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The language which is spoken on it is Cancaumma. It is the descendent of a mix of 18th century English, 18th century English, 18th century Spanish, and 18th century Scots Gaelic. It was first discovered in 1710 by the wrecked crew of two ships. | The language which is spoken on it is Cancaumma. It is the descendent of a mix of 18th century English, 18th century English, 18th century Spanish, and 18th century Scots Gaelic. It was first discovered in 1710 by the wrecked crew of two ships. | ||
It was re-discovered in 1871, and claimed by Britain as part of their empire. | It was re-discovered in 1871, and claimed by Britain as part of their empire. | ||
1,598 people lived on the islands when it was re-discovered. These people wanted to be a protectorate of the British Empire, but also desired autonomy. In 1879, they were granted their wish, with most decisions about the island having to pass through a parliament of 48 randomly chosen male citizens, who would rotate and generally act as representatives. | |||
In 1879, desiring to increase the population, they decided to allow 50 people from Great Britian to immigrate to the isles (essentially just North-East Isle, where all of the Fourers lived). Five years later they decided to expand this to Portuguese, Spanish, German and Swedish citizens, with potential new residents now being chosen, for their skills mostly. In 1910, this was expanded to 100 people and then in 1920 to 200 people, before in 1931, it was dropped to 20. In 1946, after the ending of the war which 5% of Fourers had participated in, it was increased to 200 people again, who mostly came from Austria, France and North Greece. Currently, the number is 150, with China and Peru now being the largest sources of immigrants. | |||
Religion: | |||
Religion presented a challenge to some of the first settlers, who were devout Catholics-they could not communicate with the Pope. As such, a new church was formed, the Church of Fourland. It followed most of the Catholic conventions in terms of practice, but over the years came to have somewhat different theology. A Reformed Church was also formed. It came to be that about 70% followed the Church of Fourland, while 30% followed the Reformed Church. | |||
Demographics (as of official government census 2020, unless otherwise stated): | |||
Population: | |||
14,018 | |||
1,631 1880 | |||
1,848 1885 | |||
2,349 1895 | |||
2,845 1905 | |||
3,421 1910 | |||
4,419 1920 | |||
6,071 1930 | |||
6,121 1940 | |||
6,971 1950 | |||
8,194 1960 | |||
9,037 1970 | |||
10,631 1980 | |||
11,023 1990 | |||
11,982 2000 | |||
12,831 2010 | |||
14,018 2020 | |||
Revision as of 21:49, 4 April 2023
Fourland, officially The Republic of the Fourlandian Isles is a nation made up of four islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
The language which is spoken on it is Cancaumma. It is the descendent of a mix of 18th century English, 18th century English, 18th century Spanish, and 18th century Scots Gaelic. It was first discovered in 1710 by the wrecked crew of two ships. It was re-discovered in 1871, and claimed by Britain as part of their empire. 1,598 people lived on the islands when it was re-discovered. These people wanted to be a protectorate of the British Empire, but also desired autonomy. In 1879, they were granted their wish, with most decisions about the island having to pass through a parliament of 48 randomly chosen male citizens, who would rotate and generally act as representatives. In 1879, desiring to increase the population, they decided to allow 50 people from Great Britian to immigrate to the isles (essentially just North-East Isle, where all of the Fourers lived). Five years later they decided to expand this to Portuguese, Spanish, German and Swedish citizens, with potential new residents now being chosen, for their skills mostly. In 1910, this was expanded to 100 people and then in 1920 to 200 people, before in 1931, it was dropped to 20. In 1946, after the ending of the war which 5% of Fourers had participated in, it was increased to 200 people again, who mostly came from Austria, France and North Greece. Currently, the number is 150, with China and Peru now being the largest sources of immigrants.
Religion: Religion presented a challenge to some of the first settlers, who were devout Catholics-they could not communicate with the Pope. As such, a new church was formed, the Church of Fourland. It followed most of the Catholic conventions in terms of practice, but over the years came to have somewhat different theology. A Reformed Church was also formed. It came to be that about 70% followed the Church of Fourland, while 30% followed the Reformed Church.
Demographics (as of official government census 2020, unless otherwise stated):
Population: 14,018
1,631 1880 1,848 1885 2,349 1895 2,845 1905 3,421 1910 4,419 1920 6,071 1930 6,121 1940 6,971 1950 8,194 1960 9,037 1970 10,631 1980 11,023 1990 11,982 2000 12,831 2010 14,018 2020