Fearannteth

Kingdom of Fearannteth
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Motto: "Sailing to golden horizons"
Anthem: A New Home
Status	Independent State
Capital and largest city	Paisley
Official languages	Anglish
Recognised national languages	Anglish, Alban Gaelic
Demonym(s)	Fearann
Government	Absolute Monarchy
• Head of State	King Alastair III
• Heir to the throne	Princess Eileen
Establishment
• Fort Gunnach	1500s
• Colony of Fearannteth	1590
• The Kingdom of Fearannteth	1634
Population
• 2018 census	7,646,230
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Per capita	$22,159
Currency	Fearann Pound (FEP)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Internet TLD	.fe

Fearannteth, officially the Kingdom of Fearannteth, is a nation located in southern Aurelia. It is comprised of three major provinces. The moderate sized population of 7 million is spread out with a handful of urban concentrations. Fearannteth's capital is Paisley also being it's largest city.

Etymology

Domnhall Gunnach's settlers arrived to Fearannteth and noted in Alban that the land was considerably warmer than that of Seylos. In Alban, Fearannteth means "Hot land"

Geography

Climate

Fearannteth has a largely Mediterrenean climate

History

The Colony of Fearannteth was a joint venture made by a group of Albans from Seylos, from where both its languages originate. In the 1500s, an ambitious nobleman known as Domhnall Gunnach (Donald Gunn) secured funding from investors in the efforts to exploit the riches of a ‘golden isle’. With a small fleet of ships, he set sail towards Aurelia. Upon landing, they would construct a palisade dubbed Fort Gunnach which stands to this day.

At the beginning it proved to be difficult when they landed, as many went weeks without food. Gunnach was persistent, determined to find these alleged riches he heard of. He would meet with local tribes and broker a deal with them. It is unclear what that deal was, as it never was recorded or published. Speculation suggests that it was a promise to not expand and to help when asked. With the aid and generosity of indigenous tribes they eventually were able to remedy their problems. Fearannteth would be saved from a fate of failure. In the time of a generation the colony would find its footing as it began to spread out and establish itself. The current seat of Fearannteth, Paisley, would be in the planning stages by settler and future mayor Bearnard Paisley, the first town to be established after Gunna (formerly Fort Gunnach).

It was not lost on settlers including the guilt-ridden Domnhall Gunnach that they were far from finding a land of riches. However, having already accustomed themselves to the lifestyle of building a new society and home their focus switched. Fearannteth mostly engaged economically in growing cash crops after their discovery and their increasing demand for them in the Old Wurld. Early on, Fearannteth was able to compete but was soon left out forcing them to turn to staple crops.

It was the hope of Gunnach and the early settlers for Fearannteth to be a colony held by Seylos, however, it was of no interest to the Seylosians to oversee or even have anything to do with Fearannteth. Many attempts would be made over the years, but eventually on October 31st, 1634; Fearannteth proclaimed itself the Kingdom of Fearannteth, promoting the already hereditary position of colonial governor to King. King Douglas of the House MacCathasaigh (Douglas of House Cassie) of the long line of Cassie monarchs, who rule to this day.

As the Fearann established a great foothold, it would not be lost on the indigenous tribes that they were being stepped upon, pushed away. In 1641, a tribe aired their concerns as they found themselves being pushed towards lands owned by another tribe, and tribes in similar situations as them joined them to reach out. Settlers in turn made an offer for them to join their settlement if they didn’t want to lose any further land or look elsewhere. As this did not sit well with the tribes, any further settling beyond existing boundaries would be met with resistance and violence-a warning to settlers. Skirmishes during this time became somewhat common until a devastating one that would force the hand of the King of Fearannteth to either push or make amends. Taking a stance of non confrontation, King Cailean met with the tribes and signed the Treaty of Ceitham (1643) drawing a demarcation line that would create the modern borders of Fearannteth. The treaty stipulated that Fearanns could not travel any further than those lines and would not be defended if they traveled beyond them. In addition, Fearannteth would award the indigenous resource compensation over a span of a decade for losses.

That would not last for very long, however. Cailean would be succeeded by King Alasdair I (Alastair). Under his reign, he established many of the domestic agencies seen today in Fearannteth but more notably invested heavily on the military, prepared for any threat against the Kingdom. King Alasdair I envisioned a larger, greater Kingdom and began expanding south to the Horn of Banchory and west to present day Carmyville and Winchester. In doing so, he cleared out many of the indigenous peoples in his path one way or another, violating the Treaty of Ceitham. What ensued would be known as the Fearannteth Betrayal. During this period would be where there is most pain and anguish about the past is today. The full scale conflict levied against the indigenous pushed or massacred them out of modern day Cassieshire and West Fearann, eventually surrendering to the Fearanns. What followed would be the Treaty of Carmyville in which King Alasdair I pledged not to expand any further and permitted the indigenous to return provided they play by the rules of the Fearann and not their own. One notable caveat in the treaty was that the indigenous were only allowed to coexist in the frontier territories of Cassieshire and West Fearann.

Fearannteth under Alasdair’s successor would become regionally prominent in thanks to his foreign policy shift and his show of force after the Treaty of Carmyville. While economically it wasn’t much, militarily it was able to stretch its muscles. Within the first few months of Alasdair II’s ascension, he proclaimed the Cassie Proclamation in which those of Aurelia and the Adisi would be protected by the Kingdom and were considered friends of the crown provided they did not invite enemies of the crown into the realm.