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[[File:Howland Deep Sea Rig 2.png|thumb|A deep sea drilling rig for the Howland Petroleum Corporation (HPC) extracts liquid natural gas in the Albion Sea Gas Field, 2022. ]]
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[[Arcerion]] has considerable sources of oil and natural gas in the Northern portions of the [[Albion Sea]] and is ranked as one of the largest net exporters of natural gas and crude oil in the 21st Century, and is in the top three in [[Crona]]. Arcerion is energy self-sufficient based on its reserves of crude oil, natural gas, and coal mined from the Aileach Mountain Range. With gas resources expected to decline in usage as well as available stock, the [[Government of Arcerion|Confederate Parliament]] has sought to invest in renewable and long-term energy investments such as nuclear energy.
Arcerion has been traditionally dominated in the energy sector by coal-fired powerplants due to the abundance of coal in the Aileach Mountains. However it still remains as one of the main components for fueling the energy production centers for the Arcer Power Grid. Coal amounts to 52% of energy and electricity production in Arcerion, followed by nuclear at 24% and natural gas at 19%. Solar, wind and renewable/'green' energy sources make up the remaining 5% of Arcerion's electricity production.


The Arcer government is expected by 2030 to publish a Memo on Energy Policy to better align with modern trends for green energy sources as a means for combatting climate change. While the Arcer government has not outright stated it will become independent of fossil fuels, it has stated that it intends to increase the amount of non-coal power plants by at least three by 2030, including the construction of a new pair of nuclear reactors in Easthampton and Presdale.  
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Arcerion's power grid is connected via large hydro towers and transmission lines to several other Cronan countries. It is considered to have the best energy security in Crona as of 2020, and provided the vast majority of the electricity for [[Washakara]], the [[New Archduchy]], and [[Telokona]].  
Sudmoll, officially the Burgoignesc Trade Island Province of Sudmoll, is an island in the western [[Okatian Sea]]. It shares a maritime border with [[Stenza]] which has often led to complications with that nation ([[Sudmoll Island Conflicts]]).
== History ==
=== Statistics ===
During the [[Occidental Cold War]] and the 20th century, Arcerion's energy consumption almost entirely came from coal-fired power plants. With the discovery in 1977 of vast reserves of natural gas and oil in the Albion Sea, Arcerion announced exploration and drilling operations, expanding its de facto exclusive economic zone in Howland Governorate by dozens of kilometers and increasing its [[Royal Arcerion Naval Service|naval presence]] to defend Arcer liquid gas interests. By 2000, natural gas and oil imports to Arcerion, in addition to new technologies in the coal industry and advanced deep-mining operations in Moorden resulted in Arcerion becoming energy self-sufficient.
[[File:Energy Production Stats.png|thumb|Energy Production by type in Arcerion since the discovery of the Albion Sea Gas Fields in 1977. ]]
After 2000, there was a significant shift towards the modern status quo for energy. The oil and gas boom of the 1980s and 1990s had given a much needed economic increase to Arcerion's GDP, however the Confederate Parliament forecasted that they would require a significant amount more for future energy usage and a post-industrial society. With the first nuclear plant being completed in 1986, there had been no new efforts to create similar types of energy producing facilities due to the availability and relatively low cost of coal as Arcerion was a net exporter. However Arcerion created two new reactors in 2013 (Easthampton) and 2019 (Dunborough) to augment the existing facility in Dalfearn. Utilizing major rivers in Arcerion, they were able to look to create a more resilient national energy strategy now that coal was in decline.  


