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The so-called "wilderness years" of Gassavelia represent its period as a disunited series of polities which, although functionally part of [[Urcea]], were largely separate and ruled individually by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]. Due to the destruction of the Kingdom faced in the later years of the [[Great Confessional War]] and subsequent economic degradation of the [[Dragonnades]], the Gassavelian counties were severely economically depressed. Unlike other parts of [[Levantia]] though, very few Protestants would leave the country for [[Pharisedoms]] as none existed for their people, instead with most accepting the [[Catholic Church|Catholic faith]] but out-migration going to other places in [[Urcea]] due to the lack of food and employment. During the wilderness years, the territories were largely governed under the mistaken belief that they could be transitioned to a largely agricultural economy common throughout the rest of [[Levantia]], leading to the destruction of many settlements where the rare viable, flat land needed existed. Efforts to grow rice in the area were unsuccessful during the 17th and 18th centuries. | The so-called "wilderness years" of Gassavelia represent its period as a disunited series of polities which, although functionally part of [[Urcea]], were largely separate and ruled individually by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]. Due to the destruction of the Kingdom faced in the later years of the [[Great Confessional War]] and subsequent economic degradation of the [[Dragonnades]], the Gassavelian counties were severely economically depressed. Unlike other parts of [[Levantia]] though, very few Protestants would leave the country for [[Pharisedoms]] as none existed for their people, instead with most accepting the [[Catholic Church|Catholic faith]] but out-migration going to other places in [[Urcea]] due to the lack of food and employment. During the wilderness years, the territories were largely governed under the mistaken belief that they could be transitioned to a largely agricultural economy common throughout the rest of [[Levantia]], leading to the destruction of many settlements where the rare viable, flat land needed existed. Efforts to grow rice in the area were unsuccessful during the 17th and 18th centuries. | ||
===Reorganization=== | ===Reorganization=== | ||
The wilderness years ended with the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], which reunited the duchies and counties with significant historical populations of [[Gassavelian people]] in them | The wilderness years ended with the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], which reunited the duchies and counties with significant historical populations of [[Gassavelian people]] in them as the State of Gassavelia. Much of the lightly populated southern coast which had traditionally been part of the [[Kingdom of Gassavelia]] was separated out to form the eastern half of the province of [[Sanctissimo Sacramento]], while some of the outlying parts of the Gassavelian cultural sphere became the province of [[New Audonia]], as the majority of this province was not part of the historic Kingdom and Gassavelians formed only a plurality there. | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||