Huajiang

Republic of Huajiang 花江共和国 Huājiāng Gònghéguó 화장 공화국
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: 龍之河 Lóng Zhīhé The River of the Dragon
Capital	Qicheng
Largest city	Shangchan
Official languages	Huajiangite
Ethnic groups (2019)	89.7% Qi 9.2% Tusangga 1.1% Others
Demonym(s)	Huajiangite
Government	Federal Semi-Presidential Republic
• President	Meiying Yue
• Prime Minister	Qi Nan-ou
• Congressional Premier	Wang Lu
Legislature	Huajiang Legislative Tang
Establishment
• Republic proclaimed & End of Civil War	1881
• Great Nationalization	1918
• Cultural Revolution	1972
• Presidential Succession	2006
Area
• Total	4,084,270 km2 (1,576,950 sq mi)
Population
• 2019 census	102,499,043
• Density	25/km2 (64.7/sq mi)
Currency	Huajiang Yuan (园)
Date format	MM-DD-YYYY Era Y年M月D囸 C.E.
Driving side	right
Calling code	+621
Internet TLD	.hg .花江

Huajiang (Pronounced /xwá tɕjáŋ/, Huajiangite: 花江共和国; Alphabetized Huajiangite: Huājiāng Gònghéguó; lit. Flower River Republic) is a sovereign state in East Serica. Huajiang is located on the Di Peninsula, the northern peninsula of Serica, and includes the Shangchan Islands east of the Di Peninsula. Huajiang is bordered by Guakok to the West and maintains an enclave in its borders, Tangdi. Huajiang's population is one of the largest in the world at 102 million people, and the largest population in Serica. Huajiang is also one of the largest countries in the world.

Huajiang is the homeland of the Qi people, one of the oldest cultures in the world. The Qi people are widespread throughout modern-day Serica, and are believed to have originated from the Qi Confederation. The Qi Confederation's hypothesized territory included the Jinsha River and the Gao'an River, however it is also believe they inhabited the entire south coast of the Di Peninsula. Over time, the Qi Western Migration took place, which marked the end of the Qi Confederation after its split along cultural-linguistic lines. After the breakup of the Qi Confederation, Huajiang split during the Fractured Era in 215 B.C.E., as the political system started to revolve around dynasties. A coalition led by the Zhu Dynasty seized power and proclaimed Gao'an the capital of Huajiang. Power remained firmly in the Zhu Dynasty. The time between the beginning of the Zhu Dynasty's lifespan and the end was known as the Zhu Golden Era, which lasted between 215 B.C.E. and ended in 191 C.E. in the Blood Dragon Revolt. This catapulted Huajiang into another fracture, and was reunited by the Guanghua Dynasty in 212 C.E.. This oversaw another fracture after the end of the Guanghua Era, and the Guakok War which solidified Guakok independence from Huajiang. The Third Fractured Era began in 235 C.E. and ended with the succession of the Ling Dynasty. The Ling Dynasty instituted what is known as the Ling Reforms, which disenfranchised warlords and landlords and empowered the government, which prevented any more fractures afterward until the Tusangga Fracture in 1011 C.E.

Dynastical rule ended in 1881 after the Gao'an Revolt, which saw Huajiang fracture between three political cliques after the death of the then dynastic ruler Ling Hezhu. The Gao'an Revolt was followed by the Huajiangite Civil War which saw the Republican Party come to power. The beginning and the end of the Great Continental War saw Huajiang attempt to exert its power over other Serican nations, with limited success. After the end of the Great Continental War, Huajiang went through the Great Nationalization in 1918 which saw a large increase in militarization. This led to a shifting of the political shift towards nationalism and towards the creation of the 1972 Serican Accords and the creation of the International Serican Council.

Etymology

The characters 花江 first appeared in the written record in the 5th century A.D. in the Bounty of Yue, referring to the middle stream of the Jinsha River Delta as the Flower River. Since then, the Jinsha River Delta's main river has mainly been termed the Flower River, while the Jinsha River is now the term for the river that surrounds Qicheng. During the 18th century, the Huajiang Kingdom was established named after the river which was based on a decree of Emperor Kang. The name Huajiang

Several other names to Huajiang also exist in historical times.

History

Prehistory

Archaeological evidence supports that Huajiang has inhabited by hominids since 2.3 million years ago. The oldest provable trace of life comes from several skeletons known as Jinsha Skeletons found along the Jinsha River Valley which dates back to around 700,000 years ago. Early hominids who lived within Huajiang during this time period were hunter-gatherers. Recent studies indicate that hunter-gatherers tended to live next to rivers and within the Jinsha River Valley as well as the Gao'an River. As time moved on, the hominids inhabiting Huajiang advanced, leaving more intricate evidence, such as more intricate cave painting and evidence of proto-writing found in several caves. In Dashaan, several Boar Tusk Stones, an ancient megalith are abundant within certain areas.

