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Herciana became a relative backwater under the [[Caphiria|First Imperium]], with most of its population turning to subsistence fishing for survival. Many of the buildings of Messisoria and the island's other great cities and structures were pillaged for their building material. Most historians believe the island's population was reduced to around 15,000 from a high of over 200,000 during its peak. Christianity was introduced to the island in around 110 AD with most of the residents of the island being adherents by 280 AD. The island remained an insignificant fishing outpost when it was conquered by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in 676 AD. The island was used as a base from which Oduniyyad raiders would harass [[Halfway]] and [[Greater Canaery]], eventually taking the former in 890 and establishing an independent Emirate. Herciana was recaptured as part of the [[Crusades]] and was part of the shortlived Principality of Thessia before being conquered by the resurgent Second Imperium of [[Caphiria]] in the 15th century. From there, it began to grow following a millennia of decline, becoming an important port location on the way from [[Venceia]] to [[Audonia]] while also being the primary means by which [[Burgundie|southeast Dericania]] traded with eastern [[Sarpedon]]. As trade prospered, many mainlanders began to move to the island, and the island's population grew to about 75,000 in 1600. The [[Great Schism of 1615]] disrupted public administration in the area as well as trade. The island, as part of the broader east Caphiric Istroyan culture, began to organize against the area's continued subjugation, and joined with others in launching the [[Veltorine War of Independence]]. The island became part of the new Veltorine state in 1782 and remained an important trade hub. During the Tyrian Revolution, the island was a holdout of Royal forces from 1863 to 1865 as the old regime was supported by mercantile interests on the island in opposition to the socialist regime; the island was eventually taken by socialist forces in 1865. Trade was disrupted again during the first socialist period as imports into the country dried up, but the island rebounded after 1892. The island was conquered by [[Caphiria]] during the [[First Great War]], though mercantile activity once again entered decline as eastern Sarpedon and the [[Sea of Canete]] became a warzone. | Herciana became a relative backwater under the [[Caphiria|First Imperium]], with most of its population turning to subsistence fishing for survival. Many of the buildings of Messisoria and the island's other great cities and structures were pillaged for their building material. Most historians believe the island's population was reduced to around 15,000 from a high of over 200,000 during its peak. Christianity was introduced to the island in around 110 AD with most of the residents of the island being adherents by 280 AD. The island remained an insignificant fishing outpost when it was conquered by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in 676 AD. The island was used as a base from which Oduniyyad raiders would harass [[Halfway]] and [[Greater Canaery]], eventually taking the former in 890 and establishing an independent Emirate. Herciana was recaptured as part of the [[Crusades]] and was part of the shortlived Principality of Thessia before being conquered by the resurgent Second Imperium of [[Caphiria]] in the 15th century. From there, it began to grow following a millennia of decline, becoming an important port location on the way from [[Venceia]] to [[Audonia]] while also being the primary means by which [[Burgundie|southeast Dericania]] traded with eastern [[Sarpedon]]. As trade prospered, many mainlanders began to move to the island, and the island's population grew to about 75,000 in 1600. The [[Great Schism of 1615]] disrupted public administration in the area as well as trade. The island, as part of the broader east Caphiric Istroyan culture, began to organize against the area's continued subjugation, and joined with others in launching the [[Veltorine War of Independence]]. The island became part of the new Veltorine state in 1782 and remained an important trade hub. During the Tyrian Revolution, the island was a holdout of Royal forces from 1863 to 1865 as the old regime was supported by mercantile interests on the island in opposition to the socialist regime; the island was eventually taken by socialist forces in 1865. Trade was disrupted again during the first socialist period as imports into the country dried up, but the island rebounded after 1892. The island was conquered by [[Caphiria]] during the [[First Great War]], though mercantile activity once again entered decline as eastern Sarpedon and the [[Sea of Canete]] became a warzone. | ||
