User:Eternal grace

The Grand Duchy of Eternal Grace is a functional nation of the on-line game NationStates.

The two islands of Corsica and the larger Sardinia which comprise Eternal Grace have been populated by people since the Neolithic times. A ramshackle collection of peaceful settlements spreading themselves across the two islands.

These islands however had little contact with the other peoples of the Mediterranean for a long time, Until the then young and aspiring nations of the region began to cast their eyes on the islands. For centuries up until the first decade of the 14 hundreds the islands suffered raiding parties and invasions, The islands changed hands several times over the centuries.Rarely were the two islands ruled by the same nation at the same time.

Whenever a new nation came to rule over one of the islands they would bring with them new settlers and technologies,new ways of thinking,new ideas,new laws,And of course..a total lack of human respect for the native peoples and the former owners of the islands.

At this point in the life of Sardinia and Corsica foreign rule was exercised in the coastal towns and villages of the islands.Foreign rule was practically nonexistent in the mountainous east of Sardinia and an independent kingdom persisted there for centuries up until the beginning of the 14 hundreds.

Shortly before this, Sardinia and Corsica were rules by different nations who fought bitter sea battles for control of their enemies waters in the area. Also times came when one of the islands was invaded by the rulers of the other island, killing may of the islands populations.

In the end the ruling nation who controlled Sardinia won the battles and inherited Corsica from their defeated enemy. ( The first time in history that the islands were united under one government, Be it not their own,and not even on their islands.But from a capital far away)

At the dawn of the 14 hundreds the nation who controlled the islands that would become Eternal Grace entered a war with the Kingdom of Edenburg. Sardinian and Corsican ports were used during the war in an attempt to launch an invasion force to topple Edenburg.Obviously the islands became a focus of Edenburg because of this, And with little resistance Corsica ( the smaller of the two islands) fell to Edenburg.

After an exhausting war the rulers of Sardinia sued Edenburg for an unconditional peace. Along with other demands made by Merron ( the capital of Edenburg) it was demanded that Sardinia also be handed to Edenburg. And once more in 1409 the two islands officially change hands,this time to an Edinburgian influence.

The excepted language of the region at this point had become french, However the wealthier classes of the islands continued to speak Latin. A fact that the Edenburg crown had little interest in changing. However, one demand that Edenburg did make on the two islands was that the people of Sardinia and Corsica be converted to Catholicism.This was a demand that after an initial resistance became accepted by the islands peoples.

This passion for Catholicism shared by the islands and Edenburg did not bring a love for the Edenburgian nation itself, Fore 35 years after the two islands became part of the Kingdom of Edenburg a venture was attempted by the Edenburgains that was not so easily carried through.This was the attempt to exert Edenburgs control over the whole of Sardinia.

As stated before,A small kingdom had survived for centuries in the mountainous east of Sardinia, And when Edenburg defeated this kingdom by launching an invasion of the east of the island in order to bring the whole territory under their complete rule a revolt was sparked within the Sardinian population who felt that enough was enough and that for too long their islands had been subjugated to the forces and demands of other nations who had no real and true interest in their lives or what might be best for them as a people.

The rebellion started in the small port city of Isabella in the north of Sardinia and soon spread to the rest of the island. In a few months the rebellion took a hold of Corsica also.Edenburg kept good control of the rebellion for many years by publicly executing the rebellions leaders and suppressing the population by force. However, the rebellion pushed forward, dragging on for 50 years.At that point a secret council was established in Isabella to give orders to the forces of the rebellion in an attempt to make the revolt more organised and to make better use of their resources.

After just over 100 years of rebellion and gorilla war the Edenburg king in Merron who was infuriated at the long standing revolt and who could not justify to his council why they should commit more of the nations treasury to this 'backwater war' when there were other more 'fruitful' ventures to be looked into, ordered that his generals in Sardinia and Corsica pull out their forces and head for home.

A document was sent to the council in Isabella stating that: Edenburg washes its hands of their damned islands and that it gladly returns Sardinia and Corsica to the wolfs.

In 1545 after just over 1 hundred years of rebellion the two islands of Sardinia and Corsica united to form a single nation with its capital in Isabella. A month after independence was declared the united and free people of the islands crowned their new ruler and declared themselves The Grand Duchy of Eternal Grace.

After an uncertain first few years Eternal Grace made a few successful introductions in the Mediterranean region and worked its way into a number of alliances and trade agreements with some of its closer neighbours. Later making its introductions to nations further afield.

The Grand Duchy of Eternal Grace became wealthy in its own right and its people had a nation with a vast wealth of history to be proud of,With a unique culture and national flavour that was built up over many centuries to become something truly Mediterranean.

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