Seváronsa

Territory of Seváronsa Skírēn Seváronsa
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Country	Kiravian Federacy
Theme	Overseas Regions
Capital and largest city	Havre de Grace
Population	776,732
Governor	Sanovordus U.B.I. Iśikarin
President	Palladius Walowakuv (SU)
Legislature	Legislative Assembly
Stanora seats	2
Official languages	Kiravic Coscivian
Recognised languages	Portuguese, Barikol, Karluki
Postal Abbreviation	SVÁ
Time Zone	Central Cronan Time

Seváronsa, officially the Seváronsa Territory is a federal subject of the Kiravian Federacy, occupying three islands in the Sea of Orixtal.

Geography

Seváronsa comprises three major islands: Lordaseváronsa ("Grand Seváronsa"), Lesser Seváronsa, and the more distant Karluk. The islands are surrounded entirely by water, not far beyond which are the ALSTIN islands of [Name] and [Name] and [Name]. Nearby also is/are the Solemias, a possession of CARTADANIA.

The territory has a tropical climate.

History

Seváronsa was first settled by the ancestors of the Barikol people. The Barikol people were tribally organised for most of their history. Their political development progressed such that territorial chiefdoms had begun to consolidate themselves in more densely populated areas of Great Seváronsa and Lesser Seváronsa by the time of colonisation.

St. Nicholas Colony

Main article: St. Nicholas Colony

Havre de Grace in 1694.

Seváronsa was visited by traders of various nationalities early in the Age of Exploration, though Bergendii and Kiravians were the most frequent callers. The Bergendii navigator Jean-Zechariah Gullouing deLoreanne purchased the area enclosing a commodious natural harbour on Great Seváronsa from the native chief Bumi the Duped in exchange for an assortment of Levantine manufactures, including 11 leather boots (5 pairs and 1 lone right boot), four ear spoons, and two hats. There deLoreanne established a trading post and way station which he dubbed Havre de Grace. Burgundie achieved suzerainty over Great Seváronsa in 1654 and called it St. Nicholas Colony, which was later extended to the other two islands, which were collectively absorbed into the Burgoignesc Thalattocracy in 1876 after the unification of Burgundie following the First Fratricide.

Grand Customs Palace in Havre Grace in 1854.

St. Nicholas Colony was attacked by Kiravian naval forces and privateers several times during the Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars, but was never captured or occupied. It was, however, offered as a bargaining chip during peace negotiations to end the War of St. Brendan's Strait in 1896 and ceded to Kiravian control under the terms of the resulting Treaty of Kurst.

Kiravian rule

Under Kiravian rule, Seváronsa became an important part of the Kiravian maritime colonial and commercial network, serving as a way station for vessels travelling from Great Kirav, Æonara, Sarolasta, and the Krasoas to the Kiravian holdings in Cusinaut (chiefly Rovaīon and Porfíria), and to various ports of call on the western seaboard of central and southern Crona. Coscivian settlers established plantations for various tropical crops, most prominently pineapple. A penal colony was founded on Karluk in 1907 which would remain in operation until 1939.

The advent of steam-powered navigation raised the strategic value of Seváronsa for Kiravia. It was to be indispensible as a coaling station for Kiravian warships and merchant steamers travelling between the far-flung Kiravian colonies.

Seváronsa was unaffected by the Kiravian Civil War.

The Kiravian Sunderance was a fairly quiet time for Seváronsa. The growth of merchant vessel traffic among the scattered possessions of the Kiravian Remnant as they industrialised during this period was good for the local economy. The local military bases provided support for weapons testing far out in the Ocean of Cathay. The strengthening of the Kiravia-ALSTIN alliance during this era also brought many good things for the territory.

The completion of Kiravian Reunification also did not dramatically affect Seváronsa. Life in contemporary Seváronsa is generally all-right, though the island territory often struggles to identify new drivers of economic growth and provide sufficient local employment opportunities for its youth, who often emigrate or work off-island for long periods of time.

Government

Seváronsa is chartered overseas territory within the Kiravian Collectivity. Its governmental structure and fundamental laws are laid out by the Territorial Charter of Seváronsa, promulgated by Prime Executive Eridan Vriẍur and validated by the Stanora in [YEAR]. The Governor of Seváronsa is appointed by the Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy for a regular term of three years, though a Governor may be replaced or recalled at any point in their term. Gubernatorial appointments are renewable indefinitely, though the usual practice since 21156 has been to re-appoint any governor in good standing to a second three-year term, and no more. Similarly, while the appointment is a unilateral prerogative of the Prime Executive, it has become customary since the 21180s for Kroveniren Hall to solicit the advice of local legislative leaders during the nomination process.

The territorial legislative body is known as the Legislative Assembly (Áldaktorix Skráliuv). Like many and contemporary and historical legislatures in the Coscivian-dominated world, it is a part-time body that meets twice annually at [better tropical/local climatic equivalent of the vernal and autumnal equinoxes] for a period of X weeks. The Legislative Assembly comprises 23 seats, apportioned among the three islands according to population, with a guaranteed minimum of two seats intended to protect representation for Karluk. Each island's delegation to the LA is elected by single non-transferrable vote in a nonpartisan contest, as political parties are banned.

Seváronsa sends a single Delegate to the Federal Stanora. Although political parties are formally illegal and cannot operate in Seváronsa, candidates typically pledge to sit with one federal legislative caucus or another during their campaign. Since the end of Kirosocialism, Seváronsan Delegates have typically sat with either the Caritist Social Union or Coscivian National Congress, with all Seváronsan CNC Delegates voting as members of the Island Nation Party.

