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Little exists in the historical record regarding the Coscivian exploration and settlement of the territory that would become Kyllera. Indeed, the oral tradition maintained by the state's Coscivian inhabitants seems to indicate that most settler families arrived in Kyllera by mistake. | Little exists in the historical record regarding the Coscivian exploration and settlement of the territory that would become Kyllera. Indeed, the oral tradition maintained by the state's Coscivian inhabitants seems to indicate that most settler families arrived in Kyllera by mistake. | ||
It is profoundly, perhaps disturbingly unclear why Kyllera was ever allowed to become a state. Kyllera, along with the neighbouring territories of [[Îkodha]] and Ykraine were granted statehood by the same Act of the Stanora and Council of States in 21XXX, despite the fact that Kyllera failed to fulfill several criteria for admission prescribed by the Fundamental Statute: With a settler population of 420 and a total population of 3,634, Kyllera was well below the threshold of 500,000 citizens required to upgrade a territory to statehood. The territorial legislature never formally applied for statehood as is constitutionally required (it was appended to the Îkodha-Ykraine statehood bill by an unknown Delegate), and in fact could not have done so, as the two-thirds of the Kyllera Territorial Council required for a quorum had been killed in a Síruku | It is profoundly, perhaps disturbingly unclear why Kyllera was ever allowed to become a state. Kyllera, along with the neighbouring territories of [[Îkodha]] and Ykraine were granted statehood by the same Act of the Stanora and Council of States in 21XXX, despite the fact that Kyllera failed to fulfill several criteria for admission prescribed by the Fundamental Statute: With a settler population of 420 and a total population of 3,634, Kyllera was well below the threshold of 500,000 citizens required to upgrade a territory to statehood. The territorial legislature never formally applied for statehood as is constitutionally required (it was appended to the Îkodha-Ykraine statehood bill by an unknown Delegate), and in fact could not have done so, as the two-thirds of the Kyllera Territorial Council required for a quorum had been killed in a Síruku Urom raid earlier that year. Kyllera never submitted a state constitution to the Stanora for review, and no surviving copy of either the territorial constitution or a putative state constitution has been found to date. Historians have postulated that the rush to admit Kyllera, Îkodha, and Ykraine as states was driven by a desire to carve out more room in the federal budget. | ||
Under the single-party Kirosocialist rule of the Kiravian Union, the subject-level administrations of some inland and Western Highland states and territories were consolidated, even though the individual states and territories continued to exist on paper. Kyllera was administratively merged with Îkodha and Ykraine as the South Premontane Union District and subjected to extreme neglect by the national government. | Under the single-party Kirosocialist rule of the Kiravian Union, the subject-level administrations of some inland and Western Highland states and territories were consolidated, even though the individual states and territories continued to exist on paper. Kyllera was administratively merged with Îkodha and Ykraine as the South Premontane Union District and subjected to extreme neglect by the national government. | ||
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The absence of any local police forces outside of Parska other than understaffed and geographically-overextended | The absence of any local police forces outside of Parska other than understaffed and geographically-overextended | ||
countyship constabularies, a heavily-armed populace, and intercommunal conflict between Coscivians and | countyship constabularies, a heavily-armed populace, and intercommunal conflict between Coscivians and Uroms | ||
mean that the Republican Army is frequently mobilised in a law-enforcement and civil defence capacity. The Organised Militia, a volunteer self-defence force organised on a countyship basis, are frequently called upon to assist the Republican Army in its operations. | mean that the Republican Army is frequently mobilised in a law-enforcement and civil defence capacity. The Organised Militia, a volunteer self-defence force organised on a countyship basis, are frequently called upon to assist the Republican Army in its operations. | ||
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{{bar percent|[[Coscivian civilisation|Coscivians]]|darkseagreen|62.1}} | {{bar percent|[[Coscivian civilisation|Coscivians]]|darkseagreen|62.1}} | ||
{{bar percent|[[Uroms| | {{bar percent|[[Uroms|Uroms]]|sienna|37.8}} | ||
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Kyllera's low population density and low level of economic development have engendered a highly atomised, isolated society. Most Coscivian-Kylleran families live on remote homesteads or in {{wp|Hamlet (settlement)|hamlets}} of 10-30 people, while most | Kyllera's low population density and low level of economic development have engendered a highly atomised, isolated society. Most Coscivian-Kylleran families live on remote homesteads or in {{wp|Hamlet (settlement)|hamlets}} of 10-30 people, while most Uroms live in villages of 50-100 people. A significant (though not easily quantifiable) number of Kyllerans have abandoned settled life during times of desperation and roam the state's open lands as itinerant hunter-gatherers and bandits. | ||
[[File:Allen, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Callan, a typical Kylleran hamlet.]] | [[File:Allen, South Dakota.jpg|thumb|Callan, a typical Kylleran hamlet.]] | ||