Caxcana

Caxcana
Caxcana
Population	3,200,000,000
Density	22.9/km²

Caxcana is a continent located in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres of the Earth, also known as the International Democratic Union. The vast continent is bounded by the bustling Olympic Ocean to the west, the Tenebric Ocean to the east, and the extensive Southern Ocean to the south. A string of waterways, including the Strait of Vulkaria, Elkjop Bay, Salliut Bay, and Qiaodun Sea separate the continent from Hesperida to the north.

Caxcana's first humans appeared around 40,000 years ago, with indigenous tribes, clans, and empires such as the Kelownan Peoples, Åethnoa, Osirisans, Xiomerans, and the Shen Empire warring for control of the land for thousands of years. The continent was also largely colonized in the second half of the 2nd Millennia C.E.. Following the blooming of nation states across the continent, including the establishment of Legionas in 1776 and Zamastan in 1804, the continent became an industrial center of the world.

Due to the expanse of the Shen Empire, Zamastanian conquests, and Legionite Kingdoms, much of the continent speaks Shen-Mandarine and Caticeze-English.

History

Pre-Caxcana period

The indigenous peoples of the Caxcanan continent have many creation myths by which they assert that they have been present on the land since its creation, but there is no evidence that humans evolved there. The specifics of the initial settlement of Caxcana by ancient Hesperidans are subject to ongoing research and discussion. The traditional theory has been that hunters entered the Stratoy land bridge between eastern Vulkaria and present-day Gladysynthia from 27,000 to 14,000 years ago. A growing viewpoint is that the first Caxcanan inhabitants sailed from Libertas Omnium Maximus or Laeral some 13,000 years ago, with widespread habitation of Caxcana during the end of a Glacial Period. The oldest petroglyphs in Caxcana date from 15,000 to 10,000 years before present. Genetic research and anthropology indicate additional waves of migration from Hesperida via the Strait of Vulkaria.

Before contact with Hesperidans, the natives of Caxcana were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires. They lived in several "culture areas", which roughly correspond to geographic and biological zones and give a good indication of the main way of life of the people who lived there (e.g., the mammal hunters of the Great Plains of Pahl, or the farmers of Xiomera). Native groups can also be classified by their language family. Peoples with similar languages did not always share the same material culture, nor were they always allies. Anthropologists think that some branches of the Åethnoa people of the Gladysynthian plains came to Caxcana much later than other native groups, as evidenced by the disappearance of cultural artifacts from the archaeological record.

During the thousands of years of native habitation on the continent, cultures changed and shifted. One of the oldest yet discovered is the Cardozan culture (c. 9550–9050 BCE) in modern Paraboca. Later groups include the Kelownan culture and related Mound building cultures, found in the Zian River valley. The more centralized geographical cultural groups of Caxcana were responsible for the domestication of many common crops now used around the world, such as tomatoes, squash, and maize. As a result of the development of agriculture in the south, many other cultural advances were made there. The Xiomerans developed a writing system, built huge pyramids and temples, had a complex calendar, and developed the concept of zero around 400 CE. The Shen peoples were known for their massive architectural advances through their empirical quests.

Geography

Regions

Geographically the Caxcanan continent has many regions and subregions. These include cultural, economic, and geographic regions. Economic regions included those formed by trade blocs, such as the Northwest Caxcana Trade bloc and Shen Imperial Trade Agreement. Linguistically and culturally, the continent could be divided into several additional zones.

The largest countries of the continent, Zamastan and Osirisa, contain well-defined and recognized regions along geographical features, such as rivers or mountains (i.e.: the Adama River between Zamastan and Osirisa).

List of states and territories

Name	Capital	Population	Area	Head of State	Head of Government	Government type
Allied Cities	Fanzui	19,133,100	km2			Federal presidential constitutional republic
Andhrapur	Navsari	43,867,262	km2	Jayanta I Sampadayanakari		Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Arcadia Dazeber	Verinia	94,640,000	603,628 km2	Fredwrick IV	Paul Weber	Dual Constitutional Monarchy
Auria	Lumière	9,267,648	km2	Katherina Laurent	Jaques Arquette	Constitutional Monarchy
Darya	Kurwai	240,823,209	km2			Federal presidential republic
Doatia	Doa City	267,867,341	km2	Aiyisha Bokum	Shuri Recardo	Republic (Constitutional Monarchy)
Eiria	Geminus	90,850,000	543,633 km2	Leah Stendē		Federal Semi-Presidential Republic
Elalia	Anatrios	27,200,000	151,750 km2	Anthimos Stavrakos	Daniil Rosseas	Unitary Parliamentary Republic
Great Tequila Island	Loz Mezcaleros	8,256,100	km2	Holly Peña		Constitutional Federal Multi-party DemocraticRepublic with Limited Direct Democracy andMixed Free Market/Socialist Economy.
Huenya	Chuaztlapoc	51,709,098	km2	Texōccoatl	Tiacihitli	Federated constitutional monarchy
Legionas	Aunistria	134,374,590	km2	Alexander II	Nicholas Moretti	Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Manabí Rive	Xohuyan		km2	Tanqui
Milintica	Huānoch	11,428,245	km2	Matōchmizalo	Tupai Tapihana	Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
Roucourt	Kalinyev	39,843,214	km2	Svetlana Leclerc		Unitary One-party Socialist Authoritarian Dictatorship
United New England	Boston	14,800,000	71,992 km2	Elizabeth Tyagi-Kennedy		Democratic republic
Xiomera	Tlālacuetztla	83,166,711	km2	Calhualyana	Toquihu	Autocracy, theoretical meritocracy
Zamastan	Tofino	103,450,000	789,062 km2	Foley Sakzi		Democratic republic

Demographics

Economy

Most of the nations on Caxcana are developed countries, and many such as Zamastan, Shen, Legionas, Xiomera, and Eiria, have some of the wealthiest economies in the International Democratic Union. However, there are great swaths of regions considered developing and consisting of lower-tier economies, such as Paraboca, East Chanchajilla and West Chanchajilla in West-central Caxcana.

Languages

Due to the expanse of the Shen Empire, Zamastanian conquests, and Legionite Kingdoms, much of the continent speaks Shen-Mandarine, Caticeze-English, and Ermizi-German.

Religions

Religions in Caxcana are defined by historical growth of individual nations and their influence over specific regions. The corridor of Western-Caxcanan nations stretching from Gladysynthia down to Quetana are largely Christian nations, while North Caxcana and the nations with Shen influence are heavily influenced by the Minjian Faith and Hesperidan-origin belief systems.