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Arco Determinism is the governing political and cultural philosophy of Arcer citizens, a group of Cronan-naturalized Carnish and Gaelic peoples who arrived between the 18th and 20th centuries to Southern Crona. The central ideology of Arcerion is a cultural and societal belief that the Arcer people (of the two major migratory groups during the colonial era) are destined to settle, civilize, and create a modern Occidental state in Crona. Concurrent to this, it is a common goal of the society and culture to defend Arcerion and its people, and by extension extend the rule of the Carnish Crown. It also represents a common ethnic and cultural heritage from AEngles, Gaels, and Carnish peoples on values such as community, the family compact, and self-reliance. | Arco Determinism is the governing political and cultural philosophy of Arcer citizens, a group of Cronan-naturalized Carnish and Gaelic peoples who arrived between the 18th and 20th centuries to Southern Crona. The central ideology of Arcerion is a cultural and societal belief that the Arcer people (of the two major migratory groups during the colonial era) are destined to settle, civilize, and create a modern Occidental state in Crona. Concurrent to this, it is a common goal of the society and culture to defend Arcerion and its people, and by extension extend the rule of the Carnish Crown. It also represents a common ethnic and cultural heritage from AEngles, Gaels, and Carnish peoples on values such as community, the family compact, and self-reliance. | ||
== Etymology and Philosophy == | == Etymology and Philosophy == | ||
The term is essentially two distinct parts, that being Arcerion and the philosophy of Determinism. In essence, this is the philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision, is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs. In layman's terms this is referenced as cause-and-effect. Arcers believe that their settlement and nation building have determined that they are the rightful owners and caretakers of much of the Southeastern Cronan Peninsula. The cultural belief itself is blended with ethnic and social values from the settlement of the Arcer plains and lowlands, in which bands of settlers would forage together and set up communities, battling disease, Indigenous peoples, wildlife, famine, and inclement weather to forge a new state. It is in this vein that the Arco people see themselves - a frontier spirit wherein their effort and toil determine them to be the civilization that has dominion over Southeastern Crona. | |||
[[File:Settlers defend.png|thumb|Arco settlers defend an overturned wagon and their families from an Indigenous raiding party, c.1845.]] | |||
The philosophy is rooted in two major components - the idea that one's actions determine a designated or determined outcome, that is inherent and absolves one truly of free will. In this instance, a farmer who chose to sleep in and miss their harvest cannot be upset when their crop is destroyed by weather, as it was their choice to not harvest and instead rest. Secondary to this is the emphasis on self-reliance and independence of spirit. Not to be confused with individual liberty, this half of the philosophy more closely relates to a Frontier Spirit. The idea that oneself is alone and must rely on effort, wit, and guile to overcome challenges and adversity in life. In the community sense, this was forged by bands of settlers ranging inland to establish towns, farms, and settlements, on which would be the skeleton that Acerion built its nation from. | |||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
While the actual origin of the term "Arco Determinism" originates much later than the founding of the Arcer colony, early versions included "Frontier Spirit" and "Settler Conviction," although both would fade with Arcer independence. The first publication to use the phrase was the ''Kurst Financial Times'', which in 1854 coined the phrase in an article on an expedition of settlers being ambushed while escorted by members of the Royal Arcer Constabulary. It quoted, "..it is these brave souls lost that are the heart of the Arcer nation. This Arco Determinism that has itself set on bringing civilization, good governance, justice, and security into the continent's lowlands that is the altar upon which these men and women are the nation's sacrifice." | |||
Although criticized at the time for the publication, the term would become common parlance, especially within the Confederate Parliament, which would incorporate it into the Arcer Constitution upon full independence in 1895. In the Constitution, the philosophy was incorporated as ''"Understanding that it Arcer Determinism will be the vessel unto which the nation expands its influence, through diplomacy, commerce, or if necessary by force, into Crona."'' | |||
== Principles == | == Principles == | ||
=== General Principles === | === General Principles === | ||
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== Role in Arcer Society == | == Role in Arcer Society == | ||
[[File:Northlea Flag.png|thumb|Flag of Northlea Governorate, representing the blend of Carnish Monarchy (red lion), Arco agriculture (yellow), and the Cronan landscape (green). ]] | [[File:Northlea Flag.png|thumb|Flag of Northlea Governorate, representing the blend of Carnish Monarchy (red lion), Arco agriculture (yellow), and the Cronan landscape (green). ]] | ||
== Lasting Impacts and Modern Interpretations == | |||
== Lasting Impacts == | |||
== Effects on Foreign Policy == | == Effects on Foreign Policy == | ||
== Relationship With Arcer Cultural Psyche == | == Relationship With Arcer Cultural Psyche == | ||