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{{Infobox KirState | |||
| name = Kastera | |||
| | | longform = State of Kastera | ||
| | | flag = [[File:KasteraFlag.png]] | ||
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| | | map = [[KasteraLocator.png]] | ||
| | | mapcaption = {{wp|Examples of feudalism|Location of Kastera in Great Kirav}} | ||
| | <!-- Basic Information --> | ||
| countrycode = KF | |||
| country = [[File:KiravFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Kiravia|Kiravian Federacy]] | |||
| | | theme = [[File:Ancient Flag of the Cook Islands 1973.svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Kiravian Federalism#Themes|Federation]] | ||
| capital = [[Cities of Kiravia#Kāsikova|Kāsikova]] | |||
| | | largest = [[Cities of Kiravia#Varuna|Varuna]] (proper)<br>[[Cities of Kiravia#Xūrosar|Xūrosar]] (metro) | ||
| population = 64.2 million | |||
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| class = State | |||
| govtform = {{wp|Presidential republic}} | |||
| | | governortitle = Chief Executive | ||
| governor = Fergus Ɯtikern | |||
| | | leader2title = Chancellor | ||
| leader2 = Syagrius Nātron (CDP) | |||
| legislature = Congress | |||
| seats = 3 seats in the [[Federal Stanora]] | |||
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| | | grade = A | ||
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| | <!-- Other Information --> | ||
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| | | langclass1 = Official language | ||
| | | languages1 = [[Kiravic Coscivian]] | ||
| | | langclass2 = Minority languages | ||
|- | | languages2 = Ensciryan Coscivian, [[Kiʞik language|Kiʞik]], Gaelic | ||
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| postalabbrv = KST | |||
| timezone = Valēka Standard Time | |||
| kolor = #87CEEB | |||
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[[Category:Kiravian federal subjects]] | [[Category:Kiravian federal subjects]] | ||
'''Kastera''', officially the '''State of Kastera''' (Kiravic: ''Ārka Kastera''), is a major state of the Kiravian Federacy located in north-central [[Great Kirav]]. Kastera was the first major destination for Coscivian and Celtic settlers moving deeper into the Kiravian interior after the Cromwelute Wars, and quickly became the third most-populous Kiravian state after | '''Kastera''', officially the '''State of Kastera''' (Kiravic: ''Ārka Kastera''), is a major state of the Kiravian Federacy located in north-central [[Great Kirav]]. Kastera was the first major destination for Coscivian and Celtic settlers moving deeper into the Kiravian interior after the Cromwelute Wars, and quickly became the third most-populous Kiravian state after Kaviska and Etivéra. These three states would later become the industrial heartland of Great Kirav, with Kastera contributing innovations in aviation, chemistry, agriculture, business management, and governance as Kiravia entered modernity. Despite weathering difficult economic times after the Tropical Sea War and the end of Kirosocialism, sound public policy has helped Kastera to regain its status as a major engine of Kiravian economic growth. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Kastera's first recorded inhabitants were Kirhavite | Kastera's first recorded inhabitants were Kirhavite Urom of the Hidenrek, Avitshi, and Kashkashi tribal groups. All three tribal confederations were agriculturalists, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture supplemented by hunting and fishing. During the XXth century ''anno Domini'', Gaelic-speaking warrior bands invaded the northeastern corner of the state, establishing several chiefdoms there followed by others established along the coast as the century wore on. Records kept by Gaelic monks indicate that the coastal chiefdoms were later destroyed by Cromwelute raiders attacking from the sea. | ||
After the Cromwelute Wars, | After the Cromwelute Wars, | ||
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Kastera is a {{wp|constitutional republic|constitutional}} {{wp|presidential republic|presidential}} republic within the Kiravian Federacy. It is governed according to the Law of Laws of the State of Kastera (''Thótraálda Ārká Kastera''), which grants legislative power to a unicameral Auditorium and executive power to a Chief Executive (also called the Governor), with both the legislative and executive branches being accountable to the courts, principally the High Court of Kastera. | Kastera is a {{wp|constitutional republic|constitutional}} {{wp|presidential republic|presidential}} republic within the Kiravian Federacy. It is governed according to the Law of Laws of the State of Kastera (''Thótraálda Ārká Kastera''), which grants legislative power to a unicameral Auditorium and executive power to a Chief Executive (also called the Governor), with both the legislative and executive branches being accountable to the courts, principally the High Court of Kastera. | ||
