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Rowlands PLC

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Type	Public Limited Company
Headquarters	Greyhelm, Alteran Republics
Industry	Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Marine
Key People	Henry Rowlands(d.) (Founder) Redvers Green (Chief Ex.)
Products	- Civil Aero-Engines - Domestic Automotives - Military Aero-Engines - Marine Propulsion Systems - Power Generation Equipment
Services	- Aerospace Design - Automotive Design - Maritime Design - Power Generation Solutions
Founded	1884
Revenue	▲ 78.3Ͼ billion ($93.9 billion)
Net Income	▲ 875Ͼ million ($1.05 billion)
Employees	~38,000

Rowlands PLC, is a major Alteran manufacturer of aircraft engines, marine propulsion systems, and power-generation systems. Noted for much of the early 20th century as a maker of luxury automobiles, the company was spurred into the aero-engine industry in the run-up to the Imperial War; when it was nationalised by the Alteran Government. It returned to the private sector in 1971, where it has since seen significant expansion in all of its operations.

Whilst equally known for its automobiles, Rowland PLC’s aerospace segment produces an extensive line of civilian and military aircraft engines, both alone and in joint ventures with companies in Argus, the Gael, and across the region. Major products include the Lantea turbofan families used on the AAe 8-11 aircraft and the PCB-T vector-thrusting turbofan developed for the AAe P.125 Osprey. Rowlands is the world’s leading supplier of marine propulsion equipment for the Alteran navy. Its products and services range from complete ship design to integrated propulsion, maneuvering, and positioning systems and deck machinery. Other non-aerospace products include aerospace-derived gas turbines for the oil and gas industries and power-generation plants and nuclear power systems for the Alteran Maritime Defence Force.

History

The Alteran engineer Henry Rowlands established Rowlands and Co. in 1884 (renamed Rowlands Ltd. in 1906) to manufacture dynamos, electric motors, and electric cranes. He built his first motor car in early 1904. The success of the cars led to the formation of Rowlands Ltd. in 1906 and the launch of its six-cylinder “40/50 hp” automobile. Later named the Silver Ghost (produced from 1907–25), the automobile earned a reputation as the “best car in the world” by the Alteran motoring press. The company’s success continued with such descendant models as the Twenty (1922–29), the several Phantoms (begun in 1925 and specially made for heads of state from 1949 onward), the Silver Wraith (introduced in 1947), and the Silver Dawn (1949) and, later, with models that included the Silver Cloud (1955), Silver Shadow (1965), and Silver Seraph (1998). For decades Rowlands produced only the chassis and engines for its cars, leaving it to expert coach builders to construct coachwork to individual customer requirements. In 1939 it began making entire cars.

In 1914 Rowlands produced its first aircraft engine, the Eagle. Its water-cooled Goliath and Galiant engines, introduced on the eve of the Imperial War, powered many aircraft (including the Venom and the Vixen) and became one of the most successful piston engines of that war. In the early 1940s, building on the pioneering jet propulsion work of Alteran aviation engineer Trevor Temby, Rowlands designed the Temby Mk.I, the first jet engine to enter military service in Altera. In 1953 the company’s Hollow Mk.I turboprop engine, developed for the Alteran Aerospace Bishop, was the first turboprop to enter commercial service. In 1966 began developing the Treadway (named after its chief engineer, who died of cancer during its development, Albert Treadway) vectored-thrust engine for the Condor and later Osprey vertical/short-takeoff-and-landing jet fighter. Eventually Rowlands’s jet-engine operations came to constitute, by far, the largest portion of the company in terms of sales.

As of 2020, Rowlands have dedicated their entire automotive development and production teams to research, develop and produce "clean energy" automobiles; producing cars, vans and trucks that use hybrid, electric or hydrogen power.

Operations

Alteran Republics
- Corporate HQ (Rowlands plc)
- Aero-Engine HQ (Rowlands Aerospace)
- Automotive HQ (Rowlands Automotives)
- Maritime HQ (Rowlands Maritime)
- Heavy Industry HQ (Rowlands Heavy Industries and Construction)

Ostehaar
- Nuclear Energy R&D (Rowlands Energy Solutions)

Products

Rowlands E-Spirit (2018 - ) Engine(s): Battery-Electric 150kW Hybrid (Petrol/Electric) 1.5ltr 160kW Hydrogen Fuel Cell 180kW Range: 300km (battery-electric) 400km / 65km (petrol-hybrid) 500km (hydrogen) Capacity: 5 Seats (5-door) Price: From Ͼ32,000	Rowlands X-Spirit (2020 - ) Engine(s): Battery-Electric 150kW Hybrid (Petrol/Electric) 1.5ltr 160kW Hydrogen Fuel Cell 180kW Range: 300km (battery-electric) 400km / 65km (petrol-hybrid) 500km (hydrogen) Capacity: 5 Seats (5-door) Price: From Ͼ28,000

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Merito non pareret. | By merit, not birth.

