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[''Kelvakrāsta'']

Vast timber reserves in Great Kirav, Koskenkorva, and the Cusinaut colonies are a major natural resource, and historically contributed to the rise of Kiravian naval power. Kiravia is the largest producer and second-largest exporter of softwood timber in Ixnay. Softwood timber is also a crucial raw material supplied to domestic the domestic pulp-and-paper, upholstery, and pine flannel industries.

Vast timber reserves in Great Kirav, Koskenkorva, and the Cusinaut colonies are a major natural resource, and historically contributed to the rise of Kiravian naval power. Kiravia is the largest producer and second-largest exporter of softwood timber in Ixnay. Softwood timber is also a crucial raw material supplied to domestic the domestic pulp-and-paper, upholstery, and pine flannel industries. During the Age of the Sail, the {{wp|naval stores industry}} was of immense strategic importance, and the lowland conifer forests of [[Trinatria]], South [[Niyaska]], and littoral [[Váuadra]] were critical sources of resin and tar precursors to the vast quantities of rosin, pitch, and turpentine required by the burgeoning Kiravian merchant marine and naval fleet. This sector was hit hard by the advent of steel shipbuilding, but was able to restructure and remain profitable until the discovery of more cost-effective synthetic alternatives to {{wp|pine tar}} and resin in the latter half of the 20th century AD. It has since been regarded as a {{wp|sunset industry}} and is kept alive today mainly by demand from {{wp|soap}} manufacturers, {{wp|traditional medicine}} practitioners, and professional baseball as much as its remaining applications in carpentry.

====Minerals and Metallurgy====

As a geographically extensive and geologically diverse polity, the Kiravian Federacy is rich in deposits of various economically utile minerals, ores, stones, and other resources of a chthonic nature. Mining activities in Great Kirav are mainly concentrated in its three major mountain belts. The Eastern Highlands ranges are best known for their large (though considerably depleted) {{wp|coal}} seams, such as the [[Darran Valley]] coalfield, and, to a lesser extent, for historically important tin, zinc, and lead ores. Advances in drilling technology have revitalised the extractive sector in many parts of the Eastern Highlands since the 2010s AD by enabling access to {{wp|natural gas}} deposits of moderate size. The Ximantav Mountains of [[Great Kirav#Upper Kirav|Upper Kirav]] are known to contain at least 47 species of economically valuable ores and minerals. Western regions are rich in {{wp|chalcopyrite}}, {{wp|nickel oxide}}, {{wp|gold}}, {{wp|platinum}}, {{wp|chromite}}, and {{wp|magnetite ores}}, as well as {{wp|bauxite}}, {{wp|potassium}} salts, {{wp|talc}}, {{wp|fireclay}} and {{wp|Emery (mineral)|abrasive emery}}. Small deposits of bituminous and lignite coal can be found along the southern slopes. Magnetite and {{wp|taconite}} ore from the Ximantav iron ranges and coal from the Eastern Highlands fuelled the relatively early industrialisation of northern Kirav and accelerated the urban development of Lake Belt cities such as [[Escarda]] and [[Cities of Kiravia#Xūrosar|Xūrosar]]. Outside of Kiravia, however, the Ximantav mountains are best known as a source of precious and semiprecious stones, including {{wp|emerald}}, {{wp|amethyst}}, {{wp|aquamarine}}, {{wp|jasper}}, {{wp|rhodonite}}, {{wp|malachite}}, and {{wp|diamond}}.

====Industry====

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-Vast timber reserves in Great Kirav, Koskenkorva, and the Cusinaut colonies are a major natural resource, and historically contributed to the rise of Kiravian naval power. Kiravia is the largest producer and second-largest exporter of softwood timber in Ixnay. Softwood timber is also a crucial raw material supplied to domestic the domestic pulp-and-paper, upholstery, and pine flannel industries.
+Vast timber reserves in Great Kirav, Koskenkorva, and the Cusinaut colonies are a major natural resource, and historically contributed to the rise of Kiravian naval power. Kiravia is the largest producer and second-largest exporter of softwood timber in Ixnay. Softwood timber is also a crucial raw material supplied to domestic the domestic pulp-and-paper, upholstery, and pine flannel industries. During the Age of the Sail, the {{wp|naval stores industry}} was of immense strategic importance, and the lowland conifer forests of [[Trinatria]], South [[Niyaska]], and littoral [[Váuadra]] were critical sources of resin and tar precursors to the vast quantities of rosin, pitch, and turpentine required by the burgeoning Kiravian merchant marine and naval fleet. This sector was hit hard by the advent of steel shipbuilding, but was able to restructure and remain profitable until the discovery of more cost-effective synthetic alternatives to {{wp|pine tar}} and resin in the latter half of the 20th century AD. It has since been regarded as a {{wp|sunset industry}} and is kept alive today mainly by demand from {{wp|soap}} manufacturers, {{wp|traditional medicine}} practitioners, and professional baseball as much as its remaining applications in carpentry.
+====Minerals and Metallurgy====
+As a geographically extensive and geologically diverse polity, the Kiravian Federacy is rich in deposits of various economically utile minerals, ores, stones, and other resources of a chthonic nature. Mining activities in Great Kirav are mainly concentrated in its three major mountain belts. The Eastern Highlands ranges are best known for their large (though considerably depleted) {{wp|coal}} seams, such as the [[Darran Valley]] coalfield, and, to a lesser extent, for historically important tin, zinc, and lead ores. Advances in drilling technology have revitalised the extractive sector in many parts of the Eastern Highlands since the 2010s AD by enabling access to {{wp|natural gas}} deposits of moderate size. The Ximantav Mountains of [[Great Kirav#Upper Kirav|Upper Kirav]] are known to contain at least 47 species of economically valuable ores and minerals. Western regions are rich in {{wp|chalcopyrite}}, {{wp|nickel oxide}}, {{wp|gold}}, {{wp|platinum}}, {{wp|chromite}}, and {{wp|magnetite ores}}, as well as {{wp|bauxite}}, {{wp|potassium}} salts, {{wp|talc}}, {{wp|fireclay}} and {{wp|Emery (mineral)|abrasive emery}}. Small deposits of bituminous and lignite coal can be found along the southern slopes. Magnetite and {{wp|taconite}} ore from the Ximantav iron ranges and coal from the Eastern Highlands fuelled the relatively early industrialisation of northern Kirav and accelerated the urban development of Lake Belt cities such as [[Escarda]] and [[Cities of Kiravia#Xūrosar|Xūrosar]]. Outside of Kiravia, however, the Ximantav mountains are best known as a source of precious and semiprecious stones, including {{wp|emerald}}, {{wp|amethyst}}, {{wp|aquamarine}}, {{wp|jasper}}, {{wp|rhodonite}}, {{wp|malachite}}, and {{wp|diamond}}.
 ====Industry====

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