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'''Eilada''' is an overseas possession of the [[Faneria|Republic of the Fhainn]] located in [[Vallos]]. The modern territory consists of two islands, Eile Corubia and Eile d'Horizon Ardent, and several {{wp|shoals}} and islets within their {{wp|Exclusive Economic Zone|Exclusive Economic Zones}} near the terminal end of the [[Capelranco Archipelago]]. Of the two, Corubia is the larger and the only permanently inhabited island in the territory, as d'Horizon is a low-lying {{wp|atoll}}. Eilada is predominantly centered on Port d'Corubia, the only major settlement on the main island, which hosts a large shipping port used for commercial rest and refuel as well as the Eilada Army Naval Base, which is the permanent post of the [[National Army Naval Forces (Faneria)|National Army Navy's]] Eastern Hemisphere Squadron. | '''Eilada''' is an overseas possession of the [[Faneria|Republic of the Fhainn]] located in [[Vallos]]. The modern territory consists of two islands, Eile Corubia and Eile d'Horizon Ardent, and several {{wp|shoals}} and islets within their {{wp|Exclusive Economic Zone|Exclusive Economic Zones}} near the terminal end of the [[Capelranco Archipelago]]. Of the two, Corubia is the larger and the only permanently inhabited island in the territory, as d'Horizon is a low-lying {{wp|atoll}}. Eilada is predominantly centered on Port d'Corubia, the only major settlement on the main island, which hosts a large shipping port used for commercial rest and refuel as well as the Eilada Army Naval Base, which is the permanent post of the [[National Army Naval Forces (Faneria)|National Army Navy's]] Eastern Hemisphere Squadron. | ||
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The island of Corubia was at some point inhabited by migratory pre-[[Coscivian]] people, as archaeology on the island has shown a number of artifacts predating the period when Coscivian peoples first made landfall in [[Kiravia]]. It is unclear whether the island was abandoned or invaded by Polynesian tribes, as the first written records of Corubia itself by [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroyan]] historian Heraclus of Peleopolis indicated that the inhabitants had violently repulsed several [[Heaven Ships]] arriving from [[Crona]] between 700-400 BC. Heraclus believed the inhabitants of the island, whom he named ''Kereboes'' after the Istroyan {{wp|Keres}}, exercised power over the other islands north of the primary chain of the Capelrancos. He additionally claimed local tribes were forced to pay tribute to the ''Kereboes'' in the form of slaves or human sacrifices, though this appears to be sensationalized. Around 120 BC, modern Corubia and its peripheral islands were invaded by Taineans from the southern and central Archipelago. After Tainean settlement, the Tainean name for the area, I-ko or Igko ('Northern Reach') came into use. | The island of Corubia was at some point inhabited by migratory pre-[[Coscivian]] people, as archaeology on the island has shown a number of artifacts predating the period when Coscivian peoples first made landfall in [[Kiravia]]. It is unclear whether the island was abandoned or invaded by Polynesian tribes, as the first written records of Corubia itself by [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroyan]] historian Heraclus of Peleopolis indicated that the inhabitants had violently repulsed several [[Heaven Ships]] arriving from [[Crona]] between 700-400 BC. Heraclus believed the inhabitants of the island, whom he named ''Kereboes'' after the Istroyan {{wp|Keres}}, exercised power over the other islands north of the primary chain of the Capelrancos. He additionally claimed local tribes were forced to pay tribute to the ''Kereboes'' in the form of slaves or human sacrifices, though this appears to be sensationalized. Around 120 BC, modern Corubia and its peripheral islands were invaded by Taineans from the southern and central Archipelago. After Tainean settlement, the Tainean name for the area, I-ko or Igko ('Northern Reach') came into use. | ||
[[File:A French Ship and Barbary Pirates RMG L9748.jpg|left|thumb|Painting by [[Kratægus Peretin]] depicting Kereboas attacking a trade ship off Aeonara c. 1590]] | |||
The territory effectively ruled itself while paying token tribute to a revolving set of polities to the South for several centuries, and even sent tribute to the [[First Imperium]] (albeit infrequently) after 742. It was not only a key center of piracy along [[St. Brendan's Straight]], but one of the first pirate states in Vallos since at least as early as 1054, being both positioned perfectly to intercept cross-[[Odoneru]] shipping and naturally at the periphery of any organized power projection from the mainland. After the explosion of piracy in the region following [[Aster's expedition|Aster's Expedition]], pirates based in Igko began to revive the myth of the Kereboes, with the pirate lords operating out of the area eventually declaring themselves under the banner of the Kereboa Fleet. The Kereboas (and other pirate groups claiming to be Kereboas) would eventually become a significant naval force, and were the last military power in the Capelrancos to resist the Kingdom of [[Oustec]]. | The territory effectively ruled itself while paying token tribute to a revolving set of polities to the South for several centuries, and even sent tribute to the [[First Imperium]] (albeit infrequently) after 742. It was not only a key center of piracy along [[St. Brendan's Straight]], but one of the first pirate states in Vallos since at least as early as 1054, being both positioned perfectly to intercept cross-[[Odoneru]] shipping and naturally at the periphery of any organized power projection from the mainland. After the explosion of piracy in the region following [[Aster's expedition|Aster's Expedition]], pirates based in Igko began to revive the myth of the Kereboes, with the pirate lords operating out of the area eventually declaring themselves under the banner of the Kereboa Fleet. The Kereboas (and other pirate groups claiming to be Kereboas) would eventually become a significant naval force, and were the last military power in the Capelrancos to resist the Kingdom of [[Oustec]]. | ||
