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'''Port de Vent''' is a trade island province of [[Burgundie]]'s [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Equatorial_Osteicia|Gran Ostiecia]] geographic designation. It is in the [[Kindreds Sea]]'s [[Catenias]] archipelago, consisting of five major islands or island groups: Gicupiccu, Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs. It is has maritime borders with the [[Kiravia]]n [[Krasoa Islands]] in the southwest and [[Lucrecia]] in the north. It is home to 11,302,230 Ventoise who live across its collective 62366.9137 square kilometers. Its economy is based primarily on agricultural exports and mining of {{wp|magnesium}}, {{wp|iron}}, {{wp|cobalt}}, {{wp|chromium}} and {{wp|manganese}}. It is part of the [[La Garrote#Vallosi_garrote|"western garrote"]], a criticism by [[Caphiria]] but also some [[Vallos]]i nations like [[ | '''Port de Vent''' is a trade island province of [[Burgundie]]'s [[Government_of_Burgundie#Burgoignesc_Overseas_Representative_Assembly|Burgoignesc Overseas Representative Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Equatorial_Osteicia|Gran Ostiecia]] geographic designation. It is in the [[Kindreds Sea]]'s [[Catenias]] archipelago, consisting of five major islands or island groups: Gicupiccu, Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs. It is has maritime borders with the [[Kiravia]]n [[Krasoa Islands]] in the southwest and [[Lucrecia]] in the north. It is home to 11,302,230 Ventoise who live across its collective 62366.9137 square kilometers. Its economy is based primarily on agricultural exports and mining of {{wp|magnesium}}, {{wp|iron}}, {{wp|cobalt}}, {{wp|chromium}} and {{wp|manganese}}. It is part of the [[La Garrote#Vallosi_garrote|"western garrote"]], a criticism by [[Caphiria]] but also some [[Vallos]]i nations like [[Castadilla]], despite it never having been used to control maritime traffic in the [[Tainean Sea|Tainean]] or [[Kindreds Sea]]. That being said it does have a heavy [[Burgoignesc Security Forces]] presence. | ||
Historically the islands of Port de Vent have been part of the various cultural and political empires that crossed the southern [[Kindreds Sea]] basin. It was at times part of the [[Glaistic civilization]], the [[Latinic]] cultural empire, the [[Caphiria|Caphiric Imperium]], the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]], and the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire]]. The [[Catenias]] archipelago was hotly contested during the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]] and the [[First Great War|First]] and [[Second Great War]]s. In the latter half of the 20th century and 21st century the [[Catenias]] archipelago has calmed down and become a place of international cooperation between the various nations islands regardless of their Metropole's politics. | Historically the islands of Port de Vent have been part of the various cultural and political empires that crossed the southern [[Kindreds Sea]] basin. It was at times part of the [[Glaistic civilization]], the [[Latinic]] cultural empire, the [[Caphiria|Caphiric Imperium]], the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]], and the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire]]. The [[Catenias]] archipelago was hotly contested during the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]] and the [[First Great War|First]] and [[Second Great War]]s. In the latter half of the 20th century and 21st century the [[Catenias]] archipelago has calmed down and become a place of international cooperation between the various nations islands regardless of their Metropole's politics. | ||
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===Climate and environment=== | ===Climate and environment=== | ||
{{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | {{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | ||
[[File:Port de Vent_climate_map.png| | [[File:Port de Vent_climate_map.png|thumb|right|Climate map of Port de Vent.]] | ||
Port de Vent has a | Port de Vent has a subtropical humid climate on the islands of Gicupiccu, Ile Melite, and the northern island of l'Iles Osilies. On the southern island of l'Iles Osilies and l'Iles Capræs, there is a temperate oceanic climate. The prevailing winds are primarily easterly, meaning the eastern sides of the islands tend to get more precipitation, but due to the general lack of higher elevations, the difference is negligible. Mean annual temperatures range from 10 °C (50 °F) in the southern islands to 16 °C (61 °F) in the northern islands. The coldest month is usually July and the warmest month is usually January or February. Generally, there are relatively small variations between summer and winter temperatures. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Early modern period=== | ===Early modern period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Early_modern_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Early_modern_history|label1=Early modern history}} | ||
