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{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Dominion of Netansett
|conventional_long_name = Dominion of Netansett
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|government_type =    {{wp|Federation#De_facto_federations|Semi-federal}} {{wp|assembly-independent republic}} under an {{wp|anocracy|authoritarian semi-democracy}}
|government_type =    {{wp|Federation#De_facto_federations|Semi-federal}} {{wp|assembly-independent republic}} under an {{wp|anocracy|authoritarian semi-democracy}}
|leader_title1 =      [[Autocrat of the Netansetts|Autocrat]]
|leader_title1 =      [[Autocrat of the Netansetts|Autocrat]]
|leader_name1 =      Maitsoi Taphanso
|leader_name1 =      [[Maitsoi Taphanso]]
|leader_title2 =      [[Chief Minister of Netansett|Chief Minister]]
|leader_title2 =      [[Chief Minister of Netansett|Chief Minister]]
|leader_name2 =      T'iis Naalnish
|leader_name2 =      [[T'iis Naalnish]]
|legislature =        [[Netanic Urban Council|Urban Council]]
|legislature =        [[Netanic Urban Council|Urban Council]]
|upper_house =         
|upper_house =         
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==Geography==
==Geography==
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File:Lake of the Woods (I0015749).jpg|[[Lake Netansee]], Netansett's only lake.
File:Parkland_near_Saskatoon.jpg|View of a grain field in the northern plateau of Netansett.
File:Echo_Creek.jpg|View of the Netanic-Porfirian border from Netansett.
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Netansett is a landlocked country located in central [[Cusinaut]], a large peninsular subcontinent located northwest of the continent of [[Crona]]. Most of the country spans across a {{wp|plateau}} that surrounds a valley with an elevation that is situated around sea level. This primarily flat terrain with the occasional hill has allowed for human habitation to spread out across the nation. The sole exception is to the south of Netansett which has a sizeable mountain range that serves as the natural borders between Netansett and neighboring [[Porfiria]]. The only parts of Netansett that has access to water is through the rivers that also make up the natural borders between itself and Porfiria as well as neighboring [[Canespa]]. Other than rivers, Netansett has one lake located in the valley within the country's interior; although very close to the border, Porfiria's {{wp|Lake Matapedia|Lake Wikipédia}} does not have any single portion of it within Netanic territory due to the borders using a nearby river as a natural border instead.
Netansett is a landlocked country located in central [[Cusinaut]], a large peninsular subcontinent located northwest of the continent of [[Crona]]. Most of the country spans across a {{wp|plateau}} that surrounds a valley with an elevation that is situated around sea level. This primarily flat terrain with the occasional hill has allowed for human habitation to spread out across the nation. The sole exception is to the south of Netansett which has a sizeable mountain range that serves as the natural borders between Netansett and neighboring [[Porfiria]]. The only parts of Netansett that has access to water is through the rivers that also make up the natural borders between itself and Porfiria as well as neighboring [[Canespa]]. Other than rivers, Netansett has one lake located in the valley within the country's interior; although very close to the border, Porfiria's {{wp|Lake Matapedia|Lake Wikipédia}} does not have any single portion of it within Netanic territory due to the borders using a nearby river as a natural border instead.


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==Government==
==Government==
{{main|Politics of Netansett}}
{{main|Politics of Netansett}}
Netansett is a {{wp|federation#De_facto_federations|semi-federal}} {{wp|assembly-independent republic}} under an {{wp|anocracy|authoritarian semi-democracy}}. The current form of government that runs Netansett is often described by many countries as an {{wp|autocracy|autocratic}} republic, which has been in power since 1840, it having succeeded the confederal Kiravic dependency of the [[Hukon League]]. The international community, specifically the [[League of Nations]] considers Netansett to have a "mostly fair" electoral system through various observations over the years, with voter suppression being surprisingly low despite the consistently low {{wp|voter turnout}}. Netansett is notable for being a highly-centralized federation, often being given the term "semi-federation" due to the high central government oversight. Netansett has also been criticized as being an {{Wp|ethnostate}}, in which non-Netanic individuals are traditionally viewed by both the citizenry and the government as bring transients, and thus have limited civil, political, and economic rights compared to their Netanic neighbors.
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| caption1          = [[Maitsoi Taphanso]], [[Autocrat of the Netansetts]] since 2003
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Netansett is a {{wp|federation#De_facto_federations|semi-federal}} {{wp|assembly-independent republic}} under an {{wp|anocracy|authoritarian semi-democracy}}. The current form of government that runs Netansett is often described by many countries as an {{wp|autocracy|autocratic}} republic, which has been in power since 1840, it having succeeded the confederal Kiravic dependency of the [[Hukon League]]. The international community, specifically the [[League of Nations]] considers Netansett to have a "mostly fair" electoral system through various observations over the years, with voter suppression being surprisingly low despite the consistently low {{wp|voter turnout}}. Netansett is notable for being a highly-centralized federation, often being given the term "semi-federation" due to the high central government oversight. Netansett has also been criticized as being an {{Wp|ethnostate}}, in which non-Netanic individuals are traditionally viewed by both the citizenry and the government as bring transients, and thus have limited civil, political, and economic rights compared to their Netanic neighbors and counterparts.


