Factbook: United Republics of China (NWO)

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中國聯合共和國
Zhōngguó Liánhé Gònghé​guó
United Republics of China



Table of Contents
I. Overview
II. Government
III. Political Divisions
IV. Demographics and Economy
V. Republic Defence Forces
[url]VI. Military Branches: Ground Defence Forces and Aerial Defence Forces[/url]
[url]VII. Military Branches: Maritime Defence Forces and Marine Infantry Corps[/url]
[url]VIII. Military Branches: Special Forces and Paramilitary Assets[/url]
[url]IX. Diplomatic Relations[/url]
[url]X. History[/url]
[url]XI. Maps[/url]
[url]XII. Factbook History[/url]

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I. Overview

Official Name: 中國聯合共和國 / 中国联合共和国 (Zhōngguó Liánhé Gònghéguó​), translated into English as "United Republics of China"
Short Name: China, Republic, URC
Capital: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
Flag:
Description: A red field defaced with the emblem of the Kuomintang; all encircled within a circle of seven stars. The red field represents the blood shed through countless wars in defence and the formation of the United Republics. The seven stars represent the founding Republics, bound in a never-ending circle of union, while the gold of the stars represents the individual wealth of the United Republics. The Emblem of the Kuomintang represents the common political background of the United Republics; founded to escape the bonds of Socialist and Communist rule and the right to self-government.
Adjective: Chinese, Republican or any of the constituent forms (Chinese, Hongkongese, Shanghainese, Macaunese,etc.)
Official Religion: No Official Religion
Official Languages: Standard Mandarin
Working Languages: English, Cantonese, Portuguese, Shanghainese,
Currency: Republic Minbi (國民幣, RPM, ¥) (or simply minbi)
Major Cities:
Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Shanghai, Shanghai Republic
Hong Kong
Macau

Motto: "United by Blood, Honour before All Else"
Location: East Asia, north of the Indochina Peninsula
Population: 1,034,881,900 As of January 2011
Land Area: 3,024,079 km²
Form of Government: Unicameral Federal Constitutional Republic
Head of State: President Lǐ Měiqí
Head of Government: Chancellor Wen Jiabao

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II. Government

The government of the United Republics of China is a unicameral constitutional nationalistic federal republic comprised of seventeen provinces, four municipalities and two Autonomous Republics. It is fundamentally structured as a representative democracy, with every Citizen given the right to vote for members of the Senate of the Republic as well as the President of the Republic.

Federal Government

Executive


The Hall of Purple Lights in the Zhongnanhai Complex

President of the United Republics of China

The President of the United Republics of China is the Head of the State, serving as the political representation of the Union’s Great Achievment. Chosen directly by the people out of a pool of well-qualified men and women, the President serves a mostly ceremonial role.

Current President of the United Republics of China: Lǐ Měiqí

Chancellor of the United Republics of China

The Chancellor of the United Republics of China is the Head of the Government, serving as the top elected official. Unlike the President and the Senators, the Chancellor is not elected by the actual people of the Republic. Instead, he or she is elected directly by the Senators who have been directly elected by the people.

Current Chancellor of the United Republics of China: Wen Jiabao

Cabinet of the United Republics of China

The Cabinet of the United Republics of China is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United Republics. These officers, known as Ministers, are in charge of their Ministry and serve as advisors to the Chancellor on matters pertaining to their Ministry.

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Yang Jiechi
Minister of National Defense: Lieutenant General Sheng Lee, Republic Ground Defence Forces
National Development and Reform Commission: Zhang Ping
Minister of Education: Ryu Shionoya
Minister of Science and Technology: Doctor Kim Mung-Ryu
Minister of Environmental Protection: Zhou Shengxian
Chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission: Yuko Obuchi
Minister of Public Security: Colonel Meng Jianzhu, Republic Armed Police
Chief of Public Security Section 9: Daisuke Aramaki
Minister of State Security: Lieutenant Colonel Geng Huichang, Republic Ground Defense Forces
Minister of Supervision: Ma Wen
Minister of Civil Affairs: Wu Aiying
Minister of Justice: Lieutenant Colonel Keiji Fujiwara , Republic Marine Corps
Minister of Finance: Xie Xuren
Minister of Personnel and Social Security: Iseul Haneul Jeong
Minister of Land and Resources: Hoshiko Yong Gang
Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction: Jiang Weixin
Minister of Railways: Liu Zhijun
Minister of Transport: Li Shenglin
Minister of Industry and Information Industry: Kanya Malai
Minister of Water Resources: Chen Lei
Minister of Agriculture: Sun Zhengcai
Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) : Chen Deming
Minister of Culture: Cai Wu
Minister of Health: Chen Zu
Minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission: Li Ben
Chairman of the People's Bank of Asia: Zhou Xiaochuan

