Safanid Free State

The Safanid Free State, otherwise known as Saffenland, Safaniyya or simply "the Confederacy" by nomadic antarcticans, is a tribal confederation uniting the dispirate peoples of the Antarctic west. It stretches from Xama to Massinah, and is the sole independent nation in Antarctica.
== History ==
=== Punics of the South ===
The first Punic settlers in Antarctica arrived on SD8, migrating from the now-troubled Kingdom of Mainyaim under the leadership of Angra Mainyu in order to escape the Thugborean slave trade and its aftermath. Being the first to settle Antarctica, the Safanids adapted to the land and formed many towns and cities, the largest among them being the capital of the first kingdom, Qarthhadasht bim Safaniyya ("Carthage-in-the-Southern-Land"). Punic settlers quickly moved westward and founded the towns of Balamariya ("Bellemére"), Baqatah ("Baccatah") and Massinah ("Massina"), before eventually heading eastward and being among the founding members of what became the Kingdom and later Republic of Undersnow. Shortly after the founding of Undersnow, the Kingdom of Safaniyya was dissolved. Some Safanids migrated into New Sailavela, later to found Little Carthage, but most remained in Safaniyya and carried on their life as simple fishermen and masons.
=== The Arrival of the Arabs and the Scramble for Antarctica ===
The Kingdom of Arabia established an outpost in the Antarctic Peninsula and around Massinah, which was taken with great contempt by former leader of the Punics Angra Mainyu. Thus, the exiled king pressured the country in which he now lived to claim the rest of Safaniyya, leading to the creation of the Hanseatic Protectorate of Saffenland. Hansa's acquisition of Antarctic territory started a scramble for the continent, though most of these foreign claims have never resulted in any construction. Saffenland soon built its first puno-german city, the settlement of Peneba'alqart (gr, "Pennballern" en, "Peony") which would soon surpass Carthage and become the largest city in Western Antarctica.
Though the scramble did leave Antarctica in disarray, it ended up beneficial for many of its native punics. Saffenland soon became its own Atlantine dominion separate from Hansa, and would eventually gain independence as a society of punics and germans coexisting in the far south. Saffenland would, soon after its foundation, see a major arrival of inuit migrants in the west, which were incorporated into the union as an equal member.
=== Safanid Free State ===
Since its independence, the Safanid Free state has shown interest in the city of Undersnow and potentially in Antarctic reunification. Saffenland has begun rapid industrialization, and promises to revitalize the Trans-Antarctic Railway and expand it into Massinah.
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