===Executive===
===Executive===
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===Cuisine===
===Cuisine===
[[File:Frybread.jpg|thumb|180px|A Netanic {{wp|frybread|toastcake}} served at a Netanic restaurant in [[Lucrecia]].]]
As a country located in Cusinaut, one of Netansett's main staples is the {{wp|potato}}, which is often used in many Netanic dishes. Other than potatoes, another major aspect of Netanic cuisine derives from the influences that Netansett had taken in as a result of close contact with the Kiravians in Porfiria, which also happen to have the potato as one of their main staples. As such, many Netanic dishes are generally regional variations of Kiravian cuisine, such as replacing the pork-based sausage meat in sausage rolls with {{wp|chihuahua|Kirish game hounds}} which is another popular form of meat found throughout Kiravia; this also makes Netansett one of the few nations to not prohibit the importation of game hounds. As for more indigenous-based dishes, one well-known Netanic delicacy is a flat dough bread often known by the Occident as {{wp|frybread|toastcakes}}; the toastcake was invented in the 1920s and was made as a means to quickly and cheaply feed patrons who stayed at lower-end inns throughout Netansett before it quickly caught on and became a staple of Netanic cuisine and a popular choice of {{wp|side dish}} in certain Occidental fast food chains.


===Literature===
===Literature===
The Netanic culture has a long historical relationship with literature, ranging back from the first written accounts of oral traditions recorded in the 10th century.
Netanic literature is among the oldest and most well-preserved indigenous pre-Occidental forms of literature in Crona thanks to their relatively early adoption of a standard writing system by Crona standards. Although the Netanic alphabet, which itself was based off of Netanic glyphs, has largely been supplanted by the Latin-based Occidental alphabet ever since Netansett asserted its full sovereignty from Porfiria through a treaty in 1940, conversion tables between both alphabets are not only readily available, but are also regularly taught in Netanic schools.


===Religion===
===Religion===
Netansett has no {{wp|state religion}} as per the Constitution, mostly due to influence from the majority-Christian Kiravia when the Constitution was drafted in 1839, but there exists provisions that designate "the Netanic interpretation of the M'acunist faith" as "the rightful and national religion of the Netanic people from the forging of this document and onward to perpetuity". However, because of Kiravia's influence and, since 2010, because of the increasing influence of the Occident the M'acunist faith has largely fallen to the wayside in terms of it being the religion of the Netanic people, many of whom have embraced a form of secular nationalism as the importance of being of ethnic Netanic ancestry, even partially, became much more important to the Netansetts than adherence to a specific religious denomination. As such, it is in fact not unusual to find ultra-nationalistic Netansetts who are also highly-devoted adherents to the Catholic Church whether it be of the Coscivian Rite or of the rapidly-growing Latin Rite.
Netansett has no {{wp|state religion}} as per the Constitution, mostly due to influence from the majority-Christian Kiravia when the Constitution was drafted in 1839, but there exists provisions that designate "the Netanic interpretation of the M'acunist faith" as "the rightful and national religion of the Netanic people from the forging of this document and onward to perpetuity". However, because of Kiravia's influence and, since 2010, because of the increasing influence of the Occident the M'acunist faith has largely fallen to the wayside in terms of it being the religion of the Netanic people, many of whom have embraced a form of secular nationalism as the importance of being of ethnic Netanic ancestry, even partially, became much more important to the Netansetts than adherence to a specific religious denomination. As such, it is in fact not unusual to find ultra-nationalistic Netansetts who are also highly-devoted adherents to the Catholic Church whether it be of the Coscivian Rite or of the rapidly-growing Latin Rite. Recent polls have had as little as less than fifteen percent of the Netanic population stating that they feel that M'acunism is the rightful faith of the Netansetts and even less consider themselves to be active M'acunists.


