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The '''Chenango Confederate Republic''', commonly referred to as the '''Chenango Confederacy''', is a country in [[Cusinaut]]. It became independent in [[2024]] from [[Algoquona]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. | The '''Chenango Confederate Republic''', commonly referred to as the '''Chenango Confederacy''', is a country in [[Cusinaut]]. It became independent in [[2024]] from [[Algoquona]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. | ||
Prior to [[2033]], the Confederacy held a larger ''de jure'' territorial sovereignty than it controlled ''de facto'', including both [[Housatonic]] and [[Pachaug]] at various times. This occurred as a transfer of the original [[International charter city|charter]] between Housatonic, Pachaug and [[Urcea]] while it was part of [[Algoquona]]'s sovereignty. They were transferred from nominal Algoquonan sovereignty to Chenango sovereignty in [[2024]]. [[Housatonic]] became formally independent of the Confederacy with its reorganization as a republic in [[2030]]. In [[2033]], Pachaug was territorially integrated into the Confederacy. | The Confederacy is comprised of three major ethnic groups - the Island Honeoye, the Great Chenango, and the Little Chenango. All three peoples were members of the [[Northern Confederation]], and despite their outward differences, all three are bound together by a complex series of social ties known as [[Chenango_Confederacy#Culture|omàmìwis]]. With the collapse of the Confederation and the [[Algosh coup]], the peoples of the Chenango Peninsula were made subject to [[Algoquona]]. During the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the three peoples aligned themselves with [[Urcea]] and declared their independence. Prior to [[2033]], the Confederacy held a larger ''de jure'' territorial sovereignty than it controlled ''de facto'', including both [[Housatonic]] and [[Pachaug]] at various times. This occurred as a transfer of the original [[International charter city|charter]] between Housatonic, Pachaug and [[Urcea]] while it was part of [[Algoquona]]'s sovereignty. They were transferred from nominal Algoquonan sovereignty to Chenango sovereignty in [[2024]]. [[Housatonic]] became formally independent of the Confederacy with its reorganization as a republic in [[2030]]. In [[2033]], Pachaug was territorially integrated into the Confederacy. | ||
The Confederacy is a member of the [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association]]. | The Confederacy is a member of the [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association]]. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early history=== | ===Early history=== | ||
The Chenango peninsula has had a documented human presence dating back thousands of years, with the first urban settlements emerging around 300-200 BC. The three peoples of the Chenango Confederacy share the same origin myth, which relates a story by which the peoples now living in the Confederacy migrated far from the south fleeing a variety of natural disasters which were a sign of displeasure and judgment upon that area by [[M%27acunism#Earth_as_lifegiver|Makuahine]]. Historians and scholars posit a number of theories regarding these origin myths, with the two predominant theories being either a factual remembered migration from central [[Crona]] to Cusinaut prior to the [[Nysdran Collapse]] or a primarily mythical explanation of the story influenced by other origin stories common throughout the Nysdra. Geneticists have proven a DNA link between the peoples of the Chenango peninsula and central Crona, with shared genes with [[Varshan]]i people, though some have attributed this to medieval and later interactions between Cusinaut and central Crona. Whatever the case, the three peoples now occupying the Confederacy almost certainly diverged from a common ancestral people that settled the peninsula in the first milennium BC. | |||
===Medieval period=== | ===Medieval period=== | ||
===Northern Confederation=== | ===Northern Confederation=== | ||
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The Confederacy consists of four confederate units known as ''Republics''. Unlike many other confederate and federate states, each of the republics is numbered rather than named for the place or people it encompasses. Accordingly, the ''First Republic'' encompasses the lands of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#E-H|Great Chenango]] people, the ''Second Republic'' of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Little Chenango]] people, and the ''Third Republic'' of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Island Honeoye]]. The Republics are largely free to determine their own form of government and how it functions. In [[2033]], the territory of [[Pachaug]] was incorporated as the ''Fourth Republic''. | The Confederacy consists of four confederate units known as ''Republics''. Unlike many other confederate and federate states, each of the republics is numbered rather than named for the place or people it encompasses. Accordingly, the ''First Republic'' encompasses the lands of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#E-H|Great Chenango]] people, the ''Second Republic'' of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Little Chenango]] people, and the ''Third Republic'' of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Island Honeoye]]. The Republics are largely free to determine their own form of government and how it functions. In [[2033]], the territory of [[Pachaug]] was incorporated as the ''Fourth Republic''. | ||
