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Many indigineous Cronan peoples lived in what would become Paulastra prior to the arrival of the [[Coscivian]]s in the late 1500s. Established as a {{wp|settler colonialism|settler colony}} by [[Kiravia]] in southern [[Crona]], Paulastrans and scholars alike point to the later conquest and integration of the [[Urcea]]n [[Julian belt]] colonies after the 18th century [[Cronan Beaver War]] as the origin of the Paulastrans as a distinct people. The addition of many [[Urcean people|Urceans]] and other [[Levantia|Levantines]] to a Coscivian settler colony lead to the creation of a unique culture that would set apart Paulastra as an [[Occidental]] Coscivian nation.  

====Julian belt====

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In the aftermath of the [[Cronan Beaver War]], the vast new territories of Kiravian North Crona required reforms to the colonial administration. The Farpoint Colony was expanded significantly to include most of the new [[Julian belt]] territories, but the southern Julian belt was included within the Songun Coast Colony. The Coast Colony, which existed in this expanded form from the end of the war until 1752, was partitioned, with the eastern part of the Colony becoming the Far North Cape Colony that year and a small central segment being added to the Farpoint Colony. As part of an overall strategy of colonial conciliation, most colonial administrators in the new Far North Cape Colony were of local [[Urcean people|Urcean]] or otherwise Levantine origin, creating a political and economic system which would benefit the small Levantine minority in the colony. This situation lead to the three decades of so-called "rent wars", a low level armed conflict between the new Levantine economic masters and the mostly [[Coscivian]] tenant farmers.

Within the context of increased company control over the South Cronan colonies, several new ideas began to proliferate throughout the Cronan colonies in the 1760s. Historians cite two sources for these: concepts and thinkers related to the [[Kilikas Enlightenment]] from [[Kiravia]] began to spread, but the recently incorporated [[Urcean people|Urcean]] settlers of the [[Julian belt]] continued to adhere to their [[Culture_of_Urcea#Attitudes_and_worldview|traditional worldview on society and government]], viewpoints that spread to the Coscivian heritage settlers as well. Together, these ideas became prominent in the three Cronan colonies of Farpoint, Songun Coast, and North Cape, many began to question both the pragmatic effect and philosophical basis for rule from [[Kartika]]. The first group to organize around these ideas was the ''Farpoint Correspondence Society'', which was briefly suppressed by colonial authorities but later allowed as a conciliatory measure. Similar societies sprung up among the educated elite of the major cities of the colonies, and in 1784 the various socieiies formed the National League of Crona, an organization that not only intended to lobby for greater political autonomy in Crona but also conducted research and debate about their own national identity. In time, the National League would come to be a pseudo-political party and even a geopolitical organizing entity. Efforts to reach out to [[The Cape|the Cape colonies]] for inclusion in the National League met with only limited interest.