Kérvoak
Kérvoak is the largest city of the island state of Ilánova, as well as its economic hub and leading port.
Kérvoak
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| Country |  Kiravian Federacy |
| State |  Ilánova |
| Countyship | Kérvoak |
| Population | 764,323 |
Organisations based in Kérvoak include the left-wing nationalist Saor Cíarabh political party, the Ilánova Ornithological Society, the Institute for the History of Pre-Modern Urban Gardening, the Cod Wars Veterans Memorial Foundation, and Your Mom.
Kérvoak is known for its three grand universities: Kāmeþorn University, Kérvoak Imperial College, and St. Cóemgen's College. Kāmeþorn University is a state-funded but largely autonomous élite institution that orders its curriculum and governance according to the Kaltan Rule, having been founded by emigrants from the Old Coscivian province of Kalta. It is known for having played an important role in the Kilikas Enlightenment. Imperial College, governed according to the Classical Coscivian rule, is also state-funded but, like Kāmeþorn, independent of the Ilánova State University System; and St. Cóemgen's is a private college affiliated with the Insular Apostolic Church and steeped in its ancient scholarly traditions, where Classical Gaelic is the language of instruction for most courses. St. Ailerán's College and the University of Kérvoak are located further afield, but maintain satellite campuses in the city to supplement their business programmes.
The largest ethnic group in Kérvoak are Ilánovan Féinem of mixed Gaelic and Coscivian ancestry, who predominate across most of the island. Due to the city's importance to the Kilikas Sea trade, substantial and deeply-rooted communities of Bergendii, Fiannrians, and Faneriai have lived in Kérvoak for centuries, as well as many Kiravians of partial Levantine ancestry who may identify with their Levantine heritage to varying extents.
The working languages of the city government are Kiravic Coscivian and Gaelic, though only 22% of residents speak Kiravic natively. Oilánovarona' - a divergent dialect heavily influenced by Gaelic in its lexicon, syntax, and prosody - is the everyday language of the Féinem population and has been adopted by multigenerational Kévoakites of other backgrounds. Burgundian, Lebhan, and Levantine Latin are widely understood, to the point where monolingual visitors speaking any of these languages can go about their business fairly easily.