Independent State of San Javier
Estado Independiente de San Javier (Spanish)
Flag of the People’s Freedom Coalition

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Motto:
“Peace for the Fallen, Liberty for the People”

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Anthem: Pearls of the South
March: Free People’s March

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Location of San Javier (dark green)
- in the Southern Sea (green and grey)

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Official Languages: English, Spanish

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Capital: Castillo Verde
(and Largest City)

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Ethnic Groups:
89% European-Descendent (predominantly Spanish)
0.82% Khas-Kirat
0.17% Iszkari
10.1% Mixed and Other

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Religion:
85% Catholicism
5% Other
5% Isles Native Religions

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Demonym: Javerian

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Government: Unitary parliamentary provisional government under a military junta

Chairman of the People’s Freedom Coalition: General Pedro Fresia
Chief of the San Javier National Army Staff: General José María Cuevas
President of the Provisional Government Civilian Council: Geraldo Estévez

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Legislature: National Assembly
Upper House: State Assembly
Lower House: Popular Assembly

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Establishment: Independence from the Kingdom of Spain
- Independence Proclaimed: 11 February 1873
- Independence Recognized: 14 July 1873
- Presidential Republic of San Javier declared: 05 April 1973
- People’s Freedom Coalition takes control: 21 March 2017

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Area:
- Total 18,400 km²
- Water (%) tbd

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Population: 3,214,686 (2020)
Density: 178.4/km²

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GDP (Nominal)
Total: $22,223,124,318
Per Capita: $6,913

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Gini: 58.8 (high)

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HDI (2019): 0.71 (high)

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Currency: Isles Accounting Dollar (IA$)

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Time Zone: Western Isles Time

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Date Format: dd/mm/yyyy

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Drives on the: left

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Calling code: +709

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Internet TLD: .sj

The Independent State of San Javier (Spanish: Estado Independiente de San Javier) more commonly known as San Javier or the Opium Republic, is a military junta in the Southern Sea of the Western Isles. The geography of San Javier is dominated by its three major islands, Isla San Martin, Mujeres, and San Javier, the latter of which is dominated by the stark disparity between vast mountains and the Javierian Steppe in the center of the nation. It shares no international borders, though it is relatively close to Remodio and Wellsia. San Javier covers an area of only around 20,000 square kilometers, making it physically one of the smallest nations in all the region while boasting one of the highest population densities with a population in the low three million. At present, San Javier is a unitary state under a provisional government, as such, it has no real sub-national territories, although Isla San Martin and Isla Mujeres exercises autonomy from the central government in Castillo Verde as it attempts to assert their power.

San Javier is a minor nation in Isles affairs and is even regarded as incapable of maintaining state cohesion as significant swaths of territory are in the hands of the various cartels that have grown in the wake of the Javierian Conflict.

Etymology

San Javier is named for the Navarrese saint of the same name, as the majority of the initial Spanish colonists to the islands originated from Navarre. Meanwhile, San Martin is named for José de San Martín of Argentina, who was considered to be one of the main inspirations for the anti-Spanish and Republican uprising in 1811. Isla Mujeres, literally Island of Women, was originally named for Saint Mary de Cervellione but was renamed alongside Isla San Martin in 1811 by radicals to detach the new nation from its colonial past. While the name has stuck among foreigners, within San Javier, Isla Mujeres is more commonly referred to as Isla Santa Mary or as Isla Mercè.

As a nation, it is customary to refer to the people of San Javier as Javierian.

History
Human settlement in San Javier has been dated back as far as the early 100s C.E. as indicated by records in both Town Beside the Sea and Mirik Szil, though historians suggest that the islands could have been settled as early as the 400s B.C.E by proto-Eastern Argean peoples. In either case, civilization in San Javier didn't properly develop until the establishment of the Izacan Hangate in 689. The Izacan Hangate settled Isla Mejures and Isla San Martin throughout the early 700s, establishing what are now the villages of Gaudalupano, Sarragossa, and San Juniper. From then and until the 1300s, the Hangate operated autonomously from the rest of the growing Khas-Kiriat Empire, interacting closely with the Hangates of Chhantyal, Tastzl, and Yakkhalen. However, in 1313, the Hangate was conquered by the First Gharti Hangate, which reformed the Izacan state into a vassal under its rule. It would be during this time under the servitude of Chhantyal that San Javier would experience its first major wave of migrants from modern Townside, introducing the Ipachi people to the islands.

Ferdinand Magellan would be the first European to discover San Javier in 1521, weeks following his discovery of Corindia and declaring he had found the Spice Islands just prior to his death that April. It would be Juan Sebastián Elcano, who subsequently completed the circumnavigation, that would return to Spain with news about the existence of the Western Isles and vast extent of civilizations that lived right under everybody's noses. From there, Spain would send multiple expeditions to further verify the state of the Isles and establish their presence, opening up multiple trading stations across the region at the end of the 1570s. An official Spanish colony in San Javier would be established at Castillo Verde (named so as it was additionally the site of an old Izacan temple and castle complex) in 1625 under Captain-General Modesto Adolfo Narváez Agustin.

