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==Name==

<!-- The island's older name, ''Èusa'', is an exonym from the Callan language which was later borrowed into Kiravic. The name ''Uruvun'' is a Coscivisation of ''Urufu'', the more common English name, which is of uncertain origin but speculated to derive from Ancient Odoneran. Both names are co-official according to the colony's charter, but the island's inhabitants almost exclusively prefer ''Èusa''. In Kiravic, ''Èusa'' is the preferred toponym in the Nohæric and High Kiravic literary forms, while ''Uruvun'' is preferred in Standard Coscivian. Most colonial official documents refer to the island as ''Èusa'', while most federal documents use ''Uruvun''. -->

The Cosco-Eusan settlements were in all likelihood the first Coscivian communities reached by Christian evangelism, and were converted by the efforts of [[Garán people|Garán]] and [[Callan]] missionaries. Indeed, until the [[Crusades]] and the reconquest of Muslim-held lands by the [[Elamite Order]], Eusa was the most distant outpost of [[Coscivian]] civilisation.

The advent of the Age of the Sail and the proliferation of seaborne intercontinental trade greatly elevated the economic and strategic importance of Eusa, which naturally emerged as an important maritime hub and trade nexus. Its ports became vibrant centers of activity, crucial entrepôts in a burgeoning trade network that reached across Great Kirav, Levantia, and [[Sarpedon]]. Ships traversing the vast Odoneru found shelter at Eusa's safe harbors, a pivotal respite during lengthy maritime journeys. Trading vessels from distant lands docked at Eusa's harbors, exchanging a kaleidoscope of goods and ideas. Port cities became known for their flourishing marketplaces, where merchants bartered textiles, spices, ceramics, and crafts; as well as points of cultural contact between three continents.

In order to strengthen its hold on the island, Eusa was issued a new charter of government in [YEAR], which contained provisions to more easily award grants of [[Marble Emperor|Imperial]] land to productive settlers, in the hope that a larger homegrown base of food, materials, and manpower would make the colony more resistant to foreign blockades. Many Kiravian fishermen and peasant farmers willingly left Great Kirav for a new life on the island due to the availability of plentiful fish stocks and better-quality farmland. This second or third wave of Kiravian settlement originated mainly from [[Ĥeiran Coscivian]] populations in the northeast (especially Kempan shepards and Kyrnan onion-farmers), as well as Lusans, Kastrovans, and [[Ethnic groups in Kiravia#Serradans|Serradans]] from southern Farravonia.  

During the [[Kiravian Civil War]], Eusa remained staunchly loyal to the Federalist government. The absence of a large, organised industrial proletariat on the island, relatively distributed landholding in the countryside, and the dominance of its political institutions by the mercantile class limited the appeal of [[Kirosocialism]]. Eusa's delegates to the ''Xēmbra Bānoborsk'' were elected off the Agrarian, Whiggamore, and Reform Republican lists. After the Federalist defeat in the Civil War, Eusa remained within the [[Kiravian Remnant]]. Although it, along with [[Suderavia]] and [[New Ardmore]], was safe from the threat of immediate Kirosocialist invasion by the [[Kiravian Civil War#Wrecking of the Fleet|Wrecking of the Fleet]], it remained the Federalist territory closest to the Kirosocialist-held [[Great Kirav|Mainland]], and as such featured prominently in the military planning of both the Kiravian Remnant and [[Kiravian Union]]. Both regimes understood the value of Eusa as a critical waystation maintaining lines of communication between the Æonara-based Federalist government and its Levantine allies and possessions. Federalist [[Operation National Resolve|plans to retake the Mainland by force]] incorporated Eusa as a major staging ground for invasion forces, and the top priority guiding Kiravian Union naval development from the 1940s through 1960s was attaining a credible capability of capturing the island.  

Like Æonara and several other components of the former Remnant, Eusa experienced a [[Reunification downturn|economic downturn]] in the wake of Kiravian reunification as capital flows and public investment changed course toward the Mainland and defence spending was reallocated in the face of dramatically changing mission priorities. Emigration, primarily to the eastern Mainland coastal cities, resulted in a net loss of population during the 1990s and early 2000s. The economy and population of Eusa stabilised during the later 2000s, buoyed by [[Kiravian Development Executive#Structural Adjustment Fund|Structural Adjustment Funds]] and increased activity at the island's military bases. Trade liberalisation and increased consumer spending among the Mainland middle class helped Eusa to become a moderately attractive tourist destination for both Kiravian and foreign travellers.