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| |micronation = <!--yes if a micronation--> | | |name = Cape Province vs Superior Auditorium of Cape Province |
| |conventional_long_name = Federacy of the Cape
| | |court = [[Supreme Tribunal of the Cape]] |
| |native_name = <small>Restarka do Kabo ([[Cape Coscivian]])</small><br><small>Rektārka Kesta ([[Kiravic Coscivian]])</small><br><small>Federação do Cabo ([[Cartadanian]])</small><br><small>Sheo Cahokja ([[Cahokian]])</small> | | |image = |
| |common_name = the Cape | | |imagesize = |
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| | |full name = In enacting provisions on commerce concerning alcohol, do provinces violate the Constitutional power granted to the Federal government to regulate interprovincial commerce? |
| |image_flag2 = <!--e.g. Second-flag of country.svg--> | | |date decided = January 11, 2003 |
| |alt_flag2 = <!--alt text for second flag--> | | |citations = Ck 1120 (2002), ''Case rejected, cite original jurisdiction as defined by SNA Tribunals act'' |
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| |national_motto = ''"A pátria é meu direito"''<br>{{small|"The homeland is my right."}}
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| |national_anthem = ''do Kabosar''<br>{{small|"Of Cape Town"}}<br>[[File:Media Player.png|link= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29to5lIFUb4]]
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| |map_caption = Location of the Cape (dark green)
| | |opinions = Article 4 of the Fundamental Statutes of the Constitution grants the Supreme National Assembly the sole power to enact, or not to enact, limits on interstate commerce, and having granted that power as regards to alcohol to the [[Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Executive]], the ''Preserving our distilling and brewing heritage Act'' of [[Natal]] province is overturned. |
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| |capital = [[Cape Town]]
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| |official_languages = [[Cape Coscivian]], [[Kiravic Coscivian]], [[Cartadanian]], [[Cahokian]]
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| |government_type = {{wp|Federal state|Federal}} {{wp|dominant-party system|dominant-party}} {{wp|parliamentary system|parliamentary}} {{wp|constitutional republic}} | |
| |leader_title1 = [[Chief of the Republic]]
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| |leader_name1 = Kil Furey
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| |leader_title2 = [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executive]]
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| |leader_name2 = Taresa Lanerā
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| |leader_title3 = Marshal of the Stanera
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| |leader_name3 = Nancy Pellise
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| |leader_title4 = Auditor-General
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| |leader_name4 = Barrach O'Bammagh
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| |legislature = [[Supreme National Assembly]]
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| |upper_house = [[National Auditorium]]
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| |lower_house = [[National Stanera]]
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| |sovereignty_type = Independence from [[Kiravia]] and [[Cartadania]]
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| |established_event1 = Establishment of provisional government
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| |established_date1 = June 22, 1897
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| |established_event1 = Declaration of the Federacy
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| |established_date1 = October 7, 1901
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| |established_event2 = Occupation of the Cape
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| |established_date2 = May 12, 1938
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| |established_event3 = Republican restoration
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| |established_date3 = October 7, 1951
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| |GDP_nominal = $4.51 trillion
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| |HDI_year = 2021
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| |HDI = 0.921
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| |currency = Cape Saer (₴)
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| '''The Cape''', officially '''the Federacy of the Cape''', is the easternmost country in [[Crona]]. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. It covers 1,193,152 km² and is divided into 19 provinces and two federal territories. A majority of its population of 127 million reside in the [[Cape Peninsula]] or the [[Pretoria Basin]], where the largest cities and economic centres of [[Cape Town]], [[Valena]], [[Pretoria]], and [[Novasar]] are located. The Cape is a multiethnic and multicultural society, reflected in the nation's three primary ethnic, cultural, and linguistic groups - [[Kiravian]], [[Cartadanian]], and [[Cronan]]. A majority of the population speaks [[Cape Coscivian]], with the country's national identity rooted in {{wp|popular sovereignty}} and {{wp|federalism}}. | | '''Cape Province vs Superior Auditorium of Cape Province''' Ts. 981 (2003) was a landmark decision of the [[Supreme Tribunal of the Federacy|Supreme Tribunal]] of [[the Cape]], in which the court ruled that the [[Supreme National Assembly]], and by extension the Capetian federal government, had the sole power and purview over interprovincial commerce, including provincially enacted provisions that apply solely domestically. The decision struck down many provincial laws governing interprovincial commerce and led to the further centralization of political power from the Cape's provinces to the federal government in [[Cape Town]]. The decision sparked debate as to the specific rights of provinces, the separation of powers, and the role of the Supreme Tribunal in governing the organs of state; as this was the first case in Capetian history involving a dispute over the jurisdiction of major governmental organs. |
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| For thousands of years, the Cape was home to various indigenous peoples. In the 1600s, however, Cartadanian and Kiravian explorers began to settle the country's eastern coast. Their colonies and dominions would expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as informal alliances cropped up between the colonists and indigenous Cahok states. These loose confederations would be united under [[Melvyn Kalma]] and the nascent [[Republican Nationalist Party]], which led a [[Capetian War of Independence|War of Independence]] which established a federal republic in 1901. The tumultuous young republic, weakened by political violence and rampant power struggles following Kalma's death in 1922, was invaded and occupied by [[Paulastra]] and [[Arcerion]] during the [[Second Great War]]. A [[The Reclamation|Reclamation war]] soon took place, re-establishing the republic in 1951. Its one-party military dictatorship would slowly give way to a reestablishment of its federal system and its {{wp|representative democracy}} throughout the late 20th century - with the country entering into a rapid period of economic growth and industrialization that continues today.
