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| The '''Federalist system of units''' (Kiravic: ''Vundiārkix kènetlentun''), also known as '''Kiravian national units''', '''Kiravian units''' or (less accurately) '''Kiravian customary units''' or '''Coscivian units''', is the official {{wp|system of measurements}} defined by the Kiravian federal government. Most units in the system are standardised versions of Coscivian customary units and/or calculated from certain physical constants. It is the most common system of measures used throughout Kiravia for industry, commerce, transportation, and everyday life, though many regional, local, nonstandard customary, Celtic, and indigenous units remain in parallel use, especially for informal purposes.
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| The latest revision to the Federalist system was effected by the Weights & Measures Act 21201, which added some obscure units with scientific and technical applications to the system. The Bureau of Weights & Measures, headquartered in the Kartika Tholos, is the agency responsible for enforcing use of Federalist units where required by law, investigating fraudulent measurements, and conserving unit prototypes. | | The term '''the Two Derics''' refers to two identically named but separate (though related) debates occurring in the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] in the 19th century. The disputes, largely fought between intellectuals and scholars of the [[Bergendii]] people and [[Derian people]], surrounded questions of national identity and cultural association within the eastern [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and played a crucial role in the [[Fraternal Wars]]. |
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| ==History and Formulation==
| | The first debate occurred within the nationalist revival during and following the Deric defeat in the [[Third Caroline War]] and considered the question of whether or not the [[Bergendii]] were considered to be part of the Derian people and, accordingly, if they had a role in any "Derian state" to be formed in the future. During this debate, the "maximalist position" - that is, that they ought to be included - was prevalent among most prominent Derian nationalist but was not popular among the Bergendii themselves. The first debate came to a head with [[First_Fratricide#Le_Crise_della_Dix|''Le Crise della Dix'']], a political crisis following the Third Caroline War wherein Bergendii were expected to surrender land to fellow Derian princes in the name of national solidarity. The resulting [[First Fratricide]] established an independent Bergendii nation, [[Burgundie]]. |
| Federalist units are so named because they were first defined by the government of the Kiravian Federation, which replaced its predecessor, the Confederate Republics of Kiravia, in 20783. The new federal constitution explicitly authorised the federal government to define and enforce standards of weight and measurement for international, interstate, and indigenous commerce. During the preceding Confederal Period, many different units of measure were used across Kiravia. Some states had promulgated official systems of units, which often differed from one another in many points of detail. Certain ''de facto'' standards set by prominent merchant houses and banks had emerged organically, and many foreign units were used for trade in Kiravia's major ports. The Confederal government had been empowered to regulate interstate and international commerce, and to levy certain classes of taxes, and had defined a number of units for these purposes by statute. However, in an environment of competition with so many different and overlapping measurements systems, many of which featured units with identical names but different values, there was much confusion that created problems for compliance and hindered the growth of trade.
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| ==Usage==
| | The second debate occurred from the 1890s to the 1920s and concerned the construction of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], which was now largely dominated by [[Burgundie]] and an opposing bloc of Derian princes. The second debate specifically related to whether or not [[Burgundie]] should be a part of Dericania at all or if a united Derian realm could be created out of the Kingdom by separating Burgundie, either by elevating the latter to a Kingdom, making it a nominal part of the [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]], by divesting the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] of the Dericanian crown in order to create a single realm, or some combination of the above options. This primarily legal and political debate was not resolved until the [[Second Great War]] and dominated the political discourse of the day in both the Derian realms and [[Burgundie]], leading to the abdication of [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Marius_Dynasty|Emperor August I]] in 1920 among other incidents. The creation of the [[Deric States]] apart from [[Burgundie]] following the [[Third Fratricide]] provided the final resolution to the second Deric question. |
| Although the federal government does not prohibit the use of other systems of measurement, the use of Federalist units for taxation and for commercial and industrial regulations have caused it to be adopted for most purposes in most of the country, as well as by Coscivian minority communities abroad for certain uses. Many states continue to maintain other measurement standards used in parallel with the Federalist system, which can be particularly important in the fields of real estate, agriculture, and mineral exploration, as property law and agricultural policy are the domain of state governments.
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| Kiravian law requires that labelling on consumer products imported from abroad or sold across state lines be displayed in Federalist units. Similar provisions exist for many classes of industrial factors and physical capital.
