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'''Malentina''' ([[Maalit language|Maalit]]: ''Mááleen'ti''; [[Qabóri language|Qabóri]]: ''Mâlintunóc''; [[Tiiu language|Tiiu]]: ''Amtàà'uska''), officially the '''Presidential Confederacy of Malentina''' (Maalit: ''Mááleen'ti Uqaalatikis Aptúúnala''; Qabóri: ''Tascena'ató Kuscant Mâlintunóc''; Tiiu: ''Poha'abíísdataabus Amtàà'uska''), is a country in southern [[Crona]] in the western parts of the [[Songun sea#North Songun Sea|North Songun sea]]. The nation is made up of as a set of three larger islands just of the coast of [[Istrenya]]. Beyond | '''Malentina''' ([[Maalit language|Maalit]]: ''Mááleen'ti''; [[Qabóri language|Qabóri]]: ''Mâlintunóc''; [[Tiiu language|Tiiu]]: ''Amtàà'uska''), officially the '''Presidential Confederacy of Malentina''' (Maalit: ''Mááleen'ti Uqaalatikis Aptúúnala''; Qabóri: ''Tascena'ató Kuscant Mâlintunóc''; Tiiu: ''Poha'abíísdataabus Amtàà'uska''), is a country in southern [[Crona]] in the western parts of the [[Songun sea#North Songun Sea|North Songun sea]]. The nation is made up of as a set of three larger islands just of the coast of [[Istrenya]]. Beyond its closest neighbour Malentina also has maritime borders with [[Kelekona]] and [[Arcerion]]. While Malentina is connected to the rest of the world through the ocean, this is at great risk to the nations sovereignty as the nation is by far the weakest of those bordering the Songun Sea. Especially [[Arcerion]] and [[The Cape]] both hold immense influence thanks to the [[Warrington Strait]] and the [[Songun Straits]] forming natural chokepoints when exiting the Songun Sea. | ||
Malentina was historically a notable [[North Songun civilization]] before their collapse. Although severely hurt by the collapse, Malentina came out of it in better shape than most others, in large part thanks to | Malentina was historically a notable [[North Songun civilization]] before their collapse. Although severely hurt by the collapse, Malentina came out of it in better shape than most others, in large part thanks to its relative security from [[Zurgite Varshan|Varshani]] [[The Hunt (Varshan)|Hunts]]. During the 18th century Malentina became a somewhat important colony for the [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglish]]-descended settlers from [[Ardmore]] as they settled the mostly unsettled, or some argue abandoned, island of [[Hileenkop]]. This would lead to numerous conflicts between the Ænglo-Ardmori settlers and the [[Maaleen People|Maaleen]] and [[Tinuud People|Tinuud]] natives known as the [[Canoe Conflict (Malentina)|Canoe Conflict]]. | ||
In the modern day Malentina is a somewhat wealthy but still struggling nation in southern Crona. Their economy is mostly built around agricultural products, a mixture of cash crops like tobacco and sugar as well as fishing products like crustaceans and squid. They do suffer from some insurgency issues partially caused by a severly lacking military which still tends to lead to minor international meddling, mainly by Arcerion but more recently also by Tierrador. | In the modern day Malentina is a somewhat wealthy but still struggling nation in southern Crona. Their economy is mostly built around agricultural products, a mixture of cash crops like tobacco and sugar as well as fishing products like crustaceans and squid. They do suffer from some insurgency issues partially caused by a severly lacking military which still tends to lead to minor international meddling, mainly by Arcerion but more recently also by Tierrador. | ||
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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
Malentina is a somewhat modern name taken from the term commonly used in [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] to refer to the indigenous tribes living on the islands that the nation now encompasses, that being ''Malentinu''. This term developed from combining the names of the two most populous indigenous tribes on the islands, which are the ''Maaleens'' and the ''Tinuuds''. The name was created by the indigenous tribes as a way for them to "reclaim" their home islands, which by the time of the name's formulation had been under the rule of Occidental colonists for many years, for themselves. There still exists a small minority within the Ænglo-Ardmori population who still use the former colonial name of [[ | Malentina is a somewhat modern name taken from the term commonly used in [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] to refer to the indigenous tribes living on the islands that the nation now encompasses, that being ''Malentinu''. This term developed from combining the names of the two most populous indigenous tribes on the islands, which are the ''Maaleens'' and the ''Tinuuds''. The name was created by the indigenous tribes as a way for them to "reclaim" their home islands, which by the time of the name's formulation had been under the rule of Occidental colonists for many years, for themselves. There still exists a small minority within the Ænglo-Ardmori population who still use the former colonial name of [[Pertoolua]] from before 1933; ironically Pertoolua comes from the butcherization of the name used for the Cartadanian colony of [[Porto Lua]] | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
The many islands that the make up the Malentine archipelago are dominated by the three main islands of [[Tikaandu]], [[Hileenkopp]] and [[Wolviikipp]], in order of size. These three islands have mostly quite similar features although Tikaandu features by far the most fresh water making it the centre of the Malentine part of what was once the North Songun civilization. One of the most notable features of the island is that the islands are incredibly flat with only short hills cut by shallow valleys. Except for several smaller regions in the northern-most and southern-most parts of the islands. This made the islands ideal for plantation agriculture, before the earth of | The many islands that the make up the Malentine archipelago are dominated by the three main islands of [[Tikaandu]], [[Hileenkopp]] and [[Wolviikipp]], in order of size. These three islands have mostly quite similar features although Tikaandu features by far the most fresh water making it the centre of the Malentine part of what was once the North Songun civilization. One of the most notable features of the island is that the islands are incredibly flat with only short hills cut by shallow valleys. Except for several smaller regions in the northern-most and southern-most parts of the islands. This made the islands ideal for plantation agriculture, before the earth of its vast plains were eroded by years of exploitation. | ||
