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Wintergen is known for its jagged, rocky Kilikas Sea coastlines; the extinct volcano in the western third of the island; the heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. Santmai has emerged as a {{wp|Creative economy}} hub for [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], [[Vithinja]]n, and [[Faneria]]n yuppies. As a result, Santmai is experiencing a high degree of gentrification while Hivernille and Volcamor are considered grubby working-class towns.
Wintergen is known for its jagged, rocky Kilikas Sea coastlines; the extinct volcano in the western third of the island; the heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. Santmai has emerged as a {{wp|Creative economy}} hub for [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], [[Vithinja]]n, and [[Faneria]]n yuppies. As a result, Santmai is experiencing a high degree of gentrification while Hivernille and Volcamor are considered grubby working-class towns.
==Geography==
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File:Portland, Maine, aerial photograph.jpg
File:Maine Maritime Academy.jpg
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File:Shoreline between Gorham Mountain trailhead and Sand Beach (6598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee).jpg|Rocky shores that endemic to most of Wintergen's coast.
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===Climate===
Wintergen has a subarctic, {{wp|Hemiboreal}} climate attributable to its proximity to the waters of the [[Kilikas Sea]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for Wintergen
|-
!Location
!July (°C)
!July (°F)
!January (°C)
!January (°F)
|-
|Hivernille || 20/11 || 68/52 || −1/−9 || 30/16
|-
|}
====Natural Hazards====
*[[Kilikas_Sea#Kilikas_Storm_Belt|Kilikas Storm Belt]]
==History==
[[Wintergen]] is not known to have had a permanent population prior to the year 1000 ''anno Domini'', though the Finnic peoples of [[Koskenkorva]] were aware of its existence and visited it sporadically for fishing purposes. It became known to [[Coscivian civilisation]] when it was sighted by Keður Valēkas' flagship during the return voyage of his first expedition to [[Great Kirav]]. A subsequent [[Coscivian]] expedition established a small settlement on the islands.
By the 19th century AD (XXXth century CC), most of [[Wintergen]]'s small population lived in a handful of timber camps harvesting wood, most of which was exported to [[Burgundie]] to supply its prolific shipyards. Supplementary economic activities included fishing and subsistence farming, though the island suffered from poor soils and weather and a scarcity of arable land. Though some Coscivian families had lived on [[Wintergen]] for generations and spoke a unique (and now extinct) Coscivian dialect, most of the population were transient workers from [[Koskenkorva]] and the [[Great Kirav#Far Northeast|Far Northeast]] who lived on the island as fishermen and woodcutters for three or four seasons at most.
The 1820s a devastating bark beetle blight that almost eliminated the remaining forests on [[Burgundie]]. Desperate for more wood as the demand from timber-producing areas outstripped the local's ability to harvest it, some enterprising [[Port Diteaux|Port Diteauxoise]] shipwrights convinced the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]] (BNLTC) in [[1823]] to occupied the timber camps of [[Wintergen]].
In [[1836]] the [[Golden Council of Ten]] decreed the Act of Economic Union, claiming that [[Wintergen]] was forevermore an integral part of [[Burgundie]].
Following the island's capture and formalization into [[Burgundie]], the [[Kiravia]]n government and population were expelled. However, the conflicts with [[Burgundie]] bore on and [for some reason that I will maybe add here if applicable] were ultimately resolved in [[1896]] without settling the island's legal status.
==Government==
{{Further|Government of Burgundie}}
{{BORA}}
Wintergen is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Wintergen|Polar Burgundies]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory 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 Wintergen.
Wintergen is a province within [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] with its own semi-elected {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}, representative legislative body, and court system.
Ouintergens 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 {{wpl|Coscivian language|Coscivian}} and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] are both in use.
===Provincial executive===
The provincial executive is the {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}. Three candidates are elected by a {{wpl|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 {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|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 Ouintergen 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#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s Wintergen 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}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Picture
!Population
!Municipal classification
|-
!Hivernille
|[[File:Portland from peaks.jpg|200px|center]]
|247,639
|Capital of Wintergen
|-
!Santmai
|[[File:A643, Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain from Bar Island, Maine, United States, 2009.jpg|200px|center]]
|83,721
|Market town
|-
!Volcamor
|[[File:City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg|200px|center]]
|55,426
|Large settlement
|}
===Military===
{{Further|Burgoignesc Security Forces}}
=====Joint Base St. Christophe=====
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Joint Base St. Christophe is a combined [[Navy of Burgundie|navy]], [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie|Air Service]] base complex with 5 berths for large ships and a small airstrip for [[Navy of Burgundie|naval]] and [[Revenue Guard]] reconnaissance and maritime patrol aircraft.
*Boreal Joint Task Section-Fighter section
*Kilikas Maritime Patrol Joint Group- maritime patrol group
===Emergency response===
{{Further|Revenue Guard|Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie|Royal Sociolance Service of Burgundie}}
====National Gendarmerie====
{{Further|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}}
Wintergen is under the jurisdiction of the Wintergen Battalion of the Borealis Brigade of the Overseas Gendarmerie Division. The Wintergen Battalion has 4 companies and an HQ section.
*A Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers West, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the western third of the island, with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Volamor. A Company specializes as a mountain rescue team, they cover the three skiing/hiking/mountain biking reactional resorts on the western parts of the island.
*B Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers East, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the eastern 2/3rds of the island with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Santmai.
*C Company is assigned to Hivernille proper.
*D Company is assigned to the Port of Hivernille.
*The HQ section is also based in Hivernille.
===Controversy===
*[[Flags_of_Burgundie#Controversy|The Flag Controversy]] and [[Stewardship_of_Wintergen_(government-in-exile)|conflicting claims]].
*Despite being illegal in [[Kiravia]], abortion tourism is quietly on the rise. Because it is prosecutable under both [[Kiravia]]n passport law (in federal court) and extraterritorial jurisdiction for Kiravian nationals (federal or provincial court) great pains are taken to conceal the true reason for the visit, and it has led to a rise in human smuggling in the [[Coscivian Sea|Coscivian]] and [[Kilikas Sea]]s. The [[Government of Burgundie]] has come out strongly against this practice and the [[Revenue Guard]] has increased its presence and anti-smuggling patrols in Wintergen and [[Nauta Normand]] as a result.
==Society==
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The 319,990 who live permanently on Wintergen are primarily [[Catholic]] [[Bergendii]] with growing population of other [[Occidental]]s from [[Faneria]] and [[Vithinja]]. There is a small community of Finna Urgic natives who still remain on the island as well, but they have long been integrated into the [[Culture in Burgundie|Burgoignesc way of life]].
The language of Wintergen is the [[Burgoignesc language]] but due to its proximity, many people also speak some of the [[Coscivian language]] and [[Fhasen]].


