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Wintergen ([[Burgoignesc language|Burg]]: Ouintergene), is an over-seas province of [[Burgundie]] located in the eastern [[Kilikas Sea]]. It shares a maritime border with [[Faneria]] to the southwest and [[Vithinja]] to the northeast. It is part of [[Burgundie]]'s [[Government of Burgundie#Constituent Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography of Burgundie#Wintergen|Polar Burgundies]] geographic designation. It is home to | Wintergen ([[Burgoignesc language|Burg]]: Ouintergene), is an over-seas province of [[Burgundie]] located in the eastern [[Kilikas Sea]]. It shares a maritime border with [[Faneria]] to the southwest and [[Vithinja]] to the northeast. It is part of [[Burgundie]]'s [[Government of Burgundie#Constituent Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]'s [[Geography of Burgundie#Wintergen|Polar Burgundies]] geographic designation. It is home to 719,990 Ouintergens. It's capital and largest city is Hivernille which also serves as the province's largest port facility. Most of the island's residents live in one of three large settlements, Hivernille, Volcamor, or Santmai. The reminder of the island is kept uninhabited by the logging companies who own the vast majority of the land. | ||
Wintergen is known for its jagged, rocky Kilikas Sea coastlines; the extinct volcano in the western third of the island; the heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. Santmai has emerged as a {{wp|Creative economy}} hub for [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], [[Vithinja]]n, and [[Faneria]]n yuppies. As a result, Santmai is experiencing a high degree of gentrification while Hivernille and Volcamor are considered grubby working-class towns. | Wintergen is known for its jagged, rocky Kilikas Sea coastlines; the extinct volcano in the western third of the island; the heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. Santmai has emerged as a {{wp|Creative economy}} hub for [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], [[Vithinja]]n, and [[Faneria]]n yuppies. As a result, Santmai is experiencing a high degree of gentrification while Hivernille and Volcamor are considered grubby working-class towns. | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File: Tilbury Container Port - geograph.org.uk - 1387005.jpg|200px|right]] | |||
{{Further|Economy of Burgundie}} | {{Further|Economy of Burgundie}} | ||
Wintergen's primary sectors are as a customs and logistical hub between the [[Kiravia]]n trade markets and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] markets, fishing, logging, and apple cultivation. There are some minor oil reserves within the EEZ of Wintergen which are being tapped but the offshore drilling sector is comparatively small. | Wintergen's primary sectors are as a customs and logistical hub between the [[Kiravia]]n trade markets and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] markets, fishing, logging, and apple cultivation. There are some minor oil reserves within the EEZ of Wintergen which are being tapped but the offshore drilling sector is comparatively small. | ||
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===Logging=== | ===Logging=== | ||
[[File:Mexico logs.jpg|200px|right]] | |||
[[File:TJ harvesteri.jpg|200px|right]] | |||
[[File:EngineeredWoodHomeDepot.jpg|200px|right]] | |||
Logging is the largest sector by land mass and employment on the island. 2/3rds of the island are covered in logging plantations that are operated by three companies: [[Irvine Timber Products]], Roumeline Ltd., and Ouintergene Products. The primary species grown are softwoods, namely balsam fir and black spruce. The hardwood found in the region is mainly white birch. | Logging is the largest sector by land mass and employment on the island. 2/3rds of the island are covered in logging plantations that are operated by three companies: [[Irvine Timber Products]], Roumeline Ltd., and Ouintergene Products. The primary species grown are softwoods, namely balsam fir and black spruce. The hardwood found in the region is mainly white birch. | ||
====Paper milling==== | |||
Paper, cardboard, newsprint | |||
===Fishing=== | ===Fishing=== | ||
[[File:New Brunswick DGJ 8589 - Boats at Rest (4950623829).jpg|200px|right]] | [[File:New Brunswick DGJ 8589 - Boats at Rest (4950623829).jpg|200px|right]] | ||
[[File:Lobster boat in marina.jpg|200px|right]] | [[File:Lobster boat in marina.jpg|200px|right]] | ||
