Rigalon

Rigalon (Runish: ᚱᛁᚷᚪᛚᚩᛀ) (IPA: ɹˈɪɡælən), officially known as the Democratic Republic of Rigalon and formerly as Runia and Democratic Republic of Runia, is a union of islands located at the bottom of the Zotual Archipelago, near Antarctica. It is the least populated country in the Zotual Archipelago, with a population of only 234,625. It was also called "Antarctic Islands" due to its proximity to Antarctica. It is considered the coldest inhabited land as of 2023, not counting Antarctica.

Pre-1900
It was an uninhabited chunk of ice-covered land

Discovery - March 18, 1900
Members occupying [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_stations_in_Antarctica#:~:text=First%20bases,-&#x22;Omond%20House&#x22;%2C&text=In%201898%2C%20Carsten%20Borchgrevink%2C%20a,Antarctic%20base%20on%20Ridley%20Beach. the Antarctic base set up by Carsten Borchgrevink] discovered Rigalon, but kept quiet for a while.

First Inhabitants - March 17, 1902
Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott was told about the islands by a member in the Antarctic base mentioned above in early 1902. He then sailed to the island and became the first permanent resident. About 36 hours later, Richard E. Byrd landed on the island. Together, Robert & Richard started building Lan Vú City, which at the time was referred to as Robert City.

April 17, 1902
Douglas Mawson, an Australian Antarctic explorer, sailed to the Antarctic Islands and met up with Robert and Richard.

First Fully-Inhabited Town - October 17, 1902
Robert City became the first fully-inhabited town, with an estimated population of 2,345 as of October 1902. They slowly developed the very first writing system for what was dubbed Runia. It consisted of 20 runes from the Futhorc Alphabet. This is referred to as "Early Runish" (Early Runish: ᚱᚢᛁᛋ) which was considered the first modern form of the Runic Alphabet.

First Full-Fledged City - February 17, 1903
Robert City, now renamed to Lan Vú City (Early Runish: ᛚᚪᚾ ᚠᚢ ᛋᛁᛏᚤ), became the first full-fledged city, with a population of 20,345 people

Capital Established - June 8, 1903
The capital, Wéynaþ(Early Runish: ᚹᛖᚤᚾᚪᚦ) was established and confirmed to be capital.

Modern Runish - October 17, 1903
Modern Runish(Runish: ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛋᚻ) was officially created, which is still used to this day.