Spanish rule in San Javier would see the islands transformed into a model Spanish plantation colony, producing cash crops such as sugar, poppies, tea, and tobacco through extensive use of slave labor, both in the form of native islanders and African imports. All the while, the ruling Spanish class pocketed vast wealth from involving themselves not only in trade with Spain but trade across the entire Isles, driving the creation of the towns of Agustin and Puerto Polo. Meanwhile, Spanish Missionaries were quick to work on converting the Iza population and established the missions of Santa Ana and Pueblo Ignacio.

When the Viceroyalty of New Spain fell in 1821, Captain-General Raul Eugênio Modesto Adolfo Narváez Agustin, a descendant of the original Captain-General Agustin, managed to maintain control over San Javier thanks to its relatively small size, securing it from the nearby Corindi Revolution and the broad decolonization of the Western Isles. Agustin would rule until his death in 1847, where the line of succession for San Javier's Captains-General end in a thirty-year-long interregnum. During this time, an emergency government was formed among the leaders of San Javier's various towns and villages in order to maintain the continuity of government, but this would be complicated by the assassination of the Caudillo of Castillo Verde and the ensuing power struggle. Simultaneous to this collapse, anti-monarchist elements in San Javier, stoked by international intervention, revolted against the government and insisted on establishing a democratic republic for San Javier. After a bloody revolution in Castillo Verde, revolution leaders proclaimed the Republic of San Javier on 11 February 1873, simultaneous to the proclamation of the Spanish Republic back in Europe. The Spanish Republic would recognize San Javier's independence later that year, paving the way for a new government to be established.

Modeled on the very emergency government that the Caudillos established after the death of Raul Agustin, the new Republic of San Javier was designed to be a federal state composed of 11 city-states and five Federal States. Political power within the Republic was divided into a two-headed executive, with an executive President and an equal State Council, of which the President and the various Governors and Mayors of the federal subjects were apart. For legislation, the Republic settled on a unicameral Popular Assembly, which would propose, write, and vote on legislation to be sent to the State Council, which exercised the executive's power of legislative assent. An independent Judiciary, which aside from the Supreme Court, which appointed its own members, formed the third and final branch of San Javier's republican government, which quickly went to work on removing any sign of Spanish monarchism from the state, most importantly by renaming Isla Mercè to Isla Mujeres.

For the subsequent hundred years, interrupted only by participation as a Free Power in the end stages of the First Imperial War, San Javier enjoyed peace and stability, its population exploding past a million in 1900 thanks to advances in medical care and industrialization. This peace, however, was not destined to last. Ever since the 1910s, growing socialist elements within San Javier finally grew to the point of gaining political weight, with the first openly socialist members of the Popular Assembly being elected in the 1915 elections. They would increasingly push for the socialist agenda within San Javier, introducing a minimum wage in 1916, and then legalizing unions in 1920, but most importantly of all, chartered the first state-owned business in the form of the Javierian National Petroleum Company in 1925, nationalizing all oil reserves accessible to San Javier.

There would be some pushback against the expansion of San Javier's socialism, especially by the conservative class of Castillo Verde and Agustin, who by this point wielded disproportionate power by also having a hand in the governments of Isla San Javier's States, allowing them to resist socialism by constantly threatening secession from the Republic. These tensions would come to a head in the 1968 election of Rodrigo Emmanuel Cajillo as the first Socialist President of the Republic, fomenting the conditions for the eventual San Javier Conflict.

The San Javier Conflict has its origins in 1973, as President Rodrigo Emmanuel Cajillo faced the legal end of his term. His rule had been marked by increasingly socialist and subsequently communist reforms, and on 05 April of that year, he called a meeting of the Congress of San Javier in order to push Constitutional reforms that would eliminate his primary political rivals in the San Javier Union Party and abolish presidential term limits, allowing him to rule for the rest of his life.

During the vote on declaring the Union Party illegal, the leadership of the Union Party fled from the Congress chamber and out of Castillo Verde for fear of imminent reprisal by Cajillo. With the opposition now scattered across San Javier, the process to solidify Cajillo’s dictatorship was completed. Simultaneous with these events, elements of the San Javier National Army and police forces across the nation splintered into pro-and anti-Cajillo factions, initiating the first phase of the Conflict. It would be in this immediate period of destabilization that foreign attention would be drawn to the islands, each seeking to use this as an opportunity to gain access to San Javier’s natural wealth.

Backed by foreign governments, the San Javier Union Party rebranded itself as the Presidential Republic of San Javier, gathered power, and began to wage a guerrilla war against the Communist government. As central authority began to deteriorate and the government took increasingly draconian measures to control the conflict, during which drug cartels began to gather power, taking control of much of the nation's poppy fields and increasing in force into paramilitary units.

In 1979, the conflict reached a head as the Anliana Cartel, then the most powerful of the Cartels of the Javierian Steppe marched into the capital and overthrew the entrenched government forces there, supposedly with foreign backing. However, as soon as the capital was secured and Cajillo was dead, Anliana forces withdrew to Agustin, their center of operations. As Castillo Verde burned under the sudden power vacuum, foreign interest dried up as the situation further deteriorated both in San Javier and internationally. In the presence of the power vacuum, the formerly united Communist and Socialist elements of San Javier splintered as they retreated eastwards.