===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
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===Sails and Oars=== | ===Sails and Oars=== | ||
Had the Cartadanian sailors arrived just a century early, or even on the northern or western coasts, they would have been met with great hostility from amongst the indigenous tribes and the remaining foreign peoples from the rest of Crona, but because they had arrived at a time when the islands had just began to recover from nearly a century of ruination and on what was the backwater of the islands even during their best years the sailors were only met with small indigenous tribes that inhabited the east coast; tribes that were initially suspicious of the recently-arrived Cartadanians, but were eventually convinced to work with them. These small tribes have had very little documentation pertaining to their history, and their exact origin stories have been left a mystery even to this day. This missing piece of history would not matter much in the slightest if not for the fact that at least 35% of the modern indigenous citizenry of Malentina tracing their ancestry to these tribes, with approximately half of them being either Ardmistizo or Costizo. | |||
Throughout the | Throughout the latter decade of the 17th Century, Cartadanian settlers would be among the first Occidental inhabitants of the islands, building the first settlement of [[Salcojina]], which initially served as a trading post, but would one day become the capital of modern Malentina. While there is a historical consensus that the indigenous tribes were initially somewhat hostile towards the Occidental settlers at first, the story based around the historical claims that it was a very gregarious expedition leader that convinced them to quickly build a strong and lucrative trading relationship with the Occidental settlers has been somewhat disputed. In Malentina, the more accepted historical claim that has been held by both scholars and citizens was that it was in fact three indigenous translators, who were permitted to visit the lands of Levantia and Sarpedon, who convinced the various indigenous tribes of the vast wealth they may be able to amass through working with the colonial settlers. Regardless of the veracity of the claims, the agreements that were made between the first Cartadanian settlers and the indigenous tribes of the east coast would lead to the emergence of friendly relations that would last for over a hundred years. | ||
During | During the first half of the 18th Century, Cartadanian explorers would continue with mapping out the islands. The eastern tribes had relayed one grave warning to the explorers who heeded it and thus avoided making landing parties lest they wound up triggering the hostilities of other indigenous tribes. One of these expeditions would eventually come across a series of vast ruins of what looked to be a once-great city. The explorer in charge of this particular expedition was drawn towards the possibility of amassing a vast fortune of his own to the point that he considered ignoring the warning that the tribes gave him, and was convinced by his men to conduct a survey on the ruins. However, as they scouted the coast for a decent enough area to make camp, they soon discovered that not only were they not the first to have had that very idea, they saw the burnt remains of another ship and the smoldering ruins of a camp which would prove to be a convincing reminder that the warnings that the eastern tribes had given them were not to be taken lightly if they wanted to live. | ||
Although the western | Although the western tribes would remain hostile towards the Occidental settlers, several new settlements would soon be established on the island of Hileenkopp, known by the settlers as ''A Ilha Achou'', or the Found Island. All but one of these new settlements were established by Cartadanian settlers, with the sole exception being a single Coscivian settlement on the island's northern tip, the Coscivian settlers would name the islands ''Sáfach''. These new settlements would bring great wealth and power to the eastern indigenous tribes, who soon unified into a single confederation to protect themselves from the hostile acts of the tribes in the west. By the year 1750, a particularly notable demographic shift would begin to occur at that time, with the arrival of new settlers who were neither Cartadanian, mainland Cronan, nor even Coscivian. These new settlers came from Ardmore, with all these newcomers being Protestants who professed to the Ænglican faith; they were the beginnings of the islands' sizeable Ænglo-Ardmori community. | ||
===Growth of Porto Lua=== | |||
Previously a small Cartadanian trading post, the town of Porto Lua soon became the center of the islands' development after the discovery of gold in the hills surrounding the town. This would soon push the already notable Occidental migration to the islands into a state of overdrive, with the most common ethnicity amongst the newcomers being Ardmoris of Ænglish ancestry who wished to leave Levantia in favor of a life away from any possible hint of persecution and to make lots of money while at it. As a result of this massive influx of Ænglo-Ardmoris, the town had grown from just over two thousand people in 1750 to more than fifty thousand people by the end of 1777, soon turning Porto Lua from a small Cartadanian trading outpost to one of the largest cities on the islands, and the largest city with an Ænglo-Ardmori majority as well. | |||
