Aurora Islands

Crownland of the Aurora Islands Kuovskâssuollui ruvnâeennâm (Auroran Annic) Kronland der Nordlichterinseln (Weranian)
Crownland of the Weranian Confederation
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Tääbbin mij láá jeđe teehi mij pääccip (Auroran Annic) "Here we are, and so here we shall remain" In Treue fest (Weranian) Oskolâšvuođâst nanos (Auroran Annic) "Steadfast in loyalty"
Anthem: "Was ist des Ostischen Vaterland?" "What is the Weranic’s fatherland?"
Regional anthem: "Suolluin" "On the islands"
Location of the Aurora Islands (circled in red) in Northern Euclea
Country	Weranian Confederation
Weber Purchase	14 May 1682
Capital	Niedkirch
Official languages	Auroran Annic, Weranian
Religion	Solarian Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Aurora Islander (Official) Auroran
Government	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charlotte I
• Federal Premier	Otto von Hößlin
• Premier	Geažotmiella Gápepärni
Legislature	Laahâkodde/Gesetztag
Area
• Total	2,183 km2 (843 sq mi)
Population
• 2018 estimate	132,854
• Density	60.5/km2 (156.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$4.9 billion
• Per capita	$37,230
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$5.1 billion
• Per capita	$38,190
HDI	0.965 very high
Currency	Euclo (€) (EUC)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+425
Internet TLD	.ai

The Aurora Islands (Auroran Annic: Kuovskâssuolluuh [ˈkuo̯vːskɐˌsːuo̯lːuːh]; Weranian: Nordlichterinseln [ˈnɔːtlɪçtɐʁˌɪnzl̩n]), officially the Crownland of the Aurora Islands (Auroran Annic: Kuovskâssuollui ruvnâeennâm, Weranian: Kronland der Nordlichterinseln) is an archipelago and a self-governing crownland of the Weranian Confederation located in the Avanaric Sea. The total area of the islands is around 2,183 square kilometres, and its population is estimated to be 132,800. The capital and the largest city of the Aurora Islands is Niedkirch.

Prior to settlement, the Aurora Islands were used sporadically as a fishing and whaling spot by Ejderic fishermen. The islands were initially settled by Ejderic people who brought with them Annic thralls, wives and labourers in 705 CE. The onset of the Marauder Age from the 9th century onwards saw the arrival of Sotirian missionaries and an increasing number of displaced Annic people fleeing Ghaillish conquest and raiding resutling in the Annic population overtaking the original Ejderic settlers. The Aurora Islands were subject to intermittent raiding and Sotirianisation throughout the Middle Ages. By the late 10th century, the islands were almost fully Sotirian. Weranic merhcants began trading with the islands in significant amounts from 1321 onwards. This led to the establishment of a mercnatile political order and the formation of the Gesetztag in 1443.

The Weber Family sold the Aurora Islands to the House of Kotzauberg on 14th of May 1682 which created a personal union between the Aurora Islands and the Kingdom of Roetenberg. The islands retained a high degree of self-rule in the union. Following Weranian Unification in the mid 1800s, the relationship between the islands and Werania was reformed where the Aurora Islands were designated a crownland of Werania in 1872. The antebellum period before the Great War saw internal political instability in the country in the form of protests. Ultimately, agreement was reached where universal suffrage would be passed in order to avoid conflict. The Aurora Islands had historically been an agrarian nation with an economy based on fishing until the late 1950s. The Weranian entry into the Euclean Community in 1955 resulted in a long period of sustained economic growth as Euclean companies moved into the islands to take advantage of loose tax laws making it into an offshore financial centre.

Today the Aurora Islands is a self-governing dependent territory of Werania. Its government is a democratic parliamentary constitutional monarchy that is in a personal union with the Grand Duchy of Roetenberg through the House of Kotzauberg. Following the ascension of Charlotte II to the Weranian Federal Presidency in 1987, this union has extended to the confederation as a whole. The islands are composed of X municipalities the largest of which is Niedkirch, the country's capital where over a third of the population lives. It posesses a developed high-income economy the largest sectors of which are fishing and finance.

Etymology

The name "Aurora Islands" (Auroran Annic: Kuovskâssuolluuh, Weranian: Nordlichterinseln) comes from the archopilago's Solarian name, "Insulae Aurorae" meaning "islands of the lights." It gets this name from the northern lights (Aurora borealis), a natural phenomenon that occurs frequently from late August to early April on the islands. It was given to the islands by Sotirian missionaries and became widely used from the 10th century onwards.