The Presidential Republic took control of the capitol in 1981 with assistance from [FOREIGN POWER HERE], but their diminished forces from the previous years of war were unable to consolidate power in the rest of the country, and conflict continued over the next several decades as cartels, communists and paramilitary forces battled for control of resources and population centers around the country. San Javier has been described as "governmentless" or "a Wild West analogue in the modern-day" since then. While the Presidential Republic, under the command of Presidente Pablo Hernandez, claimed to be the central government of the nation, their influence did not stretch far from the capitol. Meanwhile, Communist forces mostly controlled the mountainous regions of the east and the two satellite islands; the rest of the country was controlled by warring cartels.

The balance of power that was established in 1981 shifted towards the Government with the entry of various international forces into the country in 2016. As the Second Imperial War raged across the Southern Sea, the two warring factions between Aizcona and Aprosia fought a parallel proxy war in San Javier, with Aprosia intending to secure the islands as a staging ground for attacks into Aizcona while the bulk of their forces were still tied up in Charbagnia. However, thanks to a League-sanctioned international intervention by Vancouvia, Ostehaar, Corindia, and Athara Magarat, Aprosian-backed communist forces would be broken at the Battle of Santa Ana. After various political maneuvers subsequent to the battle, Pablo Hernandez was removed from office after it was revealed he was intentionally extending the conflict for personal gain. His successor, President Flores, was killed in an assassination soon thereafter.

Seeking to avoid another era of power struggles, the remaining military forces of the country, the paramilitaries, and the League of the Western Isles made a deal, forming a provisional government under a military junta referred to as the People's Freedom Coalition Government of San Javier. The current Chairman of the Coalition is General Fresia, who has ruled since 2016 and saw San Javier out of the Second Imperial War. However, his leadership has been called into question multiple times both domestically and internationally, most especially in the wake of the Doraltic raid on Agustin went unanswered by the Coalition.

Regardless of current tensions, the Conflict has shifted entirely into a low-intensity one, as Communist forces were driven entirely from Isla San Javier in 2019 and are now isolated on Isla San Martin and Isla Mujeres. In addition, the People’s Freedom Coalition has made a variety of deals with the Cartels, promising an end to major opposition in exchange for access to the Javierian Steppe and its resources, promoting both peace and economic growth for the first time since 1970.

The reasons for fighting vary from group to group. The communists and other associated guerrilla movements claimed to be fighting for the rights of the poor in San Javier and to restore what they saw as the legitimate and legal government of the country. The Presidential Republic government claimed to be fighting for order and stability and seeking to protect the rights and interests of its citizens, as well as re-establishment of the constitution that existed before Cajillo's rework. The paramilitary groups claimed to be reacting to perceived threats by oppressive groups, both Communist and anti-Communist. The Cartels are fighting to continue the unrestricted trade and growth of the narcotics sector and to protect their foothold in the Javierian Steppe. All sides of the conflict have been criticized for numerous human rights violations and committing acts of terrorism throughout the Conflict. By the end of the conflict in 2016, more than 250,000 people had died, most of them civilians (estimates suggest civilian casualties over 160,000), and more than 1.5 million civilians were forced from their homes between 1985 – 2012. 54% of the population in San Javier has been a direct victim of the war.

Several foreign nations and nationals are alleged or have been confirmed to have connections to the conflict, either directly or indirectly and both before and after 2016. These include Ostehaar, Vancouvia, Corindia, Dormill and Stiura, Balnik, Aizcona, Aprosia, Wellsia, and Doravo.

Since the 1980s and most especially after 2016, rumors about Ostehaar's involvement in the conflict reached regional media. According to some sources, the Oster government played a significant part in training and arming of mostly anti-communist forces in San Javier, using illegally obtained funds. In 1997, Luis Manuel Moreno, a San Javieran resident who claimed to be an informant for the Osters, publicly testified on the alleged Oster operations in the island and expressed his intention to publish a book about it. Moreno was found dead in his car several months later, presumably after committing suicide but allegedly an Oster hit.

Geography

Important Locations

Cities, Towns and Villages

• Castillo Verde: Capital and largest city, the center of command for the Government

• Agustín: Walled town formerly controlled by Anliana Cartel, now a site of conflict between Government-backed forces and Anliana remnants

• Santa Ana: Mountain village, significantly damaged by the 2016 Battle of Santa Ana and bombings at the end of the recent conflict

• Puerto Polo: Home to San Javier’s second largest port after Castillo Verde and center of oil refining in San Javier, the recent site of conflict between various groups

• Rio Pena: Largest town near poppy fields of San Javier

• Constantina: Village at the geographic center of oil fields

Geographical Features

• Monte Oro: Tallest mountain in San Javier's Oronas Mountain Range

• Rio Cojear Caballo: Longest river

• Javieran Steppe: Flat heartlands of San Javier and home to the poppy trade and oil fields

Demographics

Government

Foreign Relations and Military

Economy

Poppy fields in San Javier are frequently sites of armed conflict between the Cartels and the Government

The largest city, Castillo Verde, houses the majority of the population, drawn by the relative stability offered within the martial law of the city during the conflict. The majority of this population are unemployed, work on shared urban farms for subsistence, or work in the textile factories housed in Castillo Verde. Castillo Verde, as a result, has evolved into a sprawling city of urban slums, which are called favelas after the Brazilian fashion. New policies enforced by the central government have seen employment increase, but unemployment is still rampant and the densely populated city’s infrastructure has been strained by the influx of population.

