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The fall of Kirosocialism was both caused by and spurred a renewed enthusiasm for state-level politics and reinvigorated political activity at the state level. Governor [[Andrus Candrin]]'s successful fiscal and industrial policies in [[Kiygrava]] inspired Kiravians elsewhere to begin dismantling Kirosocialism in their states and engendered a political consensus thereafter that states could and should play meaningful roles in economic policy. This was a dramatic reversal of public attitudes in the densely-populated, economically-advanced "core" states of the Federacy, where most people had come to think of the states as mere geographic departments of the national government. | The fall of Kirosocialism was both caused by and spurred a renewed enthusiasm for state-level politics and reinvigorated political activity at the state level. Governor [[Andrus Candrin]]'s successful fiscal and industrial policies in [[Kiygrava]] inspired Kiravians elsewhere to begin dismantling Kirosocialism in their states and engendered a political consensus thereafter that states could and should play meaningful roles in economic policy. This was a dramatic reversal of public attitudes in the densely-populated, economically-advanced "core" states of the Federacy, where most people had come to think of the states as mere geographic departments of the national government. | ||
Between 21185 and 21195, the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance|SRA]]-led Renewal Alliance rolled back the federal government's size and powers through an aggressive programme of fiscal conservatism, privatisation, and devolution of power to the states. At the same time, state governments took on additional powers, voluntarily stepping in to take over policy areas and programmes that Kartika had abandoned. However, the ordoliberal SRA continued to play an active role in stimulating the economy both directly, through fiscal policy and subsidies, and indirectly, reconfiguring those parts of the Kirosocialist apparatus that it hadn't dismantled into fiscal, legal, and regulatory tools to herd states into following its lead on economic developent. This, as well as high military spending and a very active foreign policy under the Mérovin and Candrin administrations, suggested to many Kiravians that the federal government was still in need of reduction. Although the soft-antifederal [[Liberty Group]] and hard-antifederal [[Kiravia of Regions]] | Between 21185 and 21195, the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance|SRA]]-led Renewal Alliance rolled back the federal government's size and powers through an aggressive programme of fiscal conservatism, privatisation, and devolution of power to the states. At the same time, state governments took on additional powers, voluntarily stepping in to take over policy areas and programmes that Kartika had abandoned. However, the ordoliberal SRA continued to play an active role in stimulating the economy both directly, through fiscal policy and subsidies, and indirectly, reconfiguring those parts of the Kirosocialist apparatus that it hadn't dismantled into fiscal, legal, and regulatory tools to herd states into following its lead on economic developent. This, as well as high military spending and a very active foreign policy under the Mérovin and Candrin administrations, suggested to many Kiravians that the federal government was still in need of reduction. Although the soft-antifederal [[Liberty Group]] and hard-antifederal [[Kiravia of Regions]] caucuses both lost Stanoral seats during this time, the antifederal elements of the [[Caucus of Justice]] and other caucuses became more pronounced. The [[Irovasdra#21207 Asylum Dispute|21207 Irovasdra asylum dispute]] and subsequent emergence of hard-antifederalist [[Ruarí mac Tòisich]] as a contender for the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Prime Executure]] reīnjected strong antifederalist sentiment and serious antifederalist policy recommendations into the political mainstream, portending that the enduring questions of Kiravian federalism are far from settled. | ||
==Perspectives== | ==Perspectives== | ||
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A tiny, but active contingent of hard antifederalists known as '''total abolitionists''' (Kiravic: ''ēlatabaśtirisurya'') seek to abolish the federal government without creating a successor entity, envisioning a future in which the Kiravian states would all be fully independent and all relations among them entirely bilateral. | A tiny, but active contingent of hard antifederalists known as '''total abolitionists''' (Kiravic: ''ēlatabaśtirisurya'') seek to abolish the federal government without creating a successor entity, envisioning a future in which the Kiravian states would all be fully independent and all relations among them entirely bilateral. | ||
The [[Kiravia of Regions]] | The [[Kiravia of Regions]] caucus has a hard-antifederalist platform. | ||
====Soft==== | ====Soft==== | ||
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Soft antifederalism is most common in the southern and western states in [[Great Kirav]] and certain overseas colonies with strong subnational identities or anti-government views. It is weakest in the economic "core" states of eastern and coastal Great Kirav, as well as overseas colonies that rely heavily on the federal government for resource markets, military contracts, and defence, such as the [[Melian Isles]] and [[Sakhalin]]. | Soft antifederalism is most common in the southern and western states in [[Great Kirav]] and certain overseas colonies with strong subnational identities or anti-government views. It is weakest in the economic "core" states of eastern and coastal Great Kirav, as well as overseas colonies that rely heavily on the federal government for resource markets, military contracts, and defence, such as the [[Melian Isles]] and [[Sakhalin]]. | ||
The [[Liberty Group]] | The [[Liberty Group]] caucus as well as the Kiravian Conservative Union and Southern Green-Right conferences within the [[Caucus of Justice]], have a soft-antifederalist agenda. | ||
===Unitarism=== | ===Unitarism=== | ||
'''Unitarism''' or '''Unitarianism''' is a rare view among contemporary Kiravians. Unitarists seek to reform the federation into a {{wp|unitary state}}, abrogating the constitutional rights and self-governance of the states in the process. States would be recast as territorial divisions for the purpose of national administration, with no political lives of their own. | '''Unitarism''' or '''Unitarianism''' is a rare view among contemporary Kiravians. Unitarists seek to reform the federation into a {{wp|unitary state}}, abrogating the constitutional rights and self-governance of the states in the process. States would be recast as territorial divisions for the purpose of national administration, with no political lives of their own. | ||
Unitarism is associated with Kirosocialism and continues to be upheld by some successor groups to the Kirosocialist | Unitarism is associated with Kirosocialism and continues to be upheld by some successor groups to the [[Kirosocialist Party]]. It is also the prevailing view among the small Kiravian liberal movement. | ||
===Dissolutionism=== | ===Dissolutionism=== | ||