[[File:Cape father of the nation.png|thumb|330px|The grandiose [[Mausoleum of the National Father]], where Kalma’s remains are interred.]]
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'''Melvyn Kalma’s cult of personality''' was and is still a major element of the politics of the [[the Cape|Federacy of the Cape]]. Although initiated by himself during the final years of his rule to cement his legacy as the first [[Chief of the Republic]] and [[Prime Executive]] of the Cape and the legacy of his [[Restarkism|reforms]], it was continued and popularized extensively by members of his own [[Republican Nationalist Party]] and the regime of the [[National Reclamation Government]]. It has been described as the “world’s longest-running {{wp|personality cult}}”.
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'''Carna''', officially the '''People's Republic of Carna''', is a country in southern [[Levantia]]. It shares land borders with [[Grussland]] and [[Yonderre]] to the north, and [[Urcea]] and [[Anglei]] to the northeast, and borders the [[Carnish Sea]] to the south and west. It covers an area of 1,026,904 square kilometres (396,490 sq mi) which includes the island of [[Ardran]], the islands of [[New Ardmore]], and the [[Eriskay Islands]]. The country has a population of almost 99 million, the vast majority of which is situated within the country's coastal regions and central belt. The {{wp|Capital city|national capital}} is [[Dunaird]], the country's largest city and main cultural and economic centre. Other major cities include [[Malkirk]], [[Inverleith]], [[Dalfearn]], [[Kinlaig]], [[Craigshiel]], [[Largmore]], and [[Colgar]].
==Overview==
Melvyn Kalma led the [[National Revolutionary Army]] in the [[Capetian War of Independence]] in the final years of the 19th century, defeating both [[Kiravia]] and [[Cartadania|Cartadanian]] [[Natalia]] to achieve Capetian independence by 1901.
Under his leadership as both first {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of government}}, the modern Capetian republic, the Federacy of the Cape, was declared.
By 300 CE, the Germanic {{wp|English people|Ænglish people}} had migrated into the central areas of modern Carna, establishing permanent settlements in the region. The south and southwestern coastal areas and the mountainous northern areas of Carna remained under the rule of the native {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} people up until the collapse of [[Great Levantia]] in 500 CE. This saw the Ængles conquer much of Carna, developing a distinct Ænglo-Gaelic culture that laid the foundation of the {{wp|Scots language|Carnish}} language. Following the dissolution of the [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines]] in 978, the [[Kingdom of Carna]] was founded in 995, beginning more than a millennia of independent Carnish rule. With the advent of the {{wp|Age of Discovery}}, Carna entered the global stage and established itself as a strong naval power, building a colonial empire with the establishment of the colony of [[Arcerion]] in southern [[Crona]]. Calls for reform in the late 18th century would see the Carnish monarchy relinquish significant power to an [[Old Carnish Parliament|elected parliament]]. Carna would briefly enter the [[First Great War]] in 1938, assisting its colonial dependency of Arcerion in its border war with [[Paulastra]] by establishing a naval blockade of Paulastran ports. The development and spread of {{wp|Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Livasist}}though combined with dissatisfaction with working and living conditions and general civil unrest following the 1905 [[Langfield Massacre]] would culminate in the [[Carnish Revolution]] of 1948 which saw the Carnish monarchy deposed and the outbreak of the [[Carnish Civil War]]. The civil war would come to an end in 1915 with the surrender of the last [[White Army of Carna|monarchist forces]] and the subsequent establishment of the [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of Carna|People's Republic of Carna]].
Under his leadership as [[Prime Executive]], Kalma embarked on a variety of reforms, {{wp|Westernization|Occidentalizing}} the Cape, and laying the groundwork for [[Cape nationalism]] and the birth of a coherent national identity from the three ethnicities that composed the country. To these ends, Kalma {{wp|secularism|secularized}} the state, enacted a Western code of fundamental rights, instituted industrializing reforms, and promoted [[Cape Coscivian]] - a form of mutually intelligible creole popular in the southern Cape Peninsula - into a national language. Doing so, he is credited by many Capetians today for transforming the Cape into a modern {{wp|nation state}} governed as a {{wp|constitutional republic}}.