Without a central government maintaining law, order, education and infrastructure over the conflict, these areas vary wildly in quality and coverage across the nation. While cell phone use has become ubiquitous due to relatively low cost and decent coverage across the nation, infrastructure like landline telephony, roads, electricity, and water are spotty across the nation.

Larger population centers, like Castillo Verde and major towns and villages, are often connected to some form of the electrical grid, usually produced either by the relatively few remaining hydroelectric dams or, in the case of many smaller towns and villages, gas generators that provide power to major buildings. Roads in many parts of the country are unpaved, organic, and ill-maintained.

Only one major highway exists, and it has been highly damaged by combat and is dangerous to travel. Hospitals and schools are rare, with most of the nation serviced by the two hospitals in Castillo Verde, and medical coverage otherwise being provided by lone doctors. Education has no central regulation or curriculum and is mostly provided in one-room schoolhouses in larger towns. Sewer systems are non-existent in many areas of the country, and indoor water is a luxury aside from in Castillo Verde and areas serviced by infrastructure developed by the original paramilitary groups.

A key facet of the PFC Government's policy has been developing weak services and infrastructure, so many areas closer to the capital are starting to see significant increases in service, but it is still slow going to develop due to lack of expertise.

Culture
While the nation is extremely Catholocized and Spanish, an existing minority of Javieran ethnic natives, or Iza, exist throughout the nation. A local pidgin language of Spanish and Iza has come into being due to the prevalence of the Iza people, and ruins of the old Izaca nation dot the landscape. Historically, the Iza faced extreme prejudice from Spanish colonists, a racist gene in the nation's culture that can still be found to this day. However, ironically, the collapse of the government and the chaos since the 70s has ensured that a certain level of pragmatism has entered the cultural landscape, and the Iza have faced far decreased prejudice since, especially with the Azul Naturaleza cartel, who claim to defend traditional Iza values and their way of life, and have therefore been lauded by the Iza community as defenders of the race.

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The Sawneeak Atoll

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• This region is a bolded territory within The Western Isles, managed through the TWI Bolded Territories Thread.

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Sawneeak Atoll
Sawneeak Atoll (Chhantyal Kham)
Sawneeak-atol (Dutch)
Atoll de Sawneeak (French)
Száníák Pákál (Iszlatik)
Atollo di Sawneeak (Italian)
Pákálszáwník (Uszian)

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Disputed islands

Map of the major islands of the Atoll

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Geography

Location of Sawneeak Atoll

Location	Southern Sea
Major Islands . . . .	Pelican Island Isole di Mario Dura Island Tandran Island Îles de Saint-Denis-d'Oléron Kwartel Eiland New South Gael Island Carentera Island East Island
Area	~15,000km2

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Administered by

Dormill and Stiura

Federal Territory	Sawneeak Atoll Territory

San Montagna

Overseas Territory	Mario Islands

Razzgriz

Constituent Territory	Dura and Tandran

Vancouvia

Constituent Territory	Pelican Islands

Keomora

Constituent Territory	TBD

Uprea

Overseas Territory	Cartantera

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Claimed by

Athara Magrat

Outer Hangate	Dura Hangate

Dormill and Stiura

Federal Territory	Sawneeak Atoll Territory

Razzgriz

Constituent Territory	Dura and Tandran

San Montagna

Overseas Territory	Mario Islands

Vancouvia

Constituent Territory	Sawneeak Atoll

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Settlements

TBD	Razzgriz	TBD
Nouveau Bordeaux	Dormill and Stiura	TBD
Nieuw Rotterdam	Dormill and Stiura	TBD
Porto Mario	San Montagna	TBD
Tandran	Townside	TBD

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Spoken Languages

Spoken Languages . . . . .	Doman Dutch French Italian Portuguese English Sawneeaker Uprean Uszian

Basic Overview

The Sawneeak Atoll, is a disputed group of islands, islets and cays with more than 50 reefs off the coast of The Diarchic Republics of Razzgriz in the Southern Sea of the Western Isles. The Sawneeak Atoll islands do not share any land borders with any nation, but they do share unofficial maritime borders between international claims and is, with the exception of the territorial waters of the other claimants, entirely within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Razzgriz. Home to a civilian population of 8,520, the islands are home to some of the smallest dependencies in the Western Isles.

The atoll does host a very small indigenous population named the 'Sawneeakers', an Ipachi group with close links to the population of southern Razzgriz, but most of the present population comes from immigration, especially from Razzgriz and from the populations of the current administrations. The atoll also offers rich fishing grounds and provides a strategic location for trade along the Kavju and Nova Seas, and as such, are important to the claimants in their attempts to establish defined international boundaries. Natural resources include fish, guano, natural gas, and sand. Economic activity has included commercial fishing, shipping, guano mining, sand mining, and more recently, tourism.

