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| '''Country''' || [[File:KiravFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Kiravia|Kiravian Federacy]] | | '''Country''' || [[File:KiravFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Kiravia|Kiravian Federacy]] | ||
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| '''Capital''' || [[Iśanvamur]] | | '''Capital''' || [[Iśanvamur]] | ||
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'''Thýstara''' is an island colony of the [[Kiravian Federacy]] located in extreme northwestern [[ | '''Thýstara''' is an island colony and overseas province of the [[Kiravian Federacy]] located in extreme northwestern [[Cusinaut]], off the coast of [[Maloka]]. | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Thýstara has a boreal oceanic<ref>Rivas-Martínez, Salvador & Sáenz, Salvador & Penas, A.. (2011). Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System. Global Geobotany. 1. 1-634+4 Maps. 10.5616/gg110001. </ref> or {{wb|subpolar oceanic}} climate. Its prevailing vegetation zones can be described as {{wp|Boreal Cordillera|coniferous}} {{wp|Northern Cordillera forests|boreal forest}}, {{wp|Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC)|boreal tussock grassland}}, and alpine "wet tundra" and alpine dry tundra at certain higher elevations and orographic positions. | Thýstara has a boreal oceanic<ref>Rivas-Martínez, Salvador & Sáenz, Salvador & Penas, A.. (2011). Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System. Global Geobotany. 1. 1-634+4 Maps. 10.5616/gg110001. </ref> or {{wb|subpolar oceanic}} climate. Its prevailing vegetation zones can be described as {{wp|Boreal Cordillera|coniferous}} {{wp|Northern Cordillera forests|boreal forest}}, {{wp|Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC)|boreal tussock grassland}}, and alpine "wet tundra" and alpine dry tundra at certain higher elevations and orographic positions. | ||
[[File:View over Churches and Shoreline - Hamlet of Tsiigehtchic - Near Inuvik - Northwest Territories - Canada.jpg|thumb|Lutheran churchyard on the Inūlin River]] | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Thȳstara was discovered in 1587 AD by [[Tomas Gwydion Bowen]], a Fiannrian Faehne explorer from [[Sorhaithe]] who discovered [[Thýstara]]. By the 1600s AD, fishing expeditions from Faneria, Kiravia, Fiannria, and Caergwynn had begun visiting the island to exploit the bountiful stocks of {{wp|Call of Duty|cod}}. The Kiravian fishery grew to include approximately 70 ships by 1607, surging to approximately 150 after the establishment of a permanent Kiravian presence on [[Rovaīon]]. The [[Index of Kiravian legislation|Far Cronan Fisheries Act]] of established the Admiralty Court's jurisdiction over the activities of Kiravian fishing crews even while ashore on the island, but a formal territorial claim would not be made until after the 1634 Treaty of Marriott, in which other nations with substantial fishing interests in the area recognised Kiravian sovereignty over the island in exchange for protection of their fishing rights and extension of various privileges and immunities to their vessels and crews. By 1700 AD, the population of Thýstara had risen to nearly 12,000, and the cod fishery remained the main industry. | |||
[[Incarceration_in_Kiravia#Penal_Settlements|Penal settlements]] were established in the island's interior in [YEAR] to extract coal and other minerals. The [[Atlindarin Katergon]] remains in operation today as a joint facility serving as the colony's flagship penal institution and part of the federal correctional system. | |||
==Society & Culture== | ==Society & Culture== | ||
Thýstara is a {{wp|settler society}} comprising people, cultural elements, and social institutions transplanted from other parts of the Kiravian Federacy. | Thýstara is a {{wp|settler society}} comprising people, cultural elements, and social institutions transplanted from other parts of the Kiravian Federacy. Its history and geography have given the colonists' culture a strong frontier ethos that values hard work and self-reliance. | ||
Thýstara's first civilian colonists were [[Koskenkorva|Koskenkorvans]] from their home island's far northern end who established the settlements of Tagakūla and Inovintergen (English: "New [[Wintergen]]") on the southeastern shore. Subsequently, the Kiravian government encouraged the emigration of new settlers from Coscivian ethnic groups whose traditional lifestyles were compatible with the subarctic marine climate of Thýstara, such as the various North Coscivian and Sēoran Coscivian peoples, Arnórians, Lúnstans, Kroysanyans, Túkluskan Coscivians, Sikorvians, and Ice Coscivians, as well as non-Coscivian Rhūniks and Finnic-speaking groups from Koskenkorva and the Northern Isles. Most of these settlers came from the states of [[Intravia]], [[Vôtaska]], [[Lataskia]], [[Ixikéa-Qihuxia]], and [[Inokarya]], and as such, the culture of Thýstara is strikingly similar to that of the [[Great Kirav#Zone A - North Coast|North Coast]]. In the 21200s, renewed economic interest in Crona and the expansion of the mining industry encouraged [[Saxalin Islands|Saxalin Islanders]] to relocate to Thýstara, from the Antarctic Circle to the Arctic. | |||
