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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Colonisation=== | ===Colonisation=== | ||
Although [[ | Although [[Kaviska]] was the first part of Great Kirav to be settled by Coscivians and [[Valēka]] was never rivalled as the island continent's economic core, the [[Míhanska Bay]] area (Ventarya and Hanoram) was the second part of the eastern seaboard where Coscivian colonies successfully took root. The first Coscivian settlements in what would become Ventarya were founded at X, Y, and Z by small companies of self-funded men, mostly drawn from among the gentry and minor nobility of Vrytha and northern Kórsa, most of whom belonged to Vexin Coscivian clans and brought Vexin cultural traditions to their new lands. | ||
The colony developed a {{wp|manorialism|manorial}} economy based in large agricultural estates tended mostly by workers held in various forms of {{wp|unfree labour}} relations, including {{wp|indentured servitude}} and peonage, though over the course of Ventaryan history most unfree labourers were gradually converted into {{wp|sharecroppers}} and {{wp|copyhold|copyholders}}. | The colony developed a {{wp|manorialism|manorial}} economy based in large agricultural estates tended mostly by workers held in various forms of {{wp|unfree labour}} relations, including {{wp|indentured servitude}} and peonage, though over the course of Ventaryan history most unfree labourers were gradually converted into {{wp|sharecroppers}} and {{wp|copyhold|copyholders}}. | ||
The cultivation of these crops was a lucrative industry, and the Míhanska colonies quickly overtook | The cultivation of these crops was a lucrative industry, and the Míhanska colonies quickly overtook Kaviska in wealth and population. However, the decentralised and agrarian course of both colonies' development kept their populations largely dependent on Valēka and Old Coscivia for manufactures. | ||
===Republican Revolution=== | ===Republican Revolution=== | ||
===The Early Republic=== | ===The Early Republic=== | ||
As the most populous Kiravian state from XXXXX to XXXXX, Ventarya played a major political role in the Early Republic, often finding itself in rivalry with [[ | As the most populous Kiravian state from XXXXX to XXXXX, Ventarya played a major political role in the Early Republic, often finding itself in rivalry with [[Kaviska]] for preëminence in the infant federation. | ||
===Decline and Resurgence=== | ===Decline and Resurgence=== | ||