Hunter-gatherer societies began to move towards agriculture and the development of crops. In 10,000 B.C.E. excavations point to the Yushu Civilization, which consisted of pottery, before moving towards agriculture around 9000 B.C.E. Around the time of the development of cultivated rice which appeared in the Gao'an River in 8000 B.C.E. pointing to the introduction to another civilization, the Gao'an Civilization. The Gao'an Civilization began making progress in the development of crops and civilization, developing the proto-writing system of Chusheng.

Around 4000 B.C.E. two other cultures arose in Huajiang, the Jinsha Civilization and the Zhuang Civilization. All cultures had switched towards an agriculture diet and developing culture and civilization. During 4000 B.C.E. it is often referred to as the Bronze Age. Metallurgy appeared with the Gao'an Civilization, where bronze artifacts were often created. During this time Qi script continued to evolve over time, with the Chusheng script still remaining as the only form of Qi script.

Early Dynastic Rule

Early Dynastic Rule emerged with the merging of the Jinsha Civilization and the Gao'an Civilization, with the new dynasty, the Long Dynasty emerging in 2200 B.C.E.. The Long dynasty that is described in literature during this time is often regarded as mythical, with the Long Dynasty being tied to the Long Pottery Line. The Long Pottery Line is a series of pots that date to 2000 B.C.E. and contain examples of Qi Bronze Inscriptions. The remains of the Long Pottery inscriptions talks of the song that the Sovereign, Jiong that he sang of the rise of the Long Dynasty is scant detail. The Long Dynasty was afterwards succeeded by the Hai Dynasty, which ruled from the Jinsha River in 1600 B.C.E.

During the Early Dynastic Rule, most other Civilizations that were not connected to the Jinsha or Gao'an Rivers still existed. Several other known dynasties have been known to inhabit the Bei Peninsula Coast, known as the Bei Dynasties. Bei Dynasties existed outside of the areas of control from the Jinsha and Gao'an Civilizations, the most notable of which was the Zhuang Dynasty. The Bei Dynasties control ended around 1000 B.C.E. with the Long Dynasty taking hold of the territory.

Qi Confederation

Main article: Qi Confederation

Geography

Huajiang is located in the Northern Hemisphere of Narisis and within the continent of Serica and is the largest and most geographically diverse country within Serica. Huajiang's entire land area measures up to 4,084,270.4 square kilometres (1,576,945.62 sq mi), and maintains very little territory outside of the mainland. Territory that is not within contiguous is the Shangchen Islands, which are located east of Qicheng; and Ou Island. Within measurements, Huajiang is considered the largest country in the world.

Huajiang area is almost entirely situated on the Bei Peninsula, with its coastline mostly consisting of the Qi Gulf and further extending into the Sapphire Ocean. In the north of contiguous Huajiang lies the Tusanggan Mountain chain (大山岳链 (Dà shānyuè liàn)). The Tusanggan Mountains extend to the west of the country and extend into the western plains. The Tusanggan Mountains is the highest altitude range in Huajiang, reaching a maximum of 5,000 metres (16,404.20 ft). The remainder of the country is relatively plain, with the Jinsha River Valley running up to Gao'an.

Climate

The climate within Huajiang is listed to be humid continental on eastern parts of the country and warm summer in the west.

Government

Meiying Yue
President of Huajiang
since 2012

Qi Nan-ou
Prime Minister of Huajiang
since 2012

Wang Lu
Congressional Premier of Huajiang
since 2012

Huajiang is a federal single-party semi-presidental republic and was the first declared republic within Serica. Huajiang was founded after the Huajiang Imperial Crisis when the King, Ling Hezhu died without an heir during the Huajiangite Kingdom. This led to the subsequent Proclamation of the Republic of Huajiang after the Huajiang Civil War. The Republic of Huajiang is founded on the 1881 Constitution of the Republic of Huajiang, which lays out the framework of the current political system in Huajiang.

The office of the President of Huajiang is not an elected office, but rather appointed by the last President of Huajiang. The incumbent by elected representatives that sit at the Huajiang Legislative Tang. The incumbent President of Huajiang, currently Meiying Yue, is the head of state and head of government and was put into power October 11, 2012.

The legislative branch of Huajiang is the unicameral Huajiang Legislative Tang. Huajiang's Legislative Tang is democratically elected into office. A large amount of the legislative power is vested within the Legislative Tang, however both the President and Prime Minister hold some form of legislative power.

Executive Branch

Main article: Huajiangite Executive Branch

The Executive Branch of Huajiang is the vested power that is given by the constitution to the President, Prime Minister, and the appointed Executive Council as well as the Executive Committees. The President's position is considered an appointed position that is selected by the current president from the Legislative Tang at least a year into their tenure. Should a future presidential candidate not be selected before the death of the past President, the Legislative Tang will elect one.