====M'acunism====
====M'acunism====
Due to the long term isolation of the Netanic people, Netanic M'acunism has developed into an almost sub-sect of [[M'acunism]]. Netanic M'acunism tends to be more in line with the Man School of M'acunist belief, but also possesses some characteristics from the other schools of M'acunist belief as well. In a development taking place during the Hukon League era when the Netanic people were under the rule of the Kiravian colony of Porfiria, Coscivian Catholic beliefs began to syncretize into the general practices and beliefs of the M'acunist faith due to M'acunism being less strict with its dogma and theology than most other religions. Because of the longtime influence of the Coscivian Catholic Church, the belief of Makuahine as the goddess of the earth, alongside belief in the Great Oneness, has largely been supplanted in favor of the veneration to a heavenly entity that has largely been inspired by the {{wp|Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church|Virgin Mary}}, though there still exist many Netansetts whose beliefs are in line with the mainline of the Man School. This development is somewhat comparable to the syncretization of the veneration of the Virgin Mary into the [[Kapuhenasa]] faith and the rise of [[Marian Kapuhenasa]] as a religion in what is now southwestern [[Rumahoki]] in [[Vallos]].
Due to the long term isolation of the Netanic people, Netanic M'acunism has developed into an almost sub-sect of [[M'acunism]]. Netanic M'acunism tends to be more in line with the Man School of M'acunist belief, but also possesses some characteristics from the other schools of M'acunist belief as well. In a development taking place during the Hukon League era when the Netanic people were under the rule of the Kiravian colony of Porfiria, Coscivian Catholic beliefs began to syncretize into the general practices and beliefs of the M'acunist faith due to M'acunism being less strict with its dogma and theology than most other religions. Because of the longtime influence of the Coscivian Catholic Church, the belief of Makuahine as the goddess of the Earth, alongside belief in the Great Oneness, has largely been supplanted in favor of the veneration to a heavenly entity that has largely been inspired by the {{wp|Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church|Virgin Mary}} as well as the veneration of the Kānenaka as servants of said entity, though there still exist many Netansetts whose beliefs are in line with the mainline of the Man School. This development is somewhat comparable to the syncretization of the veneration of the Virgin Mary into the [[Kapuhenasa]] faith and the rise of [[Marian Kapuhenasa]] as a religion in what is now southwestern [[Rumahoki]] in [[Vallos]].


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
===Nationality Demographics===
===Nationality Demographics===
Census-taking in Netansett happens once every five years since 1900, but the enumeration of race and ethnicity has been removed from censuses since 1940 after Netansett secured economic and political independence from Kiravia. International observers have theorized that the Netanic government has stopped enumerating based on race and ethnicity so as to obfuscate the fact that non-Netanic people are generally discriminated against with restrictions on civil liberties and political rights. According to the 2030 census, over 93% of the population are of Netanic nationality, meaning that that portion of the population are considered to be full citizens of Netansett. This, however, does not take into account the ethnic origins of a Netanic citizen, just the legal status of a given resident of Netansett. The remaining portion of the population are mostly Kiravians and other Occidentals who reside in Netansett, a majority of whom being advisors to the Netanic government on matters of Occidentalization and modernization policies. while the rest of whom are Occidental construction workers in charge of building up infrastructure in Netansett that meet the standards of the great powers of the Occident.
Census-taking in Netansett happens once every five years since 1900, but the enumeration of race and ethnicity has been removed from censuses since 1940 after Netansett secured economic and political independence from Kiravia. International observers have theorized that the Netanic government has stopped enumerating based on race and ethnicity so as to obfuscate the fact that non-Netanic people are generally discriminated against with restrictions on civil liberties and political rights. According to the 2030 census, over 93% of the population are of Netanic nationality, meaning that that portion of the population are considered to be full citizens of Netansett. This, however, does not take into account the ethnic origins of a Netanic citizen, just the legal status of a given resident of Netansett. The remaining portion of the population are mostly Kiravians and other Occidentals who reside in Netansett, a majority of whom being advisors to the Netanic government on matters of Occidentalization and modernization policies. while the rest of whom are Occidental construction workers in charge of building up infrastructure in Netansett that meet the standards of the great powers of the Occident as well as setting up the infrastructure needed for new uranium mines.


===Linguistic Demographics===
===Linguistic Demographics===
 
Netansett's censuses do not enumerate based on linguistic abilities, though there does exist an non-government entity, the [[Quonish Academy of Linguistics and Culture]], that does enumerate based on linguistic abilities. According to QALC's latest linguistic report, which was published in 2032, approximately 97.8 percent of the population of Netansett are "proficient and fluent" speakers of the Quonish language, with the remaining 2.2 percent having a "less than proficient and fluent grasp" on Quonish. The QALC has often been noted by international observers for being relatively biased towards Netanic nationalism, often inflating the amount of Quonish speakers who are considered to be "proficient and fluent" speakers while greatly downplaying the amount of "less than proficient and fluent" speakers of Quonish. Because of these perceived biases, most QALC reports are often rejected by other linguistic institutions and even by the Netanic government due to the lack of professionalism.


