Eusa
| Colony of Uruvun Axerka Èusa Axerka Uruvun (Kiravic) | |
| File:Uruvun Flag.png Flag | |
| Country | Kiravian Federacy |
| Capital | Èusamur |
| Population | 4,311,212 |
| Governor | Telerin V.M.S. Isöledrin |
| Chancellor | Aslovanius L.R.D. Mevynon (INP) |
| Stanora seats | 3 |
| Official languages | Kiravic |
| Other Languages | Èusan Coscivian |
| Postal Abbreviation | ÈUS |
Uruvun or Èusa, also referred to as Urufu, is a state of the Kiravian Federacy located on an island near the centre of the Sea of Odoneru.
Name
The island's older name, Èusa, is an exonym from the Callan language which was later borrowed into Kiravic. The name Uruvun is a Coscivisation of Urufu, the more common English name, which is of uncertain origin but speculated to derive from Ancient Odoneran. Both names are co-official according to the colony's charter, but the island's inhabitants almost exclusively prefer Èusa. In Kiravic, Èusa is the preferred toponym in the Nohæric and High Kiravic literary forms, while Uruvun is preferred in Standard Coscivian. Most colonial official documents refer to the island as Èusa, while most federal documents use Uruvun.
Geography and Geology
Geologically speaking, Uruvun is the highest point and last unsubmerged remnant of the lost continent of Odoneru, the rest of which sank below the ocean in ancient times for reasons that continue to evade scientific understanding. Before the submergence of Odoneru, Uruvun was an area of mountain peaks and high plateaux, now reduced to the central uplands that dominate the island's interior and the comparatively level areas of its littoral. In 21205, the Federal Stanora passed the Submerged Lands Act, which asserted a Kiravian claim to continental shelf rights over the entirety of the Odoneran continent, using Uruvun's geological connexion to Odoneru to justify exclusive rights to the Odoneru seabed and the mineral and archæological resources located there.
Economy
While a majority of Uruvun's population lived as subsistence crofters and fishermen until the 21140s, seaborne commerce has always been an important part of the Uruvan economy. The island's strategic location as a midway point between Levantia, Crona, Great Kirav, and Uiyukin made Èusamur an important merchant port and later a major coaling station. Though the island's importance to commercial shipping has diminished in recent years, Uruvun remains significant for both civil and military aviation, serving as a junction for connecting flights from Ixnay Proper to Great Kirav and North Levantia. Uruvun has become a moderately popular tourist destination for citizens of the Odoneru Basin countries and hosts a large number of handicraft shoppes, high-quality restaurants, and duty-free shopping venues.
The Kiravian military has had a significant presence on the island since its annexation. Èusamur Naval Harbour is the home port of the Federal Navy's Odoneru Squadron. Porsáilen Airbase is located in County Śevrun, and Camp Blascoller, a major logistical support base for the Federal Army, is located in County Vénerva. The Federal Defence Executive employed over 10,000 people on the island in 21205, excluding active-duty servicemen. Since the assertion of Kiravia's claim to the submerged continent of Odoneru as Uruvun's natural continental shelf, oil exploration and archæological/salvage industries have begun operating from the island and are expected to become major sources of revenue in the near future.
Society & Culture
Demographics
The majority of multigenerational Uruvans are of mixed Coscivian and Celtic descent, tracing their ancestry to Celtic fishermen and crofters from the Urcean province of Callan and New Ardmore who had visited the island for centuries, and Coscivian settlers who were transplanted to the island from Kiygrava, Niyasca, and Endivéga. Long-established Uruvans are known as Èusavem ("Èusans") or Kôrem ("Slope-dwellers"), and predominate on the northern and western shores and in the island's interior, where they speak the most recognisable and divergent form of the Uruvun Kiravic dialect.
Genetic studies have found that multigenerational islanders also have a 5-10% genetic admixture attributable to the pre-Celtic Skowabru natives of the island, who are thought to be the last remnant of the ancient Odoneran people.
Later waves of colonists from Great Kirav and elsewhere in the Coscivian world have settled mostly on the eastern shore of the island and near the capital, Èusamur. The Lúnstem, Armakem, Peninsular Coscivians, Triandem, Kastrovem, Southern Tańrisem, and Erasem are the largest ethnosocial communities on the island after the Èusavem. A significant number of migrants from nearby New Ardmore have settled in Uruvun over the years, and several villages on the southeastern shore share names with villages in New Ardmore.
Uruvun is also home to large Urcean expatriate community and many Kiravian citizens of full or partial Urcean ancestry. Historically, there was a significant Kistani population on the island, but this community has dwindled since Kistan's ejection from the LOTA as the Migration Authority ceased renewing residency permits for Kistanis who had migrated to Kiravian lands as LOTA nationals.
Language
The main language spoken in Uruvun is Èusarona, a dialect of Kiravic Coscivian. Though mutually intelligible with Literary Kiravic, Uruvun Kiravic has a number of distinguishing phonological and syntactic features, most of which derive from the Old Callan language. A great many words in the local dialect are borrowings from Old Callan, and a few possibly have their origins in the extinct Skowabru language. Nearly all Kiravians born on the island speak Èusarona in everyday life.
English is spoken by the Urcean community and is widely understood by Coscivians in the capital.
Cuisine
While contemporary Uruvun is well-integrated into the Kiravian and Ixnay commercial networks and enjoys access to the same foods available in Great Kirav and Urcea, the island's particular geographic conditions and relative isolation for much of its history fostered the development of a distinctive local cuisine. Traditional Uruvan food is typically served at home (especially in rural areas, where it is the dominant cuisine) or in pubs. Seafood and potatoes are, respectively, the primary sources of protein and carbohydrates in the traditional Èusan diet. Cod, tuna, mackerel, and herring are the main fish harvested from the Sea of Odoneru, and they are typically either grilled or fried. Shellfish, especially cockles and oysters, are also a key feature of Uruvan cuisine.
The leeks, onions, and scallions widely cultivated by both Levantian Celts and Kiravians of the Mid-Eastern Seaboard naturally became the leading vegetables in the island. They are often mixt in with potatoes or fish to be fried, and are especially useful in preparing a local potato-based soup similar to vichyssoise.
Politics and Governance
Uruvun is governed as a republic according to the Charter of the Colony of Uruvun. Lawmaking authority is vested in a unicameral Legislative Conference (Kiravic: Áldacrívárix Róatnūrat), which is elected biennially. The Governor of Uruvun is appointed by the Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy triennially from among a list of nominees selected by petition and submitted by the Uruvun Citizen Assembly.
Uruvun is notable as the birth state of the Island Nation Party, founded by Uruvun native Solomon Kartvelan and headquartered in Èusamur. The INP holds 15 out of 60 seats in the Legislative Conference and two of Uruvun's three seats in the Federal Stanora.
Interestingly, the island is also a significant outpost of Levantian Unionist sentiment outside of its traditional stronghold in the Far Northeast of Great Kirav. The island's close proximity to Levantia, frequent commercial and tourist contact with Levantians, and the partial Levantian ancestry of many Uruvans predisposes the state's citizens to be far less hostile to Levantian integration than other Kiravians. The Levantian Union Party has announced that it will begin fielding candidates in Uruvun beginning with the 21207 Federal elections.
| Member | Party | First Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piran Colcannon | Èusan People's Party (Ag) | 21193 | |
| Solomon Kartvelan | Island Nation Party (CNC) | 21201 | |
| Iŵn Léiśan | Island Nation Party (CNC) | 21201 | |