==Economy==
==Economy==
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Wintergen's primary sectors are as a customs and logistical hub between the [[Kiravia]]n trade markets and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] markets, fishing, logging, and apple cultivation. There are some minor oil reserves within the EEZ of Wintergen which are being tapped but the offshore drilling sector is comparatively small.
Wintergen's primary sectors are as a customs and logistical hub between the [[Kiravia]]n trade markets and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] markets, fishing, logging, and apple cultivation. There are some minor oil reserves within the EEZ of Wintergen which are being tapped but the offshore drilling sector is comparatively small.
Wintergen is a strategic military hub and the bases are a major economic engine driving $438 million/year of ancillary, non-military financial activity.
Wintergen is a strategic military hub and the bases are a major economic engine driving $438 million/year of ancillary, non-military financial activity.
===Standard of living===
===Employment===
===Employment===
Because Wintergen's economy is a high-low mix of sectors from research to traditional fishing and herding, opportunities abound for Ouintergens at all skill and education levels, which has helped the islands maintain a fairly steady unemployment rate of around X% for the last decade.
[[Burgundie]]'s high emphasis on [[Culture_in_Burgundie#Education|education]] translates to a particularly educated and skilled workforce, leading to lower unemployment compared to less educated countries in [[Kiro-Borealis]]. The islands' economic diversity cushions against overreliance on any single industry, which has demonstrably made the island more resilient during downturns. Since [[Burgundie]] strives for [[Total Economic Engagement]] and espouses equal rights and opportunities regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ability, or background, Wintergen benefits from improved access to education and training, impacting employment prospects across various fields.
===Agriculture===
===Agriculture===
[[File:Apple orchard at Putley - geograph.org.uk - 2197971.jpg|200px|right]]
[[File:Apple orchard at Putley - geograph.org.uk - 2197971.jpg|200px|right]]
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*Chateaux Neuf Pins (Ænglisch: Chateaux Nine Pines)
*Chateaux Neuf Pins (Ænglisch: Chateaux Nine Pines)
*Chateaux Ste. Eloise (Ænglisch: Chateaux Saint Eloise)
*Chateaux Ste. Eloise (Ænglisch: Chateaux Saint Eloise)
====Agrinergie====
===Logging/Mineral extraction===
Main article: {{wpl|Agrivoltaics}}


