Greatwhite Isles

The Greatwhite Isles (Navigaran: La Landomeci Karcarodon) is a vassal state to the Lorentish Empire spanning Eastern Haven to Western Sørligste, completely controlling the Sea of Jcon. The nation is bordered by the Lorentish Empire to the north and the Second Empire of Leveros to the east. It additionally shares a maritime border with the Pirate Horde of Tortuga via the overseas possession of Stalgrad. Its official language is Navigaran and is predominantly human of the Atoan cultural group.

Its capital city is also called the Greatwhite Isles, a megacity that is home to the 7th largest population in Rathnir and the 3rd largest city in chunk size. The city is divided into 13 districts and comprises three major boroughs: Greatwhite, Valfenhein, and Serenity. The three boroughs originated as their own towns and were all consolidated into a single city during the Megacity Merge. The Woods District is the only district in the megacity not occupied by a borough but instead act under the leadership of the Lorax, an environmentalist government position.

The territory of the Greatwhite Isles in mainland Sørligste was inhabited by a succession of indigenous peoples beginning 2,000 BCA to 10,000 BCA; these included the pre-Soumerian nomad bands, Conulklekulog, and the Delfari. During the tribal era, a Daelyrian ship vessel exploded in the Jcon Sea, leaving behind an alchemical experiment known as the Rebis to sink near the coast of Greatwhite Island. The Rebis was untouched for another millennium. Following the collapse of Lumaire, GWI territory was then colonized by Soumere with the establishment of Vesthavn. Vesthavn is credited of being the first permanent settlement in far southwestern Sørligste, built on top of a Delfari community. After the collapse of the Republic of Soumere, the territory of GWI fell into the hands of the Atoan Republic and the Jarldom of Frostmarch. During this time, the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia was established on the territory, recognized as the direct predecessor of the Greatwhite Isles. Under the Atoan Regalian period, the settlements of Fruland (later renamed to Raskara), Serenity, and Valfenhein were established. In April 4th, 2022, Shark Greatwhite purchased Greatwhite Island and formally established the Greatwhite Isles, gradually incorporating the entire jarldom. In November of 2022, the Greatwhite Isles was absorbed to the Lorentish Empire after the resignation of Shark. When Shark returned, the Greatwhite Isles achieved its independence as a vassal state on April 4th, 2023.

The Greatwhite Isles is traditionally governed as a parliamentary monarchy, ruled by the Keinomal, and run under a selected court of indomals. The Keinomal acts as the king and possess absolute control over the state. Indomals and District Managers of the capital city act as advisers to the Keinomal and vote on policy and national decisions upon request of the Keinomal. Indomals serve as mayors to the towns the Greatwhite Isles occupy. In the capital megacity, the municipalities of Serenity and Valfenhein both have their respective individual indomals.

After the second rebirth of Shark Greatwhite, he launched a series of economic reforms to develop the Greatwhite Isles as an industrial high-income economy. The major sectors of the nation's economy are cactus-farming and commodities.

History
 Main article: The History of the Greatwhite Isles 

Early history
Fossilized remains of Papio kauhus, popularly known as the "Alsu Baboon", found in modern-day Valfenhein suggest that the territory of the Greater Greatwhite Area have been inhabited by sentient beings by at least 430,000 years ago. This seems to correlate with artifacts and very early Regolithic tools dated to the same time in other regions in western Sørligste along the riverbank across the Jcon Sea belonging to the Homo athielensis. The correlation between the remains of Alsu Baboon and H. athielensis seems to suggest that the diet of early hominins in Sørligste consisted of prehistoric baboon meat. About 50-60,000 years ago, a series of interglacial episodes initiated a global warming, creating the Great Western Desert Belt which included much of the territory of the Greatwhite Isles. This extreme environmental fluctuation led to profound evolutionary and demographic changes.

