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'''Patron Article of the Month – ''[[Nathaniel Cannon]]'' by {{U|Mythopoeia}}, selected by {{u|Mythpoeia}}'''
'''Patron Article of the Month – ''[[Levantine Commune]]'' by {{u|Jaevibing}}, selected by {{u|Yuutarou}}'''


'''Nathaniel Cannon''' (June 9, 1836 – November 8, 1917) was an [[Astorian people|Astorian]] military officer, statesmen and pioneer who served as the first [[President of Astoria|president of Astoria]] from 1867 to 1879. Appointed by the [[Constitutional Assembly of Astoria|Constitutional Assembly]] as commander of the [[Astorian Revolutionary Army|Revolutionary Army]] in 1866, Cannon led the forces of Astoria to victory in the [[Oregon Civil War]] and the [[Eugene War]]. He served on the [[Provisional Executive Committee of Astoria|Provisional Executive Committee]] and chaired the 1867 [[Constitutional Secession]] of the Assembly which promulgated the [[Constitution of Astoria]]. In Astoria he is referred to as the "[[Father of the Republic]]" and is entombed at the [[National Adoratory of the Republic]].
The '''Levantine Commune''' was a country situated in the Middle East in the Levant region. Its territory was comprised of the former lands of the British Mandatory Palestine. As an independent confederation, the Levantine Commune consisted of 2 constituent 'communes' with relative autonomy from the federal government and the Jerusalem Special Administrative Zone, with Jerusalem being directly governed by the federal government as their seat of power. Despite this federal division of power, much of the Levantine Commune was centralised with a planned economy and the federal ability to veto laws passed by the communes. It was the first and last communist state in the Middle East with its capital and largest city being Jerusalem.


The [[1870 Astorian presidential election]] was the first presidential election in Astorian history. During Cannon's interim presidency, former members of the Republican Party and Canadians from the former British Columbia coalesced into the [[Whig Party of Astoria|Whig Party]]. Although united in their displeasure for Cannon, they had little in common regarding policy. The Whigs nominated [[George Andrews]], a former [[Hudson Bay Company]] administrator, as Cannon's opponent. Cannon won the election on September 3, 1870, with 11,328 votes, approximately 64.84% of the popular vote, and 36 [[Electoral College of Astoria|electoral votes]].
On the 6th of October, 1973, Israeli nationalist politicians attempted a coup of the Levantine Commune government and of the Israeli Commune government. The coup fell apart after 3 days but the impact of the attempted coup was widespread and destabilising for the country. While the coup perpetrators had been arrested and imprisoned, many of the militias who had defected to join the coup were unaffected and thousands of coup participators were still in active service. Many within both communes began advocating for independence. The federal government attempted reform to quell the instability and called for [[April 1974 Levantine Commune parliamentary elections|snap elections in April 1974]], but partisanship deadlocked the parliament and so the presidents of the Levantine Commune declared a state of emergency and dissolved legislatures and attempted to take full control of the country, leading to the Levantine National Schism where the Israeli and Palestinian Communes rose up and broke away from the rule of the federal government. The schism lasted for 3 months before it escalated to the 1975 Levant War which took place across the Middle East between the Levantine Commune government, Israel and Palestine. The war was inconclusive and the Levantine Commune failed to take back its lands but did occupy northern Jordan with Iraq. After the wars conclusion, the president [[Barnaby Har-Zahav]] declared the Levantine Commune's dissolution.
 
In contemporary Astoria, questions regarding the legitimacy of the election still lingers among those in academia but since the early 1980s interest in the matter among the general population has faded. Historians are divided on whether Cannon employed [[Electoral fraud during the 1870 election|fraudulent]] means to win the 1870 election, with 58% of the members of the [[Astorian Association of Archivists and Antiquarians]] agreeing in 2021 that unethical means were utilized. Only 34% of those belonging to the Arts and Humanities Class, Section II of the [[Astorian Academy of Arts and Sciences]] agreed. According to a 2019 poll conducted by [[National Canvass]], 9% of Astorians believed Cannon employed fraudulent means to win the election, 32% agreed that election violence took place during the early republic, and 86% of those polled agreed with the statement "If Nathaniel Cannon utilized fraudulent methods in 1870 to win the presidential election it happened for a just reason."
 
Numerous [[Municipalities of Astoria|municipalities]] and [[Townships of Astoria|townships]] have been named in Cannon's honor, and modern attempts to rename counties and medium-sized cities to commemorate him have occurred after his death. [[Canongrad]], with a population of 267,093, serves as the provincial capital of [[Sakhalin]] in [[Ussuria]] and is the most notable namesake. [[Cannonsburg, Clackamas|Cannonsburg]], with a population of 21,094, is the prominent namesake in Astoria. Across the country many streets honor him, with the most prominent being [[Cannon Boulevard]] in the nation's capitol. 
 
Cannon is memorialized by various structures, complexes and buildings across the country, the most significant being the [[National Adoratory of the Republic]], constructed between 1925–1930, and the [[Cannon Monument]] between 1965–74 in [[Asphodele, Astoria|Asphodele]]. Cannon is listed and his likeness is depicted among the the pioneers of the Oregon Trail, honored at the [[Monument to the Pioneers]]. [[Fort Cannon]], located on the border between [[Olympia]] and [[Tahoma]], is the largest military base by manpower and equipment in Astoria.


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The Levantine Commune was a country situated in the Middle East in the Levant region. Its territory was comprised of the former lands of the British Mandatory Palestine. As an independent confederation, the Levantine Commune consisted of 2 constituent 'communes' with relative autonomy from the federal government and the Jerusalem Special Administrative Zone, with Jerusalem being directly governed by the federal government as their seat of power. Despite this federal division of power, much of the Levantine Commune was centralised with a planned economy and the federal ability to veto laws passed by the communes. It was the first and last communist state in the Middle East with its capital and largest city being Jerusalem.

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