===Logging===
[[File:Mexico logs.jpg|200px|right]]
[[File:Mexico logs.jpg|200px|right]]
[[File:TJ harvesteri.jpg|200px|right]]
[[File:TJ harvesteri.jpg|200px|right]]
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====Paper milling====
====Paper milling====
Paper, cardboard, newsprint
Wintergen has a strong paper milling industry with 5 paper mills creating and exporting paper, cardboard, newsprint.


===Fishing===
===Fishing===
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The two largest fleets are owned by the Havremaitre family and the Reauchfavle family, both operating out of Santmai.
The two largest fleets are owned by the Havremaitre family and the Reauchfavle family, both operating out of Santmai.


===Manufacturing===
===Manufacturing===
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*LeClair Fishing and Trawling Hardware manufactures trawling and lobstering equipment.
*LeClair Fishing and Trawling Hardware manufactures trawling and lobstering equipment.


===Trade and transshipment===
===Creative industries===
[[File:Lightning_presentation_Wikipedia_Day_Chicago_4.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[2013]], a young [[Vithenja]]n started a design studio in Santmai. The increased speed, power, and access to the internet meant that this type of white-collar work did not require a physical presence. He made a channel documenting his experiences on [[Thinkpages]] which became very popular on the [[Occidental]] {{wp|Creative economy}} internet. Other young digital entrepreneurs and hipsters flocked to Santmai in the [[2014]]-[[2021]] timeframe changing the town entirely. What was once a logging and fishing outpost was, by [[2020]] a cosmopolitan village with universal, free gigabit wifi, some of the finest coffee shops in [[Levantia|northern Levantia]], 3 craft beer breweries, 4 barber shops specializing in beards and moustaches, and a general {{wp|lumbersexual}} vibe. The average income jumped from $37,489 to $84,329 but the locals did not share in the new wealth. Santmai is now a globally renowned incubator for "artisanal, bespoke experiences in the fields of {{wp|advertising}} and {{wp|marketing}}, {{wp|architecture}}, {{wp|product design}}, {{wp|graphic design}}, {{wp|fashion design}}, and {{wp|visual arts}}."
 
 
===Sports and leisure===
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File:Albatross New Logo.png|Hivernille Albatross Logo
File:Hockey Stick Display Statue - Warrior Ice Arena Boston.jpg|Exterior of Hivernille Arena
File:Everett Silvertips vs. Portland at Angel of the Winds Arena, March 2023.jpg|Interior of Hivernille Arena
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Wintergen has only one professional sports team, the [[Levantine_Hockey_League#Hivernille_Albatrosses|Hivernille Albatrosses]] who compete in the [[Levantine Hockey League]]. They employ a total of 257 people directly. Founded in [[1845]] as the Merchants, the company team of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], was formed by Emmanuel-Vichois Ermau de Milasse Esq. as a niche joke by the tropical [[Bergendii]] who were curious about the '''{{wp|Field hockey|carietizein}}''' like sport played on the ice. They remained the Merchants until the advent of mascots in the 1940s when they adopted the albatross, the logo of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], as their own. The fans connected with the albatross and put together a fanclub petition to have the name changed. In [[1951]], the team finally adopted its current name, the Albatrosses. They own the Hivernille Arena which is a multi-purpose sports arena complex and convention center on the outskirts of Hivernille. The arena has 8,149 seats in its ice hockey configuration and 10,000 for concerts and other events.
The Hivernille Arena complex also hosts amateur and semi-professional hockey, basketball, {{wp|Balle à la main}}, lacrosse, curling, {{wp|Barette (sport)|Barette}}, banked track roller derby, {{wp|Canne de combat}}, {{wp|Savate}}, {{wp|French school of fencing|fencing}}, tennis, and {{Wp|pétanque}} events.
====Albatross Fandom====
Fans of the team are called Albatroaz and are notable for their violence and hooliganism. Female fans are also known for their promiscuous behavior and flamboyant style. The team is particularly popular with the working class of [[Hivernille]], and to a certain extent is a symbol of resistance amongst the working class of other [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] cities. The logo is pervasive across the athletic wear of working-class [[Burgundie]], regardless of which team the individual supports. It is not uncommon for poorer hockey fans to have a set of Albatross gear as well as their local team.
 