The First, Third, | The First, Third, and Fourth Republics share the same form of government which is based on the model of the [[Government_of_Urcea#Province|Urcean province]] except with unicameral rather than bicameral legislatures that elect the Republic's chief executive, in each case referred to as the "Republican Executive". The unicameral legislature for both the First and Third Republics are simply referred to as the "Republican Constituent Assembly", which assigns its own electoral districts on a decade-by-decade basis. Republican Executives are typically chosen by heritage rather than by political party within the First, Third, and Fourth Republics, with relatives typically succeeding along clan or tribal basis. In both of these Republics, terms for the legislature are five years along [[Urcea|Urcean]] lines; the Republican Executive serves at the confidence of the legislature. | ||
The Second Republic has a hybrid-legislative model wherein all legislative and executive powers are invested in the Council of Five, the leader of whom normally represents the Council but has limited institutional power over his or her peers. The Council is comprised of the hereditary heads of the four largest clans of the Little Chenango people which represent the vast majority of the population. The fifth member is elected from a constituency of all Second Republic citizens who are not members of the four largest clans. The clan leaders serve for life unless removed by a vote of their clan, which a non-governmental function, whereas the fifth, elected, member serves four year terms. | The Second Republic has a hybrid-legislative model wherein all legislative and executive powers are invested in the Council of Five, the leader of whom normally represents the Council but has limited institutional power over his or her peers. The Council is comprised of the hereditary heads of the four largest clans of the Little Chenango people which represent the vast majority of the population. The fifth member is elected from a constituency of all Second Republic citizens who are not members of the four largest clans. The clan leaders serve for life unless removed by a vote of their clan, which a non-governmental function, whereas the fifth, elected, member serves four year terms. | ||
===Politics=== | |||
Political movements in the Confederacy are organized as "Leagues", loose alliances of similar political parties and groups within each of the four confederate republics. These leagues themselves generally consist of a shifting group of omàmìwi, the clan-like social institutions which dominate Confederate society. There are around seven to ten major leagues within the Confederacy at any one time, with the most powerful one being broadly associated with traditional values,a nationalist ethos, and a vaguely pro-[[Urcea]]n foreign policy. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
The Chenango Confederacy comprises of three main cultural groups, with the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#E-H|Great Chenango]] making up a majority of the population, the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Little Chenango]] a sizable minority, and the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Island Honeoye]] a small minority, which was slightly increased by the integration of [[Pachaug]] into the Confederacy. | The Chenango Confederacy comprises of three main cultural groups, with the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#E-H|Great Chenango]] making up a majority of the population, the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Little Chenango]] a sizable minority, and the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#I-L|Island Honeoye]] a small minority, which was slightly increased by the integration of [[Pachaug]] into the Confederacy. | ||
The three main ethnicities are the cultural backdrop, rather than the primary organizing element, by which the Confederacy should be understood. Instead, cross-ethnic networks of [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|common ancestor worship]] are the main societal institution within Confederate society. These clan-like groups are called ''Omàmìwi'', a term that means a kind of kinship group that is larger than family but larger than nation, and should not be understood to be synonymous with tribe. The omàmìwi are distinguished from one another by their shared [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|Kānenaka]] or revered ancestor. Crucically, the omàmìwi are cross-ethnicity; the milennia of intermarriage between the three ethnic groups means that many people from all three groups could see a common ancestor as Kānenaka despite their other cultural or linguistic differences. Scholars have observed approximately two hundred and eighty four major omàmìwi within the Confederacy. Due to their prevalence, the Confederacy is sometimes casually referred to as the "Republic of the Omàmìwi". | |||
Due to the nature of elevating a Kānenaka within the M'acunist religious tradition, some omàmìwi are divergent from others by identifying a different ancestor within a same familial line. Though individuals are typically born into the omàmìwi, this conflicting and divergent nature of the group identity means individuals can and do switch omàmìwi to identify more closely with one Kānenaka claimant than the other. These "rival" omàmìwis have generally hostile social relations with one another and do not readily associate, but many omàmìwi are what would be considered "neutral" towards one another due to unrelated ancestry and non-conflicting Kānenaka claims. Accordingly, the omàmìwi groups are not only religious in nature but also political and economic. Different omàmìwi will engage in specific "ancestral" trades, support certain political causes (especially those led by their fellow omàmìwi member) and individuals based on the balance of power between the various omàmìwis, and will often heavily discriminate based on one's omàmìwi affiliation. The omàmìwi ties are understood to be the major social cohesion between the otherwise disparate members of the Confederacy, binding it together as a single society rather than three nations allied together for political reasons. Most prominently, [[Pachaug]] - despite sharing common ethnic and linguistic ties with the Island Honeoye - does not have a significant network of omàmìwis, which is part of the reason why it was excluded from the Confederacy at its foundation. | |||
