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 Veraise was inhabited by the Cartesian people and their ancestors for several millennia before the arrival of [[Levantia|Levantines]]. During the [[Timeline_of_major_world_events#17th_century|Age of Exploration]], Veraise was settled by the [[Burgoignesc_North_Levantine_Trading_Company#Colonial_ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] under the navigator Jean-Claude Gastineau, establishing a trading post and way station that he dubbed Port-Verde (present-day Gastineau) in [[1593]].
+Following the [[Great Confessional War]] ([[1555]] - [[1575]]) in southern [[Levantia]], a massive population diaspora occurred. Tens of thousands of Protestant [[Levantia|Levantines]] took to the seas to find new homes free from [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] persecution. Many of these refugees were organized under trade companies formed in various principalities the form modern-day [[Burgundie]]. But not every trading company was built on the concept of bleeding the fleeing Protestants dry. The [[Burgoignesc_North_Levantine_Trading_Company#Colonial_ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] was chartered in [[1579]], under the newly ordained [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Duchy of Martilles]] "to control the trading interests of Martillien merchants from "the borders north of the upper reaches of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] unto the lands at the zenith of the His terrestrial orb (read Kiravia)". Conspicuously absent were longitudinal limits on the charter.
-During the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]], Veraise was attacked by the [[Ehemo]]ans, who were friendly to the [[Kiravia]]ns at the time, but was never captured or occupied. It was, however, eventually sold ceded to [[Ehemo]]an control in [[1812]], as the costs in holding the territory began to outweigh its benefits.
+Following reports of successful settlements in [[Alstin#Occidental_Settlement_and_the_Founding_of_the_Kingdom|Altaic Sea basin]] the [[Burgoignesc_North_Levantine_Trading_Company#Colonial_ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] dispatched Jean-Claude Gastineau and a small fleet to establish a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] trading post in the area. Arriving in the Alstinian Isles in late [[1591]], they wintered in the wilderness far from the predominantly Protestant settlements. Cold, disease, and Protestant raids reduced the part from 153 men and 14 ships to 73 men and 6 ships. In the early spring, they made out for mainland [[Crona]] to find a suitable and secluded spot to establish a Catholic {{wpl|Factory (trading post)|factory}}. After 4 months of surveying the coast, a number of suitable locations were noted. Gastineau returned to the [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Duke of the Martilles]] and the investors of the [[Burgoignesc_North_Levantine_Trading_Company#Colonial_ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] and presented them with his findings. The Archbishop of [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] was more interested in the Protestant settlements in the Alstinian Isles and the decision of where to settle a trading post was shelved while Gastineau and his lieutenants drafted a report on military strength, fortifications, indigenous conversion efforts, and infrastructure developments. He became very frustrated with the delay and appealed to leave some lieutenants behind to finalize the report after he had departed to start the return journey. He was denied during each appeal. Ultimately, the report was completed after 6 months of writing and redrafting. After the Archbishop accepted the report, the Duke and the investors met again to pick a settlement spot. They made their selection and outfitted Gastineau with a contingent of 183 men (outfitted with the finest military materiel available in the [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Duchy]]), 16 ships, animals, and 5 priests. They arrived in the fall of [[1593]], establishing the {{wpl|Factory (trading post)|factory}} of Port-Verde (present-day Gastineau).
+In the following years trading between Port-Verde and [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] increased and immigrants started to arrive in greater numbers as the vast "untapped" wealth of [[Crona]] became legendary in the [[Burgundie|coastal states]] of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. It remained the only [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Levantine colony in the area which led to low-level sea skirmishes with the Protestants on the Alstinian Isles, but there were no outright wars with the other [[Levantines]]. Expansion occurred in the early 17th century into the modern-day territories of [[Credesia]]. In [[1604]], Jean-Claude Gastineau was granted the title of {{wpl|Viceroy|Duxregent}} of Port-Verde. He ruled with a focus on increasing trade and developing the port-city's harbor and defenses. The priests were underwhelmed with his agenda for converting the indigenous populations and taking the fight to the Protestants in [[Alstin]].
+In [[1609]], the Pope threatened to censured the Archbishop of [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] until he could convince Gastineau to get his priorities straight, "...for his ambitious pursuit of material wealth over the pursuit of the spiritual salvation of the [[Alstin]]ian savages, and their indigenous neighbors reveal his priorities to be in line with the Lutheran menace we have so recently divested from our sphere." The Archbishop passed away three months later, totally unrelated.....but the situation in Port-Verde remained unchanged. The Duke soothed the situation by limiting the charter granted to Gastineau for Port-Verde and granting a separate charter for the colony of [[Credesia]] to be jointly administered by a {{wpl|Viceroy|Duxregent}} and a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Bishop.
+Port-Verde became a major exporter of timbers considered exotic on [[Levantia]] and for tobacco. The colony transformed throughout the 1600s, shifting from a small urban colony, predominately centered around the port city, to becoming a widespread agrarian-plantation colony focused on tobacco cultivation. By [[1680]], there were approximately 1,500 [[Levantia|Levantines]] in Veraise, predominately from [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] and [[History_of_Burgundie#County_Palatine_of_Pumbria|Pumbria]], as well as 2-3,000 Cartesian people who had either converted/adopted the Occidental lifestyle or who worked as laborers on the tobacco plantations.
+The shifting global market saw tobacco prices drop in the mid 18th century in the [[Burgundie|coastal states]] of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] which resulted in the economy of Port-Verde of failing as it had over-invested in that one commodity. By the 1770s the colony was in a steady decline. Smugglers from [[Alstin]] bought the tobacco for higher prices than the [[Burgoignesc_North_Levantine_Trading_Company#Colonial_ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]]. Pragmatic farmers began to form closer ties with [[Alstin]], circumventing the monopoly held by the MNLC which led to tension and a series of taxes were levied on the Port-Verdiens, in the 1780s, to support the [[Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars]]. This further drove the Port-Verdiens into the arms of the [[Alstin]]ans. The colony was primarily tied to [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] in name only by the dawn of the 19th century. When Veraise was attacked by the [[Ehemo]]ans, who were friendly to the [[Kiravia]]ns at the time, in [[1804]], [[1809]], and [[1810]] [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] ignored pleas for aid, but [[Alstin]]ians were happy to come to Veraise with promises of land grants. The attacks from [[Ehemo]] were repulsed, but the situation became more and more tenuous.
+In [[1812]], [[History_of_Burgundie#Duchy_of_Martilles|Martilles]] accepted an offer to relinquish claims to Versaise from the [[Ehemo]]ans in return for 600 tons of gold and non-aggression pact. The local Veroui (people of [[Burgundie|Burgoigno]]-[[Levantia|Levantine]] descent) were furious that they had been abandoned.
 Under [[Ehemo]]an rule, Veraise became known as the "Lynchpin", as its location near the mouth of the Carte River allowed for [[Ehemo]] to not only influence indirectly neighboring [[Kartejya]], but also secured the [[Ehemo]]an core against an invasion from the south. Nevertheless, the local Veroui (people of Burgoignesc descent) increasingly grew discontent over the next two centuries as a result of their unofficial status as second-class citizens, as well as a lack of autonomy in regional affairs. This culminated in the Veroui Revolt, in which the Veroui assisted the [[United Republic]] in driving the [[Ehemo]]ans out of Veraise, as part of the then-concurrent [[Kartejyan War]]. As part of the Treaty of Dawsbury, which ended the war in January [[2020]], Veraise was transferred to and annexed by the [[United Republic]] as an autonomous territory.