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[[Category:Kiravian islands]] | [[Category:Kiravian islands]] | ||
'''Koskenkorva''' is an island state of the [[Kiravian Federacy]] located to the northeast of [[Great Kirav]] in the Sea of Valēkas. | '''Koskenkorva''' is an island state of the [[Kiravian Federacy]] located to the northeast of [[Great Kirav]] in the Sea of Valēkas. Although widely regarded as a backwater shithole by Kiravians elsewhere, Koskenkorva is of paramount importance to the prehistory of the Coscivian peoples and is accepted to be the point of departure for the most recent peopling of [[Great Kirav]], and therefore of great interest to scholars seeking to shine light into the black box of [[Coscivian civilisation#Deep History|Coscivian Deep History]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Prehistory=== | |||
The known history of the [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Coscivian peoples]] in Ixnay begins on Koskenkorva. The earliest evidence of human habitation dates back 20,000 to 30,000 years. | The known history of the [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Coscivian peoples]] in Ixnay begins on Koskenkorva. The earliest evidence of human habitation dates back 20,000 to 30,000 years. | ||
[Climate fluctuations and archæological cultures] | |||
===The Crossings=== | |||
===Ancient History=== | |||
===Second Age=== | |||
===Third Age=== | |||
====Cromwelute Wars==== | |||
===Kilikas Renaissance and Early Modernity=== | ===Kilikas Renaissance and Early Modernity=== | ||
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An already poor and remote region, Koskenkorva would not fare well under Kirosocialist rule. The island was declared off-limits to foreign trade and visitors, and even travel by KU citizens was tightly restricted by the Ministry of Public Security. | An already poor and remote region, Koskenkorva would not fare well under Kirosocialist rule. The island was declared off-limits to foreign trade and visitors, and even travel by KU citizens was tightly restricted by the Ministry of Public Security. | ||
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==Society & Culture== | ==Society & Culture== | ||
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For federal statistical and {{wp|affirmative action}} purposes, Coscivian-speaking Koskenkorvans are classified as Coscivians, whereas Finnic-speaking Koskenkorvans are placed in the National Minority category. The state government does not recognise this distinction. | For federal statistical and {{wp|affirmative action}} purposes, Coscivian-speaking Koskenkorvans are classified as Coscivians, whereas Finnic-speaking Koskenkorvans are placed in the National Minority category. The state government does not recognise this distinction. | ||
The largest religious | Religious life in Koskenkorva's true cities and larger towns is not altogether different from that of smaller cities and towns in Northeast and North Coast Kirav. In rural Koskenkorva, religion is, like everything else, a community affair, and most villages have only one congregation to which everyone belongs. Weekly church attendance in rural Koskenkorva is "effectively 100%", according to the Coscivian Orthodox Diocese of Kosovo. | ||
The immediately pre-Christian religious environment of Koskenkorva is a matter of some debate, but the most commonly accepted characterisation is a foundation of Cosco-Adratic folk religion overlaid with Sarostivism and diverse syncretic elements from various Coscivian monotheist movements and primordial nature-centred rituals. The island was gradually Christianised during the Xth century, with missionary work begun by Celtic apostles from the Levantine mainland and seen through by later generations of [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|Ĥeiran Coscivian]] churchmen. The largest religious bodies in Koskenkorva are the Coscivian Orthodox Church, Insular Apostolic Church, and Catholic Church, followed by the Koskenkorvan People's Church, a Lutheran denomination. There are clear regional patterns as to the denominational affiliation of village churches. Cosco-Adratic villages on the west coast tend to be Insular Apostolic and Finno-Ugric villages Lutheran or Orthodox. The hinterland is more uniformly Orthodox and the northeast coast is mixed Orthodox/Apostolic with an Orthodox majority. The southeast coast and far south are more mixed, with a Catholic plurality. | |||
Koskenkorvans are stereotyped as laconic, earthy, tough, solitary, and rather depressed, as shaped by their harsh environment, tumultuous history, and dismal weather. | Koskenkorvans are stereotyped as laconic, earthy, tough, solitary, and rather depressed, as shaped by their harsh environment, tumultuous history, and dismal weather. | ||
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[[File:Karjalanpiirakka-20060227.jpg|thumb|Koskenkorvan pastry]] | [[File:Karjalanpiirakka-20060227.jpg|thumb|Koskenkorvan pastry]] | ||
[[File:Vieljarvi2.jpg|thumb|Coscivian Orthodox Church in Tupeli]] | [[File:Vieljarvi2.jpg|thumb|Coscivian Orthodox Church in Tupeli]] | ||
[Kilikas Brutalism] | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||