Professional sports, particularly the [[Northern Crona Lacrosse Association]], are very popular in the Confederacy, and lacrosse is widely played at both the scholastic and popular level. The country's enduring poverty and lack of significant capital has precluded the expansion of professional lacrosse to the country, though foreign investors and even some development organizations such as the Urcean [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|Agency for Cronan Economic Development]] have been working since the late 2020s to site and construct a professional sports facility within the country. | Professional sports, particularly the [[Northern Crona Lacrosse Association]], are very popular in the Confederacy, and lacrosse is widely played at both the scholastic and popular level. The country's enduring poverty and lack of significant capital has precluded the expansion of professional lacrosse to the country, though foreign investors and even some development organizations such as the Urcean [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|Agency for Cronan Economic Development]] have been working since the late 2020s to site and construct a professional sports facility within the country. | ||
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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
The Chenango Confederacy is one of the world's poorest countries, and it sits at the brink between a {{wp|developing country}} and a {{wp|Least developed countries|least developed country}}. The Chenango peninsula was historically always the poorest part of the [[Northern Confederation]], with few natural resources, limited agricultural viability, and poor positioning relative to the Confederation's major economic drivers. [[Pachaug]] was the sole economic light of the area, serving as an important port with a bustling fishing industry. The economy was significantly impacted by the fifteen year period of Algosh domination between the [[Algosh coup]] in [[2009]] and the declaration of the Confederacy's independence in [[2024]]. Many of the country's leading technical and academic experts were relocated from the already-limited urban centers of the country to Algosh institutions, and in many cases much of the portable wealth of the country was literally carried away to the Algosh heartland during the period between [[2009]] and [[2011]]. Another major economic blow came in [[2017]] when [[Pachaug]] became independent of Algoquona following [[Operation Western Blizzard]], most of the economic ties between the peninsula and its most prosperous city were severed. This led to a major wave of deprivation, famine, and outmigration. It also precipitated a second round of expropriation by the government, as any strategically valuable industry was moved out of the now-vulnerable peninsula into the Algosh heartland. By the time of the declaration of the Confederacy's independence in [[2024]], the Chenango peninsula had recorded economic decline every year for the last fifteen years. | The Chenango Confederacy is one of the world's poorest countries, and it sits at the brink between a {{wp|developing country}} and a {{wp|Least developed countries|least developed country}}. The Chenango peninsula was historically always the poorest part of the [[Northern Confederation]], with few natural resources, limited agricultural viability, and poor positioning relative to the Confederation's major economic drivers. [[Pachaug]] was the sole economic light of the area, serving as an important port with a bustling fishing industry. The economy was significantly impacted by the fifteen year period of Algosh domination between the [[Algosh coup]] in [[2009]] and the declaration of the Confederacy's independence in [[2024]]. Many of the country's leading technical and academic experts were relocated from the already-limited urban centers of the country to Algosh institutions, and in many cases much of the portable wealth of the country was literally carried away to the Algosh heartland during the period between [[2009]] and [[2011]]. Another major economic blow came in [[2017]] when [[Pachaug]] became independent of Algoquona following [[Operation Western Blizzard]], most of the economic ties between the peninsula and its most prosperous city were severed. This led to a major wave of deprivation, famine, and outmigration. It also precipitated a second round of expropriation by the government, as any strategically valuable industry was moved out of the now-vulnerable peninsula into the Algosh heartland. By the time of the declaration of the Confederacy's independence in [[2024]], the Chenango peninsula had recorded economic decline every year for the last fifteen years. | ||
The reincorporation of Pachaug in the 2030s stimulated the economy slightly, as post-[[Pachoy Rebellion|rebellion]] reconstruction and economic reintegration of the city precipitated renewed investment in the eastern tip of the Chenango peninsula. | |||
The modern Confederacy is one of the world's major recipients of development aid, and is a priority area for the Urcean [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|Agency for Cronan Economic Development]]. | The modern Confederacy is one of the world's major recipients of development aid, and is a priority area for the Urcean [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_Cronan_Economic_Development|Agency for Cronan Economic Development]]. | ||