Tiandi (天地) Signup and Recruitment [MT, RP/Worldbuilding]

[Ebatica]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Jangjangdo 牂莊島 ("ewe hamlet island"); indigenous name "Bu Tferda," lit. "lonesome spot/place"
Real life culture influence: Kabyle, other Amazigh groups
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean
Population: 72,307
GDP (PPP) per capita: $12,152
GDP (nominal) per capita: $8,750
Military manpower (active/reserve): No formal armed forces; the police force commands a Special Forces Unit and the Coast Guard
Language(s): Jeongmian, Kabyle, Jaman creole
Nation description: An island nation in the Singye Sea, made up of two larger islands and a handful of smaller ones. The islands were originally inhabited by a small number Amazigh groups, primarily the Kabyle who inhabited the large mountain range that spans the main island. These people were in contact with other groups in the Singye Sea, and primarily engaged in the trade of sugarcane and spices. The islands were colonized by Jeongmi in the 17th century and turned into coffee and sugar plantations. The nation was granted independence in 1964.

Today, Jaman is a lower-middle income nation whose economy is highly dependent on tourism, offshore banking, and the exportation of sugar, coffee, and liquor. Roughly 1/4 of the population works in the tourism industry, which is primarily focused on the northeastern parts of the main island. The southern parts of the main island, as well as the surrounding islands, are more mountainous and rural. The nation's tax laws--revised in 1997--have received criticism for inviting money laundering. Sex trafficking is also serious problem.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: I mean if you're going to twist my arm
Main nation on NS: Ebatica
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): See Discord
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Spoke to a dolphin and he told me about it

[Woom dynasty]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Byeongsan (屛山)
Real life culture influence: Korea (Balhae)
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean
Population: 5,624,417
GDP (PPP) per capita: $ 38,245
GDP (nominal) per capita: $ 34,014
Military manpower (active/reserve): 22100/46800
Language(s): Jihwan (Yukjin Korean)
Nation description: Located northeast of Yedal, Byeongsan is a country covered with mountains. More than 80% of land are covered with steep mountains, which made Byeongsan's development difficult. By it's harsh weather and rugged terrains, Byeongju was not a good place for farming, and they had to import food from neighboring country, Jihwa.

In the past, the land was dominated by the Cheonje Empire under the name of Dohwa-gun. After the fall of the empire, Choi Myung-won unified the region and established Byeongsan-guk. However, due to the rough mountains, it was difficult to manage the provinces, and the actual controlling territory was not very large. As a result, rather than directly managing it, it has an administrative system that guarantees a high degree of autonomy by receiving tributes.

Due to the poor environment, Byeongsan had to rely of Jihwa for a significant portion of the economy, and gradually assimilated into JIhwa. In 1812, Byeongsan participated as a memeber of the Dongye Federation, and in 1872, it became one of the constituent kingdom of the Jihwan Empire.

In the great Eulhae war, Byeongsan was conquered by Nukigurun. After liberation, voices about the dissolution of the Jihwan empire increased, and in 1944, 56% of the votes agreed, and the Jihwa Empire was officially disbanded, and Byeongsan became independent.

Today, Byeongsan is achieving high economic growth using numerous resources from the mountains. It is also famous as a tourist destination for its beautiful scenery.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Jihwa
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Former Nonyukbeol
How did you find out about Tiandi?: By thread

[Woom dynasty]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Jinye (辰霓)
Real life culture influence: Korea
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean (Okjeo)
Population: 7,281,423
GDP (PPP) per capita: $46,922
GDP (nominal) per capita: $42,524
Military manpower (active/reserve): 16800/7200
Language(s): Jihwan (Yukjin Korean)
Nation description: Jinye is a small country located in Eastern Yedal.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Jihwa
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Former Meull
How did you find out about Tiandi?: By thread

[Sabara]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Yakaleikin
Real life culture influence: Sahaptin
Real life culture of former colonizer: Coast Salish (Hachuabsh)
Population: 23,170,009
GDP (PPP) per capita: $8,301
GDP (nominal) per capita: $3,546
Military manpower (active/reserve): 250,000/1 million
Language(s): Nimipuutímt (Nez Perce) is the dominant language throughout Yakaleikin. Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit (Sahaptin, primarily Yakamas) is spoken in clusters along the Hachuabshi border.
Nation description:

Historically, the Yakaleikins were a horse-riding nomadic people that dominated the plateau along X river. In their heyday prior to the 16th century, the Yakaleikin periodically conquered large swathes of Western Yeongju and Thunderbird Bay, at times controlling territories as far as the Hachuabshi, Yudeok, and Yelamese lowlands.

Yakaleikin was eventually subjugated and incorporated into an industrializing and imperially-minded Hachuabshi Empire as it expanded inland during the late 19th century. The Hachuabshi Army (an organization that was becoming increasingly nationalist) recognized the strategic potential of the region's naturally defensive terrain, extensive coal reserves, mineral deposits, rich agricultural land and access to the X river, a major thoroughfare between the Hachuabshi/Yudeok heartlands and Central Yeongju. Thus - following a process that repeated itself in many other parts of the Hachuabshi Empire - it pushed out civilian stakeholders to become the dominant political force in the territory, and engaged in a forced industrialization campaign (and later on in the 20s/early 30s potentially mass hydro-electrification? lots of dams if Hach has the resources for that?).

Yakaleikins were removed from their ancestral pastures and coerced into working in the steel mills and coal mines of factory towns that were growing rapidly in number on the banks of X river. Simultaneously, hundreds of thousands (~200k?) of Hachuabshis, Yudeokan, Yelamese and other peoples from territories across the Hachuabshi Empire poured into the region to work the newly irrigated fields (thanks to the dams?). In most instances, Yakaleikins and non-Hachuabshi migrants were used as forced labor in these agricultural settlements. The Yakaleikin language and traditional cultural practices were repressed and Hwulshucid became the territory’s formal language. This brutal colonization project engendered a significant resistance movement with a vast array of ideological strains among peasants and laborers led by a radicalized Yakaleikin class of intellectuals returning home from universities in Sinju and Hachuabsh. As the socialist movement gained steam in Hachuabshi urban centers, leftists became the most prominent and active of these resistance groups in Yakaleikin.

Imperial Hachuabsh's disastrous performance in the later stages of the Eulhae War would lead to a socialist revolution throughout the remaining parts of the Empire that empowered the Yakaleikin Socialist/Maoist insurgency. Although the socialists and trade unions quickly gained control over major urban centers in the Hachuabshi lowlands, what was left of the Hachuabshi Army retained its grip over Yakaleikin (and maybe Yudeok?) with support from ethnic Hach settlers. When civil war broke out in mid 1942, support for the Imperial Hachuabshi Army from the Allied Powers dragged out the conflict, especially in Yakaleikin. However, the peasant insurgency - now calling themselves “Hinmatóoyalahtq’it” (lit. “thunder traveling to high places”), “Hinya” for short - building upon its successes in guerilla warfare soon gained control over most of the hinterland by the end of 1943. After Hachuabshi socialist militias arrived in Yakaleikin with heavy weaponry in early 1944, the Imperial Army was finally defeated in its remaining urban strongholds along X river.

For the next decade, a tenuous coalition between the socialist government in Túlq and the Maoist peasant insurgency governed Yakaleikin as the war-torn region attempted to rebuild (perhaps with an emphasis on dam restoration and energy restoration which was badly needed to sustain Hachuabshi heavy industry?). Thousands of Hach settlers (and others from around the former Hach empire) left, although some communities remained in the cities. Negotiations in the late 1950s saw the withdrawal of Hachuabshi forces from Yakaleikin as a newly socialist Yahuimilco - wary of any seemingly imperialist Hachuabshi intentions in Yeongju (largely colored by its experiences during Eulhae) while at the same time a major source of food imports for Hachuabsh as it was under an embargo by Sinju & Friends - urged Túlq to grant sovereignty to Yakaleikin and the Hinya.