As the government looked to the future, it create two large wind farms, utilizing windmills to generate electricity in Foxhey, which was dislocated from the Arco power Grid, and Presdale, which was remote when compared to the rest of the Arcer population. As well, the expected direction from the 2030 Memo on Energy Policy is likely to include provisions for Hydroelectric power, focusing on building hydroelectric dams in Easthampton and the Northumbraeland Mountains. Northlea Governorate was approached with a similar strategy in the 1990s, but the idea was shelved due to concerns about creating man-made lakes and destroying/displacing Arcer farmers in the Arcer Heartland due to its Lowland terrain.
It has a small population of 18,510 residents, outside of the [[Navy of Burgundie|Naval]]/[[Revenue Guard]] station and [[Army of Burgundie#Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]] outpost. On average there are approximately 50-100 Revenue Guardsman, 3-5,000 naval personnel, and 3,500-4,000 legionnaires stationed on the military facilities on Sudmoll. The capital and largest town on the island, Oparo Nui, is home to around 4,730 people in it's city limits, which spans 12.6 sq km. The metro area consists of two villages, Pasquavil with 1,748 people, and Oparo Iti with 1,329 people. The remainder of the population lives in a rural environment.
== Energy Sources ==
==Geography==
[[File:Easthampton Coal Mining.png|thumb|Coal mining in Easthampton, Arcerion. Clockwise from top left; A Site Chief discusses mining operations with two executives from the Arcerion Mining Company; Miners in one of the Aileach Mountains mine for coal; A coal quarry in Moorden Governorate. |250x250px]]
===Geology===
=== Coal ===
===Climate===
Coal is the largest producer of energy in Arcerion and one of its largest exports, with customers and Arcer mining companies spread across the globe. Arcer mining interests are as old as the colony itself, with the majority of industrial-scale mining beginning with the establishment of Easthampton, Moorden governorate in 1834. Easthampton would quickly grow to become a large mining town, mainly centered around the mining operations in the Aileach Mountain ranges. This industrial scale mining is well represented within the Arcer energy infrastructure, with six separate coal power plants in mainland Arcerion under the jurisdiction of the federal government. There is also a significant number of smaller powerplants administered and controlled by the individual governorates and municipalities of Arcerion.
===Flora===
Coal has been on a steady decline in the Arcerion energy sphere since the discovery of the [[Albion Sea Gas Fields]] in 1977. During the oil and gas boom of the 1980s and 1990s coal dropped over a quarter (28%) in the Arcer energy sector, and jobs declined as well due to a migration to Howland governorate of technically skilled specialists and their families to pursue gas field employment for higher pay. However coal has remained resilient due to its large share of exports in Arcerion, and in conjunction with the [[Arco National Railway Service]], which brings coal to importers in Southwest and Southeast Crona along the Western line as far as [[Alstin]]'s Betlands, and as far North as the Mid-Atrassic States controlled by [[Kiravia]].  
===Fauna===
=== Oil ===
==History==
The extraction and refinement of crude oil in Arcerion is one of the largest industries for natural resource exploitation and also one of the most quickly growing. Along with natural gas, it accounts for a sizeable portion of the Arcer economy, and provides annually tens of thousands of direct production and processing jobs, as well as hundreds of thousands of ancillary or second-order jobs such as shipping, refining, sales, and logistical support. Crude oil in Arcerion accounts for relatively little of the national energy usage from a national power perspective, however refining facilities in [[Howland Governorate]] assist the Arcer petroleum industry in the mass production of oil-related goods. Arcerion maintains a national oil reserve, split equally between Howland Governorate and Chester-on-Moore, both of which contribute to the nation's energy security and national energy resilience strategies. [[File:Albion Sea LNG Arcerion.png|thumb|Top: deep-sea liquid natural gas drilling platforms from the Arcerion Oil and Gas Company (AOGC) in the Albion Sea; Bottom: A liquid natural gas tanker docks in Port Northford to receive a shipment of natural gas bound for Alshar, 2019. |327x327px]]
===Geological history===
=== Natural Gas ===
===Early settlements===
Natural gas represents the single largest industry outside of continental Arcerion. While traditional economic industries such as agriculture and mining have provided a large percentage of Arcerion's GDP, natural gas is dual purpose, as it not only is a major export commodity for the Cronan nation, but it also represents a significant part of the energy sustainment for Howland Governorate. On Mainland Crona, Arcer natural gas provides much of the energy for Malentina, Porlos, and Istrenya, accompanied by Arcer coal imports. In Arcerion, natural gas has no major power plants, as coal is cheaper to mine, ship, and burn, but Arco natural gas is still used widely throughout Crona. Natural gas has maintained a steady portion of the Arcer energy infrastructure, at roughly 20%, but makes up a considerable amount of the exports.
===Pre-Occidental history===
=== Solar and Renewable ===
===Late modern period===
Solar and renewable energy represents the smallest but arguably the fastest growing sector of the Arcer energy infrastructure. Comprised of wind farms, limited geothermal power plants, and solar energy, there is a growing push to 'go green' as Arcerion continues to feel the effects of climate change with its annual [[Geography of Arcerion|wildfires]]. As a result, different governorates have strategies that are aimed to increase the amount of solar and renewable energy in Arcerion from 5% to 20% by 2035 at the latest, with optimistic projections set higher at 30% of all Arco energy production being sustainable, renewable, or natural forms of energy.
===Contemporary period===
== Electricity ==
==Politics==
=== Wind Power in Arcerion ===
Sudmoll is part of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography_of_Burgundie#Sudmoll|Polar Burgundies]] geographic designation. [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] is a constituent country equivalent of [[Burgundie]] with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. [[Burgundie]]'s national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Sudmoll.
Northlea and Foxhey Governorates are the two largest users of energy in Arcerion. For Northlea this is due to terrain, as the wide sweeping plains and low rolling hills of the [[Arcer Heartland]] do not allow for the effective implementation of hydroelectric dams, and the effect of coal burning plants can lead to damaged or polluted crops, making the Governorate's leadership hesitant to allow for the expansion of such facilities into the inner reaches of Arcerion. However, the nuclear plant located in Dalfearn provides the electricity for the vast majority of the Arcer Heartland, and with plans to construct an additional nuclear facility in Presdale by the end of 2030, energy security will be vastly improved for Arcer farmers and their families.


