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===Contemporary era===
===Contemporary era===
==Geography==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Table Mountain DanieVDM.jpg|The Table Mountain escarpment and Cape Town, as seen from Tafel Beach.
File:SwartbergP1020155.JPG|The undulating plains of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - beyond the escarpment lays the [[Cathay Ocean]].
File:Wildlife Crossing in Banff National Park.jpg|The Cahok Highlands dominate the country's north.
File:Swartberg, 2001.jpg|The badlands of central [[Cahoka]].
File:Khao Sok primary tropical rainforest, southern Thailand.jpg|Tropical rainforests are prominent in the country's northeast.
</gallery>
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 with {{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 lays within its drainage basin. The {{wp|tropical rainforest}}s of Palastra, fed by the Jet Stream, extends into the Cape's northeast.
===Climate===
The Cape is situated at the south of the subtropical climate zone, although the oceans and the Songun providee 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.
===Biodiversity===
[[File:Antidorcas marsupialis, male (Etosha, 2012).jpg|thumb|250px|none|upright=1.5|A Cape {{wp|springbok}}.]]
springbok


==Politics and government==
==Politics and government==
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However, since the 2000s, the Cape has ranked consistently as one of the least corrupt nations by public perception. The state’s unique structure of authoritarian democracy, a strong rule of law, {{wp|meritocracy|meritocratic reforms}}, and focus on popular support through good governance has led to remarkably little public sector corruption. Popular support for the RNP and Restarkism, therefore, remains high - a phenomenon attributed through {{wp|populism|populist}} policies, {{wp|good governance}}, and intra-party democracy that allows for both popular reform and ideological continuity.
However, since the 2000s, the Cape has ranked consistently as one of the least corrupt nations by public perception. The state’s unique structure of authoritarian democracy, a strong rule of law, {{wp|meritocracy|meritocratic reforms}}, and focus on popular support through good governance has led to remarkably little public sector corruption. Popular support for the RNP and Restarkism, therefore, remains high - a phenomenon attributed through {{wp|populism|populist}} policies, {{wp|good governance}}, and intra-party democracy that allows for both popular reform and ideological continuity.
==Geography==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Table Mountain DanieVDM.jpg|The Table Mountain escarpment and Cape Town, as seen from Tafel Beach.
File:SwartbergP1020155.JPG|The undulating plains of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - beyond the escarpment lays the [[Cathay Ocean]].
File:Wildlife Crossing in Banff National Park.jpg|The Cahok Highlands dominate the country's north.
File:Swartberg, 2001.jpg|The badlands of central [[Cahoka]].
File:Khao Sok primary tropical rainforest, southern Thailand.jpg|Tropical rainforests are prominent in the country's northeast.
</gallery>
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 with {{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 lays within its drainage basin. The {{wp|tropical rainforest}}s of Palastra, fed by the Jet Stream, extends into the Cape's northeast.
===Climate===
The Cape is situated at the south of the subtropical climate zone, although the oceans and the Songun providee 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.
===Biodiversity===


==Economy==
==Economy==
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