Commercial fishing, particularly {{wp|lobster}}ing and trawling. While lobster is the main seafood focus for Wintergen, the harvest of both oysters, seaweed, shrimp are on the rise. The main fishing fleets are based in Santmai since the shipping traffic makes fishing out of Hivernille less favorable. Contaminant and noise pollution has made fishing near Hivernille impossible and trying to navigate around the constant flow of ships more of a hassle than it is worth. | Commercial fishing, particularly {{wp|lobster}}ing and trawling (cod, haddock, halibut, herring and mackerel). While lobster is the main seafood focus for Wintergen, the harvest of both oysters, seaweed, shrimp are on the rise. The main fishing fleets are based in Santmai since the shipping traffic makes fishing out of Hivernille less favorable. Contaminant and noise pollution has made fishing near Hivernille impossible and trying to navigate around the constant flow of ships more of a hassle than it is worth. | ||
The two largest fleets are owned by the Havremaitre family and the Reauchfavle family, both operating out of Santmai. | The two largest fleets are owned by the Havremaitre family and the Reauchfavle family, both operating out of Santmai. | ||
===Agriculture | ===Agriculture=== | ||
[[File:Apple orchard at Putley - geograph.org.uk - 2197971.jpg|200px|right]] | [[File:Apple orchard at Putley - geograph.org.uk - 2197971.jpg|200px|right]] | ||
[[File:Apple harvest boxes of apple orchard on Île d’Orléans in Canada.jpg|200px|right]] | [[File:Apple harvest boxes of apple orchard on Île d’Orléans in Canada.jpg|200px|right]] | ||
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About 20% of the apples harvested are sold as is to fruit sellers. 1-3% are retained for a growing agro-tourism market to be handpicked by tourists from orchards. | About 20% of the apples harvested are sold as is to fruit sellers. 1-3% are retained for a growing agro-tourism market to be handpicked by tourists from orchards. | ||
Other key agricultural products include strawberries, apples, raspberries, wild lowbush blueberries, half-high blueberries, lingonberries, cranberries. | |||
===Brewing, and distilling=== | |||
====Cider brewing==== | |||
All apples harvested for alcoholic beverages are first crushed into cider and then fermented, the apples to be kept as hard cider are fermented then bottled. The cider to be turned into Calvados is dry fermented and then sent on to the calvadoseuers. | |||
====Calvados distilling==== | |||
[[File: Chateaux Neuf Pins bottle.jpg|thumb|right|Bottle of Chateaux Neuf Pins extra grade calvados]] | |||
[[File: Chateaux Ste. Eloise bottle.jpg|thumb|right|Bottle of Chateaux Ste. Eloise vieille reserve grade calvados]] | |||
The apples are harvested and sold to one of three cider houses. There they are pressed into a juice that is fermented into a dry cider. It is then sold to one of two calvadoseuers where it is distilled into eau de vie. After two or three years of aging in oak casks, it can be sold as calvados. The longer it is aged, the smoother the drink becomes. | |||
The two largest calvadoseuers are: | |||
*Chateaux Neuf Pins (Ænglisch: Chateaux Nine Pines) | |||
*Chateaux Ste. Eloise (Ænglisch: Chateaux Saint Eloise) | |||
=== | ===Manufacturing=== | ||
The manufacturing sector in Wintergen is very small with only two manufacturing plants outside of those in the timber business: | |||
*[[O’Shea Container Shipping]] has a small shipyard and maritime repair facility; and | |||
*LeClair Fishing and Trawling Hardware manufactures trawling and lobstering equipment. | |||
===Trade and transshipment=== | ===Trade and transshipment=== | ||
{{Infobox port | {{Infobox port | ||
| name = Port Hivernille | | name = Port Hivernille | ||
| image = | | image = Aerial photograph of the Port of Miami Container Port.jpg | ||
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====Maritime==== | ====Maritime==== | ||
[[File: Wintergen ferry routes.png|150px|right]] | [[File: Wintergen ferry routes.png|150px|right]] | ||
The Wintergen-Ultmar Ferry Service operates out of Hivernille and | The Wintergen-Ultmar Ferry Service (owned and operated by [[Lansing Lines]]) operates out of Hivernille and has daily ro-ro passenger/vehicle ferry service to: | ||
The Santmai Ferry Line is a fast ferry for people only from Santmai to | *Eile Oreachbha, [[Faneria]] | ||
*Myshall, [[Faneria]] | |||
*Rimrinnedet, [[Nordlan]], [[Vithinja]]; and | |||
*Runrik, [[Scapa]]. | |||
The Santmai Ferry Line is a fast ferry for people only from Santmai to Rimrinne det, [[Nordlan]], three times a week. | |||
=====Lighthouses===== | |||
{{Further|Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration}} | |||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Portland Head Lighthouse Ocean Horizontal.JPG|Iparnor Head Lighthouse | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Roads and rail==== | ====Roads and rail==== | ||
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====Air==== | ====Air==== | ||