All positions that are covered under the Executive Branch are appointed at the will of the President. In the same way all positions are effectively vacated upon the initiation of the President's Sihou

Politics

Military

Main article: Huajiang Armed Forces

Huajiang has one of the most extensive military budgets within Narisis. In the chain of command, the President is considered the Grand commander-in-chief of the army. The Huajiang Armed Forces is almost entirely directly controlled by the Executive Commission of Security. The Huajiang Armed Forces consists of the Huajiang Army, the Huajiang Marine Tuan, the Huajiang Navy, and the Huajiang Air Tuan. The Executive Commission of the Homeland controls the two other branches of the military, the Huajiang Republican Guard and the Huajiang Special Operatives Tuan.

The Huajiang Armed Forces was established in 1881 after the establishment of the republic by Ye Desheng after the disbandment of the Royal Huajiang Army. After the establishment, Huajiang was involved with the Great Continental War. During this time, Huajiang saw great success against most other monarchist Serican countries, but suffered from a lack of military reform. After the Sihou of the then President Xu King and the ascension of Feng Shixang, the 1910 Feng Military Reform was put into placed, which greatly organized the then disorganized Huajiang Army.

In the aftermath of the Shenjia Revolt in 1922, the Huajiang Armed Forces sought to improve their technology and

Recently, Huajiang has retained their military budget and has kept a hard-liner policy on par with Meiconimics. During a press conference on May 18 2016, Meiying Yue stated that Huajiang will retain a hard-liner policy and not change its military in any form that would signify a reduction in military budget, technology or manpower. Huajiang has recently pursued international military peacekeeping, and has initiated a new military reform that is ongoing since 2016, termed the 2016 Meiying Military Reform, making it the fourth military reform since the creation of the armed forces.

Infrastructure

Transport

Since 1925, transportation spending has become extensive within Huajiang, and in 1950 Huajiang's road network was expanded several times and continued expanding. In 1990, the highway and road system became one of the most extensive within Narisis, with a total length in paved road reaching 858,763 square kilometres (331,570.25 sq mi). As such, the roads have become the primary means of transportation. The majority of paved road consists of city and town roads reaching 557,574 square kilometres (215,280.52 sq mi) at around 65% of the total roads. Prefecture roads consists of 215,717 square kilometres (83,288.80 sq mi) of paved roads at around 25% of the total roads. National highways, state highways and routes as well as expressways are grouped together for studies and consist of with 85,475 square kilometres (33,002.08 sq mi) at around 10% of the total roads. The longest road in Huajiang as well as one of the longest bridges in Narisis is the Shangchan-Qicheng Bridge, spanning 42 kilometres (26 mi). Huajiang's market for automobiles stems from the Eastern and Central regions and has a stable market for automobiles. A single road that is apart of the Shangchan-Qicheng Bridge is the Shangchan-Qicheng Expressway, which connects Shangchan to Qicheng and runs down the Jinsha River Delta before dispersing into several different national highways and expressways. Within urban areas, especially Gao'an, bicycles have become and have remained the standard mode of transportation. In an effort to promote energy efficiency, several city governments, including Tangdi have banned automobiles. The most major city that has banned automobiles is the city of Kaiyang within some regions of the city.

In 1981, privatization of highways and expressways became commonplace, and the majority of highways and expressways have tolls that belong to those companies. Many different highway companies compete with transportation markets, the most major which are the Tusangga Corporation and the Qicheng Company. The major highways that are used for competition are over the Northern Tusanggan Highways which have the second highest market before the state-owned Shengchan-Qicheng Expressway.

Huajiang is notable for its extensive rail network that is entirely controlled by the state, the Huajiang Railroad Network Company. During the early republican period, under both Ye Desheng and his successor, Xu Jing ordered a complete revitalization of the Railroad, which had deteriorated during the Kingdom of Huajiang. Despite civil airline and the 1950 expansions of the road network, the rail system remains somewhat dominant in several provinces, mostly in the west. Almost all trains are run by Nattrack, a subdivision of the Railroad Network Company. Huajiang cities have also seen a rise in spending and expansion of rapid-transit systems within cities. The most extensive rapid-transit systems are the Shangchan Metro Network, the Qicheng Metropolitan Subway and the Kaiyang Metro.

Demographics

Culture

Literature

Main article: Literature in Huajiang

Huajiangite literature has been described by historians as ever-changing. Early Huajiangite Literature dates back to the Zhu Dynasty and concepts within these classical texts have often incorporated astronomy, military and religion. Most of the important texts that are apart of Early Huajiangite Literature are apart of the Twenty Classics.