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Political parties are strictly prohibited within Housatonic. However, there are two broad factions which analysts suggest can be sorted into "pro-[[Occidental]]" and "anti-[[Occidental]]" factions, with the pro-Occidental faction presently having a clear majority of the Common Council and all three primary offices of state. | Political parties are strictly prohibited within Housatonic. However, there are two broad factions which analysts suggest can be sorted into "pro-[[Occidental]]" and "anti-[[Occidental]]" factions, with the pro-Occidental faction presently having a clear majority of the Common Council and all three primary offices of state. | ||
Housatonic is divided into two administrative regions, the Urban Geography and the Insular Geography. Both areas are directly governed by the government of the Republic, and as such no local governments exist within the Housatonic Republic. The two geographies are largely areas of logistical convenience to which judicial jurisdictions apply, though some other administrative functions, such as the regulation of agriculture and preserved lands, is administered through the two geographies. | |||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
[[File:Tsubugai-Kushiyaki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Skewered sea snail, a common Housatoner appetizer.]] | [[File:Tsubugai-Kushiyaki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Skewered sea snail, a common Housatoner appetizer.]] | ||
Due to the prevalence of fish and the historic connection of Housatonic to the fishing industry, fish is the primary protein in Housatoner cuisine and most dishes served in the country are either fish-based or include some type of fish-based side. | The Housatonic Republic has two primary cultural groups; the majority Housatoners and the minority Unnuaqers, although native scholars and cultural observers have long argued that the modern people of the Unnuaq Chain (the Unnuaqers) are genetically related to and culturally descended from the Housatoners. Accordingly, both cultures share significant similarities including shared use of the Housatonish language. The broader Housatonish cultural tradition has long had an outsized influence in [[Cusinaut]]; it, along with the [[Algosh Republic|Algosh people]], became politically and socially ascendant in the [[Northern Confederation]] in the latter half of the 20th century. Accordingly, Housatoner cuisine, art, and fashion became generally popular along the east coast of the Confederation, including large parts of modern [[New Harren]]. Much of Housatoner (and Unnuaqer) culture is deeply tied to Housatonic's relationship with the sea. As the city was established as a point of transshipment and fishing, this connection to the sea colors most parts of traditional Housatoner life, whether it be fishing and sea-shanty type songs forming the basis of Housatoner traditional music, their cuisine choices primarily being seafood, or the influence of the sea on Housatoner fashion. | ||
Due to the prevalence of fish and the historic connection of Housatonic to the fishing industry, fish is the primary protein in Housatoner cuisine and most dishes served in the country are either fish-based or include some type of fish-based side. Snails in particular are of particular prominence within Housatoner culture. | |||
The available of sea snails long made Housatoner fashion unique among the [[Nysdra Sea]] cultures. These snails enabled Housatoner designers to produce and sell purple-tinged clothes, adapting the basic form and function of other Cusinaut articles of clothing with their distinctive purple hue. Accordingly, Housatonic became known in fashion circles as the "house of purple" in the 20th century, and though purple dye became available elsewhere, the city retained a certain prestige due to its "organic" purple dress. For a time, fashion was one of the major urban industries within Housatonic, but the events surrounding the [[Algosh coup]] and [[War of the Northern Confederation]] disrupted trade and the urban economy significantly, and most individuals who had the means to do so fled the city. Housatoner fashion as a unique cultural tradition was practically non-existent in the decade of the 2010s, as the city first languished under the [[Algoquona|oppressive Algosh regime]] then underwent a period of dramatic economic reconstruction under the Charter era. Only after the end of the [[Final War of the Deluge]] did new, well-capitalized fashion houses reappear in Housatonic. The Housatoner purple is once again regarded as prestigious, but Housatoner fashion has somewhat taken a back seat to the emergent [[New_Harren#Fashion|Port St. Charles fashion scene]]. | |||
Like elsewhere in [[Cusinaut]], {{wp|lacrosse}} is the most popular sport in Housatonic. The [[Northern Crona Lacrosse Association]] has high degrees of viewership within the Housatonic Republic, and the city of Housatonic is consistently considered by the media one of the most likely homes for a future {{wp|Expansion team|expansion team}} for the Association. | |||
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