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===Infrastructure===

[[File:Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The western span of the [[Atl I-Kalma Fixed Link]].]]

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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==Demographics==

As of 2021, the Cape is a nation of 127 million people. Its population density stands at 159 per kilometre squared, with an overall life expectancy of 71.4 years. The Cape’s population growth has slowed but remains over 4%, placing the nation in stage 3 of {{wp|demographic transition}} and in the midpoint of the {{wp|demographic dividend}}. With birth rates beginning to fall, the government has turned to enacting a variety of {{wp|pro-natalist}} policies. However, immigration is becoming one of the main drivers of population growth today. A majority of the nation's urban centres are aligned along the [[Cape Peninsula]] and the [[Pretoria Basin]], where the largest cities and economic centres of [[Cape Town]], [[Valena]], [[Pretoria]], and [[Novasar]] are located. A rapidly growing urbanization rate has inflated the urban population greatly; with the country now home to two megacities - Cape Town and Pretoria respectively.

===Ethnic groups===

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|title=Ethnic Groups in the Cape (2021)

|titlebar=#ddd

|left1=Ethnic groups (self reported)

|right1=percent

|float=right

|bars=

}}

Formed from centuries of conquest, assimilation, and intermixing, the country today is {{wp|multiethnic}} and {{wp|multicultural}}. A majority of the population identifies with four major ethnic groups, [[Kiravian]], [[Cartadanian]], [[Cahokian]], or the largest, [[Capetian]] or “Costizo”, which denotes mixed ethnicity between the three former groups.

A growing percentage of Capetians are other immigrants. Arriving in waves, these have included {{wp|Protestantism|Protestant}} [[Aengles]] and [[Latinics]] from [[Levantia]], Corummese and other [[Alshar]]i, and most recently Cronans from [[Varshan]], [[Kelekona]], and other Cronan-majority South Cronan states - which form a majority of the country’s estimated 1.1 million {{wp|illegal immigrants}}.

===Language===

According to the Fundamental Statutes of the Constitution, the Cape’s sole {{wp|official language}} and state language is [[Cape Coscivian]], a creole language that is spoken natively by a vast supermajority of the country’s population. Three languages are given “national status” namely [[Kiravic Coscivian]], [[Cartadanian]], and [[Cahokian]], the latter two of which are official languages in the provinces of [[Natal]] and [[Cahoka]], respectively.

While state services can be received and legal arbitration conducted with any of the three national languages, Cape Coscivian serves as the primary {{wp|lingua franca}} of the population and is the language of government, mainstream society, education, and commerce. A majority of Capetians living outside of the urbanized Cape Peninsula or Pretoria Basin, therefore, speak two or more languages - a native national-status language at home and within their community, and Cape Coscivian without.

===Religion===

[[File:Brasilia Cathedral 2007.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The Cathedral of Kalmasar, the first church to be built in the administrative centre.]]

The Federacy of the Cape is a {{wp|secular state}} with a constitutionally defined separation of church and state in all matters, including education. Religious congregations in the Cape have been considered private organizations by the federal government since 1951, and have lost their status as charities. This has led to a decline of religious institutions nationwide, with a majority of the religious population practicing outside of institutions. Although {{wp|state atheism}} was practiced during single-party rule, {{wp|freedom of religion}} and {{wp|religious pluralism}} are now protected under the ''Planoarita''-era Constitution.

[[Catholicism]], at 44.2% of the population, barely nudges out {{wp|Irreligion}} at 40.9% as the most popular religious belief, with the {{wp|Iroquois mythology|folk religion of the Cahok people}} following in a distant third. {{wp|Protestantism}}, {{wp|Islam}}, and other religions consist approximately 10% of the population. Out of the religious population, 67% view religion as being "unimportant" in their lives.

[Capetian rite church]

===Education===

[[File:Uoft universitycollege.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The primary building of [[Cape Town University]], one of the oldest tertiary institutions on the continent.]]

