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{{Infobox former country | {{Infobox former country | ||
|native_name = Kiravix Thūra | |native_name = ''Kiravix Thūra'' | ||
|conventional_long_name = Kiravian Union | |conventional_long_name = Kiravian Union <br> ꅆ꒼ ꒑꒜ | ||
|common_name = | |common_name = | ||
|continent = [[Great Kirav]] | |continent = [[Great Kirav]] | ||
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|event_start = Declared | |event_start = Declared | ||
|date_start = | |date_start = | ||
|year_start = | |year_start = 1934 | ||
|event_end = Denounced | |event_end = Denounced | ||
|date_end = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment, in format 1 January (no year) --> | |date_end = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment, in format 1 January (no year) --> | ||
|year_end = | |year_end = 1984 | ||
|year_exile_start = <!-- Year of start of exile (if dealing with exiled government: status="Exile") --> | |year_exile_start = <!-- Year of start of exile (if dealing with exiled government: status="Exile") --> | ||
|year_exile_end = <!-- Year of end of exile (leave blank if still in exile) --> | |year_exile_end = <!-- Year of end of exile (leave blank if still in exile) --> | ||
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|house1 = Ixtísovèt | |house1 = Ixtísovèt | ||
|type_house1 = Legislature | |type_house1 = Legislature | ||
|house2 = [[Council | |house2 = [[Federal Council|Union Council]] | ||
|type_house2 = Constitutional body | |type_house2 = Constitutional body | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Kiravian Union was declared in 21146. The Kirosocialist Party had controlled the Prime Executure and the [[Federal Stanora|Stanora]] of the Kiravian Federal Republic since [YEAR], operating within the parameters of the existing constitution. Its capture of additional state legislatures by 21146 accorded it the political trifecta necessary to amend the constitution unilaterally. The Stanora did so in 21146, repealing the entire constitution and replacing it with the Constitution of the Kiravian Union, which laid out a single-party state largely following the classical [[Devinism|Devinist]] model. The Stanora was immediately converted into the Supreme Soviet (''Ixtísovèt'') and all non-Kirosocialist Delegates automatically forfeit their seats. The sole dissenting Kirosocialist vote, [[S.P. Akēvarin]], vacated his seat the next day upon his expulsion from the Party. | The Kiravian Union was declared in 21146. The Kirosocialist Party had controlled the Prime Executure and the [[Federal Stanora|Stanora]] of the Kiravian Federal Republic since [YEAR], operating within the parameters of the existing constitution. Its capture of additional state legislatures by 21146 accorded it the political trifecta necessary to amend the constitution unilaterally. The Stanora did so in 21146, repealing the entire constitution and replacing it with the Constitution of the Kiravian Union, which laid out a single-party state largely following the classical [[Devinism|Devinist]] model. The Stanora was immediately converted into the Supreme Soviet (''Ixtísovèt'') and all non-Kirosocialist Delegates automatically forfeit their seats. The sole dissenting Kirosocialist vote, [[Soran Akēvarin|S.P. Akēvarin]], vacated his seat the next day upon his expulsion from the Party. | ||
Initially, the declaration of the Kiravian Union was fiercely resisted in parts of the country where the Kirosocialist Party had not been popular. State governments that refused to recognise the new order were swiftly suppressed by the Union authorities across most of Great Kirav. [[Farravonian Counterrevolution|Federalist loyalists on the West Coast]] folded under the pressure of an economic blockade. In South Kirav opponents of the régime put up substantial resistance but were largely defeated by 21149 (a low-level rural insurgency would continue for the duration of the Union's existence). | Initially, the declaration of the Kiravian Union was fiercely resisted in parts of the country where the Kirosocialist Party had not been popular. State governments that refused to recognise the new order were swiftly suppressed by the Union authorities across most of Great Kirav. [[Farravonian Counterrevolution|Federalist loyalists on the West Coast]] folded under the pressure of an economic blockade. In South Kirav opponents of the régime put up substantial resistance but were largely defeated by 21149 (a low-level rural insurgency would continue for the duration of the Union's existence). | ||
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==Political System== | ==Political System== | ||
The Kiravian Union was structured as a single-party state according to the [[Devinism|Devinist]] model. | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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==Society & Culture== | ==Society & Culture== | ||
The Kiravian Union inherited a multifarious society with an ancient Coscivian heritage and a complex patchwork of nesting and overlapping ethnic, linguistic, religious, tribal, regional, and local identities and communities, easily interpreted as either a vibrant and pluralistic country with a strong {{wp|civil society}} or - as was the view of the Kirosocialist Party - an overly particularistic society with deeply entrenched parochial, caste, class, and local rivalries and antiquated traditions that arrested social and economic progress and the development of {{wp|class consciousness}} and a modern {{wp|civic culture}}. The concept of socialism as a cultural framework and not a mere economic system was central to Kirosocialism, and... | The Kiravian Union inherited a multifarious society with an ancient Coscivian heritage and a complex patchwork of nesting and