===Trade===
{{Infobox port
{{Infobox port
| name              = Port Hivernille
| name              = Port Hivernille
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Port Hivernille was built in initially built in [[1884]] as part of the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] attempts to legitimize their claim to the island in the aftermath of the [[First Fratricide]] as a fishing and whaling port. Since the end of the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]] and the [[First Great War]] at the dawn of the 20th century, [[Burgundie]] and [[Kiravia]] normalized relations and began to trade. The port expanded a number of times throughout the 20th century, most notably during the [[Second Great War]] when the port doubled in size to accommodate naval ships. Parts of the new port facilities were destroyed by a series of [[Faneria]]n naval and bomber raids. After the war, the port languished for a time until the advent of [[Containerization]] in the 1960s and 70s. The port was rebuilt from [[1968]]-[[1973]] to accommodate a container terminal. With the collapse of [[Kirosocialism]] in [[1984]], the port became an important hub of the new trade between capitalist [[Kiravia]] and [[Burgundie]].
Port Hivernille was built in initially built in [[1884]] as part of the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] attempts to legitimize their claim to the island in the aftermath of the [[First Fratricide]] as a fishing and whaling port. Since the end of the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]] and the [[First Great War]] at the dawn of the 20th century, [[Burgundie]] and [[Kiravia]] normalized relations and began to trade. The port expanded a number of times throughout the 20th century, most notably during the [[Second Great War]] when the port doubled in size to accommodate naval ships. Parts of the new port facilities were destroyed by a series of [[Faneria]]n naval and bomber raids. After the war, the port languished for a time until the advent of [[Containerization]] in the 1960s and 70s. The port was rebuilt from [[1968]]-[[1973]] to accommodate a container terminal. With the collapse of [[Kirosocialism]] in [[1984]], the port became an important hub of the new trade between capitalist [[Kiravia]] and [[Burgundie]].


===Creative industries===
[[File:Lightning_presentation_Wikipedia_Day_Chicago_4.jpg|100px|right]]
In [[2013]], a young [[Vithenja]]n started a design studio in Santmai. The increased speed, power, and access to the internet meant that this type of white-collar work did not require a physical presence. He made a channel documenting his experiences on [[Thinkpages]] which became very popular on the [[Occidental]] {{wp|Creative economy}} internet. Other young digital entrepreneurs and hipsters flocked to Santmai in the [[2014]]-[[2021]] timeframe changing the town entirely. What was once a logging and fishing outpost was, by [[2020]] a cosmopolitan village with universal, free gigabit wifi, some of the finest coffee shops in [[Levantia|northern Levantia]], 3 craft beer breweries, 4 barber shops specializing in beards and moustaches, and a general {{wp|lumbersexual}} vibe. The average income jumped from $37,489 to $84,329 but the locals did not share in the new wealth. Santmai is now a globally renowned incubator for "artisanal, bespoke experiences in the fields of {{wp|advertising}} and {{wp|marketing}}, {{wp|architecture}}, {{wp|product design}}, {{wp|graphic design}}, {{wp|fashion design}}, and {{wp|visual arts}}."