Kastera was the first Kiravian state to implement the {{wp|single transferable vote}} system, which is now used for the vast majority of state and federal elections throughout the Federacy. STV was first implemented for municipal elections in parts of central Kastera on the advice of the political science faculty at the University of Belarus, based on its model success in [[North Amerigo]]. The Auditorium is elected every three years by single transferable vote, returning three delegates for each of the state's 76 countyships. The Chief Executive is elected every five years by {{wp|alternative vote}}. | Kastera was the first Kiravian state to implement the {{wp|single transferable vote}} system, which is now used for the vast majority of state and federal elections throughout the Federacy. STV was first implemented for municipal elections in parts of central Kastera on the advice of the political science faculty at the [[University of Belarus]], based on its model success in [[North Amerigo]]. The Auditorium is elected every three years by single transferable vote, returning three delegates for each of the state's 76 countyships. The Chief Executive is elected every five years by {{wp|alternative vote}}. | ||
===Law=== | ===Law=== | ||
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===Local Governance=== | ===Local Governance=== | ||
Kastera has a strong tradition of local governance, and with the exception of corruption problems in a few larger cities such as Trasón and Xūrosar, Kasteran local governments on the whole are regarded as effective and efficient. There are two tiers of local government in Kastera: Countyships and localities, with localities including both municipalities and townships. Countyships are responsible for providing a number of local services, such as power, water, and waste management contracts; policing and jails, certain classes of roads, certain public health services, public libraries, most parks, vital statistics, and land registration. Electoral boards are organised on a countyship-by-countyship basis and are financed from a portion of the countyship's tax revenue fixed by the state legislature, but do not form part of the countyship government. | Kastera has a strong tradition of local governance, and with the exception of corruption problems in a few larger cities such as Trasón and Xūrosar, Kasteran local governments on the whole are regarded as effective and efficient. There are two tiers of local government in Kastera: Countyships and localities, with localities including both municipalities and townships. Countyships are responsible for providing a number of local services, such as power, water, and waste management contracts; policing and jails, certain classes of roads, certain public health services, public libraries, most parks, vital statistics, and land registration. Electoral boards are organised on a countyship-by-countyship basis and are financed from a portion of the countyship's tax revenue fixed by the state legislature, but do not form part of the countyship government. | ||
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Notionally, all land and internal water in Kastera is divided into survey townships with fixed boundaries. Any territory not belonging to a municipality is subject to the jurisdiction of a civil township, the boundaries of which are coterminous with its corresponding survey township, excluding any areas covered by municipalities. If the entirety of a survey township is annexed by one or more municipalities, the corresponding civil township goes into abeyance, and its assets and archives are turned over to the countyship government. If a municipality loses territory as a result of {{wp|disincorporation}} or boundary adjustment, the territory reverts to the jurisdiction of the civil township associated with the survey township that encompasses it, sometimes resulting in the restoration of a civil township that had previously been in abeyance. This can result in the formation of small "rump" civil townships with few or no residents, an extreme example of which is Lektrosvin Township in County Ānura, which encompasses a lake but no dry land. Civil townships that are uninhabited, have too few eligible voters, or fail to form a commission and submit an annual report to the countyship for any other reason, as classified as "suspended" (for uninhabited townships) or "inoperative" townships. The responsibilities of suspended and inoperative townships are assumed by the countyship, but the townships themselves continue to exist in dormancy. | Notionally, all land and internal water in Kastera is divided into survey townships with fixed boundaries. Any territory not belonging to a municipality is subject to the jurisdiction of a civil township, the boundaries of which are coterminous with its corresponding survey township, excluding any areas covered by municipalities. If the entirety of a survey township is annexed by one or more municipalities, the corresponding civil township goes into abeyance, and its assets and archives are turned over to the countyship government. If a municipality loses territory as a result of {{wp|disincorporation}} or boundary adjustment, the territory reverts to the jurisdiction of the civil township associated with the survey township that encompasses it, sometimes resulting in the restoration of a civil township that had previously been in abeyance. This can result in the formation of small "rump" civil townships with few or no residents, an extreme example of which is Lektrosvin Township in County Ānura, which encompasses a lake but no dry land. Civil townships that are uninhabited, have too few eligible voters, or fail to form a commission and submit an annual report to the countyship for any other reason, as classified as "suspended" (for uninhabited townships) or "inoperative" townships. The responsibilities of suspended and inoperative townships are assumed by the countyship, but the townships themselves continue to exist in dormancy. | ||
