Farmandie

Farmandie, officially the Kingdom of the Isle of Farmandie (Burgoignesc: Le Royaume de l'Ile de Fiærmandie, Coscivian: Xūrokuv Ion Fyærmandiv) is an independent post-colonial 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 and it was established in 1748 on the mouth of River Vænd on the northern coast of the Isle of Farmandie. The Isle of Farmandie is located ????km (?,???mi) north of Australis polar continent, ????km (?,???mi) northwest of island_name, ????km (?,???mi) south of Jinju, 2084,1km (1,295mi) southwest of Stenzan_island_name and ????km (?,???mi) west of island_name and 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 an interim trading post, resting point and shipyard by Corummese, Kiravian and Bergendii sailors long before the islands first charting in 1616.

Early colonisation (1700-1742)
In 1705 Kiravian Nevisar Austral & Antarctic Company received an order to establish a permanent colony on the on the northern coast of the Isle of Farmandie. The assigned fleet arrived to the island in late 1707 and got ashore by the mouth of River Vænd. Soon after the Burgoignesc government learned about the freshly established Kiravian colony on the island and urgently placed an order to establish a competing colony on the island. A fleet from the Bourgondii Royal Trading Company (BRTC) stationed on the island of Submoll got assigned for the task and arrived to the northeastern coast of Isle of Farmandie in summer of 1712. They got ashore on Point St. Matheus, claiming the territory as a satellite colony of Sud Moll Colony. After few days of scouting the area surrounding the Kiravian_settlement_name and the mouth of River Vænd the commander of the BRTC fleet ordered the settlement to be built on the opposing bank of the river. At first the Kiravian settlers were very suspicious about the sudden appearance of the Burgoignesc on the island and what their intentions might be. The commander of the BRTC fleet Hercule Bahanor demanded to have a meeting with the commander of the Kiravian_settlement_name. He succeeded in persuading the the peaceful nature of Burgoignesc intentions and concluded an agreement of ? with the Kiravian_settlement_name's commander commander_name. For months the relations between the two colonies stayed peaceful and included mostly trading of goods. Language barrier induced disagreements and distrust between the two ethnic groups caused the relations to turn hostile and after certain_escalation_event freguent and deadly skirmishes and ruthless competition of the islands scarce resources between the two colonies were common. Referred as the Trade War of Farmandie.

Role of Farmandie in the Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars
Main article: Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars The Trade War of Farmandie spanned from 1713-1748 and was the precurser to its neglect (from 1745) and self goverment period (from 1748 to 1788). The seas around the island were rich in, and Seal but the cost and expense to extract, process them, and transport them safely was not worth the price. This was especially true of Kiravia whose nearest colony was Sarolasta through the Polynesian Sea leaving them vulnerable to Burgoignesc commerce raiding before they came into the protection of their own fleets protective range. Alternatively, the Burgoigniacs could hug the coast until they reached Sud Moll Colony and then Equitorial Ostiecia and their respective colonial fleets. Nevisar Austral & Antarctic Company didn't fully abandon their colony on Farmandie until both nations were forced to focus elsewhere in the 1740s but the Nevisar Austral & Antarctic Company put less focus on the island than did the BRTC. Both colonies forming naval militias but the BRTC garrisoned 100 troops and a small but permanant naval presence on the island in 1719, a cost the Nevisar Austral & Antarctic Company did not feel was justified.

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.

Recolonisation attemp (1789-1812)
In summer of 1789 a small BRTC fleet arrived on the eastern coast of the Isle of Farmandie. It was the first Burgoignesc trade fleet in 43 years after the previous trade fleet had sailed from Kæn never to return. Because of the extremely bad weather conditions around the northern and northeastern coast at the time the crew was forced to get ashore at place_name instead of their intended destination Kæn on the northern coast of the island. The Burgoignesc demanded the Farmen to hand over all valuable resources they had in their possession in the name of the Burgoignesc_emperor_name. Claiming the Burgoignesc colony being still legitimately under Burgoignesc control. This sprung up major opposition and defiance from the inhabitants of Farmandie towards Burgoignesc traders and resulted in 14 year long small scale conflict on the island between the BRTC and inhabitats of the Isle of Farmandie.

War of Independence (1813-1824)
Kingdom of the Isle of Farmandie declared its independence in 1813 after realising that its a good idea. The declarations legitimacy was disputed by Burgundy and resulted in furious military response by Burgondii Royal Trading Company and tipped the small_scale_conflict_name into full blown war between Farmandie and BRTC. The Farman War of Independence.

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Majority of Farmen are bilingual and speak Burgoignesc and Cosvician, both with distinct Farman dialect. The languages are often used interchangeably.

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The Golden Griffon is a powerful legendary creature that was believed to be native for the Isle of Farmandie by the early Farmen settlers. Sightings of a Farman Sea Eagle carrying lynxes corpse in its talons might have been the reason for the tales about Griffons. The tales about the Griffon acted as the inspiration for the Farmandie Coat of Arms. Griffon is the nickname for (Farman military helicopter(Augusta-Westland AW101)).

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Farmandie's military spending is high. The Armed Forces of the Isle of Farmandie consists of a separate well equipped and intensively trained reserve forces made of reserves, currently serving conscripts and professional/enlisted/officers/trainers, and a standing army made of highly professional enlisted personnel. The standing army is currently taking active part in Deluge and conflict_name. Conscription: Both men and women are required to serve for minimum of 1,5 years military service.