===Infrastructure===
===Infrastructure===
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File:Portland Head Lighthouse Ocean Horizontal.JPG|Iparnor Head Lighthouse
File:Portland Head Lighthouse Ocean Horizontal.JPG|Iparnor Head Lighthouse
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File:Lobster_Cove_Head_Light.jpg
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====Roads and rail====
====Rail====
Wintergen uses [[Track gauges around the world|Standard gauge]], 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) for its freight rail.
Borail (a portmanteau of boreal and rail) is the is the public-private joint-venture, intercity, passenger rail operator in [[Nauta Normand]] and [[Wintergen]]. It owns and operates all rail corridors, rights of way, and rolling stock that serve this purpose.
Wintergen only has industrial, freight rail service. None of the 850km (528 mi) of rail is rated for passenger traffic. Because all of the rail is designed specifically around the logging industry the rail network all converges and estimates from [[Wintergen#Port_Hivernille|Port Hivernille]]. The rail is all standard gauge but has a unique third rail and the distance of standard narrow gauge. This is because all timber train trucks are fitted with "guide wheels" or a small centrally located axle that works between the outermost rail to the center rail. These was added as a safety measure do you derailments during heavy rains that can wash out the ballast under some of the ties. The narrow gauge guide wheels have proven effective in reducing the number of derailments as a result of washed out ballast and rail shifting as a result.
Wintergen only has industrial, freight rail service. None of the 850km (528 mi) of rail is rated for passenger traffic. Because all of the rail is designed specifically around the logging industry the rail network all converges and estimates from [[Wintergen#Port_Hivernille|Port Hivernille]]. The rail is all standard gauge but has a unique third rail and the distance of standard narrow gauge. This is because all timber train trucks are fitted with "guide wheels" or a small centrally located axle that works between the outermost rail to the center rail. These was added as a safety measure do you derailments during heavy rains that can wash out the ballast under some of the ties. The narrow gauge guide wheels have proven effective in reducing the number of derailments as a result of washed out ballast and rail shifting as a result.


====Road====
Car ownership is common in Wintergen but family untits typically only have one car. Transit options exist for school, work so cars are used primarily for chores and housekeeping and visiting friends and family. Because of the cost of gasoline, personal vehicles are rarely people's first choice for transit. Wintergen has 1647 km (1023 mi) of roads, but only 848km are improved. The remainder are logging roads that are owned, operated, and maintained by the logging companies. The majority of the roads are in Hivernille, Volcamor, and Santmai with large arterial roads connecting them. There are three bus systems the:
Car ownership is common in Wintergen but family untits typically only have one car. Transit options exist for school, work so cars are used primarily for chores and housekeeping and visiting friends and family. Because of the cost of gasoline, personal vehicles are rarely people's first choice for transit. Wintergen has 1647 km (1023 mi) of roads, but only 848km are improved. The remainder are logging roads that are owned, operated, and maintained by the logging companies. The majority of the roads are in Hivernille, Volcamor, and Santmai with large arterial roads connecting them. There are three bus systems the:
Intercity Bus Link- a public intercity transit system that  circulates between the major settlements.
Intercity Bus Link- a public intercity transit system that  circulates between the major settlements.
Sincere Charter Transit- a charter bus company that is used primarily to ferry workers from the towns to the barracks houses deep in the forests. These buses are rugged and designed for offroading.
Sincere Charter Transit- a charter bus company that is used primarily to ferry workers from the towns to the barracks houses deep in the forests. These buses are rugged and designed for offroading.
Wintergen Schools Regional Transit Authority- the school bus authority for the island. After school, on weekends and during holidays it also does rentals and charters. It is not uncommon for families to charter a school bus during a vacation to a remote camping ground or to visit family in another town if you want to bring a lot of luggage.
Wintergen Schools Regional Transit Authority- the school bus authority for the island. After school, on weekends and during holidays it also does rentals and charters. It is not uncommon for families to charter a school bus during a vacation to a remote camping ground or to visit family in another town if you want to bring a lot of luggage.
====Air====
{{Further|International airports}}
''XXX'' has one international airport, the [[NAME]], in ''CITY NAME''.


====Air====
The Wintergen International Airport is a small, short haul airport facility that is shared by the civilian terminal and the Boreal Task Section of the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]], [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Navy of Burgundie|Navy of Burgundie Hyperthalatton]].
The Wintergen International Airport is a small, short haul airport facility that is shared by the civilian terminal and the Boreal Task Section of of the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]], [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Navy of Burgundie|Navy of Burgundie Hyperthalatton]].


There are 4 gates in the passenger terminal:
There are 4 gates in the passenger terminal:
Line 242: Line 471:
There is a small cargo terminal operated by AiReal Cargo.
There is a small cargo terminal operated by AiReal Cargo.