Legislative

The Great Hall of the Union in Nanjing

The United Republics of China has a unicameral legislature: the directly-elected Republican Senate.

The Senate of the Union
The Republican Senate is located in the capital city of Nanjing and is officially known as the National Conference of the Republic Senate. Inside of a massive hall, the delegates, called Senators, are seated into a circle by region, with each Consul member seated at the front of their respective section. In the middle of the circle, the Chancellor, President and any other distinguished member of the government are seated. The delegates are often chosen by the people of their respective constituency in general elections held every five years, with one-fifth of all representatives being up for re-election or replacement. The entire Republican Senate is made up of a fixed 1,500 Members, apportioned between provinces according to population:

Presider of the Republican Senate:
Speaker of the Republican Senate:

Judiciary
NB: Each nation within East Asia has a system similar to the one outline below. This is for the Chinese version only. Simply replace 'China' with whatever nation you want to know about.


Gate to the Supreme Court of the Union

According to the Constitution of the Union of China of 1959 and the Organic Law of the People's Courts that went into effect on January 1, 1961, the Chinese courts are divided into a four-level court system:

At the highest level is the Federation Supreme Court in Beijing, the premier appellate forum of the land, which supervises the administration of justice by all subordinate "local" and "special" people's courts. Every Union in the URA reports to the FSC in Beijing.

Local people's courts—the courts of the first instance—handle criminal and civil cases. These people's courts make up the remaining three levels of the court system and consist of "high people's courts" at the level of the provinces, autonomous regions, and special municipalities; "intermediate people's courts" at the level of prefectures, autonomous prefectures, and municipalities; and "basic people's courts" at the level of autonomous counties, towns, and municipal districts.

Courts of Special Jurisdiction (special courts) comprises the Military Court (military), Railway Transport Court (railroad transportation) and Maritime Court (water transportation), and forestry.

The court system is paralleled by a hierarchy of prosecuting offices called people's procuratorates, the highest being the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Chief Justice of the United Republics of China: Wáng Shèngjùn

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Political Divisions

Nations and Special Administrative Republics
At the upper-most level of the United Republic are divisions known Special Administrative Republics (SAR) and Nations. Currently, there are three (3) SAR's and one Nation. While the SAR's are highly autonomous, they still answer supremely to the Republic Senate, the Chancellor and the President of the Republic.

Special Administrative Republics: Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai
Nations: Zhōnghuá

Provinces
The Republic is comprised of 18 provinces (省; shěng), which are similar to the states of the United States of America. While they are given some range of autonomity, such as economic preference, they are still inferior to their constituent nations and special administrative republics. All of the provinces of the United Republics fall under the Nation of Zhōnghuá.

Provinces of the United Republics of China
* Anhui (安徽, Ānhuī)
* Fujian (福建, Fújiàn)
* Guangdong (广东, Guǎngdōng)
* Guizhou (贵州, Gùizhōu)
* Hainan (海南, Hǎinán)
* Hebei (河北, Héběi)
* Heilongjiang (黑龙江, Hēilóngjiāng)
* Henan (河南, Hénán)
* Hubei (湖北, Húběi)
* Hunan (湖南, Húnán)
* Jiangsu (江苏, Jiāngsū)
* Jiangxi (江西, Jiāngxī)
* Jilin (吉林, Jílín)
* Liaoning (辽宁, Liáoníng)
* Shaanxi (陕西, Shǎnxī)
* Shandong (山东, Shāndōng)
* Shanxi (山西, Shānxī)
* Zhejiang (浙江, Zhèjiāng)

Within the province level is what are known as Municipalities (直辖市; zhíxiáshì). Municipalities are large cities that have the same administrative level as provinces. Municipalities directly control county-level divisions, without an intervening prefecture-level. In practice, the actual metropolitan area of a municipality is only a tiny fraction of its total area; the rest of the municipality consists of towns and farmland.