Once in power, the leaders of the Hinya quickly split into two factions. The moderates advocated for a slower transition to communism (maybe reminiscent of China’s New Democracy and elements of the NEP) and were less extreme in their proposed solutions for the remaining Hachuabshi settlers and Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit (Yakama) minority. Conversely, the radicals were heavily influenced by utopian perceptions of “primitive” pastoralism in precolonial Yakaleikin as well as a chauvinistic nationalism. The radicals saw what was left of the Hachuabshi settler population in urban centers as a humiliating reminder of Yakaleikin’s colonial past. They pushed for rapid & violent collectivization of the countryside, de-urbanization, and autarky - a departure from Yakaleikin’s still tight-knit relationship with Hachuabsh.

These tensions boiled over into a second revolution sometime in the late 1960s, with the radicals taking power and purging the moderates. They were led by Ollikut, the Jeongmian-educated son of a prominent chief who had collaborated with the Imperial Hachuabshi Army and served in an important post in the colonial administration.

Over the span of the next five years, the Ollikut-led Hinya organized the wholesale evacuation of the urban population from cities to collective farms/pastures and rural works projects, as well as a near genocidal attempt to expel Hachuabshis and especially the Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit (of which there were far greater numbers) from Yakaleikin. Out of a population of around 23 million, it is estimated that around 4-5 million lost their lives in the ensuing famine and mass killings.

Hachuabsh watched in alarm as a hostile regime took over the neighbor it had historically seen as key to the country’s strategic interests (also maybe it was affecting the dams? Im not sure how feasible it would be for a bunch of hydroelectric dams to have been built here?). After several border skirmishes, Hachuabsh invaded Yakaleikin in 1974 (committing plenty of its own war crimes, including carpet bombing of the countryside), easily defeating what was left of the demoralized and malnourished Hinya militias. Soon after, a socialist client state was established under the leadership of the Hinya moderates that had fled Ollikut’s coup to Hachuabsh. It remains in power to this day.

The near-total destruction of Yakaleikin’s intelligentsia, institutions, industries, and agriculture required huge amounts of aid from Hachuabsh in the years following invasion. A pro-Ollikut insurgency persisted through the next decade, further hindering efforts to rebuild the country. Yakaleikin remains impoverished relative to its neighbors, and is heavily reliant on Hachuabsh for economic support. Its many hydroelectric dams supply power to important Hachuabshi metros. It also exports lots of apples.

The Hachuabshi invasion of Yakaleikin was an important catalyst for a potential split in the communist OSDMA, especially among its Yeongju members. It also antagonized Iyoka (?)

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes. Hoping for input from others on this.
Main nation on NS: Sabara
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Tiicham's plot (with maybe some more carved out of hachuabsh?)
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

[Arumdaum]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Byeongsan (屛山)
Real life culture influence: Korea (Balhae)
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean
Population: 5,624,417
GDP (PPP) per capita: $ 38,245
GDP (nominal) per capita: $ 34,014
Military manpower (active/reserve): 22100/46800
Language(s): Jihwan (Yukjin Korean)
Nation description: Located northeast of Yedal, Byeongsan is a country covered with mountains. More than 80% of land are covered with steep mountains, which made Byeongsan's development difficult. By it's harsh weather and rugged terrains, Byeongju was not a good place for farming, and they had to import food from neighboring country, Jihwa.

In the past, the land was dominated by the Cheonje Empire under the name of Dohwa-gun. After the fall of the empire, Choi Myung-won unified the region and established Byeongsan-guk. However, due to the rough mountains, it was difficult to manage the provinces, and the actual controlling territory was not very large. As a result, rather than directly managing it, it has an administrative system that guarantees a high degree of autonomy by receiving tributes.

Due to the poor environment, Byeongsan had to rely of Jihwa for a significant portion of the economy, and gradually assimilated into JIhwa. In 1812, Byeongsan participated as a memeber of the Dongye Federation, and in 1872, it became one of the constituent kingdom of the Jihwan Empire.

In the great Eulhae war, Byeongsan was conquered by Nukigurun. After liberation, voices about the dissolution of the Jihwan empire increased, and in 1944, 56% of the votes agreed, and the Jihwa Empire was officially disbanded, and Byeongsan became independent.

Today, Byeongsan is achieving high economic growth using numerous resources from the mountains. It is also famous as a tourist destination for its beautiful scenery.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Jihwa
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Former Nonyukbeol
How did you find out about Tiandi?: By thread

Accepted.

[Arumdaum]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Jinye (辰霓)
Real life culture influence: Korea
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean (Okjeo)
Population: 7,281,423
GDP (PPP) per capita: $46,922
GDP (nominal) per capita: $42,524
Military manpower (active/reserve): 16800/7200
Language(s): Jihwan (Yukjin Korean)
Nation description: Jinye is a small country located in Eastern Yedal.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Jihwa
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Former Meull
How did you find out about Tiandi?: By thread

Accepted.

[Arumdaum]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Atfalati 澾田 (Daljeon)
Real life culture influence: Kalapuya
Real life culture of former colonizer: E. Asian or Salish
Population: 4,294,674
GDP (PPP) per capita: $36,010
GDP (nominal) per capita: $25,308
Military manpower (active/reserve): 26,737/3,984
Language(s): Northern Kalapuya, Central Kalapuya and Yoncalla are also present
Nation description: The capital is Chageipi, meaning place of the beaver. Another major city is Chachimahiyut, meaning place of aromatic herbs. Another place is Chanhalbam, "upriver" or "upland".
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: yes
Main nation on NS: Arumdaum
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): on discord
How did you find out about Tiandi?: founder

[Ambemarivo]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Chewamstuu [< 1890 spelling: Tchéwamstû'] ("Antelope's Trail" [actually Pronghorn], name of a locality near Warner Lakes, OR); also rendered semantically as 羚跡 Yeongjeok [Note: Post-colonial name, will come up with colonial name later]
Real life culture influence: Klamath, Modoc, Molala and Cayuse peoples
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean (Jeongmi)
Population: 4,818,690
GDP (PPP) per capita: $4,563
GDP (nominal) per capita: $1,309
Military manpower (active/reserve): 5,230/14,870
Language(s): A Korean conlect (official), Klamath-Modoc (semi-official), Molala, Cayuse
Nation description: Confederations of clans and city-states à la Hachuabsh, Yelamu and Ahwaimuwu would first emerge in the 9th century CE. These offered mercenary services to neighboring states and/or affiliated themselves with them through marriage of state. Such affiliations would at times cause internal conflicts, as two or more city-states supporting contradictory states would find themselves cutting relations or attempting to topple one another. In other, short-lived cases, the city-states were united under common causes and agreed to unifications roughly spanning the modern borders. (By fellow members' demand, these can also be subject to foreign invasion.) Chewamstuu was a partial buffer zone between colonial Jeongmi and colonial Hachuabsh, until it was declared a Jeongmian protectorate in 1603 (cf. Ahwaimuwu in 1587) and annexed in 1628 (cf. Ahwaimuwu in 1620). Chewamstuu's population, defined by skilled horsemen forcibly conscripted to the Jeongmian army, suffered many losses in the combats between Jeongmi and Hachuabsh (via its stronghold in Yelamu). In 1960, the colonies of Tepodalia(?), Ahwaimuwu and Chewamstuu were granted independence from Jeongmi. With the nation having no industrial backbone deep into the 20th century, Jeongmian colonials (Bisaeng?) departed. Many Chewamstese followed suit, emigrating to better-off neighboring states. To this day, Chewamstuu remains a developing country, whose main economic activity is agriculture. Remittances contribute ever so slightly to the country's economy. One agrarian-populist (think "Jeffersonian democracy"-esque) party is dominating the country's politics since independence, and is preventing industrialization. The radical left is since the early 2000s staging low-level insurgencies all over the country in favor of more rapid industrialization and a more pro-Hachuabsh (than the current pro-Yelamu/pro-capitalist) foreign policy.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Basanreseri
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Purple plot southeast of Yelamu
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Yes