The Wintergen International Airport is a small, short haul airport facility that is shared by the civilian terminal and the Boreal Task Section of of the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]] and [[Navy of Burgundie|Navy of Burgundie | The Wintergen International Airport is a small, short haul airport facility that is shared by the civilian terminal and the Boreal Task Section of of the [[Royal Air Service of Burgundie]], [[Revenue Guard]], and [[Navy of Burgundie|Navy of Burgundie Hyperthalatton]]. | ||
There are 4 gates in the passenger terminal: | There are 4 gates in the passenger terminal: | ||
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====Energy and electricity==== | ====Energy and electricity==== | ||
Most of the electricity in Wintergen is provided by the Remalaund Power Factory outside of Volcamor. The Remalaud Power Factory is a {{wp|Geothermal_power#Binary_cycle_power_stations|Binary cycle, geothermal power station}} built in [[2012]] to replace the flash steam station geothermal plant that had been built in [[1984]], itself replacing a peat burning station that had previously powered the island. | |||
There is also an undersea power and internet cable from Myshell, [[Faneria]] that supplies some energy as the grid fluctuates. | |||
====Phone service and internet==== | |||
Phone service is provided by Island Mobile, a co-op with a basic infrastructure layout, that covers the three main municipalities on the island. The logging companies own truck mounted mobile repeaters to extend the service into their {{wp|Unincorporated area}}s, but most companies also maintain a number of satellite phones in their timber camps. There are 6 cell towers that cover 84% of the population despite only covering 18% of the landmass of the island. Landline service is available and is still popular with those who live in the rural parts of Wintergen. | |||
Highspeed internet service is provided by National Wireless Services a public-private ISP offered to areas of the [[Burgoignesc thalattocracy]] that don't have enough demand to create a competitive market. Residential internet speeds average 2 gigabits while commercial speeds are typically higher in the 3-4 gigabit range. National Wireless Services piggybacks on the Island Mobile towers and also has two towers of their own which provide highspeed wireless connections deep into the logging lands on the west of the island. | |||
There is also a [[Global Maritime Distress and Safety System]] repeater and beacon on the island. | |||
===Sports and leisure=== | |||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Albatross New Logo.png|Hivernille Albatross Logo | |||
File:Hockey Stick Display Statue - Warrior Ice Arena Boston.jpg|Exterior of Hivernille Arena | |||
File:Everett Silvertips vs. Portland at Angel of the Winds Arena, March 2023.jpg|Interior of Hivernille Arena | |||
</gallery> | |||
Wintergen has only one professional sports team, the [[Levantine_Hockey_League#Hivernille_Albatrosses|Hivernille Albatrosses]] who compete in the [[Levantine Hockey League]]. They employ a total of 257 people directly. Founded in [[1845]] as the Merchants, the company team of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], was formed by Emmanuel-Vichois Ermau de Milasse Esq. as a niche joke by the tropical [[Bergendii]] who were curious about the '''{{wp|Field hockey|carietizein}}''' like sport played on the ice. They remained the Merchants until the advent of mascots in the 1940s when they adopted the albatross, the logo of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company]], as their own. The fans connected with the albatross and put together a fanclub petition to have the name changed. In [[1951]], the team finally adopted its current name, the Albatrosses. They own the Hivernille Arena which is a multi-purpose sports arena complex and convention center on the outskirts of Hivernille. The arena has 8,149 seats in its ice hockey configuration and 10,000 for concerts and other events. | |||
The Hivernille Arena complex also hosts amateur and semi-professional hockey, basketball, {{wp|Balle à la main}}, lacrosse, curling, {{wp|Barette (sport)|Barette}}, banked track roller derby, {{wp|Canne de combat}}, {{wp|Savate}}, {{wp|French school of fencing|fencing}}, tennis, and {{Wp|pétanque}} events. | |||
====Albatross Fandom==== | |||
Fans of the team are called Albatroaz and are notable for their violence and hooliganism. Female fans are also known for their promiscuous behavior and flamboyant style. The team is particularly popular with the working class of [[Hivernille]], and to a certain extent is a symbol of resistance amongst the working class of other [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] cities. The logo is pervasive across the athletic wear of working-class [[Burgundie]], regardless of which team the individual supports. It is not uncommon for poorer hockey fans to have a set of Albatross gear as well as their local team. | |||