Relations between the Kiravian settler population and the indigenous Qualkee (or "Island Malki") have been generally peaceful, if one-sided. In the early phases of colonisation, low population densities, limited colonial interest in the interior, and prudent decisions by the colonial administration engendered good relations between the Kiravians and Qualkee. However, tensions inevitably emerged as the settler population grew and expanded at the expense of the Qualkee, who became subject to forcible displacement, disruption of their traditional economies, and cultural degradation. Diseases (both infectious and of environmental etiology), intermarriage, and policy violence all contributed to the absolute decline of the pure-blood Qualkee population from an estimated 64,000 in 1730 to just 22,654 in 2020 AD. In the 21st century AD, the colonial and federal governments have reached agreements guaranteeing the Qualkee more local autonomy and equitable access to land, forest products, and marine resources. It is estimated that between a quarter and a third of the settler population have Qualkee ancestry, though Qualkee leaders and autonomous institutions do not accept mixed-race persons as members of their community unless they were brought up in it from early childhood. | |||
Some insular or nonconformist religious groups have formed communal settlements in Thýstara, including the [[Abrigalasts]]. | |||
==Governance== | ==Governance== | ||
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Thýstara has a very centralised judiciary compared to other Kiravian states and territories. As in all Kiravian federal subjects, each Thýstaran countyship has its own court and courthouse with 1-4 judges. While a narrow majority of cases are resolved at the countyship level, a very large proportion are passed on to the central, that is to say, territorial courts, whether by {{wp|appeal}}, the judge's own referral (Coscivian: ''abridávitor''), or a request for a {{wp|change of venue}}. In criminal cases, grand juries decide, with guidance from the local magistrate, whether the case should be tried locally or referred to the central courts in Iśanvamur. ''Abridávitor'' occurs frequently in Thýstara, mostly because countyship judges determine that they lack the necessary expertise to properly ajudicate a case or because all of the judges in that countyship must recuse themselves due to relationships with one or more of the parties, which is fairly common in Thýstara's small settlements. The central court system includes a General Reception Court, which takes on most cases transferred from the county courts, as well as some cases where the territorial courts have {{wp|original jurisdiction}}; a Court of Property Rights, which hears cases related to mineral rights, public lands, colonial land grants, and private {{wp|real property}} of considerable size; the Territorial Appellate Court, which hears appeals from the aforementioned courts; and the Territorial Charter Court, which hears appeals from the Territorial Appellate Court and has the power of {{wp|judicial review}}. | Thýstara has a very centralised judiciary compared to other Kiravian states and territories. As in all Kiravian federal subjects, each Thýstaran countyship has its own court and courthouse with 1-4 judges. While a narrow majority of cases are resolved at the countyship level, a very large proportion are passed on to the central, that is to say, territorial courts, whether by {{wp|appeal}}, the judge's own referral (Coscivian: ''abridávitor''), or a request for a {{wp|change of venue}}. In criminal cases, grand juries decide, with guidance from the local magistrate, whether the case should be tried locally or referred to the central courts in Iśanvamur. ''Abridávitor'' occurs frequently in Thýstara, mostly because countyship judges determine that they lack the necessary expertise to properly ajudicate a case or because all of the judges in that countyship must recuse themselves due to relationships with one or more of the parties, which is fairly common in Thýstara's small settlements. The central court system includes a General Reception Court, which takes on most cases transferred from the county courts, as well as some cases where the territorial courts have {{wp|original jurisdiction}}; a Court of Property Rights, which hears cases related to mineral rights, public lands, colonial land grants, and private {{wp|real property}} of considerable size; the Territorial Appellate Court, which hears appeals from the aforementioned courts; and the Territorial Charter Court, which hears appeals from the Territorial Appellate Court and has the power of {{wp|judicial review}}. | ||
