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The population of the island is around 1,2 million people, which gives ~300 inhabitants/km2. | The population of the island is around 1,2 million people, which gives ~300 inhabitants/km2. The capital city region will house around 500 thousand people | ||
Saint Margaret is a developing nation, one of the poorer in the entire region sitting at around 6000$ GDP per capita. Most of the population works in agriculture, forestry and porcelain manufacturing. The mapping style will resemble South American and Carribean nations/islands. | Saint Margaret is a developing nation, one of the poorer in the entire region sitting at around 6000$ GDP per capita. Most of the population works in agriculture, forestry and porcelain manufacturing. The mapping style will resemble South American and Carribean nations/islands. | ||
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The Saint Margaret Island was originally inhabited by the local Kabalya (possible name for the native people) people, who called the island “Nianembiwi” meaning “our land”. The island was allegedly first spotted by an unnamed | The Saint Margaret Island was originally inhabited by the local Kabalya (possible name for the native people) people, who called the island “Nianembiwi” meaning “our land”. | ||
The island was allegedly first spotted by an unnamed Franquese explorer in early 15th century. Since 1415, for a brief moment, the Franquese colonists established an outpost on the island, but the native inhabitants managed to get rid of them. Between 1423 and 1428 the island successfully managed to stay out of foreign hands. It is believed that on the 26th of October 1428, a Kalmish expedition arrived at the island. The newcomers managed to negotiate peace with the native population, a new city was to be established, but a quarter of produced and extracted resources were given to the natives. Since the date of the arrival was allegedly during the feast day of Saint Margaret of Rothenstadt, the island was named Sankt Margaretha. | |||
In 17 years since establishing the now capital city of Neu Ernleben, Kalm managed to transfer enough army on the island to take it over. After a short lasting, eight months war, all native tribes surrendered to the colonizers. Kabalya people weren’t completely wiped off the island and instead they were forced to work for the colony. | |||
The country has a rich history of porcelain production. The process of making porcelain dishes was known even before the colonists' arrival and has thrived through the Kalmish colonial rule. | The country has a rich history of porcelain production. The process of making porcelain dishes was known even before the colonists' arrival and has thrived through the Kalmish colonial rule. It is one of the main exports of the island. | ||
The island gained independence relatively recently, between 1920s and 1970s, and since then has been ruled democratically. Kabalya Nianembiwi was made the second national language (alongside Kalmish) shortly after independence. | |||
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Revision as of 10:12, 23 December 2023
 | Territory ID and proposed name |
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| The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country |
TA320
English name: Saint Margaret
German name: Sankt Margaretha
Native name: Nianembiwi
 | Physical geography |
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| An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. It is advised to also create a sketch, you can add a link to this (hosted on imgur or similar) |
I will keep the geography after the previous owner, with volcanic mountains in the centre of the islands, but also flatter plains in the eastern and northern part which would house most of the island's population. The island is rich in kaolin, which is required to make porcelain.
 | Human geography |
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| A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style |
The population of the island is around 1,2 million people, which gives ~300 inhabitants/km2. The capital city region will house around 500 thousand people
Saint Margaret is a developing nation, one of the poorer in the entire region sitting at around 6000$ GDP per capita. Most of the population works in agriculture, forestry and porcelain manufacturing. The mapping style will resemble South American and Carribean nations/islands.
 | History & culture |
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| A brief description of the intended culture and language |
The Saint Margaret Island was originally inhabited by the local Kabalya (possible name for the native people) people, who called the island “Nianembiwi” meaning “our land”.
The island was allegedly first spotted by an unnamed Franquese explorer in early 15th century. Since 1415, for a brief moment, the Franquese colonists established an outpost on the island, but the native inhabitants managed to get rid of them. Between 1423 and 1428 the island successfully managed to stay out of foreign hands. It is believed that on the 26th of October 1428, a Kalmish expedition arrived at the island. The newcomers managed to negotiate peace with the native population, a new city was to be established, but a quarter of produced and extracted resources were given to the natives. Since the date of the arrival was allegedly during the feast day of Saint Margaret of Rothenstadt, the island was named Sankt Margaretha.
In 17 years since establishing the now capital city of Neu Ernleben, Kalm managed to transfer enough army on the island to take it over. After a short lasting, eight months war, all native tribes surrendered to the colonizers. Kabalya people weren’t completely wiped off the island and instead they were forced to work for the colony.
The country has a rich history of porcelain production. The process of making porcelain dishes was known even before the colonists' arrival and has thrived through the Kalmish colonial rule. It is one of the main exports of the island.
The island gained independence relatively recently, between 1920s and 1970s, and since then has been ruled democratically. Kabalya Nianembiwi was made the second national language (alongside Kalmish) shortly after independence.
 | Past mapping |
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| To support your request provide links to areas of OGF mapping which showcase your mapping skill. Mapping relevant to the requested theme & geography is especially useful | |
| The {{coord}} template can optionally be used to link to the OGF map - it results in a nice formatted link. Or you can paste in a URL. |
the country of Geklinia-Dregolesia (UL14b)
https://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/56.0490/74.7767&layers=B
https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/57.7895/74.2066&layers=B
and other places
https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/30.0418/133.6628&layers=B
https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/30.58333/133.88145&layers=B
https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/31.9435/55.2973&layers=B
I was also the coordinator and long time active mapper of the now gone Ohesia project
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Mie (talk) 23:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 | Discussion |
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| Discussion for clarification & decision |
- It's nice to see Kalmish influence returning to this region after many long years! I've had difficulty justifying my Kalmish populations in West Rabenthaler, Tigeria since the previous neighboring Kalmish-influenced territory stopped existing a few years ago. In my territories' history, I do have Meilanese trade routes between Tigeria and Inxigne so the Saint Margaret islands definitely existed on their sea charts as early as the 1400s and was known to the Franquese empire by the 1500s. Chazeltine (talk) 03:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- It was a bit of dumb on my side to not consult other people who work on the region more. I’ll try to fix the country’s history as soon as I can. It was probably taken by Kalm during some Kalmish-Franquese war that happened in 1600s/1700s. Mie (talk) 09:40, 7 December 2023 (UTC)