With a legacy laid down by [[Restarkism]] and [[Melvyn Kalma]]’s reforms, the Cape is one of the most educated countries in the world with a literacy rate of 99.7%. The [[Department of Nationalist Education]] is responsible for pre-tertiary education, although this responsibility has been largely handed down to the respective ministries of education of each province. It is funded publicly through both federal and provincial taxes, with 12 years of compulsory education provided for free in public schools. Education is given primarily in Cape Coscivian, however, schooling in all three national languages is likewise available throughout the country.

The Cape has one of the most well-developed systems of {{wp|post-secondary education}} throughout Crona. The near-entirety of this system is publicly funded and available for Capetians at a subsidized price, or for free in the case of certain programs of study deemed crucial by the government. 32 Capetian universities rank in the top 500 globally.

===Healthcare===

The Cape’s system of {{wp|universal healthcare}} is administered by the provinces and regulated by the [[Department of National Health]]. Healthcare is publicly funded in a {{wp|single-payer healthcare|single-payer}} system, and since the War of Independence and the era of Kalma’s reforms, has been considered a “national right”. Following reforms in the 1990s, most services today are performed by private entities, with the government ensuring national standards yet staying out of daily care.

==Culture==

The Cape’s culture draws influence from its [[Coscivian]], [[Cartadanian]], [[Cahok]], and other roots. Since the War of Independence, an official state policy of {{wp|assimilation}} and Capetianization has taken root - establishing rigorous cultural programs in the fields of education, music, art, food, and sports to create a fully formed national identity. Capetian culture is therefore the result of a modern effort to create an “Occidental” state in the “Occidental sense of the term” through the fusing of its three primary influences. [[Capetian humour]], a unique blend of satire and irony, is a defining factor of the country’s national identity.

===Symbols===

===Art===

===Literature===

===Media===

===Cuisine===

[[File:Flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Chicken nandos'', a popular Capetian dish with an origin in [[Cartadanian]] and [[Cahok]] cuisine.]]

===Sport and recreation===

==See also==

[[Category:IXWB]]