In Foxhey, the limited access to natural gas or nuclear power makes the Governorate entirely reliant on coal shipped in from Chester-on-Moore and other major Arcer export ports. However Foxhey's coal-fired power plant is supplemented by a maritime windfarm, off the coast of Port Gibson, the only one of its kind in Arcerion. Between the two, the island's population of nine million receives enough power, however the overhead and above-ground electricity pylons are prone to damage from tropical storms in the Malentine Sea, making their energy security the lowest in Arcerion.
Sudmoll is a province within [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]] with its own semi-elected {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}, representative legislative body, and court system.
=== Hydroelectric Power ===
[[File:HNPS.jpg|thumb|Heartland Nuclear Power Station, located near Dalfearn, Northlea Governorate, Arcerion. ]]
Hydroelectric power, or the usage of natural waterways to generate electricity is the least used form of energy generation in Arcerion. A significant component of this is due to the lowland and below-sea-level terrain that makes up much of continental Arcerion. Additionally, political opposition from Northlea Governorate and its federal representatives have made the Confederate Parliament hesitant to invest in the technology, although limited plans for the Northumbraeland Mountain Hydroelectric Dam are being discussed with the government of the new Archduchy, as this will assist them in becoming less reliant on Arcer coal and natural gas imports.
=== Nuclear Power and Nuclear Energy in Arcerion ===
Currently there are three nuclear reactors in Arcerion, providing electricity to the Northwest, Arcer Heartland, and Moorden Governorate/Southeast. In the Northwest, the Dunborough Nuclear Power Plant (DNPP) provides the electricity for much of Norham Governorate and the Northern portions of Northlea, and has lines that also provide a majority of the electricity for Telekona and Eastern Kelekona. In central Arcerion, the Heartland Nuclear Power Station (HNPS) provides Arcer farmers and industrial agriculture facilities with almost all of their electricity, save for smaller solar or coal-fired generation plants. Lastly, the Moorden Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP) in Easthampton, the Eastern Aileach Mountains, supplies Southeastern Arcerion, most of the major mining and industrial manufacturing centers in this region, and also sells a large amount of its runoff power to [[Washakara]].  