overlapping ethnic, linguistic, religious, tribal, regional, and local identities and communities, easily interpreted as either a vibrant and pluralistic country with a strong {{wp|civil society}} or - as was the view of the Kirosocialist Party - an overly particularistic society with deeply entrenched parochial, caste, class, and local rivalries and antiquated traditions that arrested social and economic progress and the development of {{wp|class consciousness}} and a modern {{wp|civic culture}}. The concept of socialism as a cultural framework and not a mere economic system was central to Kirosocialism, and most cultural trends and developments from the era of the Kiravian Union can be understood in the context of State and Party efforts to forge a "progressive Coscivian culture" and "spiritual socialist civilisation" and the tension between this effort and the strong bonds of [[Coscivian civilisation|traditional Coscivian culture]]. | ||
===Social Change=== | |||
Urbanisation, nuclearisation of the family and its mitigation by the microdistrict and work-unit. Femoid liberation and organised youth activities. Curtailment of customary law. | |||
Socialist attempts to break up ethnic neighbourhoods. Failure of said attempts and reversion to Neo-Verticalism (the ethnic neighbourhood ''becomes'' the work unit). Socialist efforts to stop rival football fans from murdering each other in Valēka, and the failure thereöf. | |||
===Architecture and Urban Planning=== | |||
Constructivism, Structuralism, Brutalism. Socialist urbanism versus [[Disurbanism#Disurbanism under Kirosocialism|Disurbanism]]. | |||
Microdistricts and monotowns. Linear cities. | |||
===Education=== | |||
Qórellin Method. Instructionalism. Ideological education. | |||
The Kiravian Union strongly emphasised scientific and technical education. Higher education in these fields was divided between a "scientific studies" track preparing students for graduate work and research careers, and "productive studies" directly preparing students for work in industry. This distinction persists in the present day, a rough analogue of the distinction between "theoretical" and "applied" studies in the West, but with larger implications. | |||
The Kiravian Union is credited with greatly expanding working-class Kiravians' access to higher education through its grand expansion of public universities and bureaucratic regularisation of admissions processes at major established universities, which came under varying degrees of state control or influence. Eight in ten public universities in Kiravia today were founded during Kirosocialist rule. As part of the "Democratization Campaign in Education" (''Thāruārkaktorpistran Léisagrenē''), the government officially banished High Coscivian, previously the main language of academia in the country, from higher education, as well as vernacular languages at the "ethnic colleges". However, this effort was only partially successful. Tuition at public universities was free to the children of peasants, workers, and soldiers. New public colleges during this era were the first to be built with institutional dormitories, and room and board were subsidised for students from working families, while at preëxisting state universities and the old establishmentarian colleges equivalent services were provided mainly by student unions. | |||
In Kiravian higher education, degrees are not awarded for the satisfactory completion of credit-hours (this is usually a prerequisite for graduation, but not always), but rather for a "demonstration" (High Coscivian: ''uordhír'') showing consummate mastery of course material. Depending on the institution and course of study, this could take the form of ''anoþeruorden'' (an oral examination by senior faculty) or an ''ifórgotra'' (a written thesis). Under the Kiravian Union, the ''anoþeruorden'' was discontinued for undergraduates outside of a few historically Eshavian and Kandan universities in the Northeast (it would persist at medical and law schools), and the ''ifórgotra'' became standard. To maintain state accreditation, theses had to conform to a strict ideological rubric and were evaluated in large part for their application of socialist theory to the subject matter. | |||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
Based on the belief that linguistic diversity was a hindrance to national and proletarian unity and that diglossia among multiple dialects and literary registers of Kiravic was a retrograde holdover from the country's hierarchical past, the Kirosocialist government vigorously promoted monolingualism among the Coscivian population, suppressing regional, local, and ethnic vernaculars and the levelling of Kiravic dialects. It also curtailed the use of [[High Coscivian]] in higher education and the publication of new books in the language, in addition to banishing High Coscivian formulae from state ceremonies and quietly scrapping High Coscivian mottoes of government agencies. In order to promote literacy in the sole national language among non-native speakers and purge Kiravian letters of perceived bourgeois and reactionary elements, the Union promoted the use of [[Kiravic_Coscivian#Written_Registers|Standard Kiravic]], a different written standard from traditional Literary Kiravic designed to be more regular, more "modern", and more accessible to the less educated and non-native speakers. Although these policies had only a limited effect on major regional languages like Southern Coscivian and West Coast Marine Coscivian, their impact on ethnic languages spoken in the cities was considerable. Even many urban centres in non-Kiravic-speaking areas, such as [[ | Based on the belief that linguistic diversity was a hindrance to national and proletarian unity and that diglossia among multiple dialects and