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 ===Infrastructure===
+[[File:Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The western span of the [[Atl I-Kalma Fixed Link]].]]
 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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 ==Demographics==
+As of 2021, the Cape is a nation of 127 million people. Its population density stands at 159 per kilometre squared, with an overall life expectancy of 71.4 years. The Cape’s population growth has slowed but remains over 4%, placing the nation in stage 3 of {{wp|demographic transition}} and in the midpoint of the {{wp|demographic dividend}}. With birth rates beginning to fall, the government has turned to enacting a variety of {{wp|pro-natalist}} policies. However, immigration is becoming one of the main drivers of population growth today. A majority of the nation's urban centres are aligned along the [[Cape Peninsula]] and the [[Pretoria Basin]], where the largest cities and economic centres of [[Cape Town]], [[Valena]], [[Pretoria]], and [[Novasar]] are located. A rapidly growing urbanization rate has inflated the urban population greatly; with the country now home to two megacities - Cape Town and Pretoria respectively.
+===Ethnic groups===
+{{bar box
+|title=Ethnic Groups in the Cape (2021)
+|titlebar=#ddd
+|left1=Ethnic groups (self reported)
+|right1=percent
+|float=right
+|bars=
+{{bar percent|[[Capetian]]|orange|56.1}}
+{{bar percent|[[Kiravian]]|darkgreen|15.3}}
+{{bar percent|[[Cahokian]]|red|13.1}}
+{{bar percent|[[Cartadanian]]|blue|8.4}}
+{{bar percent|Other|black|7.1}}
+}}
+Formed from centuries of conquest, assimilation, and intermixing, the country today is {{wp|multiethnic}} and {{wp|multicultural}}. A majority of the population identifies with four major ethnic groups, [[Kiravian]], [[Cartadanian]], [[Cahokian]], or the largest, [[Capetian]] or “Costizo”, which denotes mixed ethnicity between the three former groups.
+A growing percentage of Capetians are other immigrants. Arriving in waves, these have included {{wp|Protestantism|Protestant}} [[Aengles]] and [[Latinics]] from [[Levantia]], Corummese and other [[Alshar]]i, and most recently Cronans from [[Varshan]], [[Kelekona]], and other Cronan-majority South Cronan states - which form a majority of the country’s estimated 1.1 million {{wp|illegal immigrants}}.
+===Language===
+According to the Fundamental Statutes of the Constitution, the Cape’s sole {{wp|official language}} and state language is [[Cape Coscivian]], a creole language that is spoken natively by a vast supermajority of the country’s population. Three languages are given “national status” namely [[Kiravic Coscivian]], [[Cartadanian]], and [[Cahokian]], the latter two of which are official languages in the provinces of [[Natal]] and [[Cahoka]], respectively.
+While state services can be received and legal arbitration conducted with any of the three national languages, Cape Coscivian serves as the primary {{wp|lingua franca}} of the population and is the language of government, mainstream society, education, and commerce. A majority of Capetians living outside of the urbanized Cape Peninsula or Pretoria Basin, therefore, speak two or more languages - a native national-status language at home and within their community, and Cape Coscivian without.
+===Religion===
+[[File:Brasilia Cathedral 2007.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The Cathedral of Kalmasar, the first church to be built in the administrative centre.]]
+The Federacy of the Cape is a {{wp|secular state}} with a constitutionally defined separation of church and state in all matters, including education. Religious congregations in the Cape have been considered private organizations by the federal government since 1951, and have lost their status as charities. This has led to a decline of religious institutions nationwide, with a majority of the religious population practicing outside of institutions. Although {{wp|state atheism}} was practiced during single-party rule, {{wp|freedom of religion}} and {{wp|religious pluralism}} are now protected under the ''Planoarita''-era Constitution.
+[[Catholicism]], at 44.2% of the population, barely nudges out {{wp|Irreligion}} at 40.9% as the most popular religious belief, with the {{wp|Iroquois mythology|folk religion of the Cahok people}} following in a distant third. {{wp|Protestantism}}, {{wp|Islam}}, and other religions consist approximately 10% of the population. Out of the religious population, 67% view religion as being "unimportant" in their lives.
+[Capetian rite church]
+===Education===
+[[File:Uoft universitycollege.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The primary building of [[Cape Town University]], one of the oldest tertiary institutions on the continent.]]
+With a legacy laid down by [[Restarkism]] and [[Melvyn Kalma]]’s reforms, the Cape is one of the most educated countries in the world with a literacy rate of 99.7%. The [[Department of Nationalist Education]] is responsible for pre-tertiary education, although this responsibility has been largely handed down to the respective ministries of education of each province. It is funded publicly through both federal and provincial taxes, with 12 years of compulsory education provided for free in public schools. Education is given primarily in Cape Coscivian, however, schooling in all three national languages is likewise available throughout the country.
+The Cape has one of the most well-developed systems of {{wp|post-secondary education}} throughout Crona. The near-entirety of this system is publicly funded and available for Capetians at a subsidized price, or for free in the case of certain programs of study deemed crucial by the government. 32 Capetian universities rank in the top 500 globally.
+===Healthcare===
+The Cape’s system of {{wp|universal healthcare}} is administered by the provinces and regulated by the [[Department of National Health]]. Healthcare is publicly funded in a {{wp|single-payer healthcare|single-payer}} system, and since the War of Independence and the era of Kalma’s reforms, has been considered a “national right”. Following reforms in the 1990s, most services today are performed by private entities, with the government ensuring national standards yet staying out of daily care.
 ==Culture==
+The Cape’s culture draws influence from its [[Coscivian]], [[Cartadanian]], [[Cahok]], and other roots. Since the War of Independence, an official state policy of {{wp|assimilation}} and Capetianization has taken root - establishing rigorous cultural programs in the fields of education, music, art, food, and sports to create a fully formed national identity. Capetian culture is therefore the result of a modern effort to create an “Occidental” state in the “Occidental sense of the term” through the fusing of its three primary influences. [[Capetian humour]], a unique blend of satire and irony, is a defining factor of the country’s national identity.
+===Symbols===
+===Art===
+===Literature===
+===Media===
+===Cuisine===
+[[File:Flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Chicken nandos'', a popular Capetian dish with an origin in [[Cartadanian]] and [[Cahok]] cuisine.]]
+===Sport and recreation===
 ==See also==
 [[Category:IXWB]]

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