Scattered Islands

About
The Scattered Islands (aka. Išsibarsčiusios salos & Разпръснати острови) is an archipelago located in mainland Bistonia and Nesekme. It serves as the border between the St. Ark Federation and the Provisional Government of Bistonia with the People's Republic of Crimsonia having a military presence in the area. A microstate called the Republic of Seruditium is also located in the archipelago. In 1989, the New Shingleton Incident occurred which forced many of its inhabitants from the archipelago evicted by both governments.

History
The history of the Scattered Islands archipelago began before the arrival of the Lithuanians into mainland Bistonia and Nesekme in the year of 1024 AD, when local tribes in modern-day Mazoji united and formed the Kingdom of Serudiantu, over the years it expanded to include territories such as Bistonian Shingleton, in 1026 AD the Serudiantu tribe arrived to the archipelago using boats and conquered it as their personal territory. During this period the Serudiantu tribe constructed villages in several islands.

Kingdom of Serudiantu
In 1270, the Lithuanians were forced out of their homeland and arrived in mainland Bistonia, during that period they began spreading across the mainland and reigning terror on many of the local tribes living in the area previously, including the Serudiantu tribe. Eventually the Kingdom of Serudiantu declared war on the Lithuanians and it resulted in their capital being captured. The Kingdom of Serudiantu was then forced to migrate out of mainland Bistonia and into Bistonian Shingleton and the Scattered Islands archipelago. The Serudiantu would also lose Bistonian Shingleton after it collapsed.

Colonization
In 1876, the Kingdom of Crimmitonia and the Colony of New Hope signed a border agreement regarding the archipelago and both sides invaded the Kingdom of Serudiantu, ending over 800 years of Serudiantu rule in the archipelago. However an error within the agreement resulted in a territorial dispute in a island which would be known as Pescavillaggio and Mazojiodessa. Because of the stable relations between the sides, the border error didn't concern many of them until centuries later.

Settlement from both sides began and the Kingdom of Crimmitonia had began a policy of deporting many Lithuanian populations into certain areas, the Serudiantu population began to dwindle, with many of their villages being scorched down and destroyed by Crimmitonian forces in an attempt to build new villages and bases. While on the Colony of New Hope, they equally did the same but they weren't more in a violent way.

Crimsonian-Bistonian War
The Crimsonian-Bistonian War affected the Republic of Bistonia and many of its surroundings, but the scattered islands during the Crimsonian-Bistonian War were not immediately affected by the war, but in Pescavillagio and Mazojiodesa, a violent but small conflict emerged in the island, causing both of the cities to be deserted.

The Bistonqwerty International Airport was damaged by the war as unionists and seperatists fought against eachother in the facility, but the Free Bistonian Army intervened and sided with the unionists, forcing the seperatists to flee from the facility and the scattered islands.

New Shingleton Incident
The New Shingleton Incident in 1989 contributed to the downfall of the military government, but also led to the evacuation of the scattered islands during the aftermath of the war as part of a cleanup process within the surroundings of the airport and eye witnesses, the evacuation announced by the military government's final days led to the abandonment of the Petrusca Village, and Pescavillagio and Mazojiodesa including most of its islands.

During the aftermath of the New Shingleton Incident, an mass evacuation was ordered to the residents of Pescavillagio and Mazojiodesa, leaving the entire divided towns abandoned including personal belongings and items within the city, Petrusca Village and its residents met a different fate as the St. Ark Police began executing most of its workers and their families.

The New Shingleton Incident led to the mass evacuation of all island inhabitants and the abandonment of Pescavillagio and Mazojiodesa, leaving the island abandoned for 20 years until it was ordered for most of the buildings left standing on the property to be demolished.

Zhukov Fisheries
The story of Zhukov Fisheries and it's reputation for causing the infamous New Shingleton Incident in 1989 began in the late 1910s, as Zhukovs great grandfather was a settler from the mainland of the Kingdom of Crimmitonia, trying to find a place to build home and start a business.

Eventually, Zhukov's great grandfather began expanding the island and building a family house on the island including two sheds, a lighthouse and a warehouse, eventually through the years Zhukov's great grandfather died and his grandfather took over the business in the end of the Second Great War in 1947, during his inheritance, he began building communal houses for workers including the necessities for them, eventually a building by the USMC government was built on the islands, however this was abandoned after the St. Ark Federation's independence in 1956.

Zhukov's father eventually inherited the property in 1961 after his grandfathers death, and began tearing down the old warehouse and several buildings for the fisheries to rebuild them, the Zhukov Fisheries sold most of their fish to the village of Pescavillaggio, which heavily relied on tugboats supplying the village, however the Zhukov Fisheries were devastated in the late 70s as Zhukov's father was eventually executed after locals accused him of being an opponent by the government, this deeply saddened Zhukov and eventually led to him causing the New Shingleton Incident.