[[File:Rinuccia di la Rocca.jpg|right|thumb|Stuff and things.]] | |||
File:Rinuccia di la Rocca.jpg | |||
====Pelaxian suzerainty==== | ====Pelaxian suzerainty==== | ||
{{Further|Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos#Pelaxian_suzerainity_of_the_Catenais_Republics_(1499-1750s)}} | {{Further|Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos#Pelaxian_suzerainity_of_the_Catenais_Republics_(1499-1750s){{!}}Pelaxian suzerainty over the Catenic republics}} | ||
Although the Catenais Republics would never again fall under direct [[Caphiria|Caphiric]] domination, it would soon find itself under the suzerainty of a nascent and newly-unified [[Caphiria|Caphiric]] vassal kingdom in western [[Sarpedon]], the [[History_of_Pelaxia#Great_Caphiravian_Kingdom_of_Pelaxia_(1485_to_1618)|Great Caphiravian Kingdom of Pelaxia]]. First contact with these [[Pelaxia]]n emissaries began in [[1499]], by that time [[Pelaxia]] had already established a [[Pelaxian colonization of Vallos|colonial empire]] in [[Vallos]] ([[Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos#Vicerotalty_of_Puerto_Negro_(1487)|Vicerotalty of Puerto Negro]] and the [[Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos# | Although the Catenais Republics would never again fall under direct [[Caphiria|Caphiric]] domination, it would soon find itself under the suzerainty of a nascent and newly-unified [[Caphiria|Caphiric]] vassal kingdom in western [[Sarpedon]], the [[History_of_Pelaxia#Great_Caphiravian_Kingdom_of_Pelaxia_(1485_to_1618)|Great Caphiravian Kingdom of Pelaxia]]. First contact with these [[Pelaxia]]n emissaries began in [[1499]], by that time [[Pelaxia]] had already established a [[Pelaxian colonization of Vallos|colonial empire]] in [[Vallos]] ([[Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos#Vicerotalty_of_Puerto_Negro_(1487)|Vicerotalty of Puerto Negro]] and the [[Pelaxian_colonization_of_Vallos#Enclaves_of_Baia_de_Los_Ruma_(1497)|Enclaves of Baía de Los Ruma]]). Because of the Republics' relative stability compared to most of the polities in [[Vallos]] and overall [[Latinic]] homogeneity, the Republics were not to be made into a colony, but rather protectorates. | ||
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===Late modern period=== | ===Late modern period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Late_modern_history}} | ||
[[File%3AGirard_-_La_Nouvelle-Calédonie%2C_paru_dans_Le_Monde_illustré%2C_25_avril_1857_(page_6_crop).jpg|right|thumb|Ile Melite in 1804.]] | |||
File%3AGirard_-_La_Nouvelle-Calédonie%2C_paru_dans_Le_Monde_illustré%2C_25_avril_1857_(page_6_crop).jpg|Ile Melite in | [[File:Mafia_(Cosa_nostra)_in_Sicily,_late_19th_century.jpg|left|thumb|Sinitalian militia in the First Fratricide.]] | ||
File:Mafia_(Cosa_nostra)_in_Sicily,_late_19th_century.jpg|Sinitalian militia in the | |||
====Ventese Free State==== | ====Ventese Free State==== | ||
Following the retreat of the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'s political mechanisms the Ventese struggled to settle on a form of governance. In February of [[1714]] they reached out to a [[Bergendii]] merchant-anthropologist Luc-Etienne Mirrel deN'QuaiCong who had been a proponent of the uniquely [[Latinic]] culture as a foil to the ruling [[Emeritan]]s [[Pelaxia#Culture|Pelaxification]]. Between [[1699]] and [[1712]] he had written three treatises on the subject. He was invited to form a government of Ventese [[Latinic]]-cultural purists to establish an ethno-state on the islands. Luc-Etienne was given the title of ''Archidux'' of the Ventese. He reigned from [[1714]] until [[1764]] and blended the morays of the {{wp|Age of Enlightenment}} with the focus of the {{wp|Corsican people|Ventans}} on the reinvestment in their [[Latinic]] culture. | Following the retreat of the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'s political mechanisms the Ventese struggled to settle on a form of governance. In February of [[1714]] they reached out to a [[Bergendii]] merchant-anthropologist Luc-Etienne Mirrel deN'QuaiCong who had been a proponent of the uniquely [[Latinic]] culture as a foil to the ruling [[Emeritan]]s [[Pelaxia#Culture|Pelaxification]]. Between [[1699]] and [[1712]] he had written three treatises on the subject. He was invited to form a government of Ventese [[Latinic]]-cultural purists to establish an ethno-state on the islands. Luc-Etienne was given the title of ''Archidux'' of the Ventese. He reigned from [[1714]] until [[1764]] and blended the morays of the {{wp|Age of Enlightenment}} with the focus of the {{wp|Corsican people|Ventans}} on the reinvestment in their [[Latinic]] culture. | ||