[Sabara]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Chewamstuu [< 1890 spelling: Tchéwamstû'] ("Antelope's Trail" [actually Pronghorn], name of a locality near Warner Lakes, OR); also rendered semantically as 羚跡 Yeongjeok [Note: Post-colonial name, will come up with colonial name later]
Real life culture influence: Klamath, Modoc, Molala and Cayuse peoples
Real life culture of former colonizer: Korean (Jeongmi)
Population: 4,818,690
GDP (PPP) per capita: $4,563
GDP (nominal) per capita: $1,309
Military manpower (active/reserve): 5,230/14,870
Language(s): A Korean conlect (official), Klamath-Modoc (semi-official), Molala, Cayuse
Nation description: Confederations of clans and city-states à la Hachuabsh, Yelamu and Ahwaimuwu would first emerge in the 9th century CE. These offered mercenary services to neighboring states and/or affiliated themselves with them through marriage of state. Such affiliations would at times cause internal conflicts, as two or more city-states supporting contradictory states would find themselves cutting relations or attempting to topple one another. In other, short-lived cases, the city-states were united under common causes and agreed to unifications roughly spanning the modern borders. (By fellow members' demand, these can also be subject to foreign invasion.) Chewamstuu was a partial buffer zone between colonial Jeongmi and colonial Hachuabsh, until it was declared a Jeongmian protectorate in 1603 (cf. Ahwaimuwu in 1587) and annexed in 1628 (cf. Ahwaimuwu in 1620). Chewamstuu's population, defined by skilled horsemen forcibly conscripted to the Jeongmian army, suffered many losses in the combats between Jeongmi and Hachuabsh (via its stronghold in Yelamu). In 1960, the colonies of Tepodalia(?), Ahwaimuwu and Chewamstuu were granted independence from Jeongmi. With the nation having no industrial backbone deep into the 20th century, Jeongmian colonials (Bisaeng?) departed. Many Chewamstese followed suit, emigrating to better-off neighboring states. To this day, Chewamstuu remains a developing country, whose main economic activity is agriculture. Remittances contribute ever so slightly to the country's economy. One agrarian-populist (think "Jeffersonian democracy"-esque) party is dominating the country's politics since independence, and is preventing industrialization. The radical left is since the early 2000s staging low-level insurgencies all over the country in favor of more rapid industrialization and a more pro-Hachuabsh (than the current pro-Yelamu/pro-capitalist) foreign policy.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Basanreseri
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Purple plot southeast of Yelamu
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Yes

Accepted.

[Poshyte]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Sihu (Sihuese: シフ)
Real life culture influence: Yoron language
Real life culture of former colonizer: TBD
Population: 525,944
GDP (PPP) per capita: $32,773
GDP (nominal) per capita: $27,183
Military manpower (active/reserve): 15,000 (Active), 13,000 (Reserve)
Language(s): Official: Sihuese
Nation description: Sihu, officially the Republic of Sihu is an archipelagic sovereign state located in the East Sea. The capital and largest city is Asamachi. Sihu is shares maritime borders with several countries; Kinshu to the north, Sikuku and X to the east and Igu to the south. It is one of the smallest countries in the world by area and has one of the highest population densities in the world.

Historically most of the population of Sihu were involved in fishing and agriculture on the island. It became the centre of a race for influence in the East Sea and was occupied by X in XXXX. The village of Asamachi became an important port and expanded rapidly. The population of the archipelago grew rapidly before plateauing in the mid-17th century. The first factory on the island opened in the mid 18th century, agriculture and fishing however were still the most important sectors of the local economy. On the outbreak of the Eulhae War the island's factories began manufacturing firearms and became an important ship-building hub and port. The archipelago was subject to a blockade by X which caused mass-starvation on the islands. Combined with repeated air raids led to thousands of deaths over the war which devastated the local economy and population. After the war the island fell under supervision of the Congress of Nations. In this period the economy began to recover and rationing was ended in 1957. The archipelago became independent in 1958 and quickly fell into recession when the agricultural industry began to shrink, faced with an impending crisis the national government, a grand coalition between the centre-left Sihu Social Democrats and the centre-right People's Party began promoting the archipelago as a business hub and slashed corporation taxes. The plan had mixed results, much of the archipelago became absorbed by the rapidly expanding city of Asamachi which ruined the local agricultural economy however the economy transitioned to an industrial one quickly. The 'Orange' coalition as it became known as governed the country between 1958 and 2002 when it was abolished. Following a landslide victory in the 2002 general election the Sihu Social Democrats reinstated corporation taxes which made some companies leave the island. The economy however grew at a steady rate. A major oil spill combined with a devastating storm that caused widespread flooding in 2017 led to a surge in support to the Green Future party which was able to win the 2019 general election and form a centrist coalition.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Poshyte
Main/puppet/NPC: None
Link to map claim (optional):
How did you find out about Tiandi?: NS

[Sabara]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Sihu (Sihuese: シフ)
Real life culture influence: Yoron language
Real life culture of former colonizer: TBD
Population: 525,944
GDP (PPP) per capita: $32,773
GDP (nominal) per capita: $27,183
Military manpower (active/reserve): 15,000 (Active), 13,000 (Reserve)
Language(s): Official: Sihuese
Nation description: Sihu, officially the Republic of Sihu is an archipelagic sovereign state located in the East Sea. The capital and largest city is Asamachi. Sihu is shares maritime borders with several countries; Kinshu to the north, Sikuku and X to the east and Igu to the south. It is one of the smallest countries in the world by area and has one of the highest population densities in the world.

Historically most of the population of Sihu were involved in fishing and agriculture on the island. It became the centre of a race for influence in the East Sea and was occupied by X in XXXX. The village of Asamachi became an important port and expanded rapidly. The population of the archipelago grew rapidly before plateauing in the mid-17th century. The first factory on the island opened in the mid 18th century, agriculture and fishing however were still the most important sectors of the local economy. On the outbreak of the Eulhae War the island's factories began manufacturing firearms and became an important ship-building hub and port. The archipelago was subject to a blockade by X which caused mass-starvation on the islands. Combined with repeated air raids led to thousands of deaths over the war which devastated the local economy and population. After the war the island fell under supervision of the Congress of Nations. In this period the economy began to recover and rationing was ended in 1957. The archipelago became independent in 1958 and quickly fell into recession when the agricultural industry began to shrink, faced with an impending crisis the national government, a grand coalition between the centre-left Sihu Social Democrats and the centre-right People's Party began promoting the archipelago as a business hub and slashed corporation taxes. The plan had mixed results, much of the archipelago became absorbed by the rapidly expanding city of Asamachi which ruined the local agricultural economy however the economy transitioned to an industrial one quickly. The 'Orange' coalition as it became known as governed the country between 1958 and 2002 when it was abolished. Following a landslide victory in the 2002 general election the Sihu Social Democrats reinstated corporation taxes which made some companies leave the island. The economy however grew at a steady rate. A major oil spill combined with a devastating storm that caused widespread flooding in 2017 led to a surge in support to the Green Future party which was able to win the 2019 general election and form a centrist coalition.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Poshyte
Main/puppet/NPC: None
Link to map claim (optional):
How did you find out about Tiandi?: NS

Accepted.

