Applicant Information
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IC Nation & Lore
a) Nation's IC name:
Republic of Tiānxià
Tianxia
b) Brief description of your nation:
The United Republic of Tiānxià, common spelling Tianxia, is a republic in East Ochran. While ostensibly a constitutional republic, since 1944 the country has been governed by a military administration with devolved government along the lines of military districts and historic commandery districts.
In practice, the regional governments are divided along cultural and geographic cliques, with significant warlordism beyond the core. Both reactionary and revolutionary elements exert significant influence across the country. The current head of the central government and the main Junting Army is Generalissimo Feng Zhixin.
Through most of modern history, the country of Tianxia formed the core of the Shenzhou Empire, a preeminent power in East Ochran. By the early 20th century, the Empire was reduced to a rump state in Tianxia. In 1940, the Empire was overthrown and the United Republic of Tianxia was founded. Its first president was subsequently removed in 1944 by a military coup after an attempt to restore the Empire. Initially, the military administration had popular support. Over subsequent decades, the authority of the military administration based in the capital of Xījīng has eroded in favour of local populist movements and militias.
The economy of Tianxia is mixed both in terms of state interventions and development. In the vast hinterlands, a peasant agrarian economy is still commonplace. Closer to the capital, there is considerable industrial development with a focus manufacturing for an export market. The military administration has also designated a number of special international economic zones to promote financial services and foreign investment.
Culturally, Tianxia is a multi-ethnic country, though the majority of the population belong to various Shen sub-ethnicities. The Xianese make up a majority with significant Dongese and Manzinese minorities. The Beian and Kitaganese make up more marginal regional minorities.
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The historical Shenzhou Empire stretched across a large portion of East Ochran, formed from various Shen peoples and states across the region. The first dynasty of the Shenzhou Empire was formed semi-legendarily sometime in the mid-first millennium BCE and material culture recovered from that era attests the Empire was one of the first centralized states formed in human history. For the next millennium, the Empire existed in various forms with numerous dynastic changes often accompanied by periods of anarchy and warring provinces. Externally, the greatest rivals of the Shen were the Tsurushimese and the Kitaganese, who vied for commercial interests and territorial domination.
In the mid-10th century, the Shenzhou Empire came under threat from the Bayarids to the west. In the early 11th century, the Empire was ultimately conquered by the Bayarids and made a vassal state of the Khanate. The Bayarid Empire gradually collapsed over the 12th century and when the Shen reclaimed the Imperial throne, domestic historiography considered this yet another dynastic change.
By the 16th century, the Empire gained prominence as the terminus of the Jade Road, with trade flourishing following the stabilization of Uluujol to the west. This led to significant economic growth as well as technological and cultural exchange between Belisaria and Ochran.
Despite the size and power of the Shenzhou Empire in the first part of the early modern era, the country did not industrialize on a broad scale and by the 19th century the Empire saw its sphere of influence shrinking. This culminated in defeat in the First Cross Strait War at the end of the century. When the Empire failed in a revanchist war in the 1920s and 30s, the stage was set for the dissolution of the Empire and ultimately the foundation of the Republic of Tianxia.
c) Nation's type of government:
Presidential constitutional republic de jure
Military administration de facto
d) What languages are spoken in your nation?
Xiàhuà / Xianese (Mandarin Chinese)
Dōngyǔ / Dongese (Wu Chinese)
Mánziyǔ / Manzinese (Cantonese)
Běihuà / Beian (Jin Chinese)
Kitaganese (Peninsular Japonic)
Tsurushimese (Japanese)
Seonese (maybe...?) (Korean)
e) What ethnic groups are present in your nation?
Xiàrén / Xianese
Dōngrén / Dongese
Mánzi / Manzinese
Běirén / Beian
f) What are the major religions among your population?
Lùdejing, "Lùism", or "the Path"; a !Taoism philosophy/religion with elements of animism and henotheism.
g) Briefly describe your nation’s military (including size, role, branches, etc.):
The Junting Army is the largest professional fighting force with approximately 300,000 official active service personnel. A further 150,000 personnel are members of allegiant military cliques and an additional 200,000 personnel are members of rival cliques.
The Junting Army Ground Force has 200,000 personnel. It is a modern military force predominantly focused on defence of the capital region.
j) Critically discuss the strengths of your nation (esp. military & economic) and what role you see your nation fulfilling in the region.
The main purpose of Tianxia is to provide a lore anchor for East Ochran. In terms of strengths it should be relatively populous and have a degree of historical prestige that isn't necessarily realized in the modern era. Economically, it should be a primary and secondary industry hub, but with a great degree of foreign exploitation. In terms of international relations, the military administration considers itself "apolitical" and while the central government and internal factions might draw support or sympathy from different groups internationally, the central governments official policy is pragmatic, albeit a bit revanchist re: the area of the former Shenzou Empire.
h) If asked to reduce the strength of your nation, how would you do so?
Reduce the population, reduce the size of the military, make more overt infighting
IC Economics & Geography
a) Nation's IC GDP per capita:
USC 10,905.31
b) Nation's IC population:
78,474,968
c) What does your nation excel in exporting?
Consumer manufactured products, agricultural products, automobiles, textiles, common minerals
d) What does your nation need to import?
Power, electronics, REMs
e) What is your country self sufficient on?
Food
f) What is your preferred location on the regional map?
Open to discussion on this one... taking the Seonko (2/5) slot is presumptuous and I'd personally ask for a bigger footprint, just laying out different options. Connection to the east coast would be preferred.
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