====Energy and electricity====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Most of the electricity in Wintergen is provided by the Remalaund Power Factory outside of Volcamor. The Remalaud Power Factory is a {{wp|Geothermal_power#Binary_cycle_power_stations|Binary cycle, geothermal power station}} built in [[2012]] to replace the flash steam station geothermal plant that had been built in [[1984]], itself replacing a peat burning station that had previously powered the island.
|-
 
There is also an undersea power and internet cable from Myshell, [[Faneria]] that supplies some energy as the grid fluctuates.
 
====Phone service and internet====
Phone service is provided by Island Mobile, a co-op with a basic infrastructure layout, that covers the three main municipalities on the island. The logging companies own truck mounted mobile repeaters to extend the service into their {{wp|Unincorporated area}}s, but most companies also maintain a number of satellite phones in their timber camps. There are 6 cell towers that cover 84% of the population despite only covering 18% of the landmass of the island. Landline service is available and is still popular with those who live in the rural parts of Wintergen.
 
Highspeed internet service is provided by National Wireless Services a public-private ISP offered to areas of the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]] that don't have enough demand to create a competitive market. Residential internet speeds average 2 gigabits while commercial speeds are typically higher in the 3-4 gigabit range. National Wireless Services piggybacks on the Island Mobile towers and also has two towers of their own which provide highspeed wireless connections deep into the logging lands on the west of the island.
 
There is also a [[Global Maritime Distress and Safety System]] repeater and beacon on the island.
 
===Sports and leisure===
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File:Albatross New Logo.png|Hivernille Albatross Logo
File:Hockey Stick Display Statue - Warrior Ice Arena Boston.jpg|Exterior of Hivernille Arena
File:Everett Silvertips vs. Portland at Angel of the Winds Arena, March 2023.jpg|Interior of Hivernille Arena
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Wintergen has only one professional sports team, the [[Levantine_Hockey_League#Hivernille_Albatrosses|Hivernille Albatrosses]] who compete in the [[Levantine Hockey League]]. They employ a total of 257 people directly. Founded in [[1845]] as the Merchants, the company team of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], was formed by Emmanuel-Vichois Ermau de Milasse Esq. as a niche joke by the tropical [[Bergendii]] who were curious about the '''{{wp|Field hockey|carietizein}}''' like sport played on the ice. They remained the Merchants until the advent of mascots in the 1940s when they adopted the albatross, the logo of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], as their own. The fans connected with the albatross and put together a fanclub petition to have the name changed. In [[1951]], the team finally adopted its current name, the Albatrosses. They own the Hivernille Arena which is a multi-purpose sports arena complex and convention center on the outskirts of Hivernille. The arena has 8,149 seats in its ice hockey configuration and 10,000 for concerts and other events.
The Hivernille Arena complex also hosts amateur and semi-professional hockey, basketball, {{wp|Balle à la main}}, lacrosse, curling, {{wp|Barette (sport)|Barette}}, banked track roller derby, {{wp|Canne de combat}}, {{wp|Savate}}, {{wp|French school of fencing|fencing}}, tennis, and {{Wp|pétanque}} events.
====Albatross Fandom====
Fans of the team are called Albatroaz and are notable for their violence and hooliganism. Female fans are also known for their promiscuous behavior and flamboyant style. The team is particularly popular with the working class of [[Hivernille]], and to a certain extent is a symbol of resistance amongst the working class of other [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] cities. The logo is pervasive across the athletic wear of working-class [[Burgundie]], regardless of which team the individual supports. It is not uncommon for poorer hockey fans to have a set of Albatross gear as well as their local team.
 
==Politics and government==
{{Further|Government of Burgundie}}
Wintergen is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Wintergen|Polar Burgundies]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory 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 Wintergen.
 
Wintergen is a province within [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] with its own semi-elected {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}, representative legislative body, and court system.
 
Ouintergens 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 {{wpl|Coscivian language|Coscivian}} and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] are both in use.
===Provincial executive===
The provincial executive is the {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}. Three candidates are elected by a {{wpl|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 {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|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 Ouintergen 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#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s Wintergen 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.
 
