Waffel Plains
| Colony of Waffel Plains | |||
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| Map versions | 16.6.6 - present | ||
| Capital | Paine City | ||
| Largest city | Ayreon's Bay, Ludwig-Satyria | ||
| Official language(s) | Natspeak | ||
| Official religion(s) | n/a | ||
| Demonym | Waffelian | ||
| - Adjective | Waffelian | ||
| Government | SATCo-governed colony | ||
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| - Governor | Bernard Kayyk | ||
| - Legislature | Board of Coordinators | ||
| Establishment | Grunil 23, 1678 | ||
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| Population | low | ||
| Abbreviation | WAF | ||
The Colony of Waffel Plains is a Natopian territory. It was explored and settled by the Golden Sunset Expedition.
The Need for a Colony
The settlement of Waffel Plains was first suggested around the time when the island of Mar Sara was transferred to Natopia from Shireroth in exchange for Leng. Prior to Natopian control over Mar Sara, the small demesnes of the Two Martyrs was Natopia's only possession in the area. Following the transfer of Leng, the territorial policy of Natopia began to favor consolidation. After the Kalirion Fracture and Elwynn independence, soon Normark began to agitate for a transfer to Elwynnese sovereignty. Natopia's new preference for consolidation was, in large part, thanks to its reliance and support of the Raspur Pact which allowed Natopia to use allied bases and ports instead of maintaining a globe-spanning empire that stretched logistical support to the limit.
With resources freed up following Normark's tranfer to Elwynn, the Natopian government chartered SATCo to survey and settle the nearest open land: the eastern shore of Cibola. The presense of Mar Sara and Two Martyrs made Cibola the next logical step for future territorial expansion and the unofficial position of Natopia's government has been to focus all future development on Cibola. The Golden Sunset Expedition formally embarked in early 1678 and settled the first towns of Waffel Plains in late 1678.
First Five Years
From 1678 to 1683 the colony grew considerably. Under the expert administration of Governor Bernard Kayyk and a team of SATCo coordinators, advisors, and engineers, the various industries of the colony flourished. Population increased as the agriculture, mining, and trade industries grew. Nearly all aspects of life in the colony were controlled, or monitored, by the Company.
Relations with Goetia
The close proximity of the Community of Goetia was an initial concern for the surveyors. Aside from a few brief skirmishes, relations between the colony and the demon-worshipers was eventually stabilized with a trade agreement. SATCo exports all manner of goods, food, and manufactured items to Goetia and imports raw marble and gold from the Gateway and Gladius groups via Gathering Place. Goetics retain the right to patrol their ancestral highways between Cliffbase, Navigators, and Gathering Place.
Population Growth
Initial counts of the colony's population estimated that 2.4 million residents had settled in the colony during the first 2 years. According to the colony's charter issued by the Frenzy, the Board of Coordinators must not only prove population growth and sustainability, but also promote diversity among the colony's residents. As a result, immigration ratios have been implemented on Natopian demesnes and Raspur-allied nations to prevent a monoculture from developing in the colony. Of the total applicants for residency over each 30 day period, no more than 10% of total applicants can be admitted from the same sub-national unit.
Projections estimate that by 1683, the population of Waffel Plains will be about 9.6 million. The Board of Coordinators has always requested the Frenzy charter more cities or fast-track the colony to be merged into the Demesnes of Mar Sara-Asara to form a single regional Cibolan demesne that can handle its own affairs without permission from the Frenzy.
Production Zones
Under the colony's charter, the territory of the colony is divided into three Production Zones, each headquartered in a city with a Coordinator to govern the zone.
Zone 1
Production Zone #1 is located in the north, and headquartered in the colonial seat: Paine City. It manages agriculture, plans crops cycling, exports foodstuffs, and regulates food distribution to the rest of the colony.
Zone 2
Production Zone #2 is located in the middle, headquartered in Ayreon's Bay. It is primarily focused on constructing and managing the silver mines further inland. The port of Ayreon's Bay is one of the most secure ports on the eastern seaboard of Cibola due to the high volume of silver exported daily.
Zone 3
Production Zone #3 is located in the south and headquartered in twin cities of Ludwig-Satyria. Ludwig is the smaller coastal twin of Satyria, on the island. Ludwig handles most of the direct affairs with the Goetics, shipping the raw gold and marble in small barges to Satyria. Ludwig allows for a buffer between the Goetics and the outside world. Satyria has been built up to be a trade hub for the entire colony and serves as a distribution node between the colony, Two Martyrs, Mar Asara, and Cape Isabella.
Alexandrian Archaeology and Resettlement Program
In 1684, the Natopian Frenzy, formally ratified the colony's charter, six years after settlement began. The Imperial University of Alexandria in Triegon was selected to spearhead the excavation of the ancient sites of Geneva and Edgardia. As per the Caprine Code, all relics found would be the property of the House of Carrillo Association. Once the ancient cities were sufficiently examined and preserved, the House of Carrillo Association would begin the process of vetting descendants of Alexandrians willing to resettle and rebuild the two cities.
By Tasneber 1684, research teams from universities across Natopia began to arrive in Paine City. The city was not equipped to handle a large influx of academics, to support their long-term stay, process and preserve relics, or serve as a point of entry for eventual Alexandrian resettlers. The Board of Coordinators thus created Zone 0, inside Zone 1, which included Paine City, Geneva and Edgardia, and appointed a new Coordinator with the authority to facilitate the advancement of the AARP.
Zone 0 Development
Charlotte Roux was appointed Coordinator for Zone 0 and delegated administrative powers in order to develop Paine City into an academic and research city capable of handling the large number of Alexandrian relics that were expected. Her first order was to establish the University of Cibola which would work as the local counterpart to the Imperial University of Alexandria in Treigon. She hoped that, with imperial support the university would become the premier institute of Cibolan studies, history, and culture.
Her second order was to expedite the construction of residential blocks, anticipating the influx of long-term researchers, students, support staff and the service industry that would follow to support them. Although Paine City was founded as a planned community by SATCo, the original urban planning program was not suitable any longer. Roux called in city planners from Borders City, another planned city that was also largely built around a single industry, and commissioned a master city plan to develop Paine City into a world-class academic research destination city. Aside from the roughly-founded colonial center, the rest of city and the new University of Cibola would be entirely planned together and intertwined.
The Board of Coordinators also decided that Paine City's status as colonial capital may be reconsidered due to the large scale nature of the AARP project and the eventual goal of integrating Waffel Plaines into Two Martyrs and Mar Sara. with this blessing, Charlotte Roux began to set up the perfect academic city, even going so far as to suggest that the centerpiece of the new university campus be an actual Mar Saran ivory tower.
She also ordered several large-scale infrastructure projects to begin including paved roads connecting Paine City, Edgardia, and Geneva; expanding the Paine City airport, and expanding the cargo port east of Paint City on the River des Char estuary. Construction on the first Zone 0 projects would be scheduled to begin in early 1685.
