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Ruttish Gaullicanism is the pseudoarchaeological and pseudoanthropological belief that the people of Ruttland are descendants of a "lost group" of ethnic Gaullicans who travelled to northern Euclea following the fall of the Solarian Empire. The origins of the theory are unknown, but by the late 14th century it had been discussed in several period writings including accounts from Ponte Pilote. By the end of the 19th century, the belief had been so ingrained in elements of Ruttish and Gaullican society that organisations were set up in the Empire that advocated for Ruttish independence and further relations based on these links. Some of these organisations have continued to exist in the 21st century.
Modern archaeological evidence, genetic and ethnological research have refuted the main arguments of the Ruttish Gaullicanism theory.
History
Earliest records
In Euclea's Northern Reaches which was written after arriving in Lipliškės in 1331, Ponte Pilote described the people as having "Solarian character and the spirit of the south". He would go on to write that "in my heart, the hospitality in which I have been received is indicative of a Solarian-Gaullican character, of deep religious faith and charity. And of keen architecture and literature. I would not be amiss to say, I believe, that these people are our brothers." Ponte spent the better part of six months in the Ruttish capital, visting not just the nobility but people of all works of life.
When Pilote returned to the Verliquoian Empire after almost a decade of travelling, he made these opinions and experiences on Ruttish culture known to imperial society and spurred an interest in uncovering more of these potential, if fabricated, links. Whilst an existing embassy would deal with the Rudolphine Confederation, the imperial bureaucracy in Verlois dictated that an embassy should be sent directly to Ruttland -- the first of which arrived in 1342.