Culture of Canespa

Canespa has a rich and deep history and a rich and deep culture comes along with that. Canespa has one of the most unique cultures in the world thanks to its isolation and will to not convert to an Occidentalized way of life. The Canespian culture is defined by its recently corporate nature while also being deeply relgious.

Worldview

National Sovereignty

Canespian's have a generally strong view on what a nation can do within its own borders. The people of Canespa believe that nations have a right to govern themselves and all nations are free to choose how they use their land and how they govern it. Canespa is strictly against laws that reduce what a country can control within its borders. On the contrary the people of Canespa believe that all nations should take great pride in their enviorments and protect them at all costs.

The Canespian Mission

The Canespian mission is a relatively new idea within Canespa. Developed by Mamallaqta Runa in 1879 it has been a defining characteristic of the Canespian worldview and culture. The Idea of the Canespian Mission is the idea that Canespa should be a counterweight to let the rest of the world develop. Instead of industrializing Canespa should make it's mission feeding the world. The idea was picked up by a young CEO of the Canasta Company and he knew that the Canasta Company would fulfill the Canespian Mission. The mission is still an integral part of how the country operates as almost all industrial infrastructure is banned within Canespa as long as it doesn't pertain to the production food.

Religion

The Plant School

Through Canespian isolation up until the 16th and 17th centuries Canespa developed a religious identity separate from the rest of the M'acunism religion. Whilst there are members from all of the schools of M'acunism within Canespa the majority of Canespians are part of a separate school known as the Plant School. This unique school first developed in and around the Papa river in central Canespa around the year 500. Since then it has spread to most parts of Canespa with the exception of the Cuenca River area. The Plant School, similar to the Nature School recognizes the equality of all living things. But is different to the Nature School in that it recognizes plant life as being above the rest. Similar to the other schools the Plant school is loose religion and is not centrialized. The Plant School believes in the Great Oneness but in a slightly different way. The Plant School believes that the Great Oneness and Makuahine are one in the same. They additionally believe that the Great Oneness manifests itself as plant life within the grounds of Earth and that all spiritual energy is connected to the Earth. With this cycle the Great Oneness feeds into the living and the living feeds back through death.

Ancestral worship takes a much different form when applied to the Plant School. Instead of doing simple practices the Plant School believes that ancestors manifest within plants. It has such become a tradition to plant some type of edible plant, usually a potato above the grave of a loved one. Instead of a funeral the family of this person will then eat whatever they grew above the grave of the dead. This signifies the passing of the Great Oneness onto a new generation and the continued living of past ancestors. This form of ancestral worship began over a millennium ago.

Sports

Lacrosse

Canespa’s largest sport is Lacrosse as the nation has a national league and an international league. The Canespian Lacrosse League or the CLL is made up of 12 teams that play across the nation. These teams play 15 games across their season starting in January. The top 4 teams out of the 12 are put into a bracket following the 15 games and the winner of the bracket are proclaimed the sporting champion’s of Canespa, the entire team gets to enjoy a ceremonial feast with the Wasiexu and is given slightly more funding for next year's season.

Lacrosse has had a long and complex history in Canespa with the first evidence of the game being noted in 493. Before the 17th century the game was played as a peace game. It was either played as an alternative to war if two houses thought better then fighting but it was also used to heal. Ceremonial games would be called to heal the sick in a village. There were no referees and the wooden stick was made from a hickory tree. The stick was supposed to represent all plant life and the ball represented human desires. Furthermore the goal represented desires being fulfilled. The game was supposed to show the Earth that it was appreciated, and that its help has been recognized and respected. Some notable games include the game between House Kanchi and House Papa in 783 over a religious dispute between the tribes over the proper way to construct pyramids. The game was won by House Kanchi with a game winning shot at the end. The score was 19-18. Another game is the Extranjero game in which the natives of Extranjero challenged the Burgundii sailors who attempted to raise prices through a misleading use of language. Unsurprisingly the natives of Extranjero crushed the Burgundii sailors who had been given a quick tutorial on how to play. The final score was 25-0. Lacrosse was officially recognized by the Wasi King upon his ascension to the throne and lacrosse matches were used to settle disputes between unruly subjects. Lacrosse as a normal passtime started in 1389 with the addition of a new rule set for non- ceremonial games in order to recognize the importance of the ceremonial game. The next major addition to the history of lacrosse was the beginning of the CLL in 1878. The first league featured 3 teams, all of which were from the Cuenca river area. The league quickly spread and was endorsed by the Wasi King in 1897. The league was officially bought out by the Canasta Company in 1906 following a few boring seasons. After the Canasta Company purchased the league the sport grew quickly to 10 teams by 1940. The addition of a two point line was also made during this time. In 1989 two more teams were added to represent areas that were previously underpopulated. No teams have been added since then but there are proposals for new teams. One notable proposal is for a foreign team that would represent all Levantine minorities in Canespa. While picking up traction the proposal is currently being buried by other paperwork. Overall the sport of Lacrosse is greatly important to Canespian society and it will likely continue to be for centuries to come. From being a tool for war and healing to being a common pastime to being a professional sport Lacrosse has gone through many eras.

Soccer

Soccer is a relatively new sport in Canespa only being introduced in 1985. Canespa does not have an internal league but does operate an international league.