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[[File:Cape father of the nation.png|thumb|330px|The grandiose [[Mausoleum of the National Father]], where Kalma’s remains are interred.]]
| name = Lanxor
'''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}}”.
| logo = Lanxor_Logo.png
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| former_name = Lanxor Chemicals
| type = Public
| industry = {{Unbulleted list | Pharmaceutical|Biotechnology|Consumer goods|High tech}}
| predecessors = {{Unbulleted list | Valmic Petrochem|Apex International|UniChem}}
| founded = 1989
| hq_location_city = Capea, Ranaella Province
| hq_location_country = Caphiria
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list | Claudeno Nigricius (Chairman)|Hostraius Decmussa (Chief Executive)}}
| products = Pharmaceuticals, vaccines, oral healthcare, nutritional products, over-the-counter medicines
| brands = ACE Chemicals
| revenue = $89.321 billion
| revenue_year = 2035
| operating_income = $11.1 billion
| net_income = $27.41 billion
| owner = <!-- or: | owners = -->
| num_employees = 68,488
| divisions = {{Unbulleted list | LANXOR Healthcare|LANXOR LifeSciences|LANXOR AgriCrops|LANXOR Performance|LANXOR Chemicals }}
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'''Lanxor''' is a multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in the [[Ranaella]] province of the [[Imperium of Caphiria]]. The company has a primary listing on the Caphirian Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Levantine Stock Exchange. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies by both market capitalization and sales.


The company was formed as Lanxor Chemicals in 1989 after a failed hostile takeover of UniChem, a multinational supplier of chemicals and related service suppliers. Laxor Chemicals would have a meteoric rise to success, patenting polymeric and silicon resins and developing the chemical weapon cyclosarin. Between 1995 and 1999, Lanxor Chemicals went on an acquisition spree, buying ACE Chemicals, Pelargir, and Valmic Petrochem, all of whom were early pioneers within their respective fields. This was a massive financial undertaking, costing over $10 billion total, almost bankrupting the young company. Thankfully, the massive acquisitions allowed Lanxor Chemicals to control large parts of the market in the industrial gases and chemical engineering services sector and allowed it to rapidly expand on the international market, beating UniChem to key developing markets.
==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.  


In 2006, Lanxor Chemicals went through a restructuring process as it went public and changed its name to simply Lanxor to reflect its diverse product line-up. Following the restructuring, Lanxor would post record-breaking profits year-over-year. Meanwhile, Lanxor's main competitor UniChem announced it was filing for bankruptcy.
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}}.


In 2011, it was announced that UniChem would be selling itself to a relatively unknown company called Apex International for a relatively paltry sum. Immediately after the deal was finalized, the Apex International board of directors fired most of the executives at UniChem. Less than six months after Apex International had bought UniChem, it was revealed by the board that they had reached the conclusion to merge with Lanxor. This caused investors to panic and sue the board of directors for antitrust, manipulation, and insider trading. It went to trial but ultimately there was no conclusive proof and the merger was granted. It was later revealed in the memories of the former CEO of UniChem prior to its bankruptcy that Lanxor had orchestrated the entire thing from the start, citing a petty rivalry between the founder of Lanxor Chemicals.
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]].


Today, Lanxor is a producer of innovative high-tech products in the area of chemicals and materials. Through decades of research and development and its aggressive acquisition process, it has expanded into many niche markets. Lanxor operates five main divisions: LANXOR Healthcare, LANXOR LifeSciences, LANXOR AgriCrops, LANXOR Performance, and its core pharmaceutical division LANXOR Chemicals.
==Characteristics==
==Divisions==
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.  
* LANXOR Healthcare - LANXOR Healthcare produces a range of products in the area of healthcare, reaching from bio-pharmaceuticals allergopharmaceuticals, and the newly established oncology branch.


* LANXOR LifeSciences - LANXOR LifeSciences is an innovative provider and research partner in the area of life sciences in general and areas like water treatment, bio-pharmaceutical production methods, industrial microbiology, and analytical and diagnostic measures.
===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.  


