Greatwhite Isles

The Greatwhite Isles are a constituency of the Lorentish Kingdom. The country's capital and largest city is Greatwhite Island, and its official language is Navigaran. Located on the western coast of the continent. The country was formerly connected to the continent of Sorgliste until the construction of the Esma-Estea Divide, which separates it from the mainland. It borders the Jcon Sea to the northeast and the Core of Lorent Territory to the east.

Today, the Greatwhite Isles encompasses the Greater Greatwhite Island Metropolitan Area (GGIMA) - formerly the separate settlements of Greatwhite Island and Raskara (formerly and originally known as Fruland), Serenity, and Valfenheim.

Notable citizens include; Keinomal Shark Greatwhite, Keinofem Nuggets Greatwhite (formerly Celestine), Astori Luring, Anthropologist Regulus Mindegaus, Linguist Limin Anderal and Scholar Alonch Wayfarer.

Brief History
 (See 'The History of the Greatwhite Isles' by 5567 for a more detailed version.) 

Sentients have inhabited the territory of the Greatwhite Isles for as far back as 430,000 years ago. After the eastern lands of the GWI had been inhabited by Proto-Soumeris, Pre-Cloudbreacheans, Conulklekulog, Pre-Talawan Nomads, Delfari, Audalads, Lunasmaire, Soumeris, Sparwood Gnomes, Tortugans and Atoan colonists settled what would become the modern-day Greatwhite Isles. After his disillusionment with Frostmarch, Shark Greatwhite began to develop hisprivate island on the Jcon Sea.

Alongside Atoan colonists, he founded Greatwhite Island, which, after becoming an active hub for Sorgliste, had become an independent city-state from Frostmarch. After its independence was granted by Frostmarch, Shark recruited many people to join the burgeoning nation. With a population boom, it rapidly expanded the small piece of land into an artificial island complex.

After a long period of success, the loss of the Tortuga-Lorent War and the Soumeri Annexation had crippling effects on the state, eroding its institutions and leaving it as a rump state, bereft of all its government. The death of Shark Greatwhite was the final nail in the coffin for the Greatwhite Golden Age, and today the state is on a steady freefall, even if most of its citizens wish for its restoration as an active hub on Sorligste.

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.

Culture
The GWI is considered an Atoan state, meaning that they are a cultural descendant of the City of Atopolis, alongside Windcliff and Ato. The official language of the Greatwhite Isles is Navigaran, a standardized version of various tongues and pidgins spoken throughout the area. The standardization of Navigaran was spearheaded by scholar and linguist Limin Anderal. Greatwhite Islanders are notorious for their animosity towards Lorent and its people, which has catalyzed several geopolitical spats on the continent. Greatwhite Islander literature has had various exponents, and various copies and tomes of Greatwhite Islander authors can be found in several libraries. Regulus Mindegaus and his son Giorgio Mindegaus, alongside Gemryn Aquipura, Keinomal Shark Greatwhite, and Alonch Wayfarer-Maitonoki, have all contributed to the literary tradition of the island.