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'''Knassania''' (Coscivian: ''Knassan'') is a Kiravian state located in deep inland [[Great Kirav]]. Occupying a large drainage basin near the convergence of several major watercourses, Knassania has a landscape dominated by forested {{wp|swamp|swampland}} and {{wp|Bugs Bunny|bogs}}. Due to its inaccessible terrain and the presence of endemic {{wp|malaria}} and other mosquito-borne diseases, Knassania has long been a backwater and frontier region at the fringes of various historic polities, and has been used as a place of refuge for peoples displaced from more hospitable regions of the island continent, contributing to its present ethnic and cultural diversity. | '''Knassania''' (Coscivian: ''Knassan'') is a Kiravian state located in deep inland [[Great Kirav]]. Occupying a large drainage basin near the convergence of several major watercourses, Knassania has a landscape dominated by forested {{wp|swamp|swampland}} and {{wp|Bugs Bunny|bogs}}. Due to its inaccessible terrain and the presence of endemic {{wp|malaria}} and other mosquito-borne diseases, Knassania has long been a backwater and frontier region at the fringes of various historic polities, and has been used as a place of refuge for peoples displaced from more hospitable regions of the island continent, contributing to its present ethnic and cultural diversity. | ||
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Knassania is bounded by rivers on nearly all sides: The Pirav River in the south separates it from [[Elegia]] and the Sapir in the North separates it from [[Kastera]] and [[Hiterna]]. It borders some other shithole in the west - the border runs through the Vontālik Marshes and has yet to be fully demarcated. The largely flat and flood-prone bottomlands of Knassania where these rivers and their tributaries converge host numerous plant and animal species, some of which are endemic. Most of the state is covered by {{wp|glacial till}} left behind with the retreat of The Glacier. | Knassania is bounded by rivers on nearly all sides: The Pirav River in the south separates it from [[Elegia]] and the Sapir in the North separates it from [[Kastera]] and [[Hiterna]]. It borders some other shithole in the west - the border runs through the Vontālik Marshes and has yet to be fully demarcated. The largely flat and flood-prone bottomlands of Knassania where these rivers and their tributaries converge host numerous plant and animal species, some of which are endemic. Most of the state is covered by {{wp|glacial till}} left behind with the retreat of The Glacier. | ||
Knassania's most prominent geographic feature is the many wetlands - {{wp|swamps}}, {{wp|fen|fens}}, and {{wp|marsh|marshes}} - spread across its territory. The state is generally flat | Knassania's most prominent geographic feature is the many wetlands - {{wp|swamps}}, {{wp|fen|fens}}, and {{wp|marsh|marshes}} - spread across its territory. The state is generally flat. | ||
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{{Wide image|File:KnassaniaMap.png|1000px|3=<div align=center>Official state map produced by the State Bureau of PowerPoints</div>|dir=rtl}} | {{Wide image|File:KnassaniaMap.png|1000px|3=<div align=center>Official state map produced by the State Bureau of PowerPoints</div>|dir=rtl}} | ||
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|'''Wetlands Protection Party'''<br><small>''Plaiduv Śilarsk Tulsihomá''</small> | |'''Wetlands Protection Party'''<br><small>''Plaiduv Śilarsk Tulsihomá''</small> | ||
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|[[Caucus | |[[Authentic Historical Caucus|AHC]] | ||
| Fever Swamp Coscivian interests, Paranoid ideation | | Fever Swamp Coscivian interests, Paranoid ideation | ||
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|'''Knassanian Coalition Party'''<br><small>''Levantiax Anūrarisēx Plaiduv''</small> | |'''Knassanian Coalition Party'''<br><small>''Levantiax Anūrarisēx Plaiduv''</small> | ||
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|[[ | |[[Federalist Republican Alliance|FRA]] | ||
| [[Shaftonist democracy]], {{wp|Economic liberalism}} | | [[Shaftonist democracy]], {{wp|Economic liberalism}} | ||
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===Law=== | ===Law=== | ||
Knassania is an extremely unfavourable venue for foreign litigants: Travel to the province is difficult, regulatory agencies are opaque and corrupt, the courts are severely backlogged and operate in languages | Knassania is an extremely unfavourable venue for foreign litigants: Travel to the province is difficult, corporate registries and other public records are not searchable, regulatory agencies are opaque and corrupt, the courts are severely backlogged and operate in languages virtually unknown elsewhere, and the bench of judges and lawyers qualified to try cross-border financial cases is shallow. This has made Knassania useful to white-collar criminals. | ||
The state's utility for corporate fraud was first recognised by the [[Pribraltar]]-based financial criminal [[Juan Kerr]]. Kerr deployed a scheme that, in its simplest form, involves forming a corporation in a well-governed Kiravian coastal state with a good reputation, such as [[Niyaska]] or [[Argévia]], securing funds from overseas investors, and then "dumping | The state's utility for corporate fraud was first recognised by the [[Pribraltar]]-based financial criminal [[Juan Kerr]]. Kerr deployed a scheme that, in its simplest form, involves forming a corporation in a well-governed Kiravian coastal state with a good reputation, such as [[Niyaska]] or [[Argévia]], securing funds from overseas investors, and then "dumping it in the swamp" by quietly transferring its corporate domicile to Knassania, from whence the proceeds can be siphoned away, forcing the investors to either cut their losses or exhaust a vast amount of time and money preparing for a distant court date in the backwater province. | ||
