[Eittlandic] Some lore

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@ -344,6 +344,125 @@ initial days of the crusade, loosing well over 6.000 men, the invaders
 were ultimately defeated thanks to reinforcement from the Kingdom of
 Ðeberget. This marked the end of crusades in Eittland.
 *** The Absolute Monarchy (1400-1852)
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 Once independent, Eittland quickly became isolated among the European
 nations due as it was percieved as a pagan nation by the rest of the
 continent. For over a century, the country had to be almost entirely
 self-sufficient. This lead to a more in-depth survey of the resources
 of the land launched in 1421. Large quantities of iron were discovered
 in 1432 in Western Eittland in the geologically older parts of the
 island as well as copper and some gold.
 Unfortunately for the island, no coal deposit ever got found, the
 islanders turned to charcoal instead. During the following century, an
 important deforestation of Eittland took place until the royal decree
 of 1542 was proclaimed in order to protect the forests. It ruled that
 for each tree felled in the next hundred years, four shall be planted,
 and only one once the period ended. The only exceptions were for
 creating new pastures with the condition of the request being
 submitted and accepted by the local Jarl and its government.
 The discovery of important marble deposits in the geologically more
 recent parts of the island in 1512 was the event that reopened trades
 with the continent. England was the first country to openly trade with
 Eittland, swiftly followed by states from the Holy Roman Empire and
 other protestant countries. The country became famous for its pure
 white and green marble, which became its emblem. Walking in the
 streets of major cities today, we can still see most of the monuments
 and buildings from during that era made of marble. It is particularly
 the case in Hylfjaltr, known by the nickname of “The White City” due
 to the sheer amount of monuments made of ouf this material.
 It is around this time religious wars broke out in mainland Europe,
 and war refugees coming at first from Scandinavia and soon enough from
 all Northern and Western Europe came to Eittland to seek refuge. They
 were accepted on the condition never to try and spread their religion
 on the island with the risk of expulsion back to continental Europe.
 At the time, the influx of refugees represented around one percent of
 its total population, with about two thirds of it being protestants
 and the rest catholics. The local protestant population officially
 founded in 1587 the Church of Eittland.
 You can find in the chart [[chart:religious-refugees-pop]] a breakdown of
 the various countries and regions religious refugees came from.
 Although Scandinavia was one of the first regions to take refuge in
 Eittland, most of refugees came from the Holy Roman Empire and from
 France where religious wars were particularly violent. It is estimated
 most of the Protestant population of Eittland are mainly from French
 descent, while the HRE’s and Scandinavian population came with mixes
 of Christians and Protestants. On the other hand, most if not all of
 the English population was Christian.
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 With the beginning of coloniolization of Northern America, Eittland
 became a naval hotspot. Its position allowed ships to cut in half
 their journey if necessary and replenish their supplies. England and
 the Netherlands were the first countries to halt in Eittland for such
 reasons, participating in an important economic boom in the early 16th
 century on a national scale. France later joined this trade route
 starting in 1619 when going to their colonies in modern-day Canada.
 On the 30th of March 1775, England demanded from Eittland a port to be
 used as a military port as part of their war effort during the
 American revolution. Eittland refused these demands, invoking a
 neutrality concerning the ongoing conflict. In response, England sent
 an ultimatum, asking the port of Vátrsteinn to be their military base.
 On Eittland’s second refusal, England declared war and launched a land
 invasion of the island. The general in charge of the invasion, Sir
 Andrew Sapping, decided to avoid landing in fjords, judging it too
 risky and prone to ambushes. Instead, English troops landed in the
 flatlands west of Vátrsteinn. While eittlandic troops were massing in
 the nearby town of Vestrfjoðarkjapt, a volcano erupted into a
 pyroclastic flow. The English landing site being on its path, half of
 the invading English forces were immediately wiped out, and two thirds
 of their vessels were badly dammaged or destroyed. Immediately after
 this, Sir Sapping surrendered to the Eittlandic troops which were
 captured as prisonners of war. Due to this defeat and the sudden
 reduction in available men and ships in the English army, the Treaty
 of Hylfjaltr was signed on the 25 of May of the same year. While
 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.
 ** Political Organization
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 | 2000 |          76 |      12 |                  3 |            1 |        4 |     4 |
 | 2019 |          69 |      18 |                  3 |            1 |        6 |     3 |
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 | Country           | Percentage |
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 | France            |         36 |
 | Holy Roman Empire |         24 |
 | Scandinavia       |         22 |
 | United Kingdom    |         14 |
 | Others            |          4 |
 ** Word order
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