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===Libéralisation and the Second Seraphic Republic (1925-1970)===
===Libéralisation and the Second Seraphic Republic (1925-1970)===
===Séparation Politique and the Modern Seraphic Republic (1970-Present)===
===Séparation Politique and the Modern Seraphic Republic (1970-Present)===
Though Libéralisation was largely concluded with the Third Convention in 1935 and the changes effected in 1936, the politics of Libéralisation persisted well into the 1960s. This stretch of relative peace and harmony coincided with a commiserate stretch of relative economic prosperity known as the Ère de Bienveillance, or Era of Benevolence. Median incomes for the poorest thirty percent of Cassonnians rose every year between 1939 and 1959, then again from 1962 to 1969. By the end of the 1960s, the national average life expectancy, literacy rate and income per capita were at their highest-ever levels; meanwhile, the poverty rate in 1969 fell below 3.5% for the first—and last—time in the history of the Republic. This robust social age was among the greatest in Cassonne's history, a 'second Grand Âge' that would drive the Seraphic Republic forward into the new millennium as a preeminent Astyrian power.
Though the Chancellery was well-established in this era, the true face of the Republic through much of the age was not the chief executive, but rather, the Proconsul. This paradigm largely began under Alexandre I's son, Guillaume, who inherited the position at the young age of ten (it was his youth that led to the extralegal appointment of a Viceroy, a position that would not be added to the Accords de Liberté until 1963). The public came to fall in love with the 'Boy Regent', and when he tragically died in a car accident like his late father in 1936, the public adopted his fourteen year old son and heir, Alexandre II as its own. Alexandre came of age during the era of Libéralisation, and became the face of the Crowned Sortition both domestically and abroad. Through the good times and the lean times, Alexandre's charm and quick wit became a great source of comfort to the people of the Republic throughout his reign.
By 1970, however, the Proconsul was sick. A chain-smoker from his teens, Alexandre had developed lung cancer in 1964, and though he had gone into remission once before, his cancer by 1970 had returned, and spread to his throat, tongue, and brain. As his condition worsened, a public vigil was held in his honor, demonstrative of the country's affection towards him. Alexandre II died on March 11th, 1970, at the age of 48; his son, Marquise I assumed the position of Proconsul. Yet Marquise would not retain the title for long: less than a month after ascending to the rank, Marquise abdicated in order to marry a Valle Crucian named Dolabella Sura, creating a national scandal. His brother Michel became the first Proconsul to be grafted to the rank, adopting the royal name Marquise II in an attempt to atone for his brother's perceived-selfish act. The luster of the Proconsul would remain damaged for the next twenty years.
No sooner had the Succession Crisis abated than a new, much more dangerous political crisis erupt. The city-state of Valle Crucis, to which the Seraphic Republic had been formally allied with since 1901, threatened in April 1970 to freeze the assets of the Democratic People's Republic of Heideland it held in Valle Crucian banks, following reports of widespread human rights abuses and a famine resulting from government mismanagement and corruption. The Heider government responded after months of failed negotiations by sponsoring a series of terrorist attacks in Valle Crucis, including a car bombing at the Port of Valle Crucis, killing 271 people—including 12 Cassonnians. The Seraphic Republic threatened military intervention against Heideland, leading the Communists to counter by mobilizing their nuclear rocket corps, threatening to enact a 'launch-on-warning' policy should the Seraphic Republic risk an invasion.
The three-week long 1970 Heider Missile Crisis reached a peaceful, albeit scandalous end in May 1970, when both sides agreed to international mediation from the Evenguard of Azura. The relief over the easing of tensions was irreparably smashed when the Montréat Gazette revealed that Conseiller Catherine Baer, at the urging of the Congressional leadership, had secretly arranged for the payment of a series of bribes, both to the Valle Crucian banks to release Heider assets, and to the Heider Government to expedite a quick-conclusion to the standoff. The scandal, known as the Affaire Honteuse (Shameful Affair) severely crippled the Republic's prestige around the region, and led Valle Crucis to suspend diplomatic ties with Cassonne. Coupled with the severe economic recession which followed the conclusion to the Missile Crisis, Cassonne withdrew from all of its international commitments.
The government retreated into a policy of Séparation Politique, or Political Separation, having not only suffered the sting of an international scandal, but also having pushed itself to the brink of nuclear war. Hit with the trifecta of the so-called Mega-Recession which would linger throughout the next decade, Cassonnaise will to intervene in foreign affairs was wholly sapped. A rash of resignations in Congress completed the so-called Année de l'Enfer (Year of Hell), sending the Seraphic Republic down a path on which it remains on to the present day. While certain economic reforms enacted in the 1980s and 1990s—including a push to increase international trade after a twenty-year slump—helped finally spur a financial recovery in the mid-'90s, the country remains locked into a condition of armed neutrality. Only time will tell if the Seraphic Republic's political separation from the outside world persists.
Cassonne, officially The Seraphic Republic of Cassonne (Cassonnais: La République Séraphique de Cassonne) and colloquially referred to as the Seraphic Republic, is a constitutional republic and democratic sortition located in extreme-southern Teudallum in Astyria. The population as of 2016 was 185,760,925 people. A citizen of the Republic is known as a Cassonnian, while the term Cassonnaise denotes the nation's official language, and serves as the cultural adjective form of the demonym (i.e. 'Cassonnaise culture'). The capital of the Seraphic Republic is located in Citadelle Royán, the seat of the eponymous Royán Préfecture, and the largest city is Saint-Catherines, Malves-en-Minervois Préfecture. Saint-Catherines, as of 2016, is the third largest city in the region, and is a major national cultural hub. The country is comprised of fifteen governmental subdivisions or districts known as Préfectures.
The Seraphic Republic is bordered to the north by Heideland; to the south by the Mer Morlaix (Morlaix Sea); to the east by [[Monsa and Morroseta; and to the west by Andamonia and the Aztec National League. Its highest point is shared by two locations positions in the Intérieur Séraphique region: Dôme Tonnerre, the highest peak in the Cramoisi Montagnes (Crimson Mountains), and Montmorillon Volcan, an extinct volcano in the Gamme Sud (South Range) near the capital. Both peaks have been measured at roughly 6,890 meters, or approximately 22,604 feet; considerable scientific debate ranges over which mountain peak is the true highest point of the country. No such debate looms over the Vallée Marin (Marin Valley), the country's low point at -7.9 meters (-26 feet) below sea level. The Améthyste Isles south of the mainland are the largest atoll in South Teudallum hosting almost ten percent of the total population.
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