy in 20802 by the Atrassica Act. For the first half-century following the annexation, Kiravian settlement was largely confined to the coasts, and merchants, fishermen, and missionaries continued to account for the bulk of the colonists, as more Kiravians were drawn to the inland areas of Great Kirav opened for settlement by the Continental War and the Lesser Crona colonies of Rovaīon, Porfíria, and Avenirskara. At this stage, relations between the settler society and the indigenous were generally peaceful. From the 20820s through the 20890s, colonial officials negotiated a series of agreements with various indigenous leaders to establish formal Kiravian suzerainty over the Massapíkva and Minnéola, although it is now believed that the two parties had vastly different interpretations of what they had agreed to. Coscivian Orthodox and Insular Apostolic missionaries succeeded in evangelising parts of the native population, and some native communities near the coasts gradually assimilated into Coscivian civilisation, but for the most part the two societies remained independent of one another until the 20930s, when a larger generation of Atrassica-born Coscivians and a new wave of immigrants from Great Kirav pushed the Kiravian pale of settlement deeper into the hinterland. Competition for land and resources between the settlers and indigenous resulted in the Massapíkva War (20935-201936), which ended in the final subjection of the Massapíkva to direct Kiravian rule and precipitated the submission of the Minnéola to the same the following year.

The Kiravian Atrassic Trading Company, based out of Saar-Silverda, played a major role in the settlement and development of Atrassica. The company's base at Ɣēmpramonta (Eng. "Thunder Bay") formed the nexus of a trading network connecting Saar-Silverda with Port Hyannis in Nanseetucket and a chain of other trading posts along the coast from Apalachnee to Telonaticolan to Titechaxha and Kelekona.

Sunderance
During the Kiravian Sunderance, Atrassica remained securly under the control of the Kiravian Remnant, and was considered by Séan Kæśek as a possible location for the seat of the rump Federalist government, though this would ultimately be located in Æonara. Nonetheless, Atrassica was of immense importance to the Remnant as one of its major remaining landmasses, a strategic window onto the Kirosocialist-held Mainland, and a key reserve of manpower and natural resources.

Colonial Administration
Atrassica uses the Governor-council-conference form of government found in many other Kiravian territories. The head of the executive branch is the Governor, who is appointed by the Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy. The Governor exercises most executive functions through a collegial body known as the Executive Council (Rektikirstuv), but also possesses a number of prerogative powers which he may exercise independently. The Executive Council includes two Councillors elected by the legislature, one Councillor elected by the citizenry (who holds the title of Territorial Auditor), and a variable number of others (usually 5-9) appointed by the Governor. The traditional leaders of the Massapíkva and Minnéola tribes also have a standing invitation to attend meetings of the Executive Council but do not vote.

The territorial legislature, known as the Legislative Conference (Áldakrāstax Róatnūra), is a unicameral body elected by every three years, returning one legislator from each of the territory's 45 countyships. The Legislative Conference is nonpartisan, and the territorial charter bars any official recognition of political parties.

In terms of structure, local government in Atrassica resembles the situation in Devahoma and [Neighbouringstateland]. Below the countyship level there are three classes of municipality - city (sar), borough (vestra), and village (dasa) - as well as civil townships and off-reservation indigenous villages with more limited powers and functions. However, countyship governments in Atrassica are significantly stronger than those in Devahoma, and are responsible for important services such as education, public health, road maintenance, and a great deal of policing, as well as overseeing local economic development. Like other federal subjects in Crona, Atrassica has codified the special status of Settlement Movement communities, many of which are located in the island's interior. Although not municipalities or civil townships, settlement trusts are considered civic bodies, have special tax status, and have their affairs governed by a special Coöperatives Court.

Society & Culture
Atrassica has a population of over 5.8 million.

The majority of the population are colonists, and most of the colonial population have family histories on the island dating at least three generations back, though many are more recent transplants from Great Kirav or elsewhere in the Federacy. The indigenous population is officially enumerated at 22.8% of the total, though the actual number of Atrassicans with substantial indigenous ancestry is much larger, as persons of mixed descent with Coscivian or other colonial ancestry in the male line are considered Coscivians, as are some indigenous communities that adopted Coscivian lifestyles and cultural norms early in the territory's history. Most of the older Atrassican families have ancestral roots in Cascada, Ilfenóra, Devahoma, [Statenexttoit], the North Coast of Great Kirav, and Æonara. Accordingly, Æonaran Coscivian and Arnórian Coscivian are the most spoken Coscivian languages in the territory after Kiravic.

Many smaller Coscivian ethnic communities live in the island's interior, in ethnically homogeneous and coöperative/communal "movement settlements". These include Rísuvic Coscivians, known for their complex polysynthetic language, Qihuxian Coscivians, and an intentional community of the small Ârunav Coscivian ethnic group founded in a remote forest for the purpose of reviving their critically endangered language.

Around 9.5% of Atrassicans belong to ethnic groups speaking Elutic languages, including Koralem, Kopistonians, Rhuonic Elutes, Kormaks, and Malakkas. Several Elutic-speaking localities can be found on the east and northeast coasts, and there are Elute quarters in the larger cities.

Economy
The Atrassican economy has historically been based in the extractive and mercantile sectors, relying mainly on the island's rich natural resources and as a trade link between Great Kirav and the west coast of North Crona.

Atrassica's early economic and population growth was due in large part to agriculture. The island's climatic similarity to much of Central and Upper Kirav, combined with its level topography and fair soils allowed Kiravian farmers to easily put familiar crops and agricultural techniques to work on the island. Potato, cereals, hops, and sugar beets are the principal crops, and hogs account for most of the island's livestock. A substantial share of Atrassican farmers, both Kiravian and indigenous, continue to farm for household subsistence, though most are now integrated into the market system. Some of the most productive agricultural enterprises in Atrassica are coöperatives located in Movement Settlements.

Atrassican breweries, making use of local produce, have long exported beer to the countries of western North Crona, especially Nanseetucket.

Agriculture and Forestry
Due to climatic similarities, crops grown in northern Kiravian states like Kaviska and Fariva also grow well in Atrassica. These include such important Kiravian staples as, , , , , (for animal feed),  (featured on the provincial flag), cabbage, and collard. Pumpkins, gourds, and squash are grown extensively, and the province is ranked among the leading Kiravian producers and is the top interprovincial exporter of this category of produce, selling mainly to Æonaran and Krasoa Islands wholesalers. Corn is also grown more widely in Atrassica than in mainland Kiravian states of comparable altitude and climate.

Large manorial estates or plantations were never viable in Atrassica, and as such most Atrassican agriculture takes place on family farmsteads, or on communally-managed land belonging to block settlements or Movement settlements/settlement towns or native reserves.

Blue Economy
As an island, much of Atrassica's wealth comes, in one form or another, from the sea.

Countyships
Atrassic County County Lattaren County Mérovin County Forest County McCain County Lake