The Cape

The Cape, officially the Federacy of the Cape, is the easternmost country in Crona. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. It covers __km2 and has a population of over 127 million people, largely concentrated in its namesake Cape Peninsula. The Cape is a multiethnic and multicultural society, with a majority of the population having mixed ancestry between the country's three primary ethnic groups, Kiravian, Cartadanian, and Cronan. The capital and largest city is Cape Town, which anchors the largest metropolitan area on the continent. It is comprised of seven provinces.

For thousands of years, the Cape was home to various indigenous peoples. However, beginning in the 1600s, Cartadanian and Kiravian explorers began to settle the country's eastern coast. Their colonies and dominions would expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Disputes over political representation would lead to the multiethnic Capetian War of Independence in 1891, led by Melvyn Kalma and the nascent Republican Nationalist Party, which established independence. The tumultuous young republic, weakened by political violence and rampant power struggles following Kalma's death, was invaded and occupied by the Kingdom of Palastra during the Great War. Led by Cape Armed Forces remnants, a Second War of Independence took place; leading to the re-establishment of the Federacy in 1951. A slow series of reforms throughout the 1980s would transition the Federacy from a one-party military dictatorship to a - with the country entering into a rapid period of economic growth and industrialization that continued into the 21st century.

The Cape today is a , with a non-executive president serving as head of state and a Prime Executive serving as head of government. Although reforms have nominally disestablished the one-party rule of the Republican Nationalist Party in favour of a nominally, the RNP and its Restarkist ideology still the political landscape. The country ranks as a semi-democracy in the Liberty Index and is considered by both domestic and foreign critics as an. Since the 2021 Cape coup d'état, the nation's presidency has been occupied by the Armed Forces Council until the 2024 elections. The Cape is a member of numerous international organizations such as the League of Nations.

The Cape is described as a regional power with a growing economy and a highly. Although traditionally fuelled by the state-led exploitation of natural resources, manufacturing, and international shipping, the economy has grown significantly in both its traditional fields and the service sector during the past three decades - with no small part due to foreign investment. Cape Town ranks as one of the most economically active and important urban areas in Crona, home to the continent's largest stock and commodity exchanges by. The nation has high levels of economic freedom yet maintains numerous state-provided social services, ranking highly in terms of education, health care and human development.

Etymology
The Cape is named after the Cape Peninsula and its landmark Cape of the Segunda Cabeça. As a great cape seen as the final waypoint between the Odeneru and the Cathay, sailors and settlers began to refer to it as simply "the Cape". The name stuck, and the Kiravian colony that would be eventually founded there took on the name Axerka Kesta (literally "cape colony"). Over the decades, the name came to become the regional designator for the colonies and states of far southern Crona. When those states were federated and granted independence, the Federacy of the Cape was the name chosen.

The Cape is one of a handful of countries in which the is used in its English-language name, other than cases in which the name is plural or includes the form of government. The article is used by the nation's government and international authorities and has entered into common colloquial use when referring to the country.

Politics and government
The Federacy of the Cape is organized as a , comprised of seven provinces in a. It is a with traditions of secularism, social justice, and egalitarianism.

Military
Nuclear weapons and the Cape Commission for the Preservation of the Republic