==Politics and government== | ==Politics and government== | ||
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!Hivernille | !Hivernille | ||
|[[File:Portland from peaks.jpg|200px|center]] | |[[File:Portland from peaks.jpg|200px|center]] | ||
| | |247,639 | ||
|Capital of Wintergen | |Capital of Wintergen | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Santmai | !Santmai | ||
|[[File:A643, Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain from Bar Island, Maine, United States, 2009.jpg|200px|center]] | |[[File:A643, Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain from Bar Island, Maine, United States, 2009.jpg|200px|center]] | ||
| | |83,721 | ||
|Market town | |Market town | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Volcamor | !Volcamor | ||
|[[File:City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg|200px|center]] | |[[File:City Hall Biddeford, ME 2005.jpg|200px|center]] | ||
| | |55,426 | ||
|Large settlement | |Large settlement | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{{Further|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}} | {{Further|National Gendarmerie of Burgundie}} | ||
Wintergen is under the jurisdiction of the Wintergen Battalion of the Borealis Brigade of the Overseas Gendarmerie Division. The Wintergen Battalion has 4 companies and an HQ section. | Wintergen is under the jurisdiction of the Wintergen Battalion of the Borealis Brigade of the Overseas Gendarmerie Division. The Wintergen Battalion has 4 companies and an HQ section. | ||
*A Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers West, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the western third of the island, with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Volamor. | *A Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers West, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the western third of the island, with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Volamor. A Company specializes as a mountain rescue team, they cover the three skiing/hiking/mountain biking reactional resorts on the western parts of the island. | ||
*B Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers East, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the eastern 2/3rds of the island with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Santmai. | *B Company is assigned to the Joint Agency Taskforce Wintergen Rangers East, with an area of responsibility of the hills and forests on the eastern 2/3rds of the island with the Wildland Management Service. They are based in Santmai. | ||
*C Company is assigned to Hivernille proper. | *C Company is assigned to Hivernille proper. | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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File:Portland, Maine, aerial photograph.jpg | File:Portland, Maine, aerial photograph.jpg | ||
File:Maine Maritime Academy.jpg | File:Maine Maritime Academy.jpg | ||
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===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
Wintergen has a subarctic, {{wp|Hemiboreal}} climate attributable to its proximity to the waters of the [[Kilikas Sea]]. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;" | |||
|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for Wintergen | |||
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!Location | |||
!July (°C) | |||
!July (°F) | |||
!January (°C) | |||
!January (°F) | |||
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|Hivernille || 20/11 || 68/52 || −1/−9 || 30/16 | |||
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====Natural Hazards==== | ====Natural Hazards==== | ||
*[[Kilikas_Sea#Kilikas_Storm_Belt|Kilikas Storm Belt]] | *[[Kilikas_Sea#Kilikas_Storm_Belt|Kilikas Storm Belt]] | ||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
The 319,990 who live permanently on Wintergen are primarily [[Catholic]] [[Bergendii]] with growing population of other [[Occidental]]s from [[Faneria]] and [[Vithinja]]. There is a small community of Finna Urgic natives who still remain on the island as well, but they have long been integrated into the [[Culture in Burgundie|Burgoignesc way of life]]. | |||
The language of Wintergen is the [[Burgoignesc language]] but due to its proximity, many people also speak some of the [[Coscivian language]] and [[Fhasen]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category: Burgoignesc islands]] | [[Category: Burgoignesc islands]] | ||
[[Category:Disputed Territory]] | [[Category:Disputed Territory]] | ||
[[Category:Map Completion Project]] | [[Category:Map Completion Project (Completed)]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||
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