| | The case was sparked by the ''Preserving our distilling and brewing heritage Act'' enacted by the province of [[Natal]] in November of 2000 - the law stipulated an additional 14% sales tax on alcohol sold within the province that was not brewed or distilled within it, or does not contain at least 51% Natal-origin raw ingredients. Such additional sales taxes, although rare, existed throughout the country - although never applied in such a blanket, unilateral manner to such a major industry. [[Cape Province]], a major alcohol producer, had little recourse. The predominant opinion of the day was that such sales taxes came purely under the purview of the respective legislating provinces, and that these legislative rights came under the protections granted to them by the constitution under the Capetian view of {{wp|symmetric federalism}}. In response, Cape Province enacted the equivalent tax towards Natal's wine exports. |
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| The Cape today is a {{wp|federal state|federal}} {{wp|parliamentary system|parliamentary}} {{wp|constitutional republic}}. Although its federal government remains under the {{wp|one-party state|single-party}} rule of the constitutionally-dominant [[Republican Nationalist Party]], the country's 19 provinces possess wide-reaching autonomy and are governed as {{wp|semi-direct democracy|semi-direct democracies}} with high degrees of independence from the federal government. | | The case was brought forth by the [[Superior Auditorium of Cape Province]]; unlike its homonymous federal counterpart, it serves as the province's independent {{wp|ombudsman|auditory body}} and {{wp|prosecutor}}. The Superior Auditorium, after collusion with the provincial legislature and executive, contended that such taxes were unconstitutional as they applied to imported products and therefore came under the sole purview of the federal government and its [[Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Executive]]. In effect, the province would sue itself. Considered frivolous, the original case was thrown out of the [[Cape Province Superior Court]] and was recommended to the legislature for interpretation under its sovereignty rights. However, with Cape Province's legislature colluding and choosing not to enact its {{wp|parliamentary sovereignty}} rights, the case was brought before the Supreme Tribunal under its power of {{wp|original jurisdiction}}. |
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| It is a regional power with a growing economy and a highly {{wp|developed market}}. Traditionally fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources, manufacturing, and international shipping, the economy has grown significantly in its service sector during the past three decades - with no small part due to foreign investment. Cape Town ranks as one of the most economically active and important urban areas in Crona, home to the continent's largest stock and commodity exchanges by {{wp|market capitalization}}. The nation has high levels of economic freedom yet maintains numerous state-provided social services, ranking highly on continental indicators of education, health care, and human development.
| | In January 2003, the Supreme Tribunal issued a 4-3 decision in favour of the Superior Auditorium holding that provinces enacting domestic legislation that applies to the economic activity of other provinces would be considered interprovincial commerce and would therefore fall under the sole jurisdiction of the Supreme National Assembly and the federal government that derives from it. |
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| The Cape is named after the [[Cape Peninsula]] and its landmark [[Cape of the Segunda Cabeça]]. As a great cape, seen as the final waypoint between the Odeneru and the Cathay, sailors and settlers began to refer to it as simply "the Cape.” The name stuck, and the Kiravian colony that would eventually exist took on the name [[Cape Colony|Axerka Kesta]] (literally "cape colony"). The Cape is one of a handful of countries in which the {{wp|definite article}} is used in its English-language name.