====Oustec Rule==== | ====Oustec Rule==== | ||
Igko ultimately submitted to the Kingdom of [[Oustec]] in 1604 due to Oustec's control of Vallosi timber, though the Kereboes operated as part-pirates, part-merchants, part-auxiliaries for the Kingdom and maintained their own paramilitary identity. Kereboas raiders played a large part in the Vallosian slave trade, including cooperation with [[Varshan]] from 1579 onwards. Cooperation with Oustec also came with increased protection from a growing [[Burgundie|Burgundine]] presence in St. Brendan's Straight. Kereboas Fleet ships resisted Burgundine expansion outwards from [[Equatorial Ostiecia#Catavis|Catavis]], including taking part in the respectively failed and successful defenses of [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Port de Vanse|Port de Vanse]] and [[Equatorial Ostiecia#Pescanice|Pescanice]] in 1621 and 1629. Following the invasion of Pescanice, the Kereboas Fleet were subjected to a period of infighting and contraction as modernization of the Oustec navy and within the port's heirarchy saw Igko come under stronger central rule and its pirates shift towards acting as a professional mercenary force, with slavery and looting being interrupted by scrambles against Burgundine forces as needed. The need to cooperate with the mainland was cemented by a set of skirmishes aroung Igko in 1655, when the [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company]] attempted to attack the island and dislodge the Fleet from its only permanent safe harbor. The modern name for Eile Corubia comes from the contemporaneous misinterpretation of Kereboas as the name of Igko's port, rather than the pirate forces operating from it. | Igko ultimately submitted to the Kingdom of [[Oustec]] in 1604 due to Oustec's control of Vallosi timber, though the Kereboes operated as part-pirates, part-merchants, part-auxiliaries for the Kingdom and maintained their own paramilitary identity. Kereboas raiders played a large part in the Vallosian slave trade, including cooperation with [[Varshan]] from 1579 onwards. Cooperation with Oustec also came with increased protection from a growing [[Burgundie|Burgundine]] presence in St. Brendan's Straight. Kereboas Fleet ships resisted Burgundine expansion outwards from [[Equatorial Ostiecia#Catavis|Catavis]], including taking part in the respectively failed and successful defenses of [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Port de Vanse|Port de Vanse]] and [[Equatorial Ostiecia#Pescanice|Pescanice]] in 1621 and 1629. Following the invasion of Pescanice, the Kereboas Fleet were subjected to a period of infighting and contraction as modernization of the Oustec navy and within the port's heirarchy saw Igko come under stronger central rule and its pirates shift towards acting as a professional mercenary force, with slavery and looting being interrupted by scrambles against Burgundine forces as needed. The need to cooperate with the mainland was cemented by a set of skirmishes aroung Igko in 1655, when the [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company]] attempted to attack the island and dislodge the Fleet from its only permanent safe harbor. The modern name for Eile Corubia comes from the contemporaneous misinterpretation of Kereboas as the name of Igko's port, rather than the pirate forces operating from it. | ||
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While Fanerian forces operated in theory under Burgundie's umbrella in the Oustec War, the Fanerian Throne purchased the rights to Igko and its surrounds after the war's conclusion for a single pound of silver. Under the Port d'Corubia Colony Charter, Corubia and d'Horizon Ardent were renamed and became a direct posession of the ''Rih''. The remainder of the port of Ikgo was leveled, and vacation estates, a naval coaling station, and public housing for the population were constructed for the influx of laborers and colonists brought in to Fhainicize the main island, while the locals (over half of whom had died of starvation alone during the last month of the siege) were forced to move to the northern end of the island opposite the colonial settlement or accept deportation to Equatorial Ostiecia. | While Fanerian forces operated in theory under Burgundie's umbrella in the Oustec War, the Fanerian Throne purchased the rights to Igko and its surrounds after the war's conclusion for a single pound of silver. Under the Port d'Corubia Colony Charter, Corubia and d'Horizon Ardent were renamed and became a direct posession of the ''Rih''. The remainder of the port of Ikgo was leveled, and vacation estates, a naval coaling station, and public housing for the population were constructed for the influx of laborers and colonists brought in to Fhainicize the main island, while the locals (over half of whom had died of starvation alone during the last month of the siege) were forced to move to the northern end of the island opposite the colonial settlement or accept deportation to Equatorial Ostiecia. | ||
