Government of Canespa

Canespa's government is one of the most unique in the world. Dominated by an industry of agriculture the state became controlled and eventually merged with the company that controlled the industry. This creates a form of government some call a Congressional Company, or Potato Republic. Either way this form of government exists no where else on the planet and is completely unique to Canespa. A government that while not a complete dictatorship, is not the most democratic either. There is even a monarch like system within the government caused by the influence of Canespa's past.

History

Early Canespa

Early Canespa was a much different time for the country. Native governments had not yet consolidated and Canespa was led by a family structure with one a man and many wives. It is theorized that there was one male in each group who was respected as the leader. Canespa needed more time to develop. By the year 100 these clans began to consolidate into bigger and bigger groups. The first group to form is today known as House Kanchi (House Light). While much smaller than its modern day counterpart this is the first area of Canespa to show signs of a larger society. Though House Kanchi is probabally the most isolated of the Houses due to its geography, it still influenced other proto-tribes to begin to consolidate into larger masses. House Papa was the next to develop, named after the largest river of Canespa that it bases itself around. The only competition for this area was the soon to form Wasi House. After these, House Kanchi and the other Canespian Houses developed within the next 200 years. By 350 the stage was set. Canespa was split into many slightly different tribes that all had their own cultures and societies.

The Canespian Houses had elder systems early on with a small sense of a monarchy beginning to form. A tribe of elders were the effect government of most of these tribes. It is important to note that there were many other houses at this time that don't exist today. Along with this much of Canespa was still living a pre-house lifestyle. But we focus on the newly formed Houses as they were the largest growing group at this time. As each of the houses began to spread further and further into the Canespian wilderness there governments became more and more complex. Soon, an elective monarchy took form. In this government the sons and daughters of the current leader would train during their childhoods for leadership. Upon the death of the old leader the people of the said house would vote on the new tribal leader among the offspring. While it was often the oldest child, sometimes other children would be elected. One example of this was in a legend dating back to 632 when the tribal leader of House Kanchi suddenly passed due to unknown consequences. He had two sons and three daughters who opted to become the new tribal leader of the house. The one son was the oldest and was expected to win, but through a mix of good speaking and other means the youngest daughter won the position. Her rule expanded House Kanchi to an area similar to its modern day extent. Sadly the daughter passed only 20 years later at the age of 37. By the time of the Wasi King the houses were almost to their modern day extents and had completely developed into electoral monarchies with rules, laws, customs, and separate but shared cultures. But now it was time for the Wasi King.

Post-Unification/Wasi Era

Canespa soon saw threats from colonizers