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The '''International Canal Zone''', is a territory in northern [[Levantia]] owned by the [[League of Nations]]. It encompasses the territory immediately surrounding the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]]. Since [[19XX]], the government of [[Yonderre]] has held administrative authority over the territory in conjunction with and in the name of the League. | The '''International Canal Zone''', is a territory in northern [[Levantia]] owned by the [[League of Nations]]. It encompasses the territory immediately surrounding the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]]. Since [[19XX]], the government of [[Yonderre]] has held administrative authority over the territory in conjunction with and in the name of the League. | ||
==Economic impact== | |||
Upon it's opening in [[1975]] the canal shifted the trade balance in [[Levantia]] north considerably. Whereas prior to that date all maritime trade going to the Vandarch had to go through [[Urcea]] and the [[Caroline Canal]], via the [[Sea of Canete]] which was the heaviest marine trafficked area in the world, the canal's northern placement reduced traffic in the [[Sea of Canete]] or made it a through point rather then a destination, and increased traffic in the [[Kilikas Sea]] 11 fold. Backwater islands like [[Scapa]], [[Wintergen]], and the [[Kestrel Islands]] became important ports of call at either end of the canal. | |||
The International Vandarch Canal set a new record with annual revenue of $11.4 billion for the fiscal year that ended 30 June, [[2033]]. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
From the [[Carolina Grand Canal]]'s opening in [[1880]] until the Grand Vandarch Canal's opening in [[1975]], the nations along the [[Carolina Grand Canal]] enjoyed a monopoly on maritime shipping to the landlocked countries, and major port cities of the Vandarch. Because it was controlled by and run through the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]'s countries of [[Urcea]], Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia it gave the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Empire]], and [[Urcea]] specifically, a disproportionate level of economic power in that region. The beginning of the Grand Vandarch Canal followed the formal dissolution of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the end of the [[Second Great War]], and by extension the reduction of southern [[Levantia]]'s crushing hold on much of the continent. At the time it was celebrated by all northern [[Levantia|Levantine]] nations as a demonstration of modern, self-determinist northern [[Levantia]]. In southern [[Levantia]] it was met with a much cooler reception; nations along the [[Carolina Grand Canal]] were obviously not pleased to have their monopoly broken and the loss of considerable revenues in the form of passage fees and taxes. While it was loudly protested in [[Urcea]] for this reason, the economic loses would be stymying in Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia, who had faired far worse in the [[Second Great War]] and whose economies were not big enough to absorb the blow like [[Urcea]]'s. | From the [[Carolina Grand Canal]]'s opening in [[1880]] until the Grand Vandarch Canal's opening in [[1975]], the nations along the [[Carolina Grand Canal]] enjoyed a monopoly on maritime shipping to the landlocked countries, and major port cities of the Vandarch. Because it was controlled by and run through the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]'s countries of [[Urcea]], Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia it gave the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Empire]], and [[Urcea]] specifically, a disproportionate level of economic power in that region. The beginning of the Grand Vandarch Canal followed the formal dissolution of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the end of the [[Second Great War]], and by extension the reduction of southern [[Levantia]]'s crushing hold on much of the continent. At the time it was celebrated by all northern [[Levantia|Levantine]] nations as a demonstration of modern, self-determinist northern [[Levantia]]. In southern [[Levantia]] it was met with a much cooler reception; nations along the [[Carolina Grand Canal]] were obviously not pleased to have their monopoly broken and the loss of considerable revenues in the form of passage fees and taxes. While it was loudly protested in [[Urcea]] for this reason, the economic loses would be stymying in Kronenia, and Hollona and Diorisia, who had faired far worse in the [[Second Great War]] and whose economies were not big enough to absorb the blow like [[Urcea]]'s. | ||