Waverley Islands

The Waverley Islands, locally known as Teufelsinseln or the Island of Devils, is an archipelagic province in the southwestern part of Capolesia. It has a population of 561,215, 65% of which are Fungloi, a Serican ethnolinguistic sub-group which migrated to the isles prior to Capolesia's colonization period and established a Kongsi federation known as the Penglai Republic (Serican: 蓬萊共和國).

The region has been a hot spot for ethnic tensions when it was first denied of independent status with the aftermath of the ratification of the Independence of Capolesia Act 560, the official recognition of the Nolton Empire of the Kingdom of Capolesia's legitimate independence and full autonomy of its government from imperial home rule, subsequently recognizing its sovereignty over the Waverley Islands.

On 590 CC, a decade long series of decentralized terrorist attacks internationally known as the Disturbances began after Fungloi terrorists began a series of scorched earth attacks against Capolesian sugar plantations in the region while being responsible for the multiple disappearances and deaths of landowners in the area. Many scholars attribute this to the dissatisfaction caused by the island's laggard economic development and lack of agricultural reforms while the northern archipelago experienced rapid urbanization, industrialization, and economic growth. Though the economic damages of the area were negligible, it prompted the ratification of the Militia Act of 595 and encouraged the formation of various self-defense groups to create a civilian wing for the Capolesian Army's counter-terrorism operations.

The ethnic tensions, however, culminated on 600 CC with the aftermath of the infamous Peltakiak massacre, which saw the deaths of 578 ethnic Sericans by the far right militia group, Sonnenfinsternis, prompting the formation of the Penglai People's Self-Defense Front as a consolidation of the various decentralized terrorist cells into a singular organization. The group was responsible for the subsequent Second Peltakiak massacre which resulted to the deaths of 567 Capolesians, marking the beginning of the decade long Teufelsinsel insurgency.

As of 611 CC, it is estimated by Capolesian media that at least 20,000 civilians were killed in the insurgency in the span of ten years. However, international organizations believe that the figures might be higher than the government estimates.