The colonization of Corubia allowed for the independent support of merchant convoys to and from | The colonization of Corubia allowed for the independent support of merchant convoys to and from [[Oráistír|Orastir]] without relying on foreign ports, increasing the control of the Throne over its colonies' economies and serving as a stop for regular antipiracy and antislavery operations. In addition, the possibility of recolonizing [[Asteria]] with a much closer base of operations was considered, though this ultimately never occured. The establishment of a Fanerian colony on Corubia was reported in the press in Levantia as ending the [[Varfhainn|capture of Fhainnin mariners]] by Varshani raiders, though in reality the closer settled populations of the Cronan colonies had made the Varshani slave trade a lesser part of the waning piracy around St. Brendan's Straight decades prior. | ||
====Burgoignesc rule==== | ====Burgoignesc rule==== | ||
Eilada remained a Royalist posession during the [[Fhainnin Civil War]], and while it played no role in the war itself, Corubia served as a holdout for the Rih's government after the fall of the mainland. [[Antaine I of Faneria|Antaine Lohr-Martainn]] resided on the island from 1909 to 1913, at which point his lifestyle required the sale of the territory and the remnant government moved to [[Orastir]]. Eilada was sold to [[Burgundie]] and administered by the provincial government of [[Equitorial Ostiecia]] after its purchase. The largest events of Burgoignesc rule were the [[Second Fratricide]] and [[Second Great War]], which lasted from [[1934]] to [[1943]]. While tensions with the settled Fanerian population caused concern during the war, fortifications uptaded and added in the 1910s, local jobs added by the import of {{wpl|Cassava}}, tropical hardwood, especially {{wpl|Mahogany}}, and {{wpl|sugarcane}} for industrial cultivation and harvesting kept Corubia preoccupied. Eilada served as a coaling station with a smal garrison during the war, and did not see any significant action aside from being one of several points of weapons smuggling to the [[The Cape|Capetian resistance]]. After the war, the much-reduced [[Equitorial Ostiecia]] and further development of the mainland and other islands eclipsed any need for the facilities in Eilada. As a result the 1950s and 1960s saw the islands relegated to a backwater and become a liability, rather than an asset, to the Burgoignesc crown. With rapid expansion of the wars in [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]] that would later become [[Operation Kipling]], [[Burgundie]] welcomed an offer from [[Faneria]] to buy the island back in [[1967]], the formal handover taking place at the close of the federal fiscal year Sept 30, [[1968]]. | Eilada remained a Royalist posession during the [[Fhainnin Civil War]], and while it played no role in the war itself, Corubia served as a holdout for the Rih's government after the fall of the mainland. [[Antaine I of Faneria|Antaine Lohr-Martainn]] resided on the island from 1909 to 1913, at which point his lifestyle required the sale of the territory and the remnant government moved to [[Orastir]]. Eilada was sold to [[Burgundie]] and administered by the provincial government of [[Equitorial Ostiecia]] after its purchase. The largest events of Burgoignesc rule were the [[Second Fratricide]] and [[Second Great War]], which lasted from [[1934]] to [[1943]]. While tensions with the settled Fanerian population caused concern during the war, fortifications uptaded and added in the 1910s, local jobs added by the import of {{wpl|Cassava}}, tropical hardwood, especially {{wpl|Mahogany}}, and {{wpl|sugarcane}} for industrial cultivation and harvesting kept Corubia preoccupied. Eilada served as a coaling station with a smal garrison during the war, and did not see any significant action aside from being one of several points of weapons smuggling to the [[The Cape|Capetian resistance]]. After the war, the much-reduced [[Equitorial Ostiecia]] and further development of the mainland and other islands eclipsed any need for the facilities in Eilada. As a result the 1950s and 1960s saw the islands relegated to a backwater and become a liability, rather than an asset, to the Burgoignesc crown. With rapid expansion of the wars in [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]] that would later become [[Operation Kipling]], [[Burgundie]] welcomed an offer from [[Faneria]] to buy the island back in [[1967]], the formal handover taking place at the close of the federal fiscal year Sept 30, [[1968]].[[File:Cat Island, Bahamas.JPG|thumb|Satellite view of Eile d'Horizon Ardent. Since 1983, permanent habitation of the island has been banned due to the frequency of flooding and potential reclassification as a {{Wp|vanishing island}}.]] | ||
==== Modern Day ==== | ==== Modern Day ==== | ||