Arcerion has additional plans for two more power plants, the McCallan River Nuclear Power Station (MRNPS) near Easthampton in Southeast Arcerion, as well as the Northlea Nuclear Power Plant adjacent to the city of Presdale, in Northern Arcerion.  
Sudmollians are Burgoigniacs/Burgoignix with complete civil and economic rights, and citizenship (political rights) under the same federal service criteria as all residents of [[Burgundie]]. [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] is the official language but {{wpl|Austral language|Austral Valloise}} and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] are both in use. However, there was a time during the 1960s and 1970s when children were forbidden to speak {{wpl|Austral language|Austral Valloise}} in schools. {{wpl|Austral language|Austral Valloise}} is now taught in schools; it is sometimes even a requirement for employment.
== Consumption ==
===Provincial executive===
[[File:Energy Market Share Arcerion.png|thumb|Market Share in the Mining and Petroleum Sector of Arcerion showing the major oil and natural gas companies in green, and mining and coal companies in orange. ]]
The provincial executive is the {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}}. Three candidates are elected by a {{wpl|single transferable vote}} election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Executive_Branch|Court of St. Alphador]] and the next {{wpl|Governor}}-{{wpl|Epistates}} is chosen from these candidates. If the citizenry rejects the selection, a run-off election is held with the remaining two candidates.
Show a market cap summary of $billions by energy company so far
== Production ==
[[File:Energy Plants in Arcerion.png|thumb|Energy plants in Arcerion. △ represent Nuclear Power Plants, of which 2 are planned (hashed border). ◇ represent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. □ represents coal-fired power plants. ○ represents natural gas power plants.]]
=== Power Stations ===
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Howland has Natural Gas power plant
===Provincial legislature===
Like the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Legislative_Branch|Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN)]], The Sudmollian Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s Sudmoll liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.


Nuclear plants x3-4, plans for 2
===Provincial courts===


Northlea 2 solar plants
===Administrative divisions===


easthampton coal plant
==Culture==
===Dance===
===Death===
===Sport===
===Film===
===Religion===
Sudmoll enjoys complete religious freedom and is a thriving polity of religious observation. The most common religions practiced in Sudmoll are reported to be Catholicism at 35%, Protestantism at 28%, [[List_of_Ilaseuasa#Masa_Ilaseuasa|Masa Church]] at 15%, agnostic or nonreligious at 18%, and other/animist at 4%.


chester has natural coal plant
===Cuisine===
===Education===
==Economy==
Tourism is a significant industry.


kurst has coal plant being downsized
The main trading partners are the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]] for about 40% of imports and about 25% of exports. The other main trading partners are [[Stenza]], [[Caphiria]], and the [[Loa Republic]].
=== Producers and Companies ===
No national control but national standards and regulations (power grid redundancy and safety)
=== Transmission ===
Undersea power lines to Foxhey? Maybe?


shipping to other countries via freighters from Port Northford (largets city and capital of Howland Governorate)
Unemployment affects about 13% of the active population, especially women and unqualified young people.


need a chart showing major arcer sea lanes across IX from Port Northford, makes Albion Sea now key naval terrain
===Tourism===
==== Key Trading Partners ====
Sudmoll has, in recent years become known for {{wpl|whale watching}}: {{wpl|Humpback whale}}s come and reproduce here between July and October within easy sighting distance from the beaches.
===== Washakara =====
 
===== Telokona =====
===Agriculture===
===== New Archduchy =====
 
== Municipal and Governorates ==
====Agrinergie====
Some non-federal plants but mostly centralized by Confederate control
[[File:Sheep_living_under_La_Ola_Solar_Farm_on_Lanai_Hawaii.jpg|right|250px]]
[[Category:Arcerion]]
Main article: {{wpl|Agrivoltaics}}
 
Since [[2014]] Sudmoll has seen rise in the interest in {{wpl|agrivoltaics}}. There is a 1MW solar installation with agriculture activities on 2 hectares (5 acres) of land owned by a local cooperative that was funded by a grant from the Royal Academy of Sciences. The farm grows melons, chilies, and cucumbers which are sold at the local market. In [[2019]], an agrivoltaic system was built on a shrimp farm, funded by a local block grant. According to data collected by the Ministry of Energy's Department of Sustainability's Office of Energy Resiliency's Local Initiatives Branch, the results of their pilot project indicate that water consumption has been reduced by 75% and other benefits such as shading for workers as well as a lower and stable water temperature for better shrimp growth.
 
In [[2024]], a subsidy program was established for participants who can provide 1 hectare of undeveloped, arable, and viable land and a business plan to farm/ranch on the land with shade-tolerant crops can receive up to $150,000 towards the installation of a solar array.
 