Throughout the 1780s and 1790s, [[Kingdom of Ardmore|Ardmore]] began to develop an interest in establishing colonies in Crona. Although the gold rush had started to wear off after the initial frenzy, the Ardmori crown nonetheless paid a significantly princely sum to Cartadania as well as the various trading companies that had a stake on the islands on account of them being the true owners of the new settlements. Although the sum is still presently undisclosed, and suspected to be lost to time thanks to the onset of the [[Ardmori Civil War]] in the late 1920s and early 1930s, it was apparently more than enough for Cartadania and the trading companies to hand over colonial ownership of the islands and the colonial settlements to Ardmore in perpetuity as per the articles of the 1790 [[Treaty of Porto Lua]]. | |||
===Ardmori Pertoolua=== | |||
Unlike the Cartadanians, whom the natives have grown to trust through cordial meetings and good trading policies, the newcomers from Ardmore were nowhere near as trustworthy, nor were they as willing to work towards earning the natives' trust. Indeed, the purchase of the colony which was finalized in 1790 would prove to be an inciting factor in many of the initial conflicts and eventual war between the natives and the Ardmori settlers. Skirmishes, battles, and raids were very common throughout the first several decades of the Ardmori colonial period. Much like their fellow colonists on the mainland in what is now [[Arcerion]], the Ardmori colonists on the islands were proving to be a very effective fighting force against the indigenous tribes, and soon those same tribes would forge an alliance with the remaining North Songunese people on the islands as well as the Qabóri settlers in the south, thus forming a new confederacy to fight back against the new settlers. The indigenous tribes were ultimately able to remain as a united front against the Ardmori settlers on the islands which ensured that although they would eventually lose by the end of the major skirmishes in 1850 they would not be easily defeated nor would they be massively depopulated in vast contrast the natives in Arcerion. The massively successful Varshani raids during the 17th Century proved to have taught a valuable lesson that the indigenous tribes had never forgotten, and this lesson helped so greatly during the skirmishes of the early Ardmori colonial period that the tribes' overall determination and tenacity during this seventy-year-long period has become a focal point for many modern indigenous legends in Malentina. | |||
By 1850, the skirmishes have largely died down as both the confederacy and the Ardmori settlers have entered into a truce, but this truce did nothing to stop the feelings of uneasiness that have emerged since the formal end of sectarian hostilities. Instances of sectarian violence would continue to occur nonetheless, especially as Ardmori settlements would keep encroaching upon indigenous lands. To further secure their rule, and to ensure a loyal Cronan elite for the colonies, the Pertooluan colonial administration would enter into a series of negotiations with both the remaining North Songunese people and the Qabóri settlers wherein they would be allowed to serve as the local aristocracy for the colony while in return they would be required to pay a tribute to the colonial government for a flat rate. These series of negotiations, known to the Malentine natives as the "Treachery Papers", would be seen by the indigenous tribes as a monstrous betrayal, prompting them to sever any and all ties with their former allies. This would also begin a series of small, incessant skirmishes. Although these skirmishes were relatively tiny in comparison to the conflicts which have plagued the colony for decades, they were costly enough to be deemed a great burden to the Ardmori government, soon spurring the kingdom into granting Pertoolua some levels of self-governance, with these efforts leading to the passage of the [[Pertoolua Act]] in 1899 which made the colony into a self-governing realm within the Ardmori crown in a development similar to the path towards self-governance in the colony of Arcerion. | |||
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The islands also happen to be a great place to catch large amounts of high value crustaceans as well as other fishing products to a lesser extent. | The islands also happen to be a great place to catch large amounts of high value crustaceans as well as other fishing products to a lesser extent. | ||
While the nation still largely relies on hydrocarbons for energy generation thanks to | While the nation still largely relies on hydrocarbons for energy generation thanks to its very flat geography improved further by the reduction in forested areas the islands are perfect for wind-power turbines. At this point they have successfully implemented enough turbines to make up 17% of their electrical output, with plans laid to double this by the end of 2040. | ||
==Military== | ==Military== | ||
The Malentinan military is a shadow of | The Malentinan military is a shadow of its former self. A nation who ones heavily focused on their ability to project naval power and punch enough above their weight to actually have the ability to contest other nations in their region now only maintains a pretty basic land military force with a complete lack of military tradition and suspected of large-scale corruption. | ||
The only military institution that may deter external invaders is the ''Lunar Revolutionary Guard'', a reservist force built on the old guerilla tactics used by the islands natives since pre-colonial times. They remained the greatest obstacle for international intervening forces, especially League forces from beyond Crona. during the ''White Death War''. By using the islands heavy vegetation as well as tunneling systems as cover, while utilizing a mixture of traps, night-time ambushes and raids on logistics to make the war a living hell for the occupying forces. | The only military institution that may deter external invaders is the ''Lunar Revolutionary Guard'', a reservist force built on the old guerilla tactics used by the islands natives since pre-colonial times. They remained the greatest obstacle for international intervening forces, especially League forces from beyond Crona. during the ''White Death War''. By using the islands heavy vegetation as well as tunneling systems as cover, while utilizing a mixture of traps, night-time ambushes and raids on logistics to make the war a living hell for the occupying forces. | ||