Around 30,000 years ago, proto-Soumerian nomad bands arose and inhabited western Sørligste. After the collapse of the proto-Soumerian settlement of Cloudbreach, a tribal identity called the Conulklekulog emerged, inhabiting the region for thousands of years. The notion of exogamy did not exist and Pagi peoples from the east often intermingled with the Conulklekulog, exchanging cultural and technological developments. Around 3,000 years ago, nomadic Talawan elves from Uldarash crossed the Jcon Sea and integrated into the Conulkekulog. This integration was the most radical as Havenian elven customs mixed with human Sørligstan customs. This is evident through the almost sudden radical advancement of clay pottery found dated at the time. The discovery denoted slight magic signatures on the edges of the clay.

The mingling between the Talawan nomads and the Conulklekulog liquidated into the Delfari culture. The Delfari is recognized for introducing spring wheat into Sørligste as well as establishing permanent settlements in the Greater Greatwhite Area. The oldest evidence of cultivation in the Greater Greatwhite Area is attributed to a Delfari site called the Delfari Serenity Farming Community.

Around 695 ACA, a Daelyrian ship exploded off the coast of Greatwhite Island. On board, a dozen Helmian alchemists and masters of mystic arts were conducting an experiment called the Rebis, an alchemical union of the male and females sexes into a single being. Most information about the Rebis creation have been lost. The Rebis sunk to the ocean floor and remained stationary for another three centuries.

Soumerian Era
 Main articles: Vesthavn, Kerfuffle of '21  On May 21st, 2021, Ligsty and Lois Griffin ventured west and established the city of Vesthavn. Ligsty focused on affairs of the town while Lois focused more on the culture and local religion of the town. On May 22nd, the First Church of Herobrine was built in the town along with a residential area. Since Vesthavn was the first town established in western Sørligste, it attracted several citizens from other major cities in Soumere. This caused Vesthavn to expand its town limits across the Rennen River. This expansion caused a border dispute with the settlement of Capehall, which was founded by Al Broken Capote and Joy Capote. This dispute was caused by an error on the part of Dumer, the leader of internal affairs and repopulation efforts at the time. Since both towns were approved by the Stuga, the Vesthavn-Capehall Dispute was resolved through a Stuga summit and was concluded on May 26th, 2021, with an agreement that the people of Vesthavn had to relocate to the region of modern-day Tolomar. However, during the last day of the summit, the Capotes relinquished their claim on Capehall and migrated out of the country. Vesthavn quickly gained control of the territory of Capehall.

On July 13th, 2021, a group of squatters settled in modern-day Helona and established the squatter town of Thedour-Ra. DuelingSteel, the leader of the group, declared independence from Soumere and proclaimed their country as "Ederan". Vesthavn was the closest city to Thedour-Ra and as a consequence, forced to join the war against the Ederan squatters. By the next day, a military force from the Grand Union of Sorligste established a military fort in Vesthavn in order to organize artillery and civilian assets. Ten minutes before the war started, the squatters of Ederan surrendered. Nonetheless, the military force still raided the squatter town. During this raid, there were only two casualties caused by friendly fire. This raid was documented by Tumble_Weed and officially named as the Kerfuffle of '21.

During the Republic of Soumere, the region was under the jurisdiction of County Delfar. In early-July of 2021, a county remapping project split the county in half and the region of GWI developed under the jurisdiction of County Vesteste. When the Republic of Soumere collapsed on July 31, 2021, Vesthavn massively declined into complete irrelevancy.

Atoan Era
In early September of 2021, the Republic of Ato, which had replaced Soumere after its collapse, expanded to almost the entirety of Sørligste. The territory of the Greatwhite Isles was under the jurisdiction of Osten province. The Colonization of Regalia bill which was passed on September 23, 2021 required that each town in the republic had to have at least five active citizens which was supported by government spending. This also included Vesthavn, which was under occupation by the Atoans at this point. PKtheWizard and Tyler Grim declared the occupation of Vesthavn a priority. The Senate believed that the takeover of Vesthavn would bring laborers into the region alongside possible settlements funded by the National Treasury. Despite the emphasized government support of the re-colonization of Vesthavn, the town continued to be inactive for almost another six months.