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==Society & Culture== | ==Society & Culture== | ||
Kastera has a large and diverse population reflecting its history as one of Kiravia's main centres of economic growth over the centuries. 84% of the population of Kastera belong to Coscivian ethnic groups, 12% are Celts, and 2% come from other ethnic backgrounds such as | Kastera has a large and diverse population reflecting its history as one of Kiravia's main centres of economic growth over the centuries. 84% of the population of Kastera belong to Coscivian ethnic groups, 12% are Celts, and 2% come from other ethnic backgrounds such as Urom, Érhuan, and Levantine. | ||
The cultural and demographic foundations of Kastera were laid by three different groups of settlers: Arnóriem Coscivians descended from the original Coscivian and mixed Coscivian-Celtic settlers of the North Coast reinforced by soldiers and sailors arriving from Coscivia after the Cromwelute Wars are the oldest and strongest cultural influence in the far northern part of the state, making that area part of the wider [[Great Kirav#Zone_A_-_North Coast|North Coast]] cultural region. Although today ethnic Arnóriem are only ''numerically'' predominant in rural areas along the northern coast, their ethnic culture formed (and continues to form) the basis for the regional culture that Northern Coscivian, | The cultural and demographic foundations of Kastera were laid by three different groups of settlers: Arnóriem Coscivians descended from the original Coscivian and mixed Coscivian-Celtic settlers of the North Coast reinforced by soldiers and sailors arriving from Coscivia after the Cromwelute Wars are the oldest and strongest cultural influence in the far northern part of the state, making that area part of the wider [[Great Kirav#Zone_A_-_North Coast|North Coast]] cultural region. Although today ethnic Arnóriem are only ''numerically'' predominant in rural areas along the northern coast, their ethnic culture formed (and continues to form) the basis for the regional culture that Northern Coscivian, Eshavian Coscivian, Érhuan, Kaltem Coscivian, and other immigrants to the region would assimilate into. Kir Coscivian groups who migrated over the Aterandic Mountains primarily from [[Etivéra]] and [[Váuadra]], as well as [[Kaviska]] and (especially southern) [[Niyaska]] were the first to settle in the central, western, and (most of the) southern parts of Kastera, where they played an equivalent formative role in the area's culture. The third group of settlers was made up of Gaels (some of whom had been present in Kastera before Coscivian colonisation) who moved into the eastern and southeastern portions of the state from neighbouring [[Arkvera]] and were later joined by Highland Coscivians. | ||
The Celtic-Kasterans are mostly Kiravian Gaels, though there are some | The Celtic-Kasterans are mostly Kiravian Gaels, though there are some Pretannic-speaking villages in the southeastern part of the state, and a significant number of Gaelic-speaking families of more recent [[Fiannria|Fiannrian]] and [[Alba|Alban]] ancestry. Ethnic Gaels and Gaelic-speakers can be found in many areas of the state, and all of Kastera's major cities have ''Gaeltacht'' quarters, but the Gaelic-speaking population is mostly concentrated in the southeastern and far-eastern upland regions of the state. Gaelic is the primary language of education, business, government, and daily life in these areas, and its use has been protected by law since before Kastera became a state. | ||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
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Following [[Ilánova]] and [[Fariva]], Kastera became the first state to establish a public education system in [YEAR]. | Following [[Ilánova]] and [[Fariva]], Kastera became the first state to establish a public education system in [YEAR]. | ||
Kastera is home to a large number of institutes of higher learning, in part due to the ethnic and sectarian diversity of its first settlers. Kastera State University is the largest university in the Kiravian Federacy by the number of undergraduate students, and has maintained this title since 21178. Other particularly notable universities in Kastera include the University of | Kastera is home to a large number of institutes of higher learning, in part due to the ethnic and sectarian diversity of its first settlers. [[Kastera State University]] is the largest university in the Kiravian Federacy by the number of undergraduate students, and has maintained this title since 21178. Other particularly notable universities in Kastera include the [[University of Belarus]] (the first Kiravian university west of the Aterandic Mountains), | ||
===Symbols=== | ===Symbols=== | ||