Most of the major islands of the Atoll contain civilian settlements under the claimants' administrations such as Dura, Port Mario, New Bordeaux. However, as the islands are hotly contested, all of the occupied territories contain some form of military installations from full joint bases to platforms.

As of 2022, a large portion of the political boundaries of the atoll are set on a bilateral basis, as such there is no unified agreement on the political status across all active administrations, with some claiming significant portions of the wider atoll not under their control.

Historical Overview

The primary organization of Sawneeaker history accepted in islander circles establishes a clear line between the status of Sawneeak before and after its colonization by Tesselia. Pre-Tesselian history extends from the first recorded instance of human habitation of the atoll from around 400 BCE until 1597. Two primary groups of people are recorded to have settled in the atoll in this time, first by peoples with a close genetic relationship to late proto-Gaeltics from southeast Gael then followed by Merenese People, an Ipachi group which originated from southeastern Ainslie.

The Atoll were mostly very decentralized throughout history, with the various tribes that formed on the major islands often fiercely protecting their land from the others. However, from 129 BC to 421 AD, the islands were unified under a Kingdom. The 'Kingdom of the Islands', as it's remembered by historians, flourished by making use of trading routes and the natural resources the islands had until the disaster of 419 AD when what is now known as a Category 5 typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson scale swept across the eastern Southern Sea, wreaking horrendous damage to the Atoll's islands, destroying much of the infrastructure of the Kingdom, throwing civilization back by generations. The resulting refugee crisis and mass migration contributed further to the atoll's depopulation, with some estimates putting the total loss of life in the region from approximately 2 million down to only 80,000 by 500 AD.

From 500 AD onwards, human society on the Atoll reverted to pre-tribal organization focused on hunter-gatherer and fisher camps. It wouldn't be until 588 when an organized society, a tribe of southern Oseans, settled in what is now Dura Island. Although some semblance of organized society returned, the pseudo-tribal bands in the remaining islands did not take kindly to Osean intrusions and resisted vehemently, prompting a situation that is now faced in parts of the modern Southern Sea and southern Mesder Sea.

It is widely believed by modern historians that the Empire of Corinthius expanded its influence as far as Sawneeak prior to its collapse in 524, although evidence of Corinthusi influence remains sparse or are confused Vendrithosi influences that came significantly later. This has led some to believe that for a brief time, a state-like organization came to force in Sawneeak in the middle of the 500s, or possibly a continuation of the Empire of Corinthius itself after its fall in Roendavar. After this point, increased influence from Vendirthos (Athara magarat) increased until the settlement of Tandran Island in the late 10th century during the eastern expansions of the Divine Corinthusi Empire, although Magrati rule would not come to full effect for some time. The expansion of the Divine Corinthusi Empire eastwards prompted the formation of the League of Katho-Tahi, the first unified state of Razzgriz, which further centralized control over the Atoll.

The subsequent years since the centralization of Sawneeak under the League of Katho-Tahi in the 1250s led to a clear improvement of human development across the Atoll, especially following the establishment of the trading port in the old district of Dura City, which connected Sawneeak and southern Razzgriz to the burgeoning Tinszin Trail and the wider Kalimaeya System. Sawneeak would become an important military waystation for Katho-Tahi expeditions westwards during and after the Wars of Kilat Succession in the mid-1400s, further developing the atoll to its greatest pre-Tesselian state.

Post-Tesselian Sawneeak

Uprean Timeline

1597: Tesselia (nowadays Ainslie) invades the group of islands as part of their slave raids in an attempt to get more laborer's to work to build their new city.
1800: Tesselia sells the group of islands to the Oligarchy of Uprea as part of a trade in the Southern Sea Trade Network.
1802: Small Trading Outpost established.
1886: Fall of the Oligarchy of Uprea and Establishment of a small fishing town.
1921: Cartantera is hit by a heavy storm, passing through the Sawneek Atoll, and the town and the port are completely destroyed.
1940: As a response to the Imperial War a small fort (called Fort Salesa) is established to protect the Uprean Territory.
1952: Fort Salesa abandoned after the war ended.
1966: Begin of the construction of a weather station.
1976: Expansion of the weather station to become of of the main weather observation hubs in the area under the administration of the UNCRU.
1978: First UNCRU training exercise performed.
1981: Fire Training Grounds, ID Testing-Lab and Geology Complex added to the weather station.
1985: Town "Alvedras" established as a possibility for scientists and UNCRU personnel to live in.
1993: Uprean Navy Special Forces begin using the island for training purposes.
Since 1993: Installation have been constantly updated to remain state of the art. Direct Satellite Uplink for the Weather Hub as well as structured Training Schedules set for UNCRU Personnel on the Island.

Magrati History
Dura Island was historically inhabited by the native Sawneeaker peoples. The Sawneeak Atoll had been known to the Khas-Kirat Empire since late 10th Century when they launched the invasions of Samudera and Linaviar, but they considered the Atoll to be of no value as compared to the riches offered by the former lands.

