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Burgundie, in its modern form, was founded as a series of Latinic trading posts in northern [[Levantia]] in the first century CE. Throughout history, it remained linguistically and religiously connected to Latinic roots, especially as the nations of [[Heku]] and [[Urcea]] formalized, but its social and economic culture is heavily influenced by the Gaelic and Germanic cultures it displaced and subsumed. The [[Isle of Burgundie]] remained the majority of the nation from its formation circa [[853]] until its explosive colonization of [[South Punth]] and southern [[Crona]] starting in the 16th century. During its [[War of Northern Aggression|war of independence]], Burgundie also came to encompass the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], the predominantly Gaelic lands between the [[Feradach Sound]] and the nations of [[Kistan]] and [[Fiannria]].

In the 12th century the [[Kistan|Fanerian]] kingdom engaged the Burgundians at first as a mercenary navy, but then as loyal subjects for 300 years. [[Kistan]]'s much larger land army guaranteed that the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] and the [[Kuhlfros|Kingdom of Culfra]], who had long sought to rid all of northern [[Levantia]] of Latinic influence, would not rid the island of the [[Bergendii]].

However, in the 1450s, the [[Isle of Burgundie]] was conquered by the [[Kuhlfros|Kingdom of Culfra]]. They were not held in the same high esteem as they had been under [[Kistan|Fanerian]] rule. However, the [[Bergendii]] proved themselves loyal subjects to their new masters. They provided many ships and sailors to the [[Kuhlfros|Kingdom of Culfra]] and in return were allowed to remain on their island, in an early example of {{wpl|Ghetto|ghettoization}}. Not everything was bad for the [[Bergendii]] of northern [[Levantia]]. In [[1575]], at the conclusion of the [[Great Confessional War]], the [[Isle of Burgundie]] was elevated to the status of [[Collegial_Electorate#Final_Composition_.281927.29|electorate]] in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. Protestant nobles were expelled and their counties in the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] were given to the Duke as well as the honorific [[Grandees_of_Burgundie#Defunct_Grandees_of_Burgundie|Archduke of the Burgundians]]. Through its new electorate mechanism, Burgundie was able to exert more control on its circumstances and the Duke was empowered to dictate local policy within [[Kuhlfros|Kingdom of Culfra]].

The [[Isle of Burgundie]], which they formed by treaty with the [[Faneria]]n crown, was a powerful maritime fief of medieval [[Kistan]]. The [[Bergedii]] are noted both for their cultures, such as their unique sub[[Artic]] architecture and musical traditions, and for their significant maritime accomplishments and innovations. Burgundian cultural and maritime influence spread from these new [[Levantia|Levantian]] centers to the trading posts as far south as [[Yytuskia]].

Starting in the 1420s a meeting of learned men from the [[Kistan|Fanerian]] principality of Burgundie, [[Heku]], [[Kiravia]] and [[Pauldustllah]] occurred to discuss the status of the world. These meetings occurred in 1424, 1426 and 1429, but was outlawed as some topics were considered blasphemous. In 1430, the group formed a codex and started to send encrypted messages to each other and so began the Oligarchia grammaticorum (OG), Oligarchy of Grammarians. Their encryption grew ever more difficult to crack and the imagination of the world was taken by storm. There were conspiracies about every event and the involvement of the Oligarchia grammaticorum. In the 1640s the oligarchy became more transparent and started a number of permanent literary and scientific academies, most notably [[Universitas Magistrorum]] in Burgundie, _________ in [[Heku]], [[Valēka#Universities|Universitas Codicis]] in [[Kiravia]], and Farpoint University in [[Pauldustllah]]. In the 18th and 19th century the OG was a driver in Enlightenment thought in Northern [[Levantia]] and [[Kiravia]] but its members suppressed the liberal ideals in [[Heku]] and [[Pauldustllah]]. By the 20th century, the OG had become primarily a learned society and a philanthropic entity. At the dawn of the 21st century, the OG has broadened its scope to also include artificial intelligence and cyber technology. It was under the guidance of the OG that Burgundie released its colony at [[Argaea]] to become Ixnay's first {{wpl|technocracy}}.