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Demographically, the islanders are called Ventoise and all speak [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], the native local language on Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs is {{wp|Corsican language|Langue de Vent}} and on Gicupicu, it is [[Sinitalian]]. 40% of Ventoise identify as [[Bergendii]], 12% as {{wp|Corsican people|Ventino}}, 9% as [[Sinitalian]], 5% [[Ebidi]], 3% [[Audonia]]n, and 31% identify as mixed or other. The island is 64% Christian (37% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 12% [[Mercantile Reform Protestant]], 10% [[College of Levantine Churches]], 3% [[Caphiric Catholicism|Caphiric Catholic]] and 2% [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Catholic]]), 4% are {{wp|Muslim}} the majority of whom are {{wp|Shia}}, the remainder are irreligious or other. | Demographically, the islanders are called Ventoise and all speak [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], the native local language on Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs is {{wp|Corsican language|Langue de Vent}} and on Gicupicu, it is [[Sinitalian]]. 40% of Ventoise identify as [[Bergendii]], 12% as {{wp|Corsican people|Ventino}}, 9% as [[Sinitalian]], 5% [[Ebidi]], 3% [[Audonia]]n, and 31% identify as mixed or other. The island is 64% Christian (37% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 12% [[Mercantile Reform Protestant]], 10% [[College of Levantine Churches]], 3% [[Caphiric Catholicism|Caphiric Catholic]] and 2% [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Catholic]]), 4% are {{wp|Muslim}} the majority of whom are {{wp|Shia}}, the remainder are irreligious or other. | ||
== | ==Etymology== | ||
Port of the wind | |||
==Geography== | |||
[[File:Port de Vent_Topo_Map.png|right|250px|Topographic map of Port de Vent]] | |||
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File:Kagu_0A2A2595.jpg|Kagu | |||
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The islands are covered in lush palm groves and bordered by white sand beaches. The northwestern corner of the l'Ile Gran Capræ are wrung by coral reefs with a diversity of land, sea, and aerial fauna. This, coupled with the geographically specific flora, makes the island a popular eco and adventure tourism destination. | |||
The | ===Flora=== | ||
The islands of Port de Vent hosts a remarkable assemblage of flora. Towering {{wp|Araucaria columnaris|coral reef araucaria}} (Araucariaceae) dominate the rainforests. Unique species like the fragrant {{wp|Gaultheria fragrantissima}} and the medicinally valuable Tamanu ({{wp|Calophyllum inophyllum}}) thriving in the dappled shade. The forest floor presents a diverse tapestry of ferns and flowering plants. Tree ferns ({{wp|Cyatheaceae}}) lend a prehistoric charm, while epiphytic orchids ({{wp|Orchidaceae}}) adorn the branches with vibrant displays in hues of purple, pink, and yellow. The translucent Ghost Orchid ({{wp|Epipogium aphyllum}}) exemplifies the island's remarkable adaptations. Bromeliads ({{wp|Bromeliaceae}}) with spiky leaves and colorful flowers add further vibrancy to the understory. Notably, Port de Vent harbors a distinct coffee plant ({{wp|Coffea ventenensis}}), its beans prized for their unique aroma. The island's coastal fringe features mangrove forests ({{wp|Rhizophoraceae}}) vital for marine life, while salt-tolerant plants like Sea Lettuce ({{wp|Ulva lactuca}}) and the vibrant Beach Hibiscus ({{wp|Hibiscus tiliaceus}}) thrive in harsher conditions. | |||
===Fauna=== | |||
Port de Vent's fauna exhibits a fascinating interplay of isolation and adaptation. The island's {{wp|avifauna}} includes the flightless Kagu ({{wp|Rhynochetos jubatus}}), Ventoise Crow ({{wp|Corvus moneduloides}}), remarkable and well-researched for its intelligence and tool-using prowess, the Horned Parakeet ({{wp|Eutrichoglossus carteri}}) and the Ventenga ({{wp|Cyanoramphus cookii}}). The formidable Giant Geckos ({{wp|Rhacodactylus leachianus}}) is the provincial animal, some exceeding a meter in length, while Skinks ({{wp|Scincidae}}) of various shapes and sizes scamper through the undergrowth. The amphibian fauna remains understudied, but intriguing recent discoveries like the fluorescent tree frog ({{wp|Hyla ventenensis}}) with its bioluminescent properties are the focus of an expanding univeristy system that increasingly focuses on further studying the fauna of the islands. | |||
