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'''Pribraltar''', officially the '''Commonwealth of Pribraltar''' (formerly the Coscivian People's Republic of Pribraltar) ([[Kiravic Coscivian|Coscivian]]: ''Lodrikéarita Pribraltar'') is | '''Pribraltar''', officially the '''Commonwealth of Pribraltar''' (formerly the Coscivian People's Republic of Pribraltar) ([[Kiravic Coscivian|Coscivian]]: ''Lodrikéarita Pribraltar'') is an {{wp|associated state}} of the [[Kiravian Federacy]] comprising an island of the same name adjoining the Landderic Straits between [[Ixnay (continent)|Continental Ixnay]] and [[Umcara]]. Occupying a strategic position for international shipping, the island has changed hands many times over the course of its history, and has a rich history incorporating numerous cultural influences. The bulk of its population are [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Coscivians]] descended from clans that migrated across the Strait from Umcara, reïnforced by later influxes of immigrants from various seafaring Coscivian subgroups. Pribraltar has a close historical, cultural, political, and economic relationship with the neighbouring island of [[Saint Kennera]]. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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|'''People's Republican Party'''<br><small>''Plānokéaritax Plaiduv''</small> | |'''People's Republican Party'''<br><small>''Plānokéaritax Plaiduv''</small> | ||
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| {{wp|Conservatism}}, [[Shaftonist democracy]], [[Coscivian nationalism]], Pro-statehood | | {{wp|Conservatism}}, [[Shaftonist democracy]], [[Coscivian nationalism]], Pro-statehood | ||
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The majority of people living on Pribraltar are Pribraltarian Coscivians, who are primarily descended from Coscivian clans who migrated across the strait from southern Umcara in the 1300s or whatever and the autocthonous pre-Coscivian inhabitants, known as the Brassicans. Their ancestry also contains admixture from a variety of seafaring Coscivian ethnic groups, particularly Lusem, Kostiatem, and Sea Coscivians; Gaelic and Pretannic Celts; and peoples from nearby countries in Sarpedon, [[Crona]], and [[Alvar]]. In addition, a large number of Coscivians from nearby St. Kennera live and work on Pribraltar as expatriates, and a great many Pribraltarians have some St. Kenneran ancestry. | The majority of people living on Pribraltar are Pribraltarian Coscivians, who are primarily descended from Coscivian clans who migrated across the strait from southern Umcara in the 1300s or whatever and the autocthonous pre-Coscivian inhabitants, known as the Brassicans. Their ancestry also contains admixture from a variety of seafaring Coscivian ethnic groups, particularly Lusem, Kostiatem, and Sea Coscivians; Gaelic and Pretannic Celts; and peoples from nearby countries in Sarpedon, [[Crona]], and [[Alvar]]. In addition, a large number of Coscivians from nearby St. Kennera live and work on Pribraltar as expatriates, and a great many Pribraltarians have some St. Kenneran ancestry. | ||
Other Coscivian ethnic groups with large or significant communities on the island include Ivraīem Coscivians, Keregūlem Coscivians, Lusem Coscivians, Paisonic Coscivians, [[ | Other Coscivian ethnic groups with large or significant communities on the island include Ivraīem Coscivians, Keregūlem Coscivians, Lusem Coscivians, Paisonic Coscivians, [[Eshavian Coscivians]], [[Austral Coscivians]], Coscivians with family ties to continental Ixnayan nations like [[Heku]] and [[Insui]], [[Uruvun|Èusan Coscivians]], Halatem Coscivians, Phaerem Coscivians, Tebnem Coscivians, and Eskean Coscivians. | ||
People of immigrant origin from [[The Cape]] and [whatever tf Azi is now] make up a very large and rapidly growing share of the population, especially in Hāverma. | People of immigrant origin from [[The Cape]] and [whatever tf Azi is now] make up a very large and rapidly growing share of the population, especially in Hāverma. | ||
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Pribraltar's small agricultural sector, constrained by the island's size and rugged terrain, has struggled to compete against imports from the Kiravian Federacy, Tierrador, the Cape, Cartadania, and Caphiria. Even in the market for locally-sourced produce preferred by affluent residents and upsacale restaurants, Pribraltarian farmers face competition from their counterparts in nearby St. Kennera, where the terrain is more conducive to agriculture and farm subsidies are more generous. | Pribraltar's small agricultural sector, constrained by the island's size and rugged terrain, has struggled to compete against imports from the Kiravian Federacy, Tierrador, the Cape, Cartadania, and Caphiria. Even in the market for locally-sourced produce preferred by affluent residents and upsacale restaurants, Pribraltarian farmers face competition from their counterparts in nearby St. Kennera, where the terrain is more conducive to agriculture and farm subsidies are more generous. | ||
===Banking sector=== | |||
Pribraltar is a major {{wp|offshore financial centre}} with privacy, taxation, and entity-formation policies highly favourable to foreign customers. The island's banks shelter an enormous amount of international wealth, the majority of which is estimated to come from [[Caphirian]], [[Kiravian]], and [[Capetian]] sources. During the[[Kiravian Civil War]] and subsequent [[Kiravian Sunderance]], Pribraltar was a major destination for {{wp|capital flight}} from the [[Kiravian Union|socialist Mainland]], and served as a major three-way conduit for the flow of capital and profits among Caphiria, the Cape, and the Kiravian Remnant. Much of the wealth of the Caphirian elite is believed to be held in Pribraltarian bank accounts, often through {{wp|shell corporations}}, untaxable "charitable" trusts, and {{wp|asset protection trust}}s organised under the island's laws. | |||
Pribraltar-based banks were banned from operating in [[the Cape]] or serving private Capetian citizens until the 1990s, and remain similarly barred from the Caphirian mainland, though they can (and do) maintain branches in Caphirian overseas possessions and provinces such as [[Escal]]. | |||
===Public Finance=== | ===Public Finance=== | ||
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