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===Contemporary period=== | ===Contemporary period=== | ||
{{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Contemporary_history}} | {{Further|Timeline_of_major_world_events#Contemporary_history}} | ||
[[File:20-Corte-classe_1917-30_mai_1916.JPG|right|thumb|Ventan soldiers during the First Great War.]] | |||
File:20-Corte-classe_1917-30_mai_1916.JPG|Ventan soldiers during the First Great War | |||
During the first Great War the islands were heavily fortified and used as a naval staging point for many of [[Burgundie]]'s operations in the [[Kindreds Sea]] and against the [[Krasoa Islands]]. As such they were constantly under the threat of invasion from both [[Kiravia]] and [[Caphiria]]. There were many minor naval engagements in the [[Kindreds Sea]] and the [[Catenias]] archipelago. | During the first Great War the islands were heavily fortified and used as a naval staging point for many of [[Burgundie]]'s operations in the [[Kindreds Sea]] and against the [[Krasoa Islands]]. As such they were constantly under the threat of invasion from both [[Kiravia]] and [[Caphiria]]. There were many minor naval engagements in the [[Kindreds Sea]] and the [[Catenias]] archipelago. | ||
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Port de Vent falls under the [[Navy_of_Burgundie#Osteician_Central_Command|Navy's Ostiecian Central Command]], the [[Army_of_Burgundie#II_Division,_Foreign_Legion|Army of Burgundie's II Division, Foreign Legion]], the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]]'s Ostiecian Central Command, and the [[Vocivine National of Burgundie]]'s Absurian Ocean Command. All of these services maintain a permanent presence on the island. | Port de Vent falls under the [[Navy_of_Burgundie#Osteician_Central_Command|Navy's Ostiecian Central Command]], the [[Army_of_Burgundie#II_Division,_Foreign_Legion|Army of Burgundie's II Division, Foreign Legion]], the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]]'s Ostiecian Central Command, and the [[Vocivine National of Burgundie]]'s Absurian Ocean Command. All of these services maintain a permanent presence on the island. | ||
Fort San Francescu | *Fort San Francescu | ||
Fort Santa Ghjulia | *Fort Santa Ghjulia | ||
Fort Santa Divota | *Fort Santa Divota- [[Navy of Burgundie]] and [[Revenue Guard]] joint base, also the home the Navy's counter-{{wp|UAV}} warfare school and proving grounds. | ||
===Emergency response=== | ===Emergency response=== | ||
[[File:Civil Defense Logo Port de Vent.png|left|thumb|Civil Defense Agency of Port de Vent Logo.]] | |||
{{Further|Revenue Guard|Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie|Royal Sociolance Service of Burgundie|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}} | {{Further|Revenue Guard|Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie|Royal Sociolance Service of Burgundie|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}} | ||
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{{Further|Economy of Burgundie}} | {{Further|Economy of Burgundie}} | ||
===Agriculture=== | ===Agriculture and herding=== | ||
Crop cultivation accounts for 501,000 hectares (5010sq km) of Port de Vent, 8.03% of the total landmass of the islands. The agricultural sector is dominated by large-scale, industrialized farming concerns as is common across the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]]. This approach can be traced back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when [[Bergendii]] settlers, using the by the [[Patroon|patroonship]]-latifundia system of the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire]], established vast landholdings dedicated to intensive crop production. This legacy continues to shape the agricultural landscape of Port de Vent today. | Crop cultivation accounts for 501,000 hectares (5010sq km) of Port de Vent, 8.03% of the total landmass of the islands. The agricultural sector is dominated by large-scale, industrialized farming concerns as is common across the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]]. This approach can be traced back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when [[Bergendii]] settlers, using the by the [[Patroon|patroonship]]-latifundia system of the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire]], established vast landholdings dedicated to intensive crop production. This legacy continues to shape the agricultural landscape of Port de Vent today. | ||
