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Long oriented toward the sea, Kiravians have engaged extensively in seaborne commerce, exploration, and colonisation, with the nation emerging as a major mercantile and colonial power during the Age of the Sail. Kiravian settlers populated much of what is now [[the Cape]] and [[Paulastra]], as well as various other territories such as [[Æonara]] and [[Suderavia]] that remain part of the Kiravian realm today. A relatively early entrant to {{wp|industrialism}}, Kiravia today has the second-largest national economy in terms of nominal GDP, underpinned by strong export-oriented industries such as electrical equipment, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals, as well as maritime trade and a burgeoning service sector. However, development and medium-term economic prospectus is uneven across the nation, with wide disparities in living standards and infrastructural quality between coastal and inland areas and metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and among the country's various cultural and geographic regions. | Long oriented toward the sea, Kiravians have engaged extensively in seaborne commerce, exploration, and colonisation, with the nation emerging as a major mercantile and colonial power during the Age of the Sail. Kiravian settlers populated much of what is now [[the Cape]] and [[Paulastra]], as well as various other territories such as [[Æonara]] and [[Suderavia]] that remain part of the Kiravian realm today. A relatively early entrant to {{wp|industrialism}}, Kiravia today has the second-largest national economy in terms of nominal GDP, underpinned by strong export-oriented industries such as electrical equipment, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals, as well as maritime trade and a burgeoning service sector. However, development and medium-term economic prospectus is uneven across the nation, with wide disparities in living standards and infrastructural quality between coastal and inland areas and metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and among the country's various cultural and geographic regions. | ||
Formally a federative {{wp|crowned republic}} under the sovereignty of the [[Marble Emperor]], the Kiravian political system is | Formally a federative {{wp|crowned republic}} under the sovereignty of the [[Marble Emperor]], the Kiravian political system is generally regarded as democratic, though at the federal level it has been subject to criticism from [[Occidental]] liberals for counter-majoritarian elements of its constitution, the strength of its {{wp|executive branch|executive}}, and a perceived {{wp|democratic deficit}}. | ||
Travellers may find it difficult to manage outside of relatively cosmopolitan port cities such as [[Valēka]], [[Saar-Silverda]], [[Béyasar]], [[Sirana]], [[Pontevedra]], and [[Cities of Kiravia#Sar-i-Pául|Sar-i-Pául]]. Comprehension of major international languages such as [[Caphiric Latin|Latin]] and [[Julian Ænglish|Ænglish]] outside of these urban centres ranges from unreliable to nonexistent, though [[Gaelic in Kiravia|speakers of Gaelic]] are reasonably common in many parts of the country. The challenges posed by a different script, [[Coscivian calendar|different timekeeping system]], [[Federalist system of units|different units of measure]], and an apparently wilful refusal to adopt many {{wp|Signage#Signage_conventions|informational signage conventions}} and international technical standards are compounded by alien social customs and a minefield of cultural taboos, the particularities of which can vary widely from locality to locality. The Office of Visitor Services strongly advises foreigners looking to experience the "real Kirav" to invest in an accredited guide or interpreter and a comprehensive guidebook. | Travellers may find it difficult to manage outside of relatively cosmopolitan port cities such as [[Valēka]], [[Saar-Silverda]], [[Béyasar]], [[Sirana]], [[Pontevedra]], and [[Cities of Kiravia#Sar-i-Pául|Sar-i-Pául]]. Comprehension of major international languages such as [[Caphiric Latin|Latin]] and [[Julian Ænglish|Ænglish]] outside of these urban centres ranges from unreliable to nonexistent, though [[Gaelic in Kiravia|speakers of Gaelic]] are reasonably common in many parts of the country. The challenges posed by a different script, [[Coscivian calendar|different timekeeping system]], [[Federalist system of units|different units of measure]], and an apparently wilful refusal to adopt many {{wp|Signage#Signage_conventions|informational signage conventions}} and international technical standards are compounded by alien social customs and a minefield of cultural taboos, the particularities of which can vary widely from locality to locality. The Office of Visitor Services strongly advises foreigners looking to experience the "real Kirav" to invest in an accredited guide or interpreter and a comprehensive guidebook. | ||