Statistics

Name - Kaap Republiek (Dutch) / iRiphabliki yaseKapa (Xhosa) / Rephabliki ea Kaap (Sotho)
Continent - Africa
Capital - Kaapstad [Cape Town]

Administration

Head of state - Captain-General ------- & Executive Directory (Collective)
Head of government - Director of the Interior -------
Legislature - National Assembly
Chairman of the National Assembly -
Judiciary - High Council of Cassation
Form of government - Unitary republic under a democratic directorial confidential constitution
Form of law - Cambacérès Code
Demonym - Kaapenaar

Geography

Area - 761,720 km^2
Largest cities
-Kaapstad - 4,312,000 (city), 5,801,000 (metro)
-Uitenhage
-Grotia [Kimberley]
Time zone - TMP+01:00
Currency - Kaapenaar guilder

Demography

Language - Dutch
Regional languages - Xhosa, Sotho
Population - 17,341,246
Density - 22.77 /km^2

Symbols

National festival -
Anthem -
Motto -

Government

-executive power held by a Directory of three people:
-Uitvoerend Bewind
-Director of the Interior
-Director of Finance
-Director of the Exterior
-various ministries below them

-military power held by a Captain-General
-Kaptein-Generaal
-ceremonial role
-master of ceremony
-acclaimed by Kaapstad crowd

-legislative power held by a National Assembly
-Nationale Vergadering
-division of deliberation and discussion
-in First and Second Councils

-judicial power held by a High Council of Cassation
-Hoge Raad van Cassatie

Ethnic demography

	Total	White	Coloured*	Black	Asian**	Other
Uitenhage	4,212,053	1,166,739	1,023,529	1,301,524	619,172	101,089
		27.7%	24.3%	30.9%	14.7%	2.4%
E. Frontier D	161,047	10,790	6,764	129,321	9,824	4,348
		6.7%	4.2%	80.3%	6.1%	2.7%
Wittenstad	2,203,809	872,708	271,069	954,249	52,891	52,891
		39.6%	12.3%	43.3%	2.4%	2.4%
Kaapstad	5,821,001	1,664,806	3,469,317	419,112	139,704	128,062
		28.6%	59.6%	7.2%	2.4%	2.2%
Zeelandia	1,050,051	108,155	128,106	739,236	67,203	7,350
		10.3%	12.2%	70.4%	6.4%	0.7%
Graaff-Reinett	621,021	99,984	206,179	249,029	60,860	4,968
		16.1%	33.2%	40.1%	9.8%	0.8%
Grotia	450,101	33,758	61,214	253,857	94,071	7,202
		7.5%	13.6%	56.4%	20.9%	1.6%
Stellenbosch	493,034	150,375	287,932	24,159	19,721	10,847
		30.5%	58.4%	4.9%	4.0%	2.2%
Swellendam	1,045,934	311,688	628,606	60,664	32,424	12,551
		29.8%	60.1%	5.8%	3.1%	1.2%
Flandria	201,024	45,029	87,646	57,493	10,252	603
		22.4%	43.6%	28.6%	5.10%	0.3%
Olifants	472,099	103,390	292,229	32,575	37,296	6,609
		21.9%	61.9%	6.9%	7.9%	1.4%
Koperfontein	147,048	9,852	113,815	10,440	11,617	1,323
		6.7%	77.4%	7.1%	7.9%	0.9%
Broederschap	463,024	143,537	293,557	17,595	1,852	6,482
		31.0%	63.4%	3.8%	0.4%	1.4%
Total	17,341,246	4,720,813	6,869,963	4,249,255	1,156,888	344,327
		27.2%	39.6%	24.5%	6.7%	2.0%

White

-traditionally called Cape Dutch but term eroded over time
-and Huguenot and to a lesser extent German heritage emphasized
-traditional elites and continue to be richer than others

Jewish

-a lot of refugees and economic migrants who moved to Cape

Bruinen

-aka "brown" people
-coming from several sources
-a lot of them Dutch-speaking from Khoisan backgrounds
-as well as mixed-race from that, East Indies, and from Akan backgrounds