[Yelamu]

Shortform name: Ywarska (夷華)
Real life culture influence: Tocharians
Real life culture of former colonizer: Manchu (Nukigurun)
Population: 16,609,011
GDP (PPP) per capita: $10,198
GDP (nominal) per capita: $5,814
Military manpower (active/reserve): 24,000/105,00
Language(s): Tocharian B majority; Tocharian A, Yugur, and Dzungar minorities
Nation description:
Ywarska is a country of sparsely-populated arid steppes and deserts, punctuated by occasional rivers and oases around which the cities in which most of the population lives sprang up. In a strategic location in Central Yoju, it is a historic crossroads of cultures, on the border between the steppe nomads to the north and sedentary city-dwellers to the south, and the Sinju-influenced cultures of the eastern coast and Napsal- and Tagol-influenced cultures of the western interior.

The Ysamnic peoples are an independent branch of the Itihasic peoples; although they settled next to the Indo-Iranians they are not directly related and historians believe they migrated from the Itihasic urheimat to their present location via the eastern side of the inner sea some time before 500 BCE. By the start of the common era, Ysamnic city-states and petty kingdoms dominated much of the land between the inner seas and the mountains.

Located directly on one of the overland routes between the empires of Cheonje and Mennefer, as well as being a major source of jade for export to Cheonje, the Ysamnic states thrived as both empires did. Buddhism was introduced in the second century CE and most Ysamnic states quickly converted, and the centrally-located region became instrumental in Buddhism’s further spread north and east into Sinju. The Ysamnic golden age around 500 CE coincides with the semi-official hegemony of the city-state of Kusi over the rest of the region.

The decline of Cheonje and the Takhuit dynasty and subsequently of the trade between them in the 700s and 800s struck a major blow to the Ysamnic states, and their own decline was further exacerbated by the migrations and invasions caused by the rise of the Heeradic Empire to the north in the 900s. Ysamnic territory was steadily eroded by Iranian peoples from the west and steppe invaders from the north and east, culminating in the sacking of Kusi around 950 and the narrowing of Ysamnic territory to the strip of land between the two inner seas (“Ywarska” meaning “between”).

Around 1000, the weakened Ysamnic city-states were conquered by the Jaatunist, Koksoyic-speaking Idiqut people. The Idiqut Khanate lasted for three centuries, with the Idiquts adopting elements of Ywarskan culture but mostly remaining a distinct ruling class, until fragmenting in the 1300s; the newly-autonomous (though sometimes still formally subject to the Idiqut) Ywarskan city-states were able to reassert Ywarskan culture in the period that followed.

Ywarska was conquered once again in the 1500s, by the Heeradic-speaking Ooled people, who also remained distinct from the native people rather than assimilating; although they were also Buddhist, they were Vajrayana rather than the local Mahayana, and they stuck more closely to their ancestral nomadic lifestyle than the Idiquts.

In the late 1600s, amidst a succession crisis over the Ooled Khanate between rival Ooled clans, one of them appealed for aid to Nukigurun, which invaded the region and installed them as vassal rulers. A century later the Ooleds revolted against Nuki rule, and the Nukis responded by slaughtering them (leaving the Ywarskans as the dominant population in the region once again) and directly annexing the area.

Initially Nukigurun was popularly seen as a liberator from Ooled domination and many Ywarskans were loyal to the Buddhist monarchy, but the Ywarskan economy began to be adversely affected by the diversion of most trade north to the Nuki heartland. Tensions were further inflamed by Nukigurun’s switch from the imperial monarchy rooted in religious legitimization to the First Republic and its emphasis on pan-Ergunic nationalism, from which the Itihasic Ywarskans were excluded, and a nationalist movement arose by the turn of the 20th century, at first advocating for autonomy and language revival but increasingly agitating for independence as the 1900s went on.

After Nukigurun’s defeat in the Great Eulhae War, Ywarska was granted its independence as a republic by the Allied Powers in 1944. It has spent much of the time since independence dominated by its founding party, combining nationalism, political Buddhism, a mixed economy, and a pro-Sinju foreign policy stance, and has remained a developing country.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Current Myinya plot
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

---

Shortform name: Samaran
Real life culture influence: Sogdia
Real life culture of former colonizer: Manchu (Nukigurun)
Population: 10,083,714
GDP (PPP) per capita: $11,793
GDP (nominal) per capita: $4,498
Military manpower (active/reserve): 63,000/165,000
Language(s): Sogdian, other east Iranian languages
Nation description:
Nearly evenly divided between Buddhists and Jaatunists in addition to a large Sabbatarian minority, and with each of those religions divided into sects amongst themselves, Samaran recently emerged from a sectarian civil war with a complex confessional power-sharing arrangement in which each government position is constitutionally guaranteed to a member of a specific religious group. Its politics are chronically unstable and dysfunctional as a result, though it has at least avoided a relapse of outright violence.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Former Karymanymas plot
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

[Jinggangshan]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: The Jinggangshan Peoples Republic
Real life culture influence: The Jianxi-Fujian-Soviet and the Chinese Soviet Republic
Real life culture of former colonizer: (if applicable) several...partially so. (IC we incorporate Hongkong and Macao) Not so far as the nation as a whole is concerned, if you overlook temporary jap occupation
Population: ca. 181.854.000 (going after todays number for the provinces it would occupy in the PRC)
GDP (PPP) per capita: US$ 14,943
GDP (nominal) per capita: 605.76

I hope I got those two right... still not sure what the difference is. Damn english terminology and damn the language barrier.

Military manpower (active/reserve): 770.000 / 6.880.000
Language(s): Chinese
Nation description: Factbook link.

I'd of course be willing to adapt that to a more fitting form, but it should serve to give the idea.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Well, in many points yes, but not on things like the political orientation. Borders and geography sounds doable, but we won't abandon Mao-Zedong-Thought or learn Korean.
Main nation on NS: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=hamidiye
Main/puppet/NPC: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=jinggangshan
Link to map claim (optional): Hm, for that I'd need more info... what's the yellow part, are the regions named in the east already member nations, and so on.

I'd see this application as a sort of a preliminary sounding: do we mesh? Does this fit? If it doesn't feel free to tell me.
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Well, it was the top post, looked well enough developed and attractive. Thought I'd give it a go.

[Arumdaum]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: The Jinggangshan Peoples Republic
Real life culture influence: The Jianxi-Fujian-Soviet and the Chinese Soviet Republic
Real life culture of former colonizer: (if applicable) several...partially so. (IC we incorporate Hongkong and Macao) Not so far as the nation as a whole is concerned, if you overlook temporary jap occupation
Population: ca. 181.854.000 (going after todays number for the provinces it would occupy in the PRC)
GDP (PPP) per capita: US$ 14,943
GDP (nominal) per capita: 605.76

I hope I got those two right... still not sure what the difference is. Damn english terminology and damn the language barrier.

Military manpower (active/reserve): 770.000 / 6.880.000
Language(s): Chinese
Nation description: Factbook link.

I'd of course be willing to adapt that to a more fitting form, but it should serve to give the idea.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Well, in many points yes, but not on things like the political orientation. Borders and geography sounds doable, but we won't abandon Mao-Zedong-Thought or learn Korean.
Main nation on NS: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=hamidiye
Main/puppet/NPC: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=jinggangshan
Link to map claim (optional): Hm, for that I'd need more info... what's the yellow part, are the regions named in the east already member nations, and so on.

I'd see this application as a sort of a preliminary sounding: do we mesh? Does this fit? If it doesn't feel free to tell me.
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Well, it was the top post, looked well enough developed and attractive. Thought I'd give it a go.

You should join the Discord! We can talk more about your app on there.

[Arumdaum]

Shortform name: Ywarska (華斯卡)
Real life culture influence: Tocharians
Real life culture of former colonizer: Manchu (Nukigurun)
Population: 16,609,011
GDP (PPP) per capita: $10,198
GDP (nominal) per capita: $5,814
Military manpower (active/reserve): 24,000/105,00
Language(s): Tocharian B majority; Tocharian A, Yugur, and Dzungar minorities
Nation description:
Ywarska is a country of sparsely-populated arid steppes and deserts, punctuated by occasional rivers and oases around which the cities in which most of the population lives sprang up. In a strategic location in Central Yoju, it is a historic crossroads of cultures, on the border between the steppe nomads to the north and sedentary city-dwellers to the south, and the Sinju-influenced cultures of the eastern coast and Napsal- and Tagol-influenced cultures of the western interior.

