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The '''Coscivian National Congress''' is a [[Caucus (Kiravian politics)|caucus]] of political parties and independents in the [[Federal Stanora]] organised around a platform affirming the political importance of [[Coscivian civilisation|Coscivian cultural identity]], {{wp|national conservatism|national conservative}} principles, {{wp|economic nationalism}}. The CNC is often described as right-wing by Occidental observers, though it is better described by its position relative to the other legislative cacuses: The Congress agenda is more {{wp|statism|étatist}}, centralist, and explicitly identitarian than the [[Shaftonist-Republican Alliance]], and is far more supportive of a strong role for the state in the economy and less supportive of expanding international trade. Compared to the [[Caritist Social Union]] it has a more civilisational and nationalistic ethos than a religious one, and takes umbrage with the CSU's international humanitarianism, welcoming stance on immigration, and pro-Levantine sentiment. It has a more modernist and urban-industrial orientation than the [[Authentic Historical Caucus]] and supports a much larger, stronger, and more centralised government and a more active foreign policy. Although it grew out of the anti-Kirosocialist National Renewal Movement, on most policy matters (particularly economics) the CNC finds itself closer to the Kirosocialist [[Popular Democratic Front]] than to the other NRM caucuses, but rejects the Kirosocialist focus on class struggle in favour of national unity and opposes its goal of building a "socialist culture" and "socialist civilisation", preferring organic Coscivian culture as the basis of the nation.

The current "third wave" of the Coscivian National movement began after the fall of [[Kirosocialism]] and the reversal of its isolationist and protectionist policies by the Shaftonist-Republican Alliance in order to encourage foreign trade and investment. This resulted in unprecedented exposure to Occidental media and material culture, as well as direct personal contact with Occidentals, and engendered fears among many that Coscivian civilisation would soon succumb to Occidentalisation and become part of a homogenised, globalist "world culture". Views of Occidental civilisation among Coscivian Nationalist politicians vary from the simple assertion that Occidental ways are for Occidentals while Coscivian ways are for Coscivians to the idea that Occidental civilisation is deeply flawed and morally inferior to Coscivian civilisation, or more extremely, the idea that Occidental civilisation is an active force for ill in the world. Anti-Occidentalism among CNC members and voters is also driven by opposition to the materialism, secularism, crass commercialism, and utilitarianism with which the Occident associated by sectors of the Kiravian public.