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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File:Tianjin Skyline 2009 Sep 11 by Nangua 1.jpg|thumb|[[Cities of Kiravia#Varuna|Varuna]] Central Business District]] | [[File:Tianjin Skyline 2009 Sep 11 by Nangua 1.jpg|thumb|[[Cities of Kiravia#Varuna|Varuna]] Central Business District]] | ||
Kastera was one of the first parts of Kiravia to industrialise, and along with [[ | Kastera was one of the first parts of Kiravia to industrialise, and along with [[Kaviska]], [[Niyaska]], and [[Etivéra]] came to form the nation's core industrial region. Coal from the Eastern Highlands and ore shipped from the Iron Ranges of nearby [[Intravia]] allowed the growth of steelworks and derivative heavy industries such as shipbuilding and the manufacture of machinery, arms, railway components. By [Year], 16% of all industrial horsepower installed in Kiravia was located in Kastera. | ||
[[File:天津海河津门建筑群.jpg|thumb|Ixnay New Financial Centre, Varuna]] | [[File:天津海河津门建筑群.jpg|thumb|Ixnay New Financial Centre, Varuna]] | ||
-Modern ecnomy with specialised indsutries, flexible manufacturing. The importance of the ''mittelstand'' firms to micropolitan areas in both "old" and "new" industries. | -Modern ecnomy with specialised indsutries, flexible manufacturing. The importance of the ''mittelstand'' firms to micropolitan areas in both "old" and "new" industries. | ||
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[[File:Hughes H-4 Hercules (HK-1) AN0069172.jpg|thumb|Seaplane at the Kenmór Naval Aviation Works, Halbarra]] | [[File:Hughes H-4 Hercules (HK-1) AN0069172.jpg|thumb|Seaplane at the Kenmór Naval Aviation Works, Halbarra]] | ||
Kastera has led the Kiravian ærospace industry from its inception: X and Y, credited throughout the Coscivian World with independently inventing the æroplane in {{H:title|1897 AD|21067}}, tested their designs in coastal County Kestran to take advantage of the reliably strong winds blowing in from the [[Coscivian Sea]], and established the first plane factory at Érvisar. The resulting company, | Kastera has led the Kiravian ærospace industry from its inception: X and Y, credited throughout the Coscivian World with independently inventing the æroplane in {{H:title|1897 AD|21067}}, tested their designs in coastal County Kestran to take advantage of the reliably strong winds blowing in from the [[Coscivian Sea]], and established the first plane factory at Érvisar. The resulting company, Vrixur Airworks SAK, now has its corporate offices in [[Cities of Kiravia#Tæhusar|Tæhusar]], [[Hiterna]], but most of its production facilities and many of its subsidiaries are located in the Érvisar metropolitan area. Vrixur Airworks is a major producer of {{wp|unmanned aerial vehicles}}, sold mainly to the Kiravian Army Aircorps, state defence and police forces, and allied governments. Iain Ruarí Kenmór, the inventor of the {{wp|seaplane}} was born and raised in [[Cities of Kiravia#Palēnkar|Palēnkar]] and launched his seaplane manufacturing venture in the coastal town of Halbarra where it remains to this day. About a dozen other Kasteran-based ærospace enterprises have remained in place after having been acquired by out-of-state firms such as the Kartika Metro-based Wraith Systems and Lanyēɣar Æronautics. Kastera remains the federal subject with the largest and most lucrative annual output of aviation products, and is also home to Four-Star Airways, a regional airline serving Upper Kirav, Northeast Kirav, and Koskenkorva. | ||
[[File:GiesingerBräu2016 07.JPG|thumb|Brewing Kiravian red ale in County Kellam]] | [[File:GiesingerBräu2016 07.JPG|thumb|Brewing Kiravian red ale in County Kellam]] | ||
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==Gallery== | |||
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| [[File:Pieramohi st. in Viciebsk - panoramio.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|Avenue in Kāsikova]] | |||
| [[File:Бизнес центр "Каскад Альфа".jpg|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|New development in Polārisar]] | |||
| [[File:Lida Yuzhnyy Gorodok.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|An old [[Kirosocialism|Kirsok]] {{wp|monotown}}]] | |||
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| [[File:Брестская группа озер.png|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|Small lakes in the northwest]] | |||
| [[File:M1 Belarus.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|Interstate Whatever]] | |||
| [[File:Vorontsy Madel Vid Okrest.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|Bleak rolling hills of south-central Kastera]] | |||
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| [[File:Potato pancakes.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=idk, some shit|Kasteran-style potato pancakes]] | |||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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Principal Cities: | Principal Cities: | ||
Varuna • Kāsikova • Xūrosar • | Varuna • Kāsikova • Xūrosar • Sorbónastron | ||
Belārus • Palēnkar | Belārus • Palēnkar • Aramkuv • | ||
[[Category:KRV]] | [[Category:KRV]] | ||
[[Category:Sub-national Regions in | [[Category:Sub-national Regions in Kiravia]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||