| | ===History of provincial rights in the Cape=== |
| ==History==
| | Symmetric federalism is a major part of Capetian constitutionalism. Framed by [[Melvyn Kalma]] in the first meeting of the Supreme National Assembly during the [[Capetian War of Independence]], it maintained the tenuous alliance between the settlers and Indigenous factions that comprised the independence-seeking [[National Revolutionary Army]]; promising them each strong provinces with equal rights in the post-war Cape. These rights, while written into the Fundamental Statutes of the 1901 Constitution, and each subsequent constitution, existed primarily on paper. Kalma and his [[Republican Nationalist Party]] had cemented a {{wp|one-party system|one-party state}}. With each province controlled by Republicans and Kalma loyalists, interprovincial disputes were resolved in the organs of the RNP rather than through the organs of state. This arrangement would remain until the [[1992 Republic Day revolution]] and the subsequent partial democratization of the country. The RNP, while retaining power under the provision of [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'' politics]], would become a largely federal organization to encourage democratic development, with the intention of beginning these reforms in the sphere of provincial politics. In effect, each provincial chapter of the RNP was split into its own ''de-facto ''independent party, and while each provincial RNP chapter continues to maintain power in each province, the informal party-based mechanism for adjudicating disputes was removed overnight. |
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| [[File:Cahokia Rattlesnake Causeway and Mound HRoe 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|A depiction of Cahokia, capital of the [[Cahok Confederation]], ~1350.]] | |
| It has been accepted that the first humans to settle the lands of the Cape arrived at least 12,000 years ago. Indigenous peoples in the Cape today can trace their ancestry to those groups, the two most significant being the [[Cahokia]]n and [[Anahuak]] peoples.
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| Throughout history, those Indigenous societies became increasingly complex. Although it is difficult to estimate the Indigenous population of the Cape at the time of Occidental colonization, the generally accepted number is between 700,000 and 4 million; with the modern Federacy's [[Executive of Culture (the Cape)|Executive of Culture]] recognizing a figure of 2.4 million.
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| By the 1200s, these societies would coagulate into the [[Cahok Confederation]], a loose federation of three Cahok nations and two Anahuak nations, people of the {{wp|longhouse}}. The Confederation would expand to include most of the interior of the modern-day Cape, fighting two documented wars against Polynesian empires and the Indigenous states of modern-day [[Paulastra]].
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| Initial contact between Occidental settlers and the nations of the Confederation were relatively peaceful. Those of Indigenous mixed descent played a vital role in establishing Kiravian colonies and trade connections. Indigenous relations with [[Kiravian Capetians]] remained strong until independence. However, conflict quickly arose with the Cartadanian settlers, who, starting in the 18th century, began to conquer parts of the Confederation and attempted to assimilate them into their culture. Such actions reached a peak before the War of Independence, with forced integrations and deportations.
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| ===Occidental colonization===
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| [[File:Viking at MN Capitol.jpg|thumb|220px|The restored Marble Emperor statue in Cape Town.]]
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| The first documented arrival of Occidentals in the Cape was on Christmas of 1612, by Cartadanian {{wp|conquistadors}}. In 1616, Kiravian explorers arrived, erecting a crude effigy of the [[Marble Emperor]] on the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula and declaring the establishment of [[Cape Town]]. Settlers to the “city” would only truly arrive a decade later. Cartadanian settlers established the permanent settlement of [[Sao Suro]] in 1621. These two cities would serve as the heart of the Cape’s fur and gold trades and soon became the respective capitals of Kiravia’s [[Cape Colony]] and Cartadania’s [[Natalia|Natalia Colony]]. Skirmishes would break out between the two colonies in the 1670s, culminating in the [[Little Beaver War]], fought over the control of the fur trade and access to the Confederate nations.
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| [[File:William John Huggins - The East Indiamen ‚Lowther Castle‘, off Table Bay, Cape Town.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The East Oriental, off the coast of Cape Town, 1771.]]
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| Fleeing turmoil in the nascent [[Cartadanian Republic]], much of Cartadania’s wealthy left for Natalia. A coup, led by the newly-arrived upper class, took place in 1697 during the republic’s tumultuous [[Ano Roxo|Red Year]]. This coup deposed the former colonial administration for an oligarchic corporate administration. The 17th century would see a ''de-facto'' independent Natalia declare [[Cahok War|total war]] on the Cahok Confederation. Within a year, the Confederation was overrun and split into a variety of nations, with a large proportion of its eastern territories conquered. Such acts came to the chagrin of the new [[Cartadania|Federative Republic of Cartadania]], although any solid police action was found unfeasible by the new [[National Congress (Cartadania)|Cartadanian Congress]].
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| New arrivals from Kiravia, largely lower-class, peasant farmers and middle-class merchants, settled Cape Colony starting in the 1700s. These peasants soon found themselves with little arable land left, providing much of the impetus for the [[Cronan Beaver War|Great Beaver War]] fought between [[Urcea]] and Kiravia. Throughout this time, Cape Town became a vital military port, an important trading port for the [[Alshar]] spice trade, and the gateway to Crona's abundant gold, resource, and fur trade. Some of the earliest mixed-race communities developed during that time in Cape Town. Relations between Cape Colony and the remnant nations of the Confederation were relatively cordial compared to their relations with the Natalia colony. However, they were likewise annexed to halt the growth of the Natalian sphere of influence through the [[Treaties of 1792]], which granted Kiravia control over their foreign policies.
