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===Colonisation=== | ===Colonisation=== | ||
====Beginnings on Rovaion==== | ====Beginnings on Rovaion==== | ||
The Kiravian presence in Porfíria dates to | The Kiravian presence in Porfíria dates to 1654 AD with their first landing on the island of Rovaion. The early exploration and colonisation of Cusinaut by Kiravians was auxiliary to the larger Kiro-Burgundian rivalry for supremacy over the new frontier of oceangoing intercontinental trade. Struggling to effectively challenge the Burgundine mercantile network in [[Audonia]], enterprising Kiravians looked to offset this disadvantage by securing better access to the lucrative Alshar trade via an alternative sea route that would bypass the mostly Burgundine-dominated Sea of Istroya by sailing west from the [[Cape Colony]]. | ||
Rovaion would become an important node in the Kiravian overseas trade network, serving as a permanent base for merchants trading with Oyashima, Kagoyama, and Metzetta (and later Daxia and Huoxia), linking ports in these countries to Cape Town and [[Cities of Kiravia#West Æonara|Sar-i-Pául]], from whence Alshari wares could pass on to the valuable markets of [[Sarpedon]] or to [[Great Kirav]] itself, and where Kiravian exports (such as whiskey) could be taken on for the return voyage west. The infrastructure required to facilitate such business in Rovaion and maintain a strong naval presence there to protect the Kiravian merchant marine required more in terms of food and basic materials than was feasible to reliably import from the Cape, and more than local indigenous economies were equipped to provide at scale. This encouraged the development of a colonial primary sector manned by a transplanted productive class of Kiravian farmers, fishermen, and lumberers, and the concomitant formation of a settler society on Rovaion. This would be followed by efforts to extend settlement to nearby parts of mainland Cusinaut. | Rovaion would become an important node in the Kiravian overseas trade network, serving as a permanent base for merchants trading with Oyashima, Kagoyama, and Metzetta (and later Daxia and Huoxia), linking ports in these countries to Cape Town and [[Cities of Kiravia#West Æonara|Sar-i-Pául]], from whence Alshari wares could pass on to the valuable markets of [[Sarpedon]] or to [[Great Kirav]] itself, and where Kiravian exports (such as whiskey) could be taken on for the return voyage west. The infrastructure required to facilitate such business in Rovaion and maintain a strong naval presence there to protect the Kiravian merchant marine required more in terms of food and basic materials than was feasible to reliably import from the Cape, and more than local indigenous economies were equipped to provide at scale. This encouraged the development of a colonial primary sector manned by a transplanted productive class of Kiravian farmers, fishermen, and lumberers, and the concomitant formation of a settler society on Rovaion. This would be followed by efforts to extend settlement to nearby parts of mainland Cusinaut. | ||
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===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
{{wp|Lacrosse}} is the most popular sport in Porfíria. The most popular professional sports league in Porfíria is the Northern Crona Lacrosse Association (NCLA), a league with fourteen teams across Porfíria and [[New Harren]]. | {{wp|Lacrosse}} is the most popular sport in Porfíria. The most popular professional sports league in Porfíria is the [[Northern Crona Lacrosse Association]] (NCLA), a league with fourteen teams across Porfíria and [[New Harren]]. | ||
Porfíria and [[New Harren]] also share a professional soccer league, the sixteen team Cusinaut Football Associated League (CFAL). | Porfíria and [[New Harren]] also share a professional soccer league, the sixteen team Cusinaut Football Associated League (CFAL). | ||
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[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||
[[Category:Map Completion Project]] | [[Category:Map Completion Project]] | ||
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