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| - The Island Nations Federation (Founded 1964 AO) is a union of states in the Southern Isles. Although it is called a federation, it does not yet have a central government; the plans to do so continue to the present. The Federation was conceived by Archmage Rezard Valis of the Marndosian Senate as a way for the Island Nations to cooperate more efficiently for the benefit of all. Three of the four members of the Federation - the Kingdom of Nordamar, the Republic of Marndos, and the Kingdom of Diril - were already close allies before the Federation, and Istar eventually agreed to join the Federation due to an effort by Sultan Klorel Jabar to open up the nation to international influence.
- 307: Treaty of the Federation The Island Nations Federation were formally a group of small, independent island communities in the region including colonies of the Gaien Dukedom. In 307, after the various islands in the region came together to repel an invasion by the Kooluk Empire, the Island Nations Federation was formed with the signing of the Island Nations Federation treaty, agreed to by representatives of six prominent island communities in the region. Prior to the formation of the Federation, the islands in the region often had to fend off attacks from the Kooluk Empire as well as being a target for potential slaves for use in Falenan gladiatorial battles. The region that the Federation controls today played the role of a battleground between the nations of Gaien and Kooluk in the past but by the year 302, Gaien interest in the region had decreased while the Kooluk military presence increased forcing the small Island states to band together against the expansionistic regime of Kooluk. After the defeat of the Kooluk fleet at El-Eal in 307 by the Island Liberation Navy, the Island Nations Federation was formed to allow the region to grow without interference from either Gaien or Kooluk. The Island Nations Federation was in fact the first political organisation to push for the abolishion of Rune Cannons from the fleets of the naval powers in the region on the account of their awesome potential destructive power. As the Federation exists mainly to protect the small island countries from outside influence or outright attack, the members that comprise the group seem to be free to pursue their own domestic policies, unless, of course, they go against the greater good of the Federation. The Knights of Razril are amongst the most famed military units in the region. 339: Contact with Falena In the years following the foundation of the Federation in 307, the coalition made contact with many nations including Falena and the New Armes Kingdom. While relations with Falena have always been, as far as we know, amicable with a colony being founded on Nirva Island for the purpose of making trade and relations between the two nations easier, relations with Armes were always strained and, in fact, the two nations often kept a wary eye on one another via their fleets. 450: Falenan Civil War In 450, the Island Nations Federation fleet under the command of Skald Egan pushed south towards the northern coast of Armes during the Falenan Civil War in order to put pressure of the Armes Western Marine Corps who were supposedly sent to assist the Godwin faction during the Falenan Civil War. This move was not authorised by the Obel Maritime Council and was considered a very reckless move, one which could have led to all-out war between the two nations.
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