That ruler's successor signed away commercial rights to Joseph-Francois Lambert and ended trade with the British.
While not Nova Scotia, one ruler from this nation founded Louisbourg and introduced a Latin script. In addition to Maurice Benyovszky, another ruler from this nation re-legalized slave trade and with the help of the shipwrecked Jean Laborde established the ability to self-sufficiently make gunpowder weapons. That ruler's successor signed away commercial rights to Joseph-Francois Lambert and ended trade with the British. More famously, that ruler of this nation instigated a mass persecution of Christians to let tribal religions survive that still prevail today in coastal cities like Toamasina. In addition to Queen Ranavalona I, later rulers allowed the British to trade again, sparking the Franco-Hova wars. Later, this nation was ruled by the Free French after Operation Ironclad, but earlier Hitler proposed this nation as a place to send all European Jews. For 10 points, name this island off the coast of Africa.
While not Nova Scotia, one ruler from this nation founded Louisbourg and introduced a Latin script.
Republic of {Madagascar} [accept {Malagasy} Republic]