===Aquaculture===
{{wpl|Aquaculture}} is a new aspect for the economy of Sudmoll. The commercialization of the pearl and nacre industry was first attempted in the 1990s and met with stiff resistance by the cottage industry that existed around it. The final push was in [[2014]] when conservation groups succeeded in getting the local legislature to put a 10-year moratorium on "wild" {{wpl|fishing}}, {{wpl|pearl-diving}}, and other forms of {{wpl|Gathering seafood by hand|gathering seafood by hand}}.
 
This was considered an [[Occidental world|Occidentalization]] of the cottage industries, concentrating power in hands of a few people who were friendly to the Governor-Epistates at the time. Two court cases have been brought against the law banning "wild" marine capture. In both cases the locals lost to overwhelming evidence that the new approach was much better for the environment and since the supply of aquaculture products was most consistent and forecastable much better for exporting concerns.
 
In the 2020s aquaculture exploded as the pristine {{wpl|marine coastal ecosystem}} attracted millions of dollars of investment from the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]] and the [[Levantine Union]]. The aquaculture sector employs about 250-300 people directly and brings in about $55-65 million a year not including ongoing investments.
 
====Mariculture====
[[File:Seaweed farming -Nusa Lembongan, Bali-16Aug2009 edit.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Raimana et Fils Inc. seaweed farm]]
{{wpl|Mariculture}} as a commercial effort is a growing business sector in Sudmoll. There are now two artificial reefs or sea ranches farming  {{wpl|Abalone|Paua}} farms that produce Paua flesh, pearls and nacre (mother of pearl). Other mollusks are farmed here and sold as a local food source.
 
There is a fish oil extraction and fishmeal production ship that processes all of the leftovers or unsellable fish and exports fish oil and fish meal. It circles the fish farms and collects it's load for an "offloading fee".
 
There is also a seaweed forest and an oyster farm both owned by Raimana et Fils Inc.
 
The sector generates around $18 million a year and employs about 50 people directly.
 
====Pisciculture====
{{wpl|Pisciculture}} in Sudmoll is focused mostly on the raising of {{wpl|Milkfish|Awa}}, {{wpl|Flatfish}}, {{wpl|Australasian snapper|tamure}}. {{wpl|offshore aquaculture|Open-ocean cage culture}} is the only allowable form of pisciculture in Sudmoll and theey produce about 3-400 tonnes of fish each year.
 
There are also two smaller fish farms that specialize in reef fish for aquariums and cleaner fish production.
 
The Pisciculture sector brings in about $35 million each year to the island and employs 173 people directly.
 
===Trade===
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Port Nova Martillia is a small {{wpl|container port}} that can accommodate two {{wpl|Feeder ship|feeder sized ships}} at once. It is used to export the agricultural goods from the island but also to supply the locals with sustenance since the island is not self-sufficient. Since opening relations with [[Stenza]] the port has increased its activity almost twofold. Smaller packet freighters are a much more common sight. Almost all of the meager exports from Sudmoll now go to markets in [[Stenza]].
 
Trade is handled throught the [[Okatian Island Trading Company]] (OITC), a joint stock company that is owned 20% by [[Caphiria]], 20% by [[Burgundie]], 20% by [[O’Shea Container Shipping]], and the remaining shares are publically traded. The OITC handles the imports and exports from Sudmoll and [[Caphiria]]n [[Escal]]. It runs a regular route from [[Faramount|Port Lacomopoles]] in [[Burgundie]], [[Ovalutia|Sybaesa Port]] in [[Caphiria]], [[Palestina Parish, Porta Bianca|Port Bianca]] in [[Cartadania]], [[Equitorial Osteiecia|Port TBD]], [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] [[Equitorial Osteiecia]], Ku'umata, the [[Loa Republic]],....tbd.
 
===Infrastructure===
====Maritime====
====Roads and rail====
====Air====
====Energy and electricity====
Sudmollians consume 41,499,420 kWh of electricity each year. Per capita, this is an average of 2,242 kWh.
Sudmollians consume 188,681,640 kgs of oil equivalent each year. Per capita, this is an average of 10,194 kgs of oil equivalent.
 