Since the Carnish Revolution of 1948, Carna has been governed as a {{wp|Unitary state|unitary}} {{wp|Socialist state|socialist state}} under the [[Communist Party of Carna]] (CPC). Although political organisation are not explicitly outlawed, the CPC is enshrined in the [[Carnish Constituion]] as the nation's only legitimate political party and as the only political party legally permitted to hold effective power, with only political organisations affiliated with or endorsed by the CPC permitted to contest elections, making Carna a ''de facto'' {{wp|One-party state|one-party state}}. Following the collapse of the [[Kurul Union]] in 1991, Carna assumed the leadership of the [[Communist International]], with the country now recognised as the global leader of the {{wp|Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Livasist}} {{wp|Socialism|socialist}} movement.
Following his death he was honoured with a variety of titles by the Supreme National Assembly, including “the {{wp|Father of the Nation}}”, “{{wp|Pater Patriae|Father of the Fatherland}}”, “the Marshal”, and “the Great Teacher”. He is known simply in Capetian vernacular as ''Prezident'' - “the President”, held in contrast to the term ''Restarkima'', the modern term for the Capetian [[Chief of the Republic|presidency]]. He still holds the eternal chairmanship of his [[Republican Nationalist Party]].
Carna is a highly {{wp|Developed country|developed nation}}, with an advanced {{wp|World Bank high-income economy|high-income economy}}. It has very high standards of {{wp|Standard of living|living}}, {{wp|Quality of life|quality of life}}, {{wp|Education|education}}, {{wp|Health care|health care}}, and is categorised as "very high" in the {{wp|Human Development Index}}, with it offering expansive [[Social security in Carna|social security]], a [[Carnish Health Service|universal healthcare system]] free at the point of use, strong environmental protections, a [[Education in Carna|tution-free education at all levels]], and more. However, due to its ''de facto'' status as a one-party state, its lack of political representation, and its repression of dissenting political movements, the country ranks poorly in the [[Democracy Index]]. The CPC have, however, contested Carna's Democracy Index ranking, calling the index a "biased and untruthful record that does not recognise forms of democracy outside of those of the liberal strain and that seeks to push an anti-Carnish and anti-socialist agenda."
==Characteristics==
Kalma’s legacy remains arguably the central element of Capetian politics into the 21st century. Almost every Capetian city has streets named after him, a memorial in his honour, with statues and portraits found in city squares, classrooms, public offices, and Capetian embassies abroad. A large {{wp|mausoleum}} in his honour, the [[Mausoleum of the National Father]], sits above Cape Town, and the city of [[Kalmasar]], home to a majority of the Federacy’s ministries and its bureaucracy, bears his name.
Known for its [[Culture of Carna|long and rich cultural history]], Carna has [[List of World Heritage Sites in Carna|many World Heritage Sites]] and [[Tourism in Carna|is among the top tourism destinations]] in Levantia. The country's national anthem, "{{wp|Auld Lang Syne}}", has become an internationally recognised anthem which is sung around the world on {{wp|New Year's Eve}} to mark the beginning of a new year.
===In society===
Although his cult of personality has been compared to that of [[Linge Chen]] in 21st century [[Corumm]], Kalma’s cult differs as it was largely constructed after his death and in honour of his progressive and democratic reforms. He remains immensely popular in the Capetian consciousness, with every government and military coup following his death invoking his memory and contributing to the cult.
==Etymology==
Kiravian journalist V. X. Xoman remarked that:
The name ''Carna'' comes from ''[[Carni]]'', the {{wp|Latin}} name for the {{wp|Gaels|Celtic peoples}} that inhabited the westernmost regions of [[Great Levantia]]. The name of the Carni is derived from the {{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}} word ''càrn'', which is the root of the {{wp|Scots language|Carnish}} and {{wp|English language|Ænglish}} word "{{wp|Cairn|cairn}}". It is widely believed that the Latin name ''Carni'' was given to the westernmost Celts of Great Levantia due to the region's high density of cairns, with more ancient cairns being found in Carna than anywhere else in the world. The modern Carnish Gaelic name for the country, ''Càrna'', stems from this theory, literally meaning "Cairn land" or "Land of cairns".
{{quote|quote=Thanks to him, every Capetian lives in a society that would have not existed without his effort. The legacy of his influence bears heavily on the nation. Sure, images of his face may appear in almost all official contexts from the headers of high-school exam papers to the largest banknotes - but they also appear spontaneously as fresheners hanging from car mirrors, in posters that adorn supermarkets, and in portraits that appear everywhere from private homes to the chicest of Cape Town cafes. }}
==History==
===In politics===
{{Main|History of Carna}}
[[File:Ataturk Airport Karakas-1.jpg|thumb|250px|An aerial view of [[Cape Town]]’s [[Melvyn Kalma Airport]].]]
