Sauvage
Sauvage is a general geographical region encompassing southern and eastern Isla de Muerte, in Costa Bravo. While not designated as an official region, province, or bureau by the state, it is commonly regarded to exist as such. No definitive borders have been given to the area. It spans the area in which a series of primitive tribal communities inhabit, called 'Sauvages.
Sauvages
Sauvages are the colloquial name for the handful (some 2500 people) of tribal people descending from a society of primitive hunter-gatherers that existed in Isla de Muerte as far back as 300 BCE. They have been known to themselves Zrali Zrali, though since modern times they have subscribed to the common term Sauvages. The Sauvages briefly clashed with European civilizations, especially during Rome's possession of Costa Bravo in the early CE. Due to the high mountains surrounding Costa Bravo, the Sauvages have been protected from encroachment by fellow African tribes.
Ever since Costa Bravo's inception, they have had consistent territorial disputes with the government. The Costa Bravan government wanted to settle on Isla de Muerte, but guerilla attacks by the Sauvages constricted such efforts. Eventually, an accord was reached: the Costa Bravans would only settle the island's coastline, and not stray beyond an established perimeter. For a time, the Sauvages and Costa Bravans left each other alone, but inexorably the line was broken and settlements were founded far south of the boundary. Killings of civilians in these settlements led to a handful of small skirmishes in the early 1700s, eradicating one sect of Sauvages.
Ever since that era, Sauvages have attacked small villages and towns. Attacks fell during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, though they rapidly returned with the Sauvages' adoption of proto-modern technology. Their most recent attacks consist of a failed attempt to blow up an outer wall of Rura Penthe, and a suicide bombing of the Carthaginian Embassy in Durban.