===Municipalities and jurisdictions===
{{Further|Government of Burgundie#Municipal Government|Cities of Burgundie}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Name
!Location
!Type
!Brief description
![[Air_Traffic_Regulatory_Organization#Airport_codes|Code(s)]]
!Picture
!Picture
!Population
!Municipal classification
|-
!Hivernille
|[[File:Portland from peaks.jpg|200px|center]]
|247,639
|Capital of Wintergen
|-
|-
!Santmai
|[[Wintergen International Airport]]
|[[File:A643, Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain from Bar Island, Maine, United States, 2009.jpg|200px|center]]
|{{flag|Burgundie}}, [[Wintergen]], Hivernille
|83,721
|Passenger and cargo
|Market town
||24/7/365 air traffic control operations, 2x runways, capable of receiving up to middle sized airframes, cargo terminal, passenger terminal, minimal maintenance facilities, integrated customs and border control service
|[[Air Traffic Regulatory Organization|ATRO]]: GWB
|
|-
|-
!Volcamor
|[[File:City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg|200px|center]]
|55,426
|Large settlement
|}
|}


===Law enforcement===
====Energy and electricity====
{{Further|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}}
{{Further|21st_Century_Burgoignesc_Power_Projection_Stratagem#BORA_Waste_to_Energy_CompactEnergy policy in Burgundie|Science and Technology in Burgundie#Energy|Energy policy in Burgundie}}
Wintergen is under the jurisdiction of the Wintergen Battalion of the Borealis Brigade of the Overseas Gendarmerie Division. The Wintergen Battalion has 4 companies and an HQ section.
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*A Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers West, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the western third of the island, with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Volamor. A Company specializes as a mountain rescue team, they cover the three skiing/hiking/mountain biking reactional resorts on the western parts of the island.
*B Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers East, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the eastern 2/3rds of the island with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Santmai.
*C Company is assigned to Hivernille proper.
*D Company is assigned to the Port of Hivernille.
*The HQ section is also based in Hivernille.


===Military installations===
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{{Further|Burgoignesc Security Forces}}
The [[21st_Century_Burgoignesc_Power_Projection_Stratagem#BORA_Waste_to_Energy_Compact|BORA Waste to Energy Compact]] went into effect in [[2027]] with construction of two Waste to Energy power planta starting in [[2028]]. The two planta built in Wintergen generates approximately 208,000 kWh/day with a waste reduction capacity of 2200,000 kg/day.
=====Joint Base St. Christophe=====
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Joint Base St. Christophe is a combined [[Navy of Burgundie|navy]], [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie|Air Service]] base complex with 5 berths for large ships and a small airstrip for [[Navy of Burgundie|naval]] and [[Revenue Guard]] reconnaissance and maritime patrol aircraft.
Most of the electricity in Wintergen is provided by the Remalaund Power Factory outside of Volcamor. The Remalaud Power Factory is a {{wp|Geothermal_power#Binary_cycle_power_stations|Binary cycle, geothermal power station}} built in [[2012]] to replace the flash steam station geothermal plant that had been built in [[1984]], itself replacing a peat burning station that had previously powered the island.


*Boreal Joint Task Section-Fighter section
There is also an undersea power and internet cable from Myshell, [[Faneria]] that supplies some energy as the grid fluctuates.


*Kilikas Maritime Patrol Joint Group- maritime patrol group
====Phone service and internet====
Phone service is provided by Island Mobile, a co-op with a basic infrastructure layout, that covers the three main municipalities on the island. The logging companies own truck mounted mobile repeaters to extend the service into their {{wp|Unincorporated area}}s, but most companies also maintain a number of satellite phones in their timber camps. There are 6 cell towers that cover 84% of the population despite only covering 18% of the landmass of the island. Landline service is available and is still popular with those who live in the rural parts of Wintergen.


==History==
Highspeed internet service is provided by National Wireless Services a public-private ISP offered to areas of the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]] that don't have enough demand to create a competitive market. Residential internet speeds average 2 gigabits while commercial speeds are typically higher in the 3-4 gigabit range. National Wireless Services piggybacks on the Island Mobile towers and also has two towers of their own which provide highspeed wireless connections deep into the logging lands on the west of the island.
[[Wintergen]] is not known to have had a permanent population prior to the year 1000 ''anno Domini'', though the Finnic peoples of [[Koskenkorva]] were aware of its existence and visited it sporadically for fishing purposes. It became known to [[Coscivian civilisation]] when it was sighted by Keður Valēkas' flagship during the return voyage of his first expedition to [[Great Kirav]]. A subsequent [[Coscivian]] expedition established a small settlement on the islands.