Currently, due to the scarcity of trained legal personnel in Thýstara, the territory's judges are appointed by the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy]] and confirmed by the Legislative conference. At present, only two Thýstaran judges were born in the territory (though a few others resided in Thýstara for some time prior to their appointment), with most of the rest hailing from [[Porfíria]], [[ | Currently, due to the scarcity of trained legal personnel in Thýstara, the territory's judges are appointed by the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy]] and confirmed by the Legislative conference. At present, only two Thýstaran judges were born in the territory (though a few others resided in Thýstara for some time prior to their appointment), with most of the rest hailing from [[Porfíria]], [[Avenirskara]], the [[Green River Colony]], and [[Niyaska]]. | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
The Thýstaran economic base is {{wp|extractive industries|extractive}}, with fishing, mining, and lumbering as the core industries that account for most of the colony's exports and support its transport, service, and construction sectors. Major fishing products include crustaceans (particularly {{wp|cold-water shrimp}}, king crab, and {{wp|Chionoecetes|snow crab}}), cod, and halibut. Many of the Kiravian pelagic trawlers operating in the far northern Levantine Ocean have Thýstaran towns as their home ports. | The Thýstaran economic base is {{wp|extractive industries|extractive}}, with fishing, mining, and lumbering as the core industries that account for most of the colony's exports and support its transport, service, and construction sectors. Major fishing products include crustaceans (particularly {{wp|cold-water shrimp}}, king crab, and {{wp|Chionoecetes|snow crab}}), cod, and halibut. Many of the Kiravian pelagic trawlers operating in the far northern Levantine Ocean have Thýstaran towns as their home ports. | ||
Deposits of {{wp|pitchblende}} were mined intermittently between 21128 and 21144, when the [[ | Deposits of {{wp|pitchblende}} were mined intermittently between 21128 and 21144, when the [[Kiravian Remnant|exiled Federalist]] government consolidated the various mines under a 50% {{wp|state-owned enterprise|government-owned corporation}} and resolved labour disputes with the local miners' unions after an arduous standoff. The mines were privatised in 21169, becoming a key asset of [[Cascada]]-based [[Kûperspar Rare Earths SAK]]. A cobalt mine on the southern end of the island entered production in 211201, and initial drilling at a minor nickel deposit near Mount MacMillan began in 21206. | ||
Historically, the island's remote location, as well as its inhospitable weather and the fact that much of its northern and western shores are icebound during the winter, have hindered Thýstara's commodity export-based economy by disrupting transportation and incurring high costs for heating energy and equipment maintenance. However, the colony's fortunes have improved significantly since the late 21140s due to improvements in technology, federal investment and infrastructure projects | Historically, the island's remote location, as well as its inhospitable weather and the fact that much of its northern and western shores are icebound during the winter, have hindered Thýstara's commodity export-based economy by disrupting transportation and incurring high costs for heating energy and equipment maintenance. However, the colony's fortunes have improved significantly since the late 21140s due to improvements in technology, federal investment and infrastructure projects during the [[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance]], improved access to global commodities markets since [[Hi|liberalisation]], and renewed growth in the nearby colonies of [[Porfíria]] and [[Avenirskara]]. | ||
Thýstara has very low rates of taxation, made possible by low public expenditure and the territorial government's ability to finance itself mainly through federal subsidies and rents on mineral concessions. | Thýstara has very low rates of taxation, made possible by low public expenditure and the territorial government's ability to finance itself mainly through federal subsidies and rents on mineral concessions. | ||
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