===Climate and environment=== | |||
{{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | |||
[[File:Port de Vent_climate_map.png|250px|right|Climate map of Port de Vent]] | |||
Port de Vent has a tropical wet climate in the windward (eastern) areas of the islands, a tropical dry climate on the leeward side if the higher elevations, those elevations being a Mediterranean climate. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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During [[Operation Kipling]] the islands fell out of focus as [[Equatorial Ostiecia]] became a focus of shipping, troop movements, and ship building. As such, the locals were able to refocus on their cultural identity and as such avoided much the Great Tumult. Port de Vent became a critical agricultural node for the [[Burgoignesc thatalocrassy]] during the 1970s and 80s. In the 1990s the islands suffered under the environmentalist scrutiny of the large-scale, commercial farming techniques. However, the Governor-Epistates turned the scrutiny back on the [[Government of Burgundie]] and was able to get heavy subsidies to invest in greener practices and industry. | During [[Operation Kipling]] the islands fell out of focus as [[Equatorial Ostiecia]] became a focus of shipping, troop movements, and ship building. As such, the locals were able to refocus on their cultural identity and as such avoided much the Great Tumult. Port de Vent became a critical agricultural node for the [[Burgoignesc thatalocrassy]] during the 1970s and 80s. In the 1990s the islands suffered under the environmentalist scrutiny of the large-scale, commercial farming techniques. However, the Governor-Epistates turned the scrutiny back on the [[Government of Burgundie]] and was able to get heavy subsidies to invest in greener practices and industry. | ||
== | ==Politics and government== | ||
[[ | {{BORA}} | ||
Port de Vent is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Equatorial_Osteicia|Gran Ostiecia]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]] is a constituent country equivalent of [[Burgundie]] with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. [[Burgundie]]'s national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Port de Vent. | |||
Port de Vent is a province within [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]] with its own semi-elected {{wp|Governor}}-{{wp|Epistates}}, representative legislative body, and court system. | |||
Ventoises are Burgoigniacs/Burgoignix with complete civil and economic rights, and citizenship (political rights) under the same federal service criteria as all residents of [[Burgundie]]. [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] is the official language but [[Coscivian language|Coscivian]] and {{wp|Sicilian|Sinitalian}} is used in Gicupiccu and {{wp|Catalan language|Llenguatge del vent}} and {{wp|Corsican language|Lingua di l'Isule}} are regionally recognized both in use. | |||
===Provincial executive=== | |||
The provincial executive is the {{wp|Governor}}-{{wp|Epistates}}. Three candidates are elected by a {{wp|single transferable vote}} election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Executive_Branch|Court of St. Alphador]] and the next {{wp|Governor}}-{{wp|Epistates}} is chosen from these candidates. If the citizenry rejects the selection, a run-off election is held with the remaining two candidates. | |||
===Provincial legislature=== | |||
Like the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN)]], The Port de Vent Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]]'s Port de Vent liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda. | |||
===Administrative divisions and local governance=== | |||
{{Further|Government_of_Burgundie#Provinces|Government_of_Burgundie#County_Government|Government of Burgundie#Municipal Government|Cities of Burgundie}} | |||
The | ===Military=== | ||