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| Despite continuous immigration, by the 1880s, only a tiny minority of Cape Colony’s population had been born overseas. Such distance from [[Great Kirav]] allowed the development of a unique, Capetian culture and self-governance measures. At the same time, the situation in Natalia became untenable - by the 1890s, the colony’s working-class and Indigenous populations were soon on the brink of open revolution.
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| ===Independence and confederation===
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| The [[Praça da Colônia massacre]] (1896) in Natalia, where thousands of Indigenous and working-class protestors were shot dead by government forces, prompted the establishment of the [[National Revolutionary Army]] (NRA) - whose chapters quickly popped up across both colonies. Under [[Melvyn Kalma]], a prominent advocate for independence and decorated former general in the [[Kiravian Foreign Legion]], a [[Capetian War of Independence|War of Independence]] was waged starting March of 1897 to overthrow both colonial governments and to unite the peninsula under a new state.
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| By June of 1897, following significant uprisings in Cape Town, Kiravia exited the Cape. The NRA’s provisional government was recognized provided the new state remained a Kiravian ally and allowed the continuation of Kiravian trade. The transition of statehood from Cape Colony to the NRA's Cape Town government (subsequently known as the Government of the Supreme National Assembly) was formalized on June 22, 1897. By 1898, Natalia’s Indigenous population was in open revolt, with most local chiefs and leaders pledging allegiance to the NRA. “Liberating the peoples of Natalia” became official policy at the first convocation of the [[Supreme National Assembly]]. The invasion of Natalia, the [[Great Offensive]], would conclude in February of 1901. On October 7, the newly formed Federacy of the Cape was declared the successor state to both Cape Colony and Natalia, with Melvyn Kalma serving as the first [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executive]].
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| [[File:General PE Calles 8 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Melvyn Kalma]], the first Prime Executive of the Cape.]]
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| Kalma subsequently introduced many [[Restarkism|reforms]] to {{wp|Westernization|Occidentalize}} the Cape, such as {{wp|secularism|secularizing}} the state, instituting a Western code of fundamental rights, and instituting industrializing reforms with the goal of transforming the Cape into a modern {{wp|nation state}}, governed as a {{wp|constitutional republic}} with a secular {{wp|constitution}}. To this end, the political activities of the NRA were separated into the civilian [[Republican Nationalist Party]] - which was to govern the country under a {{wp|one-party state|single-party period}} of tutelage until such reforms were complete. Such reforms proved unpopular with certain Catholic Lusophone groups in the former Natalia and with many Indigenous groups who aimed for the restoration of the Confederation. Anti-secularist, anti-Occidentalization, and anti-tutelage (the [[Kadets Rebellion]]) revolts broke out in 1907, 1908, and 1911, respectively, which were suppressed with military force.
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| After Kalma’s death in 1922, the reformist-dominated RNP considered the Cape sufficiently developed to exit the period of political tutelage, beginning the first [[multi-party period of the Federacy of the Cape]]. Four major parties contested the 1924 elections: the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]], the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)]], the {{wp|fascist|Levantine fascist}} [[Lusophone Worker’s Front]], and the Republican Nationalist Party. The RNP was controversially returned as the majority with a margin of barely one percent - with the months following being permeated with brutal street fighting between Republican, Kadet, Front, and Communist militias.
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| ===Contemporary era===
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| Following [[the Reclamation]], the Cape emerged from the [[Second Great War]] an authoritarian state. While the [[National Reclamation Government]] and military rule was formally disestablished in 1951, the [[party-state provisions to the Fundamental Statutes|one party-state and its provisions to the Fundamental Statutes]] remained. The new government used these statutes to suppress the opposition of all stripes, democrat and communist alike. While these laws were quickly rolled back after the death of Chairman [[Jauman Zhakov]] in 1957, more than 60,000 people had already been imprisoned or executed.
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| While significant political reforms were made in the 1960s, including the reformation of the party-state system into one more akin to a “mass movement” accountable to the people, the Cape would retain a single-party government. Under this system, the country was industrialized and reconstructed. This “period of good feelings,” as it is known in the Cape, led to rapid economic growth and modernization. For three years between 1969 and 1972, the nation was the fastest growing economy in the world, backed up by emerging state-owned {{wp|megacorporation}}s and demand for Capetian manufactured products.
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| With economic growth proceeding, the government used its newfound legitimacy to enact a variety of [[Restarkism|Restarkist]] social reforms - dismantling the Kiravian and Cartadanian rite [[Catholic Church]], enacting policies to level the economic imbalance between the genders and the races, and becoming, against popular will, the first nation in the world to recognize {{wp|LGBT rights}}.