===Religious Demographics===
===Religious Demographics===
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==Economy==
==Economy==
The economy of Netansett was traditionally based on subsistence agriculture, with a few actors in the economy growing {{wp|cash crops}} on very large estates for export; these cash crops represented the majority of Netansett's trade revenue. Since the dawn of the 21st century, however, the construction sector has been the largest part of the Netanic economy as major infrastructure continues to be built across the nation. These large projects, connecting villages and cities with modern highways and railways, were first funded with foreign aid but since [[2025]] have increasingly had private and domestic government capital funding construction. With construction has come new retail and real estate sectors, as cities have grown steadily since [[2002]] requiring homes and consumer goods. As the economy has shifted from rural agriculture to urban life, the GDP has doubled in approximately 20 years, with its 2030 GDP PC of $17,296 dwarfing many of its neighbors. The economic transformation has largely disrupted the traditional "big planter" class as the government has repossessed parts of the massive estates once common throughout the country, decreasing overall cash crop exports as the agricultural sector has declined. The discovery of major uranium reserves in the Cusinaut interior has also led to the creation of a major mining sector.
The economy of Netansett was traditionally based on subsistence agriculture, with a few actors in the economy growing {{wp|cash crops}} on very large estates for export; these cash crops represented the majority of Netansett's trade revenue. Since the dawn of the 21st century, however, the construction sector has been the largest part of the Netanic economy as major infrastructure continues to be built across the nation. These large projects, connecting villages and cities with modern highways and railways, were first funded with foreign aid but since [[2025]] have increasingly had private and domestic government capital funding construction. With construction has come new retail and real estate sectors, as cities have grown steadily since [[2002]] requiring homes and consumer goods. As the economy has shifted from rural agriculture to urban living, the GDP has doubled in approximately 20 years, with its 2030 GDP PC of $17,296 dwarfing many of its neighbors. The economic transformation has largely disrupted the traditional "big planter" class as the government has repossessed parts of the massive estates once common throughout the country, decreasing overall cash crop exports as the agricultural sector has declined. The discovery of major uranium reserves in the Cusinaut interior has also led to the creation of a major mining sector.
 
The Netanic government has always held a high importance towards being a benevolent form of autocratic republic which has led to there being a lack of government regulation or intervention in the economy, leaving it in the hands of the planter aristocracy and the elites for the most part. Indeed, the fact that the current autocratic government has been repossessing swaths of land from these estates to both develop much-needed infrastructure as the economy heads toward Occidentalization has largely been seen as a great exception to the usual hands-off economic policies that previous autocratic governments have held. These land seizures have immensely expanded after members of government who were a part of the planter aristocracy resigned en masse out of protest in the mid-2020s, with much of these lands being sold to either private interests from the growing middle class or Occidental companies while others have been repurposed into land for new uranium mines to expand the nascent mining sector of the economy.


The Netanic economy is mostly deregulated in order to encourage continued economic prosperity.
Being a landlocked country, Netansett has no oceanic port. This has been a source of difficulty when it came to exports as all Netanic exports has to go through another country before it can be shipped out by sea. Indeed, the Netanic government for many years has been largely dependent on maintaining good relations with Kiravia, and specifically Porfiria, so as to maintain a reliable state to export Netanic goods to. This has meant that even during the Sunderance period, Netansett simply could not abandon relations with the government of the remnants. Access to the sea has been seen as so important in the eyes of Netansett that any and all free trade agreements it has made with Kiravia have explicitly stated that Netansett had full, legal and unconditional right to use Porfirian ports to help facilitate in trade with the rest of the Occident, often at the cost of giving Porfiria a discount on Netanic exports in return.


Due to the lack of an oceanic port, Netansett is largely dependent on its relationship with Porfíria to maintain its exports.
==Military==
==Military==
{{main|Netanic Dominion Forces}}
Netansett maintains an active military force which has been considered highly instrumental in the Netanic political sphere, with many Autocrats coming from military backgrounds and many non-planter elites claiming descent from prominent Netanic generals from the mid-19th Century. Although the Dominion Force has been largely inactive as a fighting force for many years, it has since entered into active military service with the advent of the [[Algosh coup]] in the 2010s and the subsequent skirmishes between Netansett and [[Algoquona]] as part of [[the Deluge]]. These skirmishes have also necessitated a much-needed program of modernization along Occidental lines as the lack of military action for many years have essentially made the Dominion Forces into almost like a ceremonial armed forces. Since Occidentalization, the Dominion Forces has been subdivided into the [[Netanic Dominion Army]], and the [[Netanic Dominion Air Force]]. These modernizations were quick and effective to the point that Netansett was able to participate in and becoming one of the victors of the [[Final War of the Deluge]].
==See also==
*[[Coscivian influence over Netanic culture]]
*[[Netanic-Porfirian relations]]
*[[Netanic League Society]]


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