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Is there any stigma against those that cannot speak Arumdaun?

Is there any racism, open or concealed, against those that look more Amerindian, or against those that are Arumdaun?

What are the ethnic demographics of Sakaipa?

What are the religious demographics?

Is/was there any kind of cowboy culture in the plains?

What percentage of the workforce is in agriculture? Industry? Service?

What is the literacy rate?
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Is there any stigma against those that cannot speak Arumdaun?


In truth, this largely depends on the segment of society in question, certain traditionalist Sakaipan Arumdaun's and Guarani's (particularly those who have maintained a largely pure Arumdaun or Guarani genealogy) attach stigma's to the opposite linguistic/cultural/ethnic group. Generally, Sakaipan's who do not speak Arumdaun tend to either be poor, traditionalist, or expatriates and those who fall into the first and second groups can at time face illegal discrimination and a social stigma is especially tied to the first group and to a lesser extent Jopara's (mixed Arumdaun-Guaraní's)

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Is there any racism, open or concealed, against those that look more Amerindian, or against those that are Arumdaun?


Again this largely depends on the segment of Sakaipan society in question, as certain traditionalist Sakaipan Arumdaun's and Guarani's are more prone to racism to their cultural counterpart than the rest of society. However, racism has largely declined after the end 1970s racial riots which subsequently caused the government to facilitate peaceful dialogue between the two primary groups.

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What are the ethnic demographics of Sakaipa?


Guaraní (37%) Sayju [particularly Arumdaun] (34%) Jopara [mixed Sayju-Guaraní] (29%)

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Is/was there any kind of cowboy culture in the plains?


Yes, in the Sakâypaí Basin historically the Otiÿva were the illegitimate sons born of the Guaraní mistresses of rich Guaraní mate merchants, which at the time was considered by parvenu Guaraní societally taboo to marry within one's race. Because of their consequent rejection by the Guaraní, the Otiÿva were only able to work as farmhands in Arumdaun Tapýi's, herding cattle or sheep and hunting for sustenance, Otiÿva were renown for being gallant, proud, silent, strong, honest types with good knife and horse-riding skills who rarely owned anything beyond their horse.

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What percentage of the workforce is in agriculture? Industry? Service?


Agriculture (2.3%) Industry (30.6%) Service (68.1%)

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What is the literacy rate?


Roughly 99%
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What are the religious demographics of Sakaipa?

Is Itatîypa Lake saltwater or freshwater?

Is the capital city along the coast, along the lake, or located inland?

Is there any form of universal healthcare?

What is the status on the legality of same-sex marriage?

What was the government in the immediate post-independence era? Would there have been any legal forms of racial or cultural discrimination?

What side would Sakaipa have been on during the Great War?

Is Sakaipa a unitary state? Federal?

What are the major parties in Sakaipa? What are their general positions? What were the results of the latest elections?

Does the President hold any real power, or is the position largely ceremonial?
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What are the religious demographics of Sakaipa?


Christianity - 47%
[Mahayana] Buddhism - 24%
Irreligious/Atheist - 21%
Other/Unspecified - 8%

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Is Itatîypa Lake saltwater or freshwater?


Historically Itatîypa was (and to a large extent remains) a freshwater lake, however due intake of seawater in from the Karai'y—particularly whenever boats pass through from the sea—has raised concerns about salt water entering the lake, thereby harming the drinking water supply for surrounding provinces and several other inland provinces in the region, who relay on the lake for irrigation. This has been an increasing concern, due to the exponential rise in traffic along the Karai'y, thanks to it's deepening and widening in the 1910s.

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Is the capital city along the coast, along the lake, or located inland?


Aríñemoâ lies in none of the above, instead the city lies in the Yrasêma island, which creates the Yrasêma A.T. (in English this is known as a Federal District or F.D.).

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Is there any form of universal healthcare?


Sakaipa employs a Bismark Model of UHC, similar to France or Germany.

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What is the status on the legality of same-sex marriage?


Same-sex marriage is not legal in Sakaipa, however LGBT individuals are protected from any and all forms of discrimination and same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1942. LGBT individuals are allowed to serve in the nation's armed forces and allowed to adopt, however they are not allowed to enter civil unions although previous attempts to grant them such rights have proved unsuccessful.

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What was the government in the immediate post-independence era? Would there have been any legal forms of racial or cultural discrimination?


Following independence Sakaipa emerged as a nation fraught with ethnic and sectarian tensions and violence, plagued with a near cyclical pattern of violent ethnic and religious clashes followed by general harmony and prosperity fueled by ethnic and religious reconciliation. During the 'Pre-Republican' era, as most scholars refer to the 1808-1841s in Sakaipa, Sakaipa was consumed in a perpetual power struggle, between the majority Arumdaun populace (at the time, Sakaipa was 54% Arumduan/Ameyuan, modern day Sayjuan) and the minority Guarani and Joparan populace. However this ongoing conflict largely helped usurp the Arumdaun majority, as many returned home (although many returned in the Golden Years of the 1890s-1920s), and subsequently stretched the state's finances much to the frustration of the military-industrial complex which feared a war with the newly reunified Guaranda. The armed forces ultimately began to threaten military intervention if the political elite could not resolve it's differences, this pressure led to the creation of the informal National Front (Továi Retâgaka), which established a confessionalist power-sharing agreement between the Sayju, Guarani, and Jopara ethnic groups. Although the National Front sought to unify the ethnically divided nation, the National Front also aiding in imposing a self-imposed segregated state as a way of abetting ethnic violence, in the form of Arumdaun and Guarani schools, courts, hospitals, etc, built specifically to cater to one ethnic group, although this was never codified into law. Although racial or cultural discrimination was never codified into law, the Sakaipan economy was noted for utilizing a confessionalist system of reservations or quotas known in Guarani as the Chúratape mbo'e, or Reservation System which 'reserved' certain positions to specific ethnic groups.

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What side would Sakaipa have been on during the Great War?



Due to the rotary power-sharing agreement between the Sayjuans and Guaranis, at the beginning of the war the NPNR would have sympathized with the Qichwan and Ebatican plights and also attempted to wrest control of the northern Sakaipa Basin from Guaranda. However following the end of the Guarani tenure, the DHK would have immediately sought to reconcile with the Allies, and promptly join the Allies.

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Is Sakaipa a unitary state? Federal?


Federal

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What are the major parties in Sakaipa? What are their general positions? What were the results of the latest elections?


There are three primary political parties in Sakaipa,

The Ñomopeteî Ñane Retâ (ÑPÑR) 'Our Nation Party' (ONP)
The Továi Kuarahyresê (TKH) 'New Dawn Front' (NDF)
The Dawan Hyak Kamu (DHK) 'Righteous Justice Party' (RJP)

The NRN and the DHK are both center-right parties, with the KN acting as the nation's only center-left party. As Sakaipa's politics are uniquely drawn on more sectarian and ethnic lines, all the parties have distinct primary ethnic electorates (i.e. NPNR - Guaraní; TKH - Jopara; DHK - Sayju).

Results of the legislative elections are,

DHK - 41%
NPNR - 36%
TKH - 23%

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Does the President hold any real power, or is the position largely ceremonial?


As Sakaipa follows a semi-presidential system the President holds all real power concerning foreign affairs, in contrast to the Premier which holds power in domestic affairs with his/her cabinet.
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