Bomei Island

Bomei Island is a territory of the Imperial Federation. It is an island located off the south-east coast of Cibola, sharing maritime borders with Lanzerwald to the west and, much more distantly, to Western Natopia's territories in Mar Sara and Whales respectively. Originally settled as a way to provide a place for the semi-exile of prominent politicians following the Ralgon War of Succession, the island swiftly became an important territory of the nascent Imperial Federation shortly after the way's conclusion. Due to wealthy and otherwise influential politicians settling the eastern portion of the island (many around the former city of Rherci), the island's economy rapidly grew in size, especially after the construction of a large naval base on the north side of the island by the Imperial Federation.

The island played an important role as a staging base for Raspur Pact forces during the Lanzerwaldian-Whaler War, where the Imperial Federation allowed the use of the island's infrastructure to aid Western Natopia defend its territory in the area. Due to a "good neighbor" policy, however, the Imperial Federation itself played a limited role in the war, sending a small squadron of ships and personnel to defend territory already recognized as belonging to Raspur Pact forces in the region. Since the war, the island's strategic location and economic potential led the Imperial government to heavily ramp up its military protection over the island, as well as launch subsidy programs to aid the island's economic and infrastructure development.

After the war's conclusion with a peace between Western Natopia and Lanzerwald, the island began opening to outsiders from both countries, as the island's importance as a penal colony began to swiftly wane in the wake of amnesty laws passed by the Imperial Government, in an effort to lessen factional tensions that still lingered after the takeover of the Draconic Humanist government. One such effort was the Bomei Government's aid in the creation of the town of Statthalterrettichshafen, a town created by Lanzerwaldian fishermen and merchants hoping to gain access to a small portion of the large economy that was quickly ramping up on the island.

Now largely a vacation destination, many of the island's denizens never left, finding the peaceful environment and strong naval protection a healthy departure from the court politics many of the new, wealthy dwellers wished to no longer subject themselves to. With the island's rapid growth and shift away from its roots as a glorified prison for the rich, the island looks ahead to an unusually peaceful future as it looks to reflect the Imperial Federation's model of good treatment towards neighbors (with, of course, humanist characteristics).