Kalma’s legacy has been invoked by every government since his death. Similar to the cult of the [[Marble Emperor]] in [[Kiravia]], Kalma’s name is used to lend legitimacy to state actions and ideologies that he, as a deceased person, could not possibly agree to. For example, his name was used by both the Communist insurgency of the 1990s and the government that opposed it; the former appealing to his ideations of worker-liberation and the latter appealing to his ideas of nationalism and unity.
===Prehistory===
Constitutional amendments proposed in the Supreme National Assembly begin with “in the honour of great Kalma”, and the phrase “as decreed by the National Father” is used before the delivery of the {{wp|Miranda warning|Miranda rights}}.
{{Main|Prehistoric Carna}}
Excavations throughout Carna revealed a {{wp|Neanderthals|Neanderthal}} presence dating back to the {{wp|Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Palaeolithic period}} some 200,000 years ago, while {{wp|Early modern human|modern humans}} first arrived in Carna, from the southeast on foot, about 35,000 years ago. The best known artefacts of these prehistoric human settlements are the famous paintings in the [[Creagan Dubha|Creagan Dubha cave]] in northern Carna, which were created from 32,600 to 13,500 {{wp|Common Era|BCE}}. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that Carna acted as one of several major refugia from which northern [[Levantia]] was repopulated following the end of the {{wp|Quaternary glaciation|last ice age}}.
Appeals to his authority (known colloquially as appeals to Kalma) are common in Capetian politics. In instrumental terms, his name has been used successively by military leaders to overthrow elected governments. In ceremonial terms, every military coup concludes with an address to Kalma, and addresses opening a new convocation of the [[National Stanera]] are delivered at his Mausoleum and occasionally addressed to him.
By about 3,000 BCE, the population of Carna is believed to have been primarily made up of the ancestors of the {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} {{wp|Celts}}. When exactly the Celts first arrived in Carna has been debated for close to a century, with the migrations of the Celts being one of the more enduring themes of archaeological and linguistic studies. The current prevailing theory is that the ancestors of the Gaels, forced to expand out of their homeland in northern Levantia due to famine and conflict with the ancestors of the {{wp|Celtic Britons|Pretannic}} Celts, arrived in the [[Carmnish Highlands|highlands of northern Carna]] sometime between 4,000 and 3,600 BCE and expanded southward to populate the [[Carnish Central Belt|central belt]], [[Carnish Lowlands|lowlands]], and the [[List of islands of Carna|islands of Carna]] over the following centuries.
===Kalma law===
Kalma’s legacy is protected under the 1951 [[Constitution of the Federacy of the Cape]], which declares illegal “insults towards his reforms, memory, and legacy”. Laws passed since have criminalized criticisms of his memory and are punishable with up to a year in prison and a fine of ₴100,000 Saers. In 2023, 14 people were charged under this law.
===Great Levantine Carna===
==Sociological analysis==
{{Main|Great Levantine Carna}}
A variety of parallels have been drawn between his cult and that of Kiravia’s [[Marble Emperor]].
===Levantine Empire and the Western Levantine Kingdom===
Coscivian nationalist historiography has asserted the “artificial” supplementation of the Marble Emperor with Melvyn Kalma in the consciousness of ethnically Coscivian Capetians by the Capetian state.