[[File:SC 196082-S - Troops of the 12th Cavalry move from the beach, past splintered trees and fires caused by the heavy bombardment preceding their landing on Leyte Island in the Philippines.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The [[Royal Marine Corps (Urcea)|Royal Marine Corps]] seized the island in a quick assault in [[1938]], during the [[Second Great War]].]] | [[File:SC 196082-S - Troops of the 12th Cavalry move from the beach, past splintered trees and fires caused by the heavy bombardment preceding their landing on Leyte Island in the Philippines.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The [[Royal Marine Corps (Urcea)|Royal Marine Corps]] seized the island in a quick assault in [[1938]], during the [[Second Great War]].]] | ||
The island rebuilt in time for the [[Second Great War]], when it was | The island rebuilt in time for the [[Second Great War]], when it became an important target of Urcean military planning in the mid and later 1930s. Herciana provided a useful jump-off point for a hypothetical invasion of [[Thessia]] by Urcean forces in its planned invasion of [[Caphiria]], and taking the island was also highly desired by [[Halfway]]'s political leaders in order to assauge their concern about Caphirian attack. The island was also a prime location for an air-base by which eastern Caphiria would be made subject to additional {{wp|strategic bombing}}. Accordingly, in March [[1938]], the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal Marine Corps (Urcea)|Royal Marine Corps]] landed on the island after a two-day barrage by the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]]. The [[Imperial Legion (Caphiria)|Imperial Legion]] waged a two day campaign of resistance with the goal of creating time to sabotage most of the major infrastructure and remove most items of value, a mostly successful effort. Caphirian military leaders calculated that a longer resistance on the island was largely impossible due to Urcean naval supremacy achieved earlier in the war; all Caphirian forces withdrew by 27 March 1938 and the Urceans set to work building a major air base. As anticipated, the island was later used to stage forces ahead of the invasion of Sarpedon. | ||
After the war, the island was officially ceded to [[Urcea]] as part of the [[Treaty of Kartika]]. Due to the symbolic significance of the Messisorian Kingdom and [[Veltorine people|Veltorine]] majority on the island, the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] relocated to the island in 1943. Negotiations between the [[Government of Urcea]] and government-in-exile began with the possibility of the government-in-exile assuming autonomous control of Herciana as some kind of free state, but the issue was a red line for [[Caphiria]] which threatened resuming war in [[1948]]. An early victory for the Caphirians in the [[Occidental Cold War]], negotiations were cut off and the government-in-exile was relocated to [[Lariana]]. After being governed by a provisional military rectory from 1938 to 1948, a civilian [[Government_of_Urcea#Overseas_Possessions|Rectory]] government was established in 1948. | |||
Herciana was the site of significant militarization during the [[Occidental Cold War]], with the construction of an expansive [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] base completed in 1951. The island was significantly invested in by the Urcean government until about 1970 as part of propaganda efforts to induce [[Veltorine diaspora]] to relocate to the island, efforts which were only partly successful and the project was later abandoned. The signing of the [[Assumption Accords]] and end of the Cold War in [[1984]] was a mixed outcome for the island. Military investment dropped off dramatically, but net economic activity rose somewhat due to new markets available in neigboring [[Caphiria]]. The 1984 settlement was generally unpopular with the ethnically Veltorine Herci, but anger about the Accords generally receded as the economic benefits became clear. Herciana saw significant out-migration with the establishment of [[Cetsencalia]] (now [[New Veltorina]]) in [[Crona]], with about twenty thousand Herci leaving the island for Crona since [[2016]]. | Herciana was the site of significant militarization during the [[Occidental Cold War]], with the construction of an expansive [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] base completed in 1951. The island was significantly invested in by the Urcean government until about 1970 as part of propaganda efforts to induce [[Veltorine diaspora]] to relocate to the island, efforts which were only partly successful and the project was later abandoned. The signing of the [[Assumption Accords]] and end of the Cold War in [[1984]] was a mixed outcome for the island. Military investment dropped off dramatically, but net economic activity rose somewhat due to new markets available in neigboring [[Caphiria]]. The 1984 settlement was generally unpopular with the ethnically Veltorine Herci, but anger about the Accords generally receded as the economic benefits became clear. Herciana saw significant out-migration with the establishment of [[Cetsencalia]] (now [[New Veltorina]]) in [[Crona]], with about twenty thousand Herci leaving the island for Crona since [[2016]]. | ||