In 1728, the Magarati Colonial Realms frigate Dura Falls was returning from Turvin Gadhi (modern-day Turvin, Thuzbekistan) to Liba Hang (modern-day New Libang, Athara Magarat). The ship was forced to beach what would eventually be known as Dura Island due to a fierce storm. The crew and the passengers mostly belonged to the Tamu tribes of the Khas-Kirats. After encountering the native Sawneeakers and a few conflicts, Captain Thaman Tandrange led a group of his men to venture to the nearby uninhabited island; which would eventually be called Tandran after him. Those who stayed in Dura Island eventually mixed with the native Sawneeakers to give rise to the new Dura tribe.

Vancouvian History

The Pelican Islands were purchased from the Masurbian government in 2005 in an effort to expand the Vancouvian military presence throughout the region. Formerly uninhabited, the small Pelican islands had little vegetation nor resources, but there was enough room to pave a small airstrip for use by the Vancouvian military and its allies. In 2008, the Vancouvian Congress, noting the complicated political situation on the islands, announced their claim on almost the entire inner sea, despite neither the military presence nor legal documentation to back up the move.

Doraltic History

The Atoll was discovered by proxy by Stiuraian merchantmen working in modern-day Manning, Ainslie, who had heard of material wealth from Noronnican merchants also operating in the area. In the 1780s, the Stiuraian Government launched three expeditions to verify the location of the atoll and establish a settlement there to assert Stiuraian control. The first two expeditions, both led by Werner Garnet were a resounding success, with his team mapping out the atoll in its entirety and establishing Stiuraian presence on two islands a considerable distance from the already established Noronnican and Magarati settlements.

The third and final expedition, meant to send in colonists, was postponed in response to the outbreak of the Dormillian Revolution, which also marked the temporary end of Dormill-Stiuraian affairs in the area.

Nearly a century later, after the United Republics gained control over western Samudera and established the Banda Territory, decided to press the Stiuraian claims and expand them into the preexisting Territory of Sanggar-Kepanie (modern-day Negarakita) alongside the remainder of the archipelago. The Republic of Dormill would prove to be the most significant source of immigrants to the territory, promoting the establishment of the cities of New Rotterdam and New Bourdeaux, of which the former is the largest settlement of the current territory.

After the Imperial War, the territory was surrendered to the Free Powers as part of the Vellemoz Accords, becoming the other half of the Sawneeak Atoll Mandate for the time afterwards. When Noronica collapsed into civil war, the former Doraltic territory declared independence as the Republic of Sawneeak Atoll, and successfully operated as an independent nation throughout the rest of the Noronnican Civil War.

When the United Republics was reformed in 1995, the Republic of Sawneeak Atoll had briefly considered rejoining the United Republics, but their advances were denied by Congress, uninterested in attracting the ire of Noronica so soon after independence. However, by 2002, the economy of the Republic was collapsing as a result of a region-wide economic slowdown that came after the Baetulys Impact and the prospects of foreign annexation were growing more prominent as more nations began to enforce their claims to the Atoll to gain access to the natural wealth that remained untapped. In a final attempt, the Republic offered the United Republics annexation in exchange for debt forgiveness and financial aid. After further negotiations, the United Republics accepted the offer, and officially annexed the Republic of Sawneeak Atoll in late 2002, establishing a territorial government under Lowell Vergoossen in 2003, who still rules to this day.

San Montagnan History

The Islands were first discovered by San Montagnan Merchants on their way back to San Montagna in 1843, the first expedition to the island was sent in 1847 led by Mario Bonucci, who declared that the islands were, "Perfect for perhaps a small Fishing village, but not much else." Despite this observation by Bonucci, the San Montagnan government decided to claim the island, and in 1851 the first San Montagnan Settlers landed on Mario Island, founding Porto Mario (Port Mario) which is currently the largest settlement on the island, as a fishing village.

The Island remained unimportant in the grand scheme of things until 1912, when a large phosphate deposit was discovered on the island, and many San Montagnans migrated to work in the new phosphate mines, causing the island's population to double to 2,000. The island's economy grew immensely during this time due to phosphate mining. But the economical growth could not last forever, and in 2015, the Phosphate reserves were depleted. The lack of employment caused by this drew many Sawneakers to migrate to San Montagna. Those that remained, however, were faced with a crashing economy and the islands were eventually turned into a magnet for beach-goers and casino-dwellers, but the island's economy has not yet fully recovered.

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Sawneeak-atol | Atoll de Sawneeak

The Territory of Sawneeak Atoll (Grondgebied van Sawneeak-atol) (Territoire de l'Atoll de Sawneeak) is a Doraltic federal territory, where executive authority is practiced by Governor Lowell Vergoossen on the behalf of the United Republics Congress. Most administrative functions of the territory are handled by the Governor's office though some functions are handled through the Ministry of the Administration. The Cities of New Bordeaux and New Rotterdam are administered by weak mayor-council governments which are separate from the primary administration, but subordinate regardless. The primary civilian government consists of a bicameral legislature, the Council of State and Territorial Assembly, both of which are elected positions on terms of 2 years while the Governor is also directly elected.