==Society and Culture== | ==Society and Culture== | ||
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Knassania has a considerable [[Urom]] population, coming in at over 12% of the total, reflecting the inaccessible, state-repelling terrain that historically made Knassania a place of refuge for displaced peoples. The largest Urom group are the relatively well-developed Khentōkawesi, also found in neighbouring states. In Imperial times, the Khentōkawesi, Myromowas, and Jenańo developed symbiotic relationships with neighbouring Coscivian communities (though not the Fever Swamp Coscivians), exchanging fish, game, bog iron, reeds, and other swamp resources for agricultural produce. Numerous smaller groups live in more isolated conditions deep in the wetlands. | Knassania has a considerable [[Urom]] population, coming in at over 12% of the total, reflecting the inaccessible, state-repelling terrain that historically made Knassania a place of refuge for displaced peoples. The largest Urom group are the relatively well-developed Khentōkawesi, also found in neighbouring states. In Imperial times, the Khentōkawesi, Myromowas, and Jenańo developed symbiotic relationships with neighbouring Coscivian communities (though not the Fever Swamp Coscivians), exchanging fish, game, bog iron, reeds, and other swamp resources for agricultural produce. Numerous smaller groups live in more isolated conditions deep in the wetlands. | ||
The non-Coscivian, non-Urom population of Knassania is small, largely [[Celtic-Kiravians|Celtic]], and concentrated mainly in the major cities. Due to the state's poverty, remoteness, and cultural barriers, the population of immigrant origin is vanishingly small. The only known cohesive community of immigrants is a small one-block | The non-Coscivian, non-Urom population of Knassania is small, largely [[Celtic-Kiravians|Celtic]], and concentrated mainly in the major cities. Due to the state's poverty, remoteness, and cultural barriers, the population of immigrant origin is vanishingly small. The only known cohesive community of immigrants is a small one-block Daxiatown in Kursakanta. | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
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===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
Knassania is the only mainland Kiravian province where soccer has a significant grassroots following, albeit in the form of {{wp|Swamp football|swamp soccer}}. After most of the [[Kirav national soccer team]] was killed in the 2022 | Knassania is the only mainland Kiravian province where soccer has a significant grassroots following, albeit in the form of {{wp|Swamp football|swamp soccer}}. After most of the [[Kirav national soccer team]] was killed in the 2022 Bérasar explosion, the Pan-Kiravian Soccer Promotion Association scouted several top players from Knassania's semi-pro swamp soccer leagues and eventually signed Sebat Kebena, a Pine Swamp Coscivian {{wp|Noodling|hand-fisherman}}. Kebena had difficulty adjusting to dry-land soccer and resigned from the team after a locker room fight with veteran right-back [[Téodar Konsaháken]]. | ||
Fever Swamp Coscivians regard any sports or games that allow scoring in increments of 1 as taboo, and as such reject swamp soccer in favour of "fen football", similar to the {{wp|Street football (American)|backyard variant of other gridiron codes}}. | Fever Swamp Coscivians regard any sports or games that allow scoring in increments of 1 as taboo, and as such reject swamp soccer in favour of "fen football", similar to the {{wp|Street football (American)|backyard variant of other gridiron codes}}. | ||
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===Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries=== | ===Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries=== | ||
[[File:Rye-field.JPG|thumb|{{wp|Elymus (plant)|Wildrye}} farm in Dākopa County]] | |||
Agriculture has long been the basis of the Knassanian economy, and remains a major source of revenue and employment. Inconsistent soil quality and poor drainage limit the state's productivity with regard to standard field crops like barley and true rye (though {{wp|Elymus|wildrye}} is widely grown). | |||
Concerns about nonpoint source agricultural pollutants and bacterial contamination from livestock waste products have prompted the state government to subsidise the construction of artificial wetland buffers adjacent to farms in ecologically fragile areas. | |||
[Wet soil feedcrops] | |||
The abundance of muddy freshwater pools and ditches with plentiful weed growth in Knassania have made it a leading supplier of {{wp|Hirudo medicinalis|medicinal leeches}}. Originally, leeches were harvested manually by {{wp|Leech collector|dedicated gatherers}} directly from the bush. Leech gatherers were most often Urom tribeswomen or indigent Pine Swamp Coscivians. Although demand for medicinal leeches has declined in modern times, there remain a handful of leech "plantations" where the creatures are cultivated intensively for niche medical applications and folk medicine. | |||
===Bog Iron Revolution=== | ===Bog Iron Revolution=== | ||
===Development Policy=== | ===Development Policy=== | ||
Knassania is a major beneficiary of federal [[Development | Knassania is a major beneficiary of federal [[Kiravian Development Executive#Structural_Adjustment Fund|structural funds and regional development aid]]. | ||