On September 23, 2021, a Najerian brewer named Magma672 purchased one chunk of land in what is now Raskara Theatre, establishing an independent microstate called Liras. Upon the beginning developments of the Kingdom of Liras, Magma established diplomatic relations with Elzaress and her ring of bandits. Elzaress requested to purchase 25 chunks in Osten province in order to establish a permanent military presence. This purchase never occured and instead, Elzaress established the nation of Serevos in central Sørligste. In mid-October of 2021, the Atoan military, aided by a Lirasian regiment, supported Veredani forces in the Aristii-Veredani War, developing friendly relations between Liras and Veredan. Soon after this, Serevos and Liras merged into the Empire of Leveros and the people in the microstate of Liras relocated to Veredan.

Atoan Regalian Era
After the Lerevosi War, the Grand Sørligste Federation was absorbed into the Jarldom of Frostmarch. The subcontinent of Sørligste was divided into individual feudal jarldoms which were encompassed by provinces, or thanedoms. The territory of GWI was designated into the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia which lied in Esma. On November 30, 2021, Shark Greatwhite established the city of Serenity, named after the goddess Serenity from the Atoan Pantheon. Upon the city's founding, it immediately encountered a violent land dispute with the Lorentish Empire, which had established the settlement of Belmont right on the border of Serenity on the same day of the city's founding. Frostmarch declared the settlement of Belmont as a squatter town, but the Lorentish Empire claimed that they had sacred land rights on the territory of modern-day GWI. By the next two days, a Frostmarchian force with Atoan troops rooted out the settlers of Belmont, sparking outrage from the Lorentish government. Belmont was made into a district of Serenity, allowing Serenity to expand.

In January of 2022, the towns of Fruland and Valfenhein were established. Valfenhein was founded by Blue Flu Castellan and JCaldas, achieving an array of positive reception and support from across Frostmarch. On January 16th, 2022, Blue implemented a series of influential governmental changes that coalesced into what he called the "Elder system". The Elder system organized Valfenhein's government and society into social classes. The Elder system became so effective that it was later adopted by the Atoan Regalia about a month later. Fruland was founded by a player named Pineappler, who had an extremely notorious reputation. Under Pineappler's almost authoritarian regime, Fruland became a haven for toxicity and disorder. However, Fruland gained traction for its progressive infrastructure, radically impacted by the accomplishments of Dragoncrepper. The negative reputation of Pineappler caused tensions between Atoan Regalia and the newly founded Lorentish Kingdom. It did not help that the Lorentish town of Terremont bordered Fruland. In mid-January, the citizens of Terremont erected effigies and burned them on the border between the two towns. This was an obvious threat of war. This forced Shark to open progressive trade deals with the Lorent to calm down tensions. However, this was the final straw for Pineappler's antics. A secret council was formed between Shark Greatwhite, Blue Flu Castellan, and Revan Alchemix to build plans to establish a coup against Pineappler and install Dragoncrepper as the town's mayor. Before this coup could occur, Pineappler left the server. After his resignation, the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia passed an initiative to completely rid the town's society and infrastructure from any of Pineappler's influence. This initiative was coined as Defrulandization. Fruland was renamed to Raskara and any traces of Pineappler's name was erased from existence.

During this time, the Sisters of Peace grew popular throughout the jarldom, radically changing its infrastructure and religious demographics.

Government
The Greatwhite Isles' government is an absolute authoritarian monarchy, with the Keinomal or Keinofem serving as both head of state and head of government. The Greatwhite Court and Lords form an advisory and delegatory body in subservience to the Keino; as the state has no constitution, the powers of this body are dictated by the Keinomal or Keinofem.

Usually, the Lords had responsibilities delegated from the Keinomal onto them; the Lord of Culture and the Arts, the Lord of Industry and Development, and the Lord of Entertainment and Parties were the most important, since they organized the social life of the citizens.