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=== Modern history ===

The enduring popularity of the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]] ensured Halfway's loyalty to [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] during the the [['97 Rising]], a conflict that was part of the broader [[First Great War]]. The island provided men to the Regal Army and ports to the Caphiric [[Imperial Naval Fleet]] until February of [[1901]]. Earler that year, the [[Navy of Burgundie]] established naval supremacy in the [[Sea of Canete]] at the [[%2797_Rising#Battle_of_Abylf_Steppe|Battle of the Abylf Steppe]] in January. Following their victory, the Burgoignesc Navy worked quickly to open Urcea's western coast to amphibious invasion, and that strategy required the quick submission of [[Crotona]], [[Tromarine]], and Halfway. In addition to the strategic demands of taking Halfway, the Burgoignesc believed taking the island would have significant political benefits: they supported [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick, the Prince of Halfway]], the legitimate Julian claimant to the Throne, and Patrick's title of Prince of Halfway gave him his legitimacy in the eyes of his supporters. Accordingly, having Halfway in the hands of the Regency and so ardently pro-FitzRex was viewed to be an embarrassment. The [[Navy_of_Burgundie#Marine_infantry|Burgoignesc Marine infantry]] landed on the island in late February 1901 following a lengthy bombardment of the island by the [[Navy of Burgundie]]. The island's primary defenders had already been redeployed to mainland Levantia in anticipation of its immediate seizure, ensuring that the island could not resist the Burgoignesc advance. The flag of [[Burgundie]] was briefly raised over the Emirate Palace in [[Koureiros]] for part of 27 February 1901 before being replaced with the [[Flag of Urcea|flag of Urcea]]. Patrick traveled to the island and remained there in the summer of 1901, governing it directly as Prince of Halfway. Patrick and his senior generals would oversee the [[%2797_Rising#Antonine_Campaign|Antonine Campaign]] from the island before returning to their traditional headquarters. In November 1902, Patrick became [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], ending the war. Halfway's status as a freestanding province was confirmed in the [[Constitutional Settlement Act of 1902]], ending a year and a half of anxiety about the island's permanent fate.

== Geography ==