The Ysamnic peoples are an independent branch of the Itihasic peoples; although they settled next to the Indo-Iranians they are not directly related and historians believe they migrated from the Itihasic urheimat to their present location via the eastern side of the inner sea some time before 500 BCE. By the start of the common era, Ysamnic city-states and petty kingdoms dominated much of the land between the inner seas and the mountains.

Located directly on one of the overland routes between the empires of Cheonje and Mennefer, as well as being a major source of jade for export to Cheonje, the Ysamnic states thrived as both empires did. Buddhism was introduced in the second century CE and most Ysamnic states quickly converted, and the centrally-located region became instrumental in Buddhism’s further spread north and east into Sinju. The Ysamnic golden age around 500 CE coincides with the semi-official hegemony of the city-state of Kusi over the rest of the region.

The decline of Cheonje and the Takhuit dynasty and subsequently of the trade between them in the 700s and 800s struck a major blow to the Ysamnic states, and their own decline was further exacerbated by the migrations and invasions caused by the rise of the Heeradic Empire to the north in the 900s. Ysamnic territory was steadily eroded by Iranian peoples from the west and steppe invaders from the north and east, culminating in the sacking of Kusi around 950 and the narrowing of Ysamnic territory to the strip of land between the two inner seas (“Ywarska” meaning “between”).

Around 1000, the weakened Ysamnic city-states were conquered by the Jaatunist, Koksoyic-speaking Idiqut people. The Idiqut Khanate lasted for three centuries, with the Idiquts adopting elements of Ywarskan culture but mostly remaining a distinct ruling class, until fragmenting in the 1300s; the newly-autonomous (though sometimes still formally subject to the Idiqut) Ywarskan city-states were able to reassert Ywarskan culture in the period that followed.

Ywarska was conquered once again in the 1500s, by the Heeradic-speaking Ooled people, who also remained distinct from the native people rather than assimilating; although they were also Buddhist, they were Vajrayana rather than the local Mahayana, and they stuck more closely to their ancestral nomadic lifestyle than the Idiquts.

In the late 1600s, amidst a succession crisis over the Ooled Khanate between rival Ooled clans, one of them appealed for aid to Nukigurun, which invaded the region and installed them as vassal rulers. A century later the Ooleds revolted against Nuki rule, and the Nukis responded by slaughtering them (leaving the Ywarskans as the dominant population in the region once again) and directly annexing the area.

Initially Nukigurun was popularly seen as a liberator from Ooled domination and many Ywarskans were loyal to the Buddhist monarchy, but the Ywarskan economy began to be adversely affected by the diversion of most trade north to the Nuki heartland. Tensions were further inflamed by Nukigurun’s switch from the imperial monarchy rooted in religious legitimization to the First Republic and its emphasis on pan-Ergunic nationalism, from which the Itihasic Ywarskans were excluded, and a nationalist movement arose by the turn of the 20th century, at first advocating for autonomy and language revival but increasingly agitating for independence as the 1900s went on.

After Nukigurun’s defeat in the Great Eulhae War, Ywarska was granted its independence as a republic by the Allied Powers in 1944. It has spent much of the time since independence dominated by its founding party, combining nationalism, political Buddhism, a mixed economy, and a pro-Sinju foreign policy stance, and has remained a developing country.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Current Myinya plot
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Accepted.

[Arumdaum]

Shortform name: Samaran
Real life culture influence: Sogdia
Real life culture of former colonizer: Manchu (Nukigurun)
Population: 10,083,714
GDP (PPP) per capita: $11,793
GDP (nominal) per capita: $4,498
Military manpower (active/reserve): 63,000/165,000
Language(s): Sogdian, other east Iranian languages
Nation description:
Nearly evenly divided between Buddhists and Jaatunists in addition to a large Sabbatarian minority, and with each of those religions divided into sects amongst themselves, Samaran recently emerged from a sectarian civil war with a complex confessional power-sharing arrangement in which each government position is constitutionally guaranteed to a member of a specific religious group. Its politics are chronically unstable and dysfunctional as a result, though it has at least avoided a relapse of outright violence.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Former Karymanymas plot
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Accepted.

[Basanreseri]

Revised app
NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: 寨命 Tlãi Mễnh (literally "destined fort(s)"; corresponding to Vietnamese: 'trại' "stockaded village; barrack" and 'mệnh' "life; fate/destiny" [from 運命 'vận mệnh' or 數命 'số mệnh'], maybe initially referring to garrisons which [wonderfully] endured invasions from Lomtai and Vạn Xuân)
Longform name: 寨命堅帝國 Tlãi Mễnh Kiên Đế Quốc "Enduring Empire of Tlai Menh"
Real life culture influence: Mường people, some Shan minorities
Real life culture of former colonizer: None
Population: 34,218,169
GDP (PPP) per capita: $15,845
GDP (nominal) per capita: $6,881
Military manpower (active/reserve): 6,000/2,000
Language(s): 㗂倘 Molese (natively: Thiểng Mol "popular language"), 欽嗷 Ngio (natively: Kam Ngio "language of the Ngio [an exonym]")
Nation description: Tlãi Mễnh is a somewhat mountainous country, whose first kingdoms emerged in response to foreign invasion. The Wanh dynasty (鶯 wanh "oriole (bird)", see Vietnamese 'oanh', confer with Japanese surname 'Uguisu') would last the longest and oversee the unification of Mường lands. Much like Lomtai, the Wanh leadership would first resist industrialization. It thwarted urban revolts and also entered Eulhae as a Contingent power alongside Vạn Xuân. The loss of the Contingents meant the abdication of the Wanh and the formation of a Tlãi Mễnh republic, but within six years after independence, the country would erupt in a civil war between the mostly royalist armed forces and militant republicans. The armed forces won, instating their general as ruler, and the Wanh royalty as ceremonial figures. It would also be the first time of using 帝國 "empire" instead of 王國 "kingdom" in the official name, although the general is not quite perceived as an emperor, but a meritocratic executor of "peace and order", much like a secular perversion of the 'Mandate of Heaven'. As a result, the modern country is a military dictatorship (with a functioning parliament and a mixed economy). The country has since industrialized, but suffers from poor freedoms and cult of personality surrounding the dictator-general.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Basanreseri
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Replacing Wa Muong
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Yes

[Sabara]

Revised app
NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: 寨命 Tlãi Mễnh (literally "destined fort(s)"; corresponding to Vietnamese: 'trại' "stockaded village; barrack" and 'mệnh' "life; fate/destiny" [from 運命 'vận mệnh' or 數命 'số mệnh'], maybe initially referring to garrisons which [wonderfully] endured invasions from Lomtai and Vạn Xuân)
Longform name: 寨命堅帝國 Tlãi Mễnh Kiên Đế Quốc "Enduring Empire of Tlai Menh"
Real life culture influence: Mường people, some Shan minorities
Real life culture of former colonizer: None
Population: 34,218,169
GDP (PPP) per capita: $15,845
GDP (nominal) per capita: $6,881
Military manpower (active/reserve): 6,000/2,000
Language(s): 㗂倘 Molese (natively: Thiểng Mol "popular language"), 欽嗷 Ngio (natively: Kam Ngio "language of the Ngio [an exonym]")
Nation description: Tlãi Mễnh is a somewhat mountainous country, whose first kingdoms emerged in response to foreign invasion. The Wanh dynasty (鶯 wanh "oriole (bird)", see Vietnamese 'oanh', confer with Japanese surname 'Uguisu') would last the longest and oversee the unification of Mường lands. Much like Lomtai, the Wanh leadership would first resist industrialization. It thwarted urban revolts and also entered Eulhae as a Contingent power alongside Vạn Xuân. The loss of the Contingents meant the abdication of the Wanh and the formation of a Tlãi Mễnh republic, but within six years after independence, the country would erupt in a civil war between the mostly royalist armed forces and militant republicans. The armed forces won, instating their general as ruler, and the Wanh royalty as ceremonial figures. It would also be the first time of using 帝國 "empire" instead of 王國 "kingdom" in the official name, although the general is not quite perceived as an emperor, but a meritocratic executor of "peace and order", much like a secular perversion of the 'Mandate of Heaven'. As a result, the modern country is a military dictatorship (with a functioning parliament and a mixed economy). The country has since industrialized, but suffers from poor freedoms and cult of personality surrounding the dictator-general.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Basanreseri
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Replacing Wa Muong
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Yes

Accepted.

