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The Cape today is a {{wp|federal state|federal}} {{wp|parliamentary system|parliamentary}} {{wp|constitutional republic}} with a {{wp|one-party state|single-party}}, multi-{{wp|caucus}} political system under the constitutionally-dominant [[Republican Nationalist Party]]. The country ranks as a semi-democracy in the [[Liberty Index]] and is categorized as a {{wp|authoritarian democracy}}. The Cape is a key member of numerous international organizations such as the [[League of Nations]]. It is a regional power with a growing economy and a highly {{wp|developed market}}. Traditionally fuelled by the state-led exploitation of natural resources, manufacturing, and international shipping, the economy has grown significantly in its service sector during the past three decades - with no small part due to foreign investment. Cape Town ranks as one of the most economically active and important urban areas in Crona, home to the continent's largest stock and commodity exchanges by {{wp|market capitalization}}. The nation has high levels of economic freedom yet maintains numerous state-provided social services, ranking highly on continental indicators of education, health care, and human development.

After Kalma’s death in 1922, the reformist-dominated RNP considered the Cape sufficiently developed to exit the period of political tutelage, beginning the first [[multi-party period of the Federacy of the Cape]]. Four major parties contested the 1924 elections: the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]], the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)]], the {{wp|fascist|Levantine fascist}} [[Lusophone Worker’s Front]], and the Republican Nationalist Party. The RNP was controversially returned as the majority with a margin of barely one percent - with the months following being permeated with brutal street fighting between Republican, Kadet, Front, and Communist militias.  

===Contemporary era===

While significant political reforms were made in the 1960s, including the reformation of the party-state system into one more akin to a “mass movement” accountable to the people, the Cape would retain a single-party government. Under this system, the country was industrialized and reconstructed. This “period of good feelings,” as it is known in the Cape, led to rapid economic growth and modernization. For three years between 1969 and 1972, the nation was the fastest growing economy in the world, backed up by emerging state-owned {{wp|megacorporation}}s and demand for Capetian manufactured products.  

==Geography==

Situated at the eastern end of [[Crona]], the Cape is located on the plains of southern Crona and the Peninsular Cronan Highlands extending from [[Mount Paektu]]. The country totals 2,335,077 kilometres squared, making it the 12th largest country in the world. The south is dominated by open, temperate lands, manifest in the [[Cape Peninsula]], [[Cebek]], and the Janusar area as arable plains and elsewhere as {{wp|savannah}}. These plains are permeated with rolling hills, and in the Cape Peninsula, surrounded by {{wp|escarpments}}. The central north is primarily composed of highlands and mountains. The nation's highest point, the {{wp|dormant volcano}} of Mount Paektu, is contained within. Dividing the north and south is the [[Pretoria River]] and its watershed, which flows westward from the mountains of the north and the hills of the south into the [[Songun Sea]]. Almost the entirety of the non-peninsular south lies within its drainage basin. The {{wp|tropical rainforest}}s of Palastra, fed by the Jet Stream, extends into the Cape's northeast.

===Climate===

The Cape is situated south of the subtropical climate zone, although the oceans and the Songun provide a more continental and temperate climate to coastal areas. Owing to its subtropical positioning, its climate remains relatively stable throughout the year. It has two seasons - roughly corresponding to a moderate summer and a moderate winter. Average temperatures in the north ranges from 31.1°C in July to 2°C in February, while temperatures along the southern coast of the nation range from 28.3°C in July to 14.1°C in February.

==Politics and government==

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The Federacy of the Cape is a {{wp|federal state|federal}} {{wp|parliamentary system|parliamentary}} {{wp|republic}} constitutionally led by the [[Republican Nationalist Party]] under a period of [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'' politics]] (literally “politics in accordance with the popular will”) - the final stage on the road to full {{wp|liberal democracy|constitutional politics}}. The Capetian political system operates under the 1951 [[Constitution of the Federacy of the Cape|Federal Constitution]], which recognizes the RNP as the “leading force”.  

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Since the founding of the republic, the dominant political current in Capetian politics has been [[Restarkism]] - support for Melvyn Kalma’s reforms. It is enshrined as the country's constitutional {{wp|ideology|guiding ideology}}, and the guiding ideology of Kalma's own [[Republican Nationalist Party]].  

Although free elections with third parties (the most prominent being the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats]] and the [[Republican Commonwealth Federation]]) have shaped the Capetian political scene for 30 years, involvement within the RNP remains the main form of political participation. In the past 20 years, the party has become divided between multiple [[Republican Nationalist Party|caucuses]] across the political spectrum. These caucuses have ''de-facto'' parties and the main driver of political change, with the pre-election RNP open primaries considered by many as the ''de-facto'' national election.

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==Economy==

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The Cape has a {{wp|social market economy}} with a skilled labour force and a low level of corruption. It is among the most developed economies in [[Crona]], having experienced rapid GDP growth in the mid-1990s as a function of foreign investment following political reform. The nation’s GDP growth has now slowed to approximately 5% annually, with the country’s {{wp|tertiary sector}} now fuelling growth in comparison to its {{wp|primary sector|primary}} and {{wp|secondary sector}}s. The country’s {{wp|mixed economy}} has ranked highly in economic freedom since democratization and features an “above average” {{wp|household disposable income}} in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Cape is a party to a variety of free-trade and customs agreements, most prominently with [[Faneria]] and [[Kiravia]]. The [[Cape Town Stock Exchange]] is the largest in Crona by {{wp|market capitalization}}.

With a long tradition as a coastal nation between [[Alshar]] and the Occident, and in control of the Songun Straits, the Cape is a hub for shipping in both the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. The [[Port of Cape Town]] is located along the intersection of two of the most busiest shipping routes in the world.  

The Cape spent approximately $41.2 billion in domestic {{wp|research and development}} in 2020, of which $12.5 billion was provided by either the federal or provincial governments to create a “Restarkist science and technology economy”. The country has been ranked within the top 10 globally for global innovation. The [[Federal Space Executive]] maintains one of the largest space agencies in Crona.

===Income, wealth, and poverty===

The Cape has an "above average" GDP per capita in [[Crona]], and ranks as one of the richest nations on the continent. A majority of this growth took place between the 1990s and the 2000s, with the welcoming of foreign direct investment and market reforms. The dissolution of the {{wp|megacorporations}} into worker-owned cooperatives distributed much wealth from state elites to the general public, forming the basis of a sizeable {{wp|middle class}} with above-average economic power. The Cape has an unemployment rate of 4.2%, with 72% of the adult population employed. Of these, approximately ~45% are employed within a cooperative. These efforts are supported by welfare measures designed to "raise the floor", funded by a steep {{wp|land value tax}}.

===Infrastructure===

In 2020 there were 87 airports in the Cape, 11 of them being international.

==Demographics==

==Culture==

==See also==

[[Category:IXWB]]