Vailleux progress document

=Vailleux Overview= As of right now, Vaillais history is outlined starting in about 1770, with a general idea of specific events that will occur from then until the present day.

1700s
Vaillais begins its overseas imperial phase. The Vaillais monarchy was in command of what was likely the world's most powerful navy, and their territory included not only abundant niter and steel, but *sapin roi*, an especially hardy strand of fir that lent ships constructed of it exceptional strength and hardiness.

Vaillais colonies were established for a variety of reasons, but two stand equally chief among the rest. Firstly, glory, the national vanity which has visited wanton despair and destruction upon millions of all stripes; and secondly, resources. Copper and linens from the Thalassic region helped build ships, gold and diamonds from Mauria buffed up the Vaillais treasury, and pelts and exotic fruits and spices from !India and Arcadia fed and clothed influential and stuck-up nobles.

In most of these places, the Vaillais left lasting reminders of their presence. Several former colonies have formed nation-states roughly co-terminous with their colonial borders, including Vailleux progress document in South Arcadia, Upper Asema in Mauria, Cyrenia near its titular strait, and Vailleux progress document, its colony in North America.

Nouvelle-Etendue
Nouvelle-Etendue is Vaillais for "New Expanse," and stems from its earlier semi-official title, the "New Vaillais Expanse" (Nouvelle Etendue Vaillais). Today, Nouvelle-Etendue is among the wealthier nations in Regnum, handily outstripping Vailleux in quality of life, social safety net, and GDP per capita. In spite of controlling large swaths of territory, it also has a comparatively small population, with most of its population residing in urban areas, like the largest city, Vallée-à-l'Aise, and the capital, Porte-des-Plaines.

Nouvelle-Etendue is as closely tied to Arcadia as it is to Vailleux, with Arcadian independence and economic help ensuring the country remained prosperous even as the influence and support from Vailleux diminished. Nouvelle-Etendue, like Arcadia itself, was spared from the destruction of the World Wars, and its global stock rose as Arcadia's did. Today, Arcadian is spoken more than Vaillais, though Vaillais remains common in the cities and both are official languages. Etendais teams play in the Arcadian football league, and the nation, being directly on Arcadia's northern border, is a core member of JSEC. Its relations with its mother country in Erisia were curt but cordial throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, but as Vaillais liberal democracy grows in strength the two nations have begun to warm to each other once more.