[Lomtai]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Northon/Norðon (北港)
Real life culture influence: Anglo-Saxon
Real life culture of former colonizer: Southern Chinese/Cantonese (Meisaan)
Population: 15,983,221
GDP (PPP) per capita: 圓236.4 billion
GDP (nominal) per capita:圓13,473
Military manpower (active/reserve): 20,000 active, 35,000 reserve
Language(s): Cantonese (official), Old English (national), Scottish Gaelic (regional)
Nation description: The Republic of Norðon (Meisaani: 北港共和國; Feorlandese: 北港共和國; Rasennication: Bākgóng Guhngwòhgwok; Norðon Kœngwogwoc; Gakja: ᚾᚩᚱᛏᚩᚾ ᛣᚩᚪᚾᚷᚹᚩᚷᚹᚩᛣ) is an island nation in West Yoju. Norðon shares a physical border with Jiugong, an overseas territory of Meisaan, to the south.

Migration to stæn first occurred in 67,00 BCE, by Gwaelic peoples, and groups 12,000 years later. Due to the barren and rugged landscape of the majority of the island, early tribes depended largely on locally domesticated livestock. By 300CE new and innovative forms of agriculture spread across the island, connecting various tribes and creating new trade routes. Around 700–800CE the Seax, peoples from the southeast of stæn, spread across the island. The migration of the Seax lead to violent conflicts with presettled Gwaelic and Celtic tribes. Eventially the Seax came to dominate the island, and in 1013 Aengus Pön established the Seaxian kingdom.

In 1629 the Seaxian kingdom fell to a coup and was replaced by the Audennes state. Audennes enjoyed 200 years of economic and social prosperity, due to trade with mainland West Yoju. Many imports and exports would come in to Sidfeld port, present-day Jiugong, it was the busiest port in all of Audennes. In the 1830’s Audennes was visited by various Sinjuan ships, primarily Meisaan, Hokan, and Taikieng. Due to trade with Meisaan, Audennes falls into economic ruin and social unrest. Meisaanis gain a strong influence in Audennes, and in 1862 Sidfeld is sold to Meisaan. Just one year later in 1863 the remainder of Audennes collapses and the Kingdom of Feorland is established, though becomes a Meisaani protectorate eight months later. In 1870 the Kingdom of Feorland is annexed into Meisaani West Yoju.

During the Eulhae War Meisaan conscripts people from its West Yojuan colonies, including Feorland. Feorlandese people only agree to join the Meisaani war effort in exchange for Feorlandese independence. Meisaan initially refuses and forces Feorland to participate. After the Eulhae War Feorland is granted independence.

The Republic of Feorland is established in 1941, its government is radically anti-Meisaani and demands that Meisaan surrender control of Jiugong. Meisaan occupies Feorland and dismantles the government to build another government that is better aligned with Meisaan. In 1948 the First Republic (Republic of Norðon) was established. Norðon means “north of the port”, referring to the country bordering Jiugong to the north. In 1977 the second republic is established, since the previous government was unable to manage the economy. In the mid-1980’s Norðon enters a brief period of economic growth, but the economy has been in decline since the early 2000’s.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Lomtai
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): It’s the island that Jiugong is located on
How did you find out about Tiandi?: I’m already part of the group

[Lomtai]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Cheusi (朝丝)
Real life culture influence: Hakka Chinese
Real life culture of former colonizer: None
Population: 31,548,987
GDP (PPP) per capita: 圓2.74 trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita: 圓40,736
Military manpower (active/reserve): 40,000 active, 50,000 reserve
Language(s): Hokkien (official), Wu Chinese (regional), Mandarin (regional)
Nation description: The Great State of Cheusi (Cheusian: 朝丝大國; Rasennication: Chēusī Tǎigwok) is a country in northwest Jungju, in the cultural sphere of Sinju. It is bordered by Hokan to the south, Zangkai to the north, and the Jeongmian Sea to the west. Cheusi is a federal parliamentary state. The country is divided into nine provinces, five autonomous regions, and one directly governed region.

During the Bronze Age the Sachon tribe, who lived along the Tin river, developed innovative and more efficient methods of rice farming. By 140 BCE the Sachon tribe had grown into a citystate, and dominated control of the southwest coast. In 79 CE Sachon conquered most of western Cheusi, and founded the Si dynasty. The Si dynasty expanded its territory south into Hokan, causing military conflict. In 230 CE the Si dynasty split apart into nine kingdoms: Ngit, Tien, Bu, Sam, Liung, Fa, and Do. In 395 Do, Liung, Tien, and Bu were annexed by Cheonje, the remaining five kingdoms were made into tributary states. In 410 CE Sam conquered Fa and Ngit, then Emperor En (410-473) founded the Tan Dynasty. In 1136 the Tan dynasty collapsed and the country entered a 200 year-long period of civil war. Shortly after the civil war ended in 1378, the Cheusi dynasty was founded. The country wouldn’t fully recover from the civil war until the late 1500’s. In the 1650’s Cheusi began sending out people on expeditions, primarily to parts of Yoju. In 1809 Cheusi sent out Mang Fan-zun, a well-accomplished explorer, to Miju. Two years later in 1811 Cheusi established its first colony in northeast Miju. From 1811-1834 Cheusi set up dozens of colonies in Miju and southern Yoju.

During the Eulhae War Cheusi conscripted people from its colonies to support the Cheusian war effort. After the war, Cheusi’s colonies demanded independence. After political reforms and the abolishment of the Cheusian monarchy, in 1958 Cheusi granted all of its colonies independence.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Lomtai
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): It’s the red plot between Hokan and Zangkai
How did you find out about Tiandi?: I’m already part of the group

[Yelamu]

Shortform name: Chauchu (週楚)
Real life culture influence: Chukchi
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 13,965,946
GDP (PPP) per capita: $21,623
GDP (nominal) per capita: $13,287
Military manpower (active/reserve): 75,000 / 100,000
Language(s): Chukchi, other Paleosiberian languages
Nation description:
The Lygoravetlan peoples are among the earliest known populations in Bangju, predating the Fusenic and even Aenuic settlements, and are believed to have migrated south from modern Taniilux as early as 40,000 BCE. They adopted settled agriculture and formed into chiefdoms around 500 CE, and over the next few centuries these chiefdoms consolidated into larger (though still fairly small) principalities combining cultural influences from Sinju and Thunderbird Bay and intermittently under the influence of larger states like Wamu, Yaettengkkok, and Gitsan. By the 1600s there were seven Lygoravetlan principalities, the most prominent of which was Chauchuven, around what is now Chauchu’s central bay.

