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===Growing strategic relevance=== | ===Growing strategic relevance=== | ||
Medimeria grew in importance with the beginning of [[Canespa-Burgoignesc relations]] in the early 1700s. The island's location roughly halfway between [[Cusinaut]] and eastern [[Levantia]] made it a critical {{wp|Transshipment|Transshipment}} port in [[ | Medimeria grew in importance with the beginning of [[Canespa-Burgoignesc relations]] in the early 1700s. The island's location roughly halfway between [[Cusinaut]] and eastern [[Levantia]] made it a critical {{wp|Transshipment|Transshipment}} port in [[Maritime Dericania|Deric]] global trade routes. The trade route had the effect of greatly expanding the importance of Madix as a port city with some minor cascading effects for the rest of the island. The need for additional labor in Madix tended to attract Levantine-origin free laborers or indentured servants at the end of their term, leaving the Patroonships to rely more on Ebidi labor. | ||
In [[1713]], the Middle Seas Refuge Company was nationalized by the [[Duchy of Bourgondi]] in light of its growing trade importance with [[Crona]]. The Duke issued an edict of toleration and Patent of Governance, which recognized and retained the traditional rights and privileges of the Patroons and codified the existing Patroon Council into law. The 1713 acts also entrenched Protestantism as official, rather than predominant, religion on the island, and guaranteed certain rights only to Protestants. This had the practical effect of beginning the conversion of the Ebidi; the guarantee of rights to Protestants began a process by which Protestant rights would be exploited by the most forward thinking and best educated Ebidi, beginning the slow process of ethnic integration. | In [[1713]], the Middle Seas Refuge Company was nationalized by the [[Duchy of Bourgondi]] in light of its growing trade importance with [[Crona]]. The Duke issued an edict of toleration and Patent of Governance, which recognized and retained the traditional rights and privileges of the Patroons and codified the existing Patroon Council into law. The 1713 acts also entrenched Protestantism as official, rather than predominant, religion on the island, and guaranteed certain rights only to Protestants. This had the practical effect of beginning the conversion of the Ebidi; the guarantee of rights to Protestants began a process by which Protestant rights would be exploited by the most forward thinking and best educated Ebidi, beginning the slow process of ethnic integration. | ||