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'''The Cape''', officially '''the Federacy of the Cape''', is the easternmost country in [[Crona]]. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. It covers 1,193,152 km² and has over 127 million people, largely concentrated in its namesake [[Cape Peninsula]]. The Cape is a multiethnic and multicultural society, with a majority of the population having mixed ancestry between the country's three primary ethnic groups, [[Kiravian]], [[Cartadanian]], and [[Cronan]]. The capital and largest city is [[Cape Town]], which concurrently serves as one of seven [[Provinces of the Cape|provincial]] capitals. | '''The Cape''', officially '''the Federacy of the Cape''', or occasionally as the '''Second Republic of the Cape''', is the easternmost country in [[Crona]]. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by the Odeneru and Cathay Oceans. It covers 1,193,152 km² and has over 127 million people, largely concentrated in its namesake [[Cape Peninsula]]. The Cape is a multiethnic and multicultural society, with a majority of the population having mixed ancestry between the country's three primary ethnic groups, [[Kiravian]], [[Cartadanian]], and [[Cronan]]. The capital and largest city is [[Cape Town]], which concurrently serves as one of seven [[Provinces of the Cape|provincial]] capitals. | ||
For thousands of years, the Cape was home to various indigenous peoples. In the 1600s, however, Cartadanian and Kiravian explorers began to settle the country's eastern coast. Their colonies and dominions would expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Disputes over political representation and forced colonial assimilation would lead to the [[Capetian War of Independence]] in 1897, led by [[Melvyn Kalma]] and the nascent [[Republican Nationalist Party]], which established independence in 1901. The tumultuous young republic, weakened by political violence and rampant power struggles following Kalma's death in 1922, was invaded and occupied by [[Paulastra]] and [[Arcerion]] during the [[Second Great War]]. A [[The Reclamation|Reclamation war]] soon took place, re-establishing the republic in 1951. A slow series of reforms between the 1990s and the 2000s would transition the state from a one-party military dictatorship to a representative, if flawed, {{wp|representative democracy|democracy}} - with the country entering into a rapid period of economic growth and industrialization that continues today. | For thousands of years, the Cape was home to various indigenous peoples. In the 1600s, however, Cartadanian and Kiravian explorers began to settle the country's eastern coast. Their colonies and dominions would expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Disputes over political representation and forced colonial assimilation would lead to the [[Capetian War of Independence]] in 1897, led by [[Melvyn Kalma]] and the nascent [[Republican Nationalist Party]], which established independence in 1901. The tumultuous young republic, weakened by political violence and rampant power struggles following Kalma's death in 1922, was invaded and occupied by [[Paulastra]] and [[Arcerion]] during the [[Second Great War]]. A [[The Reclamation|Reclamation war]] soon took place, re-establishing the republic in 1951. A slow series of reforms between the 1990s and the 2000s would transition the state from a one-party military dictatorship to a representative, if flawed, {{wp|representative democracy|democracy}} - with the country entering into a rapid period of economic growth and industrialization that continues today. | ||