In the 1600s the Lygoravetlan principalities were gradually conquered by the expanding empire of Taniilux; the four northern principalities including Chauchuven were directly annexed into the empire while the southern three - Nemelan, Anqallyt, and Alutalu - became semi-independent vassal states under Tanii suzerainty. The former territory of the northern principalities, now united into a single imperial province, began to develop a united Chauchuan national identity, based mostly on the old Chauchuven, especially after the rise of the nationalist movement in the 1800s and the standardization of their dialects into a single language, while the southern principalities as separate jurisdictions each maintained their own distinct identities and dialects.

After the Bangju War, Chauchu regained its independence with a new monarchy and enjoyed a brief period of prosperity, but this proved to be short-lived: just a decade later, both it and the southern principalities were invaded and occupied by Hachuabsh soon into the Great Eulhae War. Parts of western Chauchu were also occupied and annexed by Sakushi. Most of Chauchu became free again with the collapse of Hachuabsh in 1943. Jeongmian forces soon landed in the country and fended off a Fusenese attempt to re-invade it from Wamu, and the remaining Sakushin-occupied western region was returned with Sakushi’s surrender in 1944.

After Eulhae, a wave of pan-Lygoravetlan nationalism fueled by the sense that the Lygoravetlan nations’ division allowed for their conquest combined with the Allies’ desire for strong nations in eastern Bangju as a counterweight to the now-socialist Hachuabsh and fears that the southern principalities in particular would be easy pickings for socialist revolutions and thus a bridgehead for socialism into Bangju. With Sinjuan backing, nationalists won brief clashes with monarchists in both Chauchu and the southern principalities, proclaimed new republics, and quickly united them into the new federation of Lygvarat.

Lygvarat was made up of seven member states, the three former southern principalities and the four former northern principalities (despite their pre-war unification as the Kingdom of Chauchu), each having an equal number of seats in parliament and one seat in the federation's multi-member presidency. From independence until his death in 1974, Lygoravetlan politics was dominated by the charismatic strongman Gyrgyn Korave, who rendered the other presidents largely ceremonial roles and managed to successfully head off major tensions, but after Gyrgyn's death the government they resurfaced became increasingly paralyzed and dysfunctional.

The southern nationalities resented what they saw as Chauchuan domination, while the Chauchuans resented what they saw as the artificial division of their homeland and increasingly sought to unite the four northern states into one state of Chauchu and concurrently switch to a proportional representation parliament and single popularly-elected president; southerners in turn insisted that were the Chauchuan states to unite into one they could still only be represented on an equal basis with the other states. Politics became increasingly polarized between north and south over the 1980s, culminating in a failed constituent assembly in 1988 in which the Chauchuan states voted to unite but failed to gain enough votes to change the constitution.

The newly-united Chauchu promptly seceded from Lygvarat as a result, taking most of the federation’s economic and military strength with it. Chauchu and the rump Lygvarat fought a short war over the ethnically diverse Gechurmen region on their new border, which Chauchu won, causing the remainder of Lygvarat to break up into its constituent parts. In the 1993 Namgyen Accords, all former members acknowledged the termination of the Lygoravetlan federation and recognized Chauchu’s control of Gechurmen.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Purple plot east of Sakushi
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

-----

Shortform name: Anqallyt
Real life culture influence: Kerek
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 2,950,651
GDP (PPP) per capita: $19,064
GDP (nominal) per capita: $10,182
Military manpower (active/reserve): 20,000 / 20,000
Language(s): Kerek
Nation description: A former member state of Lygvarat.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Small blue plot on Bangju's east coast
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Shortform name: Alutalu
Real life culture influence: Alyutor
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 1,648,647
GDP (PPP) per capita: $18,786
GDP (nominal) per capita: $9,751
Military manpower (active/reserve): 20,000 / 30,000
Language(s): Alyutor
Nation description: A former member state of Lygvarat.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Small red plot on Bangju's east coast
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Shortform name: Nemelan
Real life culture influence: Koryak
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 3,292,774
GDP (PPP) per capita: $16,505
GDP (nominal) per capita: $8,336
Military manpower (active/reserve): 30,000 / 30,000
Language(s): Koryak
Nation description: A former member state of Lygvarat
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Green plot northeast of Yaettengkkok
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

[Arumdaum]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Piche 緋鄭; name assumed to come from Japonic migrants who took over and ruled the area but another promoted theory by nationalists is that it is related to the word for child in Itelmen
Real life culture influence: Itelmen
Real life culture of former colonizer: unsure
Population: 36,814,249
GDP (PPP) per capita: $26,995
GDP (nominal) per capita: $13,251
Military manpower (active/reserve): 120,000 / 400,000
Language(s): Western Itelmen, others
Nation description: Was a notable power in Bangju for centuries. Monarchy was overthrown prior to the outbreak of the Great Eulhae War.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: yes
Main nation on NS: Arumdaum
Main/puppet/NPC: puppet
Link to map claim (optional): purple east of Yaettengkkok and blue east of Basanreseri
How did you find out about Tiandi?: founder

[Sabara]

NATION APPLICATION

Shortform name: Bagok - 壩國 (Country of the levees/dikes)
Real life culture influence: Toisanese - 台山話
Real life culture of former colonizer: (if applicable)
Population: 15,321,599
GDP (PPP) per capita: $56,820
GDP (nominal) per capita: $58,301
Military manpower (active/reserve): 40k reserve/6k reserve
Language(s): Toisanese
Nation description:

Bagok is a low-lying nation where X river meets the East Sea. Almost 10% of Bagok's total landmass is reclaimed from the sea, and the country is famous for its intricate system of dikes and levees - some of which are almost a millennia old. After Cheonjic conquest and the sinicization of the various not!Yue speakers in the region, the territory comprising modern Bagok was integrated into X province of Cheonje which at the time included Sansiao, Zhuigo (?) and X(?).

As Sinju became more outwardly oriented in the 1500s and 1600s, coastal regions with easy access to convenient sea lanes leading out of the continent saw their prominence grow dramatically. The growth in prosperity of the Bagokan provinces (supported by Meisaan's Yue dynasty) vis-a-vis the Sansiaonese metropole led to a civil war from approximately 1620 to 1650, probably dragging in other powers in Sinju at the time. This resulted in the independence of the Bagokan principalities and Sansiao's eventual incorporation into the Meisaani Empire.

At the same time, Bagokese merchants and traders were establishing a wide-ranging maritime empire in the 17th and 18th century, with Bagok remaining a colonial power up until the Great Eulhae War. Perhaps Bagokan settlers in places like Namju (?), Mennefer (?), Central Yeongju coast (?) established something akin to RL Kongsi. This spurred a commercial revolution, with Bagok developing some of Sinju's first formal financial institutions.

After industrialization in the mid 19th century, and amid the militarization of central Sinju and conflict in Sansiao, Bagok found itself firmly aligned with Meisaan (also some cultural reasons as well prob). It was invaded and occupied by Mincang in the Great Eulhae War, and lost its remaining colonies after the war.

Today, Bagok remains a crucial entrepôt for trade between Sinju's eastern seaboard and the rest of the world. Bagokan seaports are some of the busiest in the Sinju Union. It is an important player in SU politics, but doesn't exert much influence outside of Sinju anymore. Bagok is one of the more progressive and avant-garde societies in Sinju.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yep
Main nation on NS: Sabara
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Hausan's plot
How did you find out about Tiandi?: Mod

Renamed Hausan to Bagok, raised population and GDP stats.

[Sabara]

Shortform name: Chauchu (週楚)
Real life culture influence: Chukchi
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 13,965,946
GDP (PPP) per capita: $21,623
GDP (nominal) per capita: $13,287
Military manpower (active/reserve): 75,000 / 100,000
Language(s): Chukchi, other Paleosiberian languages
Nation description:
The Lygoravetlan peoples are among the earliest known populations in Bangju, predating the Fusenic and even Aenuic settlements, and are believed to have migrated south from modern Taniilux as early as 40,000 BCE. They adopted settled agriculture and formed into chiefdoms around 500 CE, and over the next few centuries these chiefdoms consolidated into larger (though still fairly small) principalities combining cultural influences from Sinju and Thunderbird Bay and intermittently under the influence of larger states like Wamu, Yaettengkkok, and Gitsan. By the 1600s there were seven Lygoravetlan principalities, the most prominent of which was Chauchuven, around what is now Chauchu’s central bay.