Defence and Public security

[Military Installation 1] and [Military Installation 2] exist. [Marines unit] stationed at [base] serve as a nominal garrison affirming Kiravian sovereignty, but the bases mainly serve logistical, communications, maintenance, and other support functions, as Seváronsa is not considered to be in any danger from other countries.

Territorial Defence of Seváronsa is the provincial self-defence and home guard force, which also assists with civil defence and public order operations. It is based at [Federal mil base] and co-operates closely with federal troops stationed on the islands.

Policing is organised on a countyship basis, except on Karluk, where Seváronsa Territorial Defence Force MPs provide off-base policing services. There is no standing provincial police formation or highway patrol force. A Territorial Criminal Investigative Service handles cross-countyship criminal cases, undertakes major or special-interest investigations, and provides superior technical support services to countyship police departments.

Law

Seváronsa has a fairly standard legal system for a Kiravian territory, located within the Coscivian law tradition. It judiciary is structured thus: ...

Local Governance

Seváronsa is divided into four countyships (amtra). Two countyships (Co. Fayetev and Co. Bromelain) overlay Grand Seváronsa. Lesser Seváronsa falls under Seváronsa Countyship and Karluk falls under Karluk Countyship. Co. Karluk is a non-governing countyship where county-level services to civilian communities are provided directly by the provincial government. Its judicial and clerical services are organisationally fused with those of Seváronsa Countyship, but Co. Karluk remains a separate jurisdiction and has its own physical courthouse and registrar's office. The countyships are subdivided into parishes paroxin, with the exception of Avrēdegra, which is classified as a municipality (kivosar). The governing countyships have five-member legislative Commissions elected every 24 months by [how], and directly elected county executives elected every four years by alternative vote.

Society & Culture

Seváronsa has an ethnically diverse population that includes both Sea and Land Coscivians, Tropical Coscivians, Sarolastans and other Polynesians, Daxianese, Metzei, Lusonic people, Tierradureños, and Menquoi (particularly Bergendii). The Bergendii population numbers around 8,200 today, mostly living in Avrēdegra and its environs, although there are two Burgittan-speaking hamlets on Lesser Seváronsa. The population of Karluk is more uniformly Coscivian, owing to its history as a penal colony and the presence of a Kiravian military base.

A subculture of mostly low-income, traditionally rural-oriented, multi-generational Farakoskem known colloquially as errūbalmórya ("tree-crabs") exists on all three islands, but is especially prominent on Karluk and in the interior of Grand Seváronda. The errūbalmórya are mainly descended from former penal colonists and 19th century sailors. In contrast to the surrounding mainstream culture of the colony, the errūbalmórya became increasingly endogamous during the later half of the 20th century, and have petitioned for official recognition as a distinct Coscivian tuva.

Major religions include the Catholic Church (70% of the population), Chantrism, Æglasta-i-Xristul, Islam, Daxian folk religion, and the Church of Negative Growth (Coconut Man Faith). There is an Seventh-day Adventist congregation on Grand Seváronsa that was planted in 1899.

The influence of ALSTIN culture is very strong. Visa policy and weather permitting, Seváronsans commonly take day trips to the nearby ALSTIN islands and may even have friends and family in ALSTIN. Mainland ALSTIN is also an very attractive tourist destination. It is far from unheard of for Seváronsans to seek travel to ALSTIN for medical treatment or to see a specialist practitioner not available on the islands. Even if the social health programmes refuse to cover any of it it is often worth the price because the quality of care in ALSTIN is better than in Sarolasta. Many Seváronsans learn the Ænglish by listening to television and radio from ALSTIN. Similarly the cultural influence of TIERRADOR is quite visible in Seváronsa, not only because many Seváronsan residents are of TIERRADOR background but also because the country is relatively close by and Seváronsans often visit TIERRADOR when they want to get off the island for a bit.

Some people in Seváronsa speak PORTUGUESE and watch baseball from the PORTUGUESE Leagues.

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Seváronsan variant on a Kiravian xákuv (hash), incorporating pork and pineapple. This blend of Coscivian cooking styles and tropical Polynesian/Cronan ingredients captures the spirit of Seváronsan cuisine.

Economy

Seváronsa has a diversifying economy rooted in plantation agriculture and transitioning toward a service orientation. Tourism, sea and air transportation, defence and public sector spending, real estate and land development, retail trade, and commercial fishing are the sectors contributing most to economic growth since 21190.

[Military Installation 1] and [Military Installation 2] are major contributors to the economy, providing hundreds of local jobs, government contracts for local vendors, and a steady infusion of consumer demand for local businesses in the form of non-local base personnel stationed there.

Agriculture is not an especially significant sector of the Seváronsan economy; a generous share of the islands' land area is dedicated to farming, but it employs only a small percentage of the workforce and its direct contribution to overall GRP is marginal. Pineapple and copra plantations were established by Burgittan and Kiravian settlers and many remain under cultivation today, often owned by descendants of the founding families. A less profitable agricultural subsector is made up of smallhold farms mainly supplying fresh vegetables to the island (which are for some reason still difficult to come by in an age of advanced global produce logistics), organic ingredients, and kava.

Seváronsa is outside of the Kiravian Main Customs Area. Its customs policy is governed by acts of the Stanora and special agreements with Alstin.

Notable Seváronsans

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