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| A study conducted by the Middle Kiravian Conference of Public Universities to help inform its Examinations Board consider potential changes to the University Aptitude Exam (UAE) found that 88% of native-born, non-Aboriginal, non-Southern (see below) Kiravian adults were proficient in the use of Federalist units of length, mass, and volume for everyday applications and capable of performing basic calculations in those units. The figure for secondary school graduates was 92%, and 97% for those with at least two years of higher education and 100% for university graduates. Proficiency was highest in [[Niyaska]] and [[Harma]] at 100% and lowest in [[Potatostan]] at 74%.* In contrast, only 45% of the general sample showed comparable proficiency in metric units, though this figure was higher for higher education graduates at 53% and highest for those with degrees in natural sciences at 96%. [[Fariva]] had the highest metric proficiency (69%) and Xrasnovar Territory the lowest (11%).
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| <small>*''Data from [[Kyllera]] was collected, but discarded as a statistical outlier at 55% Federalist proficiency and 0% metric proficiency''</small>
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| ===South Kirav===
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| In the states of South Kirav - [[Andrēdan]], [[Issyria]], [[Korlēdan]], [[Trinatria]], and [[Valtéra]] - there was widespread opposition to the Federalist system at the time of its establishment. These states had, for the most part, already codified their own official systems of measure, and rallied against what was seen as another Northern imposition. In [YEAR], the Southern states harmonised their official measures under the Southern Weights & Measures Compact, and continued to exclusively use Southern units for domestic purposes until the 21110s-20s, when Korlēdan embarked on a process of gradual adoption of the Federalist system and Valtéra began permitting the use of both systems in parallel. Over the years, some Southern governors have made efforts to ban or restrict the use of Federalist units in their states and defy Federal requirements for the use of Federalist units (e.g. in aviation), however these policies have inevitably proven both practically untenable and constitutionally impermissible, as have similar efforts to require Southern units on consumer products. Nonetheless, use of Southern units in everyday life and (where applicable) for official business remains vigorous from eastern Korlēdan to Trinatria, especially in rural areas, where many people have limited familiarity with Federalist units. In Valtéra, there is a strong urban-rural divide with regard to measurement, with Southern units used only informally in the cities but predominating in the countryside.
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| Similarly, the five core states of South Kirav did not join the rest of Kiravia in adopting the Reformed Coscivian Calendar with its {{wp|intercalary month}}, and thus has been falling behind the Reformed Coscivian Calendar by one month every three years for 606 year, resulting in an official date that is currently some 50 years behind the rest of the country.
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The term the Two Derics refers to two identically named but separate (though related) debates occurring in the Kingdom of Dericania in the 19th century. The disputes, largely fought between intellectuals and scholars of the Bergendii people and Derian people, surrounded questions of national identity and cultural association within the eastern Holy Levantine Empire and played a crucial role in the Fraternal Wars.
The first debate occurred within the nationalist revival during and following the Deric defeat in the Third Caroline War and considered the question of whether or not the Bergendii were considered to be part of the Derian people and, accordingly, if they had a role in any "Derian state" to be formed in the future. During this debate, the "maximalist position" - that is, that they ought to be included - was prevalent among most prominent Derian nationalist but was not popular among the Bergendii themselves. The first debate came to a head with Le Crise della Dix, a political crisis following the Third Caroline War wherein Bergendii were expected to surrender land to fellow Derian princes in the name of national solidarity. The resulting First Fratricide established an independent Bergendii nation, Burgundie.
The second debate occurred from the 1890s to the 1920s and concerned the construction of the Kingdom of Dericania, which was now largely dominated by Burgundie and an opposing bloc of Derian princes. The second debate specifically related to whether or not Burgundie should be a part of Dericania at all or if a united Derian realm could be created out of the Kingdom by separating Burgundie, either by elevating the latter to a Kingdom, making it a nominal part of the Imperial Kingdom of Urcea, by divesting the Emperor of the Levantines of the Dericanian crown in order to create a single realm, or some combination of the above options. This primarily legal and political debate was not resolved until the Second Great War and dominated the political discourse of the day in both the Derian realms and Burgundie, leading to the abdication of Emperor August I in 1920 among other incidents. The creation of the Deric States apart from Burgundie following the Third Fratricide provided the final resolution to the second Deric question.