In the 1600s the Lygoravetlan principalities were gradually conquered by the expanding empire of Taniilux; the four northern principalities including Chauchuven were directly annexed into the empire while the southern three - Nemelan, Anqallyt, and Alutalu - became semi-independent vassal states under Tanii suzerainty. The former territory of the northern principalities, now united into a single imperial province, began to develop a united Chauchuan national identity, based mostly on the old Chauchuven, especially after the rise of the nationalist movement in the 1800s and the standardization of their dialects into a single language, while the southern principalities as separate jurisdictions each maintained their own distinct identities and dialects.

After the Bangju War, Chauchu regained its independence with a new monarchy and enjoyed a brief period of prosperity, but this proved to be short-lived: just a decade later, both it and the southern principalities were invaded and occupied by Hachuabsh soon into the Great Eulhae War. Parts of western Chauchu were also occupied and annexed by Sakushi. Most of Chauchu became free again with the collapse of Hachuabsh in 1943. Jeongmian forces soon landed in the country and fended off a Fusenese attempt to re-invade it from Wamu, and the remaining Sakushin-occupied western region was returned with Sakushi’s surrender in 1944.

After Eulhae, a wave of pan-Lygoravetlan nationalism fueled by the sense that the Lygoravetlan nations’ division allowed for their conquest combined with the Allies’ desire for strong nations in eastern Bangju as a counterweight to the now-socialist Hachuabsh and fears that the southern principalities in particular would be easy pickings for socialist revolutions and thus a bridgehead for socialism into Bangju. With Sinjuan backing, nationalists won brief clashes with monarchists in both Chauchu and the southern principalities, proclaimed new republics, and quickly united them into the new federation of Lygvarat.

Lygvarat was made up of seven member states, the three former southern principalities and the four former northern principalities (despite their pre-war unification as the Kingdom of Chauchu), each having an equal number of seats in parliament and one seat in the federation's multi-member presidency. From independence until his death in 1974, Lygoravetlan politics was dominated by the charismatic strongman Gyrgyn Korave, who rendered the other presidents largely ceremonial roles and managed to successfully head off major tensions, but after Gyrgyn's death the government they resurfaced became increasingly paralyzed and dysfunctional.

The southern nationalities resented what they saw as Chauchuan domination, while the Chauchuans resented what they saw as the artificial division of their homeland and increasingly sought to unite the four northern states into one state of Chauchu and concurrently switch to a proportional representation parliament and single popularly-elected president; southerners in turn insisted that were the Chauchuan states to unite into one they could still only be represented on an equal basis with the other states. Politics became increasingly polarized between north and south over the 1980s, culminating in a failed constituent assembly in 1988 in which the Chauchuan states voted to unite but failed to gain enough votes to change the constitution.

The newly-united Chauchu promptly seceded from Lygvarat as a result, taking most of the federation’s economic and military strength with it. Chauchu and the rump Lygvarat fought a short war over the ethnically diverse Gechurmen region on their new border, which Chauchu won, causing the remainder of Lygvarat to break up into its constituent parts. In the 1993 Namgyen Accords, all former members acknowledged the termination of the Lygoravetlan federation and recognized Chauchu’s control of Gechurmen.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): Purple plot east of Sakushi
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

-----

Shortform name: Anqallyt
Real life culture influence: Kerek
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 2,950,651
GDP (PPP) per capita: $19,064
GDP (nominal) per capita: $10,182
Military manpower (active/reserve): 20,000 / 20,000
Language(s): Kerek
Nation description: A former member state of Lygvarat.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Small blue plot on Bangju's east coast
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Shortform name: Alutalu
Real life culture influence: Alyutor
Real life culture of former colonizer: Aleut (Taniilux)
Population: 1,648,647
GDP (PPP) per capita: $18,786
GDP (nominal) per capita: $9,751
Military manpower (active/reserve): 20,000 / 30,000
Language(s): Alyutor
Nation description: A former member state of Lygvarat.
Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Yelamu
Main/puppet/NPC: NPC
Link to map claim (optional): Small red plot on Bangju's east coast
How did you find out about Tiandi?:

Accepted.

[Lomtai]

Shortform name: Fuinam (Cheonja: 惠南; Fúinàm)
Real life culture influence: Hakka Chinese
Real life culture of former colonizer: Sichuan (Mincang)
Population: 29,138,976
GDP (PPP) per capita: 圓32,740
GDP (nominal) per capita: 圓24,900
Military manpower (active/reserve): 40,000 active, 50,000 reserve
Language(s): Hakka
Nation description: The Republic of Fuinam (Fui Todam: 惠南共和國; Fúinàm Khiungfòkoet) is a country in west Jungju. It is bordered by Mincang to the northeast and Lanxieu to the southeast. Since 1987 Fuinam has been a member of both the Sinju Union and Congress of Nations.

Prior to the Fui Todam Independence Movement, the region that is now Fuinam was a region of Mincang, and had been for hundreds of years. In 1580, only a couple of decades following the establishment of the Second Mincangan State, the majority of the present-day Fuinam area was annexed into Mincang. Throughout the 16th-19th centuries, ethnic Todam peoples in Mincang worked as merchants, and later during the industrial revolution many of these people moved north into urban areas to work in factories. Under the rule of Mincang, ethnic Todam peoples were heavily discriminated against, and were forcefully assimilated into Mincangan culture. By the mid-1870’s, most Fui Todams were poor and could not easily find work, so many Fui Todams immigrated to Namju to escape poverty and discrimination.

During the Great Eulhae War, radicalists arose in southern Mincang, particularly in areas with heavy ethnic Todam populations. Violent protests and riots broke out across the country during the Eulhae War. Following the end of the Eulhae War, the Todam Independence Movement became a contentious topic in Mincang. By the late 1940’s, the riots and political protests by the Todam Independence Movement became so violent that they possibly threatened the political stability of Mincang. In Irwol of 1942, Mincang granted Fuinam independence.

In 1942 the Republic of Fuinam was established, from 1942-1989 Fuinam was governed by the highly illiberal Fuinam Nationalist Party, which was vehemently opposed to Mincang. The first few presidents of Fuinam passed laws that often made it impossible for citizens of Fuinam to travel to Mincang and vice-versa. Schools in Fuinam often taught strictly Fui Todam culture, anything pertaining to Mincangan culture and Mincang in general was outright banned in schools throughout the country. Fuinamese media produced extreme anti-Mincang propaganda, and such propaganda was often implemented into schools, as well as other facets of every-day life.

The laws and policies enacted by the government left many Fuinamese dissatisfied. Beginning in the 1970’s Fuinam would see a dramatic shift in political and societal beliefs. Many reforms in the education system, and Fuinamese media were made. During the 1990’s roughly ¼ of Fui Todams, who left Mincang during the Eulhae War, immigrated to Fuinam. Since Fuinam joined the Sinju Union and Congress of Nations, relations between Fuinam and Mincang have improved, though there is still a large anti-Mincang bias in Fuinam.

Presently, Fuinam is a wealthy, fastly developing nation. Fuinamese citizens enjoy universal healthcare and education. Fuinam is a constitutional republic, representative democracy. Fui Todam culture has since become widely known internationally.

Are you willing to drastically alter your nation in order to fit with Tiandi canon?: Yes
Main nation on NS: Lomtai
Main/puppet/NPC: Puppet
Link to map claim (optional): It’s the plot where Fuinam is
How did you find out about Tiandi?: I’m already part of the group