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| As economic growth slowed in the 1980s, the RNP’s grip on power became more and more unstable. Calls for the dissolving of the party-state came from an empowered democratic opposition, and Cape Town was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks committed by a rump Communist insurgency. To combat this, the party appointed the authoritarian [[Viktor Alkrix]] to the Prime Executure in 1989. His heavyhanded May Constitution, which enshrined the party-state provisions as permanent, and the live-broadcasting of the sinking of the reformist mutineers of the [[CN Akevarin]] would lead to a series of major protests on Republic Day of 1992. The [[1992 Republic Day revolution|Republic Day revolution]], as it would be called, was initially crushed by the Cape Armed Forces - although mutineers on the ground soon carried out a coup against Alkrix in favour of the reformist wing of the RNP, restoring the old constitution and beginning democratic reforms.
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| [[File:Holy shit capetian yeltsin?!.png|thumb|left|220px|The first [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'']]-era Prime Executive, Baris Yaltxin, waves the national flag on the eve of the country's first democratic transition of power.]]
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| Free elections were held in 1994 - although the RNP retained political leadership with a guaranteed third of the [[National Stanera]] under the idea of [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'' politics]], elections to those RNP deputy positions were likewise open to the public. The second Prime Executive of the post-democratization period, Republic Day revolutionary [[Isnet o’Niall]], continued the reforms, restoring the rights of the Church and beginning a period of reconciliation for wartime acts. While the Cape remains under de-jure RNP leadership, o’Niall’s reforms dismantled the RNP’s “guaranteed third” in 2001 and devolved significant power to provincial governments and party caucuses.
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| Throughout the 1990s, the state-led corporate economy was likewise dismantled, with almost every megacorporation privatized, broken up, or shifted into worker ownership. These dismantlements, combined with the lifting of restrictions on foreign investment, propelled the second period of economic growth that continued into the 2010s.
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| The destruction of the Istana and the killing of Prime Executive Simon Seamus and his cabinet in 2021 would lead to the seizure of power by [[Chief of the Republic]] Joao Trinnan. He was quickly deposed by the military in the [[2021 Cape coup d'état]]. The military government would lead the Cape into the [[Final War of the Deluge]], with Capetian forces playing a crucial role in the [[Liberation of Cetsenscalia]]. Free elections were held in 2024, and then in 2025, in which Taresa Lanerā of the burgeoning “nationalist” faction of the RNP was elected as the first woman Prime Executive of the Cape.
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| ==Geography==
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| File:Table Mountain DanieVDM.jpg|The Table Mountain escarpment and Cape Town, as seen from Tafel Beach.
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| File:Little Saddle.jpg|The escarpments of [[Cape Peninsula]].
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| File:La plaine de Flandre occidentale, depuis Cassel - panoramio.jpg|The plains of central [[Cape Province]].
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| File:Wildlife Crossing in Banff National Park.jpg|The Cahok Highlands dominate the country's north.
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| File:Khao Sok primary tropical rainforest, southern Thailand.jpg|Tropical rainforests are prominent in the country's northeast.
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| Situated at the eastern end of [[Crona]], the Cape is located on the plains of southern Crona and the Peninsular Cronan Highlands extending from [[Mount Paektu]]. The country totals 2,335,077 kilometres squared, making it the 12th largest country in the world. The south is dominated by open, temperate lands, manifest in the [[Cape Peninsula]], [[Cebek]], and the Janusar area as arable plains and elsewhere as {{wp|savannah}}. These plains are permeated with rolling hills, and in the Cape Peninsula, surrounded by {{wp|escarpments}}. The central north is primarily composed of highlands and mountains. The nation's highest point, the {{wp|dormant volcano}} of Mount Paektu, is contained within. Dividing the north and south is the [[Pretoria River]] and its watershed, which flows westward from the mountains of the north and the hills of the south into the [[Songun Sea]]. Almost the entirety of the non-peninsular south lies within its drainage basin. The {{wp|tropical rainforest}}s of Palastra, fed by the Jet Stream, extends into the Cape's northeast.
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| ===Climate===
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| The Cape is situated south of the subtropical climate zone, although the oceans and the Songun provide a more continental and temperate climate to coastal areas. Owing to its subtropical positioning, its climate remains relatively stable throughout the year. It has two seasons - roughly corresponding to a moderate summer and a moderate winter. Average temperatures in the north ranges from 31.1°C in July to 2°C in February, while temperatures along the southern coast of the nation range from 28.3°C in July to 14.1°C in February.
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| ==Politics and government==
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| The Federacy of the Cape is a {{wp|federal state|federal}} {{wp|parliamentary system|parliamentary}} {{wp|republic}} constitutionally led by the [[Republican Nationalist Party]]. As based on the [[Fundamental Statutes of 1901]] passed by the first convocation of the [[Supreme National Assemnbly]], the Federacy operates on system of strict separation of powers between the federal government and the provinces. The former is given unquestioned authority over matters of {{wp|foreign policy}}, defense, immigration, and trade, while the latter are given absolute jurisdiction over all other matters.
