Martones

Martones (Tilennan: ; : Saint-Martin ) is a in Western Tilenno, located in the region of Làmosa. With a population of more than 3.7 million in 2018, it is the 4th most populous city-state within the federation. it is home to the 3rd largest metropolitan area, which is called Saint-Martin, which is the same as the name of the state. It is mainly situated at the western end of Tilenno within the Tethys Ocean. It is a city-state comprised of multiple islands and island groups of which the island of Naudo is the largest and most populated, other important islands are Point d'Orléans, the islands of Angeiro, Nède, Îles des Figues, Île d'Or, Lèsena and the westernmost territory of de facto Tilenno, Dèreida Feiro. The region is sometimes referred to as the Christian Utopia because of it's large Christian population and history during the Tilennan Christian Genocide. While it doesn't share a land border with any other state, it lies in close proximity to Telero Gosho in the east and Lonemá Oniso in the south west.

The name of the city-state comes from the Tilennisation of the name of the city of Saint-Martin, the largest metropolitan area in the city-state and 3rh largest overall, which itself derived its name from the Vallisian saint and patron saint of the region. The state is also sometimes referred to as Martone by the Vallisian population and the city as Sànatae Martones by the Tilennans to distinguish the two. Other notable municipalities in Martones are Jumo, Étreiha, which both lie on the island of Naudo together with Saint-Martin and Reicha Dèreido Feiro, which is the westernmost city of Tilenno and quite a way from the other Martonean islands.

Martones is known for being the most Christian state in Tilenno as it was one of the few regions spared by the Tilennan Christian Genocide due to its shear power. Some notable sites within the city-state are the Theatre of Junon, the Palace des Fleurs, Saint Martin's Cathedral, World's End, Point de Mas peak and Genocide remembrance museum. The region also offers many great cultural events like concerts, art installations and festivals. The annual Major Solo Festival of the ATL, Sànatae Martones Open or Saint Martins Open is held in Saint-Martin.

Ancient History
Before the Vallisian colonisation, the island of Naude was considered a bit of a outskirt of the Làgorans and was lightly populated. But when the Vallisians reached Tilenno they saw the strategic position of the island and decided to conquer it. The native population couldn't put up much of a resistance and so the island fell into Vallisian hands early on. The old city of Naudo was burned to the ground and the new city of Saint-Martin was founded soon after by Louis Carpentier in 1548. Because the island proved fertile, the colony flourished and provided many exotic crops for the Vallisian homeland. In addition the island had an important strategic position as it was close to the rest of Tilenno but isolated enough to be easy to defend and big enough to be self-sustaining. The city of Saint-Martin quickly grew out to be one of the biggest of the Vallisian colonial possessions and functioned as the de facto capital and trading centre of the Tilennan colonies, even though it never officially got that title which belonged to Jean-Renais. Many other smaller islands around Naude also got colonised and are now still part of the city-state of Martones. When the colonies got added back to the Tilenno during reunification, Martones was the odd one out. Because it had such a small native population at the start and the islands knew the biggest immigration from Vallis out of anywhere, the islands were now predominantly white or mixed race, Vallsian speaking and Christian, in contrast to the other regions, which still had remnants of the Tilennan way of life. Because of this heavy efforts to retillenisize Martones were made over the coming centuries, but this often clashed with the identity of Martones, which preferred to stick to its Artemian roots. Martones was also one of the largest regions by population in Tilenno so they were harder to control than the other colonised regions. During the Tilennan Christian Genocide, Martones could remain a safe-haven for Tilennan Christians and persecuting here was therefore minimal. Martones was often hailed as the guardian angel of Tilenno.