Port de Vent falls under the [[Navy_of_Burgundie#Osteician_Central_Command|Navy's Ostiecian Central Command]], the [[Army_of_Burgundie#II_Division,_Foreign_Legion|Army of Burgundie's II Division, Foreign Legion]], the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]]'s Ostiecian Central Command, and the [[Vocivine National of Burgundie]]'s Absurian Ocean Command. All of these services maintain a permanent presence on the island. | |||
Fort San Francescu | |||
Fort Santa Ghjulia | |||
Fort Santa Divota | |||
===Emergency response and healthcare=== | |||
====Law enforcement==== | |||
=====National Gendarmerie===== | |||
{{Further|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}} | |||
Port de Vent is under the jurisdiction of the Port de Vent Regiment of the Equatorial Osteician Division of the Departmental Gendarmerie. The Port de Vent Battalion has 5 companies and an HQ section. | |||
=====National Constabulary===== | |||
Port de Vent is under the jurisdiction of the Port de Vent Regiment of the Equatorial Osteician Division of the Departmental Constabulary. The Port de Vent Battalion has 7 companies and an HQ section. | |||
=== | =====Revenue Guard===== | ||
{{Further|Revenue Guard}} | |||
Port de Vent is under the jurisdiction of the Grand Station of the Odoneru of the [[Revenue Guard]]. | |||
=== | ====Healthcare==== | ||
Port de Vent | Port de Vent is serviced by 1,130 clinics, 565 pharmacies, 226 surgeries, and 4 level III hospitals, one in each island group, and two Level I trauma centers, one in Ville Port de Vent and the other in Ville Egittu on Gran Ile Capræ. Those needed a higher level of specialty care are airlifted to [[Equatorial Ostiecia]]. | ||
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==Society== | ==Society== | ||
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File:Tania Raymonde 2017 (xwaKtuOkhX8).jpg|Ventan woman | |||
File:French singer Alizée at Les Enfoires 2013 - DSC5744.jpg|Ventan woman | |||
File:Ceccè_Lanfranchi.jpg|Older Ventan man | |||
File:Jean-Christophe_Orticoni.jpg|Ventan man | |||
File:"Zù_Ancilu".jpg|Older Sinitalian man | |||
File:Richard_party.JPG|Young Sintalian man | |||
Gina Keatley CEO Sicilian Olive Leaf Tea - Matche.jpg|Sinitalian woman | |||
File:Dr Nasser Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n man | |||
File:Iranian young man with long beard.jpg|Young Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n man | |||
File:Susan Roshan.jpg|Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n woman | |||
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The islanders are called Ventoise and all speak [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], the native local language on Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs is {{wp|Corsican language|Langue de Vent}} and on Gicupicu, it is [[Sinitalian]]. 40% of Ventoise identify as [[Bergendii]], 12% as {{wp|Corsican people|Ventan}}, 9% as [[Sinitalian]], 5% [[Ebidi]], 3% [[Audonia]]n, and 31% identify as mixed or other. The island is 64% Christian (37% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 12% [[Mercantile Reform Protestant]], 10% [[College of Levantine Churches]], 3% [[Caphiric Catholicism|Caphiric Catholic]] and 2% [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Catholic]]), 4% are {{wp|Muslim}} the majority of whom are {{wp|Shia}}, the remainder are irreligious or other. | |||
Game such as wild boar (Cignale, Singhjari) is popular, and in old times {{wp|mouflon}} (muvra) were consumed. There also is seafood and river fish such as trout. Delicatessen such as figatellu, coppa, ham (prizuttu), lonzu are made from Ventan pork (porcu nustrale). Cheeses like Brocciu, casgiu merzu (the Ventan version of the [[Lucrecia]]n casu marzu), casgiu veghju are made from goat or sheep milk. Chestnuts are the main ingredient in the making of pulenta. A variety of alcoholic drinks also exist, ranging from aquavita (brandy), red and white Ventan wines (Vinu Ventu), muscat (plain or sparkling), and the famous "cap vent". | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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There are also two [[Global Maritime Distress and Safety System]] repeaters and a beacon on the islands. | There are also two [[Global Maritime Distress and Safety System]] repeaters and a beacon on the islands. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||