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| ===Federal government===
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| Under the system of [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'' politics]] (literally “politics in accordance with the popular will”), the Republican Nationalist Party is the constitutionally-defined dominant party of the federal state, holding a plurality of seats in the {{wp|bicameral system|bicameral}} [[Supreme National Assembly]]. The SNA, comprised of the 503-member [[National Stanera]] and the 28-member [[National Auditorium]] (which also serves as the national {{wp|ombudsman}} and {{wp|auditor}}) serves as the country’s {{wp|legislature}}, with executive power held by the [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executive]] and the [[Cabinet of the Cape|Cabinet]], and judicial power wielded by the [[Supreme Tribunal of the Federacy]] and the [[Constitutional Court of the Federacy]].
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| Deputies to the SNA are elected every four years on the principle of {{wp|universal suffrage|universal adult suffrage}}. These deputies, in turn, appoint the [[Chief of the Republic]], who serves as the ceremonial {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|commander-in-chief}} of the armed forces. The member of the National Stanera who can obtain the confidence of a majority of the lower house is appointed by the Chief of the Republic to act as the [[Prime Executive of the Cape|Prime Executive]], who serves as the {{wp|head of government}}.
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| The dominant political current and constitutional {{wp|guiding ideology}} in federal politics is [[Restarkism]] - support for Melvyn Kalma’s reforms. It is manifest today as support for a {{wp|nationalist}} {{wp|democracy}} with a {{wp|secular}}, [[Occidental]] constitution. Under its principles, the ideas of well-defined federalism domestically and strong statism internationally are superimposed onto each other, leading to the existence of both a strong, dominant-party state presiding over a collection of autonomous provinces.
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| ===Law===
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| The supreme law of the Cape is the 1951 Constitution, which establishes a {{wp|federal republic}}. Its inviolable Fundamental Statutes guarantee rights and freedoms for individuals - namely the freedoms of thought, speech, assembly, and association - and for the provinces, which any government cannot override or amend. However, a notwithstanding clause (derogatory clause) allows the Supreme National Assembly to unilaterally suspend certain sections of the constitution for up to 6 months.
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| The nation's judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Tribunal and the Constitutional Court, plays a vital role in federal governance. The Constitutional Court, with judges appointed by the provinces, maintains the absolute power to overturn executive and legislative decisions that violate provincial rights. At the same time, the Supreme Tribunal plays a prominent role in interpreting legislation and ensuring the {{wp|constitutionality}} of politics. The National Auditorium nominates candidates to the latter, with their nominations subject to approval by the Chief of the Republic.
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| A form of {{wp|common law}} based on the Levantine code prevails in all parts of the Cape, with criminal law a responsibility of the federal government and is uniform nationwide. Law enforcement, however, remains the primary responsibility of provincial governments and is primarily conducted by municipal and provincial police forces.
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| ===Provincial government===
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| {{Main|Provinces of the Cape}}
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| [[File:Cape provinces wiki.png|thumb|400px|right|upright=1.5|[[Provinces of the Cape]]]]
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| With the unrestricted autonomy to rule themselves, the Cape's 19 provinces are governed largely as {{wp|semi-direct democracies}} that can trace their lineage to pre-Independence institutions. These institutions range from the Occidental three-power {{wp|parliamentary system}} of [[Natal]] to the Indigenous, assembly-based democratic system of [[Cahok]]. In any case, {{wp|referendum}}s and citizen initiatives play a key role in provincial governance. In contrast to the federal government, opposition parties play a major role, with groups such as the [[Constitutional Democratic Party]], [[Republican Commonwealth Federation]], and the [[Worker's Party of the Cape]] governing 7 out of the 19 provinces.
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| A hallmark of Capetian federalism is its definition of powers. Stemming from the nation's founding as an alliance of peoples, colonies, and states, each province that has since descended is given an inviolable and permanent constitutional status with a high degree of independence.
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| |align="left"| [[Cape Province]] ||align="left"|[[Cape Town]] ||align="left"|Cape Town || 51,212,872
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| |align="left"|[[Pretoria]] ||align="left"|[[Pretoria]] ||align="left"|Pretoria || 34,834,714
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| |align="left"|[[Valega]] ||align="left"|[[Jauhanesar]] ||align="left"|Jauhanesar || 12,399,724
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| |align="left"|[[Natal]] ||align="left"|[[Sao Suro]] ||align="left"|[[Sao Suro]] || 11,065,240
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| |align="left"|[[Cahoka]] ||align="left"|[[Cahokia]] ||align="left"|[[Cheyenne]] || 9,799,090
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| |align="left"|[[Kaskada]] ||align="left"|[[Thoasar]] ||align="left"|[[Ilosar]] || 6,335,964
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| |align="left"|[[Cebek]] ||align="left"|[[Bréasar]] ||align="left"|[[Kemalpasa]] || 2,265,162
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| ===Foreign relations===
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| [[File:NewYorkStateCulturalEducationCenter.JPG|thumb|250px|The Palace of the Federacy, the seat of the [[Department of Foreign Affairs (the Cape)|Department of Foreign Affairs]].]]