literary registers of Kiravic was a retrograde holdover from the country's hierarchical past, the Kirosocialist government vigorously promoted monolingualism among the Coscivian population, suppressing regional, local, and ethnic vernaculars and the levelling of Kiravic dialects. It also curtailed the use of [[High Coscivian]] in higher education and the publication of new books in the language, in addition to banishing High Coscivian formulae from state ceremonies and quietly scrapping High Coscivian mottoes of government agencies. In order to promote literacy in the sole national language among non-native speakers and purge Kiravian letters of perceived bourgeois and reactionary elements, the Union promoted the use of [[Kiravic_Coscivian#Written_Registers|Standard Kiravic]], a different written standard from traditional Literary Kiravic designed to be more regular, more "modern", and more accessible to the less educated and non-native speakers. Although these policies had only a limited effect on major regional languages like Southern Coscivian and West Coast Marine Coscivian, their impact on ethnic languages spoken in the cities was considerable. Even many urban centres in non-Kiravic-speaking areas, such as [[Bérasar]] and [[Saar-Silverda]], became mainly Kiravic-speaking during this time. | ||
The régime was more accommodating toward non-Coscivian minority languages and launched language development initiatives for | The régime was more accommodating toward non-Coscivian minority languages and launched language development initiatives for Urom languages like Qódava. It also supported education and public services in the Pretannic language, as Welsh-Kiravians were ardent supporters of Kirosocialism and many high-ranking Party members, such as Secretary-General Rŵlan Jones, were native Welsh speakers. Gaelic education outside of Gaelic-majority areas was shut down and many Gaelic institutions of higher education were shut down or subjected to interference by the authorities, but the Kirosocialists quickly abandoned programmes to shift Gaelic-speaking areas to Kiravic as impractical. | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
The Kiravian Union's constitution declared it an explicitly ''dhiloryax'' ("not religious", "secular") state, whereas the republics that preceded and succeeded it were merely ''loryavôntix'' ("religiously-neutral"). Although most Kirosocialist Party cadre were irreligious, the Party lacked an ideological commitment to antitheism ''per se'' and never moved to prohibit religious practice outright, nor to ban any major religious group. Nonetheless, the Kiravian Union was aggressively {{wp|anticlerical}}, based on the perception that traditional organised religions in Kiravia were an impediment to social and economic progress, reinforced parochial sectarian/communal group identities against national and class unity, and provided institutional safe havens for reactionary ideas and individuals. As such, the régime implemented policies to undermine, marginalise, repress, infiltrate, and coöpt {{wp|organised religion|organised religious bodies}}, as well as to suppress informal religious movements deemed threatening to the socialist system. This was accomplished through an array of different repressive measures including onerous tax and regulatory burdens on religious organisations and buildings, summary expropriations of property, harassment and arbitrary arrests of clergy, discrimination against active congregants in employment and rationing, censorship of religious speech and publications, and suppression of proselytism and outdoor religious assemblies such as {{wp|Procession#Christian_processions|processions}}. The intensity of this repression was uneven across religious groups, with the brunt of it levelled against the major apostolic Christian churches in Kiravia - the Coscivian Orthodox Church, the Insular Apostolic Church, and the | The Kiravian Union's constitution declared it an explicitly ''dhiloryax'' ("not religious", "secular") state, whereas the republics that preceded and succeeded it were merely ''loryavôntix'' ("religiously-neutral"). Although most Kirosocialist Party cadre were irreligious, the Party lacked an ideological commitment to antitheism ''per se'' and never moved to prohibit religious practice outright, nor to ban any major religious group. Nonetheless, the Kiravian Union was aggressively {{wp|anticlerical}}, based on the perception that traditional organised religions in Kiravia were an impediment to social and economic progress, reinforced parochial sectarian/communal group identities against national and class unity, and provided institutional safe havens for reactionary ideas and individuals. As such, the régime implemented policies to undermine, marginalise, repress, infiltrate, and coöpt {{wp|organised religion|organised religious bodies}}, as well as to suppress informal religious movements deemed threatening to the socialist system. This was accomplished through an array of different repressive measures including onerous tax and regulatory burdens on religious organisations and buildings, summary expropriations of property, harassment and arbitrary arrests of clergy, discrimination against active congregants in employment and rationing, censorship of religious speech and publications, and suppression of proselytism and outdoor religious assemblies such as {{wp|Procession#Christian_processions|processions}}. The intensity of this repression was uneven across religious groups, with the brunt of it levelled against the major apostolic Christian churches in Kiravia - the Coscivian Orthodox Church, the Insular Apostolic Church, and the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church was singled out for particularly strong persecution because as an oversized share of the pre-Kirosocialist urban social and economic élite were Catholic, leading it to be viewed as a bourgeois religion; and also because it was loyal to a foreign entity (the Pope and the Vatican) and adamantly opposed to revolutionary socialism. | ||