Prefecture
Just below Provinces is the Prefecture level(地区, dìqū).

Prefecture-level cities (地级市, dìjíshì) form the vast majority of prefecture-level divisions. Prefecture-level cities are generally composed of an urban center and surrounding rural areas much larger than the urban core, and thus are not "cities" in the strict sense of the term.
Most provinces are divided into only prefecture-level cities and contain no other third-level administrative units.

Prefectures are another level of government found at the prefecture-level. These were formerly the dominant second-level division, which is why this administrative level is often called "prefecture-level". However, they were replaced for the most part by prefecture-level cities in the from 1983 to 1990s. Today, prefectures exist mostly in Xinjiang and Tibet.

Leagues (盟, méng) are effectively the same as prefectures, but they are to be found only in Inner Mongolia. Like prefectures, leagues have mostly been replaced with prefecture-level cities. The unique name is a holdover from earlier forms of administration in Mongolia.

Autonomous prefectures (自治州, zìzhìzhōu) are prefectures with one or several designated ethnic minority/minorities. These are mostly to be found in China's western regions.

County
The County-level division (县, xiàn)is what make up prefectures. Similar to the counties of the former USA, these serve as a means of local government, with Comissionars at the head.

Township
The Township-level division (乡, xiāng) makes up the Counties. They are simply what their name implies: A town.

Village
The village level serves as an organisational division (census, mail system) and not so much importance in political representative power. Basic local divisions like neighbourhoods and communities are not informal like in the West, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area):

In general, In urban area, every sub-district of a district of a city administers (thus is divided into) many communities or neighbourhoods. Each of them have a neighbourhood committee or community committee or residents' committee to administer the dwellers of that neighbourhood or community; while rural areas are organised into village committees or villager groups. A "village" in this case can either be a natural village, one that spontaneously and naturally exists, or an administrative village, which is a bureaucratic entity.

Nation of China / 中华国 / Zhonghuá Guó
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Capital: Nanjing
Land Area: 3,016,605 km² (1,164,718 sq mi )
Population: 1,027,376,300
Prime Minister: Hu Jintao
Form of Government: Federal democratic republic

Hong Kong / 香港 / Xiāng Gǎng

Capital: Central District
Land Area: 1,104 km² (426 sq mi)
Population: 6,985,200
Prime Minister: Sir Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen
Form of Government: Special Administrative Republic

Macau / 澳门 / Ào mén

Capital: St. Lawrence Parish
Land Area: 29.2 km² (11.27 sq mi)
Population: 557,400
Prime Minister: Edmund Ho Hau Wah
Form of Government: Special Administrative Republic

Shanghai / 上海 / Shànghǎi
No Flag Available

Capital: Huangpu District
Land Area: 7,037 km2 (2,717 sq mi)
Population: 23,019,148
Prime Minister: Han Zheng
Form of Government: Special Administrative Republic

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IV. Demographics and Economy

DEMOGRAPHICS

Overview

Wangfujing Street in Beijing, where 100,000 people a day visit and walk its path

As of July 2009, there are 1,034,881,900 people who reside within the Republic. About 20.8% are 14 years old or younger, 71.4% are between 15 and 64 years old, and 7.7% are over 65 years old. The population growth rate for 2006 is 0.59%.

Today, the Republic has dozens of major cities with one million or more long-term residents, including the global cities of Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Major cities in the Republic play key roles in national and regional identity, culture and economics.

Statistics
Urban-rural ratio
Urban: 42.3% (2007)
Rural: 57.7% (2007)

Median age
Total: 33.2 years (2007)
Male: 32.7 years (2007)
Female: 33.7 years (2007)

Population growth rate
Population growth rate: 0.606% (2007)
Birth Rate: 13.45 births/1,000 population (2007)
Death Rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (2007)

Ethnic Composition

by State

Languages
The official spoken standard language of the United Republics is Standard Mandarin. However, the working languages of the Republic are comprised of the main languages of each constituent region and are required to be provided for in any official or government-ran operations. The working languages of the United Republics of China are Cantonese, Portuguese, Shanghainese, as well as English.