Sudmoll imports its petroleum and has no local refinery or production. Civilian daily consumption of imported oil products was 5,430 barrels in [[2025]], which constitutes 70% of energy generation for the island's inhabitants. A {{wpl|waste-to-energy plant}} was constructed in [[2003]] and provides the remaining 30% of power generation. It also consumes about 83% of the waste generated on the island. The {{wpl|syngas}} byproduct is increasingly becoming one of Sudmoll's most valuable exports.
There is a rising interest in {{Sudmoll#Agrinergie|Agrinergie]] but a study found that the total potential of the island could only offset the need to meet the current energy consumption, which will never be realized. There has been a mild interest, in residential and commercial solar energy but there isn't a financial capability by the vast majority of residents and businesses to make the initial investments even with current government subsidies. It is estimated that the total solar energy generation capacity on the island is about 4KWs and there is no expectation of that drastically increasing in the next 3-5 yrs.
 
Through an infrastructure investment grant, the [[Levantine Union]] has committed ₮8 million to construct tidal power generators, but the project is currently stalled by local fishermen who are concerned about the disturbances the generators will cause to their livelihood. The project is still expected to move forward and the projected completion date is [[2029]]. A feasibility study was conducted and determined that solar would be unreliable due to the long monsoon seasons, and nuclear was too expensive for the demand.
 
====Military installations====
Sudmoll is home to two military bases, [[Sudmoll#Fort St. Amaund|Fort St. Amaund]], jointly operated by [[Navy of Burgundie]] and the [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Sudmoll#Fort St. Giles|Fort St. Giles]], operated by the [[Army of Burgundie#Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]].
 
=====Fort St. Amaund=====
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=====Fort St. Giles=====
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==Demographics==
Demographics of Sudmoll do not typically include those stationed at
{| class="wikitable"
!Ethnicity
!Population
!% of total population
!Notes
|-
!Mixed race
|8,375
|45.24%
|Primarily [[Bergendii]] and {{wpl|Polynesians}}
|-
!{{wpl|Polynesians}}
|5,174
|27.95%
|
|-
![[Occidental world|Occidental]]
|4,599
|19.44%
|Almost exclusively [[Bergendii]]
|-
!{{wpl|Austronesian peoples|Austronesian}}
|1,362
|7.35%
|
|-
|}
 
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Trade Island of Sudmoll
Flag of Trade Island of Sudmoll
Flag
Nation Burgundie
Constituent Country equivalentBurgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly
Geographic DesignationPolar Burgundies
CapitalOparo Nui
Government
 • Governor-EpistatesTino Oro-Martine Vaiarie
Area
 • Province1,554 km2 (600 sq mi)
 • Water217.56 km2 (84.00 sq mi)  14%%
 • Urban
12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
 • Rural
1,226.02 km2 (473.37 sq mi)
 • Metro
9.25 km2 (3.57 sq mi)
 • Military installation84.37 km2 (32.58 sq mi)
 • Port facility4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2025)
 • Province18,510
 • Density11.91/km2 (30.8/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Iti

Sudmoll, officially the Burgoignesc Trade Island Province of Sudmoll, is an island in the western Okatian Sea. It shares a maritime border with Stenza which has often led to complications with that nation (Sudmoll Island Conflicts).

It has a small population of 18,510 residents, outside of the Naval/Revenue Guard station and Foreign Legion outpost. On average there are approximately 50-100 Revenue Guardsman, 3-5,000 naval personnel, and 3,500-4,000 legionnaires stationed on the military facilities on Sudmoll. The capital and largest town on the island, Oparo Nui, is home to around 4,730 people in it's city limits, which spans 12.6 sq km. The metro area consists of two villages, Pasquavil with 1,748 people, and Oparo Iti with 1,329 people. The remainder of the population lives in a rural environment.

Geography

Geology

Climate

Flora

Fauna

History

Geological history

Early settlements

Pre-Occidental history

Late modern period

Contemporary period

Politics

Sudmoll is part of the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Polar Burgundies geographic designation. Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly is a constituent country equivalent of Burgundie with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. Burgundie's national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Sudmoll.

Sudmoll is a province within Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly with its own semi-elected Governor-Epistates, representative legislative body, and court system.

Sudmollians are Burgoigniacs/Burgoignix with complete civil and economic rights, and citizenship (political rights) under the same federal service criteria as all residents of Burgundie. Burgoignesc is the official language but Austral Valloise and Burgoignesc are both in use. However, there was a time during the 1960s and 1970s when children were forbidden to speak Austral Valloise in schools. Austral Valloise is now taught in schools; it is sometimes even a requirement for employment.