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| Since the introduction of ''Planoarita'' politics, the Cape's international relations have been based on the 16th Amendment of the Federal Constitution: establishing {{wp|self-determination}}, diplomacy, and cooperation as the fundamental principles on how the Capetian state should interact with other countries and organizations. According to the Constitution, the [[Chief of the Republic]] acts as the nation’s chief diplomat with broad powers to determine foreign policy objectives, although the task commonly falls to the Prime Executive.
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| The Cape’s formerly belligerent and ideological foreign policy has softened since the 2000s, although elements of it remain; the country shares tense or lacks formal diplomatic relations with a handful of ideologically opposed [[League of Nations]] member states. Contemporary Capetian foreign policy is based heavily on the principle of {{wp|multilateralism}} - it is a founding member of the [[Southern Crona Conference]] and the informal [[League of the Free Republics]]. The nation seeks partnerships with fellow [[Crona]]n, [[Coscivian]], and {{wp|Gaelic}} countries; it participated alongside them in the [[Final War of the Deluge]].
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| ===Military===
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| The Cape Armed Forces are the national {{wp|military}} of the Federacy of the Cape. Born out of the [[National Revolutionary Army]], the Cape Armed Forces have evolved to become one of the most well-funded militaries in the Eastern Hemisphere. It consists of the [[Cape Ground Forces]], the [[Cape Aerospace Forces]], the [[Cape Republican Navy]], and the [[Cape Strategic Forces]].
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| As of 2025, the military is comprised of almost a million active-duty personnel. Most citizens, regardless of gender, are {{wp|conscription|drafted}} into the armed forces between the ages of 18-27 for a period of up to 12 months. The country can call upon a force of almost two million reservists in times of war. The armed forces have historically served an outsized role in Capetian politics and are perceived as the guarantors of the nation’s independence. The country, therefore, devotes a relatively high 4.7% of the national GDP on defense; with the funds spent on the maintenance of a large tank force, a {{wp|blue-water navy}}, and a suspected stockpile of [[Nuclear weapons and the Cape|nuclear weapons]] to be delivered through a growing fleet of {{wp|nuclear submarine}}s. As of 2024, [[Group of Capetian Forces in Kelekona|Capetian forces]] remain deployed in [[Kelekona]].
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| The human rights record of the Cape has been subject to international condemnation and scrutiny. Particularly, the Cape’s combination of a {{wp|dominant-party system}}, a restricted opposition, and the frequent subversion of the {{wp|civilian control of the military}} has led to the country’s description as an {{wp|authoritarian democracy}} - if not an outright “authoritarian regime.” In 2020, the nation was ranked 16th out of 50 with a score of 6.73 on the [[Liberty Index]], placing it as a {{wp|hybrid regime}}. Although Capetians retain strong {{wp|personal freedoms}}, {{wp|civil liberties}}, and a government relatively free of corruption, the state has been criticized for restricting opposition groups, the {{wp|freedom of speech}}, and {{wp|freedom of the press}}. A number of foreign governments, NGOs, and press organizations have alleged many assaults on press freedom - with organizations identifying over 51 jailed journalists (even including members of the editorial staff of ''[[Restarka (newspaper)|Restarka]]'', the governing party's newspaper) over the last 10 years.
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| In 2014 and 2017, the Supreme Tribunal struck down and dissolved political parties that violated ''Planoarita'' measures, with the Constitutional Court doing the same in 2016 and 2022 against groups that violated the Constitution’s Restarkist provisions of state {{wp|secularism}}. In 2021, the Cape Armed Forces carried out a {{wp|coup d'état}} against an unpopular presidential coup against the established political system. Throughout, the [[Commission for the Preservation of the Republic|security services]]-dominated {{wp|deep state}}, colloquially referred to as the [[Republican Guard]], has continually remained active in defense of the status quo.
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| ==Economy==
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| The Cape has a {{wp|social market economy}} with a skilled labour force and a low level of corruption. It is among the most developed economies in [[Crona]], having experienced rapid GDP growth in the mid-1990s as a function of foreign investment following political reform. The nation’s GDP growth has now slowed to approximately 5% annually, with the country’s {{wp|tertiary sector}} now fuelling growth in comparison to its {{wp|primary sector|primary}} and {{wp|secondary sector}}s. The country’s {{wp|mixed economy}} has ranked highly in economic freedom since democratization and features an “above average” {{wp|household disposable income}} in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Cape is a party to a variety of free-trade and customs agreements, most prominently with [[Faneria]] and [[Kiravia]]. The [[Cape Town Stock Exchange]] is the largest in Crona by {{wp|market capitalization}}.
