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Suderavia was first settled by palæolithic hunter-gatherers, and subsequently by pre-Aryan Levantine peoples such as the Lzveizish and Skithanawites, and later the Impaxi. | Suderavia was first settled by palæolithic hunter-gatherers, and subsequently by pre-Aryan Levantine peoples such as the Lzveizish and Skithanawites, and later the Impaxi. | ||
Coscivian settlements on Suderavia were founded early in the history of Coscivians in Ixnay, around the same time as in | Coscivian settlements on Suderavia were founded early in the history of Coscivians in Ixnay, around the same time as in Koskenkorva. | ||
At some point in time, Suderavia came under Covine rule. Under Covine administration, Suderavia occupied a peripheral position in the Covine state, characterised by economic exploitation and political marginalisation. An underdeveloped and deprived province, it was valued by the government mainly for its strategic location on the [name of body of water], its mineral resources, and as a site for state dachas and weapons testing. Perceived mistreatment by the régime stoked the flames of competing Skithanawite and Sudercoscivian nationalisms on the peninsula, which would boil over into armed insurgencies during the [X decade], when Skithanawite and Coscivian nationalists opened campaigns of bombings, mortar attacks, and small-arms attacks on military targets, Covine civilians, and sometimes one another. The militants received backing from the Kiravian Union and from Nahe, the former looking to support Coscivian national liberation and gain a proxy on the Levantian continent and the latter seeking to maintain its own security against Covina by leveraging minority separatist movements in the country. | At some point in time, Suderavia came under Covine rule. Under Covine administration, Suderavia occupied a peripheral position in the Covine state, characterised by economic exploitation and political marginalisation. An underdeveloped and deprived province, it was valued by the government mainly for its strategic location on the [name of body of water], its mineral resources, and as a site for state dachas and weapons testing. Perceived mistreatment by the régime stoked the flames of competing Skithanawite and Sudercoscivian nationalisms on the peninsula, which would boil over into armed insurgencies during the [X decade], when Skithanawite and Coscivian nationalists opened campaigns of bombings, mortar attacks, and small-arms attacks on military targets, Covine civilians, and sometimes one another. The militants received backing from the Kiravian Union and from Nahe, the former looking to support Coscivian national liberation and gain a proxy on the Levantian continent and the latter seeking to maintain its own security against Covina by leveraging minority separatist movements in the country. | ||
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===Political Landscape=== | ===Political Landscape=== | ||
The political culture and party-political landscape of Suderavia are rooted in its revolutionary history but have evolved since the peninsula's integration with the Kiravian Federacy. Today, the two most consequential political parties in the state are the '''Unionist Party''' (affiliated with the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]]) and the '''Suderav Republic Party''' (affiliated with the [[Coscivian National Congress]]). Both draw support mainly from the Coscivian population and descend from the pre-liberation Suderav Republic Party, which was the banned political wing of the Suderav Republican Army. The Unionist Party split from the SRP soon after liberation, over the question of accession to the Kiravian Federacy. The Unionists favoured speedy admission to the Kiravian Federacy as a full state, while the remnant SRP preferred a looser form of association or to remain an allied but independent republic. After accession became a *fait accompli*, this distinction lingered for some time, with the UP being the more resolutely federalist party and the SRP espousing [[Kiravian Federalism#Soft|soft antifederalism]] and localism, but both parties have since dropped strong commitments to either position. Today, the Unionists are mainly understood as the more {{wp|economic liberalism|economically}} and {{wp|Constitutional liberalism|constitutionally liberal}} party, inspired by [[Shaftonist democracy]], whereas the SRP are understood as more {{wp|statist}} and influenced by Capetian-style [[Restarkism]]. Nonetheless, both are Coscivian-nationalist, socially conservative, and claim to uphold the Shaftonist-republican tradition. Both parties compete for overlapping voter demographics and frequently form coalitions with (or against) one another. The SRP holds an advantage among ethnic Suderav Coscivians and Unionists hold an advantage among voters from other Coscivian groups, whether more recent immigrants from other parts of Kiravia or longer-established