Isillûnde

Capital and Languages Brief Nation Info Isillûnde (Aurlûnoren: Moon Dragon Land) officailly known as the Territory of Isillûnde is an overseas territory that is under the domain of the Aurlûnor Velande in Eldham. Its capital and largest city is Cúamwan, which is located on the region with the same name: Crecent Bay. It shares a border with the Seaterra to the northwest, the Zamotz Union to the north and the Imperial Center to the southeast.

History
Founded on Velereth Rock, in the south of Sinawendor by Orwa Sinawis and her expedition to the east, the settlement was meant to be a trade and resource-extraction outpost for the otherwise rather isolationist Velande. It was suggested that as the other major powers of Rathnir had a colonial conference and a scramble for Sinawendor's land, Aurlûnor might as well claim some land. Thus, the colony was founded on June 6th of 2021. A wetland adjacent to Isillûnde's north was initially claimed by the Velande; however, as the Huitca Federation wanted the land, which was in fact almost entirely swamp, Aurlûnor was willing to sell it.

Merely a few days after the landing of the first colonists, the barbarian kingdom of Jabal would claim the colony as its own land, as well as the land of other native groups. The crisis with the barbarians would prompt the local government to begin to erect barricades around the claimed lands, to prevent squatters and others from entering their territory unknowingly and to slow down invasions. The only bridge connecting the colony to the mainland across the river was blown, and never rebuilt.

Eventually, war among the native barbarians resulted in the Khozikan- the original inhabitants of the Jabalites' western claims- taking all of the territory east of the river. The regent Sel Lelya-Earcala and chancellor Mao Meili, leaders within the imperial government originally from Rathnir, would make minor diplomatic contact; however there had yet to be any real diplomatic action done between any of the natives and the Velande until July of that year.

New conflict would rear its head in mid-july with the Fourth Barbarian Rally- Sinawendor's first barbarian rally, in order to evict the Atlechii from their settlement in the eastern portion of the colony.

On December 7, 873ACA, the Colony would become an official overseas territory of the Velande, and made it an integral part of the country, making the Velande a multi-continental nation.

Diplomacy
The Aurlûnor Velande does not recognize the land claims of almost any native Sinawendoran tribe. Its already isolationist mindset leads to its citizens referring to just about any non-allied country's inhabitants as "barbarians", and the natives of Sinawendor are no exception. In fact, due to the relative aggressiveness of the locals (or at least Jabal's former king, Nadir) and underdevelopment of the various local nations, the Sinawendoran natives were declared straight-up uncivilized by the Velereth Sareariel Lelya-Earcala herself. While the natives may find themselves offended by these statements, the Velande simply does not care for their opinions anyway. Diplomacy with nations regarded as civilized, however, are somewhat more amicable. Huitcan Sadisio, the colony in the ceded swampland near the northwest of Isillûnde, has established relations with the colony, and the two have established friendly contact, though very little trade passes between the two at present. The closeness of the two colonies is almost certainly a product of the alliance between their two suzerain nations.

Culture
The colony is a cultural melting pot of the various local ethnicities of Aurlûnor. The architectural style is a unique style known as "Pan-Elven", and less similar to the style of architecture seen in the cities of the homeland, like Lhumar and Helemar. The local diet is mainly fish, wheat bread, and native sweetberries, which were quickly cultivated by the colonists. They keep few livestock, only horses with which to patrol their borders with.