{{Main|2 = Levantine Empire|3 = Western Kingdom of the Levantines}}
===Kingdom of Carna===
[[Category:IXWB]]
{{Main|Kingdom of Carna}}
[[Category:Politics]]
===Carnish Colonial Empire===
{{Main|Carnish Colonial Empire}}
===Great War and Carnish Revolution===
{{Main|2 = Great War|3 = Carnish Revolution}}
===Post-revolution and Communist party rule===
{{Main|History of Carna (1948–present)}}
==Geography==
==Politics and government==
<!-- |leader_title2 = [[Secretary of International Affairs (Carna)|Secretary of International Affairs]]
|leader_name2 = [[Brodie MacDowall]]
|leader_title3 = [[Secretary of Internal Affairs (Carna)|Secretary of Internal Affairs]]
|leader_name3 = [[Mhairi McNeill]]
|leader_title4 = [[Secretary of Finance (Carna)|Secretary of Finance]]
|leader_name4 = [[Donald Whitelaw]]
|leader_title5 = [[Secretary of Defence (Carna)|Secretary of Defence]]
|leader_name5 = [[Jane Caskie]]
|leader_title6 = [[Secretary of Health (Carna)|Secretary of Health]]
|leader_name6 = [[Kelly MacDiarmid]]
|leader_title7 = [[Secretary of Industry (Carna)|Secretary of Industry]]
|leader_name7 = [[Ewan Lennox]]
|leader_title8 = [[Secretary of Education (Carna)|Secretary of Education]]
|leader_name8 = [[William Dalglish]]
|leader_title9 = [[Secretary of Transport (Carna)|Secretary of Transport]]
|leader_name9 = [[Seònaid Gallach]]
|leader_title10 = [[Secretary of Culture (Carna)|Secretary of Culture]]
Under his leadership as Prime Executive, Kalma embarked on a variety of reforms, Occidentalizing the Cape, and laying the groundwork for Cape nationalism and the birth of a coherent national identity from the three ethnicities that composed the country. To these ends, Kalma secularized the state, enacted a Western code of fundamental rights, instituted industrializing reforms, and promoted Cape Coscivian - a form of mutually intelligible creole popular in the southern Cape Peninsula - into a national language. Doing so, he is credited by many Capetians today for transforming the Cape into a modern nation state governed as a constitutional republic.
Following his death he was honoured with a variety of titles by the Supreme National Assembly, including “the Father of the Nation”, “Father of the Fatherland”, “the Marshal”, and “the Great Teacher”. He is known simply in Capetian vernacular as Prezident - “the President”, held in contrast to the term Restarkima, the modern term for the Capetian presidency. He still holds the eternal chairmanship of his Republican Nationalist Party.
Characteristics
Kalma’s legacy remains arguably the central element of Capetian politics into the 21st century. Almost every Capetian city has streets named after him, a memorial in his honour, with statues and portraits found in city squares, classrooms, public offices, and Capetian embassies abroad. A large mausoleum in his honour, the Mausoleum of the National Father, sits above Cape Town, and the city of Kalmasar, home to a majority of the Federacy’s ministries and its bureaucracy, bears his name.
In society
Although his cult of personality has been compared to that of Linge Chen in 21st century Corumm, Kalma’s cult differs as it was largely constructed after his death and in honour of his progressive and democratic reforms. He remains immensely popular in the Capetian consciousness, with every government and military coup following his death invoking his memory and contributing to the cult.
Kiravian journalist V. X. Xoman remarked that:
Thanks to him, every Capetian lives in a society that would have not existed without his effort. The legacy of his influence bears heavily on the nation. Sure, images of his face may appear in almost all official contexts from the headers of high-school exam papers to the largest banknotes - but they also appear spontaneously as fresheners hanging from car mirrors, in posters that adorn supermarkets, and in portraits that appear everywhere from private homes to the chicest of Cape Town cafes.
Kalma’s legacy has been invoked by every government since his death. Similar to the cult of the Marble Emperor in Kiravia, Kalma’s name is used to lend legitimacy to state actions and ideologies that he, as a deceased person, could not possibly agree to. For example, his name was used by both the Communist insurgency of the 1990s and the government that opposed it; the former appealing to his ideations of worker-liberation and the latter appealing to his ideas of nationalism and unity.
Constitutional amendments proposed in the Supreme National Assembly begin with “in the honour of great Kalma”, and the phrase “as decreed by the National Father” is used before the delivery of the Miranda rights.
Appeals to his authority (known colloquially as appeals to Kalma) are common in Capetian politics. In instrumental terms, his name has been used successively by military leaders to overthrow elected governments. In ceremonial terms, every military coup concludes with an address to Kalma, and addresses opening a new convocation of the National Stanera are delivered at his Mausoleum and occasionally addressed to him.
Kalma law
Kalma’s legacy is protected under the 1951 Constitution of the Federacy of the Cape, which declares illegal “insults towards his reforms, memory, and legacy”. Laws passed since have criminalized criticisms of his memory and are punishable with up to a year in prison and a fine of ₴100,000 Saers. In 2023, 14 people were charged under this law.
Sociological analysis
A variety of parallels have been drawn between his cult and that of Kiravia’s Marble Emperor.
Coscivian nationalist historiography has asserted the “artificial” supplementation of the Marble Emperor with Melvyn Kalma in the consciousness of ethnically Coscivian Capetians by the Capetian state.