Zhukov Fisheries began continuing on after Zhukov inherited his fathers property, because of his background he was invited to join the Crimsonian intelligence into gaining information from the St. Ark Federation by monitoring it's coasts, Zhukov's background of Crimsonian intelligence was well hidden and not revealed to his family.

Zhukov and his inherited fishing business did not last as in 1989 he resided within the abandoned military property by his lighthouse and by the orders of the Crimsonian intelligence from the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base, missile rockets were launched destroying the Boeing 747 aircraft, 4 hours after this incident and by eye witnesses his entire family including him was interrogated, most of his house items including furniture were thrown out of the house and Zhukov, including all of his family members and workers of his fishery business were executed by gunfire by the St. Ark police force.

The Zhukov Fisheries including the family house after the New Shingleton Incident were abandoned and left to rot for nearly 20 years, as the abandoned property was left abandoned, however the family house including the communal houses were intact due to the lack of presence by the vandals due to the difficulty of trespassing the property, eventually the abandoned property including its surroundings were demolished by the St. Ark government.

Pescavillaggio
Pescavillaggio, also known as fishing village in Italian, was a fishing village in the St. Ark Federation that turned into a normal but struggling town before the military coup in 1979 to a unstable and nearly deserted town, due to the unrest within the village and the intense violence that followed, Pescavillaggio was nearly abandoned and was deserted after the New Shingleton Incident.

Pescavillaggio started as a fishing village in the Colony of New Hope, however due to the territorial disputes by the Kingdom of Crimmitonia and the Colony of New Hope it was both named Pescavillaggio and Mazojiodesa, meaning Little Odessa in Lithuanian, named after a city somewhere in the Telvinra Sea, Pescavillaggio heavily relied on fishery until it's eventual decline due to the rise of tugboats and the decline of the St. Ark Federation.

Pescavillaggio was forced to rely on Wercell Tugboats to supply the town with its needs, however due to the construction of the Harris Airfield, the local population in Pescavillaggio cheered, but due to the refusal by Lithuanian settlers within the island, unrest spread throughout the island eventually leading to a border agreement dividing the island between the two sides.

Demonstrations in Pescavillaggio were crushed and led to the deaths of hundreds in the island, however the situation in Pescavillaggio was not known to the surrounding nations, causing the situation in Pescavillaggio to be unnoticed and were eventually crushed after the military coup d'etat, during the events of New Shingleton, Pescavillaggio is a nearly deserted town with only a few businesses staying afloat and windows were boarded up, eventually the evacuation of the area in New Shingleton also forced the village to be deserted, leaving the town abandoned along with Zhukov Fisheries.

Mazojiodesa
Mazojiodesa, meaning Little Odessa in Lithuanian, was the Bistonian section of the disputed territory of Pescavillaggio, Mazojiodesa had much better living conditions and was much more better than Pescavillaggio, the Crimsonian government built apartments in Mazojiodesa to solve the housing demands within the Bistonian section including supermarkets and the basic necessities.

It relied on old Denver Aircraft planes for transporting supplies and necessities in Mazojiodesa, which was much more reliable and faster than the Wercell Tugboats used by the locals in the other side, however Mazojiodesa didn't last long however as a decades unrest unknown to the world reigned terror on the town, nearly causing most of its apartment inhabitants to flee into Bistonian Shingleton.

During the events of New Shingleton, the situation in Mazojiodesa was dire but in a worse situation as Pescavillagio, cars were also scattered abandoned and firepits were lit within the town during midnight, it also looked dilapidated and Harris Airfield was on the verge of closing down due to the low revenue gained, eventually the New Shingleton Incident began, with both sides ordering evacuation from the area, causing both towns divided to become abandoned.

Georgi Dimitrov Military Base
The Georgi Dimitrov Military Base began construction in 1951 and was completed in 1955, 2 years before the beginning of the Bistonian Conflict, however due to the agreement signed all military bases within the scattered islands owned by the People's Republic of Crimsonia were kept as territories of the communist state, the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base began expanding during the aftermath and turned into one of the most important bases of all of Crimsonia due to it's underground systems.

The Georgi Dimitrov Military Base and their operation eventually ended in 1989, as generals and troops within the military base and underground were also executed, and all documents and furniture were confiscated by the St. Ark police force, eventually the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base continued to operate after the New Shingleton Incident and the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, it was limited due to the damage caused by the police force and eventually went abandoned after the Second Crimsonian Civil War and was sold to the St. Ark government, renovating it, however it's current purpose is unknown.