Between 1820 and 1960 the islands of Kėzėpölān (also known as Pėzėpölān, Pėzėkölān, Pĕzepŏląn,

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.///…////-// etc.) exported up to 500,000 tonnes of slate per year. The geology of the islands provides abundant deposits of high quality slate. This slate was exported around the world for use in roofing and stonework. Price for the exported slate was negotiated on a barter system, although foreign currencies were also used. Export was direct to ports on the Asperic Ocean, but overland trade to countries futher afield and onward shipment may have also taken place. The export was co-ordinated by the Ingerish Slate Company Ltd. until 1870 and by the Kėzėpölān Slate Co-operative from then on. The deposits were finally exhausted in the 1950s, by which time much of the main island had been quarried away.

I am hoping that countries around the Asperic Ocean would have been part of a trade network linked to this. Knowing which countries might have been involved would allow me to introduce a way in which immigrants came to the islands and work out how their culture developed. The map is blank at the moment (i.e. showing the situation before major quarrying), but the islands are in development.

Also, perhaps note that the World Championships in stone-skimming have been held on the islands since 1904. Join the trade network and give one of your citizens a chance of victory in them!

Best wishes to you all Udi