Cape Malay

-Islamic community from bruin background
-associated with Malays due to their leadership but come from slaves, including Khoisan converts, Indians, and indentured servants, especially Javanese

Asian

Cape Javanese

-coming as indentured servants
-largely in west of colony
-as further east they prefer to identify as Malays
-coming from many backgrounds but ultimately the Javanese majority wins the day

Black

-due to weakness relative to neighboring empires they are enfranchised
-and ultimately this becomes permanent

Finkoe

-in OTL we'd call them "Mfengu" or "Fingo"
-people fleeing the Mfecane who became Xhosafied and then transferred allegiance to Dutch
-also converting to Calvinism in the process
-got access to land along coastline as buffer against Xhosa
-successfully take full advantage of commercial boom and become pretty notable
-providing labor recruited from chiefs for rails and the like
-and also becoming small-time entrepreneurs selling wagons and other goods
-migrating all across the Cape Colony
-and a lot of them ultimately speaking Dutch

Asante

-due to Dutch recruitment of soldiers from Asanteman this leads to a lot of Asante soldiers settling in Cape
-most of them to Kaapstad and other large cities
-a lot of them intermarrying either black women or and they become a discrete group
-long term they speak Dutch

Themboe

-in OTL we'd call them Thembu
-got conquered after mineral rushes
-several very costly wars where this is done
-native chiefs remain influential within borders because of Dutch weakness
-and some of them do take advantage of the boom
-despite this very bad relations with white settlers to the area
-ultimately one of the poorer peoples in Cape

Xhosa

-despite many people in Cape speaking Xhosa only a small fraction of them are Xhosa
-because Xhosa continues to have a smaller meaning here
-most of them either close to the border or recent immigrants
-and frequently very poor

First language demography

		Dutch	Xhosa	Sotho	Tswana	Zulu	Javanese	Other
Uitenhage	3,562,053	2,286,838	869,141	128,234	42,745	3,562	163,854	67,679
		64.2%	24.4%	3.6%	1.2%	0.1%	4.6%	1.9%
Wittenstad	2,103,809	1,173,925	2,104	833,108	4,208	84,152	4,208	2,104
		55.8%	0.1%	39.6%	0.2%	4.0%	0.2%	0.1%
Kaapstad	4,521,001	3,851,893	257,697	180,840	108,504	13,563	45,210	63,294
		85.2%	5.7%	4.0%	2.4%	0.3%	1.0%	1.4%
Zeelandia	950,051	258,414	659,335	950	3,800	1,900	950	24,701
		27.2%	69.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	2.6%
Graaff-Reinett	521,021	275,099	232,375	5,210	1,042	521	5,210	1,563
		52.8%	44.6%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%	1.0%	0.3%
Paulustad	400,101	253,664	10,403	23,206	94,424	4,001	8,002	6,402
		63.4%	2.6%	5.8%	23.6%	1.0%	2.0%	1.6%
Stellenbosch	993,034	924,515	37,735	1,986	1,986	993	4,965	20,854
		93.1%	3.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	2.1%
Swellendam	909,934	828,950	37,307	1,820	2,730	910	5,460	39,127
		91.1%	4.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.6%	4.3%
Vlaanderenia	201,024	149,160	36,787	6,835	4,624	402	804	2,412
		74.2%	18.3%	3.4%	2.30%	0.20%	0.40%	1.2%
Verwoerdhaven	224,097	195,188	896	896	15,239	448	1,345	10,084
		87.1%	0.4%	0.4%	6.8%	0.2%	0.6%	4.5%
Broederschap	463,024	421,815	926	2,315	13,428	463	463	23,614
		91.1%	0.2%	0.5%	2.9%	0.1%	0.1%	5.1%
Total	14,849,149	10,619,461	2,144,708	1,185,401	292,728	110,916	240,471	261,835
		71.5%	14.4%	8.0%	2.0%	0.7%	1.6%	1.8%