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Some Milan urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of [[Burgundie|Burgoignac]], [[Latinic people|Latin]], Native Cartadanian, and Istroyan cultures that they are considered to be exceptional even in Cartadania. Before the Cartadanian control of the territory in 1711, areas of the current Commonwealth of Milan had been part of both a Burgoignac colony and for a brief period, a Caphirian one. In 1829, Cartadanian was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Milan schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1904. There has never been an official language in Milan, and the state constitution enumerates "the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins," whether Cartadanian, Charentais, or otherwise. | Some Milan urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of [[Burgundie|Burgoignac]], [[Latinic people|Latin]], Native Cartadanian, and Istroyan cultures that they are considered to be exceptional even in Cartadania. Before the Cartadanian control of the territory in 1711, areas of the current Commonwealth of Milan had been part of both a Burgoignac colony and for a brief period, a Caphirian one. In 1829, Cartadanian was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Milan schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1904. There has never been an official language in Milan, and the state constitution enumerates "the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins," whether Cartadanian, Charentais, or otherwise. | ||
== Etymology == | |||
When the first Caphirians truly migrated into the region of what is today Milan, the terra quaesitores gave the land the name ''Mediolanum'' from the Latin words ''medio'' (in the middle) and ''planus'' (plain), referring to the state's location at the time between the Charente bailiwick and Aurillac river. Thus "Milan" refers to the geographic characteristics of the state as opposed to an ethnic or linguistic origin and the state's name is of Latin origin as opposed to Cartadanian origin like most of the other states west of Milan. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Milan's history is quite unique in that, unlike the other states of Cartadania, its basis for existence, whether cultural or otherwise, is rooted in its origin as an early port for the Burgoignac in their maritime travels. Though not intended to continue as an entity of its own, the arrival of the southeast Levantines sparked the creation of a creole cultural (hence the nickname ''"Creole Commonwealth"'') region unlike anywhere else in Cartadania. Although Cartadania's complete control of the area did not occur until the early 1710s, Alahuela maintained a hands off approach to much of the northern portion of the commonwealth, where the Charentais culture began developing. | Milan's history is quite unique in that, unlike the other states of Cartadania, its basis for existence, whether cultural or otherwise, is rooted in its origin as an early port for the Burgoignac in their maritime travels. Though not intended to continue as an entity of its own, the arrival of the southeast Levantines sparked the creation of a creole cultural (hence the nickname ''"Creole Commonwealth"'') region unlike anywhere else in Cartadania. Although Cartadania's complete control of the area did not occur until the early 1710s, Alahuela maintained a hands off approach to much of the northern portion of the commonwealth, where the Charentais culture began developing. | ||