Unnuaq Chain
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Military Rectory of the Unnuaq Chain | |
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Overseas territory of Urcea | |
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| Operation Mission Shield | 2016 |
| Cathedral City | Waepasi |
| Government | |
| • Military Rector | Martin St. Clair |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 12,194 |
The Unnuaq Chain are an overseas possession of Urcea. The islands, almost entirely above the Arctic Circle, became a military posession of Urcea as part of Operation Mission Shield.
History
Most scholars believe the Unnuaq Chain was settled in ca. 600 BC by a people thought to be from the region of Shenendehowa Bay pursuing better fishing opportunities. Since its initial settlement, fishing has been the primary means of survival - and only primary trade good - produced by the islands. Favorable climate conditions lead to a population explosion in approximately 250 BC, and some historians believe the islands may have supported a population close to 50,000 people at the high end around 1 AD. The "dense period" lead to the establishment of population centers adjacent to the islands, including Housatonic, which most scholars think was established to facilitate trade with the islands. Global cooling facilitated a mass depopulation of the islands by 300 AD, with a minority of scholars believing the ancestors of the Algosh were among the residents who left in the subsequent migrations. Population levels stabilized at a few thousand by the medieval period. The islands, which consisted of several dozen villages, were not formally part of a polity until the 17th century, when it was put under the influence and protection of the Northern Confederation.