Provincial executive

The provincial executive is the Governor-Epistates. Three candidates are elected by a single transferable vote election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the Court of St. Alphador and the next Governor-Epistates is chosen from these candidates. If the citizenry rejects the selection, a run-off election is held with the remaining two candidates.

Provincial legislature

Like the Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN), The Sudmollian Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Sudmoll liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.

Provincial courts

Administrative divisions

Culture

Dance

Death

Sport

Film

Religion

Sudmoll enjoys complete religious freedom and is a thriving polity of religious observation. The most common religions practiced in Sudmoll are reported to be Catholicism at 35%, Protestantism at 28%, Masa Church at 15%, agnostic or nonreligious at 18%, and other/animist at 4%.

Cuisine

Education

Economy

Tourism is a significant industry.

The main trading partners are the Burgoignesc Metropole for about 40% of imports and about 25% of exports. The other main trading partners are Stenza, Caphiria, and the Loa Republic.

Unemployment affects about 13% of the active population, especially women and unqualified young people.

Tourism

Sudmoll has, in recent years become known for whale watching: Humpback whales come and reproduce here between July and October within easy sighting distance from the beaches.

Agriculture

Agrinergie

Main article: Agrivoltaics

Since 2014 Sudmoll has seen rise in the interest in agrivoltaics. There is a 1MW solar installation with agriculture activities on 2 hectares (5 acres) of land owned by a local cooperative that was funded by a grant from the Royal Academy of Sciences. The farm grows melons, chilies, and cucumbers which are sold at the local market. In 2019, an agrivoltaic system was built on a shrimp farm, funded by a local block grant. According to data collected by the Ministry of Energy's Department of Sustainability's Office of Energy Resiliency's Local Initiatives Branch, the results of their pilot project indicate that water consumption has been reduced by 75% and other benefits such as shading for workers as well as a lower and stable water temperature for better shrimp growth.

In 2024, a subsidy program was established for participants who can provide 1 hectare of undeveloped, arable, and viable land and a business plan to farm/ranch on the land with shade-tolerant crops can receive up to $150,000 towards the installation of a solar array.

Aquaculture

Aquaculture is a new aspect for the economy of Sudmoll. The commercialization of the pearl and nacre industry was first attempted in the 1990s and met with stiff resistance by the cottage industry that existed around it. The final push was in 2014 when conservation groups succeeded in getting the local legislature to put a 10-year moratorium on "wild" fishing, pearl-diving, and other forms of gathering seafood by hand.

This was considered an Occidentalization of the cottage industries, concentrating power in hands of a few people who were friendly to the Governor-Epistates at the time. Two court cases have been brought against the law banning "wild" marine capture. In both cases the locals lost to overwhelming evidence that the new approach was much better for the environment and since the supply of aquaculture products was most consistent and forecastable much better for exporting concerns.

In the 2020s aquaculture exploded as the pristine marine coastal ecosystem attracted millions of dollars of investment from the Burgoignesc Metropole and the Levantine Union. The aquaculture sector employs about 250-300 people directly and brings in about $55-65 million a year not including ongoing investments.

Mariculture

Raimana et Fils Inc. seaweed farm

Mariculture as a commercial effort is a growing business sector in Sudmoll. There are now two artificial reefs or sea ranches farming Paua farms that produce Paua flesh, pearls and nacre (mother of pearl). Other mollusks are farmed here and sold as a local food source.

There is a fish oil extraction and fishmeal production ship that processes all of the leftovers or unsellable fish and exports fish oil and fish meal. It circles the fish farms and collects it's load for an "offloading fee".

There is also a seaweed forest and an oyster farm both owned by Raimana et Fils Inc.

The sector generates around $18 million a year and employs about 50 people directly.

Pisciculture

Pisciculture in Sudmoll is focused mostly on the raising of Awa, Flatfish, tamure. Open-ocean cage culture is the only allowable form of pisciculture in Sudmoll and theey produce about 3-400 tonnes of fish each year.

There are also two smaller fish farms that specialize in reef fish for aquariums and cleaner fish production.