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{{wp|Gaultheria fragrantissima}} is cultivated for its essential oil is derived from the leaves of the plant. The aromatic oil is used in perfumery, as a hair oil, and medicinally. It is used topically to treat rheumatism, scabies, and neuralgia, and taken internally to treat hookworm. | {{wp|Gaultheria fragrantissima}} is cultivated for its essential oil is derived from the leaves of the plant. The aromatic oil is used in perfumery, as a hair oil, and medicinally. It is used topically to treat rheumatism, scabies, and neuralgia, and taken internally to treat hookworm. | ||
{{wp|calophyllum inophyllum|Tamanu}} is cultivated for its {{wp|Tamanu oil}} is pressed from the nuts of the plant. The fatty acid methyl esters has been historically used as a fuel for oil lamps and in [[2014]] oil was classified as a biodiesel and is being cultivated to meet the rising demand for it in that capacity. The oil is also cultivated for its medicinal properties and is used to treat skin diseases: it is also applied topically in cases of rheumatism and sciatica, it is also used to cure ulcers and bad wounds. It is commonly sold in pharmacies to treat skin injuries from burn, scar, and infected wounds to skin diseases such as dermatosis, urticaria, and eczema. It has also used for its high antibacterial activity against bacterial strains involved in acne. Recently, studies have shown that the oil is a promising source to develop new antibiotics, notably to fight multi-drug resistant bacteria implicated in skin infections, which has increased demand for the oil exponentially for pharmecutical firms in [[Levantia]], [[Sarpedon]], and [[Vallos]]. The oil was historically useful in waterproofing cloth and is used as a varnish. An extract from the fruit was once used to make a brown dye to color cloth. The oil can also be used to make soap. | {{wp|calophyllum inophyllum|Tamanu}} is cultivated for its {{wp|Tamanu oil}} is pressed from the nuts of the plant. The fatty acid methyl esters has been historically used as a fuel for oil lamps and in [[2014]] oil was classified as a biodiesel and is being cultivated to meet the rising demand for it in that capacity. The oil is also cultivated for its medicinal properties and is used to treat skin diseases: it is also applied topically in cases of rheumatism and sciatica, it is also used to cure ulcers and bad wounds. It is commonly sold in pharmacies to treat skin injuries from burn, scar, and infected wounds to skin diseases such as dermatosis, urticaria, and eczema. It has also used for its high antibacterial activity against bacterial strains involved in acne. Recently, studies have shown that the oil is a promising source to develop new antibiotics, notably to fight multi-drug resistant bacteria implicated in skin infections, which has increased demand for the oil exponentially for pharmecutical firms in [[Levantia]], [[Sarpedon]], and [[Vallos]]. The oil was historically useful in waterproofing cloth and is used as a varnish. An extract from the fruit was once used to make a brown dye to color cloth. The oil can also be used to make soap. | ||
====Viticulture==== | |||
[[File:Barjac_-_panoramio_(2).jpg|right|thumb|Vineyard in the Valduetta Highlands.]] | |||
L'Iles Capræs has a large viticulture agricultural community that exports large amounts of wine to the global market. The central Valduetta Highlands has a winemaking history dates back centuries, with evidence of ancient wine presses and amphorae unearthed by archaeologists. The island's cool climate is particularly well-suited to producing elegant, age-worthy wines with high acidity and delicate flavors. White wines from Ile Capræ are characterized by their bright acidity, citrus notes, and floral aromas. {{wp|Chardonnay}}, {{wp|Sauvignon Blanc}}, and {{wp|Viognier}} are popular white grape varieties, producing wines ranging from crisp and refreshing to full-bodied and complex. Caprætian reds are known for their structure, tannin, and aging potential. {{wp|Grenache}}, {{wp|Syrah}}, and {{wp|Tempranillo}} are frequently blended to create wines with rich, dark fruit flavors and spicy undertones. | |||
Wine tourism has become an increasingly important part of Ile Capræ's economy. Tourism packages are built around exploring the island's vineyards, sampling a variety of wines, and learning about the region's winemaking heritage, and sometimes include a farm-stay. Numerous wine festivals and events are held throughout the year, showcasing the best of Ile Capræ's wine and culinary traditions. | |||
===Tourism and hospitality=== | ===Tourism and hospitality=== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Vallos topics}} | |||
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