[Eittlandic] Add lore for 19th and first half on 20th century

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@@ -354,12 +354,137 @@ England recognized its defeat, Eittland promised not to intervene on
 any side in the current rebellion of the American colonies (which was
 not the intent of Eittland in the first place).
 
-After the independence of the United States of America, Eittland
-retained its status as a maritime hotspot between Northern America and
-Europe. Its ports of Kóparvall and Tvinnár, near Ðeberget and
-Hylfjaltr respectively, became the two major ports in Eittland, with
-Tvinnár generally favoured by ships coming from Europe and Kóparvall
-favoured by ships coming from Northern America.
+After the independence of the United States of America, Eittland not
+only retained its status as a maritime hotspot but also boomed as one
+between Northern America and Europe. Its ports of Kóparvall and
+Tvinnár, near Ðeberget and Hylfjaltr respectively, became the two
+major ports in Eittland, with Tvinnár generally favoured by ships
+coming from Europe and Kóparvall favoured by ships coming from
+Northern America.
+
+*** Industrial Revolution and Constitutional Monarchy (18th century)
+By the beginning of the 18th century, Eittland begins to heavily
+industrialize out of a need for larger and more effective ports,
+requiring themselves lots of various machinery and base materials.
+Mines in Western Eittland became much more active, extracting primary
+resources such as iron, aluminum and other precious metals.
+
+Due to a lack of coal in the Eittlandic island, the country had to buy
+it from other countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States
+or modern-day Canada. Coal stayed the primary source of power in
+Eittland for most of the century up to around the 1880s when Eittland
+found deposits off its Eastern coast. Oil extraction remains to this
+day a significant part of the Eittlandic economy, although in decline
+due to the deposits progressively drying up.
+
+Industrial development mostly happen in Eastern Eittland due to its
+flatter terrain compared to Western Eittland. Primary resources
+extracted from Western Eittland were primarily brought to factories by
+boat; although the country pushed towards building train tracks, the
+eastern and western parts of the country remained separated due to the
+frequent eruptions of the volcanoes in the central part of the island
+cutting off any attempt to link the two regions.
+
+Fishing also developped as a significant activity in Eittland, most of
+its products was sold within Eittland for its people and only a small
+portion became available for international market. Nonetheless,
+Eittlandic fish slowly built a reputation of quality and became sought
+after by Northern American and Western European elites. In 1895, fish
+and seafood exports represented 35.3% of Eittland’s exports.
+
+In 1826, the country underwent a change in its government, going from
+an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. More details in
+[[file:/country.md#constitutional-monarchy][Constitutional Monarchy]].
+
+*** 20th Century, World Wars, and Europe
+At the turn of the century, Eittland became an important hub of
+commerce between Europe and Northern America with its two major ports,
+Kóparvall and Tvinnár.
+
+On August 22nd 1902, a billed written by the House of the People led
+by the Labourer’s Party is ratified by the High King. It gives women
+the right to vote in any election open to the Eittlandic people. On
+March 15th 1915, a second law written by the Labourer’s Party is
+ratified by the High King, giving women the right to be elected at the
+House of the People while noblewomen got the right to inherit the
+title of Jarl, making them eligible to the House of the Land. Quickly
+after, Kari Niallsdóttr became the first woman ever elected to the
+House of the People during the general election of September 1905,
+while Ása Sigríðsdóttr became the first woman to enter the House of
+the Land in 1934.
+
+When World War I started, Eittland stated their neutrality regarding
+the matter and continued business with any country willing to do so.
+The only Eittlandic deaths recorded were three voluntary men of German
+descent who went to mainland Europe in order to fight on Germany’s
+side. Two of them died during the battle of the Somme while one died
+of an unspecified illness.
+
+As it was largely unaffected by the Great War, Eittland became an
+important economic partner of the European countries affected by the
+war, especially in terms of reconstruction. This further cemented
+Eittland’s place in European economics. However, the country became
+affected by the Great Depression too. Some twenty thousand Eittlanders
+left Eittland at the time, fifteen thousands of them went to the
+United States while five thousands left for European countries such as
+Norway, Germany, the UK, or France. To this day, Chicago (Michigan,
+USA) is known for hosting the only significant Eittlandic population
+outside of Eittland, and second-generation Eittlandic immigrants
+retained their Eittlandic nationality despite most of them never going
+to Eittland.
+
+In the years leading up to World War Two, Nazi Germany spent great
+efforts to develop a positive relationship with Eittland, mostly due
+to their fascination for ancient Nordic culture and Eittland being the
+only still pagan Nordic country. Eittland’s location would be also of
+great strategic importance in the Atlantic with such a central place,
+with the ability of acting as a relay between Northern America and
+Europe, or as a base of operations allowing for a much greater range
+of action. However, Eittland reaffirmed several times their will to
+remain neutral in any conflict. After war broke out in mainland
+Europe, the United Kindom, fearing Eittland joining the Axis, offered
+Eittland on January 23rd 1940 to join the Allies in order to not only
+benefit themselves from Eittland’s geographical advantages, but also
+avoid Germany to benefit from it. This proposal was once again
+refused, yet again due to Eittland’s will of staying neutral.
+
+However, on April 3rd 1940, Germany launched a surprise naval invasion
+of Eittland, landing South of Hylfjaltr. This triggered an immediate
+military response from Eittland, fighting back as they could the
+German army. On the same day, Eittland called for help and joined
+almost immediately the Allies. Three days after the beginning of the
+invasion, British troops and ships arrived in Eittland, attacking the
+German army from the sea while Eittlanders attacked from land. The
+last German soldier surrendered on April 14th, eleven days after the
+beginning of the invasion. Eittland became then a base of operations
+of the Allies in the Atlandic, strengthening their position against
+German U-boats and other warships.
+
+Fearing a similar fate awaited Iceland, Eittland suggested to the
+United Kingdom a preemptive occupation of the country by themselves.
+Thus, on May 10th 1940, the British and Eittlandic navies invaded
+Iceland, violating their neutrality. However, aside from diplomacy,
+this went without any incident, and while the British army left
+Iceland a year later, the Eittlandic army stayed for protection of the
+country.
+
+Eittlandic ports played an important part in bringing US warships and
+war material to Europe, especially in the months leading up to D-Day
+and the different landings in the Mediteranean Sea. When the war ended
+in Europe and Iceland gained its independence, a referendum was held
+in both Eittland and Iceland regarding the potential unification of
+the two countries, as both were already close to one another both
+geographically and culturally. This however never came to pass, as it
+failed both in Iceland with 54% of the voters answering “no”, while
+64% of Eittlandic voters also answered “no”. They still however
+entered a close alliance, Iceland relying on Eittland for military
+protection while an economic alliance was made between both of them,
+inspiring the Schengen Area some decades later. It was thus possible
+for citizens of both countries to move freely between Iceland and
+Eittland and live in either country as any of its citizens would while
+goods could also be freely exchanged. Thus, in 1965, Páll Jónsson
+became the firts Icelandic citizen elected to public office as the
+Town Master of Eldheim in Western Eittland.
 
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