Port d' Corubia underwent significant expansion beginning in the 1980s after the development of Faneria's space program, with a military presence in place for security reasons. Corubia National Exolift Center and the Eilada National Army Base, the two largest government properties on the island, were developed on the island's less developed agricultural areas, and a greater emphasis on the island's position as a time-saving measure for the St. Brendan trade route became a key factor in encouraging economic renewal on the island. In 1983, inhabitation of Eile d'Horizon Ardent ceased entirely after a tropical storm swamped the atoll and created a minor humanitarian crisis. | Port d' Corubia underwent significant expansion beginning in the 1980s after the development of Faneria's space program, with a military presence in place for security reasons. Corubia National Exolift Center and the Eilada National Army Base, the two largest government properties on the island, were developed on the island's less developed agricultural areas, and a greater emphasis on the island's position as a time-saving measure for the St. Brendan trade route became a key factor in encouraging economic renewal on the island. In 1983, inhabitation of Eile d'Horizon Ardent ceased entirely after a tropical storm swamped the atoll and created a minor humanitarian crisis. | ||
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[[File:La Baie de Saint-Louis de Marie-Galante 01.JPG|thumb|Mabao, the second largest settlement on Eile Corubia, is located on the western coast.]] | ==== Climate ==== | ||
==== Wildlife ==== | |||
== Demographics == | |||
==== Ethnicity ==== | |||
==== Religion ==== | |||
==== Immigration ==== | |||
== Government and Politics == | |||
Eilada is one of a small number of Special Administrative Regions, or colloquially, Territories, of Faneria. Its government consists of a county-level administration and an appointed Military Governor, the office of which has considerably less power over the Territory than a member of the civilian government. Citizens and residents of Faneria living on Eilada are represented by a non-voting member of the [[National Assembly of the Republic of the Fhainn|National Assembly]], while the island has relaxed regulations compared to the metropole for guest workers and customs in order to accomodate the shipping industry. | |||
Eilada's Military Governor is primarily responsible for local security and approval of permanent residency on Corubia. The island hosts a military garrison including military police and a local Sheriff's office that doubles as the municipal police department. Due to its small size, Eilada does not have any municipal police forces, and military police take on the typical duties associated with the National Police and Civil and National Guards. | |||
== Economy == | |||
Eile Corubia is the only island in Eilada with developed infrastructure, primarily consisting of roads. The island does not have any highways, and only a minimal commuter tram system in Port d'Corubia itself. The local economy of Corubia is primarily centered on supporting the Eilada National Army Base and Port d'Corubia Commercial Stockyards, which bring more transient customers annually than live on the island itself. A growing tourist industry centered on prestige fishing, scuba-diving, and some commercial fighing in the outer islands of the territory have lead to several small resorts opening up on Corubia, including the restored Royal Estate on the north end of the island. | |||
While previously the site of commercial cassava and mahogany farming, most agriculture on the island today takes the form of sugarcane cultivation due to it being the most accessible and profitable of Corubia's historic crops given the climate and space. | |||
==== Corubia Commercial Stockyards ==== | |||
The largest landowning entity in Eilada outside the Fanerian government, Port d'Corubia Commercial Stockyards, dominates the central and southeastern shoreline of the territorial capital. PCCS was founded in 1965 is jointly owned by [[Targaidt Prìse|Target Price]], [[O’Shea Container Shipping|O’Shea]], [[Highpoint Shipyards|Highpoint]], and several other maritime and infrastructure corporations invested in global trade. PCCS acts as the closest port of call for much of the southern [[Odoneru Ocean]], and operates as a transfer point for cargo and crew, rest and refuel stop, and emergency repairs station for trade crossing between [[Sarpedon]] and [[Crona]] and [[St. Brendan's Straight]] more broadly. Stockyards also benefits from Corubia hosting over a dozen foreign embassies, as well as the territorial jurisdiction of Faneria mandating the military to protect commercial shipping in Fanerian waters from sinking or seizure by another government.[[File:La Baie de Saint-Louis de Marie-Galante 01.JPG|thumb|Mabao, the second largest settlement on Eile Corubia, is located on the western coast.]] | |||
== Culture == | |||
<s>The only foreign nation with a current lease on the port is [[Arcerion]], while [[Kiravia]], [[the Cape]], and [[Burgundie]] have military docking rights at the CANB. Several nations and companies maintain smaller local consulates for merchant mariners.</s> | <s>The only foreign nation with a current lease on the port is [[Arcerion]], while [[Kiravia]], [[the Cape]], and [[Burgundie]] have military docking rights at the CANB. Several nations and companies maintain smaller local consulates for merchant mariners.</s> | ||
==See Also== | |||
Other Special Administrative Regions of Faneria: | |||
* [[Mharnsgate]] | |||
* [[Whiteglen]] | |||
Neighboring Regions: | |||
* [[Equatorial Ostiecia]] | |||
* [[Æonara]] | |||
* [[Porta Bianca]] | |||
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