The régime was less adversarial towards Protestants and certain [[Kiravian Sectarians|Sectarian churches]] with less in the way of nationwide social influence and entrenched institutional privilege, especially those that were less hierarchical in form and could be more easily coöpted by the Party. Its policies toward the Coscivian monotheist religions were far less severe, and the authorities were generally tolerant of independent spirituality and "unorganised religion". Nonetheless, over the course of its existence the Kiravian Union did expressly proscribe over 40 distinct religious groups and movements, many of them with foreign associations. | The régime was less adversarial towards Protestants and certain [[Kiravian Sectarians|Sectarian churches]] with less in the way of nationwide social influence and entrenched institutional privilege, especially those that were less hierarchical in form and could be more easily coöpted by the Party. Its policies toward the Coscivian monotheist religions were far less severe, and the authorities were generally tolerant of independent spirituality and "unorganised religion". Nonetheless, over the course of its existence the Kiravian Union did expressly proscribe over 40 distinct religious groups and movements, many of them with foreign associations. | ||
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During the latter half of the Kiravian Union's existence, the Party began incorporating references to "spirituality" and "spiritual civilisation" into its propaganda, while simultaneously ramping up repression of the established churches and efforts to subordinate Kiravian religious life to Kirosocialist ideology. | During the latter half of the Kiravian Union's existence, the Party began incorporating references to "spirituality" and "spiritual civilisation" into its propaganda, while simultaneously ramping up repression of the established churches and efforts to subordinate Kiravian religious life to Kirosocialist ideology. | ||
===Cuisine=== | |||
Socialisation of systems of food production and distribution and the lifestyle changes experienced by urban Kiravians under the Kiravian Union had a major impact on how Kiravians cooked and ate. | |||
====Rations==== | |||
A centrepiece of Kirosocialist welfare policy - and one that was initially quite popular - was the ''Soksyalnāstriluv'' or "Social Ration", more commonly known as the ''ɣaram'' ("parcel"), or a number of other dialectal and often colourful names. Designed to ensure {{wp|food security}} for the urban proletariat and rural poor, the ''ɣaram'' was a weekly (later daily) package of basic staple foodstuffs allocated to eligible households, which encompassed most of the urban population. Families were free (and encouraged) to augment their diet with food from other sources, but as time went on the ration became the principal or sole source of food for many city-dwellers. By [YEAR], 90% of households in [[Cities of Kiravia#Xūrosar|Xūrosar]] were ration-eligible and 68% were ration-dependent. The contents of the ''ɣaram'' varied considerably over time and later by location as nationwide distribution networks wore down and regional directorated were put in charge of procuring food and setting the "menu". However, they reliably included some form of potato (initially raw, later {{wp|chuño|freeze-dried}}, milled, or {{wp|Instant mashed potatoes|flaked}}), some form of processed meat or fish ({{wp|salt beef}}, {{wp|kippers}}, {{wp|sausage|tinned sausage}}), a grain product or flour, a vegetable/algal/fungal product, and canned beer. Before single-party rule, the rations were quite basic and uniform, but during the early years of the Kiravian Union they became more sophisticated and nutritionally balanced and the "menu" offerings began to rotate on a monthly or even weekly basis. During Mid-Kirosocialism, this variety devolved into unpredictable inconsistency as regional ration bureaux found it increasingly difficult to come up with supplies. | |||
The introduction of individually-portioned rations was concurrent with the Mid-Kirosocialist economic downturn and the accompanying delays in the payment of cash wages to workers and shortages of consumer goods. This resulted in the adoption of ration packages as an ersatz currency, to the point where they began to take on an ascribed value of their own and could often be used for trade past their expiration date or even accepted as payment for real food. | |||
====Soup==== | |||
The need to feed entire families on (often dried or otherwise preserved) foods scrapped together from disparate sources such as ration packs, bathtub gardens, and black markets restored the centrality of {{wp|soup}} to the Kiravian diet. Soup had long been the usual main course for ordinary Kiravian households. However, in the decades leading up to Kirosocialism, Kiravians in coastal states had begun relegating soup to the status of an appetizer, lunch, or side dish, in emulation of Occidental habits. Under the Kiravian Union, "ration soups" prepared from whatever the day's ration happened to be, supplemented with homegrown or foraged greens, and {{wp|wet market|who knows what else}} often yielded bizarre and surprising flavour combinations, some of which are still replicated today for those who have {{wp|acquired taste|acquired a taste for them}}. | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
The legacy and impact of the Kiravian Union is complex and controversial in Kiravian society. | |||
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