Religion

Báimǎ Sì, a Chan Buddhist Temple in Luoyang, Henan, China

Religion in the Republics has been characterised by pluralism since the beginning of history. Temples of many different religions dot the East Asia's landscape, particularly those of Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk religion. Mahayana Buddhism remains the largest organised religion in the East Asia since its introduction in the 1st century.

The majority of Republic people follow Buddhism (between 50% and 80%) and/or Taoism (30%).

ECONOMY

The Shanghai Stock Exchange, the world’s fifth-largest stock exchange

Currency
Currency: Republic Minbi (國民幣, RPM, ¥) (or simply minbi)
Subdivisions: 1¥ = 10 jiao = 100 fen
Valuation: 1.00¥ = 0.1031€ =0.1463 US$ (9.6999¥ = 1.00€ = 1.4148US$)
Central Bank: The Republic Bank of China

Wealth
Gross Domestic Product: 16,248,746,589,482¥ (18,361,083,646,115 €)
GDP per Capita: 65,174 ¥ (6,571 €)

Unemployment Rate: 6.76%

Budget
Revenue: [Direct Taxes: 38.5%]
Expenditures:

• Administration: 8.77% [€]
• Commerce and Trade: 9.02% [€]
• Defense: 11.05 % [€]
• Education: 18.55% [€]
• Environment: 8.10% [€]
• Health Care: 12.03% [€]
• Law and Order: 8.75% [€]
• Public Works: 10.02% [€]
• Religion and Spirituality: 5.02 [€]
• Social Security: 8.76% [€]

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V. Republic Defence Forces

Flag of the Republican Defence Forces

The Military of the United Republics of China, the Republic Defence Forces (Simplified Chinese: 共和国国防军 , Gònghéguó Guó​fáng Jūn) is the primary means of defence and offence for the Republic. A professional and highly-trained military, the RDF is well-suited to the pursuit of the Republic's future. The RDF falls under the command of the current Chancellor, who then delegates command to the Council of Five. The Council of Five serves as the Republic Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Commander-in-Chief: Chancellor Wen Jiabao
Chief of Staff:

All who live in the Republic are able to serve in the armed forces, however, only those born within the defined boundaries of the United Republics of China are ever allowed to be promoted above the NATO Rank Grade of OR-3. This is so as to prevent any non-native son from ever being able to control any aspect of the military, thus being able to prevent the use of his unit against his home land. Exceptions are made, however, they are very rare, and require the approval of the Chancellor, the First Ministers, as well as the President.

In practice, military service with the RDF is entirely voluntary; because of China's large population and therefore the large number of individuals who volunteer to join the regular armed forces, a draft has never been enforced. All 18-year-olds have to register themselves with the government authorities, in a way similar to the Selective Service System of the United States. The main exception to this system applies to potential university students (male and female), who are required to undergo military training (usually for the duration of a week or more) before or, more often one year after their courses have commenced.

Conscription is enshrined in Article 55 of the Constitution, which states: "It is a sacred duty of every citizen of the United Republics of China to defend his or her motherland and resist invasion. It is an honoured obligation of the citizens of the United Republics of China to perform military service and to join the militia forces." The present legal basis of conscription is the 1984 Military Service Law, which describes military service as a duty for "all citizens without distinction of race… and religious creed." This law has been amended only with each succesor state.

Conscription has, therefore, only existed officially since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, and, theoretically, all Alliance citizens have had the duty of performing military service. Technically, those 18-22 years of age enter selective compulsory military service, with a 24-month service obligation. This includes 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs.

Military service is normally performed in the regular armed forces, but the 1984 law does allow for conscription into the reserve forces. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Macau SAR residents however, as of 1997, 2001 and 1999 respectively are exempted from joining the military.

The training of the Republican military is divided into five levels and even then it is more specialised, dependent upon which area of the forces the Warrior will be entering.

Total Active Duty Personnel: 20,697,638 (~2% of the population)
Total Reserve Force: Unknown, estimated at around 200 million
Total Mobilizable Force: Unknown
Membership: voluntary after required service, professional

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