* LANXOR AgriCrops - LANXOR AgriCrops is specialized in the sector of developing, improving, and protecting all kinds of crops. Active on both fronts, developing new, resilient crops which provide higher yields while at the same time developing chemicals and mechanisms to protect crops from pests.
Kiravian journalist V. X. Xoman remarked that:


* LANXOR Performance - LANXOR Performance is situated in the polymers and high-tech materials sector. From liquid-crystal solutions for high-quality displays to energy solutions like solar panels and special chemicals for coating and synthetic materials (especially polyurtehanes, polycarbonates, and adhesives), LANXOR Performance provides individual and highly sophisticated solutions for every need.
{{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. }}


* LANXOR Chemicals - LANXOR Chemicals produces high-grade, low-quantity chemicals for special requirements. It produces some of the following chemicals and compounds:
===In politics===
** Cyclodextrines
[[File:Ataturk Airport Karakas-1.jpg|thumb|250px|An aerial view of [[Cape Town]]’s [[Melvyn Kalma Airport]].]]
** Cysteines
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.
** Dispersive powders
** Dispersions
** Hydroxytyrosol
** Polymeric resins
** Polysilicas
** Polyvinylalcohol-solutions
** Pyrogenic silicic acid
** Silanes & Siliconates
** Silicon resins
** Silicon
** Silicon oils
** Synthesis-components
** Phosphorous
** Cyclosarin
== Plants==
In addition to its five main business divisions, Lanxor has also continued to diversify its products and services, ranging from the design, conceptualization, construction, insurance and operation of chemical plants all the way to the direct distribution of chemicals to consumers worldwide as well as the development of new and innovative industrial processes. Due to the necessity of special gases and/or chemicals in modern day industrial processes, the importance of artificial fertilizers in worldwide food production as well as highly specialized chemicals for specific applications such as the semiconductor industry or medical technology, Lanxor strives to offer the optimal solution for each individual business or consumer group.


The following are major plants constructed and/or operated by Lanxor:
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}}.
* Tirion 1, 2 & 3 – Coal gasification plants with integrated CCS, producing syngas with CO as export product and energy over a gas-steam-turbine


* NEP 1-10 – consists of coal combustion plants (recently retrofitted with CCS technology, using physical scrubbing) and NG-IGCC plants. This, similar to most other energy-production plants, operates jointly with the National Power Consortium.
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.  


* RHLC 1-4 – built over 15 years, RHLC (Romenna Hydrocarbon Liquefaction Complex) consists of 4 trains that process methane and natural gas imports that arrive at Romenna. RHLC 4, finished only last year, currently has the world’s largest heat exchange weighing over 250 tons and an effective surface of 19,500 sqm.
===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.


* Eion Liquefaction Complex – consisting of two trains similar to AHLC yet handling domestic production.
==Sociological analysis==
A variety of parallels have been drawn between his cult and that of Kiravia’s [[Marble Emperor]].  


* Ammonia Sites 1-12 – spread across the Consortium, with three plants ànd four trains in Tirion, AS 1 through 8 are responsible for the entire ammonia production (Haber-Bosch process) within the Consortium, most of which goes into export or into the artificial fertilizer industry. 30,000 metric tons of ammonia are produced within Caphiria per day.
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.


* 45 steam-reforming sites worldwide. Various hydrocarbons together with steam (ratio of around 1:3) are used as input and are then sent through a reformer and a CO shift afterward, producing hydrogen and CO which can then be exported to other processes or sold
* 26 ASU (air-separation units) worldwide, producing N2, O2, Ar
* 2 helium extraction sites – currently one methane and one oil field that are being exploited within the Consortium and Valm have been retrofitted with this technology. Due to radioactive decay, Helium was created over millions of years and was then trapped within the reservoir. The Helium is extracted with a volume percentage of around 60%. Impurities are stripped of the hydrocarbon, high-weight hydrocarbons are then removed and the Helium is then cryo-treated to remove traces of remaining elements. It is then purified with active charcoal absorbents before being sent to the liquefaction train (purity of 97.955% or more)
* Several smaller plants produce chemicals such as NaOH, elemental halogens, and sulfuric acids.
* Lanxor has produced the heat exchanges and other vital components in almost all plants within the Imperium
Products offered by Lanxor include:
* Industrial gases (CO, H2, N2, O2, syngas, He, Ar)
* Refrigerants/cryogases
* Atmospheric/elemental gases
* Fuels (refining, liquefaction, etc.), propellants
* Artificial fertilizers
* Food- and medical-grade gases
* Individual chemicals for various industrial sectors (acids/bases, oxidants, catalysts optimized for specific processes)
* Design, construction & operation of chemical plants
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The grandiose Mausoleum of the National Father, where Kalma’s remains are interred.

Melvyn Kalma’s cult of personality was and is still a major element of the politics of the 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 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 personality cult”.

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 Cartadanian Natalia to achieve Capetian independence by 1901. Under his leadership as both first head of state and head of government, the modern Capetian republic, the Federacy of the Cape, was declared.

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.

In politics

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.

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.