The Pisciculture sector brings in about $35 million each year to the island and employs 173 people directly.

Trade

Port Nova Martillia
Location
Country Burgundie
Details
Opened1949
Employees550
Statistics
Vessel arrivals179
Annual cargo tonnage805.219 tonnes
Annual revenue₮25 million

Port Nova Martillia is a small container port that can accommodate two feeder sized ships at once. It is used to export the agricultural goods from the island but also to supply the locals with sustenance since the island is not self-sufficient. Since opening relations with Stenza the port has increased its activity almost twofold. Smaller packet freighters are a much more common sight. Almost all of the meager exports from Sudmoll now go to markets in Stenza.

Trade is handled throught the Okatian Island Trading Company (OITC), a joint stock company that is owned 20% by Caphiria, 20% by Burgundie, 20% by O’Shea Container Shipping, and the remaining shares are publically traded. The OITC handles the imports and exports from Sudmoll and Caphirian Escal. It runs a regular route from Port Lacomopoles in Burgundie, Sybaesa Port in Caphiria, Port Bianca in Cartadania, Port TBD, Burgoignesc Equitorial Osteiecia, Ku'umata, the Loa Republic,....tbd.

Infrastructure

Maritime

Roads and rail

Air

Energy and electricity

Sudmollians consume 41,499,420 kWh of electricity each year. Per capita, this is an average of 2,242 kWh. Sudmollians consume 188,681,640 kgs of oil equivalent each year. Per capita, this is an average of 10,194 kgs of oil equivalent.

Sudmoll imports its petroleum and has no local refinery or production. Civilian daily consumption of imported oil products was 5,430 barrels in 2025, which constitutes 70% of energy generation for the island's inhabitants. A waste-to-energy plant was constructed in 2003 and provides the remaining 30% of power generation. It also consumes about 83% of the waste generated on the island. The syngas byproduct is increasingly becoming one of Sudmoll's most valuable exports. There is a rising interest in {{Sudmoll#Agrinergie|Agrinergie]] but a study found that the total potential of the island could only offset the need to meet the current energy consumption, which will never be realized. There has been a mild interest, in residential and commercial solar energy but there isn't a financial capability by the vast majority of residents and businesses to make the initial investments even with current government subsidies. It is estimated that the total solar energy generation capacity on the island is about 4KWs and there is no expectation of that drastically increasing in the next 3-5 yrs.

Through an infrastructure investment grant, the Levantine Union has committed ₮8 million to construct tidal power generators, but the project is currently stalled by local fishermen who are concerned about the disturbances the generators will cause to their livelihood. The project is still expected to move forward and the projected completion date is 2029. A feasibility study was conducted and determined that solar would be unreliable due to the long monsoon seasons, and nuclear was too expensive for the demand.

Military installations

Sudmoll is home to two military bases, Fort St. Amaund, jointly operated by Navy of Burgundie and the Revenue Guard, and Fort St. Giles, operated by the Foreign Legion.

Fort St. Amaund
Fort St. Amaund
Okatian Sea Joint Maritime Patrol Station
 Burgundie
Site information
OwnerBurgoignesc Security Forces
OperatorNavy of Burgundie
Controlled byBurgoignesc Australis Combined Forces Command, Western Sector
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1922
Garrison information
OccupantsNavy
  • 4th Aviso Divison
  • 37th Destroyer Squadron

Revenue Guard

  • 5th Cutter Pod
  • 2nd Life Saving Squadron
Fort St. Giles
Fort St. Giles
 Burgundie
Site information
OwnerBurgoignesc Security Forces
OperatorArmy of Burgundie
Controlled byBurgoignesc Australis Combined Forces Command, Western Sector
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1973
Garrison information
OccupantsForeign Legion
  • Foreign Legion Detachment Sudmoll

Gendarmerie

  • Okatian Basin Company of the Overseas Gendarmerie

Demographics

Demographics of Sudmoll do not typically include those stationed at

Ethnicity Population % of total population Notes
Mixed race 8,375 45.24% Primarily Bergendii and Polynesians
Polynesians 5,174 27.95%
Occidental 4,599 19.44% Almost exclusively Bergendii
Austronesian 1,362 7.35%