Compared to the United Republics, Sawneeak Atoll is economically underdeveloped, lacking several significant economic factors present in the rest of the nation, most especially in terms of diversification into the tertiary sector and infrastructure developments. However, development projects are underway to finish the construction of an underground metro system in New Bordeaux and expansion of New Rotterdam’s air and sea ports.

The economy of Doraltic Sawneeak is mainly driven by fishing, with mining close behind. Due to the tense political nature in the area, Congress has restricted travel to the territory to employees of businesses on the islands, politicians, and military deployments since 2016. Since then, as a result of the collapse of the territory’s tourist sector, there have been calls to loosen the restriction or grant the territory further self-rule powers.

The United Republics Defense Force is primarily responsible for the protection of the territory of Sawneeak Atoll, providing it with the necessary material to create two company-sized Citizen's Guards Formations, enough to arm approximately 200 soldiers. As of 2021, there are three military installations present within the Territory, Joint Operations Base (JB) Sawneeak in New Rotterdam, Defense Installation North, and Defense Installation West. The defense of the island is reinforced by the United Republics Naval force Permanent Naval Group Sawneeak and three companies of 2nd Marine Regiment of the United Republics Marines, this is in addition to the presence of 27th and 163rd Squadrons of the United Republics Air Force.

Doraltic Military Inventory:

Pelican Islands

The Vancouvian National Army maintains approximately 40 personnel on the southern Pelican island, mostly for the maintenance and refueling of aircraft that utilize the island. Although somewhat adequately provisioned, the soldiers frequently travel by boat to other parts of the atoll for meals and recreation (preferring the nearby Masurbian territory), and are usually amiable to the other nations that reside there.

Although there is no permanent military presence, a small airstrip and dock allow access from light aircraft, patrol boats, and an occasional helicopter or drone. There are typically no more than a half-dozen aircraft on the island. Several outbuildings serve as storehouses for ammunition, fuel, and supplies. The soldiers themselves live in a traditional "longhouse" style barracks.

Politically, the island is a part of Vancouvia proper. It is de facto governed by the highest ranking military officer on the islands, usually a Captain. No civilians are permanently on the island although the government has allowed reporters or nature photographers to visit with special permission.

Vancouvian Military Inventory:

Mario Islands

The Mario Islands are an overseas territory of San Montagna with a population of 3 203, Mario Islanders are unable in San Montagnan General Elections and instead vote for the Governor, currently Giovanni Scaramozino, who has executive power over the overseas territory. The Government is located in Porto Mario, the largest settlement in the island.

Mario Island has no major industries and as such has virtually zero exports, the island exports nearly everything, from produce to consumer goods. The economy is reliant almost exclusively on tourism. The Island is classified as underdeveloped.

As San Montagna is responsible for the defense of the Island, there is currently one military installation on the Island, situated near Porto Alberto, it holds 2 garrisons of San Montagnan military personnel at any given time.

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Geographical Overview

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The Sawneeak Atoll is a group of islands, islets, banks, reefs and shoals in the Southern Sea. It has over twenty-five major islands which form a circular shape around the center of the area. The Sawneeak Atoll is close to other island nations and Southern Gael, yet its islands have no land or maritime borders outside of claimed disputes within the Atoll.

The Sawneeak Atoll hosts a vast amount of coral reefs, making them the predominant maritime structures in the Atoll. However, with military installations and artificial islands being created by claimants in the Atoll, the reefs and their wildlife are being threatened. Many environmentalist groups and nations such as Roendavar argue that the Sawneeak Atoll should not play host to human interactions, instead, the islands should be maintained and funded by Non-Governmental Organizations or the League of Western Isles as a stateless entity. Many of claimants have politicized this argument, often blaming other claimants for the 'reckless environmental abuse of the Atoll'.

The Sawneeak Atoll has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The summers are usually hot, averaging around 35 °C. Tourists are usually surprised to find that the islands experience quite cool winters, with temperatures dropping to an average of about 19 °C. Despite this, temperatures rarely drop further, meaning that the islands have never experienced any frost, ice or snow.

The Sawneeak Atoll is also home to vast and diverse wildlife. Birds are the most populous in the islands, with over 22 species of bird, the most famous being the Sawneeak Quail. According to the Athara Magarati government's list of Athara Magarati Fauna, "The Sawneeak Quail (Callipepla Meridionali) is a small ground-dwelling bird native to the Sawneeak Atoll. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks. Males have a dark brown cap and a black face with a brown back, a grey-blue chest and a light brown belly. Females and immature birds are mainly grey-brown with a light-colored belly. It was introduced to Kaski island by Magarati Colonial Realms botanist and zoologist Shyam Jirel. The Sawneeak quail is a highly sociable bird that often gathers in small flocks known as "coveys"."

There is also a diverse marine presence in the Sawneeak Atoll as many dolphins, orcas, other whales species and some shark species populate the Atoll's waters. The coral reefs host several plant species also, as found out by the many scientists that are granted access to study the naturally-formed reefs.