communities that have not adopted a Suderav Coscivian national identity. Gaelic voters are a loyal base of support for the Unionists, as are Finno- | The political culture and party-political landscape of Suderavia are rooted in its revolutionary history but have evolved since the peninsula's integration with the Kiravian Federacy. Today, the two most consequential political parties in the state are the '''Unionist Party''' (affiliated with the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]]) and the '''Suderav Republic Party''' (affiliated with the [[Coscivian National Congress]]). Both draw support mainly from the Coscivian population and descend from the pre-liberation Suderav Republic Party, which was the banned political wing of the Suderav Republican Army. The Unionist Party split from the SRP soon after liberation, over the question of accession to the Kiravian Federacy. The Unionists favoured speedy admission to the Kiravian Federacy as a full state, while the remnant SRP preferred a looser form of association or to remain an allied but independent republic. After accession became a *fait accompli*, this distinction lingered for some time, with the UP being the more resolutely federalist party and the SRP espousing [[Kiravian Federalism#Soft|soft antifederalism]] and localism, but both parties have since dropped strong commitments to either position. Today, the Unionists are mainly understood as the more {{wp|economic liberalism|economically}} and {{wp|Constitutional liberalism|constitutionally liberal}} party, inspired by [[Shaftonist democracy]], whereas the SRP are understood as more {{wp|statist}} and influenced by Capetian-style [[Restarkism]]. Nonetheless, both are Coscivian-nationalist, socially conservative, and claim to uphold the Shaftonist-republican tradition. Both parties compete for overlapping voter demographics and frequently form coalitions with (or against) one another. The SRP holds an advantage among ethnic Suderav Coscivians and Unionists hold an advantage among voters from other Coscivian groups, whether more recent immigrants from other parts of Kiravia or longer-established communities that have not adopted a Suderav Coscivian national identity. Gaelic voters are a loyal base of support for the Unionists, as are Finno-Koskenkorvans and Burgittans with Kiravian citizenship. Voters with Wintergen refugee ancestry strongly favour the SRP. | ||
The '''Skithanawite People's Party''' is consistently the third-largest party in the People's Soviet, enjoying near-total support from ethnic Skithanawite voters. Its strategy is to advance the interests of the Skithanawite people by always being part of the governing coalition, and most governing majorities since the UP-SRP split and the dawn of competitive elections have been either UP-SPP or SRP-SPP coalitions. However, customarily, even when the SPP is not part of the majority caucus in the Soviet (e.g. UP-SRP/SRP-UP or SRP-DA coalitions), the Chief Executive has nonetheless appointed SPP members or nominally-independent ethnic Skithanawites to cabinet posts as a gesture of inclusion. In keeping with the culture and values of its voter base, the SPP is ultraconservative, fiercely traditionalist, and protective of Skithanawite customs and institutions. It opposes Coscivian nationalism in favour of an {{wp|ethnopluralism|ethnopluralist}} arrangement with separate cultural and political autonomy for Skithanawites. The SPP rejects formal affiliation with any interstate groupings of political parties and SPP Delegates to the [[Federal Stanora]] officially sit as ''non-inscrit''. However, in practice the SPP has a close working relationship with the [[Caucus of Justice]]. | The '''Skithanawite People's Party''' is consistently the third-largest party in the People's Soviet, enjoying near-total support from ethnic Skithanawite voters. Its strategy is to advance the interests of the Skithanawite people by always being part of the governing coalition, and most governing majorities since the UP-SRP split and the dawn of competitive elections have been either UP-SPP or SRP-SPP coalitions. However, customarily, even when the SPP is not part of the majority caucus in the Soviet (e.g. UP-SRP/SRP-UP or SRP-DA coalitions), the Chief Executive has nonetheless appointed SPP members or nominally-independent ethnic Skithanawites to cabinet posts as a gesture of inclusion. In keeping with the culture and values of its voter base, the SPP is ultraconservative, fiercely traditionalist, and protective of Skithanawite customs and institutions. It opposes Coscivian nationalism in favour of an {{wp|ethnopluralism|ethnopluralist}} arrangement with separate cultural and political autonomy for Skithanawites. The SPP rejects formal affiliation with any interstate groupings of political parties and SPP Delegates to the [[Federal Stanora]] officially sit as ''non-inscrit''. However, in practice the SPP has a close working relationship with the [[Caucus of Justice]]. | ||