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| The {{wp|state-owned enterprise}}s that once dominated the Capetian economy were transferred into worker-ownership throughout the 2000s, with the economy today primarily composed of these large {{wp|cooperative}}s and a burgeoning private sector. Of these cooperatives, [[Cape Automotive Corporation]] and [[National Oil]] rank as the largest and most internationally prominent - leading the Cape’s sizeable automotive and natural resource exploitation industries. Other former state-owned cooperatives continue to dominate the country’s {{wp|primary sector|primary}} and {{wp|secondary sector|secondary sectors}}, while newly-established cooperatives and private businesses largely comprise the {{wp|tertiary sector}}.
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| With a long tradition as a coastal nation between [[Alshar]] and the Occident, and in control of the Songun Straits, the Cape is a hub for shipping in both the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. The [[Port of Cape Town]] is located along the intersection of two of the most busiest shipping routes in the world.
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| A vital {{wp|transshipment}} point for goods heading to the Occident, Crona, or Alshar, the Cape is the 5th largest trading entity measured by imports and exports. Other industries such as {{wp|banking}}, {{wp|financial services}}, and {{wp|tourism}} contribute heavily to national GDP.
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| Government spending constitutes a large part of the Capetian economy as well. The federal and provincial governments subsidize or fund programs of {{wp|universal healthcare}}, universal pharmaceutical care, {{wp|social welfare}}, universal {{wp|education}}, and subsidized post-secondary education. Contributions towards these programs and services largely originates from a {{wp|land value tax}}.
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| The Cape spent approximately $41.2 billion in domestic {{wp|research and development}} in 2020, of which $12.5 billion was provided by either the federal or provincial governments to create a “Restarkist science and technology economy”. The country has been ranked within the top 10 globally for global innovation. The [[Federal Space Executive]] maintains one of the largest space agencies in Crona.
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| [[File:Ciudad del Cabo desde Cabeza de León, Sudáfrica, 2018-07-22, DD 20-23 PAN.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2.9|Southern [[Cape Town]] and the [[Port of Cape Town]] as seen from Table Mountain.]]
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| ===Income, wealth, and poverty===
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| [[File:Maasvlakte, containeropslag foto1 2014-03-09 11.12.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The [[Port of Cape Town]], a majority worker-owned enterprise and the 3rd busiest container port in the world.]]
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| The Cape has an "above average" GDP per capita in [[Crona]], and ranks as one of the richest nations on the continent. A majority of this growth took place between the 1990s and the 2000s, with the welcoming of foreign direct investment and market reforms. The dissolution of the {{wp|megacorporations}} into worker-owned cooperatives distributed much wealth from state elites to the general public, forming the basis of a sizeable {{wp|middle class}} with above-average economic power. The Cape has an unemployment rate of 4.2%, with 72% of the adult population employed. Of these, approximately ~45% are employed within a cooperative. These efforts are supported by welfare measures designed to "raise the floor", funded by a steep {{wp|land value tax}}.
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| Although the reversal of the {{wp|proletarianization}} conducted by the party-state has proven largely successful, the Cape remains a country marred by the inequalities of the past. Wage differences between the highest-paid management roles and the lowest-paid workers continues to grow as the private sector expands, with {{wp|wealth}} outside of the middle class highly concentrated in a handful of private elites.
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| Recent reforms have attempted to distribute this new wealth more equally, for example, for the first time in Capetian history, the introduction of a Occidental-style {{wp|income tax}}. In recent years, the state has attempted to emphasize the role of worker-owned cooperatives, and the party has finally reformed the country's largest labour union, the [[Association of Republican Labour]], into a viable {{wp|collective bargaining}} organization.
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| ===Infrastructure===
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| Personal transportation is dominated by the automobile, which operates on 1.9 million kms of public roadway. Of these kilometres, 4,126 of them are {{wp|controlled-access highways|controlled-access}}. These highways criss-cross the country in the form of the [[Cape National Highway]] system, supplanted by a variety of provincially operated “trails” and municipally maintained expressways. The Capetian highway system connects to [[Etzil]] through the second-longest {{wp|bridge-tunnel}} in the world, the [[Atl I-Kalma Fixed Link]].
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| The bridge carries two tracks serviced by [[Cape National Railways]] in a {{wp|higher-speed rail}} service that connects every major city in the country. A {{wp|high-speed rail|high-speed}} line between Cape Town and [[Pretoria]] is currently under construction. Suburban {{wp|commuter rail}} and {{wp|s-train}} services are prominent across the Cape, although urban {{wp|rapid transit}} systems such as Cape Town’s [[KabosaRT]] remain rare.
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| In 2020 there were 87 airports in the Cape, 11 of them being international.
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| ==Demographics==
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| ==Culture==
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| ==See also==
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| [[Category:IXWB]]
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| [[Category: the Cape]]
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