By the 19th century AD (XXXth century CC), most of [[Wintergen]]'s small population lived in a handful of timber camps harvesting wood, most of which was exported to [[Burgundie]] to supply its prolific shipyards. Supplementary economic activities included fishing and subsistence farming, though the island suffered from poor soils and weather and a scarcity of arable land. Though some Coscivian families had lived on [[Wintergen]] for generations and spoke a unique (and now extinct) Coscivian dialect, most of the population were transient workers from [[Koskenkorva]] and the [[Great Kirav#Far Northeast|Far Northeast]] who lived on the island as fishermen and woodcutters for three or four seasons at most.
There is also a [[Global Maritime Distress and Safety System]] repeater and beacon on the island.
 
The 1820s a devastating bark beetle blight that almost eliminated the remaining forests on [[Burgundie]]. Desperate for more wood as the demand from timber-producing areas outstripped the local's ability to harvest it, some enterprising [[Port Diteaux|Port Diteauxoise]] shipwrights convinced the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]] (BNLTC) in [[1823]] to occupied the timber camps of [[Wintergen]].
 
In [[1836]] the [[Golden Council of Ten]] decreed the Act of Economic Union, claiming that [[Wintergen]] was forevermore an integral part of [[Burgundie]].
 
Following the island's capture and formalization into [[Burgundie]], the [[Kiravia]]n government and population were expelled. However, the conflicts with [[Burgundie]] bore on and [for some reason that I will maybe add here if applicable] were ultimately resolved in [[1896]] without settling the island's legal status.
 
==Geography==
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File:Portland, Maine, aerial photograph.jpg
File:Maine Maritime Academy.jpg
File:Dark Harbor, Islesboro, Maine image 1.jpg
File:-Users-ddb-Desktop-maine-Maine - 11 - Flickr - ddb and kdw.jpg
File:Grafton Notch State Park - Maine - 8170927659.jpg
File:Grafton Notch State Park - Maine - 8170922555.jpg
File:Camden Hills State Park - Maine - 8165927034.jpg
File:Shoreline between Gorham Mountain trailhead and Sand Beach (6598fb47-208e-4940-a5fa-8f8b000b14ee).jpg|Rocky shores that endemic to most of Wintergen's coast.
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===Climate===
Wintergen has a subarctic, {{wp|Hemiboreal}} climate attributable to its proximity to the waters of the [[Kilikas Sea]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for Wintergen
|-
!Location
!July (°C)
!July (°F)
!January (°C)
!January (°F)
|-
|Hivernille || 20/11 || 68/52 || −1/−9 || 30/16
|-
|}
====Natural Hazards====
*[[Kilikas_Sea#Kilikas_Storm_Belt|Kilikas Storm Belt]]
 
==Controversy==
*[[Flags_of_Burgundie#Controversy|The Flag Controversy]] and [[Stewardship_of_Wintergen_(government-in-exile)|conflicting claims]].
*Despite being illegal in [[Kiravia]], abortion tourism is quietly on the rise. Because it is prosecutable under both [[Kiravia]]n passport law (in federal court) and extraterritorial jurisdiction for Kiravian nationals (federal or provincial court) great pains are taken to conceal the true reason for the visit, and it has led to a rise in human smuggling in the [[Coscivian Sea|Coscivian]] and [[Kilikas Sea]]s. The [[Government of Burgundie]] has come out strongly against this practice and the [[Revenue Guard]] has increased its presence and anti-smuggling patrols in Wintergen and [[Nauta Normand]] as a result.
 
==Demographics==
The 319,990 who live permanently on Wintergen are primarily [[Catholic]] [[Bergendii]] with growing population of other [[Occidental]]s from [[Faneria]] and [[Vithinja]]. There is a small community of Finna Urgic natives who still remain on the island as well, but they have long been integrated into the [[Culture in Burgundie|Burgoignesc way of life]].
 
The language of Wintergen is the [[Burgoignesc language]] but due to its proximity, many people also speak some of the [[Coscivian language]] and [[Fhasen]].


==See also==
==See also==
Burgundie
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