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The '''Northern Confederation''', officially the '''Confederation of the Universal North''', was a country in [[Cusinaut]]. The Confederation, founded in the 17th century, united the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut|dozens of different peoples of eastern Cusinaut]] into a loose confederation able to solve disputes between its members and establish firm rules for trading, and in so doing the new Confederation created nearly three centuries of stability and growth in Cusinaut. Critically, the Confederation also unified the military capabilities of its members, allowing it to consistently defeat efforts by the [[Occident]] to colonize Cusinaut, and even when Occidental colonies were established the strong defense of the Confederation prevented further expansion. By 1800, the Confederation took on greater, codified responsibilities, and | The '''Northern Confederation''', officially the '''Confederation of the Universal North''', was a country in [[Cusinaut]]. The Confederation, founded in the 17th century, united the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut|dozens of different peoples of eastern Cusinaut]] into a loose confederation able to solve disputes between its members and establish firm rules for trading, and in so doing the new Confederation created nearly three centuries of stability and growth in Cusinaut. Critically, the Confederation also unified the military capabilities of its members, allowing it to consistently defeat efforts by the [[Occident]] to colonize Cusinaut, and even when Occidental colonies were established the strong defense of the Confederation prevented further expansion. By 1800, the Confederation took on greater, codified responsibilities, and in 1847 it adopted a formal written constitution. The Confederation gradually become unable to resolve disputes, especially those involving the emergent Algosh and Honeoye peoples, which led to the decline of its political relevancy. The Confederation continued on through the [[War of the Northern Confederation]], wherein some of its members invited [[Urcea]]n intervention against other members. Despite having been rendered functionally obsolete, the Confederation continued on through the war until the [[Algosh coup]] formally reorganized it. | ||
The Confederation had many different forms over its existence, but the form it took by [[1920]] remained recognizable abroad and reflects its traditional core membership. Its 1920 borders now include the nations of [[New Harren]], the [[Algosh Republic]], the [[Chenango Confederacy]], the [[Unnuaq Mission State]], [[Housatonic]], [[Pachaug]], [[Ashkenang]], and [[Maloka]]. | The Confederation had many different forms over its existence, but the form it took by [[1920]] remained recognizable abroad and reflects its traditional core membership. Its 1920 borders now include the nations of [[New Harren]], the [[Algosh Republic]], the [[Chenango Confederacy]], the [[Unnuaq Mission State]], [[Housatonic]], [[Pachaug]], [[Ashkenang]], and [[Maloka]]. | ||
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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
The Northern Confederation was a {{Wp|confederation}} consisting of dozens of entities including many different cultures and governing systems. Above it all, the unwritten precepts of the Great Confederation, the event which established the polity, served as the central constitution of the Confederation. This unwritten constitution evolved over time, not based on a system of legislative revisions or judicial review but by a decentralized process by which the Great Confederation took on additional mythological meanings and traditions. This took place through the process of cultural interpretation and reinterpretation, a process that some scholars have called "government by {{wp|zeitgeist}}". As the [[Occident]] began to seriously threaten the state in the 19th and 20th centuries, significant reform movements occurred within the Confederation attempting to introduce a constitution. This effort, though not altogether successful, led in [[ | The Northern Confederation was a {{Wp|confederation}} consisting of dozens of entities including many different cultures and governing systems. Above it all, the unwritten precepts of the Great Confederation, the event which established the polity, served as the central constitution of the Confederation. This unwritten constitution evolved over time, not based on a system of legislative revisions or judicial review but by a decentralized process by which the Great Confederation took on additional mythological meanings and traditions. This took place through the process of cultural interpretation and reinterpretation, a process that some scholars have called "government by {{wp|zeitgeist}}". As the [[Occident]] began to seriously threaten the state in the 19th and 20th centuries, significant reform movements occurred within the Confederation attempting to introduce a constitution. This effort, though not altogether successful, led in [[1847]] to the adoption of the "Received Guidances", written descriptions of the Great Confederation as it meant at that time. From that time on, the Received Guidances took on increasing importance as legal documents as courts within the country were partly reformed to follow a localized version of {{wp|common law}} courts; accordingly from then on they were considered the ''de facto'' constitution of the state. | ||
Although the Great Confederation was ultimately fluid, some of the most important governing institutions of the Northern Confederation were in existence for all or a majority of its existence. | Although the Great Confederation was ultimately fluid, some of the most important governing institutions of the Northern Confederation were in existence for all or a majority of its existence. | ||
The degree of centralization and unified political authority varied over the course of the Confederation's history. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||